Confessions, UO, II, etc.

Blue & White

Confession: I find myself reading parenting message boards lately.  I'm really concerned because I'm pretty sure I'm NOT ready for or wanting a kid yet.  But seriously, I find myself lurking on discussions of co-sleeping and early intervention and etc etc etc.  I'm weird.

UO: I don't really like going to concerts.  We're going to a Rise Against concert (@ollie08 or @irishdreamer wanna come?  It's in Orlando!) and I'm dreading being in a room with so many crazy people at once.

II: I'm irrationally irritated that 11/22/63 keeps keeping me up so late.  But I'm only reading because I love it so much, so...this is totally irrational

Confession: My brother and his FI are using the same last dance song as H & I did (Glad you came by the wanted).  I think it's awesome

II: I was the first interview and I won't find out about my job offer until Tuesday.  I hate waiting.  I'm also annoyed that if I get the job on Tuesday, I won't be able to give a full two weeks notice to my current retail job (it'll be like 1 week and 6 days or something).  This is completely rational, but also not because I obviously don't need my retail career for the rest of my life

LizzyTish88

UO: I liked 50 Shades. I get it that it was "horribly written" but I have the comprehension of a middle-schooler so it worked for me. I have never been very good at reading or writing and I am surprised that I take the time to read at all. I also feel really inferior around here because of it. I also SUCK at grammar and spelling. 

Confession: All these wedding posts (rings, cakes, dressed, venues, etc) are not helping me to contain my BSC at all. I have been avoiding them because of this.

Confession: As much as I would love to BF to propose much sooner, I would be completely enthralled if he waited for Disney. Particularity if it was when we are in the Magic Kingdom before opening for our breakfast at Cinderella's Royal Table, while getting a picture from one of the photographers. (See BSC over here!!!)

II: Tessie cries when BF leaves for work in the morning. I know it's because she misses him but I read in article that said if they do that it's because their favorite human has left and they are trying to get them back and it broke my heart that I am not her favorite human. Although I get all the snuggles and BF gets all the play time, it still hurts that I am not her favorite.  

minskat30

@Blue&White - ALL the good vibes that the interview went as well as I'm sure it did!

Confession: H wants to go somewhere exotic for our vacation this year but I'd rather do the same resort we always do in Mexico to (1) save money because we are buying a fixer-upper home and (2) because I know what to expect.  I used to love traveling but now I'm boring.

II: I love our dog but I swear if he keeps barking at night I'm going to....do nothing...sigh.  At least he did his barking in the basement last night rather than right outside our door.  Improvement?

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II: I already know some of you know this but I have a favorite stall in the bathroom and if someone is in it then I get really frustrated!!! I almost just want to leave and come back later when it's available.

II: I can't stand waiting for the microwave to finish warming up my lunch...it's like I can't walk back to my desk because by then it will be finished and then I would have just made a circle.

Confession: I hate that H is having to work nights while he doing his part time job this Summer...it makes me sad. I'm ready for us to be on our normal work schedule.

Confession: I hate hate hate drama and the fact that it tries to follow me from college I get really annoyed! Leave me alone! I'd rather hang out with my couch than you any day!

lavenderfields13

Blue & White said:

Confession: I find myself reading parenting message boards lately.  I'm really concerned because I'm pretty sure I'm NOT ready for or wanting a kid yet.  But seriously, I find myself lurking on discussions of co-sleeping and early intervention and etc etc etc.  I'm weird.

UO: I don't really like going to concerts.  We're going to a Rise Against concert (@ollie08 or @irishdreamer wanna come?  It's in Orlando!) and I'm dreading being in a room with so many crazy people at once.

II: I'm irrationally irritated that 11/22/63 keeps keeping me up so late.  But I'm only reading because I love it so much, so...this is totally irrational

Confession: My brother and his FI are using the same last dance song as H & I did (Glad you came by the wanted).  I think it's awesome

II: I was the first interview and I won't find out about my job offer until Tuesday.  I hate waiting.  I'm also annoyed that if I get the job on Tuesday, I won't be able to give a full two weeks notice to my current retail job (it'll be like 1 week and 6 days or something).  This is completely rational, but also not because I obviously don't need my retail career for the rest of my life

Bolded #1 - I feel like I'm in the same spot- not ready yet and some days I question whether I even want a kid! But I find myself reading stuff like that all the time too! It's interesting to me and I figure it can't hurt to read about stuff like that before I have kids.

