Wednesday/FWP

Heffalump

Happy Hump Day, y'all.

I'm crabby today. Whenever people come to visit, we always host them. Cheerfully. Now we're headed to my grandma's party next week, and neither my dad nor my brother have invited us to stay. And they've made plans with us. And I even told them I was in the process of making arrangements, and they were both basically like "Let us know where you're staying!" Grrrrrrr.

I know I shouldn't be entitled, but it stings a little. Maybe they don't feel that they have room. My dad and his wife live in a 3BR ranch, and her 30-something son lives with them. My brother is just him in a 3BR townhouse, but I don't know if his ex got the furniture or whatever when they split. But still, I would even be okay with "I wish you could stay here, except I'm sleeping on a mattress on the floor" or whatever.

Anyway, I have a booking request in to Airbnb, and we're moving on. And then I got to work and half the parking lot was blocked off. Turns out they're repaving it, and our plant manager sent an email at 6:20 last night. So parking this morning was chaos.

Here's hoping things pick up from here. Got my first RSVP for DS's birthday party, so that's something.

*Barbie*

Heffalump said:

Happy Hump Day, y'all.

I'm crabby today. Whenever people come to visit, we always host them. Cheerfully. Now we're headed to my grandma's party next week, and neither my dad nor my brother have invited us to stay. And they've made plans with us. And I even told them I was in the process of making arrangements, and they were both basically like "Let us know where you're staying!" Grrrrrrr.

I know I shouldn't be entitled, but it stings a little. Maybe they don't feel that they have room. My dad and his wife live in a 3BR ranch, and her 30-something son lives with them. My brother is just him in a 3BR townhouse, but I don't know if his ex got the furniture or whatever when they split. But still, I would even be okay with "I wish you could stay here, except I'm sleeping on a mattress on the floor" or whatever.

I totally get it. DK and I had a conversation about that a few months ago when we were planning our trip to visit the families - it was to the tune of "if SIL decides to move her kids and dogs into ILs' house, and we need to stay in a hotel, there's going to be issues. We're already spending several thousand + vacation time on the trip, so the lodging had better be free." (ILs have plenty of room and are happy to have us stay - we were just concerned that SIL was going to decide to up and move in with them before our trip, and suddenly there wouldn't be any room.) 

my FWP: construction woes/lack of communication from the contractors/PM. They demoed half of the kitchen and the master bath  more than a week ago, and the only progress is some minor piping and a new electrical line for the tub. a new tub hasn't been delivered, yet . (after the plumbers broke the first one). DK stayed home yesterday and nobody showed up. I'm home today and will be pissed if it was for naught. 

ShesSoCold

That would chap my ass too, Heffa.

Barbie, that sounds terrible - I hope progress is made quickly!

My FWP - I want the table I ordered. NOW. The couch arrives Saturday, and Direct TV is coming then to add a box in the basement. I'm all antsy in my pantsy to get everything done and have my house look good. Then we can focus on the not fun crap like a new sliding glass door and water heater.

Today my goal is to get my resume and cover letter to an employment agency since I'm really lazy and half-assing this job thing. I'm scheduled to be off on Tuesday so that would be perfect for me to go in and interview with them.

Edited because I'm a dumbass.

Heffalump

Oh, and curriculum night was last night, and one of the other moms was loudly complaining about how she didn't understand the previous night's math homework. It allegedly took her son and her 2 hours to complete.

 It's the third week of second grade. I told DH afterward that if I couldn't handle that, then I would have to do some serious soul searching about how I reached this point in my life.

Also, Wooz's class still doesn't have a room mom, and god help me, I'm considering it. Our neighbor is also the PTA president and mentioned that they could use my help with grant writing. Also considering that. I think the body snatchers got me.

short+sassy

My H and I leave for Boston one week from today!  Excited!  We'll be out there for almost a week.  Neither one of us have been.  We haven't been on vacation in over a year.  Very overdue!

ShesSoCold

Oh, and I'm happy that we have a good relationship with MIL & stepFIL now, I really am.

But now she's calling me. All the effing time. Twice yesterday. I don't even talk to H that much. Simmer down, MIL.

charlotte989875

It's rainy and dreary here, again. My FWP of the day; road construction and paving. The major highway from the city I live in to work (~20 miles) is completely under construction and will be for a while. Fine, I'll take the state two-lane road that still has a 60mph speed limit. Well now that is being paved. Fine, take an alternate country road, which a widening project JUST started on as well. Seriously, every efficient way to get to work has some construction/paving/widening project. It added like 10 minutes to my commute. 

And yes, I don't actually have to be at work at a certain time. My schedule is flexible and I can come and go as I please, but it's still annoying. And yes, I understand it needs to be done and will be so much better (which is what H keeps telling me when I complain about it), but I'm still annoyed and him telling me to get over it doesn't help. 

MissKittyDanger

My evening was entirely FWP ....

We get home and there's a letter from the bank. Cool. This is what we need to bring to lawyers next week, so I'm glad it's early.
Says on there we're paying property taxes through the bank. Uhm, no. We told them at least twice that we were going to do it through the city.

