Wedding Woes
kimmiinthemitten
Detroit, MI
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Ugh
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I'm WFH today ....which is yay!
But it's pouring out, has been since I woke up, and doesn't seem to let up for another couple hours and the dog needs to go out. It'd be one thing if she went out and handled her business quickly. But she never does, she will stay outside and play in the rain and since I don't have a fenced in yard, I can't just let her out.
Per yesterday's convo, how does that app differ from SnapChat?
On the exciting side for work I got permission to advertise on TK. It reminds me a lot of the Yellow Pages back in the day. It's the most expensive listing we will have, but it's a necessary evil. We had 72 unique views in the last 6 months and 2 leads. One of our competitors said 60% of their leads come from here. On the flip side, it will be fun to build up our storefront and reach out to previous clients for reviews!
But it's pouring out, has been since I woke up, and doesn't seem to let up for another couple hours and the dog needs to go out. It'd be one thing if she went out and handled her business quickly. But she never does, she will stay outside and play in the rain and since I don't have a fenced in yard, I can't just let her out.
Per yesterday's convo, how does that app differ from SnapChat?
On the exciting side for work I got permission to advertise on TK. It reminds me a lot of the Yellow Pages back in the day. It's the most expensive listing we will have, but it's a necessary evil. We had 72 unique views in the last 6 months and 2 leads. One of our competitors said 60% of their leads come from here. On the flip side, it will be fun to build up our storefront and reach out to previous clients for reviews!
Re: Ugh
My 'ugh' is that I didn't get Christmas week off next year for the first time in for-ev-er.
It's overcast here and a little on the chilly side. It's supposed to rain later.
We have DefConn's conference tonight. Also, I keep making plans in my head to do stuff for vacation and it's not happening after work. But I love to pretend I'll get my shit together.
I finally got to can my tomato sauce last night. Except this morning I discovered 1 jar didn't seal - ugh! So I tried it again this morning. Hopefully this one takes.
My friend is suffering emotionally pp and I just wish I could be there to help her more. But with me being sick, I can't go visit right now. I'm hoping to be better this weekend. I just want to go over there and cook her food, clean her dishes and hold the baby while she can give herself a timeout or nap.
Tonight is yoga, which I am currently feeling well enough to do. Its supposed to rain today and my period started.
Ughs all around.
i am seriously thinking about having someone come in to mop the floors. We have these huge, light sand colored tiles through the whole house and they show everything. Mopping is just one of “those chores” for me, I can get the whole house picked up and swept/hoovered but when it comes to mopping... I don’t accomplish it as often as I should and I have done it even less recently.
We we got our kitty! She is very cute but not super friendly yet. Her favorite rub spot is at the base of her neck, like she is stressed or something lol.
@kimmiinthemitten, our dog Izzy is spoiled. Our house is raised about 3' off the ground and is open underneath. When it rains, she just does her business under it and not even a drop of rain will hit her. She's very prissy about rain and doesn't like it. Our backyard/house is fully fenced in. That spoils me and my H, lol. We can just let her loose out there and she'll bark at the side door when she is ready to come back in.
@mrsconn23, sorry about not getting Christmas week off. Ooohhh, I am looking at a calendar. Xmas and New Years Day fall nice this year. On Mondays. So I'm also off work the whole weekends before, with the Eves.
Unlike some of the rest of you. It is another day of no rain, brutal sun, stupid hot.
Not much going on over here. My new mattress is supposed to be coming in today. But we can't "open" it, until my bedding comes in. Unfortunately, that was not a "Prime" purchase. It had free shipping, but isn't coming until the 17th-24th. In fact, it hasn't even shipped yet, smh.
@missJeanLouise, yay new kitty! I like her multi-coloring.
TK is extra obnoxious today. TK, how many times must I log in before you believe me?
Seriously though, especially with my mystery shopping, there are a LOT of websites I go to that require a login. TK is the ONLY one...in my entire history of interwebbing...that has a constant login problem. So, apparently it's not that hard. I don't know what their problem is.
No Christmas week vacay sucks! Our offices shut down fully over the holiday break, with the understanding that if something goes seriously sideways in our plants we need to have people available.
My ugh... I ordered early response pregnancy tests before my last months test dates, and they're STILL not here. I've got 50 cheap tests so I'm testing daily right now (cause I'm a crazy person), but I just want to know already, not 3 days from now.
@mrsconn23, that sucks about next year. Do you have to put in vacation a year ahead like my H's company does too? We're hoping he gets Christmas week off next year too. and even if he does - it doesn't mean I do either. There's only 3 in our department and it's always been seniority around here. I have 5 years, they have 11 or 10.
@oliveoilsmom, I have been wanting to make homemade tomato sauce/marinara for the longest time. It's like the ONLY reason I'd have a garden. For tomatoes.
@Missjeanlouise, congrats! She is beautiful! name?
@short+sassy, holy crap that's a long time to wait for sheets! Hopefully you'll get it sooner rather than later. Many times they give me a window but it's just to be safe and it's usually right a the first day of the window or even sooner.
So tonight we have a work dinner. Not sure how many people are going to be there. and then tomorrow is a sales meeting. We're down an admin who would order breakfast/lunch. Our boss put on his scheudle that breakfast was at 8. Meetings start at 8:30. People from our department are doing administration stuff till we get a new one.
My coworker goes "can you be here early tomorrow?"
sure. I was kinda going to be here 1/2 hour early anyway. I usually try to come in early on meeting days.