Bolded #2: I'm not a concert person either. I might be going to Rise Against with FI when they come to Boston..I think in September? I think they're coming with Gaslight Anthem- do you like them?

500days

UO: I get really ragey whenever I see a gofundme for someone's bad luck situation. The last one I read was a mother who wanted to build a playground in her backyard for a memorial for her son that passed away. I don't get it...just save and buy a playground like everyone else does? Maybe I'm going to hell or I'm heartless, but it's just my gut reaction.

Confession: I am terrified to try on more wedding dresses. I need a lot of alterations (I'm so short and petite) and I just don't want this to be a pain in the ass. 

eilis1228

II: One of my friends found out a couple of days ago that she was accepted into the MBA program at one of the local universities. She's been panicking about this all summer, so we're all very excited for her. Well, friend's girlfriend texted everyone last night wanting to do dinner to celebrate. FI and I had to decline since we're in the process of moving. I told her that the only time we'd be able to do anything is Friday night, but we'll probably be pretty wimpy because that's the day the movers come. Friend's girlfriend asked about Saturday, and I repeated again that we already had plans that night and Friday would be the only night we could do it. Friend's girlfriend got really miffed at this, which blew my mind. I'm seriously thrilled that friend got into the MBA program. I'm over the moon excited for her. However, we've been planning to move this week for a couple of months now, and we've told everyone about it too. We had no clue friend would find out this week about her acceptance. Why can't we just do a delayed celebration with them later? I kept having to apologize to friend's girlfriend and reiterating how excited we were but that we were just busy right now... so friend's girlfriend finally said we would go out Friday. If she gives us shit for leaving at 9pm, well... tough titty. I know this is irrational on my end because friend's girlfriend is just trying to be a good girlfriend, but FI and I are so exhausted and stressed this week...

Confession: I'm still a little nervous about this new apartment. It's absolutely lovely and updated and in a great location, but I'm worried our stuff won't fit? It's roughly the same square feet, so it should fit just fine, but every time we unload stuff I get a little more concerned. FI is so unbelievably excited and confident though, so I'm just gonna go along with him on it.

lol Sorry, everything is moving related this week. That's all I can think about right now.  

lavenderfields13

@caseface5 I liked 50 shades too. It was horribly written and incredibly misogynistic but...I couldn't stop reading it! Kinda like Twilight. 

 

lavenderfields13

II..or more like first world problem: When the shower curtain won't stop attacking you while you're trying to shower. So annoying

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500days said:

UO: I get really ragey whenever I see a gofundme for someone's bad luck situation. The last one I read was a mother who wanted to build a playground in her backyard for a memorial for her son that passed away. I don't get it...just save and buy a playground like everyone else does? Maybe I'm going to hell or I'm heartless, but it's just my gut reaction.

Confession: I am terrified to try on more wedding dresses. I need a lot of alterations (I'm so short and petite) and I just don't want this to be a pain in the ass. 

This drives me insane! 

jenna8984

lavenderfields13 said:

II..or more like first world problem: When the shower curtain won't stop attacking you while you're trying to shower. So annoying

My mom bought me one of the shower curtain rods that arches out and it's AMAZING. It was really cheap, like $30 at kmart but it works magic and makes the shower seem bigger.

500days

@southernpeach89- someone commented on that gofundme page about how it would be better if the playground was a public park. She got raked over the coals for that one by the other contributors. They told her that she obviously did not understand "the loss of a child"

ShallowSeas

Confession: I'm so sick of our downstairs neighbors. I'm tired of going to the office to file a complaint with them. Everyone else in our building has already filed complaints and nothing has been done, so I'm talking to them this evening and demanding that something be done. They should really be evicted. I can't handle it much more.

Confession: FI leaves a week from today for Canada and will be gone for 4 days. I am dreading it so bad. I'm gonna miss him and I have a really hard time sleeping without him. We've never spent a night apart from each other in the last year and half since we've lived together and I'm not happy about it. He leaves a couple hours before me for church on Sunday mornings and it takes me awhile to fall back asleep because he's not there...its gonna be a long 4 days.

