Dear Weather Gods Could we please get some rain here in the PNW that doesn't include lightning. I would love a good day of rain to knock down the smoke so we could breathe. It is 9:30am and we are already 5 pointe from being in the unhealthy air quality. Me who's sinus need a break
Dear next week Come faster please. I'm looking forward to horse camp for DD and 3 days of being home alone to paint my kitchen/dinning room. Me PS head cold go away so I can do this
I’m old. You don’t need to tell me how “fun” these opportunities are to give back to the community. I’m looking to help, not be entertained. Plus, you guys are spending a boatload on feeding rich people “snacks.”
Signed, Grouchy Old Lady
Dear Work:
I’m getting nothing accomplished today and I feel terrible about it. I’m sorry. I suck.
Signed, Normally Very Productive Worker
Dear Kids:
I hope your first day of school is awesome! You guys were so cute! Go own pre-k and first grade!
Please start liking before/aftercare. You are basically breaking your mama's heart every day I leave for work and every time I pick you up, and every time you talk about how sad you are there and how you wish I could be like the other moms.
Signed, The mom who works, doesn't attend morning assemblies at 8-fecking-50am, doesn't pick up from the classroom, can't stop and chat with the teacher, and is currently eating a HUGE chocolate chip cookie at 10am because it's 10am and tears have been making an appearance on and off all day and chocolate is supposed to help.
DD -- You are so ready for this sleep a way program. You ran off and didn't look back. Way to go!
DS -- While I try not to be frustrated why was last night the night you work me up twice? You never wake up. Why pick the time when I have to get up extra early.
DH -- It is ok to be a bit sad DD is growing up. We're doing out job.
Post by traveltheworld on Aug 22, 2018 12:14:53 GMT -5
k3am, I'm sorry about your DD. Give it some time. I know you know this, but I'll say it anyway - it's good for your DD to see a mom that works and whose life is not entirely dedicated to her.
Dear DS,
Coming into the den right before you leave for camp, while I'm on a conference call, to tell me that your chest hurts, is not helpful. Now I'm sitting here worried that something is wrong, but have no way of knowing since I couldn't talk to you, and all you did was point to your chest and make "I'm in pain" faces.
Signed, Mom who already worries about you too much on a daily basis
Dear candidates that we are interviewing:
Please be good. We need extra help. But we have no back-up options. So if the 2 of you suck, then we are back to square one.
Signed, Your interviewer
Dear WPs:
Is it weird/petty of me to hope that the candidates that we are interviewing (and will likely hire) are good, but not too good - i.e. not better than me? I like being the star, even though it means I'm constantly over-worked.
Please start liking before/aftercare. You are basically breaking your mama's heart every day I leave for work and every time I pick you up, and every time you talk about how sad you are there and how you wish I could be like the other moms.
Signed, The mom who works, doesn't attend morning assemblies at 8-fecking-50am, doesn't pick up from the classroom, can't stop and chat with the teacher, and is currently eating a HUGE chocolate chip cookie at 10am because it's 10am and tears have been making an appearance on and off all day and chocolate is supposed to help.
Aw... Is there a friend you can kind of pair her up with in the aftercare?
A friend of mine that is new to aftercare said her daughter was crying and having problems with another K girl saying she smelled. I actually think I know who that girl is, but anyway we talked about it on the weekend, and I encouraged my kids to seek her out at aftercare say hi etc. They reported back that they had done so, and that they had played a game together on Monday. Not sure how Tuesday went, but I am hoping it helped.
Please start liking before/aftercare. You are basically breaking your mama's heart every day I leave for work and every time I pick you up, and every time you talk about how sad you are there and how you wish I could be like the other moms.
Signed, The mom who works, doesn't attend morning assemblies at 8-fecking-50am, doesn't pick up from the classroom, can't stop and chat with the teacher, and is currently eating a HUGE chocolate chip cookie at 10am because it's 10am and tears have been making an appearance on and off all day and chocolate is supposed to help.
