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Post by moneysquirrel on Dec 20, 2011 11:05:40 GMT -5
Update: 11 NSD and 7 CSD
SES -- Happy belated birthday!
MK -- Sorry about all the troubles you have been having. You are a strong wonderful woman and mother. Remember that most adults would not be able to meet or to be as upbeat about your challenges as you have been. Stay strong and remember we are a virtual support team for you. Rant away if you have to.
Renee -- I don't put any lights on my tree. I have many handmade and wax ornaments (from Germany) among others that I haven't put lights on for several years (decades) now. So I have no idea how to solve your dark spot.
Sorry I've been missing in action but life happens and I have been playing catch up for a few days. I have the last semester behind me, the party was successful, the house has been cleaned up afterwards and joy of joys the Christmas shopping is finished. Only have a few things to wrap and that is planned for later today.Hope to get it done.
I decided that if I go shopping now that it is because I want something for me. I have to replace several items in my work wardrobe and I have been putting things off for a while so if I feel up to it I may take some time to do it after Christmas or I may just postpone it again.
I did get a few needed things for me as I located items for the family. Academy Sports has(d) Nike hoodies normally 55 for 19.99. I needed a new one so I treated myself.
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Post by mrslynch on Dec 20, 2011 12:27:59 GMT -5
mk--hope everything is better today.
so i may or may not have some news. my husband may or may not have a new job that means we might or might not be able to pay off our one remaining debt out of the payout he may or may not receive from accrued sick/vacation leave which means that in 6 months i may or may not be able to quit f/t work and pursue my dreams.
shanen--i told you i'd fill you in!
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Post by shanendoah on Dec 20, 2011 12:34:17 GMT -5
mrsl: So is it that he just doesn't have the offer in writing yet, or is he top candidate but they're still doing interviews? Either way, fingers crossed for you so that you can start being a work at home on your dreams mom.
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Post by redwagon on Dec 20, 2011 12:34:25 GMT -5
mrslynch - sounds like it may or may not be a very exciting opportunity ;-) ADD today at work. Our holiday party is this evening and my boss keeps walking around sighing "This is such a waste of time, why are we here?" Well, I'm here because I have actual work to do, stop complaining that you don't! She's here a half day tomorrow and then gone until the new year, and my coworker is off the rest of this week too. Their ADD is wearing off on me. If my boss is saying being here is a waste of time, do I really need to do my work? hehe. I think blue put in some effort to be Christmassy last night. I requested we watch our Rudolph and Charlie Brown DVDs after I showered. I came out of the shower and he put on Jeff Dunham's Christmas special. Progress, I guess... Friday night is It's a Wonderful Life/Gift wrapping night and he can just deal with that. I put my foot down for that one.
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Post by mrslynch on Dec 20, 2011 12:38:10 GMT -5
shanen--he has the job but has a meeting on friday to negotiate the start date. so until that point, anything can happen. but it's pretty much a lock. there were actually no interviews, which was cool. he was recruited!
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Post by shanendoah on Dec 20, 2011 14:15:47 GMT -5
mrls: Very excited for you!
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Post by redwagon on Dec 20, 2011 15:01:06 GMT -5
Blue is not having a good day. He found out that when he dropped his class in October (our internet went down and he missed the first class, and was missing another for our cruise, and that's a lot to miss in a 6wk course, so he dropped it), he lost financial aid for the semester, including the class he's taking now. They never notified us of this, and so now they want their $5k for this class. Luckily he has some money left over from Spring semester, and enough in his fun money to cover the rest, but I feel the "house" should pay him back that amount. Over time. We'll see. He never spends money anyways so I'm not sure he'll really miss it.
Then on top of that, his deferment period for his undergrad loans is ending (it's been a year). In order to renew that, he has to enroll for Spring semester. Which he can't do until he pays off that balance. FUN. And his company seems to be stalling on paying what they promised they'd pay for school (almost $3k, which would pay him back for this class he's covering now). So lots of financial/school stress. He called me and I calmed him down, and he's making the phone calls to straighten it out. I did get, finally, the info for who has his current school loans, so I can make small payments towards that to hopefully at least cover the interest.
