Post by supertrooper1 on May 16, 2019 15:12:24 GMT -5
twinmomma, I'm not quite ready to unfollow or unfriend because I want to know what's going on for now. Maybe after everything is final I'll change my mind.
2chatter, he'll find other reasons for the turn down. Unfortuantely in at least one of the cases, he won't realize that he had MORE than enough info to realize it wouldn't work. It's honestly not him making excuses or a CYA move, it's just the way he is. I knew - for the most part - what I was getting when I signed up to work here.
My guess is that with these two back to back, it will be enough to get him back into the habit of running things by me first... for a couple months, anyways. It's been an endless cycle.
waverly - Best of Both Worlds omg amazing. AMAZING.
The concept of 80 percent? It’s what I have done this year and I have felt so naughty. Right now I’m working and listening to it and it came up at the exact right moment for me. I am still working 50 hours a lot of weeks but so much more on my terms. Like now. I totally left at the eight hour mark today, took DD for a pedicure before her banquet and am completing the things still on my mind. Unreal the difference in how I feel after clearing the guilt hurdle.
DDOT: DH offered to let his friend and family stay here for Memorial Day weekend. Fine, I wanted to do something else, but ok, we will deal with it. I just found out that they are staying with us until the THURSDAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY. So Saturday until Thursday. WTF?? Our house is a circus 90% of the time, especially with DD’s behavior. Not to mention that I sleep in the guest room 3-4 nights a week due to my insomnia and DH’s twitching.
I honestly don’t know what he’s thinking about 90% of the time. I also threw out there that he’d better not plan a trip while his friend is here. Friend is fine, his wife is hostile, and they have 2 toddlers. I’m NOT entertaining them alone. I didn’t invite them. DH was shocked my this request/threat.
Post by librarychica on May 17, 2019 9:41:02 GMT -5
@mae011, he needs to call them right now and say he made a planning mistake and they need to find somewhere else to stay after Memorial Day. That is way too long a visit.
Post by mustardseed2007 on May 17, 2019 9:53:13 GMT -5
mae0111,I'm confused by this. Who has friends they will stay with that long? I don't but maybe i'm the weird one. Or maybe it's also just where I live. No one is vacationing here...period. And no one is certainly vacationing here that long unless their visiting relatives, in which event they'd stay with them.
DS has a field trip today to the zoo. The zoo has a splash pad so they told the kids to wear their suits under their closthes. As hot as that sounds on its own, DS wore his swim trunks and swim rash guard, UNDER long pants and his field trip shirt. I could not get him to take off his long pants or his rash guard. On the other end of the spectrum, a boy in his class wouldn't wear his suit at all.
Also, I put on some cute heels...because I'm trying to make an effort I guess...and I remember why I never wear them. I was able to get both kids dropped off and ran by good will and donated something before work with no problem, but by the time I walked into my office these shoes are rubbing on my little toe. I know I'm going to get a blister. Stupid shoes.
@mae011, he needs to call them right now and say he made a planning mistake and they need to find somewhere else to stay after Memorial Day. That is way too long a visit.
Right?? I would NEVER do that!! DH thinks I am unreasonable. I’m like OMG DO YOU LIVE HERE?? And also, WHO STAYS WITH FRIENDS THAT LONG?? I haven’t seen him or his wife in 3 years!! We aren’t that close, obviously.
rere - you should get a hotel room just for you on about Tuesday night. Ha.
Help y’all - I am doing the 5th grade slideshow in PowerPoint. I have always had audio to add, and know how, but I have NO IDEA how to get mp3 files of popular songs. How do I get MP3 files?!?!
Also if you want to be all mom mushy - listen to Jason Mraz Have It All real quick. This is just one of the songs I need....
Post by covergirl82 on May 17, 2019 10:58:19 GMT -5
DDOT: I learned from DH's aunt last weekend that MIL turned down a free vehicle from SIL. MIL bought a brand new car last fall that she can't afford. So SIL recently offered to give her van (Town & Country, probably 10 years old, but well maintained) to MIL for free so MIL could sell her car and not have a car payment. MIL flat out refused. As a note, MIL recently started an office cleaning job for a few hours each evening M-F, but had to quit it less than 2 weeks after she started it because of her bad back. (She is on SSI disability for chronic back pain, by the way. Why she would even think it was a good idea to get a physical job, I have no idea.)
2chatter, Jason Mraz is awesome. He gave a free concert at my college in 2003 (right before he had some songs get a lot of airplay) and he was a-mazing. Only like 50 people were at the concert, so it was a super intimate concert. I haven't watched the video you shared yet, but I will.
mae0111, we live in a vacation destination and have no family nearby, so we get a lot of visitors. But even pre-kids, someone had to be a super close friend or family member to stay for more than a weekend. And once we all had kids, everyone has always gotten their own place. A weekend is one thing but no way would I have someone with two toddlers that I wasn't ridiculously close with stay for more than 1 or 2 nights!
I would have your DH reach out and say that you're excited to see them for the weekend, but beginning on Monday night the kids will need to get back in school mode, so you'd be happy to help them find a nearby hotel or airBNB if they want to stay in your city longer.
In an unexpected turn of events, DH told his friend that he is heading out of town on Tuesday, so his friend is getting a hotel for the remainder of his trip. Thank you Jesus.