II and maybe UO: Idk if anyone watches Face Off on SyFy, but a guy from my hometown who I use to be friends with is on the show. He graduated a year after me and moved to LA a couple years ago to do special effects make-up and now he's on the show. My hometown is FLIPPING SHIT over it (we're small, like 13,000 people) so I get that its kinda cool but I'm tired of seeing it all over my facebook.

Blue & White

@caseface5 Apparently I'm over wedding planning, because I've been avoiding the wedding related posts for the opposite reason

@southernpeach89 can I just know why it's your favorite stall?  Is it the biggest or furthest from the door or has the least graffiti? lol, HOW DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE STALL!?

@lavenderfields13 I have no idea who gaslight anthem is but I do seem to like the Rise Against music.  It's just they are way more rock than me

Also, II: If I get the job I interviewed for today, it starts on August 11th.  So I would have like....3 weeks to plan to have my own classroom.  That's an insanely short prep period   BUT I WOULD DO IT, so hire me dangit.

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@500days -I bet...I don't get it. I understand some gofundme pages but I have friends on facebook who do them for literally everything. I had a girl that was in my sorority who was moving out to Cali to "start her life" and did a gofundme page for her future endeavors...? WTF? Seriously? Like hell I'm going to give you money for that. It's called saving people.

Blue & White

@severmilli12 I have a fair number of friends (from NJ, not from FL lol) that are semi-famous and it's kinda entertaining to me.  I totally base it on whether I like the person or not, lol.  So my one friend Nick, I can't WAIT until he makes it big.  But other acquaintances I'm just like "eh, whatevs".  I think that's normal.

eilis1228

@500days the gofundme things enrage me. I've seen people post them asking for money to study abroad one semester, asking for money for new tires, asking for money for surgery for their dog... Save more, take out a loan, or whatever, but don't beg your friends and family for money. Unless you need money for something like a life-saving cancer treatment or even funeral arrangements, I'm not going to donate. I'll donate to a legit charity instead. 

tuarceatha

eilis1228 I'm moving offices this weekend and your post made me think of this. I am currently adding lint to the sticker labels I got from facilities to label my office things for this move. It'll really annoy me if my keyboard/monitor/whatever has sticker glue on it.

Confession: My birthday is tomorrow and I hope people at work remember that.

UO: Sheer shirts are ugly. Put those away.

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@Blue&White -The locks on the other stalls don't fit into the little slot they go into and I basically have to lift the door to get them in there so I don't like doing that lol. This stall's lock fits perfectly and when I'm in a hurry to use the potty I don't have to waste 5 seconds trying to get the lock in the door : )

jenna8984

@southernpeach89 I totally have a favorite stall. It's kind of a long walk to the bathroom so I will use another if someone is in it but I get pissed!! It's not the same!!

Peaseblossom55

@Blue good luck I really hope you get this job!

Confession: I'm lazy and I haven't gotten back into working out at all since the wedding, I just want to sit around and eat junk food.

Confession 2: I have bad baby fever, but I'm working very hard at keeping myself distracted from this for at least another month or two. 

II: I went to the allergist on Monday to see why my allergies are so bad, she wants to do a CAT scan on my head.  I haven't heard back from them yet, if they got the ok from my insurance company.  Meanwhile she keeps having me try all of these different medicines that don't really work.

eilis1228

@peaseblossom55 the ENT did a CAT scan on my head a few months ago. It was so weird. I reaaaaally didn't like it. It helped though because they found out I have a few biological issues that cause me to have tons and tons of sinus infections. Of course, the ENT then said that instead of surgery, he wants me to do allergy shots with an allergist for at least a year, and now I'm stuck getting these terrible shots every week that are hella expensive and don't seem to work... so hopefully your allergist doesn't ignore the results from your CAT scan! I really hope they start giving you meds that do work based on your results. 

jenna8984

caseface5 said:

Confession: As much as I would love to BF to propose much sooner, I would be completely enthralled if he waited for Disney. Particularity if it was when we are in the Magic Kingdom before opening for our breakfast at Cinderella's Royal Table, while getting a picture from one of the photographers. (See BSC over here!!!)

 

@caseface5 We had been talking about marriage and we had a trip to the Great Wall planned so of course I dropped hints how awesome it would be if he proposed on the Great Wall and we got people to take pictures.

