Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Sept 7, 2021 8:57:01 GMT -5
My kids still haven’t started school yet- tomorrow. Get out. Of my house. Please.
I got a beautiful email from a former student from two summers ago. It made me cry. I still love my job, even though I’m on the hunt for ways to get out of academia to something more stable. On that note, I did a book review and am waiting on the payout- $300! Not too shabby. and I liked the text.
It’s the end of a 4 day weekend for us here since our schools have the day off for rosh Hashanah . We were supposed to fly and visit my dad this weekend to take advantage of the time off but last week the sewer pipe to his house broke and we figured it wouldn’t be a great time to visit lol (he lives in Florida, no way were we doing a hotel etc there right now). So we didn’t have anything planned for staying home. It’s been a looong weekend. I’m ready for school tomorrow.
Mine start tomorrow soon, not a moment too soon. I have so much to do. I am a ball of rage. I feel so bad about all the things that annoy me, but I can't help it.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS RAGING ME OUT My FB app is saying I have an unread message. I do not. I have: Checked my message requests (spam) Logged in and logged out Deleted the app and reinstalled Scrolled through all my message since God was a child Logged in from my desktop and checked
Nothing is working. This is just a minor example of small things bothering me so much I want to punch someone in the face
My brother got married this past weekend. They did formal photos for a really long time but didn't include either myself or my sister in any of them, so I'm kind of wtf at that, but whatever. Luckily we managed to snag a photo towards the end of the night with all four siblings and my Dad. I'm really afraid that that might have been our last change to do so.
Speaking of, he is in surgery now getting his port and will be starting Chemo on Thursday. He's in a lot of pain and couldn't even walk in to the facility today, so I'm really worried about him, both physically and mentally.
DH is heading to the vet in 10 mins for us to figure out if our dog going to make it through the week. So I guess my panic family photo scheduling might be too late.
He says she's really weak and got sick again. She's hasn't eaten much in days.
I'm at work and trying to hold it together.
ETA: The vet won't let both of us in the appt due to COVID, so I would be with him, but I guess even when your pet might be dying, they said no.
Today is a "no meeting today" at work so I'm listening to the Murdaugh Murders podcast lol. The journalist's vocal fry is kind of annoying, but I'm getting over it.
I'm sorry it sounds like this week is not off to a good start for several of you! I hope it improves.
I just got back from a 5 day weekend, so I'm dragging. I think I need a lot of water because I feel puffy today, too much junk food and alcohol in the last few days. I was unable to get groceries before this morning (they were delivered while I'm at work and H is home) so it is more junk today since I had nothing fresh to bring to eat. I have class tonight, too, so I won't be able to cook dinner and will have to grab something.
We had such a nice weekend, though. We went to Gatlinburg with another couple and it was so beautiful and so nice to be with them. We mostly hung out at the place we rented and did a little hiking/driving in the national park. This is my BFF that I've had for like 15 years and hadn't seen her since May 2018, which is by far the longest we've ever gone without getting together. I thought maybe our friendship was fizzling out since we haven't even talked much lately, but it definitely isn't - we're just as good as ever. I love her H, too, and they get along really well with my H. I hope we can do something like this once a year going forward. We travel well together and like to do similar things, so I think we should make that happen.
It was such a fun, relaxing weekend that I'm sad to be back to real life.
Mine start tomorrow soon, not a moment too soon. I have so much to do. I am a ball of rage. I feel so bad about all the things that annoy me, but I can't help it.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS RAGING ME OUT My FB app is saying I have an unread message. I do not. I have: Checked my message requests (spam) Logged in and logged out Deleted the app and reinstalled Scrolled through all my message since God was a child Logged in from my desktop and checked
Nothing is working. This is just a minor example of small things bothering me so much I want to punch someone in the face
Mine does this. Nothing helps except it just randomly fixes itself. Sometimes restarting the phone helps
DH is heading to the vet in 10 mins for us to figure out if our dog going to make it through the week. So I guess my panic family photo scheduling might be too late.
He says she's really weak and got sick again. She's hasn't eaten much in days.
I'm at work and trying to hold it together.
ETA: The vet won't let both of us in the appt due to COVID, so I would be with him, but I guess even when your pet might be dying, they said no.
I'm so sorry. We just went through this with our dog and the vet met us outside for the appointment. Our dog stayed in the backseat of our car and the vet put him to sleep from there. Is this an option for you? We were doing a home burial for our dog so logistically it was easier for us.
DH is heading to the vet in 10 mins for us to figure out if our dog going to make it through the week. So I guess my panic family photo scheduling might be too late.
He says she's really weak and got sick again. She's hasn't eaten much in days.
I'm at work and trying to hold it together.
ETA: The vet won't let both of us in the appt due to COVID, so I would be with him, but I guess even when your pet might be dying, they said no.
