Cut me a break. One of you has some legit personal problems and thus lacks focus, which I get, but it doesn’t magically give me more time to help. The other has me blocked on social media and is posting about a career change (hello, yes other colleagues have let me know). In or out, get it together please across the board. Boss whose “nice” limits are being tested
Dear DH, I hope your attitude has adjusted by the time I get home. We did not start the morning on a good note and I'd like to put it all behind us. But I'm also stubborn and don't feel that I was actually in the wrong here... So figure yourself out and start acting like a responsible adult again. You're spiraling. I'm tired of it. I know we all want to get back to our normal routine and snow days are seriously impeding that progress, but deal with it. It's part of the deal. Signed, Frustrated
Dear illness, Leave me. For real this time. I'm exhausted. Signed, Plague carrier
Here is alist of why you should please be open: 1.My kids have ate all of our food. 2.They re currently fighting that DS is mean because he said Dd should have already let he dog out. 3. Why do they keep asking can we have a coke? 4. They think the house is clean when pillows, blankets, and socks are in the living room floor. 5. I have 4 pair boots and jackets and hats beside EVERY exterior door. 6. They are on my nerves.
Leave me alone. Just because we work in the same office, doesn't mean you should stop by my desk several times a day and try and chit chat. Especially when you know how swamped and frazzled I already am.
Also, don't try and bring me food at 1 pm when I say I haven't eaten lunch yet. My choice to eat when I want to eat, I am a grown adult after all.
Signed, Daughter who needs a break from you. If you really want to help, how about you offer to watch my kids?
Dear School I'm glad we discussed Valentine's Day last night at the PTO meeting. It isn't banned but you are now waiting to have another staff meeting to figure out what to do with the giant mess the news media & district has given you. We gave you a number of solutions to the problem and our views on why the kids should be allowed to celebrate a day about friendship and love. Please can you let us parents now soon what is going on. Mom who's 1st grader has 37 kids in her class
Dear DH I'm glad you are figuring out our new schedule. You have been in a wonderful mood lately and have stopped moping around the house as you have a few woodworking projects you are doing. Could I ask one thing and can you move the projects to the garage. The living room isn't a shop Me
Dear DH, Example of you needing to get your act together: Apparently you haven't shoveled yet on your DAY OFF. How do I know? Amazon just notified me that they couldn't deliver our package because they couldn't get to the front door. WTF Dude. You have been home ALL DAY and it barely snowed! Shovel the damn porch! No love, Angry wife
Dear USPS Driver, Are you for real? "Couldn't gain access" to my front door? We got like 3 inches of fluffy snow. It's NH. Get over it and drop off the package. I have never heard of this being an issue. Signed, I want my stuff
Dear DD2 - You are normally so easy. So WTF is up today? You have been whining and crying since I picked you up today. That’s 3 solid hours of whining and crying. I’ve snuggled, given in to most of your reasonable demands... and still with the whining. Omg my head is going to explode. Will you accept cash?? I will totally pay if you stop whining. Love, Mommy
Dear New Job Offer - Thanks for coming and with a great salary! You made me feel good! But now it looks like you are going to get rescinded since I brought up the needs of DS. That's so not cool. I really wanted to work for you, and I really really wanted to get out of my current job.
Dear DH - A little compassion about the fact that I probably just lost an amazing job offer today because I take care of everything for DS and I need the time off from work (and can't qualify for FMLA until I've been with a company for 12 months). So when I asked you to pick up DS today from school (something I only do once a month or so) complaining that you had to leave work "early" at 5:15 (you can get out at 3:30) and being stressed and angry with me, was not the best idea.
Dear DS - Thanks for being so cute today! I needed you to be a sweetheart tonight, and you are complying so well!
Dear School, Thank you for being open tomorrow. I am tired from entertaining a 5yo indoors due to snow. I watched no shows or caught a nap. Husband napped and I tried not to snap on him.
PS morning coffee can't wait to sip you alone in my office.