Aw... Is there a friend you can kind of pair her up with in the aftercare?
A friend of mine that is new to aftercare said her daughter was crying and having problems with another K girl saying she smelled. I actually think I know who that girl is, but anyway we talked about it on the weekend, and I encouraged my kids to seek her out at aftercare say hi etc. They reported back that they had done so, and that they had played a game together on Monday. Not sure how Tuesday went, but I am hoping it helped.
I'm trying to give her some more time to work it out on her own. Starting next week, it will be more time in the classroom, less time at aftercare (first 8 days of school are only 4 hour days), so hopefully, that helps. I figure next step is to reach out to her teacher and see if any other kids in her class are in aftercare and if there's any way she can try to nudge them together. I think I'm going to see if I can WFH tomorrow morning and take her into for assembly also.
k3am, in the long run, this isn't what she will talk about when thinks of you as a mom. It will be all of the things you do for her and how much she was loved.
Dear people at work,
Get out of my office. I have things to do.
Dear subordinate,
Sorry you may be not be able to get off at 3:30 anymore. That's the way things are sometime. Citing your personal life my get you sympathy from me, but it will not change anything. Plus, our actual office hours are 4:30, so getting off at 4:30, 4:45, isn't exactly late.
Dear office,
So first there was an infestation of mice. Now, we are waiting for environmental to confirm if the spiders on these traps are brown recluse. Nice. Do I get hazard pay for working here? As if the lice scare didn't send me over the edge this week. Plus, I go into a residential center for a meeting Monday, and they tell me there are bed bugs. Seriously. What kind of karma is this?
k3am, I hear this every day from DD. I don't want to go to before/after/summer camp. She does the tears, puppy dog face, guilt trip. I ask and they tell me she is 100% fine and off playing before I even leave the parking lot so I've started to not let it eat at me as much. It still sucks and she never seems to have anything good to say about being there but the staff who do adore her says she is fine. Hopefully once she is in class full days and only at aftercare with the rest of the school she can get a big buddy to take her under their wind. I really love big buddy set ups 186momX
Dear schools You never used to have parents come to assemblies at least when I was a kid. Why now and why in the freaking middle of the day. Most families need both parents to work so unless you have major flex or a weird schedule getting to school for VIP assemblies and what not at 10am doesn't work so then kid feels bad because mom/dad couldn't come but XYZ mom did. Could society kind of stop this new bad trend
Post by justcheckingin73 on Aug 22, 2018 13:09:47 GMT -5
k3am , I’m sorry that your DD is having a rough time. My son was the same way when I sent him to KinderCare after his 1/2 day Kindergarten. Every day my stomach was in knots. I’m hoping things get better when full days start.
Dear kids,
You guys are awesome. You were both up and at ‘em for your first day of school, dressed and ready to go.
DS, you’ve come so far since preschool and Kindergarten and I’m so proud.
DD, I hope you found your way around your new very big HS. I can’t wait to hear how your day went!
Love, Momma bear
Dear coworkers,
I vacillate between feeling like a complete failure because sales are down, leads are down and I feel like it’s my fault and not caring at all. You come to me with a campaign you want to run and then go dark. No feedback, no response, no answers to my question. WTF??!! Everything is a G-damn priority and when I need feedback I get nothing.
I love you and hate you at the same time.
Signed, Your Marketing person
ETA:
Dear schools, doctors & dentist offices,
Stop calling my kid Katie! She’s not Katie, or Katherine or Katelyn and never has been. She’s simply Kate. Although I think Katie is adorable I never wanted to burden her with a cutesy name that might affect her professionally.
Signed, Why is it always schools, doctors and dentists offices that call her that??
I’m sorry about your DD. It’s so hard. The 1/2 days are tough. Things will get better when the schedule becomes more regular. Creepy hugs to you.
- Mae
Dear Kids -
Less than 2 weeks left until school. 2 weeks until Sports, activities, homework, and long days start back up. Let’s try to make the most of the summer that we have left. Stop bickering and i will take you places. Mmmkay??
