We spent the morning swimming and playing basketball at our hotel for our staycation. Next up is a visit to the Shedd before we take the train home. What a nice 36 hours we've had!
Post by lilypad1126 on Jan 5, 2023 12:18:16 GMT -5
I am so tired today. I slept ok, except for H waking me up a few times. First his phone is set to max volume so the amber alert that came in at 2, then repeated at 5am woke me. Then, he wanted to talk. Then at 6:15 his alarm went off. He again wanted to talk. So I just got up. But now I'm dragging. Ugh.
I am so tired today. I slept ok, except for H waking me up a few times. First his phone is set to max volume so the amber alert that came in at 2, then repeated at 5am woke me. Then, he wanted to talk. Then at 6:15 his alarm went off. He again wanted to talk. So I just got up. But now I'm dragging. Ugh.
Ugh, who wants to talk at 5AM?!! ETA: Besides, apparently, your H.
I took the tree down and vacuumed up all the debris, so I’m feeling accomplished. Only one small ding in the floor from where I dropped the heaviest section - oops.
I am so tired today. I slept ok, except for H waking me up a few times. First his phone is set to max volume so the amber alert that came in at 2, then repeated at 5am woke me. Then, he wanted to talk. Then at 6:15 his alarm went off. He again wanted to talk. So I just got up. But now I'm dragging. Ugh.
Ugh, who wants to talk at 5AM?!! ETA: Besides, apparently, your H.
All those smiling, giggling women on the 800 number commercials are just waiting for him to call and chat.
I need to send in a dozen cookies tomorrow for a daycare cookie exchange that got postponed after the holidays. I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy some and put them in a Tupperware. I just....can't.
lilypad1126, same boat. My H wears a cpap machine and it was SO NOISY last night. Squeaking, leaking air and vibrating against his face - super aggravating. And then after I kicked and nudged him numerous times he ended up taking the mask off and then there was snoring to listen to. I ended up putting a pillow over my head which helped a tiny bit but I slept like crap. I should have gone to another room but I didn't and I'm regretting it now because I'm dragging.
I am so tired today. I slept ok, except for H waking me up a few times. First his phone is set to max volume so the amber alert that came in at 2, then repeated at 5am woke me. Then, he wanted to talk. Then at 6:15 his alarm went off. He again wanted to talk. So I just got up. But now I'm dragging. Ugh.
I need to send in a dozen cookies tomorrow for a daycare cookie exchange that got postponed after the holidays. I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy some and put them in a Tupperware. I just....can't.
They did this at my daughter’s school for the teachers before the holidays and wanted us to include the recipe we used to bake them. I had zero time so I bought the pack of holiday cookies from Costco, repackaged them and sent them in. My recipe was “bought from Costco, happy holidays!” 😂
I need to send in a dozen cookies tomorrow for a daycare cookie exchange that got postponed after the holidays. I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy some and put them in a Tupperware. I just....can't.
I fully support this. I almost did it in December but just skipped the cookie exchange completely.
I need to send in a dozen cookies tomorrow for a daycare cookie exchange that got postponed after the holidays. I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy some and put them in a Tupperware. I just....can't.
I wonder if a lot of people will do this. Everyone just did all their holiday baking/cooking/hosting - does anyone really feel like whipping up a fresh batch of cookies this week? I know I don't.
In other random news, my supervisor told me that my title IS going to be changed, so that's good news. It's not a promotion or anything, it's more that my position was mis-titled to begin with. I have never been happy with it - I am a coordinator, though the tasks I do are far more manager tasks and I feel like I'm too far into my career to STILL be called a coordinator (that was my first title 15 years ago!). But the biggest thing that really drove me asking for this change is that we recently hired someone who is 100% my peer and her title is manager, so it makes no sense to title me as though her position is above mine. Her position is new and mine was replacing someone, so I think they just didn't really think about it when deciding titles and went with the legacy title for mine.
My autistic DS(6.5) has been struggling hard with reading. Really hard. And he's really worried about what happens if he never learns to read. Last night he read a handful of my first phonics readers (basically mostly sight word very simple very short stories) with minimal help! I'm SO proud of him!
