Vents

crfische

I have 'em.

A) Mother Nature. Why oh WHY must you keep me up all night? Tornado sirens, wind, hail, thunder, lightening for SIX HOURS. REALLY? SIX?

2) It was really great that this happened after golfing 18 holes in 97 degree heat and horrible humidity. No, really. I love being exhausted.

III) Is it that hard to call me if you're going to cancel an appointment so I can...ya know...do other stuff?

D) Blue Moon

Go on.

kikibaby

These hives are killing my soul.

crfische

Oh, and 5? I've updated my signature and it isn't changing. And that's frustrating.

KellyLovesJames

I already posted mine... and I feel better. 

vallyhoo

I hate training stupid new people. That's my only vent.

And I want to see the new signature. What is it Fishy Woods?

baystateapple

Awww, Kiki.  Hives are the worst.

crfische

OH DONT YOU WISH YOU KNEW.

Actually, I wish you knew. COME ON KNOT.

baystateapple

I see it!

vallyhoo

SHARK WEEK!!!

I just died, dead.

crfische

THERE IT IS! YES!

RachNRich

I hate being so far from civilization. On a crappy, rainy day like today, it'd be great to roam around Target. But, I'd rather not drive 30 minutes just to get there.

mandapanda78

My job is slowly killing me and I see no lifeboat. Last night I slept for 13 hours straight and woke up only long enough to fight with my husband for 15 minutes and then go back to sleep. Yeah, I'm pretty fuckiing miserable right now.

kikibaby

Awww, manda, *hugs*.  I'm sorry!

SHARK WEEK!  Yay!

parker624

Fish, I don't know if I told you this but we are having a keg of blue moon at our wedding!  Along with Rolling Rock, Killians, and Miller Light.  Yes its going to be awesome.  And souvenir cups.

Vent:  That I have to be at work all day today.  Wedding vacation starts TOMORROW with sleeping in and a massage at 10:30.  I'd love to get all my wedding related errands done tonight so that I can relax Wed before the ILs get here Wed night.

FutureMrsTR

I'm still banging my head against a wall over my FIL's insisting on staying with us the whole week before the wedding even though FI has told them (repeatedly) that we would rather them stay with friends.  Which they can do.  Because the friends offered.  I heard them offer.  I don't think there's enough Valium in the world to get me through that.

mandapanda78

OMG I love the new Shark Week Fischey sig!

Brie2010

I have been an emotional mess the last two days.

I'm so, so homesick for Chicago.  I miss my family and my friends so much.  We were supposed to take a 4 day weekend Friday-Monday to be there, and now my boss isn't sure if she can let me have Friday and Monday off after all, so I'll get basically no time there.  And she lectured me this morning about something that was not my fault.  I love DH, but I still feel lonely because I'm missing out on all those other relationships, you know?

I am beginning to have serious anxiety issues surrounding money and debt.  When I went to law school, everyone assured me the massive amount of debt would be worth it because I'd be paid so much better, but with the market for attorneys now, I had to take what I could get and yeah, I'm making what I made in college.  DH makes a fair amount, and we're still barely squeaking by because of these damn loans.  Every time I think about money, I freak out and start crying because if we can barely pay our bills now, how the eff are we ever going to buy a house and have kids?  I don't want to be an old mom. 

I am insanely jealous of my best friend, who is younger than I am, doesn't have any student loan debt, makes a crap ton of money, owns a house, lives in Chicago, and is married and pregnant.  I feel so behind. 