"like at 7? breakfast is coming here between 7 and 7:30"
"oh. I thought breakfast starts at 8?"
"meetings start at 8."
I look at the email. Nope. She's wrong. Breakfast is at 8. Meetings at 8:30. Why are we having this delivered at 7 to sit for an hour? And why did you volunteer ME to come in and not you (who brags about getting up at 4 every day anyway!) I normally don't get up till 7.
So dinner will run long tonight. And then I'm getting up 1 hour early tomorrow to be here for breakfast that is getting here way to early IMO? Why don't YOU get here early since YOU ordered it early?
On the plus side, it's hump day and I'm that much closer to the weekend.
I'm frustrated at work. We've had 3 major quality issues with a customer and today we shipped the same customer items that they didn't order. None of this is my actual fault but fixing it falls in my lap and I hate having to be the error of bad news and communicating that we screwed up....again.
Now ive been calling our home warranty, home insurance, etc and I just don't wanna. Adulting sucks. Also, I need baby to sleep for more than 45min so I can get all this shit done. Crying baby does not help phone calls. Ugh.
@missJeanLouise ; I love her! She seems so sweet. I am planning on decluttering the house and then having a cleaning person come in to take care of the rest before my sister visits. Your feeling about your floors is my feelings about all things that need to be cleaned in my house.
@charmedpam that is super annoying. I don't blame you.
@southernbelle0915 I don't think you're punting responsibility. A good boss can make you or break you, hence why I left a company I loved after 10 years. I can't tell you the relief I have in knowing when my phone rings it will never be him again. He slowly killed my morale; and I tried to change me to avoid it, but the longer it continued, the harder it was.
Went to a nice dinner last night with a friend. It was delicious. And the cosmo martini I had was perfection. It's spoiled me for all other cosmos. I can tell my period is going to start soon because all I want to do is eat. Otherwise SSDD
We schedule 3 weeks, our bday off, and then 'super 7', which is 7 individual dates (super 7 is not guaranteed and you are defaulted to the wait list if it's not available). Most of my super 7 was shoring up time off at the end of next December to have an extended holiday break.
But on the bright side, the last few years I have not taken a week off until the summer and those first 6-7 months of the year get long without having a chunk of time off. Next year, I have my time off much more spread out. And regardless of super 7, I'll still have a 4 day weekend for Christmas.
DH is upset he had to do it, but sometimes you need to mix things up for the good of the entire department. Doesn't help that DH had a root canal yesterday either. He is doubly miserable.
Today is an exciting day of walking 4 miles and grocery shopping. I've put on a few pounds from vacation and not working. Need to get back onto the healthy train.
Here is a picture I took near my house yesterday. Maybe it will put a smile on some faces.
My ugh is a client meeting I have today that I'm just not looking forward to. The client has unreasonable expectations, despite all of my attempts to mitigate them. Andplusalso the first paralegal screwed a bunch of things up, so I've been putting out fires since the beginning. It's going to be a long meeting.
Today I'm proctoring the PSAT. Yayyyyyy.
I agree that not taking a vacation day for the first 6-7 months is torture! I get cabin fever. We usually do a warm weather trip in Jan or February after the Holidays are over. I NEED it. When I was a temp, I couldn't take paid vacation for 13 months, and since I couldn't afford a unpaid vaca, I took none. It was the worst 13 months of my life. I travel. I travel hard.
@CharmedPam - Are you going to be there to accept the breakfast delivery or did you tell co-worker no? Either way, call the company who is delivering breakfast and tell them the time was wrong. You want an 8 AM delivery instead. That should be doable for them and maybe happiness since that may not make them have to get up and open as early - depending on what you get!
@Lyndausvi - I love seeing your pics! Makes me want to go back to Colorado!
My ugh- since our old car is titled in both names we BOTH have to go to the title agency to get a replacement. Now I'm wondering if we BOTH have to sign off with a notary.
Funny (But embarrassing)- My 4 yo said to another 4 yo "Be careful or the bee will sting your penis."
Hubs is doing that today too. I forgot and emailed him this morning, he just responded and I said: I forgot you're fake working today.
Poor guy. I've been trying to find a gif of a teacher walking up and down the rows of desk with a ruler because that's pretty much what I assume he's been doing all day LOL.
And if I can't help him, he wants my supervisor. Like what?
On a somewhat related subject, this reminds me of a big pet peeve I have about Louisiana. In this state, if a couple is married, ANY loan requires both parties to be there for the signing...even if the loan is ONLY in one person's name. The other spouse has to sign a document, in person, that they are aware Mr./Ms. ABC is getting XYZ loan.
I personally find that really stupid, aggravating, and a bit suspicious that it comes from a place of patriarchy.
For example, I got a HELOC on my house after I was married. I bought that house before I was married. My H is not on the title or the mortgage. It is not a marital asset. The HELOC is also in my name only and my H has nothing to do with it. But he had to be at the closing for the HELOC...personally had to be there with his ID checked and everything by the notary...to sign off that he knew his little wifey was taking out a loan.
I mean, of course, that decision was something I had discussed with him ahead of time. But that is MY business to tell my spouse about a loan I'm getting, especially in regards to MMMYYYYY asset. Not the state's business. Not the bank's business. Quite frankly, I found it offensive and it really PO'ed me.
When H took out the loan for our new condo, I didn't want to be put on it since I had my own house. This is his. I mean technically, both our places are "ours" but I have the house, he has the condo. When we met with the loan officer and told him I'm staying off the loan, he had no problems with it.