H calls and explains. Now he's waiting on a call from bank manager so we can get it fixed. *sigh* This bank is driving me nuts.

Other FWP - I feel like sometimes I put more effort into the relationship, and it's just stupid little things.

His bday in July, I got him a card, took him to the "Star Trek Experience"{as his gift} and then dinner.
My bday? I got a card.

Anniversary - I remembered a card, he claimed broke. I said he could have gotten a damn card before hand instead of last minute.

I just got really irritated last night and he's pissed I'm bringing it up now {anniversary was beginning of August} and I told him that I didn't think it bothered me as much as it seems to. Idk. Just .... urg.
More frustrating than anything tbh .... /vent

6fsn

I have so many little things I need to take care of and my boss is being grump- book 3 hotel rooms, cancel 1, why are there only two rooms booked for tonight?  @Heffalump maybe that mom was doing the math for his hotel rooms.

MIL is being a pill too.  
her: We want to get him this thing. 
me: He already has a quite a few of those things maybe that or the other thing or this thing would be good instead
her: but I want to get him this thing

Why'd you ask then?

Heffalump

I am officially the new room mom, and IT up at corporate called with some questions because THEY ARE CONFIGURING MY NEW LAPTOP!!! They hope to get it in the mail today.

bleve0821

We are starting to do some research on new mattresses because our FWP is the size and comfort of our bed.  DH has been complaining for months about back/neck pain when he wakes up, and he's tweaked that nerve in his shoulder again, which effectively laid him out for 6 weeks last summer.  But now I'm starting to experience the same aches (and I swear, if DH says, "It's because you're getting old" one more time in response to this or my other aches, I might slip some cayenne in his coffee).

The place I'm staying at for my temp housing next month (!!!!!!!) has a Sleep Number bed, so I'm pretty excited to test it out and see if that's something we can find room in our budget for.  I find mattress shopping to be awkward and uncomfortable.

kylexo

today is hubspots inbound sales day so i'm watching webinars all day to learn how to make my team better.

also, i'm a single person sales team at my tiny start up, but just got word that i'll be getting to hire 2-3 new people under me in the new year, so that is really exciting and a little nerve wracking.

DrillSergeantCat

I started my day by reprimanding a brand new employee. He was here filling out his paperwork brand new. I told him that his lack of following instructions with me doesn't bode well for his employment under his supervisor and told him he "needs to get it together." Ugh.

I have an OB appt at 10 which means I'll sit waiting for an hour before I see her. Oh well, I'm charging the iPad so I can do homework.

littlemushroom

AtomicBlonde said:

We are starting to do some research on new mattresses because our FWP is the size and comfort of our bed.  DH has been complaining for months about back/neck pain when he wakes up, and he's tweaked that nerve in his shoulder again, which effectively laid him out for 6 weeks last summer.  But now I'm starting to experience the same aches (and I swear, if DH says, "It's because you're getting old" one more time in response to this or my other aches, I might slip some cayenne in his coffee).

The place I'm staying at for my temp housing next month (!!!!!!!) has a Sleep Number bed, so I'm pretty excited to test it out and see if that's something we can find room in our budget for.  I find mattress shopping to be awkward and uncomfortable.

My DH and I just bought a new bed during the Labor Day sales. Mattress shopping really sucks. Everything ends up blending together after a while and comparing between stores is next to impossible.

We ended up going with a BeautyRest Black Hybrid mattress (top half memory foam and bottom half coils). It has "cooling technology". We love it more and more every night we sleep on it! Back pain is gone, my DH's shoulder pain is gone (he had surgery on both shoulders years ago and they still hurt fairly often), and I don't wake up boiling to death anymore.

missJeanLouise

SSDD.

I bought FH's friend an airline ticket to our wedding yesterday. It was about 100$ more than I wanted it to be but I have been watching prices and it didn't seem like it would be coming down. I wouldn't have done it but friend's sister (who is my best female friend and our officiant) had already mentioned to him that we (she chipped in too) were thinking of buying it for him and he was the first person to return his rsvp, which melted my heart a little. I know it will make FH so happy to see all of his friends again.

bleve0821

I just got out of an all-hands office meeting, and I'm stewing now.

A year ago, I was asked to perform an audit on one of our office programs/procedures.  I spent weeks reviewing this massive program, and since I was new, understanding the what and how and why and soliciting feedback from individuals who'd been with the department for a while.  All in, it was around a 20 page report full of recommendations--what's good, bad, unnecessary, etc., with suggestions for how to handle each aspect.

So I was allllllll excited when I saw on the meeting agenda they were incorporating some of my more inventive changes!  YAY!!!  It was a pat on the back moment for me.

...right up until they gave credit to someone else.

I'm furious.