Being an adult sucks sometimes.
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Post by shanendoah on Dec 20, 2011 16:22:12 GMT -5
Ahh yes, the joy of graduating in late May/early June- first student loan payments due right around Christmas. Sorry Blue is having a bad day, but one of the major rules around student aid is that student's have to be enrolled at at least half time status- usually two classes. And yes, being an adult sucks sometimes. But then you remember that being an adult also comes with amazing benefits- like being married Okay, so that's not always a benefit, but still
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Post by redwagon on Dec 20, 2011 16:26:53 GMT -5
shanen - he had private loans for undergrad so didn't know about federal aid rules. And my parents handled all my loan stuff (until it was time to pay them off) so I had no clue. He paid this semester's class today, will enroll tomorrow, and submit his deferment paperwork Friday. We will probably have to pay the full amount in January, but since I'd been paying a good deal anyways it's just a few hundred more bucks. Should be able to swing it fine. And glad he's taken initiative. So often I'm the one making the phone calls on financial issues, but since it's his grad school, he's dealing with it. Nice to know he can do that (he claims to "hate money stuff" and "hate calling people" so it usually falls to me. Maybe I'll have to pass off a few other bills/accounts to him too... except I'm probably too control-freak to actually do so. So I'll just complain about it instead lol.)
Half hour until our work party. Our chef cooks really great food for these parties (her "real" job is as a caterer). She always gives me a look when I compliment her party food, cause I don't eat her lunch food. Maybe if she tried as hard at lunch I'd eat it more often lol. She makes these amazing mac n cheese tartlets. The waitstaff should just leave a plate with me.
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Post by startsmart on Dec 20, 2011 18:27:51 GMT -5
two great client calls today and one so-so call. Still feeling very accomplished! p.s. If you want the website AC Heating Man.com don't register it. Because it comes up as A Cheating Man.com. Oh man, still can't stop laughing about that. I felt terrible today; I had a great massage last night but the pain in my lower back got worse after the massage. It may have been the over caffeinated dancing and Wii tennis from last night.... but anywho, lots of pain and heating pads today, I'm so ready to go snuggle in bed with the laptop so I can finish working but be comfortable. Still not finished Christmas shopping. I should get something for my brother but I'm just not that motivated to - need to wrap presents for my Mom and get her a gift card for her birthday. Also, GREAT news for Mom, she has a temp job lasting through the end of the year, her first paid work since she was laid off in May and then a promising second interview the first week of January! Finally, poor Blue Eyes lost his dog this week, got pretty sick and they had to put him down and his parents bought a new puppy today that is ohmycuteness, the most adorable thing ever. There's just something about cute boys and puppies, right? or is that just me....?
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Post by redwagon on Dec 20, 2011 22:05:40 GMT -5
startsmart - I often feel extra sore after a massage, although it feels great during! Great news about your mom, hope the interview goes well. And happy birthday to her! I was wondering if blue eyes was still in the picture - so sad about his dog. Feel free to post puppy pix on here. Wish we could get one but not yet.
Speaking of a cheating man...
An old friend from HS just found out her husband has been cheating on her for a month. She's pregnant with their second kid. Anyone want to help me kick this guy's ass? Guys are just such aholes sometimes. She's already looking for a divorce attorney - I do not think she'll be giving him second chances. Just glad she has family support for the rest of her pregnancy.
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Post by redwagon on Dec 21, 2011 9:24:11 GMT -5
To continue blue's awesome week, he left his Nook on the train this morning. Sigh. He put in a claim with lost and found, but this can't be inspiring any confidence in himself for him. Plus stuff went wrong at work yesterday (which he fixed by 1am) and today is having a hoity-toity lunch with some upper-ups (which is why he came into the city with me and then lost his nook). He has bad luck with electronic devices. Left his iPod on a plane in 2009. Luckily he IS getting an iPad for Christmas, which I'm almost tempted to tell him to make him feel better. Oh well. Hopefully they find it. I think the train was going back to the yard, so no one else would find/steal it, so we hope a nice employee finds it and brings it to the L&F. I tried to make him see that in the grand scheme of things this doesn't matter, but I'm not sure he went for it. Hard to get through to him when he gets in an "I suck at life" rut.
