CONFESSIONS

queenofhearts1728

Anything you just want to get off your chest????

Mine: 

1. I've been severely addicted these forums this past week. I've gotten MAYBE one full day of work done all week.  

2. I've been hesitant to say this because I don't know who here frequents other boards, but: I get annoyed when I'm ignored and/or ganged up on on other boards.  Just because I'm not in that 'clique' does not mean I don't (sometimes) have something valid to say. I feel like the people here are a lot nicer in general, even when harshness is needed and/or warranted.

3. I may or may not have eaten two donuts for breakfast.

Swazzle

queenofhearts1728 said:

Anything you just want to get off your chest????

Mine: 

1. I've been severely addicted these forums this past week. I've gotten MAYBE one full day of work done all week.  

2. I've been hesitant to say this because I don't know who here frequents other boards, but: I get annoyed when I'm ignored and/or ganged up on on other boards.  Just because I'm not in that 'clique' does not mean I don't (sometimes) have something valid to say. I feel like the people here are a lot nicer in general, even when harshness is needed and/or warranted.

3. I may or may not have eaten two donuts for breakfast.

Now I'm intrigued. Where did you get ganged up on?

motoLyn

I confess that I would really like to speed the days up to November, thank you very much.  Boring I know but I'm a boring person, when you don't take in account that I own a mini bear cow and a speedy ghost that likes to eat my house slippers, that I do water sports and race in all sorts of locations and that can chow down on sushi like a great white shark.  Yeah.... boring.

CASK85

I confess that I have not been working on writing my thesis, even though I have less than 4 months to finish everything. 

I confess that I'm afraid my committee won't give me permission to write at my meeting on the 25th, thereby making me not be able to accept my fellowship. 

I confess that I want to start thinking more seriously about TTC because I don't want to wait too long, but I'm afraid that DH and I aren't actually ready to "give up" our current lifestyle. 

I confess I haven't worked out in more than 2 months. I am lazy.

queenofhearts1728

Swazzle said:

queenofhearts1728 said:

Anything you just want to get off your chest????

Mine: 

1. I've been severely addicted these forums this past week. I've gotten MAYBE one full day of work done all week.  

2. I've been hesitant to say this because I don't know who here frequents other boards, but: I get annoyed when I'm ignored and/or ganged up on on other boards.  Just because I'm not in that 'clique' does not mean I don't (sometimes) have something valid to say. I feel like the people here are a lot nicer in general, even when harshness is needed and/or warranted.

3. I may or may not have eaten two donuts for breakfast.

Now I'm intrigued. Where did you get ganged up on?

Ganged up on - on the Etiquette board. In hindsight, I should have known better lol it's kind of a snarky place anyway considering the topic (and rightfully so) but I like to read them for fun because I honestly don't know much about weddings in general. I just chose to jump in with an opinion and got slaughtered lol

queenofhearts1728

motoLyn said:

I confess that I would really like to speed the days up to November, thank you very much.  Boring I know but I'm a boring person, when you don't take in account that I own a mini bear cow and a speedy ghost that likes to eat my house slippers, that I do water sports and race in all sorts of locations and that can chow down on sushi like a great white shark.  Yeah.... boring.

Why do you want to speed up to November?

Honestly, I wouldn't mind it either as I get to go home to see my family for Thanksgiving! BUT I want the time to save up money for the trip lol

psychbabe314

Yes :-) I was the one who posted creepy bobbum notes to my BF's apartment. But... I am pretty sure they all knew it was me :-)

queenofhearts1728

cschiano said:

I confess that I have not been working on writing my thesis, even though I have less than 4 months to finish everything. 

I confess that I'm afraid my committee won't give me permission to write at my meeting on the 25th, thereby making me not be able to accept my fellowship. 

I confess that I want to start thinking more seriously about TTC because I don't want to wait too long, but I'm afraid that DH and I aren't actually ready to "give up" our current lifestyle. 

I confess I haven't worked out in more than 2 months. I am lazy.