NOLABridesmaid

This waking up at 3:30 in the morning is starting to wear on my pleasant personality. I require at least 7 uninterrupted hours of sleep, yo.

missJeanLouise

I am angry for you @AtomicBlonde

3:30am is for partying/going to bed, NOT for waking up @NOLABridesmaid. You're doing it backwards.

kimmiinthemitten

I picked up a manufacturing rep this morning for a meeting.  On the way there, a semi driver was totally googly eyeing me and keeping pace with me.  I became immediately creeped out and a bit scared and missed my exit.  Thankfully, my colleague noticed and leaned forward and waved at the guy and he backed off.

So while I'm grateful he got the guy to back off, it pisses me right off that it takes another man to get a man to stop harassing a woman.  In the past I've had two (!!) incidents where a guy was jerking off and keeping pace with me, one that turned into a bit of road rage when I was younger and flipped the driver off and one where they followed me into the parking lot of the store I was driving to.  I hate that shit, and it legitimately makes me scared for my safety.

And now I'm in the office with a ton of shit to do, no motivation, and a bunch of slow ass colleagues that I'm waiting on to finish out quotes before I leave for two weeks.  I want to email them all with this:

OurWildKingdom

I am so pissed on your behalf, @AtomicBlonde and @kimmiinthemitten!

kylexo

ahhh @kimmiinthemitten i would be so angry too! how obnoxious.

NOLABridesmaid

Miss J, I know. It has to stop. I think I'm starting to have those "age" issues. Say it ain't so.

kimmiinthemitten

@AtomicBlonde That's bullshit!  I'd be livid too!  And given your field, I bet it was a dude who just accepted the credit too.

I'm full on man hater today apparently!

GBCK

So, in buying our cabinets at Lowe's, we got a GC to Lowe's.
We used said GC to buy an over-the-range hood/microwave.  Ordered it at the end of August, it was supposed to arrive (site-to-store) yesterday.
I called to see if it was there...nope, now it'll be in at the end of September.
Fuck that.  I am not waiting another few weeks at this point for another piece.

So, we went through all sorts to cancel the purchase w/ Lowe's so I'm annoyed that I now have to buy more shit from them w/ this giftcard.  Because they made this process absurdly hard.  Also, can't cancle an order online.

Home Depot will only sell it to me if I pay for shipping and have it deleivered to my house--which, why would I do that, it's a microwave, I can fit it in my hatchback.
Apparently the one I know I want isn't available in stock in most stores locally.

So we've ordered it to Best Buy, I may cutabitch if it's not there on Saturday.

DrillSergeantCat

Funny thing happened at my doctor's appointment today. The nurse and I got to talking about our upcoming weddings and she said hers is in 7 weeks. I said mine is in 10 days. She asked where so I told her and she got this weird look on her face and said, "You're the one. We tried to book that same venue on that same day and were told it was already booked." Small world. Oh and her FI picked the venue because of the train ride just like mine did!

@kimmiinthemitten there's a hashtag on twitter you might enjoy. #yesallwomen

@AtomicBlonde that really sucks. I'm sorry.

ShesSoCold

My company is the middle man between insurance agents and carriers. Therefore, when the carrier messes up, the agents get mad at us. When the agents mess up, the carriers get mad at us. It's just the nature of the business - everything is our fault.

This girl in our office received bad info, passed it on and now we look like the ass. We're not the ass, but we're the middle man so deal with it.

She's spend the last hour (literally) going from person to person looking for advice on how to word her email apologizing to the agent and being all "I hate confrontation...".

Just fucking send the fucking email.

*Barbie*

GBCK said:

So, in buying our cabinets at Lowe's, we got a GC to Lowe's.
We used said GC to buy an over-the-range hood/microwave.  Ordered it at the end of August, it was supposed to arrive (site-to-store) yesterday.
I called to see if it was there...nope, now it'll be in at the end of September.
Fuck that.  I am not waiting another few weeks at this point for another piece.

So, we went through all sorts to cancel the purchase w/ Lowe's so I'm annoyed that I now have to buy more shit from them w/ this giftcard.  Because they made this process absurdly hard.  Also, can't cancle an order online.

Home Depot will only sell it to me if I pay for shipping and have it deleivered to my house--which, why would I do that, it's a microwave, I can fit it in my hatchback.
Apparently the one I know I want isn't available in stock in most stores locally.

So we've ordered it to Best Buy, I may cutabitch if it's not there on Saturday.

@GBCK -thanks for the reminder!!! I was looking at getting one through Home Depot and the $60 shipping charge pissed me off for that exact reason - i can fit one in my car and i ordered a towel bar and toilet bar from them and they shipped free - and the total cost for that order was about 25% of the cost of the microwave. I was going to look at Best Buy, but hadn't gotten around  to it - and will need to get it next week so they can install 

mrsconn23

I'm in the office for training.  My brain is on overload.  

They did order in for lunch and it's the best fried chicken I've ever had.

*Barbie*

@GBCK - THANK YOU!! Best Buy was actually cheaper (sale) and with not paying for shipping, it's almost $100 cheaper. wahoo!

charlotte989875

Ugh @AtomicBlonde that's some bullshit right there.

*Barbie*

another FWP: My front porch is 50% whirlpool tub, right now, and people can't read the "Leave" mat.