And I got another freelance project, which will pay off our plane tickets to Alaska. Yay!
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Post by startsmart on Dec 21, 2011 11:18:21 GMT -5
red- yep, I'm still working with blue eyes and things are... complicated lol. but the weirdest development is that his little brother (little being all of 21) emails me all the time out of nowhere. help on his resume, class assignments, inviting me to come stay with them. it's kinda cute. and yes the puppy is adorableness.
so sorry about your friend! an old friend from my HS had the same issue, husband cheated, she lured him back, she got pregnant, he cheated again, now they're divorced or separated, she lost her job and just closed on a newly built house. Could not personally stand that type of drama myself.
Christmas - I'm still in a very grouchy mood; not christmas spirited at all. Even the decorations I put up have not helped all that much. Sigh. Maybe once I get the last pieces of a secret santa gift in the mail and send out all my packages things will look up. I do need to wrap presents for my Mom and find something for my grandpa, brother and send out cards. The most joy I have is my adorable Christmas mugs and coffee - pretty sad isn't it?
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Post by redwagon on Dec 21, 2011 11:33:36 GMT -5
start - what kills me is they had decided together it was time for a second kid, etc etc, and then this. She'll likely move back home with her parents as she was a SAHM. Luckily she has a skill set and should hopefully be able to find a job (she's an amazing pastry chef). Just a sucky time of year for it, a sucky time of life, and apparently a sucky guy. I'm also struggling for Christmas spirit. I blame blue and his grinchiness. Hopefully it kicks in soon.
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Post by azmom on Dec 21, 2011 12:34:38 GMT -5
MK: {{{HUGS}}} Mrs. Lynch: I think that news may or may not be FABULOUS! SO proud of you and you know I am always in your corner cheering you on every baby step along the way! Christmas: Red/SS and others you are not alone I have been feeling the same way. This Christmas is just so up in the air it is hard to get excited. My Father In Law has been transferred to a care center after having surgery to remove a blood clot and they are waiting to see how much of his foot they need to amputate AND my niece will be having back surgery tomorrow and will be recovering past Christmas . Normally our Christmas goes like this: Christmas Eve[/b]: Go to church have BIL and his family and my MIL/FIL come over for a Mexican dinner and the kids open their gifts from their grandma and uncle. This year my BIL is not coming over because he is celebrating with his girlfriends family and my MIL is on a day to day basis depending on what is going on with my FIL. WE will still go to church and have dinner plus we will have my two other nieces with us because my sister will be at the hospital most of the time. Christmas Day: We get up and our kids open their gifts and we get dressed and go to DH's extended family house for brunch and a white elephant come home and cook a dinner for my side of the family and play games or whatever. This year DH's family canceled our get together (or the host couldn't do it and asked someone else to do it this year and there has been no takers, I would have in a heart beat because I love that stuff but with all that is going on I can't) and my family will be at he hospital this year visiting my niece (my kids are excited about spending Christmas day at the hospital with their cousins). Not to mention we still haven't been Christmas shopping for our kids and we need to add two more kids (our nieces will be staying with us throughout their break) to our already dismal budget. We ordered the kids a Kinnect through DH's points from work so that will be their BIG gift but DH doesn't get paid until tomorrow and he just said don't count on anything big! Ugh so that leaves me shopping on Friday for six kids with pennies! Good thing our kids don't ask for much and we have a three gift policy Sorry for the rant! On the bright side it's Christmas break and I slept in
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Post by MittenKitten on Dec 21, 2011 12:59:17 GMT -5
Got the cards out and Secret Santa. So moneysquirrel your gift will be there by the end of next week. Hey but it should be there before the new year!
red: Sorry to hear of your friends troubles. What a crappy time of year for it. Hopefully blue will get his nook back. You would think with a habit of losing expensive items he would be a little more cautious. At least the Ipad will help and can take over the Nook's functions.