I need to send in a dozen cookies tomorrow for a daycare cookie exchange that got postponed after the holidays. I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy some and put them in a Tupperware. I just....can't.
I wonder if a lot of people will do this. Everyone just did all their holiday baking/cooking/hosting - does anyone really feel like whipping up a fresh batch of cookies this week? I know I don't.
For real. I enjoy baking and even still I'd nope this one right away!
I wonder if a lot of people will do this. Everyone just did all their holiday baking/cooking/hosting - does anyone really feel like whipping up a fresh batch of cookies this week? I know I don't.
For real. I enjoy baking and even still I'd nope this one right away!
The last thing I want right now is MORE cookies in my house.
In other random news, my supervisor told me that my title IS going to be changed, so that's good news. It's not a promotion or anything, it's more that my position was mis-titled to begin with. I have never been happy with it - I am a coordinator, though the tasks I do are far more manager tasks and I feel like I'm too far into my career to STILL be called a coordinator (that was my first title 15 years ago!). But the biggest thing that really drove me asking for this change is that we recently hired someone who is 100% my peer and her title is manager, so it makes no sense to title me as though her position is above mine. Her position is new and mine was replacing someone, so I think they just didn't really think about it when deciding titles and went with the legacy title for mine.
Anyway, that makes me happy!
Today is my day to quote/agree with you LOL
But anyway - Congrats! Someone new being brought in to a new position is how my title changed from Assistant Director to Associate Director which of course I was happy about and got me a pay bump but I was super annoyed that my Reclassification request was stuck in purgatory for 5 years and this is what it took to finally get someone to sign off on it. Such a stupid system...
I have the Lizzo concert that is on HBO Max running on my second monitor. I'm so distracted watching it. I planned to just listen but she's so dang effervescent that I can't stop watching.
For real. I enjoy baking and even still I'd nope this one right away!
The last thing I want right now is MORE cookies in my house.
YES! Someone brought some in to work and I was sad I didn't think to do it first because they brought ALOT so me piling on would have been obnoxious haha. So I did the next best thing - sent them to work with my H for the ambulance crews!
Post by mysteriouswife on Jan 5, 2023 14:54:38 GMT -5
H and DS were up all night. DS has chronic nose bleeds. The both stayed home today. I have been sleeping most of the day. My body hurts from the coughing. I have issues with my c-section scar from DD swelling when I have done heavy lifting. It’s inflamed and I can’t sit comfortably. I can’t lay due to the cough. I don’t think I was this miserable with Covid.
I need to send in a dozen cookies tomorrow for a daycare cookie exchange that got postponed after the holidays. I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy some and put them in a Tupperware. I just....can't.
See…no. The whole point of a cookie exchange is to come home with a nice assortment of cookies. Which would be nice to have for the holidays. But after the holidays, when everyone is cookied-out? Just no.
Post by fluffycookie on Jan 5, 2023 15:45:35 GMT -5
Our tree is still up. It's still taking water and I like looking at it. I think MH and DS will take it down when I am away this weekend which is fine, but I always feel like the room is so empty after all the decorations are put away.
I was on break from 12/22 to 1/3 and stayed up way to late everynight which was fine because I could sleep in every morning, but now that I am back to work and staying up way too late still. Starting next week I need to get my act together because I am dragging this week.
In other random news, my supervisor told me that my title IS going to be changed, so that's good news. It's not a promotion or anything, it's more that my position was mis-titled to begin with. I have never been happy with it - I am a coordinator, though the tasks I do are far more manager tasks and I feel like I'm too far into my career to STILL be called a coordinator (that was my first title 15 years ago!). But the biggest thing that really drove me asking for this change is that we recently hired someone who is 100% my peer and her title is manager, so it makes no sense to title me as though her position is above mine. Her position is new and mine was replacing someone, so I think they just didn't really think about it when deciding titles and went with the legacy title for mine.
Anyway, that makes me happy!
Today is my day to quote/agree with you LOL
But anyway - Congrats! Someone new being brought in to a new position is how my title changed from Assistant Director to Associate Director which of course I was happy about and got me a pay bump but I was super annoyed that my Reclassification request was stuck in purgatory for 5 years and this is what it took to finally get someone to sign off on it. Such a stupid system...