What do you mean won't give you permission to write??

I think TTC is a huge decision, but you never know how the timeline might play out. It might be immediate or it might not.... you could always live your current lifestyle until it happens?

CASK85

queenofhearts1728 said:

cschiano said:

I confess that I have not been working on writing my thesis, even though I have less than 4 months to finish everything. 

I confess that I'm afraid my committee won't give me permission to write at my meeting on the 25th, thereby making me not be able to accept my fellowship. 

I confess that I want to start thinking more seriously about TTC because I don't want to wait too long, but I'm afraid that DH and I aren't actually ready to "give up" our current lifestyle. 

I confess I haven't worked out in more than 2 months. I am lazy.

What do you mean won't give you permission to write??

I think TTC is a huge decision, but you never know how the timeline might play out. It might be immediate or it might not.... you could always live your current lifestyle until it happens?

In my program your committee grants you permission to write your thesis, which essentially means they think you've done enough work and shown you're scientifically (intellectually) mature enough to deserve the Ph.D. At which point you write the document (usually 2-4 months for writing), turn it in, they read it, and you orally defend the thesis to the committee. And then you graduate. 

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@motolyn -I want to speed up to November as well.

I confess that I just ate probably 100 lbs of sushi for lunch and it was amazing.

I confess that I hate my job and I can't wait to find something else even if I don't get paid enough for it, at least it won't be with this company anymore.

I confess that my apartment is very very messy and I don't know if we will have time to clean it this weekend.

Swazzle

queenofhearts1728 said:

Swazzle said:

queenofhearts1728 said:

Anything you just want to get off your chest????

Mine: 

1. I've been severely addicted these forums this past week. I've gotten MAYBE one full day of work done all week.  

2. I've been hesitant to say this because I don't know who here frequents other boards, but: I get annoyed when I'm ignored and/or ganged up on on other boards.  Just because I'm not in that 'clique' does not mean I don't (sometimes) have something valid to say. I feel like the people here are a lot nicer in general, even when harshness is needed and/or warranted.

3. I may or may not have eaten two donuts for breakfast.

Now I'm intrigued. Where did you get ganged up on?

Ganged up on - on the Etiquette board. In hindsight, I should have known better lol it's kind of a snarky place anyway considering the topic (and rightfully so) but I like to read them for fun because I honestly don't know much about weddings in general. I just chose to jump in with an opinion and got slaughtered lol

It's really not a snarky place though and I don't think you were ganged up on at all. If your opinion is against etiquette and you're sharing it on the Etiquette board then you should expect for people to 1) disagree with you and 2) correct you from an etiquette standpoint. 

queenofhearts1728

cschiano said:

queenofhearts1728 said:

cschiano said:

I confess that I have not been working on writing my thesis, even though I have less than 4 months to finish everything. 

I confess that I'm afraid my committee won't give me permission to write at my meeting on the 25th, thereby making me not be able to accept my fellowship. 

I confess that I want to start thinking more seriously about TTC because I don't want to wait too long, but I'm afraid that DH and I aren't actually ready to "give up" our current lifestyle. 

I confess I haven't worked out in more than 2 months. I am lazy.

What do you mean won't give you permission to write??

I think TTC is a huge decision, but you never know how the timeline might play out. It might be immediate or it might not.... you could always live your current lifestyle until it happens?

In my program your committee grants you permission to write your thesis, which essentially means they think you've done enough work and shown you're scientifically (intellectually) mature enough to deserve the Ph.D. At which point you write the document (usually 2-4 months for writing), turn it in, they read it, and you orally defend the thesis to the committee. And then you graduate. 

This sounds kind of like what I had to do to graduate, although it wasn't QUITE that intense. We had to give a presentation to the dept / community members (read: people who would potentially hire us) about the projects we worked on/why we're hireable, etc. 

GOOD LUCK!!! It sounds terrifying and exciting at the same time. Do you have an idea of what you want to write about?

bethsmiles

I confess that I'm getting very impatient waiting for a proposal.

