TGIF randoms

[jane6672]

Nov 1, 2024 9:55:09 GMT -5 jane6672 said:

My only goal for today is to poop.

Update: mission accomplished.

God bless miralax, amen.

[dcn]

Nov 1, 2024 9:03:24 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

I think being a member of the armed services can be difficult on this board and in current times.

I work with the military and veterans and I have to focus on all the good people and things. I know a lot of people don’t understand why I stay with my job.

Can confirm.

[twinmomma]

Nov 1, 2024 10:26:11 GMT -5 killercupcake said:

Nov 1, 2024 8:35:01 GMT -5 Alex said:

Got my Covid and flu shot yesterday. It was a really, really bad decision. I have been up all night with chills and then a fever and every bone in my body hurts. I was on the fence about the Covid booster since I react so strongly to it but I'm possibly in relapse and will be spending a lot of time at the hospital over the next few months. Blah.

The combo rocked my world this year. I had to call into work the next day because I was so exhausted. I won't do it on a weekday ever again. 

The same thing happened to me this week! It absolutely destroyed me and I had to take the day off to sleep it off. I hope you're feeling better soon!

[litskispeciality]

(((Alex ))) I think of you often in a non-creepy internet friend way. I really wish you the best and send you all the good vibes, prayers, Care Bear Stares etc. Always here to PM.

followyourarrow glad you've still "got it", but stinks there were be so many downsides. Hopefully something else really good comes along asap. Sounds like you really need a change.


I wish villianv well and hope that she returns sometime. For now I pray that she remains safe as she has a lot of responsibilities.

[1confused1]

Took my office Halloween decorations down and put up my fall decorations. That’s pretty much all I am going to do at work today 😂

[Covergirl82]

meanie, ugh, reading your post made my stomach drop. That is a parent's worst nightmare to get that call. I hope the kid is ok. DS had a medical emergency at school in 1st grade (it was a severe confusional migraine (caused by exhaustion and dehydration (we had just gotten back from a WDW trip)), and his first migraine ever, so we didn't know what was going on, after a couple of days for in the hospital for rehydration, he was fine), and I remember them waiting at the door for me to get there and said "mom is here" for all the staff who were gathered in the front office in response and then they led me to the sick room. (The first phone call was that he was nauseous, then 25 minutes later when I was 5 minutes from the school, the office called and said "he's really not doing well, are you almost here" and I floored it the remaining 3 miles to get there.)

[sofamonkey]

Nov 1, 2024 10:32:34 GMT -5 followyourarrow said:

A friend recommended me for a job. I had a phone interview yesterday afternoon and it went very well. My friend said they really liked me. But, it would be a little less pay and a higher level position. Less flexibility. Less time off. No merit or COL increases. Oh and it's only guaranteed for 4 years because the job is tied to the current mayor being in office. I really liked the boss and his vision for the position. Five or 10 years ago I probably would have jumped at this chance, but now I want more flexibility and time off, not less. I need to politely let them know I'm not interested in moving forward.

I just turned down a job. I told her that at this point in my life and career, I couldn’t go back to so little time off, both to start and overall. I thought it was important that she heard this info, because she seemed to think her benefits were super great! Lol no!

[ssmjlm]

I need to do a big closet purge. I don’t want to buy more hangers. But I don’t think today is the today for that project.

[litskispeciality]

Nov 1, 2024 12:21:55 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

I need to do a big closet purge. I don’t want to buy more hangers. But I don’t think today is the today for that project.

I ended up cleaning out 4 dresser drawers yesterday. First I was looking for 1 tee-shirt to wear as a Halloween costume but needed to empty an overflowing drawer to find it. Later couldn't close another drawer and so I ended up going through everything. I was glad to pull out like 5 things that I'll never get around to donating, but honestly I had better things to do.

[sofamonkey]

We lost power somewhere in the middle of the night. It came on at 7am, but I had been at work for a bit by then!

We’re still needing to finish our downstairs from flooding in July. 😭 DH got tired of everything taking forever, so he hung drywall. Now I need to do the mud/tape on that. I really just need to get that going this weekend. He’s not quite done with all the drywall, but close enough for me to start.