Oh that is super annoying! They definitely should have reclassified you sooner, especially since you had asked!
My work is weird because they have coordinator/manager at the same level, which is considered an "emerging leader" role. Everywhere else I've worked a coordinator has been more the entry level for exempt jobs, so I've felt weird about telling people my job title ever since I started... it sounded like a step backward when in reality it was a promotion from my previous job at another org. I had meant to bring it up when accepting the job, but there were other things I tried to negotiate that were more important to me so I forgot (lol).
H and DS were up all night. DS has chronic nose bleeds. The both stayed home today. I have been sleeping most of the day. My body hurts from the coughing. I have issues with my c-section scar from DD swelling when I have done heavy lifting. It’s inflamed and I can’t sit comfortably. I can’t lay due to the cough. I don’t think I was this miserable with Covid.
I am sorry you are feeling so awful! I hope today is the worst of it and you start feeling better tomorrow.
Post by expectantsteelerfan on Jan 5, 2023 18:06:04 GMT -5
circa1978 you are a wonderful person for putting yourself out there to do all you can to try to get your SB to respond. I hope you can find peace too at knowing you attempted. Sending good thoughts to you at this difficult time.
I haven't talked to my mom since our fight after Christmas. She sent me a random email that I am interpreting as passive aggressive (it had no text and was just a link to brain balance pricing and I have no idea if it was a suggestion for one of my kids or for myself).
And if anyone has been following my Expedia drama, I feel like I should update that they DID finally make it right for me and I think it's finally over and done with. A (hopefully) brief recap is that I called in Sept. to book flights using Expedia credit leftover from a trip postponed/cancelled many times due to Covid. There was a balance for the flights, and they charged me, but then so did American Airlines. When I called to fix this, they told me to dispute the American Airline charges. Bank sided with AA for 3 of the 4 flights, Expedia ended up refunding me for all 4 flights, so 1 flight got refunded twice, and even though I asked my bank to cancel the dispute, they couldn't until hearing back from AA, but before that happened, AA cancelled the ticket and sent me a $87 credit. Expedia tried to tell me that $87 credit was all that was left of my trip credit and that since they refunded me for all 4 flights, we were no longer Expedia customers and all I could do was book a new flight (that cost $1385) with AA using my $87 credit, when we originally paid $385 for the flight. I had trouble even getting anyone on the phone at that point because our confirmation number was no longer valid and it's almost impossible to get through their automated phone system without a valid confirmation number. After speaking to a supervisor though and complaining that this whole thing was their fault and all I did was follow what their agents told me to do to fix the mistake that they created, the supervisor seriously was apparently able to look back at phone records of my previous conversations and determined that I would book the new ticket with AA using my $87 credit, forward her the receipt, and she would send me a refund for the price difference from what we originally paid. So I did that, and today they called to get my credit card info. to process the refund. I am so glad there were still seats on the flight. We did pay the slight extra to pick our seats originally, and he is no longer sitting with us, but we will deal with that to put this all behind us!
Cville’s story reminded me that I was on this poorly run zoom call run by an association I belong to, and it dinged every single time someone joined, which was constantly. A guy thought he was muted and said, “I’m on this stupid webinar where the idiots didn’t even fucking turn off the alerts.” It was very clear who said it. I felt so horrified on his behalf and so mortified for the presenters that I hung up immediately (why?!), and I deeply regret that I didn’t stay on to see the reaction.
I have the days so messed up this week that we completely skipped the kids’ activity tonight because I thought it was Wednesday. My frustration wore off very quickly when I realized that today being Thursday means tomorrow is Friday!
cville, early in the pandemic I was on a Zoom call with 150 people (a staff meeting) and at one point I was presenting. When I was done, the boss moved on to the next portion on the meeting, with slides. I said (loudly, but to myself, I thought), "WHOA, that's a lot of text on that slide" (it was literally a wall of text)--nope, totally UNmuted, and the boss was like, "WELL, OKAY THEN, ANYWAY". I died inside. He's probably still mad at me for it. LOL