Post by lavenderblue on Nov 14, 2024 10:03:41 GMT -5
I'm in the office today. I generally try to avoid being in the office the same day as one of my coworkers because she is just so damn loud and is in meetings all day long. Thursdays I can't avoid her. It's only 10am and I'm ready to run out of the building screaming because I can't focus when she's talking so loud.
Post by mrsukyankee on Nov 14, 2024 10:12:41 GMT -5
I can't wait until my H gets a job. He needs to not be here when I'm working from home unless he too has work to do. He's getting stressed about the little things and it's causing us to argue more. We had a drag out fight the other day, which may have been our worse. Luckily, he apologised for being an asshole. I need him to sleep better too because he's bitchy when he's tired (so am I but I can deal better than he can - it's like he has a man cold but it impacts his ability to deal with life versus health).
Positively, I got a few home things figured out, have done some good organisational things AND have done a few work things that have gone well.
My poor H got home from traveling around midnight last night. He was supposed to be back more like 8:30-9, but his train got delayed multiple times. I waited up for him to get home, so we are both running on less sleep than usual today.
I have done very little work in the last week - too distracted by the election and all of the shit afterward - so I've just kind of done what absolutely needed doing and nothing more. Today I am feeling motivated so I think it should be a good day to get back in the groove. Not that I'm ever really super IN the groove, lol. But this past week has been worse than usual.
Post by gretchenindisguise on Nov 14, 2024 10:29:06 GMT -5
My cousins are coming into town on Friday and I invited them to stay at our place. I am regretting this decision, especially since our house cleaner had to cancel yesterday. So I will spend Friday cleaning.
Kids have dentist appointments this afternoon. 10yo has about 3 sharkteeth that I think the dentist is going to want to pull, so that will be fun.
The beagle escaped while I was carrying a frozen turkey into the house. Luckily she got distracted by a hydrangea about six houses down and I got her. That’s enough excitement for today!
Post by starburst604 on Nov 14, 2024 10:38:00 GMT -5
I slept like crap last night because I kept startling awake to put my hand on each dog and make sure they were breathing after their melatonin gummy heist. Even though poison control said they should be fine except maybe some GI upset, I can't help the "mom" in me! I didn't want to cancel on my 6:15am OTF class so I went but kind of phoned it in. Oh well, better than no workout I guess. Those little shits were totally fine and just as perky this morning as they always are.
I hired a new dog walker over the weekend and yesterday was her first day. She forgot to come. Girl. I’m traveling for work and when I realized I never got a rover report card hours after I should have I reached out and she went over. But ugh, my poor boy.
I’m on flight home from Houston right now. Last night I took a bunch of energy exec clients to a Houston Rockets game. Thankfully there was minimal election related talk, which was nice. I was fully expecting gleeful discussions on how Trump was going to roll back regs but there were only a few offhand comments.
Post by mcppalmbeach on Nov 14, 2024 11:10:17 GMT -5
I’m trying not to be annoyed. My son wasn’t feeling great yesterday evening and I knew when he spiked a fever and said his throat was sore he likely had strep because it’s been running through his baseball team so I made a dr appt for this am. His fever broke in the middle of the night and he is actually feeling fine today. I can see white spots in his throat, dr agreed when she looked that she thought he had strep. When they swabbed him, the swab came out bloody. But instead of waiting for the results there like we normally do they said to leave and they would call us. I asked how long the test took to run and they said 5 minutes so I don’t know why we couldn’t just wait and I should have pushed to wait. So two hours later I just got a text that the results were in and I checked and the rapid strep was normal. I called the triage line and now instead of walking out and having an antibiotic I could go run and pick up while we are out I am stuck waiting to hear back from them.
I hired a new dog walker over the weekend and yesterday was her first day. She forgot to come. Girl. I’m traveling for work and when I realized I never got a rover report card hours after I should have I reached out and she went over. But ugh, my poor boy.
I’m on flight home from Houston right now. Last night I took a bunch of energy exec clients to a Houston Rockets game. Thankfully there was minimal election related talk, which was nice. I was fully expecting gleeful discussions on how Trump was going to roll back regs but there were only a few offhand comments.
Ugh I'm jealous. I had a work dinner last night, mostly Texas and Wisconsin people. One of the dude bro consultants brought up politics. It started with his observation of who ordered white wine vs red wine. One section of the table was lots of red wine, and someone made a remark about being "red through and through, including election voting". Then they took it down the rest of the table and asked everyone to compare their presidential election vote to their wine selection to see how we split.
