WWW (Whine and Wine Wednesday)

[twotrue]

Have at it ladies! Share the whines and pass the wine.

[twotrue]

Whine - This is just a hard year for our personal fundraisiers. People are struggling. For an agency that has seen its numbers grow and grow, when other nonprofits are struggling, this is hard to see. I guess the economic times have caught up to us in one aspect. Even though our corporate donors are doing better than ever it hurts to see individuals struggling to make their goals. :-(

Wine - somehow my personal computer got a virus. It was awful, the whole thing was down. However, the lovely IT guy at work was able to get everything back running smoothly. Yay for free IT help!

[ElsaVonM]

Whine - Job hunting continues to be emotionally tough. Lots of networking, which is stressful. I am really nervous about our trip to Atlanta Fri-Tues. - not just the flying, but taking care of the babies away from home and trying to ensure that they are eating and sleeping enough.

Wine - Jen had errands to run today and has a mixer to go to this evening, so I'm enjoying a day home with the babies, in my sweatpants. I am better at networking than I thought I would be. And my brother reminded me again yesterday that 30 years from now, the memories of this crazy year are going to be so special to me, and I'm not going to remember what we had in the bank for a moment. I cried. I'm so lucky to have that guy in my life.

[thiswillbe]

Whine - The kids broke my laptop and S took our ipod touch to Mexico, so I've been more-or-less disconnected from the internet since Saturday. The house looks like a tornado hit it. I wasted a day of leave yesterday working on the old house, and only made a *tiny* dent.

Wine - If that's ^ as bad as it gets, I have a freaking fantastic life (FWP, indeed!)! ALSO, I caught both kids smiling and looking in my direction this morning! With a cell phone, no less (they wanted to show off their new shoes to Mama).

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Whine - Our agency SW supervised the visit today (a new tactic in getting bio mom to take visits seriously), the kids came back sugared out and the SW had serious concerns about bio mom not doing anything but feeding them.

Wine - I am awesome.

[seattlekari]

TWB...when did your kids get so big??? Seriously adorable.

Whine: I think A got the flu over the weekend, she started coming down with it Monday afternoon...crossing everything I didn't get the bug too. This means I probably won't see her this weekend though we were planning to see each other for a bit.

Wine: I am going to be able to go to HH with work friends on Friday while E visits her nana and papa. Win-win.

[2brides]

TWB - that picture is adorable!

Wine: I went to happy hour with my work husband last night and had a really good time. We went to this dive gay bar that was hysterical and only 3 miles from my house. We hung out there for 4 hrs talking shop, laughing, and being stupid. It was great.

Whine: I woke up at 1:45am sick as a dog. I think it was the bar food since I only had 2.5 beers in nearly 4 hrs. I was up from 1:45-4 this morning. Thankfully, I am feeling better now. L took the kids to school and let me have a relaxing morning and go in late.

Oh, and L got the kids ready for school this morning (I do this 99.9% of the time) and she had them in shorts. When they left the temp was 40 and the high is only supposed to be 61. I mentioned it and basically got the, "I got this..." look. Whatevs. I guess the kids weren't complaining.

[joyseattle]

Better late than never.

Whine - I have to decide if I'm going to take the GRE/apply to PhD programs, or just let it slide another year and focus on TTC. I'm worried that I'll decide not to do it, not get pregnant and then regret it.

Wine - I started my new job this week and I'm really excited about it!