FWP? Anyone got any?

[NomadicMama]

I do! I don't know what language will come out of my mouth next.

English is my first (and only real) language.

I took Spanish in middle school, high school and college. (If I were younger, I might actually remember more of it now!)

Since we live in Germany, I am slowly learning some German.

We have been in Paris since Sunday. I *know* I'm not supposed to speak English, but I know no French beyond "thank you". My first instinctual response is Spanish, but after seven months, German is slowly joining Spanish. But we are in France. So, basically I've been sputtering my way through Paris with a mixture of Germish. It's even worse after I've had some beer or wine! :beer: LOL!

Anybody else have a FWP they'd like to share?

[ggirl]

I have no wine in my apartment and I would like a glass right now, but I just got home from work and don't feel like driving to the store.

[Deleted]

I can't decide between Mexican or in and out burger. Mind you, I'm a vegetarian but I love their grilled cheese and animal style fries. But with my hotel key I get a free queso with my meal if I go Mexican. I'm trying to decide how to eat both without seeming like a fatty. Eating choices while TDY is soooo hard!!!

[ilovelamp]

Besides my Coffee Mate post from earlier? My gum loses it's flavor and gets hard too fast.

[panicked]

I won't allow myself to get the new winter Sam Adam's sampler pack until I finish my fall one and all that's left is the boring Boston Lager.

[piper84]

I think my tidbit about my Pumpkin Spice Latte-less morning will suffice

[audette]

My parents are bad Canadians. I've been here since Sunday, and they haven't yet taken me to Tim's. (It's there car, so I'm not really going anywhere in it without them... I'd be happy to pay for my own tea and timbit...)


They did take me out to a local orchard/farm for lunch today, though. Soup, sandwich, and pumpkin pie! That was some seriously good pumpkin pie.

_and_ we found out we can pick up some apples there to take with us when they drive me back to WA. Apparently produce that was _grown_ in Canada can cross the Canada/US border, just not neccessarily all produce _bought_ in Canada. It's a tidbit of information worth knowing, and I really wish we would have realized it last fall when DH and I were visiting here during apple season. So many yummy apples!

[ggirl]

Omg I miss Tim's. I'm getting some when I go home in a week. I can't wait.

[basilosaurus]

Nomadic, I've definitely been there. It's like your brain just switches to "not English" and the most recent language you've been immersed in comes out. When we lived in Japan and traveled to Thailand, we kept saying hai and arigato gozaimasu.

When I came back to the States, I had Spanish speaking patients, and I'm actually fairly decent with Spanish, having taken it from 1st grade all the way into a semester in college. So, I could ask some questions and basically understand the answers, but the automatic niceties like excuse me (especially this!), sorry, hello, those all came out in Japanese.

My complaint is that my sister had wanted to ask H and me to be godparents, which in our family/mainline protestant branch is basically a symbolic position honoring a deeper relationship to the kid. My godfather wasn't religious in the least, and it wasn't expected that he do anything in my religious education. Except, my parents told her not to ask us because we don't go to church. Sure, we're atheists, although they don't know we identify as such because we just don't talk about such things.

Part of me doesn't care b/c, yep, we're atheists, so being called godparents is kinda weird. But, it really kind of hurt that my dad implied we weren't worthy. My sister knows our position on religion, agrees with much of it, even thinks we're more "Christian" than many Christians she knows, and still prefer us over other friends (no other family to choose from).

I do consider this a petty complaint b/c we'd still be their aunt and uncle, and in practice, we would still have that relationship with the kid.

[verycontrary247]

My favorite picture from my trip to London is a grainy one I took on my cell phone. After the first day of hauling my big camera around I gave up and just left it in the hotel.

Both H and I look great, but the quality isn't good enough that I could get it printed

[basilosaurus]

Because I'm a nerdy child of the 80s, I used to walk around with a banana clip over my eyes to pretend I was Geordie.

Someday when I'm famous, you'll remember when I shared such an embarrassing anecdote.

[meltoine]

This morning after breakfast, I was leaning over the drainboard to flip the it itch for the garbage disposal when I had a sneezing fit out of nowhere. On the first sneeze, my head bounced down and I impaled myself on a filet knife in the drainboard.

It's a superficial cut, but it really hurts.

[brandienee]

I love Data.

[ilovelamp]

Oct 25, 2012 8:57:37 GMT -5 meltoine said:

This morning after breakfast, I was leaning over the drainboard to flip the it itch for the garbage disposal when I had a sneezing fit out of nowhere. On the first sneeze, my head bounced down and I impaled myself on a filet knife in the drainboard.

It's a superficial cut, but it really hurts.

Holy crap! Glad you are okay. I guess be glad it wasn't a butcher knife!

[G22]

My best friend told me she is pregnant this weekend. While I'm so excited and happy for her, I cant help but have a pity party for myself as well. She was one of the few people IRL life I've confided in about our fertility struggles and I kinda don't want to vent to her now. She felt guilty telling me, and I've tried to reassure her I'm happy for her and want her to feel like she can talk to me about it. It hurts, but I'd never admit that to her.

[audette]

Oct 25, 2012 8:57:37 GMT -5 meltoine said:

This morning after breakfast, I was leaning over the drainboard to flip the it itch for the garbage disposal when I had a sneezing fit out of nowhere. On the first sneeze, my head bounced down and I impaled myself on a filet knife in the drainboard.