Post by erinshelley21 on Jan 17, 2018 20:32:06 GMT -5
Dear brother, I applaud you for being able to play nice with the asshole and not lash out like I am, but who gives a shit if we burn this bridge or create another enemy? I sure don't. He stole 2 clients so far, he has our files that legally we are required to have and he gives zero shits about us. Also, I will help you save whatever clients you want me to, but I'm not driving 3.5 hours one way for one single client worth $2000 before the new agency even gets their cut. Not. Doing. It. Finally, don't ever suggest we skip lunch again. Love, your sister
Dear Asshole, I dont know that I've ever wished physical pain on someone, but I can't think of a more deserving person. I hope your fatass slips on the ice. Signed, your former boss
Post by supertrooper1 on Jan 17, 2018 22:49:05 GMT -5
Dear work, F you. This is why our agency morale is so bad. I step up all the time and I stepped up last night after already working 14 hours and caught nothing but shit for a job I thought was well done. Good luck finding someone that could have done better, because you won't. Signed, Employee that don't be as loyal anymore.
Post by erinshelley21 on Jan 18, 2018 7:14:52 GMT -5
Dear body, The last time this happened you dropped 15 lbs in 3 months. Let's do that again instead of the constant headache you're doing this time so far. I promise the 15lbs will benefit us more in the long run than you making me shut down completely every night after work. Love, yourself
Dear DH - Two things... first, I’m tired of you mansplaining things and speaking to me in a condescending tone all the time. Especially when you’re wrong. And the fact that you’ve been calling me by DD1’s name and vice versa shows that you think of me as a child when you’re explaining things. Just stop it.
Also, stop being so shitty about our workout schedules. I work around you every day. The only time I requested was Tues morning. I was willing to take Thurs off if I could have Tues. Rather than be reasonable, you decided to make thing difficult by working out Tues. Then, you decided not to work today. If I had known that, I would have gotten up early to get on the treadmill. But you didn’t tell me. So by the time I realized you weren’t getting up, it was too late. So thanks for that.
I have no patience for anything today. Working out helps that. You have no one to blame but yourself.
Post by justcheckingin73 on Jan 18, 2018 8:41:32 GMT -5
Dear Coworker,
You are on my last nerve. I do half your job for my international events since apparently you can’t keep up with everything. But you do not get to assign me work. I am not your subordinate. Especially when it’s regarding something you were charged with implementing.
Annoyed
Dear DH,
I spent almost two hours driving people where they need to be yesterday and come home at nearly 8:00 to find that you haven’t practiced spelling words with DS. Based on your reaction, I’m thinking you forgot or didn’t think it was your job to do. Then, despite the fact that you said (months ago) we would take turns reading to DS each night, you still have not. And guess what? I’m not going to nag you into doing it. If you are not going to keep your word, then you have to deal with a bitchy wife. I would think you would want to spend some time with DS but apparently if it’s not “fun”, then it’s my job. It’s not even a month into tax season and I’m already over your lack of help. But the sad thing is that it doesn’t even matter if it’s tax season or not - it just gives you a good excuse.
Dear DH, Example of you needing to get your act together: Apparently you haven't shoveled yet on your DAY OFF. How do I know? Amazon just notified me that they couldn't deliver our package because they couldn't get to the front door. WTF Dude. You have been home ALL DAY and it barely snowed! Shovel the damn porch! No love, Angry wife
Dear USPS Driver, Are you for real? "Couldn't gain access" to my front door? We got like 3 inches of fluffy snow. It's NH. Get over it and drop off the package. I have never heard of this being an issue. Signed, I want my stuff
This happened to me last weekend! We were OOT for 4 days during which time it snowed. I got a card in my mailbox telling me that USPS tried to deliver my Amazon packages and were unable. So now my 2 day Amazon packages have been at the post office for over a week and I'm not going to have time to get them until early next week at the earliest. I'm pissed.
Post by sweetptater on Jan 18, 2018 9:18:47 GMT -5
Dear DH,
I get that your new job is stressful. Managing people sucks, especially since you're taking a pay cut to do so. And I know hiring for your territories isn't going like you want it to. But guess what? I work too. And I have a lot on my plate between my job, the kids and their school/activities, a geriatric dog, and the fact that you're gone 3-4 nights every week. So when we're trying to figure out who is going to get the kids and get them to gymnastics, I don't appreciate being told "I don't have time for this right now" and being hung up on. Figure your shit out before I lose my mind.