I confess that I haven't been working as hard on my thesis as a should be.

I confess that I really hate my job (because of my co-workers) and can't wait to get the hell out of the university I'm at.

CLoGreenEyes

I confess that I feel like I've become much more of a bitch than I used to be over the past couple years. I have gained so much confidence, but I feel like BF and my family and friends are sometimes taken aback by how strongly I voice my feelings and opinions now. I confess that I would rather be this way than how timid and vulnerable I used to always feel, but I also feel like I might have over-corrected.

I confess that I am absolutely terrified of my mother-baby clinical. I am going to be that girl who faints in the delivery room. I confess that this is totally coloring my view of childbirth, so much so that I am reconsidering how I want to have children someday, or whether I want them at all.

I confess that I'm actually just afraid of failing something this semester period. And that TK makes it too easy to procrastinate.

I confess that I'm about to flip the fuck out at my mother for being so cavalier with my time. I can't even study because she is always trying to guilt me into doing stuff with her and the family.

I confess that I bought two cupcakes from my favorite bakery on Wednesday and have already eaten both of them. I further congress that I am considering driving back over there to get more.

queenofhearts1728

Swazzle said:

queenofhearts1728 said:

Swazzle said:

queenofhearts1728 said:

Anything you just want to get off your chest????

Mine: 

1. I've been severely addicted these forums this past week. I've gotten MAYBE one full day of work done all week.  

2. I've been hesitant to say this because I don't know who here frequents other boards, but: I get annoyed when I'm ignored and/or ganged up on on other boards.  Just because I'm not in that 'clique' does not mean I don't (sometimes) have something valid to say. I feel like the people here are a lot nicer in general, even when harshness is needed and/or warranted.

3. I may or may not have eaten two donuts for breakfast.

Now I'm intrigued. Where did you get ganged up on?

Ganged up on - on the Etiquette board. In hindsight, I should have known better lol it's kind of a snarky place anyway considering the topic (and rightfully so) but I like to read them for fun because I honestly don't know much about weddings in general. I just chose to jump in with an opinion and got slaughtered lol

It's really not a snarky place though and I don't think you were ganged up on at all. If your opinion is against etiquette and you're sharing it on the Etiquette board then you should expect for people to 1) disagree with you and 2) correct you from an etiquette standpoint. 

Bolded is exactly why I should have known better! lol I know I'm just being cranky today. At the time, I was kind of like 'well whatever then' but today i'm feeling so out of the loop, I got to thinking about that as well.  

I know it's not necessarily snarky, but I'm not sure I can think of a better word for it. Proper, perhaps? I just think it's easy to be intimidated there. Even if they mean well, some of their responses are super duper harsh. I completely understand why, but it kind of makes me go :O sometimes

psychbabe314

@bethsmiles - ditto on the proposal... lol :-P

Swazzle

I confess that I have eaten ALL the things over the past few weeks. As of Monday, I'm getting back on track. I swear. 

I confess that I have a spending problem. But I really need those boots. And that bracelet. And those Eagles tickets. 

I confess that I'm so tired of being on morning puppy duty. That's really selfish of me, though, because H gets up an hour before me to leave for work so it could be worse. 

queenofhearts1728

bethsmiles said:

I confess that I'm getting very impatient waiting for a proposal.

I confess that I haven't been working as hard on my thesis as a should be.

I confess that I really hate my job (because of my co-workers) and can't wait to get the hell out of the university I'm at.

Ditto on bolded! Not necessarily impatient though, just beyond excited at the idea of it. My BF has been talking a lot of future stuff and I'm excited that he's just planning so far ahead for us, regardless of where it goes.

What do you do for work??

psychbabe314

@Swazzle - ahh, morning puppy duty... one of the reasons I keep telling myself that I can't get another puppy. I am not a morning person and school!

queenofhearts1728

@Amapola14 own being a bitch! There are definitely times when you can overreact or not have the appropriate filter (guilty) but I agree that I would rather be confident than a doormat. I will tell people how I feel about something or about them, and if they don't like it, too bad so sad. 

