Please don't snow. The kids are already at school. I don't want my new driver on even a snowflake.
Signed, No one said anything about this when we left and DH you may have to get him.
Dear body,
I need to get rid of the 6 lbs I gained over the holidays. Then I can concentrate on the 5 I was wanting to lose, but never can. At some point, I feel like I am going to just go around eating lettuce and running in circles since anytime I don't closely watch it, boom, 6 lbs. I work out every day already.
Signed, skipped the (baked) tater tots last night.
I can’t believe you’re going to let the kids go ahead with that stupid talent show act. The actively left out one kid. ONE. This bullish!t wouldn’t be tolerated at most schools - why would you allow it at a Catholic school??
I didn’t realize what a reputation you had for favoring the children of the wealthiest families. It’s bad when several people from your town, but not connected with the school, share that kind of info. What a shame. You had so much potential. It was the right move for us to leave the last place and come to you. Now we need to figure out our next move.
I hear you. My normal weight loss tricks aren’t working anymore. I’m back to my workout routine now, and am trying to make healthy foods. I’m also reducing the amount of food all together. Like you, I feel like only a lettuce and water diet will do it.
Post by covergirl82 on Jan 29, 2020 11:06:49 GMT -5
Dear WPs,
Ugh...why do kids get sick at the worst possible times?? DS woke up with a fever and stomach ache. He has been healthy the entire school year, until now. DH is staying home with him today, because I had to come in to work today as it's my last day and I have to turn everything in. I have tomorrow and Friday off to mentally unwind/transition before I start my new job on Monday. I had a bunch of errands planned tomorrow, and now those plans are shot. Friday's plans are probably shot too. And now I'm so stressed about having sick kids my first week at my new job.
Dear soon-to-be-former employer,
Thank you for depositing your retirement savings match yesterday! I'm happy to have stayed just long enough to get last quarter's match.
Thanks for being cool with me taking this five hour teleconference from home. I can get some stuff done and no one else has to listen to this scintillating conversation about small grain crops.
Signed, Not Sure Why I’m On This Teleconference
Dear Admin:
I asked you to set up a meeting with a bazillion really busy people, and you actually did it! Great job! Thank you!
I can’t believe you’re going to let the kids go ahead with that stupid talent show act. The actively left out one kid. ONE. This bullish!t wouldn’t be tolerated at most schools - why would you allow it at a Catholic school??
I didn’t realize what a reputation you had for favoring the children of the wealthiest families. It’s bad when several people from your town, but not connected with the school, share that kind of info. What a shame. You had so much potential. It was the right move for us to leave the last place and come to you. Now we need to figure out our next move.
Signed,
Looking for our next step up.
What did they say about it when you asked them? This is sooo weird on their part. This isn't favoring one family, it's being cruel to one kid.
Let me be perfectly blunt: we can live on far less money than I make. Even moving to a more expensive housing market. And if we can’t, and I need to take a pay cut to get a new job, then you may need to get some training to go back to work. Frankly, it’s my job to support myself and my kids. It’s your job to support you. So quit making me feel like I have a duty to stay at the level I’m at in a job I hate in an industry that’s contracting because you love buying hundreds of pairs of expensive running shoes that you never wear and not working.
Your Wife Who Is TIRED of Talking About This
Dear Job Opportunity:
Please give me an awesome offer. Please. I want to come work for you. Please make it an easy decision.
Enough with the bullish!t. Be a cheerleader and support your wife.
mustardseed2007 - they would not respond to my email, nor would the principal discuss it with DD when DD approached her. The principal ask one kid, she denied excluding DD1, and that was the end of it.
It’s all utter horse sh!t.
So DD1 will play the piano, and she will own it like she does. And those kids will go up and smear stuff on each other’s faces, and everyone will showcase their true talents.
