Good morning!

tawillers

I had an excellent workout this morning.  I feel really good about it.  I was encouraged on Sunday when my sister pulled me aside and told me I look thinner.  It definitely helps keep me motivated to know that I'm getting results.  They're not anything spectacular, but at least noticeable.

This morning was DD1's first morning with an alarm clock and she failed miserably.  Didn't even flinch when it went off.  I lightly rubbed her until she was awake enough to realize it was going off and she said "Mom, I didn't even hear it!  How am I going to use it every day?!"  Just what I need.  Another kid who sleeps through alarms.

mrsconn23

DefConn *didn't* end up in my bed last night/this morning.  #winning

The person in front of my at Starbucks didn't know how a drive thru lane worked. 

If you're going to drive a truck with your company name on it, you probably shouldn't drive like an asshole. It makes me not want to use your company. 

We got MIL her own hotel room for this weekend.  It was starting to stress me out to have all 5 of us in one room.  

I can't decide if I should cash in points for an itunes card or a starbucks GC.  itunes-I could get DefConn friendly movies for the ipad. Starbucks-coffee for the road, duh.   

mrsconn23

OH and thing that's annoying me today:  There's a commercial for a local jewelry store and the voice over guy talks about 'girls' wanting to design their own engagement ring.  It makes me twitchy.  I went to their FB page and complained.  While 'girls' may want to design their own engagement ring, I think the company should be more concerned about women who want to do so. 

Heffalump

mrs.conn23 said:

OH and thing that's annoying me today:  There's a commercial for a local jewelry store and the voice over guy talks about 'girls' wanting to design their own engagement ring.  It makes me twitchy.  I went to their FB page and complained.  While 'girls' may want to design their own engagement ring, I think the company should be more concerned about women who want to do so. 

Ugh.  One of my coworkers refers to the "girls" in customer service, and I'm always like "Girls, really?"  1) They're mostly in their forties and fifties, so "girls" seems especially wrong, and 2) last I checked, there were two men over there, too. 

6fsn

I don't have to worry about alarms yet.  1 and 2 are always up before me.

I just went to put something on the front porch.  I bent ove, stuck my head out the storm door, and the effing thing slammed on my head.  The handle hit one ear and the latch portion hit the other.  It hurts!

I'm still trying to figure out what to do tomorrow.

tawillers

6fsn said:

I don't have to worry about alarms yet.  1 and 2 are always up before me.

I just went to put something on the front porch.  I bent ove, stuck my head out the storm door, and the effing thing slammed on my head.  The handle hit one ear and the latch portion hit the other.  It hurts!

I'm still trying to figure out what to do tomorrow.

She's going through this independence thing.  She's got to pick out her clothes, get her breakfast ready, and now she wants an alarm clock.  I'm not mad at this independence spike.

Ouch about your head.

Also, I hate trying to figure out what to do with kid-free time.  It's like you have to pick the perfect day so you won't regret how you spent it and it's almost overwhelming.

mrsconn23

tawillers said:

I had an excellent workout this morning.  I feel really good about it.  I was encouraged on Sunday when my sister pulled me aside and told me I look thinner.  It definitely helps keep me motivated to know that I'm getting results.  They're not anything spectacular, but at least noticeable.

This morning was DD1's first morning with an alarm clock and she failed miserably.  Didn't even flinch when it went off.  I lightly rubbed her until she was awake enough to realize it was going off and she said "Mom, I didn't even hear it!  How am I going to use it every day?!"  Just what I need.  Another kid who sleeps through alarms.

YAY!  That's such a great feeling when someone else notices your hard work.  Go TAW!  

I'm seriously about to start waking the kiddo up when I get up with DefConn.  It's 15 min before his bus comes. Maybe he'll start using his alarm then. 

On the subject of alarms, I about murdered DH this morning because of his alarm.  He decided to set it to some song that starts with a very loud gunshot sound.  And he turned the volume on his phone way up.  So at zero dark stupid (DH tries to be at work around 5am), his alarm goes off, startling me awake (I shouted, "WHAT IN THE EVERLOVING FUCK?!").  He's all "Sorry, sorry...I'll change it."  Except he didn't.  SO we went through it TWO MORE TIMES.  I will be checking that shit and changing it if it's not fixed. 

tawillers

Thanks, conn.  I haven't really seen big changes on the scale, but that doesn't really matter to me as long as I can see that things are changing.  And I was kinda sorta thinking that I could see it in my face but wasn't sure.  My pair of jeans that were always a little too tight felt a little better over the weekend.

mrsconn23

I have some shirts that were looking a little small on me this winter that now fit like they should. 

