This is not how want to start a 12 hour day. I was 30 minutes late for work. And yes we wait for the police for a report. Last time I let someone just exchange information, it was like pulling teeth to get my car fixed. Also, the first few minutes after the hit, I don't take it well, as you experienced.
Dear DS,
Settle down kid. You come rearing out of that car loaded for bear. Get back in there. You obviously have the same reaction to unexpected hit that I do, which is not good.
Stop sucking up so much of my time. First of all, you are for an industry group other than my own, so you should be happy I’m lending my expertise to your effort. Second, I know you’re going to be pushed that I can only be there Day 1 of 2 days of meetings, but we already have 4 more 2 day meetings on the calendar!
Sincerely, Someone With a Job Other Than Being On this Stupid Committee
Dear H:
Thank you for being cool with my suddenly needing to go to New Orleans tomorrow for 2 nights. I know it’s harder on you when I’m away.
I'm always intrigued when I hear about police taking reports of an accident. That just doesn't happen here unless there are serious injuries or you're on a major traffic way during rush hour. (Honestly, I'm not sure they even take a report vs. just make sure the cars are out of the road quickly.) But our police force is super understaffed. We had a neighbor call a few years ago to say that she was watching her home being robbed on her cameras and could they send someone out. The answer? Anyone home? Nope. Then nope. Just file a report online.
Dear self,
The stupidest thing you've ever done is the math to determine how many more Mondays you have to face until you retire.
Post by covergirl82 on Mar 19, 2019 10:16:24 GMT -5
k3am, I was intrigued by your Mondays-until-retirement calculation, so I thought I would try it. I estimate I have 25 more years until retirement and will take 4 weeks of vacation (on average), so 25 years x 48 Mondays/year = 1,200 Mondays. Yikes! Maybe I need to go increase my retirement savings so I can retire sooner...
WPs DD made pre-team! Got the official paper work last night! Now to figure out all the schedule changes as her first practice will be April 1st Coach A was all DD is the least flexible of the group moving up so it will be 3 times as hard for her and she really needs to decide if she is in it for the long haul or is just wanting to do gym to hang with her friends. I just like okay we will talk it over and thinking to myself she doesn't know my kid at all. 186momx
rere, I'm sorry that is a crap way to start the morning.
Post by traveltheworld on Mar 19, 2019 13:09:08 GMT -5
k3am, I have a retirement clock that's on my firm's internal home web page - and according to mine, I have 17 years, 288 days, 2 hours and 38 minutes till retirement. So that's a depressing statistic.
Dear DS,
You are turning out to be an amazing kid. But must you always have some weird, though minor health issue? What's with the super loud nightly snoring? That sent me down the path of google search, and it seems like it's most likely sleep apnea, which is not terrible. But still....just be normal for once?!
rere , what an awful start. Hope everyone is okay.
Dear Self,
Just because your Whole30 is over do eat like crap!
Love,
Me
PS Good job not getting that honey bun this morning.
Great job! I’m done on Friday. What’s your plan from here? I think I’m going to introduce one thing at a time and try to stick to whole 30 5-6 days a week
traveltheworld, DS is the WORST snorer. I already have pity on his future SO's.
We'll probably ask about it during his 3 year check up in a few months - he's already had his adenoids shaved down once, which really helped, but within a year, he was back to the crazy snoring again, so adenoids and tonsils may be on the agenda for him.
Post by greenmonkey1 on Mar 19, 2019 13:35:26 GMT -5
rere What a crummy start to the day! I hope it gets better.
Last time I was rear ended I insisted we wait for the police. Like you, the time before that I hadn't called the police and it was a huge PITA. The driver gave me an insurance card, but it ended up being expired (or he hadn't insured the car in which he was driving). I was so glad this last time I called the police because the driver who rear ended me gave the police the wrong phone number/information and they somehow caught that before we all left so the police got all that cleared up. Had I not called the police I would have been stuck with false information and a car that needed body work.
rere - DS asked me “is today Friday?” And then wailed in incredulous anguish when I told him it was actually Tuesday. Then I was bummed because it’s Tuesday.