It was nine red vs my one blue vote. I was the last to be asked, and was trying to think of a graceful way to bow out of answering. But then I figured, fuck those dudes - I'm never going to be embarrassed to admit to voting for Harris.
The discussion did confirm my new boss is unfortunately a Trumper. It also confirmed I'm not into the wine and dine, shmoozefest lifestyle. I rather be home in my pajamas than making polite conversation with people I'm never seeing again.
Post by expectantsteelerfan on Nov 14, 2024 11:42:47 GMT -5
My book club is doing a group gift for a member's bday, and one of the elements is something we picked from Kohl's, and I have Kohl's cash I wasn't planning to spend on anything that will cover it, so I offered to order it and do store pick up so we could get it in time. There is a Kohl's literally 5 min. from me and I go to other stores in that area almost every day. But then someone noticed it's not in stock at that location, and it might not be available for pick up before the get together, but it IS in stock at the next nearest Kohl's that is 45 min. away from me. So now I get to go pick it up today, but I hate driving to that area and I had no other stuff I needed to do out that way (I usually schedule several errands together if i'm going to be going there). I'm able to do it, yet still annoyed I have to.
We're at the implementation stage of this 18 month product roll out that has been my life for the last year. There's a woman that hates change and she's shitting all over it and I just cannot. I get peppered with questions from her that were very clearly explained in the 8 training sessions I held in October, the sessions are recorded with slides available on our shared site. I've created spreadsheets and 100 pages of screenshots with arrows and everything. SHE LEADS THE TRAINING ffs.
I feel like she keeps trying to find a gotcha and I am just so tired. I had to make some hard decisions along the way after submersing myself in ALL the things from various stakeholders and now she's coming in at the 11th hour and questioning things. I have other stuff to do!
But.. I have world's most reactive boss so I'm getting pulled into meetings where she's catastrophizing everything when really, the impact of what she's freaking out about is so, so minimal. Then I spend ALL this time pulling data to show that whatever she's using to torpedo it today is not even worth the meeting time we've all spent thinking about it.
Also, we have a managers meeting next week and I just got this for pre-work: Please take a trip down memory lane over the weekend and think of a time when you felt valued at work. Put some thought into this exercise, you will be asked to share this experience and how it made you feel with the group.
If I go missing from the board for a while, it's because I went to jail for assault on my older sister. I'm kidding - I'm not a violent person but damn she pisses me off.
My mom has been home for over a month now and today is the first day she has decided to visit. She lives 10 minutes away, her children are all grown and she does not work, so there is no excuse.
anyways, she is telling my mom how her care SHOULD be and what she SHOULD be doing......... I'm ready to throat punch her.
I'm trying to save $ and am heading to pay for a bike repair. My rear tire wouldn't hold air, so I had to have the sealant, tape, and valve core replaced. Ugh. Probably about $40.
I'm trying to save $ and am heading to pay for a bike repair. My rear tire wouldn't hold air, so I had to have the sealant, tape, and valve core replaced. Ugh. Probably about $40.
Post by buckeyegirl on Nov 14, 2024 12:12:07 GMT -5
Our local humane society is moving to a new, nicer location over the weekend. They asked for volunteers to foster some of the dogs for the weekend so they had less to move. Yesterday, I picked up Phillip. He's a sweetheart and will make someone very happy. But I learned that I don't have it in me to have 2 dogs at a time anymore. I was so exhausted last night and then didn't sleep because I was so worried about how he'd do.
I volunteered at the school book fair this morning, and will go again tomorrow during the time DD will be there. I have already spent too much money, book fairs are still the best hah! This is a chaotic week between work, volunteering, and appointments, plus H is out of town the next 2 days.
Post by followyourarrow on Nov 14, 2024 12:27:44 GMT -5
Stepdaughter needs to have surgery on her knee, her acl is torn. The surgery is scheduled for a couple of days after we get home from our honeymoon. FI really needs to go back to work the following week, so we're tying to figure out how much help she'll need and how to get her to and from PT 3x a week. She won't be able to drive and Uber isn't a thing in our town. We have a cab company. Unfortunately FI's family, who live close, are unwilling to help, which is their right to do so. I'm just bitter that we always help them when they ask, but that won't be continuing. I'll be able to check in on stepdaughter at lunch and after work, but that's it, I have to be in the office due to doing a physical inventory count.