Swazzle

@psychbabe314 - To be fair, she's not really a "puppy" anymore (she'll be 4 next month), but my H's work schedule changed and now he has to be in at 5am and I don't have to be in until about 6:45 so I got switched to morning duty. I can't wait until we have a yard so I can just open the door and let her out! 

queenofhearts1728

psychbabe314 said:

@Swazzle - ahh, morning puppy duty... one of the reasons I keep telling myself that I can't get another puppy. I am not a morning person and school!

Morning puppy duty is reasoning I've never gotten a puppy lol 

psychbabe314

lol :-) I really, really, really, really want one though! A kitten would be fine too! My current dog LOVES cats!

queenofhearts1728

@Swazzle do you actually take her for walks then? I know if I had a dog my backyard would be a mountain of poop. I'm not good at maintaining our yard. I make my BF do it... it's not fun for me. and I make a big whiney scene whenever I have to rake leaves in the fall. (He mows, I rake and shovel snow.) 

CLoGreenEyes

bethsmiles said:

I confess that I'm getting very impatient waiting for a proposal.

I confess that I haven't been working as hard on my thesis as a should be.

I confess that I really hate my job (because of my co-workers) and can't wait to get the hell out of the university I'm at.

I confess that I am the same on the bolded. But for all the wrong reasons right now (for example, if BF said, "Let's get married over your winter break so you can live with me instead of your mom," I'd be like, "YES." And that's not a great reason, really). *Le sigh* So I confess that I will wait and masquerade as patient.

queenofhearts1728

I looooooooooove cats. I like that they are independent and sleep lots and only come to your for food and cuddles. Occasionally for playtime. 

I know I would neglect a dog even though I love them. I just can't handle energetic dogs, so I always said if I got one, it would have to be a very mellow breed.

CLoGreenEyes

queenofhearts1728 said: @Amapola14 own being a bitch! There are definitely times when you can overreact or not have the appropriate filter (guilty) but I agree that I would rather be confident than a doormat. I will tell people how I feel about something or about them, and if they don't like it, too bad so sad. 

@queenofhearts1728, haha, I try to, but I seriously have no sense of when I'm going too far now. I grew up in a rather verbally abusive home - even when genuinely joking around, it was always rather mean-spirited. I have always made a HUGE effort to not be mean in any way, no matter how I'm feeling, but that makes it extremely hard to even have my needs met, so I do try to be more assertive. But then I am and I feel like I cross the line more often now. I just have no idea where the line actually is, KWIM?

bethsmiles

@queenofhearts1728 - I teach public speaking at the university I'm going to. I LOVE teaching but one of the guys I work with makes going into work miserable because he's an ass. But our boss loves him so she just ignores complaints about him.

@Amapola14 - Voicing your opinion/feelings is good! I'm currently working on being more assertive. Which is why I'm really annoyed with the co-workers I usually like for telling me I shouldn't say anything about jack-ass co-working blowing up at me on Wednesday.

ETA: I also confess that I really want to get a puppy! But I know right now would be a horrible time for me to have one

aluzardo

I confess that I want to punch a higher up at my job. also, that today i was 2 seconds away from screaming "I quit!" and streaking my way out of the office lol.

I also confess that i'm hating school lately and have been tempted to take a break.

I confess i love coffee too much and today i stomped my feet about my coffee tasting like someone took a poo in it lol

 

 

psychbabe314

Isn't he cute! I want one just like this!!!

labro

I confess that I've been eating all the things at work. And I don't care.

I confess I hate my job and I really want my recruiter to get her shit together so I can get a start date and leave this place for good.

I confess I've been moody and distant all week and pissed off at BF and everyone else for absolutely zero reason.

I confess my house is a mess. It's frustrating me and adding to my general moodiness and yet I can't seem to find the time or the will to clean it up. I just want it to clean itself.

I just have a lot of emotion right now.

ETA TK won't let me insert the appropiate gif...super bummed!