I also need to meet with the flooring people and get the quote, and get that into our insurance. And then get that scheduled.

And then declutter the 2/3 of the house we can use. We have laundry not put away, things in weird places because we can’t use the entire downstairs. It just needs to go away.

What I really want is to just burn it all and move. LOL!

But we have breakfast with my parents tomorrow morning, so that will be fun!!

[blondemoment123]

Nov 1, 2024 12:21:55 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

I need to do a big closet purge. I don’t want to buy more hangers. But I don’t think today is the today for that project.

I do too. Maybe this weekend.
Maybe.

[meanie]

Nov 1, 2024 12:14:58 GMT -5 Covergirl82 said:

meanie , ugh, reading your post made my stomach drop. That is a parent's worst nightmare to get that call. I hope the kid is ok. DS had a medical emergency at school in 1st grade (it was a severe confusional migraine (caused by exhaustion and dehydration (we had just gotten back from a WDW trip)), and his first migraine ever, so we didn't know what was going on, after a couple of days for in the hospital for rehydration, he was fine), and I remember them waiting at the door for me to get there and said "mom is here" for all the staff who were gathered in the front office in response and then they led me to the sick room. (The first phone call was that he was nauseous, then 25 minutes later when I was 5 minutes from the school, the office called and said "he's really not doing well, are you almost here" and I floored it the remaining 3 miles to get there.)

That sound so scary, I don't think I would be able to hold it together at the "mom is here" 

[eb777888]

Nov 1, 2024 10:20:35 GMT -5 cherry1111 said:

Trick or treating in a red state:

and 1 that said Hate won’t make America great

Oh, I love this!!!

And fuck those people who made the kids read a bible verse first. I would have turned around and walked away.

[eb777888]

There was a new Trump sign that popped up in our neighborhood about a week ago. I couldn't tell whose house it belongs to because it was placed directly in the middle of two yards, right at the division line. I thought maybe both were Trump supporters, and I thought about what I'd do if it was me and someone did that so close to my property, and how pissed I'd be. Well, today I drove by and noticed the house that "shares" the sign now has a Harris sign, and they placed it right by the Trump sign so it's two signs back to back. I LOL'ed. I don't think they were going to put up a sign until that asshole pulled that.

[EvieEthelGarland]

I'm going to a golden retriever's 4th birthday party at an indoor dog park tonight. I hope there is not human cake because I have had too much candy the past 24 hours.

[TR]

Nov 1, 2024 10:20:35 GMT -5 cherry1111 said:

Trick or treating in a red state:

1) the house who made the kids read a (long) bible verse in order to play a game to win candy.
2) the kid who yelled “we don’t socialize with this house” and his mom who had obviously said this to him being embarrassed that he repeated it to us. The house has 3 yard signs: 1 for Harris, 1 for pro choice, and 1 that said Hate won’t make America great. Maybe if you are embarrassed for your kid to repeat it, don’t say it in the first place.

(in TX just north of Dallas) We have a Harris sign and an "In this house we believe..." sign and I wore my "How hard can it be? Boys do it" shirt and I was a little nervous. But I only got one comment and it was a mom telling me she liked my shirt and our sign

[ssmjlm]

Nov 1, 2024 12:40:18 GMT -5 blondemoment123 said:

Nov 1, 2024 12:21:55 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

I need to do a big closet purge. I don’t want to buy more hangers. But I don’t think today is the today for that project.

I do too. Maybe this weekend.
Maybe.

I ended up doing a Quick Look through my long sleeves. I have a lot of cardigans. I pulled out some stuff for buy nothing and a few things to try and sell.

[momin2013]

Looking through DS’ candy, I just came across a Reese’s peanut butter cup ‘Thins’. What in the fresh hell is that? I mean, the ratio can’t possibly be right…

[rubytue]

You know that guy I call my nephew, and some of y’all think he is jerky?

