Dear Clients Please stop showing up at our office without and appointment and sick. Then asking us to meet you outside because you are sick, then refuse to wear a mask because you aren't inside a building so don't have to. Tax lady who wants to stay healthy
Dear Health Authortiy Thank you for forcing the big (2000+ people from all over the west coast) paintball game in 2 weeks to cancel. This saved me from being the evil wife who was going to tell DH he couldn't go. Thank you Me
Just today I found out two neighbor families have decided to move to other countries because of the virus/political situation here and wanting their kids in school 5 days a week. To Canada and Israel.
Dear doctors, My head is spinning. Rheumatoid arthritis, no RA. Lupus, no lupus. Hypermobility issues, maybed EDS, maybe not. Maybe just regular old arthritis? No one knows. I'm tired and confused and really, really sick of being in pain. I realize we're still in the investigative stages, but can you all slow down and explain things more clearly instead of just throwing all these scary disease names at me? Thanks, Overwhelmed patient PS - Telling someone "Ya, if it's arthritis, there's actually no treatment for that." is NOT what a patient wants to hear. Can you come up with a better way to phrase that?
Dear universe, PLEASE let the restaurant re-opening go well this weekend! Send some sunny weather conducive to outdoor seating, pleasant guests, and a steady stream of customers their way. They need a win. Signed, Trying to be the optimist on the team
The other night, I yelled at DD. Because she spent the afternoon being a jerk.. it was basically the death of a thousand papercuts when she topped it off by going into the kitchen that I asked her 908 times not to go into because I'd just mopped. After her first step in, I told her to turn around and go the other way. She didn't. I asked her again, further she goes. Tracking dirty footprints in my floor. She stopped, made eye contact and kept going. More yelling to turn around, and nope. Eventually, mean mom came out, and I yelled "what the $&^% is wrong with you? Why would you deliberately make life harder on me when you don't have to?!?" Not my proudest moment, but it needed to be said.
Unfortunately, boss man, you indirectly pay my bills. And we have a professionally symbiotic relationship - you can't do your job without me. I can't do mine without you. Since I can't shout it at you IRL, I'm putting this into the universe and hoping you somehow hear it... "what the $&^% is wrong with you? Why would you deliberately make life harder on me when you don't have to?!?"
I feel like I spend a lot of my time bellowing “WHAT DID I JUST SAY??? WHAT WORDS LITERALLY JUST CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH??” And then I feel like crap. So, I hear you. I feel like I did thought that a lot toward the end of my last job. And a lot with one of my current clients. And DH.
It’s frustrating when kids won’t listen when I have a plan that works. It’s doubly frustrating when adults won’t.
Dear WP, Anyone have a good recommendation for an office chair that's not crazy expensive? I'm over this $15 Walmart special that I've been putting up with. Signed, Twinmomma
Dear ICE, Seriously? My international graduate students are scared of being deported already, did we really need to make this all more complicated and scare them more? Signed, I hate you, and I hate 2020
Dear Weather, Why is it 90? The pools aren't open and we can't escape to air conditioning at the movies like we usually do. Signed, So hot
Dear School district, Please make some sort of decision? I need to plan things, and my own teaching schedule. Signed, I teach somewhere too
Dear everyone at every company. Format your meeting requests so that my smart phone will automatically dial the conference line and then insert the participant code for me. Seriously.
Signed, Not that technically superior but still smart enough to know how to do it.
Post by librarychica on Jul 8, 2020 17:10:51 GMT -5
Dear mom,
Please, for the love of god, quit yelling at me because florida is opening schools and that I had the audacity to move next to a large one. I don’t know what you want from me. I am sorry that I can’t magic up an acceptable, small enough private school for you. No, I don’t remember much of kindergarten, but that doesn’t mean my youngest kid should have to be miserable for 9 months of “digital learning.” We will stay part for 4-8 weeks. If schools end up being a cesspool of transmission, we can cross that bridge when we get there.
Seriously there are people who have been separated from their loved ones for far more than 6 weeks.
Love (though some days I wish I’d left the state pre kids), Me
Dear WP, Anyone have a good recommendation for an office chair that's not crazy expensive? I'm over this $15 Walmart special that I've been putting up with. Signed, Twinmomma
IKEA! They have several at different price points.
Dear work, I’m cautiously optimistic about my prospects this year but feel like the rug may get pulled out from under me like last year so Basically it’s stressing me out and I need a break. Also stop asking why people are stressed out - you started busy season 2 months early and furloughed a few people, of course they’re stressed. Please be more compassionate. And this makes it even more clear you need more women (like me!!!) at the table. Thanks, Working my butt off
Dear DH, Yes, I know you want to book a vacation for early Aug for the week we had already planned but cancelled but idk how or what an option would even be at this point. Flying doesn’t seem realistic though I know others are doing it. Many places are still quarantining guests for 14 days, including Hawaii and Aruba, that you keep mentioning. It’s annoying. Figure something out and book it or get over it and stop mentioning it to me like it’s something I need to do when you’re the one pushing it. Yes, this year is stressful and we both need a breather but let’s be realistic about it. Thanks, Your already stressed out wife
Dear school, Please stay on track to reopen on campus full time. We need you. If things are changing let me know ASAP so we can commit to the private school. Appreciated, A concerned parent
I’m glad you enjoyed your fishing trip. Truly. You were so looking forward to it. The girls and I had a great day. We did exactly what we wanted to do when we wanted to do it. We played mini golf. We hit the surf shop. We went to the store to get all of the fixings for ice cream sundaes for dinner. We hit the beach and stayed there for HOURS, and we weren’t on anyone else’s schedule. It was glorious. And you were... confused. Because we did literally ONE THING this week as a family of 4, you were incredulous as to how I could be frustrated by staying on everyone else’s schedule all week.
