Thursday!

mrsconn23

My car is fixed and at no cost to us!  w00t!  We're going to pick it up when I'm done with work.    Patience (and an extra car) pays off for sure.   I think we're going to go out to dinner, too. 

I need to start wrapping gifts.  The UPS man needs to start showing up *before* the kids get home.  He showed up when the kids were outside riding their bikes yesterday and then they insisted on trying to get me to open the boxes.  LOL, nope. 

Prudie coming up. 

ILoveBeachMusic

Headed to the outlets today for last minute shopping - don't really need to go but kinda of a tradition with a girl friend! H just told me he has a dinner tonight with work people. Hmmm what shall I have? 

6fsn

Bible study today big event tonight. Tonight is one of my favorite nights of the year and I can't wait!!!

max say the brown truck across the street yesterday. "Mommy it's the gps man!  I wonder what we brought!"  I told him it wasn't for us, but then they stopped. I couldn't even remember what it was. Oh, m2's big present with no out box and a huge picture of a piano on it. Luckily Dh got it. 

mrsconn23

6fsn said:

max say the brown truck across the street yesterday. "Mommy it's the gps man!  I wonder what we brought!"  

DefConn used to call it the "GPSP" man/truck.   

DrillSergeantCat

I was actually productive at work yesterday. Somebody brought donuts to work today (yay!).  I have quite a bit to do for month end, but if I'd stay of TK, I could get it done and get to crochet too. 

H worked 8-7 Monday, 7-8 Tuesday, and 7-8 again last night. The OT is nice, but I want my H home! We keep hoping they'll get him some help, but apparently nobody can pass the basic math test.

eta - I picked up my diploma yesterday. I'm so glad to never have to step foot in that school again. 

Heffalump

mrsconn23 said:

My car is fixed and at no cost to us!  w00t!  We're going to pick it up when I'm done with work.    Patience (and an extra car) pays off for sure.   I think we're going to go out to dinner, too. 

I need to start wrapping gifts.  The UPS man needs to start showing up *before* the kids get home.  He showed up when the kids were outside riding their bikes yesterday and then they insisted on trying to get me to open the boxes.  LOL, nope. 

Prudie coming up. 

LOL, I told DH it's a good thing we're so dependent on Amazon Prime, so that the kids don't think twice about the boxes showing up now.  In the past it's always been cat food, filter cartridges, etc.  They just step over them and keep going.   (And yay for your car coming home!)

ILoveBeachMusic said:

Headed to the outlets today for last minute shopping - don't really need to go but kinda of a tradition with a girl friend! H just told me he has a dinner tonight with work people. Hmmm what shall I have? 

Last minute?!  Between you and mrs.conn, y'all are making me feel like a slacker!

Can we do Elf on the Shelf all year round?  Every day this week, Wooz has gotten up right with her alarm to see where Jack is.  This is a minor miracle--usually it takes a delicate balance between coddling and sternness to get this kid up and going on weekdays. 

Our town is doing a big Holiday Festival of Lights tomorrow, and I think we'll go.  I wish it were Saturday night instead of Friday, but it will be on our way home from Wooz's riding lesson, so that works. 

Also, I have been checking our town's website daily for Santa's schedule, but nothing yet.  Every year, he rides through town for a week in mid-December, visiting different neighborhoods every night on a big (loud) fire engine.  I have to plan in case it happens to be on a night when Wooz has art, so we don't miss him. 

Leaving early today to get my ladyparts groped. 

mrsconn23

Heffalump said:

Leaving early today to get my ladyparts groped. 

FUN TIMES!!  In the last 2 months I've had that happen 4 times, three at my OB (welcome appt/groping, mirena replacement, 30 insertion f/u) and a bikini wax (which I'm about to get another one in a couple weeks).  

I was afraid of farting every.single.time. LMAO

bleve0821

My hormones are raging so I'm not seeing life as reasonably as I could.  Dragon lady on BCP... I probably turn men to stone without it.  But I really fucking hate it when DH talks me down off a figurative ledge of insanity (no I don't).


