So maybe you will be moving H to a new department after all?! Get your shit together though! Make it happen! You are so disorganized! Just as an FYI assholes at the top: H met with the boss of the other department who bluntly said, "if things don't improve for you you're looking for work elsewhere." H said that was correct.
signed,
I'll still be throwing you the middle finger when H does find a job elsewhere
Dear DS, Fingers crossed your allergy appointment goes well today and we can check dairy off the list! Real cheese is going to BLOW YOUR MIND! Love, Stepmom
Dear daughters, You and your friends decided today that you want to do a secret santa amongst yourselves?! Sure, I guess we can go to Target tonight and try to figure out what to buy. But next year, maybe think ahead a little bit? It's not like Christmas is a surprise every year! Love, Stressed out mom
Dear DH, I appreciate you said you'd handle all the food for the upcoming holiday meals. But... our fridge is completely empty. when are you planning to grocery shop? Love, Control freak wife
I've had over 7 emails about today's meeting. I stopped counting at 7. There was an initial email, a location email, 3-4 canceled emails, an email or two saying location changes but not canceled, an email that lunch is provided, another canceled email last night, a not canceled email last night, and a not canceled lunch is provided email this morning.
Get it together. I've got to plan my day. Am I wearing sweats today since I'm working from home due to office painting? Am I dressing today for a meeting. Am I getting a lunch or no, because I need to run last minute Christmas shopping during lunch.
Signed, I don't work well with this level of disorganization.
Post by librarychica on Dec 20, 2023 10:41:33 GMT -5
Dear child,
Do you think I was born last week? Diving under a pillow when I ask what that bracelet you make says, claiming it is a present for me, and then wondering how I know what it says (I also have Instagram, dear one) is an amateur moment for sure. No, I’m not mad. No, I do not care that it matches your friend. No, you cannot go around wearing a charm bracelet that says “boo, you whore.”
Love, You’ve never even seen Mean Girls
H,
The above does not mean we are “failing as parents.” I personally found it kind of funny.
DH Cover your stinking mouth when you cough and stop sniffing the snot back up your nose. You are 43 years old it is time to learn these basic skills. Wife and kid who are over your never ending man cold FYI he has had 2 sinus infections, the flu, and now something else so he is sick but this has been going on since October
Dear Christmas You can't be on Monday. I swear you have snuck up on us. Signed Not ready
Dear Wednesday, Thanks for not totally cratering on me. I especially appreciated the one hour of Christmas shopping I did between work and DD1's band concert. It's AMAZING what you can get done on a weekday afternoon without children. Just saying. Grateful Mama
Dear Family, Just, everyone get along next week? I'm already a little stressed. The mom/DIL/wife who wants to retire her role as Peacekeeper
Dear DDs, You were both super embarrassed that I wore a tacky Christmas sweater to work Monday because it was ugly Christmas sweater day. Tonight not one of you, but BOTH of you, asked to borrow my Christmas sweaters for school tomorrow. So whose tacky now? Got you! Ur Mom
Dear DH, Your schedule and attitude are starting to feel very much like there is no way in hell you're going to handle all the last minute things you said you would. You have to cater a luncheon tomorrow? Since when?! And DS is still home sick, so there will be no present wrapping happening while he's around all day. We are busy with plans you made every night between now and Christmas. I have to work every day. I'm starting to have low level panic attack feelings because of the disorganization and lack of plan. My anxiety is through the roof. Can we please get some things done today? I'm freaking out. Signed, Anxious wife
Dear daughters, I cannot believe you missed the bus. I am already at an 11 today on the stress scale. This is pushing me over to active tears and meltdown. I do not have the bandwidth to deal with one more thing. From now on, when I tell you to get out of the house in the morning and stop messing around, will you believe me? Signed, Angry mom
Dear DS, Fingers crossed your allergy appointment goes well today and we can check dairy off the list! Real cheese is going to BLOW YOUR MIND! Love, Stepmom
Dear daughters, You and your friends decided today that you want to do a secret santa amongst yourselves?! Sure, I guess we can go to Target tonight and try to figure out what to buy. But next year, maybe think ahead a little bit? It's not like Christmas is a surprise every year! Love, Stressed out mom
Dear DH, I appreciate you said you'd handle all the food for the upcoming holiday meals. But... our fridge is completely empty. when are you planning to grocery shop? Love, Control freak wife
+1 to the 5th grade daughter who is also doing a last minute secret Santa and to the husband who hasn’t done the Christmas food shopping. 🙄😭
Last night, you found out our definition of "f around and find out". We go to this walk-through light display every year. It's our tradition. And you've been so awful to each other lately that we had to warn you - if you're arguing and not behaving, we won't go.
The arguing started in the car over who got to put their stuff in the middle of the backseat. We warned you - we would not go.
Then a fight about someone's smelly snack. We offered solutions. We warned you - we would not go.
Then the fight continued and got personal and escalated and we warned you. And you didn't stop. So we turned around. And we missed my favorite tradition of the year because it was too late to drop you off and make it back for our ticket window.
I took over the guest list to your birthday party for several reasons. 1. First and foremost, I am paying. 2. This venue holds up to 28 people. 3. As I explained you may be going to sleep away camp with 3 of the girls, might be nice to touch base. 4. You drove me crazy last year and Halloween with guest lists.