Mommy
Dear new clients -
You may commence rolling in right around Sept 10th. I will be ready for you!
Awesome marketer ready to get your business out there.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Aug 22, 2018 14:23:48 GMT -5
Dear DH,
I did too talk to you about groceries and picking up. You f'n liar. The fact that you forgot is not a big deal. The fact that you claim I never told you makes me want to murder you.
ALSO. I think it's shitty you aren't skipping your card game tonight to go to spirit night with me at DS' new school. This is a basic parenting thing at a new school where our kid is trying to get to know people. You suck.
Dear DH, I’m sorry that you hate going to Chicago 2-3 weeks a month. But. I called it. Your boss and the team you manage is there - did you really really think at your level they meant 20% travel? I think it’s crappy they uninvited you, the new guy, to the baseball game because they invited too many people, and it’s the reason you don’t get home until Saturday morning. I’d start looking for something that’s a better fit. For real. And I hate to tell you - the best fit for you is Big Consulting. So you need to really think about what you want. Because I don’t think it’s a job below your skill set but in town. Not really.
I’d prefer a happy husband than a present grouch AND you don’t help when you are here so don’t use the kids and I as an excuse - we are still rocking our carpools and evening prep
2chatter , I totally get the DH grouchiness. Most times all I hear is a What?! all cranky like. I think I have gotten to the point of just tracking his I-phone (thanks for the idea mommyatty ) rather than calling to see where he is. I can see him coming down the train tracks on the train and then walking up the hill home lol.
He does help out though, and took both kids to pick the car up from the shop while I sat through 2 hours of curriculum night. Probably the most exciting night of adulting ever womp womp.
He got the same story from his previous boss. 20% travel turned into every week working in DC.
Dear Sis I'm going to help you out by meal planning and prepping and freezing food for the first couple weeks of school. You always get sick once school hits so I'm trying to avoid hearing about it by making sure you eat decent food. All you will have to do is throw it in the crock pot or microwave it for the first 2 weeks of school. You have lost 5lbs in the last week just with your athletic training stuff and am running on little sleep which isn't good. Be thankful and learn something by this so you stay healthy. Big Sis
waverly - I do the iPhone thing too! A couple weeks ago DD and DH were in the same place (Starbucks) and didn’t know it until I texted them. I should say DH does help but he chooses the tasks that don’t stress me out - like he will wake the kids (ie snuggle with them in their beds and chat) but not get them OUT of bed and dressed. Or he will pick up DS from soccer when I am already there at practice. So it’s low value. I know that sounds petty but I kind of thought with him here he would do more showers, bedtime, reading - but he’s usually not here and if he is, he logs back in to work. Ugh.
WTF are you even doing here? Ain’t nobody got time for this. I have fun plans for myself this weekend and you are not invited.
GTFO, Shakinros
Dear NyQuil,
Why are you so vile? I took this liquid cause it’s all we have, and I know you work, but this laying here trying not to gag or retch at your revolting aftertaste makes me wish I’d decided to just muscle through the cold symptoms with the aid of a sleeping pill.
Post by erinshelley21 on Aug 23, 2018 11:13:06 GMT -5
Dear DS, The dramatic emotions towards the new kindle you got are ridiculous. I'm not sure what is going on lately, but I sure hope it is a phase. You are wearing me out. Love, your mother
Dear MIL, A heads up on buying both children kindles would have been nice. I mean, I'm thankful and they are lucky, but a quick text would have even worked. Thanks for not giving me any crap about the rules I set on them though. Love, a mom who is just trying to not raise assholes
Dear BFF, I'm super excited for our date tonight, even if we are bringing our husbands. Signed, counting down to cocktails
Dear Work, We are really a bad fit..things have gotten worst for last 6 mos...12 hour days every day and yet I feel unproductive Signed Overextended overworked
Dear DH and son, Thanks for being understanding...I know I work to much in the office. Love Sad Wife and Mommy