Minion did not go up in the yard last night because of the WILD storms we had.  DH was driving home from work when the first tornado warning came in, and he said that he was actually passing the exits on the road the circulating air mass was moving over as the radio was saying stay the FUCK away from them.  So I was freaked out because he was late getting home and I was watching the news say the route he normally takes is the danger zone...  So that was FUN.

We're meeting a pup this weekend (pre-trained and all) and seeing how he gets along with Hiccup.  If it goes well, he's probably coming home with us.  He's a cutie, but he's young and high energy and I know he's going to be a PITA at first... and poor DH... I'm going out of town next week!!  

He already has a name, of course, but in keeping with my HTTYD theme, I'm probably gonna have to change it to Berk.  I did have a meltdown last night over it, because he won't be Toothless (and it's so soon!) and I'm afraid I'll resent the new guy because of it, but I'll blame it on the hormones.

ETF typo.

charlotte989875

Blame the hormones @AtomicBlonde. If you see him play with Hiccup, and they get along, I'd be the worry about resenting the new guy will go out the window. And if it doesn't just focus on how happy you're making a dog by giving him a home and how much he loves you for that. It's hard to resent a dog when they're so happy to see you. 

Not much here today. We need to start Christmas shopping (yes, start, I suck), and H is like, "really it was just Thanksgiving?!". We should have started weeks ago, but I'm a slacker. 

I also need to book my work trip to NOLA and the prices are going to be insane because I waited so long. Not like having money at the holidays is important. 

CharmedPam

@drillsergeantcat, congrats on school.  That must be an amazing feeling!

Our company got sold today and our welcome packet arrived yesterday.  I got a nice welcome bag with new company items in it...... and a pay decrease. 

Needless to say, I came home pissed and we ordered pizza and brownies so I could eat my sorrows away. But talking to my mom, pointing out to me that I am lucky to still have a job - and DH who made me laugh and put me in a better mood towards the end of the night had me thinking that everything's going to be OK.   Not sure if the pay decrease is company wide, and I'll probably never know since we can't talk about wages but both DH and i have been shafted this year by our employers.  Him with his hours being cut and me, now, with less income. 

The first 11 months of 2016 have been great, though!

DrillSergeantCat

@charmedpam discussing your pay is actually protected under the first amendment. I had to look into this a while back because we had an employee bragging about his wages to another employee who got mad about it. 

And thank you. It is a great feeling. Now I need to start studying for the CPA exam. 

CharmedPam

DrillSergeantCat said:

@charmedpam discussing your pay is actually protected under the first amendment. I had to look into this a while back because we had an employee bragging about his wages to another employee who got mad about it. 

And thank you. It is a great feeling. Now I need to start studying for the CPA exam. 

for real?  Common knowledge must have left that guy! No one, not even people outside my work (besides DH and maybe my Dad?) know what I make!

MissKittyDanger

@mrsconn23  yay no extra costs!

@DrillSergeantCat  yay diploma!!

@CharmedPam just think ... 2016 is almost over. Sometimes when getting crappy news, it makes you feel better when someone can put it in perspective.


Went to the mall last night with plans to buy a dress and get my eyebrows done. Welp .... I got my eyebrows done!
So I posted on another discussion about getting this cute dress at H&M but when I tried it on, it was soooo boxy! I even tried to use my hands to cut the center, to see if I could wear a belt and give it shape. Nope. Nothing.
So I checked 4 other stores in hopes to get even a new top to wear with some pants I already own but NOTHING! Fuckkk ....

Tonight we're stopping at my mum's place in hopes to maybe browse her closet and find SOMETHING. I just feel so fashionably stuck.

Oh, got my eyebrows thredded and apparently it had been awhile because some of the hairs had rough roots. Definitely hurt more than usual.

I guess it's good .... I saved myself money. Frustrating as fuck though.


Guh, just realized another pair of socks are going to have to be tossed. Another hole. I'm really running low on socks

Heffalump

Oh, and since it worked so well yesterday, y'all will have to make sure I work out again at lunch today.

thefanciestbeckler

@CharmedPam I am really sorry about that. I used to work at a bank that got sold to another bank. That transition is really hard, and it would be even harder with a pay decrease.

