I'm over you. Let's not meet any more. DD is dramatic and has big feelings. Considering that the other parents tell me these days how much their kids like DD, I no longer believe you when you say her emotional reactions disrupt the class and make the other kids uncomfortable. The other teachers report that they haven't had problems in weeks. I think you just don't like her personality.
Thanks too for glossing over how far ahead she is in reading and math because you wanted to be sure to detail every time she had a feeling in class. (Like oh she got upset when another kid cut in front of her in line and you think she was *too* upset about it.) I'm glad you left out the good stuff about DD so you had enough time to air your grievances.
Dear Mom, Please don't go overboard with TG dinner it is not a cook off. Besides you are still recovering from surgery 6 mos ago. Signed,Concerned daughter
Dear CEO, Glad I report to you but don't disappoint looking forward to making the hospital workplace cool! Signed,New CoolHRlady
Dear Son and DH, Please adjust to your new routine next week. This working momma will need this. Signed Nervous Working Parent
Post by erinshelley21 on Nov 22, 2017 9:03:50 GMT -5
Dear DH & DH's family, SIL is getting married to this guy. I know you all have your reservations about him, not sure what they are exactly other than he's a little arrogant and has been married 3 times already, but she's the happiest I've seen her in the 10 years I've been coming around. Also, this is her 3rd time around so it's not like her track record is that stellar either. They are both great for each other. Love, the wife, DIL and SIL
Dear sickness, GTFO of here with this shit. I do not want to solo parent on a major holiday while feeling like death. Do not get worse. Signed, I've been taking care of you so what's the problem
shakinros in education 101, you learn to always start with a positive. You never start with a negative about a child and you certainly do not spend an entire conference being negative, especially when there seems so many positives with your child. She needs to review her basics.
Dear noon,
Please get here so I can go home.
Dear mom,
Hopefully you are not off the rails tomorrow monopolizing conversation, nagging the kids about not liking stuff which in your mind is a family tradition, and being generally overbearing.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Nov 22, 2017 9:33:31 GMT -5
Dear Cold,
I second erinshelley21, - we have no time to be sick. Go away, no one wants you.
Signed, Ready to be over it
Dear work, Do not call today. Signed, Sick and tired
Dear kids, Feel better. You guys are awesome. Signed, Love you
Dear DD's teacher, I LOVE that you took what I told you during the conference and ACTUALLY started working with DD on language since it's what she's good at. I'm so pleased to hear that once you introduced more language lessons to her she impressed you and brightened up and she's moved on to sand paper letters. Just a note - she's going to be done with those super fast, too. So get ready. Signed, Grateful parent
shakinros, That's interesting. My DS is also in kindergarten, and his teacher mentioned that often times his reactions don't match what happened. So she's just started using her hands to indicate the size of the reaction vs the size of the issue. She mentioned this at his conference, but it was maybe 5 minutes of the 30. With that said, I know that he often has mismatched reactions. She spent the rest of the time talking about letters and reading.
Dear 5k Tomorrow, I have not trained at all for you. Please don't let me throw up on the course. Singed, Ran out of time
Dear Travel, Please don't be crazy when I leave the country for work on Saturday. Signed, Fingers crossed
Dear work, I could really, really use the early release today. Unfortunately, I'm not holding my breath that we met the goal you told us we had to meet to get it. Signed, Crossing my fingers for a Thanksgiving miracle!
Dear sister & mom, Sis - I hope you're feeling better by Friday! I've so been looking forward to this year's shopping trip and having a fun girls' day with you and mom. That zpack better do it's job and knock out this illness in time! And mom - even if she's not, can we please still meet up with the others and head out for our shopping trip? I so need this day! And sister will be fine at home sleeping alone, you don't have to "look after" her. She's a grown up. Signed, Feeling a bit selfish
Dear traffic tonight, Please don't be too, too terrible, okay? Thanks!
You guys needs to get a handle on when you are going to deliver stuff. I’m trying to arrange for crap to be delivered when my kids aren’t around. You are not cooperating. For example, the two big gifts (physically and expense-wise) were supposed to get here on Monday. So wtf with delivering them on Sunday afternoon? And now I keep getting random notifications that things are going to be “later than anticipated.” Does that mean middle of the night, or does that mean some time next month?
Work with me, guys! Mom Whose Kids Believe in Santa
Dear Head:
Ain’t nobody got time for a migraine today. So just get on out of here with that shit.
Your Owner PS Tomorrow is even worse. No headaches!
Dear Self:
You must put on your big girl panties and make a decision about who you are going to promote. You have two imperfect candidates, and you know what the right answer is. Just take the emotion out of it. And convince your boss that the guy who isn’t getting a double-bump still deserves a bump up one level. You all know it’s true.
mommyatty, we just tell the kids that FedEx delivered a package to the wrong house and it was really for the neighbors and that I can't open it and need to return it the next day before work. So far so good.
This is basically a TWERK. DH and I decided last night. We're listing our house in February. We need to do very minimal work - touch up paint, organizing/decluttering/staging, but beyond that, it should be a go. We're hoping to get at least a 90% increase on what we paid for it, so that part will be nice.