Well....that was his plan. Then 8 hours before we headed to airport, he freaked out and proposed in our bedroom. He said I really planned on doing it at the wall but I just too much anxiety about something going wrong! All I can picture if airport security like opening the ring box in front of you or customs taking it away, it's too scary!

I was still sooooooo in love with the proposal even though it was just in our bedroom. And we decided not to post it or tell anyone until after our trip, like a little secret. It was really fun because we did take ring pics on the Great Wall and that was how we "announced" it to everyone. And we used those pics on the save the date, as our engagement photos.

Blackbird230

Confession: I don't know what 11/22/63 is and haven't heard of it yet.

@500days, I agree with the gofundme feelings. My editor keeps sending me links to them to do "feature stories." Really? It's people begging for money. 

Peaseblossom55

eilis1228 said:

@peaseblossom55 the ENT did a CAT scan on my head a few months ago. It was so weird. I reaaaaally didn't like it. It helped though because they found out I have a few biological issues that cause me to have tons and tons of sinus infections. Of course, the ENT then said that instead of surgery, he wants me to do allergy shots with an allergist for at least a year, and now I'm stuck getting these terrible shots every week that are hella expensive and don't seem to work... so hopefully your allergist doesn't ignore the results from your CAT scan! I really hope they start giving you meds that do work based on your results.

 

SITB

I hope they are able to figure things out my allergies are so bad and I'm finally looking into this all.

Hummingbird125

Confession - I took (non-naked!) pictures of myself in the dressing room at macys last night because I had just been at the gym and was feeling unusually good about my body.

Confession - I want FI to start making a bunch of money so I can have babies and be a SAHM mom for a while. 

Illogical Irritation: I get annoyed when FI buys himself new shoes or clothes because I have hardly bought myself anything new since we started saving for the wedding. This is stupid because he's still saving what he's supposed to, and I could buy myself things from time to time if I wanted to too - I just always feel like I should be putting every spare penny into savings. 

KeptInStitches

I don't have any confessions, UO, II yet today, but I'm sure I will.

@tuarceatha, happy early birthday!

lmcooper86

@southernpeach89 - I have a preferred stall, and also get annoyed when someone takes the middle stall (of 3); leave some space!

Confession: I do not want to work at all today and have spent probably the last 20 minutes picking my split ends. I wanted to just stay home today but I have a hair appointment at the end of the day across the street from my office. So that's pretty much the only reason I came in.

Totally rational irritation: My FI needs to make up his fucking mind about where he wants to look for a place to live and what sort of places he likes. First it was a condo north in the city; then when I freaked about the commute from there it was a condo closer to downtown; now those are all too small and he wants to look at townhouses outside of the city. I'm reaching a point where I truly do not care about looking for houses because I am just so freaking annoyed about it all.

II: My mom brought up bridal showers last night. My sister (MOH) is already talking about planning a shower, and my FMIL and FSIL have talked about throwing one as well. She started asking if I knew when FMIL/FSIL were thinking of having theirs, and if there were going to be any others, and on and on. All I could think was I don't know if anyone else is planning something, I don't know when anyone else might be planning something for, and my wedding is not for NINE AND A HALF MONTHS! And I'm not supposed to be involved in planning any showers...stop asking me about it.

II: One of my best friends told me that she and her BF have "picked their wedding date". They aren't engaged yet and they have picked a date approximately 2 1/2 years from now.

Confession: I bought cinnamon toast crunch on Sunday and have eaten it for breakfast every day this week. I am 12.

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@lmcooper86 -I LOVE cinnamon toast crunch!

blabla89

II: My coworker who sits next to me ALWAYS has her space heater on and it is just a tad bit too warm for my liking.

I will also second @Southernpeach89's complaint about the bathroom stalls because it makes me so.darn.mad.

Confession: From the beginning of April to the end of June FI and I were arguing a lot and it really took a toll on me. It's been 20 days since our last argument (which was a doozy) and FI has been super sweet and affectionate ever since. On the one hand I'm so happy that we're back to normal, but on the other hand I can't help but wonder when the next argument is coming. And whenever FI says something sweet I secretly wonder whether he's just faking it to make me feel better.

@Hummingbird125 High fives! That's a great feeling.

@lmcooper86 there's no shame in that game...but cookie crisp is better.

Peaseblossom55

@Lmcooper86 I love cinnamon toast crunch too, I would just eat it dry right out of the box, as a snack.  I haven't done that in years though.