5. I am not here for your mean girl crap. You were best friends with the neighbor girl and now you want to cut her out. I am fine cutting out the other neighbor who did not invite you the last 2 years or Halloween. I understand now that was solely a friendship of convenience and not really a friendship at all.
But I am not cutting out the girl that is currently in your class (the class where inevitably all the girls will be talking about your party even when I tell them not to), who was your best friend as recently as last summer and who you attend band and Girl Scouts and carpool. And you have fun with this girl, so I am not here for your wishy washy attitude. When I ask what the problem is you can give me no answers. You know what the answer is? Popularity. And I am not here for that. Do what you want in middle school with smaller groups and her not in your class, but for this year you are going to be inclusive.
I wouldn't have been so firm on it, but DD was acting really weird about this girl for Halloween. It turned out fine in the end, and the girl didn't know DD's internal monologue, but it was a problem for me because I had to find someone else to invite, navigate the tricky waters, and they all ended up trick or treating together anyway and having fun. So it was all this weird drama for exactly zero reason. And I was like not doing this again. Next year, I think I will take her to a different neighborhood for Halloween and skip the neighborhood drama or make her hand out candy. Also, it felt good to call her out on her crap and say no. If she wants to get weird in her head fine, but I don't want to be involved in that.
I thought I worked in one the stuffiest of stuffy industries, and we've put the suit to death for women. I guess I should continue to keep mine in my closet. Not that the pants fit anymore. >.<
Post by traveltheworld on Dec 21, 2023 16:28:13 GMT -5
Dear Self,
You really need to go out and try and buy a turkey. You are hosting Christmas. You need a turkey.
Signed, Person who's been too busy
Dear HR person,
Thank you for the gentle reminder that having a "you are not meeting expectations" talk with a direct report 2 days before Christmas break is a terrible idea.
Signed, Person who has been too busy to think about Christmas
Well I'm sick. My head is pounding and I've got so much snot coming out of ky Rudolph nose. Good thing I got the next 5 days to recover. Fingers crossed DD doesn't catch it.
DD's cousin gave her a hand me down skating costume that she wore for her solo. One of the other moms made a comment about how they couldn't afford costumes like that because they START at $800. I about died. Found out that SIL paid $280 for it used. And I have now since been swept up into the world of skating costumes and I think I'm going crazy. Because t is apparently very common to buy a costume and stone (basically bedazzle) it yourself to save money and part of my brain is saying.. "I could totally do that!" My mom did it for me (with sequins, not crystals) when I was a kid. It's actually one of the things I really remember from childhood.
But I'm pretty sure this would be along the same lines as the fact that my mom also made all of our birthday cakes - because she ENJOYED it and was good at it. I make the cakes the whole time cussing in my head and end up frustrated the whole time.
k3am Your time is money. Bedazzled costumes are expensive because they look good. We had a mon try to replace gems on her daughter's used comp leo and ruined it and had to buy another brand new one. Gems come off all the freaking time. We kid around saying each gem is $10 so don't mess with them. 186momx
k3am - I agree - do not bedazzle. Is there a market for second hand options?
My kids don’t do any of this, but my friend’s DD is a competitive Irish step dancer who recently moved up to a level that requires the super fancy dresses and the wigs, not to mention the hard and soft shoes. She just had to buy the first dress and she found a USED dress for $1200 and she was THRILLED - it saved her a TON! She had to look nationally and have it shipped from FL to MA.
All that said, I don’t know if used is an option for skating - I don’t know how well the outfits hold up. But maybe an option??
Holy shit I’m glad my daughter hated all the girly sports and activities that require costumes/leotards/anything requiring bedazzling. The $90 field hockey stick feels like a STEAL right now. $1200 for a DRESS??? F that. I didn’t pay that much for my wedding dress. I barely paid half that for my wedding dress.
Holy shit I’m glad my daughter hated all the girly sports and activities that require costumes/leotards/anything requiring bedazzling. The $90 field hockey stick feels like a STEAL right now. $1200 for a DRESS??? F that. I didn’t pay that much for my wedding dress. I barely paid half that for my wedding dress.
I agree - so thrilled my kids chose cheap(ish) sports… because I will reiterate that the $1200 dress was second hand. I did a quick search and it looks like that’s about average.
On a related note, DD2 asked to try hockey. Between skating lessons, equipment, private lessons to catch her up… I said no.
Holy shit I’m glad my daughter hated all the girly sports and activities that require costumes/leotards/anything requiring bedazzling. The $90 field hockey stick feels like a STEAL right now. $1200 for a DRESS??? F that. I didn’t pay that much for my wedding dress. I barely paid half that for my wedding dress.
I agree - so thrilled my kids chose cheap(ish) sports… because I will reiterate that the $1200 dress was second hand. I did a quick search and it looks like that’s about average.
On a related note, DD2 asked to try hockey. Between skating lessons, equipment, private lessons to catch her up… I said no.
As a former competitive Irish dancer, yes, can confirm that it is normal to pay that much. But - once you get your crazy high level dress you wear it over and over again. It’s not like every year you get a new one for the recital. At least, that’s how it was when I was growing up. You had your one school pattern dress and then your one fancy custom dress. And back when I was dancing, the moms could either embroider the school dress themself or you’d have to pay crazy money to have someone else do it. So my mom and my grandmother hand embroidered mine. I still have it! But, would not recommend bedazzling yourself k3am - just pay for the convenience.