Post by erinshelley21 on Jan 29, 2020 12:16:29 GMT -5
Dear Boss, Sorry one of your other employees quit. I kind of hope this affects my workload and kind of hope it doesn't because I'm about maxed out right now. I was serious when I said I would never quit without notice. I've been there twice and don't want to put someone else through that. Unless they are shitty and deserve it. Signed, erinshelley
Dear DH, Thank you for being so committed to me going to bed earlier and staying on me about it. Its important to me and I appreciate you recognizing it. Love, your wife that needs treated like a child sometimes.
mae0111, that is just wrong. Can you just boycott the whole show which I'm guessing you have to pay admission to anyways.
Dear Clients Please come in and pick up your stinking W2s. I bet your employees want them and I've had them done since the 20th. Me who keeps hounding you like a mom
Dear DD I'm so happy your coach signed off on your beam dismount last night. You needed that boost. I also really liked that you were talking to her about competing in the next meet and just scratching bars if you haven't got it all worked out by then. I really hope she agrees and all this moving back to pre-team can come to an end. Mom who needs to be in the loop
Dear Me It is January 29th not March 29th. Why is my eye twitching, my wrist killing me, and dad and I being in foul moods and snapping at each other? Signed it is still January
WPs Any good relaxation/stress relief tips? Other than deep breaths 186momx
Dear Carbs, Counting and limiting you is good for my weight, but why do you have to be in everything that is wonderful? I know that I already don't eat alot of the bread stuff due to celiac's....but you are also in wonderful things. But we are breaking up, because there is some weight that needs to leave now. Signed, I miss you chips
Post by supertrooper1 on Jan 29, 2020 12:45:00 GMT -5
Dear 186momx, Yoga, going for 10 minute walks, stretching, and indulging in small food treats are my stress reliefs. Signed, I should actually practice what I preach.
Dear coworker, I didn't want to go into work yesterday either and much prefer working from home all the time. So don't feel like you have to make up excuses about being sick to not go in, especially when I run into you at the mall after work. Signed, Don't feel guilty about not going into work once in a while
Dear beau, Thank you so much for bringing me my favorite Starbucks drink, even when it's an out of your way stop for you. And I appreciate you going with me to pick out new glasses. I know I'm very indecisive and it was probably boring for you. Signed, I appreciate the little things you do for me
Post by librarychica on Jan 29, 2020 12:54:10 GMT -5
Dear mom,
Yes, I am currently throwing a lot of money at a lot of things. I don’t clean my own house, I don’t take my kids to school or pick them up, sometimes I don’t make their supper. I pay for a lot of things. BUT what you forget when you remind me that you “never needed hired help” is that when you left the workforce pretty much permanently in the 80s that meant you had all the time to take us to school, vacuum and scrub and make our Hamburger Helper. You paid for that in lost income. I am paying for it in current income. It’s not that different so lay off the commentary please.
Love, Me
Dear kid’s preschool,
I do need those forms so please provide those forms I asked for with a solid month’s notice.
Dear DH, thanks for reading to the big kids and putting them to bed nearly every night since DS2 was born 2.5 years ago. Now that we're switching off between putting the big kids and the toddler to bed every night, I've realized that the big kids are a lot harder.
Dear OB, I know I've gained more weight than I should have at this point. I'm hoping we don't have to discuss it at my appointment this afternoon. I promise I'm exercising everyday and eating pretty well. (Also phdmomma, every time I eat some kind of carb, I rhetorically ask why it has to taste so amazing!). Also please be cool with me taking two 45-minute flights at 34 weeks in a few months, since that client is out to bid for their advisor and I'd really like to be at that meeting.
TMI Warning - dear disgusting armpit rash that I have for the second time in six months and required a prescription antifungal and antibiotic last time, please go away this time with the OTC antifungal cream! (sorry for the disgusting visual)
Why why why would you randomly throw stuff away from a drawer that you never used and didn’t know what it was before talking to the ONLY other person who works in the lab?!?!?! I need that stuff to do my effing job and it was specially made a million years ago by one of our plants specifically for this very specific purpose. And now it’s gone and there’s no way to get another one. And I need it RIGHT NOW hence why I was looking for it! WTAF dude? Don’t throw stuff away without talking to me, the person who uses way more of the stuff in the lab than you do!
mommyatty , I pretty much keep the policy that I don't comment on DH's work - how much, moving to other jobs which requires cuts or raises, and the same goes for him. I am not the one that has to work it every day and don't know what it is like, so he has to figure out what he can or can't do or live with. I think your DH should do the same. He doesn't get to tell you what to do, especially since we are not dealing with not being about to feed people, but maybe doing away with some luxuries that are not necessary for overall survival. Or he can make up the income.