@AtomicBlonde definitely blame it on the hormones. That's what I always do It's amazing what you can get away with when you do that!

Morning all. Happy December! Definitely feeling better emotionally today and I slept great last night. I slept like crap night before last so that may have had something to do with my negative Nancy-ness yesterday.

Last night was good. I did some vacuuming (OMG the battle against dog hair is never ending) and then made a veggie frittata with turkey sausage. It was delicious, and I am eating leftovers for breakfast. Score.

I have done zero Christmas shopping, so you're all ahead of me. I have things in my mind that I want to buy people, but I have yet to actually buy them.

kimmiinthemitten

My no good, crappy week is going to take me to straight to hell. 

FI got home last night to a flooded kitchen. It was a hole in the water line. He was going to a basketball game so I told him to just go and I would take care of it.  He's not handy not a problem solver so having him there would have just annoyed me.  It's 99% done. The connector piece at the copper wire has a slow leak so I canceled my morning sales appointments and planned on going back to the Depot to trouble shoot it. 

Well this morning my mom texted. My dad was dizzy so he called for an ambulance. I'm at the hospital with him now waiting for his interpreter. They had the TV interpreter tray in his room when I got here but it wasn't even on!  

charlotte989875

That all just sucks @kimmiinthemitten. 

charlotte989875

Also, how in the world is it December already?! 

mrsconn23

Oh no, @kimmiinthemitten!    

Heffalump

kimmiinthemitten said:

My no good, crappy week is going to take me to straight to hell. 

FI got home last night to a flooded kitchen. It was a hole in the water line. He was going to a basketball game so I told him to just go and I would take care of it.  He's not handy not a problem solver so having him there would have just annoyed me.  It's 99% done. The connector piece at the copper wire has a slow leak so I canceled my morning sales appointments and planned on going back to the Depot to trouble shoot it. 

Well this morning my mom texted. My dad was dizzy so he called for an ambulance. I'm at the hospital with him now waiting for his interpreter. They had the TV interpreter tray in his room when I got here but it wasn't even on!  

Hugs to you, kimmi, and vibes for good health for your dad.

Heffalump

Oh, and apropos of nothing, that meeting I hated yesterday?  On top of it, my boss was running the videoconference off of his laptop, and I noticed that he had Drudge Report bookmarked in his Favorites bar.  Oh, awesome.  So you don't just read it, you enjoy it so much that you have bookmarked it?  On your work laptop?  That's...special.

MissKittyDanger

Last night also made me more excited for spring than expected .... we have weird weather, so we had heavy rain last night. I had a hard time sleeping, so I lay there listening to the rain hitting the tree, the roof, the road. A huge part of me was excited to eventually open the window and listen to it against leaves. I think I eventually drifted off, but it was oddly calming - despite how heavy the rain was.

bleve0821

MissKittyDanger said:

Last night also made me more excited for spring than expected .... we have weird weather, so we had heavy rain last night. I had a hard time sleeping, so I lay there listening to the rain hitting the tree, the roof, the road. A huge part of me was excited to eventually open the window and listen to it against leaves. I think I eventually drifted off, but it was oddly calming - despite how heavy the rain was.

My absolute favorite sound in the world is the sound of rain on the roof/outside my window as I'm lying in bed.  It doesn't matter what season it is, how hot or cold it is outside, I will always crack a window when it's raining.

Edited because words are seriously hard today.

DrillSergeantCat

Out of curiosity, I pulled up my test results from my glucose tolerance test I had done a couple weeks ago. I wish I hadn't done that. There are two results on the CBC that are worrisome when I google them. Fortunately, my appointment is Wednesday so I don't have to worry too much. My OB hates when I do this btw.

MissKittyDanger

@AtomicBlonde  it was really windy, or else I would have cracked the window lol It's been awhile since I could really hear it so I forgot how great it was. Since I moved out of my house, we've been living in apartments. Our last building we'd get SOMEWHAT of that sound against the tree before they cut it down

SaintPaulGal

Hooray for the fixed car @mrsconn23!  And major congrats to @DrillSergeantCat on the diploma!