My dogs are getting groomed today. I'm hopeful this helps the one with allergies - get all the pollen out of her fur! I always try for a mid-day appointment so I can grab lunch down the street. Today I'm having a delightful steak tip ceasar wrap. I've got a few loads of laundry going at home to (hopefully) also remove pollen from things my dog is likely to lie on.
The new sheets I ordered for my bed should arrive today. I'm so excited! I hate the cheap set I bought to replace my favorite sheets when I wore through the fitted sheet. I've got 2 different styles coming, hopefully one is a keeper...
I'm trying to save $ and am heading to pay for a bike repair. My rear tire wouldn't hold air, so I had to have the sealant, tape, and valve core replaced. Ugh. Probably about $40.
In fairness, this is a need.
It is. It wouldn't hold air about 2 weeks ago, but I thought it was fixed. Nope. I went to ride the bike on Sat., and the tire was flat. Tubeless can be a pain.
I'm Christmas shopping online at work. I asked my 11yo for some ideas and she sent me a list of ridiculous tee shirts from Amazon. I just added one to my cart that's a play on the Eras Tour Shirt but it's a raccoon and says, "In my Feral Era." I appreciate the sentiment.
Post by maudefindlay on Nov 14, 2024 13:00:36 GMT -5
Got groceries, a mani/pedi, and now waiting to pick up my car getting new tires and an alignment. Still need to workout.
Packing for a weekend trip to visit friends. 2 of us are coming from a few hours away to visit a 3rd friend. Her DH decided to start a home project basically taking over several rooms. Friend told him he has been dragging his feet forever and now he is doing it when she needs the house. She told him to get us hotel reservations. He did at a nice place and she refuses offers to pay part of it "No, this one is on him!" She is staying at the hotel too, so he gets the kids and their scary cat all to himself!
Post by wanderingback on Nov 14, 2024 13:03:21 GMT -5
My mom is great and she is a wonderful grandmother. But she has this obsession with trying to give us tips on our daughters hair and telling us what we’re doing wrong and it is driving me crazy.
Usually I just ignore her and then when I leave the house my poor partner has to put up with her tips and comments. Bless his heart.
I’m very grateful for her and we are lucky that this is really the only issue with her but omg, shut up lady!
I passed my 3-year workiversary in October, which made me eligible for a promotion from "position" to "senior position." Just got out of my 1:1 where I learned this comes with a 15% raise! I work in higher ed, and that kind of raise is basically unheard of. I about fell out of my chair.
A student and I just shared our cats with each other on webcam in our meeting. Perks of cyber school, lol.
DS slept in the bed with me last night since H is out of town. At one point he was completely diagonal with his feet up toward my head. Moving him as he gets bigger is difficult. He was also snoring a lot, lord.
I'm ready for H to be back tomorrow and for a quiet weekend. We have some things to get done around the house but I'm hoping for a good mix of productivity and chilling.
Thanks everyone for the advice earlier in the week about eating. I’m starting to feel better, but still feeling like I’m on edge. Part of the issue is that work is super quiet and I don’t know what to do with myself, especially since I’m no longer reading the news.
I’m so excited that Bad Sisters season 2 is out and looking forward to watching Say Nothing because I loved the book.
Does anyone have any opinions on Trader Joe’s dog food? Our dog was out of food last week and I didn’t feel like going to the pet store so I had H pick up some food while he was at Trader Joe’s. The dog seems to really like it and it’s about 1/3 of the price of her usual food, but I don’t know how nutritious it is.
I’m so excited that Bad Sisters season 2 is out and looking forward to watching Say Nothing because I loved the book.
After we finish Love Is Blind-Argentina, we are starting this! I got so excited when I saw it in the queue last night.
I'm mentally in that place when you're organizing and decluttering and have everything pulled out and think "what have I done?' We're redecorating and I have to first declutter/organize everything, all while moving some furniture around, some furniture out, while I have my clothes drying rack full of wet clothes in the middle of the living room. Of course H wanted to put the Christmas tree up when we bought it last week. It's a total chaotic mess and the cleaners are coming tomorrow morning so I definitely have to get all of this shit organized by bedtime tonight. I know I'm going to love it when it's done, though!