Pants are killing me...because I'm in between sizes.  The larger size is too big (so baggy in the ass) and the smaller ones are still too tight and bad with the muffin-top.  I did put on a pair of pants yesterday that have a drawstring waist and they were looser than they've ever been.  So yay on that. 

Also, I bought a dress this weekend w/o trying it on and it was very cute, and flattering.  I wore it for Easter.  

So yay on the small changes.  Definitely the encouragement to keep going. 

PMeg819

I was up at 5:30 am to do work and ended up sucked into a million other little things because apparently I'm the only one that can do things. I'm getting irritated with work in general as I hate hate hate being not busy, and I hate spending time on little annoying projects.

I did find that one of my shirts is looser, so I am getting smaller in some way. Here's hoping I can look halfway decent for my sister's wedding.

DD has been very hugging lately. No complaints here on that.

0Face

*wandering in*

I've been buried neck deep in bidding.  Trying to figure out things work, and putting numbers to a job that is astronomical.  Yes, put pavers in a parking lot, instead of any kind of hard surface.  TOTALLY makes sense in the midwest.  Yep.  Definitely.  :-/

And I was right last week when I figured people stopped working at about 3pm on Wednesday and now everyone's lack of work is making an emergency for the rest of us. 

Also, if you leave a voicemail make sure it's nice and to the point.  Don't tell me what you want in great detail so I can delete it and call you and then you can tell me AGAIN.  *DND for a reason*

Yay to all that are making changes that you are seeing, that's very encouraging, especially when others validate. 

Heffalump

Y'all are inspiring me.  I stopped working out when DS went through his sleep regression and I was exhausted, and then I was sick, but those excuses ran out a couple of months ago.

GOT DS's hair cut for the second time yesterday.  Somehow "just trim it up" turned into her taking off a LOT of hair.  I said "That looks like a lot more than a trim" and she assured me that it was just because his curls were "shrinking up."  I really hated it when we left, but I'm coming around.  I'll be taking him to someone who can fucking follow directions from now on, regardless.

Bought DD two ghost shrimp for her aquarium, which disappeared while we were eating lunch.  The giant goldfish is our prime suspect.

We were going to meet FIL in Atlanta this weekend because he supposedly wanted to see the kids, but then he texted DH to call him this a.m., which is usually bad news.  I think his wife's father is in the hospital, so that's probably why, and we're hoping he's okay.  (He's been in poor health, in and out of the hospital periodically for a few years now, mini-strokes and such.)  I feel like >50% of the time, when DH tries to make plans with his dad, they fall through for one reason or another.  Not snarking about the hospital thing--not his fault, way beyond his control, hopefully everything is okay, and definitely not about us.  But when it happens all.the.time, you kind of start to wonder.

mrsconn23

Heffalump said:

GOT DS's hair cut for the second time yesterday.  Somehow "just trim it up" turned into her taking off a LOT of hair.  I said "That looks like a lot more than a trim" and she assured me that it was just because his curls were "shrinking up."  I really hated it when we left, but I'm coming around.  I'll be taking him to someone who can fucking follow directions from now on, regardless.

DH took DefConn for a haircut this weekend.  He had about 4 in cut off.  I almost cried at first, but it's grown on me.  Also, the mornings have been so much better now that his hair is easier to comb through. 

VarunaTT

I just called someone in my skeptics group an asshole.  I try to be all diplomatic in the FB group since I'm a leader, but I'm not having it this morning.  You want to be skeptical of the democratic process, go right ahead, but to post that voting doesn't matter when 15+ members have worked their asses off in 100+ volunteer hours, on an issue campaign that's up for vote today is in poor effing taste and I'm calling you out on it.  He could've had this convo any time before or after; he did it today to be a dick.  It doesn't help that he's not even a regular poster, so he came to the group, specifically to do that.

Election Day is today.  I should've stayed home, I'm getting no work done, I'm just stalking social media for reports.  I think, if we win, it might be a national news story.  If we lose, it's not from lack of amazing work on the part of hundreds of my fellow citizens.  I'm really proud of my little city for once.