Signed, Preparing to be homeless after our house sells and we can't find a house we like AND can afford.
mommyatty , we just tell the kids that FedEx delivered a package to the wrong house and it was really for the neighbors and that I can't open it and need to return it the next day before work. So far so good.
We did that last year. But this year, DD can READ. Damn it. So she says “This one’s for you, Mommy!” Or “This one is for Daddy!”
I have resorted to telling her it’s stuff for my work. Which works as long as it’s not in a box that shows what it is. I need to be better about marking the box that says it’s a gift.
mommyatty, ugh.. no fun. It's terrible and awful when your kids start getting smart.
We lucked out in that DH can't freaking spell, so I never spell words so DD can't hear. Literally, I go "M-A-C A-N-D C-H-E-E-S-E" and I just get either deer in headlights or a crazy woman look from him, meanwhile DD is like.. ARE YOU SPELLING MATTHEW OR MAC N CHEESE?!?!
Dear shakinros, It just sounds like your DD and her K teacher don't mesh. Have you thought about going to the principle and seeing about switching teachers? I wish I would have done this last year after I was blindsided at PTC. 186momx who's DD is doing so much better in 1st with a teacher who she clicks well with.
Dear 1st Grade Teacher & DD I sat in math class last Friday and DD looked bored out of her mind. You gave a quiz which she got every problem wrong. I quizzed her on the basic math in the car and she gave me the right answer each time. I really think its the common core that is messing her up. She knows 9-4=5 but using the number line and the looping method got her to the answer of 4. I'm going to be very interested to see what her math grade is in 2 weeks when we meet for PTC. Frustrated mom
Dear DH Thank you for going to visit friends and leaving today. I'm really looking forward to the weekend and decorating for Christmas with out having to deal with your baa-humbug attitude. Me who can't wait to decorate with DD on Friday
k3am, my DH can't spell either. DD figured it out last year so I started spelling backwards with the grandparents and she figured that out too. She had a blast stumping her K teacher and aide with X-O-B leading up to Christmas. I finally gave in and told him it was B-O-X backwards and he still didn't get it. mommyatty, can you get package delivered to your office? I did that for the big ass gymnastic mat I ordered this year.
186momx, I'm not so secretly looking forward to teaching DD pig latin and double talk. I'm clearly a geek. Maybe we'll do ong language too. I'm not sure if that's offensive or not?
mommyatty, Could you just send it all to your MIL's? I've sent stuff my folks or in laws before. But usually I just shuffle the box aside and tell them it's a gift for whatever random person on our list I think of. So far they don't care too much, especially if I can actually pay off that lie every once in a while and show them what I ordered for someone. I've also told them I can't tell them what I got everyone, because they're bad at surprises. They know this and accept it.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Nov 22, 2017 12:34:57 GMT -5
Dear H,
When I send you an email after paying bills telling you what we have left over and lets watch our spending b/c we have Christmas, DS's birthday and taxes coming up...and you IMMEDIATELY spend 80 bucks on something from game stop...that's a total F You to my face and I don't appreciate it. I know talking about it is going to make you defensive, but we're going to talk about it.
Signed, Woman who gets notifications via email when the credit card is used.
We're coming for you in 6 weeks! Looking forward to a fun, relaxing (as much as can be with 1 and 5 year olds) family vacation.
Signed, in desperate need of a hot vacation
Dear K teacher,
I'm looking forward to our PTC. I'm a little confused by DD's report card. The comments we're very contradictory, so looking forward to an explanation and actually figuring out what's going on. I also don't get how DD gets a 1 (equivalent to failing) at learning French. What exactly are your expectations for a 4 year old learning a whole new language? It's been 2.5 months. I think she's doing amazing! She's speaking to me in full sentences with certain words. Also, you're concerned she doesn't participate in group activities, I guarantee it's because she doesn't know the words in French, and so she just doesn't say anything. When I tell her to ask you if she needs help with anything, her response is always "I don't know the words in French to ask".
Post by traveltheworld on Nov 22, 2017 12:56:35 GMT -5
Dear External Counsel,
I'm really sorry that you have to work through the Thanksgiving holidays. I really am. But the counter-party is in Australia and will not be taking a break, so we need you to be working too.
Signed, In-house counsel who feels bad that she's now that client that's making everyone work through the holidays
Dear DD,
You are really hurting daddy's feelings when you won't let him do anything for you and say, in your defiant little voice that "daddy no fun!" Cut it out.
Signed, Annoyed mom
Dear Contractor,
We are so close! If you manage to finish this week or next, I'm going to be thrilled and a nice little bonus will be coming your way
Thank you for the support. This is probably just one of those things that's going to happen throughout school and I need to deal.
186momx I agree. They don't mesh. It happens. You can't like everyone. Unfortunately this is a small school (as they all are in this tiny district) and there is no other K teacher. I'd have to move her to a whole different school. Blah.
I am so glad you wrote back right away about a play date for our girls this weekend. I am super nervous about it, like I'm on a first date. What should I wear? Should I prepare conversational topics? What if she thinks I'm a loser?! I said I would hang out because DD gets weird about new settings but really it's cause I'm hoping you're cool and we could be mom friends.