Sorry.  I feel better.

laurenclaire1386

Kiki, hives are pure misery

See my garbage truck post below. That's one vent. The other is that I can't sleep any more, particularly when I know I have to be up extra early. I had to be up at 5 this morning to drop FI off at the airport for his 6:30 flight. I drop him off, go back home and try to utilize the precious two hours I have left to sleep. Put my phone on silent. I sleep, really terribly, then I wake up to someone knocking on my door. It's one of FI and my friends who lives a street over and he said FI asked him to come wake me up becuase FI couldn't get in touch with me (silent phone and all) to tell me the flight had been cancelled and that he needed me to come pick him up. Went to pick up FI in morning rush hour traffic, got home, got dressed, came to work. Late. Boo.

akhensley81

I'm still seething about my FSMIL problem from this weekend. I think I'm overly sensitive right now. That's all I've got for now.

cengle

I actually don't have any vents right now (give me a minute-I'm sure I'll think of one or 5), but I just want to give big hugs to Brie and Manda.

parker624

aww Manda and Brie:

Manda, I haven't been following what's going on with you and work, but it sounds like you are uber stressed.  Is there any way you can take a vacation?

Brie,  I have felt like you do many times.  I'm a lawyer too but work in state government making a pittance compared to my private firm counterparts.  But my quality of life is so much better.  You cannot compare yourself to other people and let it get you down.  Things will work out for you when they are supposed to happen, you just need to be patient.

RachNRich

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_vents-2?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:2e741751-53d6-4b0c-9eb5-bf09e63f87d8Post:3c4ce268-f454-40d2-8f32-b26ad16c528a">Re: Vents</a>:
[QUOTE]I have been an emotional mess the last two days. I'm so, so homesick for Chicago.  I miss my family and my friends so much.  We were supposed to take a 4 day weekend Friday-Monday to be there, and now my boss isn't sure if she can let me have Friday and Monday off after all, so I'll get basically no time there.  And she lectured me this morning about something that was not my fault.  I love DH, but I still feel lonely because I'm missing out on all those other relationships, you know? I am beginning to have serious anxiety issues surrounding money and debt.  When I went to law school, everyone assured me the massive amount of debt would be worth it because I'd be paid so much better, but with the market for attorneys now, I had to take what I could get and yeah, I'm making what I made in college.  DH makes a fair amount, and we're still barely squeaking by because of these damn loans.  Every time I think about money, I freak out and start crying because if we can barely pay our bills now, how the eff are we ever going to buy a house and have kids?  I don't want to be an old mom.  I am insanely jealous of my best friend, who is younger than I am, doesn't have any student loan debt, makes a crap ton of money, owns a house, lives in Chicago, and is married and pregnant.  I feel so behind.  Sorry.  I feel better.
Posted by Brie2010[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>I want to hug you right now.</div><div>
</div><div>If I just changed a few words around in your vent (subbed Cleveland/Toledo for Chicago, subbed MPA/PhD for Law degree), I would be in your shoes exactly. It's a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad ....feeling. 

</div>

wadingmoose

I already vented.

Nice sig, Fishy.

FutureMrsTR

I'm sorry Brie   I know how that feels.  Not the debt part, but even without the student loan debt, having FI unemployed makes for some tense money situations each month.  I can't imagine being able to buy a house or have a child and I want both of those things really, really bad.  An old friend now lives near us and he wants to "catch up" and I'll just keep putting it off because he's a bonefide rocket scientist with a wife and two beautiful little girls living in a dream house on the water.  And I don't want to hear about it.

MissLeahM

I really REALLY hate not knowing where everything is packed.. the IL's helped us pack and I'm finding out that everything was SHOVED into boxes. There is kitchen stuff and spare bedroom stuff in the same boxes.. Oi.

I'm sick of being so tired! I can usually get by on 5-6 hours of sleep but lately, I've been getting 8-9 and I'm exhausted still!