You have ignored me, insulted me, insulted my family all week. You’ve acted like we are all pests and pains in your a$$. You’ve called me by SIL’s name several times. That one feels the most awesome.
I know now that you will never see my side on this. You will never understand.
sandandsea I think the Hawaii quarantine ends August 1st if you get a negative Covid test before traveling. Not that I think I’d want to take that long of a flight right now. We have flights to Kauai booked for Christmas and I figure we’ll wait and see what the situation is like then.
Dear WP, Anyone have a good recommendation for an office chair that's not crazy expensive? I'm over this $15 Walmart special that I've been putting up with. Signed, Twinmomma
IKEA! They have several at different price points.
Good idea! I always forget about IKEA. We don't have one nearby, so I'll have to go check out options with shipping.
Dear large percentage of parents of kids in DD’s class:
I get that you don’t want to pay our high tuition for what might be a mostly distance learning year. But I also know most of you will be having fits if your kids aren’t allowed in at the last minute. If your space gets taken, it’s your own fault. But I’m not having my kid in a larger class because your spot was taken and now you want back in.
Signed, Mom who already wrote a check for $42k knowing it might be for online school
twinmomma, Watch the shipping at IKEA. I was going to order a dresser for DD and have it shipped instead of driving the 3 hours to the store which is located in a major hot spot for them to maybe have it. They were going to charge me $199 to ship a $90 dresser. We decided to hold off and hope COIVD relaxes and make a day to trip instead. 186momx sandandsea, I also heard that starting Aug 1st you don't have to quarantine in Hawaii if you have paperwork to prove you had a negative COIVD test so many days before arrival. I still would be way to nervous to go. I don't want to spend my vacation time locked in a hotel room.
Yes, I’ve been following HI and the date for the quarantine has changed a couple of times so I’m not holding my breath. And making sure we coordinate the right timing on tests seems super hard and stressful. HI would be a direct flight for us so I’m less worried about that and also would expect a smaller population flying now but you never know. It’s also only a few weeks away at this point so we need to decide yet I’m frozen with indecision.
What is the acceptable amount of times for me to text DD’s friend’s mom to ask for a FaceTime date? I texted her about it in March with no response, reached on on FB in May to see if her daughter was on messenger kids, and all of my texts have gone unanswered. I asked again today and feel like I’m being annoying. I don’t think 3 times in 4 months is overwhelming, but someone reassure me.
Signed, I just want my kid to be in touch with her “best friend.”
What is the acceptable amount of times for me to text DD’s friend’s mom to ask for a FaceTime date? I texted her about it in March with no response, reached on on FB in May to see if her daughter was on messenger kids, and all of my texts have gone unanswered. I asked again today and feel like I’m being annoying. I don’t think 3 times in 4 months is overwhelming, but someone reassure me.
Signed, I just want my kid to be in touch with her “best friend.”
I think it’s fine to reach out again. She likely read it and forgot to reply. Ive been guilty of the same if I don’t reply right away.
Welp, text #3 has gone unanswered. I've found that if someone's going to respond to a text, it usually happens within a few hours or it ends up in the abyss.
Dear jackasses who are still setting off fireworks,
Please for the love of God STOP IT!!!!! This shit has been going on since June f*#%king 29th!!! Enough is enough! Every night I have to stop what I'm doing so I can sit in my comfy chair so Ferret can crawl up into my lap shaking with fear and be held. I feel so bad for him because he doesn't understand the noise and why he is so afraid! I won't even mention how much it sounded like war zone from July 3rd-5th with all the fireworks and mortars going off, some of them so loud that my windows rattled!!!
drjeep, I 2nd this. The we get a random Illegal firework (blows off above ground) blown off at random times. I give my 11 year old lab anxiety pills and when I know it will be bad 7/3-7/5 she gets multiple anxiety throughout the day along with a sedation pill with her dinner at 5. She is one drugged up dog but at least she doesn't shake and pant so hard that I fear she will have a heart attack. fellow dog mom
Dear jackasses who are still setting off fireworks,
Please for the love of God STOP IT!!!!! This shit has been going on since June f*#%king 29th!!! Enough is enough! Every night I have to stop what I'm doing so I can sit in my comfy chair so Ferret can crawl up into my lap shaking with fear and be held. I feel so bad for him because he doesn't understand the noise and why he is so afraid! I won't even mention how much it sounded like war zone from July 3rd-5th with all the fireworks and mortars going off, some of them so loud that my windows rattled!!!
Hate your guts, a lot!
DrJeep
+1 we had fireworks at 11pm last night. our poor dog had to sleep in her kennel again.
186momx, I totally hear you! The shaking and panting is the worst because you can't fix it! Ferret will also pace constantly if he doesn't start out in my lap, and I can't get him to stop. The panting makes him so hot too, and his heart races so fast from being so afraid! Fireworks are illegal in our city limits (except for places that have permits like the ballpark, museum, etc.), but that clearly doesn't matter to anyone. Last night (the 12th) is literally the first night since June 29th I haven't heard fireworks. It's ridiculous!! The dog I had before Ferret was also terrified of them. This might sound horrible to say, but I was so thankful that she was deaf the last three years of her life (just from old age, not from an injury or illness or anything) so she didn't have to hear them and be so afraid!
callmekd, +1 for commiseration. Poor thing! I hope being in her kennel made her feel safe! I know a lot of dogs love their kennels and that those are their happy places. Ferret is a rescue and hasn't been in a kennel before other than when he got fixed at the vet (like a nice kennel that is meant to be his little home away from home) so he still prefers to be in a lap.