Dear justcheckingin73, DH I'm the tax lady in the house who works long hours and has no mental brain left when I leave the office at 6pm. Yes I'm part owner but the 2 of us handle everything so on top of my normal day to day stuff I get to throw in meetings with clients, prepping tax returns, data entry etc. I still do 95% of all the kid stuff. So I get DD ready and to before care each morning, I figure out rides to get her to practice, I crock pot/cook each night, I do the homework/reading, I pick up from practice after work. All I can get my DH to do is pick DD up 3 nights a week. He refuses to help with homework or do dinner or deal with house stuff. So I will take justcheckingin to be my partner any day. The moral of this is if I can do this than so can you. Prioritize, set timers, block your calendar, and when you get home you switch to kid duty even when your brain wants to explode! 186momx Justcheckingin there are 12 more Fridays before the season is over! Yes, I'm counting down Fridays as I'm already dreaming of sleeping all day on April 20th
I hear ya sister! It’s funny because the Mom of one of my sons friends is an accountant and DH was trying to recruit her to his firm. Well she WFH and has a few clients of her own. I was talking to her about the opportunity and she just said - I can’t do it. I can’t be on someone else’s timeline. And I knew it all along. I want to scream to my DH - she’s the Mom! She’s doing all of the things and won’t want to come work for the firm. I don’t think he really gets it.
Even though I’m looking forward to tax season being over, I can’t bring myself to do the countdown. Too much going on. I have to go to London again sometime in March, DD is getting confirmed, DS is getting his 1st Communion and then I’m looking at 8th grade graduation. There is a lot coming up and I’m getting sad about DD starting HS. The next 4 years are going to fly by.
Thank you for telling me not to come in for a meeting tomorrow in your office even if theoretically I would have stopped being contagious 2 hours before the meeting starts. That’s a good call!
Atty Who Will Be Calling In
Dear Other WMs:
Today from my kitchen table I have done 2 conference calls, negotiated a 20% discount out of extremely pricey outside counsel, talked to a Senate subcommittee’s staff, and planned a business trip to meet the new expensive counsel. All from my kitchen table, with strep.
Is this what all WM’s sick days look like or am I just insane?
mommyatty, I'm battling a migraine from my desk (fogged over head, nauseous, sound sensitive, and crankiness). I've so far done 3 different payroll clients year end reports and 4th Qtr stuff, numerous 1099s, talked with 4 clients and I'm just now going to eat some lunch which sounds disgusting as I'm super nauseated. If I didn't have 50 million things to do I would go home but then I would be trying to do those 50 million things from home and be struggling. Miserable me
WPs healthremedies.com/virus_nosode_professional_complementary_health_formulas.html My chiropractor got me to try this when I was coming down with my last cold. It tastes nasty but it kicked the cold within 48 hours. I swear by it now. I tried it on DD and it worked too. I know if she asks for it then she really does feel crappy as who wants to take nasty drop where you can't drink or eat 30 minutes before or after.
What is up with all the whining/crying/screeching when you are with me? Daycare and Daddy all say you are the happiest chill toddler all day long. You are a possessed little being the second I walk in the door, and anytime we are together.
Love, Your mommy who is going insane from your behavior.
mommyatty, Add me to the sick and powering through. I've also got a migraine like 186momx, due to what I'm sure is a raging sinus infection. Finally have a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning, but it's at 7 AM so I can go to the office straight from there.
Dear H, I appreciate you emptying the dishwasher and cleaning up from dinner, but stop acting like you deserve an award anytime you do the smallest amount of housework on a weekday. 95% of weeknights that I am home I am doing multiple chores: unpacking and repacking DC gear, laundry, mail, organizing, etc. I also almost never walk through a room without tidying or grabbing something that belongs elsewhere. I’m sure you don’t realize how much I do because I do it on my own without anyone asking me to do it. The only reason our home operates is because I’m constantly juggling 20 balls. So no, I am not impressed by the once weekly initiative that you take. Signed, Wifey
Dear (ex)VP of Marketing, We didn’t get to work together much in my time at my new company, but I’m sorry you got laid off (“restructured”). You’re really funny and I also got the impression you were a big proponent of hiring me. Even I could tell that you were in an vulnerable spot politically/organizationally, so hopefully you weren’t shocked. You’re pretty cool, so I really hope you find another great job.