It's a superficial cut, but it really hurts.

Owie! Glad it's not too serious, but dang, that sounds scary!

[softspot]

My hair has gotten so long it comes out of the end of the towel when I wrap it after a shower. I got dripped on today.

[meltoine]

Oct 25, 2012 11:59:23 GMT -5 @ojo said:

Oct 25, 2012 8:57:37 GMT -5 meltoine said:

This morning after breakfast, I was leaning over the drainboard to flip the it itch for the garbage disposal when I had a sneezing fit out of nowhere. On the first sneeze, my head bounced down and I impaled myself on a filet knife in the drainboard.

It's a superficial cut, but it really hurts.

youtu.be/CYSBTjcppWg
Skip to 1:35.

That's amazing.

Thanks everyone. I'm fine. But I was totally going to wash my hair today and but I didn't because I was afraid it would sting. So now I have painful scalp AND itchy scalp. FWP, man. FWP.

[texaswildflower]

I own two brown purses. I want a black one, but I can't find any I like. I also feel like I should have a bigger purse collection.

[amaristella]

Oct 25, 2012 10:25:12 GMT -5 G22 said:

My best friend told me she is pregnant this weekend. While I'm so excited and happy for her, I cant help but have a pity party for myself as well. She was one of the few people IRL life I've confided in about our fertility struggles and I kinda don't want to vent to her now. She felt guilty telling me, and I've tried to reassure her I'm happy for her and want her to feel like she can talk to me about it. It hurts, but I'd never admit that to her.

I just now saw this and I don't want to make it seem like I totally know what you're going through because I'm sure that I don't but I think that it's normal to feel hurt and sad and any other of a hundred feelings. Please don't feel bad for feeling the way that you do!

[G22]

Oct 25, 2012 22:18:10 GMT -5 amaristella said:

Oct 25, 2012 10:25:12 GMT -5 G22 said:

My best friend told me she is pregnant this weekend. While I'm so excited and happy for her, I cant help but have a pity party for myself as well. She was one of the few people IRL life I've confided in about our fertility struggles and I kinda don't want to vent to her now. She felt guilty telling me, and I've tried to reassure her I'm happy for her and want her to feel like she can talk to me about it. It hurts, but I'd never admit that to her.

I just now saw this and I don't want to make it seem like I totally know what you're going through because I'm sure that I don't but I think that it's normal to feel hurt and sad and any other of a hundred feelings. Please don't feel bad for feeling the way that you do!

My emotions have been all over the place lately anyways without the addition of that news. TTC is a total mind game! :-( Thanks for making me feel like I'm not crazy! There are days I wonder...

[NomadicMama]

Oct 25, 2012 23:08:58 GMT -5 G22 said:

Oct 25, 2012 22:18:10 GMT -5 amaristella said:

I just now saw this and I don't want to make it seem like I totally know what you're going through because I'm sure that I don't but I think that it's normal to feel hurt and sad and any other of a hundred feelings. Please don't feel bad for feeling the way that you do!

My emotions have been all over the place lately anyways without the addition of that news. TTC is a total mind game! Thanks for making me feel like I'm not crazy! There are days I wonder...

You are far from crazy. Struggling to get (and stay) pregnant sucks. It's hard not to feel such hurt and disappointment, while wanting to be happy for a friend. It took us almost two years (and IVF) to get pregnant. My LO is three years old now--and some pregnancy announcements still hurt like a bitch. (And there is no rhyme or reason as to why I react to some and not to others.). Best of luck and I hope you get your BFP soon!

[ilovecandy]

Oct 25, 2012 10:25:12 GMT -5 G22 said:

My best friend told me she is pregnant this weekend. While I'm so excited and happy for her, I cant help but have a pity party for myself as well. She was one of the few people IRL life I've confided in about our fertility struggles and I kinda don't want to vent to her now. She felt guilty telling me, and I've tried to reassure her I'm happy for her and want her to feel like she can talk to me about it. It hurts, but I'd never admit that to her.

I completely understand. We are going on almost 2 1/2 years now. During this time I know multiple people (close friends/family) who have gotten pregnant (both planned and unplanned). I have even had one family member get pregnant twice and have had both babies during this time. I feel you we are looking at doing IUI in January.

[coffeeandbooks]

How about, I just had to google FWP.
Because I am very not in the loop.

[G22]

Oct 28, 2012 12:00:34 GMT -5 ilovecandy said:

Oct 25, 2012 10:25:12 GMT -5 G22 said:

My best friend told me she is pregnant this weekend. While I'm so excited and happy for her, I cant help but have a pity party for myself as well. She was one of the few people IRL life I've confided in about our fertility struggles and I kinda don't want to vent to her now. She felt guilty telling me, and I've tried to reassure her I'm happy for her and want her to feel like she can talk to me about it. It hurts, but I'd never admit that to her.

I completely understand. We are going on almost 2 1/2 years now. During this time I know multiple people (close friends/family) who have gotten pregnant (both planned and unplanned). I have even had one family member get pregnant twice and have had both babies during this time. I feel you we are looking at doing IUI in January.

Thanks ladies. Not that I would wish infertility on anyone, but its nice to know there are people to relate to about it. I'm doing my best to keep positive!