Gotta clean the house. Our first gathering is Friday with FIL and his wife. Sat will be my family, Sun will be my family at my sisters, then a week from Friday the last one.
Just very grateful DS#2's carpet will be removed and vinyl put in in one week. Wish it were sooner but oh well. DF and I got out last night and went out to dinner. That was really nice. Today I am going to pick up DS#1 from school and take DD and him to an indoor play ground. They have memberships so that will be free. Then I plan on taking them to Chuck e Cheese since I have leftover tokens. Don't plan on eating there but we will see.
On a good note we have some unexpected money coming in. We didn't use as much of our staffing hours as planned so we put then in my hours. Should be an additional $2800 between last November and the end of Jan. I am putting some in a Disney fund and some to cover us when we are short with DF's checks to cover everything.
MrsL: Here's hoping all works out for you and DH.
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Post by MittenKitten on Dec 21, 2011 12:59:59 GMT -5
Oh and Shanen here is karma for the gifts!
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Post by mizbear on Dec 21, 2011 14:31:36 GMT -5
I think it sucks that everyone is having trouble before Christmas.
HUGS everyone.
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Post by redwagon on Dec 21, 2011 14:35:03 GMT -5
mitten - glad you and DF got out last night. And yeah, you'd think he'd be more aware, but at 7am and half asleep I guess it slid next to his seat. Bah. All I know is if he loses the iPad me, his parents, and his siblings will collectively murder him. I know he feels really bad about losing stuff, and probably feels like an idiot about it. He guilts himself enough about stuff like this I know I don't want to add to it. Especially with all the other stress he's having this week. Sometimes I just want to shake him and maybe the organizational switch will be reset and then he'll never lose stuff/forget to do stuff again. But we all have our bad days, I suppose. For a while i thought I threw out my new copy of MS Office during my annual cleaning frenzy. Found it buried under the guest bed weeks later. Whoops. Guess I thought that was a "safe place" to put it.
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Post by mrslynch on Dec 21, 2011 15:58:13 GMT -5
thanks for the excitement, everyone! we "should" have his start date on friday. i'm holding my breath until then.
red--i'm not commenting on your friend's situation as my own is still too fresh. but that sucks about blue's nook (which sounds really, really strange). startsmart--sorry to hear about blue eye's dog's passing. never a good thing, right around christmas.
another new development. i have recently learned that NYU has a certificate program in creative writing. i'm not sure how vocal i've been about this but i often kick (or berate, whatever) myself for not majoring (or at least minoring) in creative writing in college. i do not have the time, desire nor the money to get another degree (one BA and one MA are just fine with me) but a certificate program is another story. it's 5 classes, i can do it distance learning and i can pay for it in cash. plus, i'll actually develop some sort of fiction portfolio which i've always wanted. my nonfiction is pretty good with my blog and all (plus the book) and there is a nonfiction option so i can expand in that area. that's where i'm torn. i don't know in which direction to go. fiction or nonfiction. help!
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Post by redwagon on Dec 21, 2011 16:09:14 GMT -5
mrslynch - oh jeez, that was thoughtless of me. Sorry! And yes, your sentence about the nook can kind of make you giggle. And I have only good things to say about NYU's certificate program! That's where I got my publishing certificate, their teachers are top-notch, and it's reasonably priced. I say go go go for it!! Do fiction, and then do nonfiction later! I might do another certificate in something else one of these days, but taking at least a semester off.
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Post by spruby on Dec 21, 2011 18:37:33 GMT -5
ADVICE PLEASE!
So two things I need some advice on:
1) Blogging. I'm re-doing my blog and sort of stumbling around the blogspot software. Any recommendations on either (a) a good guide to setting up a blog on blogspot; or (b) an awesome blog developer used to working on blogspot??