Today, I was supposed to go to Philly and he was going to come feed and walk my dog (because she is not a morning dog and won’t even get out of bed at 6am when I needed to leave). That got canceled, so his plan was spoiled, but came out because he still came over, and asked to do a load of laundry.

Turns out, he wanted to wash his fencing gear, and he planned to wash mine too while he was here. Which I find very sweet.

[deadwing]

Nov 1, 2024 14:49:58 GMT -5 momin2013 said:

Looking through DS’ candy, I just came across a Reese’s peanut butter cup ‘Thins’. What in the fresh hell is that? I mean, the ratio can’t possibly be right…

I like these for smores. They're a better size for layering, plus tastier than plain chocolate.

[cmeon]

The 10th grade counselor at my kids' HS accidentally sent a test email (that didn't indicate it was a test) to every single parent of a student in the school- informing them that their child(ren) was failing courses required for graduation, and requesting an immediate response from parents indicating receipt.

I don't know who had a worse day- the innocent kids of parents who missed the "oops" email that followed- or the poor counselor.

[eb777888]

cmeon, Oh.My.God! lol!! I bet it was chaos for awhile

[erbear]

@@@@ TW

I have a trans boy student in my class (8th grade) who I also taught in 6th grade before he transitioned. He has been a different kid since he's been out -- so much more comfortable in his skin. It's been really lovely to watch him become himself, if that makes sense. Today, he had a complete mental breakdown. Ambulance and hospital, and I think he'll be in-patient for some time. It just broke my heart. I don't even really know what happened but I'm so worried for him

[mrsukyankee]

I am so happy my dog is not bothered one bit by fireworks as this weekend is a huge fireworks weekend (and probably some random fireworks through the week) and we live within sight of a location for a big party/fireworks for both Friday and Saturday. (Guy Fawkes as well as Diwali)

Poor kiddo erbear. I liked your post before reading the last few sentences. I hope they are okay.

[blondemoment123]

I made it on time to early vote! The line is moving quickly and the weather is nice. I wasn't looking forward to standing for hours like I did for the last presidential election, but didn't think I'd get off work on time today to drive out to the early voting polling station.

[cherry1111]

Nov 1, 2024 13:13:19 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

Nov 1, 2024 10:20:35 GMT -5 cherry1111 said:

Trick or treating in a red state:

and 1 that said Hate won’t make America great

Oh, I love this!!!

And fuck those people who made the kids read a bible verse first. I would have turned around and walked away.

As an atheist who is always telling my kids it is up to them to decide what to believe I was a bit pissed. Especially with the sneaky way they did it. They had a game where you punched through tissue paper over a cup to see what was inside so the kids were super excited to do it. Once they knew how to play the game they whipped out their phone with a bible verse they had to read first. I wish I could have been like eff this but the kids would have been crushed.

[cherry1111]

Nov 1, 2024 13:44:07 GMT -5 TR said:

Nov 1, 2024 10:20:35 GMT -5 cherry1111 said:

Trick or treating in a red state:

1) the house who made the kids read a (long) bible verse in order to play a game to win candy.
2) the kid who yelled “we don’t socialize with this house” and his mom who had obviously said this to him being embarrassed that he repeated it to us. The house has 3 yard signs: 1 for Harris, 1 for pro choice, and 1 that said Hate won’t make America great. Maybe if you are embarrassed for your kid to repeat it, don’t say it in the first place.

(in TX just north of Dallas) We have a Harris sign and an "In this house we believe..." sign and I wore my "How hard can it be? Boys do it" shirt and I was a little nervous. But I only got one comment and it was a mom telling me she liked my shirt and our sign

This was north of Dallas too! I did make sure that I told all the Harris people that I liked their signs and that we are not going back.

[fangoriagurkel]

Covergirl82 meanie I called my mom sobbing recently because my Lyft was rear ended (both the driver and I were fine) but the fear in her voice is something I will never forget.

I’m a grown adult lady and if anyone ever asked me what my mom’s name is, the answer is “Mom”. Like I STILL kind of forget that she has an actually real gov’t name.

[underwaterrhymes]

erbear - sending so much love to your student, his family, and you.