Dear XH, Why are you texting me to ask about how to do your taxes? For the love of God, it's not my problem anymore! We filed separately last year! If you can't figure out that yes, you do get to claim the teeny tiny portion of summer camp that you pay for as childcare, then you don't deserve to get the benefit of claiming it. I almost didn't help you, just to spite you. But I took the high road and gave you the correct answer. And no, I will not drop everything I'm doing to search for the health insurance paperwork you need because I'm the subscriber and you are still a leech on my plan. You'll get that form when I get around to organizing my own tax documents. Signed, Not My Problem
PS - Why are you shocked at the price of summer camp and worried about how to pay for that? It's the same price as last year. I've been putting money away every week to save up for it. This is not a surprise expense. You better hold up your end of the deal. It's literally the only kid expense you are obligated to pay.
Can you guys please sell us the land to square up my property line. Thanks to an incorrect survey, sliver of your land juts right up to the driveway. I have convinced myself that you will put up a fence on that tiny sliver and then proceed pile up trash and car parts, based on past evidence. You don't even realize you don't own it, because the one who used to live there, won't talk to...anyone.
Signed, I will pay whatever it take for piece of mind.
Dear self,
We may need to move. As the song says, clowns on the left and jokers on the right. I have a clan of noncommunicative people on one side, that are way to close. I have on the other someone who thought it was safe to "adopt" a 22 year old off the streets and then proceed to call the cops on him for months until he was put into a mental facility, a somewhat hoarder across the road that nails things to tree to make faces and spontaneously puts out lawn displays made out of garbage, a new neighbor who we hoped for normalcy, but then tells us he confronted the hoarder while packing because he threatened his dogs. All except one has no clue how to keep their dogs on their property. Is this the price to pay for living in the less regulated county, or just bad luck. I do have normal across the road and then on down the road.
rere , I grew up in the country, and my next door neighbor murdered someone. He was convicted and served his time. I am not a proponent of murder ever, but it was a guy who raped his daughter. In the era of the Me too movement it makes me wonder if the judicial system was so F-ed up that he felt he had no choice but to take matters into his own hands. The rumor was they were dropping the case. So yeah growing up rural was not the idyllic crime free place some people try to act like it is. These people are friendly ish/ neighborly with us.
I'm really trying hard with you, but I kind of want to be in NC right now. I want to eat biscuits drenched in honey and have a perfect 70 degree day like we did last year (the other days were 40 and raining, so it is hit or miss). Too bad we don't have enough miles for a weekend trip. Please do not mess up my commute home with snow. I have to make dinner and get DS to basketball by 6:30 because DH has drinks out with co-workers. I'm really trying to make you fun to get through you, but I am so tired of having to put on 15 different lotions just for my skin not to be a dried out desert.
Dear work- Thanks for messing up my schedule with your software problems. Because the time software decided on it's own how to take out vacations now everyone has to take vacation like right this second or else they will lose it. No one "in charge" knew this and in fact send emails to the opposite. So now they have to communicate with everyone again, which will take them forever... and the clock is ticking and my schedule is imploding.
I'll take you here. Last year it poured like crazy causing water issues under our house that we spent $$$$ on to treat. This year? Pretty dry. I'd like another year filled with enough rain to prove that our water issue has been taken care of. But I mean basically we guaranteed CA has a drought again.
You know I’m not really good at taking it easy right? Like, I hate spending the day on the couch while I think of all the work and kid and home crap I have to do. So if you could work a little harder to kick this flu bug that is literally making every part of you hurt and wheeze, that would be super.
Thank you, The Management
Dear School -
I’m glad you’re finally handling things. I’m annoyed about how much time I’ve had to invest into making you handle something that should have been handled months ago, but I’m glad it’s being handled now. I’m still planning to keep my distance, because I’ve neither forgiven nor forgotten.
Whew, that was a stressful day yesterday! That was a lot of promotions and demotions to work on that were due today, when I still don't have much of an idea of what I'm doing. I certainly did not appreciate working for another 2 hours in the evening just to get all the statements done.
Also, I am not very happy about not having any of the "important meetings" I was told were happening this week that would be good for me to attend and that's why you wanted me to start Feb 3, not Feb 17 like I had asked. Because of starting Feb 3, I'm missing the kids' school Valentine's Day parties and their half day off that afternoon.
Signed, Frazzled and irritated new employee
Dear self,
At least starting 2 weeks earlier means getting paid at my new salary that much sooner and being able to put more money into paying down the mortgage.
Dear H,
Thank you for letting me vent and also for doing the dishes last night.
Love, Wife
Dear DD,
I know you said that all you could give me to help me feel better was a hug, but seriously it was the best thing ever. You are so sweet and it was exactly what I needed.
Dears Kids, I am sorry that this next month is a shitshow between dad and I traveling. Work is a bit insane for both of us, particularly with me on the tenure tour. Thank you for being awesome, and please don't put weird things in your mouths and stay healthy. Love, Mom who is a bit frazzled
Dear DD Thanks for telling me after Friday I only have 8 more Fridays to go. I don't know if that is a blessing or a curse that we only have 8 weeks of tax season crunch left. Mom who is feeling the pressure
Dear IRS/States Can you please for the love of god update the 2018 forms for the extender bill that was retro activated to 1/1/18. Tax lady who is hating having to put all these people on hold because you haven't got the forms updated.
Dear Gym Coach When DD asked if she got to compete in the meet on the 22nd and you told her probably not. I'm a little confused on the glimmer of hope you gave her when entry fees were already due. Plus DD was beyond bummed she still isn't good enough to compete. We are working on her confidence. I wish you could help out a little instead of always being the Debbie downer. Frustrated mom & kid
It’s bad enough that you can’t manage to navigate your cars between the lines that create 5 lanes, so you make 4 lanes, causing huge spillover into the street and insane traffic. But honestly, you can’t stand in the middle of the lot chatting away with all your doors open, making sure no one else can pull in, and not moving when they try. Just walk over and sit on the bench and chat while wait for the kids over there. It’s nice out, and you have to get out to retrieve the kids... and you don’t further f up the line!! Wins for all!
Impatient, feverish, aching mom who just wants to go home and crawl back into bed
We have had a mandatory two week vacation forever. Calling it "mandatory" makes it sound bad, but for 90% of your staff, a "mandatory" two week vacation is the only way any of us ever GET a two week vacation. Two week vacations are revelled in, respected, and greatly needed.
Please don't try to sell reducing it to a mandatory one week vacation as a benefit to all employees. The only people this benefits is the hourly employees that only get 12 days of vacation a year. Let the rest of us keep our mandatory two weeks, dang it.
Signed, The lady whose boss is the only person on the planet who hates taking vacation days and expects her to work through them.