If it is his time look for a vet who can come to your house to do it. My parents opted for this option at the start of COVID and it was very comforting to do it at home for them and their dog.
Thanks all. Right now they're going to run tests, x-ray, and fluids. DH is going to pick her up end of day, spend the night, and take her back in the am.
Post by pinkdutchtulips on Sept 7, 2021 11:27:56 GMT -5
I’m so proud of myself for NOT having my what seems like yearly existential crisis about being a mine full custody who is completely unloveable which no guy would want bc full custody.
It must mean my mind has caught up to what the heart has known for 3 years … J isn’t going anywhere, he finds me completely lovable in spite of me having full custody.
We put my dog to sleep on Thursday, we had a vet come to the house because I wanted that for him. She texted me and she said she will be able to bring his urn this afternoon. 💔
DS went back to school today. All the surrounding counties have school mask mandates, ours does not. There were very few kids with masks. So...I'm guessing DS will have covid in the next month and I'm trying not to freak out about it.
H and I carried DS(5) sobbing and screaming into & out of the car and all the way to his classroom where we left him with his really nice teacher still sobbing & screaming. I used to teach prek so I've been on the teacher side of this scenario. The parent side is way worse.
This how an only child who has been home with his parents for 18 months does when thrust back into being away from them. Fuck covid and the maskhole antivaxxers! I tried to get DS into summer programs to ease him into this but the assholes in my red city were all anti mask in the kid programs. Or rather, we let the parents decide. Fuck that because that means no masks.
DS has been in school all of 5 days and I had to get a Covid test done for him this morning. It was negative for the rapid, but something the school nurse said makes me think that there are several others testing and that it might be too early. Fvck. Then right after I got home, and was running because I was late for a meeting, H asks me if I called to get medication for the dog. Don’t worry H, I’ll take care of that too! Rage I’m sorry for all with pets that aren’t feeling great or had to be out down recently. We lost both of our dogs last year and it sucked so much.
I’m going to a course tonight on executive functioning with DS1’s ADHD coach with evening. I’m excited to hear what she has to say, we meet with her every 2 weeks but most of the time it’s her and DS so this will be geared more towards parents. Im also waiting for an email back from DS1’s school counselor. He missed a day of school two weeks ago and his art teacher hasn’t responded on how to make up an assignment. He’s emailed her, I’ve emailed her and we’ve gotten no response. He asked her last week in person when he could come to her classroom to work on it and she said it was too late to finish it. I emailed his counselor last Friday but haven’t heard back. I’m annoyed.
Day 1 of the new job! Just finished the HR onboarding, and I'm set to meet with my manager in a bit. It still feels surreal that I have a fully remote job, and won't be going back to an office.
Hugs to those that need them. Sounds like it's been kind of a rough Tues!
Post by followyourarrow on Sept 7, 2021 13:17:23 GMT -5
I sit on a board for an organization. One of the other board members is being an ass, again. Today he's being very demanding, mansplaning, rude, etc. I'm simmering, trying to decide how I want to handle it. A large part of me wants to just quit, drop everything off at his house and tell him to have fun running the event that is this weekend, I do care about the organization though. I could call him out in the group message for being an asshole and it's no wonder women don't participate in this organization. Or I could just tell him that it obviously sounds like he wants to take over XYZ pieces, so knock yourself out.
Post by maudefindlay on Sept 7, 2021 13:37:06 GMT -5
followyourarrow Askamanager has some of the best responses for mansplainers such as "Did you really just explain to me what confidential means?" "Of course I know that, it's a basic part of what I do". "Bob, I notice you frequently explain things to me that are a routine part of my job that I don't hear you explaining to others (others means men). Do you have concerns about the work I do?" Take him down, don't quit!
I love my daughter, but she is a walking disaster. She is just one of those people who does everything the messiest way possible, she is constantly dumping out toys, then "reorganizing" into one of the many, many, bags, boxes, containers, etc that she keeps around. As a result, we can never find half her stuff.
She starts a new school tomorrow and is terrified. I told her that she could take her Gizmo watch (it's a kids watch that makes phone calls) with her if it would be comforting to know she could contact me. I made it really clear that it would only be in case of emergency, but thought it would ease her mind to know she could call me if needed.
Of course, now we can not find the watch. This is the one item she has been pretty careful with, it is almost always either on her wrist or near the charger. She hasn't used it in a while so the battery is dead and we can't call it.
Whether we find the stupid thing or not we have a year contract left on it so it had better turn up.
mofongo, I'm so sorry for what you are going through. I'm glad to hear the potable water is back. My neighbor is in Louisiana with the power company, trying to restore everything but I know it will still be weeks for some people. Hang in there and definitely let us know if we can help in any way.