@AtomicBlonde: my best friend and his wife lost a beloved pet a month or so ago and they adopted a new friend almost immediately.  It's not a replacement, of course, but they are so glad to have him in their lives as a friend to their other pet and a place to direct some of their "excess" affections.  Our hearts are big; we have room for both love and loss at once.

@kimmiinthemitten: so sorry everything is awful right now.  Best wishes to your dad!

Due to a technology problem bookings for tonight never cut off, so the hotel is oversold by almost 30 rooms.  Every day I am SO glad I work in sales and not at the front desk or in the operations side of things; we are having to send guests to another hotel several miles away, so they are going to have to spend all day telling people who made reservations that they don't have rooms here.  I'm trying to protect my clients but they are first on the chopping block because of some very reasonable reasons.  At this point I have just identified a few that they really, really can't move elsewhere and I will have to grit my teeth and deal with the rest.  On the plus side, a few would-be guests are happy about the development since we will be comping their night at the other hotel.

Two of my good friends got new jobs this week, and they both desperately needed them.  I am over the moon for both of them.  One has been out of work for a long time, and the other has been with a terrible company that underpays and disrespects her for years and years.  I randomly ran into the second one and her fiance while we were all out shopping, so FI and I took them out for a drink to celebrate.  On the minus side, found out that she is getting "paperwork married" this weekend so that means that their destination wedding in May is going to be a PPD.    I guess that makes me feel better about not being invited?  (I'm not positive that I'm not getting an invite, but they are keeping it small and she hasn't said anything about me saving the date.)

Figured out a gift for FI that I am really excited about!  One of his hobbies is locks, and there is a particular rare sort of lock that is basically impossible to find for sale ever.  I have been searching everywhere online for months (well, years actually, but not steadily) and someone just put one on ebay yesterday! It was a little more than I wanted to pay but it was available for instant purchase and I wasn't going to hesitate for a second.  I'm actually pretty far ahead of usual this year: I have FI, his mom, his dad, and my dad taken care of.  Just my mom and sister left to figure out.  Also have to figure out what to ask for, which is proving surprisingly difficult to figure out.

I'm leaving work early for an industry holiday party.  It has an absurd number of themes--and isn't greater than one theme pretty absurd by itself?  It's old school rock and roll and Napa wine tasting and "think pink" for breast cancer and the money raised goes to support a charity for terminal children.  It's my first year going and I wonder how much of a clashing shitshow it's going to be versus how much people will ignore all that stuff and it will just be a normal meeting.

MissKittyDanger

@kimmiinthemitten  vibes your week goes better. Hopefully your dad is okay!

OurWildKingdom

Congratulations @DrillSergeantCat!

That sucks, @CharmedPam! I'm so sorry!

Hugs to you, @kimmiinthemitten and healing vibes to your dad!

 I have a FWP. I really want to go to our county's progressive caucus town hall tonight, but one of the AA meetings I love and that needs lots of support (and butts in chairs) is also tonight.

Other than that, nothing exciting. In fact, work is so quiet that I can take an hour for lunch and TK today. Hurray!

kimmiinthemitten

Thanks everyone. He's napping and we're still waiting for a room. We only have the terp for another hour so I'm about to be a psycho again!  

kimmiinthemitten

My good news for the day!  I just registered for the Breast Cancer 3 day in August!

I don't love Susan G Komen, but I've always wanted to do this because you really have to commit to the fundraising and the training. My coworker (who discovered her BC when talking to our surgeon about getting a reduction) got our company to sponsor our team. I'm so proud to walk with such a beautiful person who has been through so much this year and in honor of both of my grandmothers who battled this disease. Being high risk myself I hope I'm never walking for me!!

thisismynickname2

Things have been tough lately at work so I did go looking for a new job and had an interview yesterday. I think it went quite well. But, if they were to offer, I wouldn't accept it.

Because I also found out yesterday I'm pregnant! (I have no issue staying at my job with my benefits and lots of accrued PTO. A new job can wait.)

It hasn't really sunk in yet. I bought the What to Expect book for my Kindle immediately, and I'd been signed up to the Bump for awhile but they haven't created a month board yet for August 2017. I'm diggin' the enlargement of my barely-A cups though.