The problem is he’s almost too much of a cheerleader. His view is I’m worth every cent because I’m awesome and I’m actually worth even more because my current employer has no idea how totally, completely awesome I am. Plus he’s just anxious that we will be poor. Which we were for a long time. But managing his anxiety is making my anxiety nuts, especially when he doesn’t seem to be willing or able to say “I’m perfectly willing to pick up part of the load you’re carrying.”
He really is a good guy. He just talks everything to DEATH!
Dear beau, Whoa. Was not expecting the "I think I'm falling in love with you" conversation last night AT ALL. I know we are both developing really strong feelings for each other, but that one hit me hard and out of the blue. Sorry if my response was not ideal. I'm pretty sure I'm on the same page, but hadn't really spent time to articulate that to myself fully, never mind to you. Thank you for understanding and talking it all out with me. I appreciate that you are willing to bring up the tough stuff and navigate it together. Signed, Still reeling
Dear self, It's ok to stop worrying about what's supposed to happen and just let things happen. Let your guard down a little. It's allowed. Signed, Me
Dear mommyatty, Good luck with the job offer and the husband! Maybe once it's a real offer and concrete data he'll come around more easily. Signed, Twinmomma
Post by erinshelley21 on Jan 29, 2020 16:08:19 GMT -5
Dear body, I'm trying really hard to treat you right after months of neglect while I pretended to be Joanna Gaines (and Chip if we really get down to it). I know you're tired, you aren't as strong and lean as you were last June, and you need attention. After 7 hours and 40 minutes of sleep last night, you should not feel this tired. Between being this exhausted and the random fevers with no other symptoms, its getting hard not to worry. We are requesting bloodwork at the doctor on Monday and will go from there. In the meantime, I'll continue going to bed early and let's make the new baseline for sleep 7 hours. Love, also trying to move you more
Among litigators (which I used to be full time), there’s a joke that we fall into two camps: pukers and fever runners. When we are in trial, we either puke or we run a fever. The fever may be the result of stress. Basically your body is trying to make you STOP.
Post by traveltheworld on Jan 29, 2020 17:51:02 GMT -5
Dear mommyatty, good luck on the new job prospect! And I don't know what is worst - a husband who over-analyzes everything and throw up roadblocks or one that just goes "yes do it!" to everything. I remember when I had to make the decision of moving a few years ago, my DH was 100% behind the decision, but completely from a "as long as you are happy!" perspective; which is great, but I was like "um....we need to make sure we can still pay our bills..?"
Post by erinshelley21 on Jan 29, 2020 19:55:57 GMT -5
mommyatty I know with 99.9% certainty that its stress and not getting time to relax. Every few months I get a fever and cant do anything because I hurt so bad. I joke that I treat it like a man cold lol. I don't have any way of slowing down right now. Work ramped up in a good way, the house is still a hot mess due to leaks and a certain friend of DH's not showing up like he said he would, and DH's elbow is still healing so he is working M-F and hasn't been much help until last week. He still has a 5lb weight restriction so he can do very few household chores or childcare activities.
It will all be a distant memory soon and life will go back to normal.
Dear giant industry conference, Please accept my application to speak this year! This is such a huge step outside my comfort zone and a major goal for me. I'm really proud of my presentation concept and think your attendees would really embrace the topic. Sending in a video of myself giving a presentation is a terrifying ask - hopefully you like me! I know I'm not a well known speaker, but I know my stuff and can present confidently when given the chance. So, give me the chance? Thanks, Super Nervous To Click Submit