I was convinced today was Wednesday. H was convinced it was Thursday. We were both sad.
sandandsea, umm well my Mom's birthday was this past weekend so I have already added everything back. I am trying to reduce grains as much as possible. No sweets except my creamer unless it is a special occasion. No soda. I am cooking with butter again. Not worried about the dairy part since I am sensitive anyway. I know where that line is.
Post by supertrooper1 on Mar 19, 2019 18:17:01 GMT -5
I could have retired in 12 years and 3 days, but starting this new job pushed it back at least 5 years, probably longer
Dear training coworker, I have no problem with you working from home. But when you just forward me emails to work on, it would be nice to know if this is something you're working on, someone else is working on, if it's already fixed, or if you're expecting me to do it. Thanks, Still learning
librarychica my DH is also 5 years older and has built it into his projections for me to retire when he does. But we may try to have another kid, so....we will probably be working forever!
Post by covergirl82 on Mar 20, 2019 7:19:52 GMT -5
Dear person at work who scheduled me for 10 hours of required training,
You have got to be kidding. Scheduling people for 10 hours of training, to be completed in three weeks, on top of their normal jobs, during when spring break falls (and many people take PTO, including me), was really poor planning on whoever's part who had a hand in deciding this. I feel my use of the word "burdensome" to refer to this training (amount of time and deadline) was kind (compared to what I wanted to say) when I replied to your email about if you could send the link for the training module earlier.
Dear XMIL, You are infuriating! First, you are sooooo excited to be our after school babysitter. It's your idea, you tell everyone how you can't wait to spend time with my kids after school. You bask in the glow of the "you're such a good grandmother!" comments. Then, you start complaining behind my back to SIL about how much of a burden it is and you're tired of watching them all the time. And you complain to me and want me to call the school and get the bus stop changed from the end of the street to your driveway because it's so hard to walk two houses down. THEN you tell XH that it's fine that he leave the kids there til 7 PM on his days. But if I'm there at 5 instead of 4:30, the guilt is laid on thick. And now, for next year you're giving us a run around on "Well, maybe I could watch them, we'll see how next year goes..." No. You will no longer have the option. You are not going to be our childcare next year. You are a freaking disaster and I'm not going to live in a constant state of panic and feeling like I owe you my life because of this "giant favor" you're granting me. Signed, Counting down to the end of school
Dear WPs, Please note, XMIL is not even 60 yet and does not work. She has my kids for roughly 1 hour a day. So the struggle is not real for her. WTF. Signed, Twinmomma
twinmomma, and that is the reason my mom or my MIL will never ever be our primary caregiver. EVER. I still get guilt about having my grandparents watch my kids 6 weekends a year while I was out drill. I quit the guard 4 months ago, and still; "it was so hard" "we were so tired" As they were traveling across country and going sailing for fun. I can't imagine watching a 4 year old for a 2 days is harder than sailing for a week, but maybe it is.
Post by justcheckingin73 on Mar 20, 2019 7:56:50 GMT -5
rere, hope you’re having a better day. twinmomma, my jaw dropped at your XMIL. Though it sounds like something my MIL would do. And only an hour?!
Im in the “don’t want to know” camp when it comes to retirement. I think about my dad who was in the military and retired after 25 years when he was 47! That’s just over a year away for me. However, he did go on to another career in law enforcement for 13 years but had a nice pension coming in already.
Dear Self,
Why are you so tired all the time. Can’t get up in the morning. Dragging all day. Even your runs have been a struggle. I wish my blood work showed an issue. I think it’s anxiety. Ugh.
Maybe keep your daily reminder to use Headspace and meditate for 10 minutes. It’s not that long!
twinmomma, That was DH's parents, except they never really watched the kids much, but it was always a HUGE burden when we asked. So we only asked if desperate. Now my kids don't need a babysitter, and they really don't have much of a relationship with them outside of birthdays and holidays. Sorry people. You had your change to grandparent, and now the kids and we have our own lives without you.
mustardseed2007 my DH is so focused on the long term that sometimes it's hard to get him to focus on the day to day - but I guess that's a better problem to have than the alternative. When I first met him in our 20s, he was living on ramen so he could max out his 401k