laurenclaire1386

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_vents-2?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:2e741751-53d6-4b0c-9eb5-bf09e63f87d8Post:3c4ce268-f454-40d2-8f32-b26ad16c528a">Re: Vents</a>:
[QUOTE]I have been an emotional mess the last two days. I'm so, so homesick for Chicago.  I miss my family and my friends so much.  We were supposed to take a 4 day weekend Friday-Monday to be there, and now my boss isn't sure if she can let me have Friday and Monday off after all, so I'll get basically no time there.  And she lectured me this morning about something that was not my fault.  I love DH, but I still feel lonely because I'm missing out on all those other relationships, you know? I am beginning to have serious anxiety issues surrounding money and debt.  When I went to law school, everyone assured me the massive amount of debt would be worth it because I'd be paid so much better, but with the market for attorneys now, I had to take what I could get and yeah, I'm making what I made in college.  DH makes a fair amount, and we're still barely squeaking by because of these damn loans.  Every time I think about money, I freak out and start crying because if we can barely pay our bills now, how the eff are we ever going to buy a house and have kids?  I don't want to be an old mom.  I am insanely jealous of my best friend, who is younger than I am, doesn't have any student loan debt, makes a crap ton of money, owns a house, lives in Chicago, and is married and pregnant.  I feel so behind.  Sorry.  I feel better.
Posted by Brie2010[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry :( I can empathize. We're not in the same situation, but money is starting to freak me out too. Right now, we're fine. But FI's traveling job is wearing on the both of us. Although the salary is good enough to make life relatively easy, I also wonder what we'll do when we want to start a family. If he keeps doing what he's doing now, I'll essentially be a single parent. And I get feeling behind. I always thought I'd be light years ahead of where I am at the age I am. And most days when FI is gone and I get the sads, as ridiculous as it is, I miss my mom. I'd like to just be able to go talk to my mom in her kitchen. She makes stuff better. And always has good booze.

mandapanda78

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_vents-2?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:2e741751-53d6-4b0c-9eb5-bf09e63f87d8Post:160eb03a-4c0e-4392-a001-605fcebc03d2">Re: Vents</a>:
[QUOTE]aww Manda and Brie: Manda, I haven't been following what's going on with you and work, but it sounds like you are uber stressed.  Is there any way you can take a vacation? 
Posted by parker624[/QUOTE]

<div>Oh how I wish I could.  All of my vacation time for the year is already spoken for. Next one isn't until September though. I don't want to whine about the details, but basically, I'm doing three people's jobs and none of them are remotely related. I answer to three different bosses who all think their stuff is top priority. All of them want to know why I've been turning out such shitty work, but when I try to explain that I'm pulled in too many directions they just tell me to make it work. So. Yeah. </div>

Brie2010

Thanks, guys.  It's good to know I'm not alone.

I'm also ridiculously impatient and can't function without a set schedule, and it's KILLING me that we don't have a definitive timeline/plan set up yet.  My student loan payments are more than our monthly rent, so I just feel like saving is impossible or almost impossible.  And DH's car is in the crapper, and I basically have no hope of getting a raise any time soon. 

I just feel stuck, and I hate it. 

parker624

Oh I have another vent--- I am totally broken out, like a huge zit on the side of my nose and the wedding weekend starts in 3 days!  What am I going to do???

baystateapple

I'm sorry, Brie. *HUGS*

I'm upset that FI got passed over for a contract at work AGAIN, which means that he still doesn't get health insurance since right now they have him working 40 hours with no contract.  I'm worried that he'll have to go on my insurance at the end of the year, which is really expensive for two people and doesn't have good coverage.  If he does get insurance, then I'll go on his, which is MUCH better insurance and cheaper...but I'm worried that it won't happen.  I don't understand what else he could be doing to get that contract.  He works hard, goes in whenever he's called in, and has seniority.  What is going on over there?

I'm starting to hate my job.  I realize that it's a JOB, a lot of people don't have them, and I should just be grateful.  But the politics is just making me sick lately, as well as the loaded comments and passive-aggression.  I used to be so happy coming into work, and now I'm starting to loathe it.

opalsky007

DH made a really, really, REALLY dumb mistake last night. He decided it was hot and opened the window next to him, which was convenient, but doesn't have a screen. He wound up falling asleep on the couch around 2 AM. The problem? Our sick 8-week-old kitten was loose in the house. We ran around the house frantically looking for him for nearly an hour this morning only to find him perched on a windowsill outside. DH felt awful, was just as scared as I was, and promised it would never happen again. I believe him. But dammit, we TALKED about this before bringing the cats home. There are other windows in the house with screens, and he picked the one that was convenient.

The migraine I've had for the last two days does not make me any less inclined to kick his ass.