2) Crying at work - when I get incredibly angry - I cry. It sucks - big time. Normally I do not get incredibly angry at work (not in years). Things have gone monumentally bad at work and I've been insulted a number of times. And cried. Any suggestions on how to turn it off? Fight it? Retrain my tear ducts??? The long term answer is new job and I am working on that but realistically it is 2nd quarter 2012.
Today it was bad enough that I made someone leave my office, cried/fought tears for ~3 minutes, and then sent an email that I was unwell and left for the day. As much as I would like I can't do that everyday. Any ideas would be appreciated!
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Post by mrslynch on Dec 21, 2011 19:43:56 GMT -5
red--thanks for the input. i'm leaning towards the fiction. there's more course choices and i think some of the skills will translate to nonfiction as well.
spruby--i will send you a pm with my email address and i will be more than happy to attempt to help you. for the record, having used both platforms, including self-hosted, i much prefer wordpress. i'm still working on some good advice for the job situation!
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Post by spruby on Dec 21, 2011 19:54:14 GMT -5
mrslynch - thanks for blogging help offer! I'll pull together a list of questions this weekend and shoot them to you!
all job advice welcome. the one true answer is get out. quick. My one hurdle is I am in the middle/end of a contracting award. I need to finish it or 2 dozen of my most likely candidates for "next employer" are folks I'm conflicted from contacting!
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Post by redwagon on Dec 21, 2011 20:45:09 GMT -5
Some good news for once: Blue's boss has pressured HR to speed-process his school money, so that should go through Friday, which means blue gets reimbursed the money he paid out of pocket for his class. Phew. And they squeaked it in on the 2011 budget, so he still gets the same amount in 2012. Of course, no idea why it took so long, but glad they got it done when it mattered. It's taken Blue 3 jobs to find one that actually followed through on its school tuition program. A big relief, will cut down his need for financial aid somewhat.
Blue asked how long he should wait before buying a new Nook. I convinced him to wait until next week. He might still want it for an eReader (smaller, you can use many kinds of file types) even if he has the ipad (which I see him using more for apps/games/as a toy), but at least next week he can make a fully informed decision. I'll lend him mine in the interim so he can keep reading his book (Game of Thrones). As long as he doesn't take it out of the house haha.
Okay, enough about me. Time to go back to watching Santa Clause (yay some Christmas spirit in the house!)
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Post by muttleynfelix on Dec 21, 2011 21:49:42 GMT -5
mk - Hugs. (sorry this is late). So sorry you are going through this. Ironically, Saturday Ben had an incident where he stripped during his nap (I had no clue he could do that) and then later I was letting him have some naked time, I told him to come over and use his potty which I had brought out in the living room and he proceeds to go right where he stood. Sigh. Not nearly as tramatic or persistant as what you are going through. You truly are amazing and a wonderful mom.
mrsl- Best of luck to your husband.
spurdy - I use to be the same way and I've still had a few instances where I have teared up or been close to tears at inopportune times. THe best thing for me is to remove myself from the situation as quickly as possible. There is no stopping the tears once they come (for whatever reason) for me.
red - Sorry about your friend. On Sunday I found out one of the gals from church that I was preggo buddies with (which was completely unplanned) and her husband got divorced this year. I am very very angry for her children (10 and 2). Especially since the 2 yo was an IVF baby. I know I don't know the details, but I cannot imagine going through IVF with a person, having it be successful, and then deciding to divorce them less than 2 years later. It boggles my mind. I hope blue finds his Nook. I need an e-reader. My sister is getting published in e-reader format, but I have nothing to read them on. Sigh. She was probably 14 (I was 7) when I started to beg her to read her stories and now that she has several stories being published, I can't read them. GRRR.
OK, as for my month. 1. I have been pretty good about not screwing around at work. I've been super busy and have had good direction on projects so that helps. THe ironic thing after being told not to go on the internet for anything but work (which is currently several times a day) is that my boss has specifically told me to look up a funny video he has seen during his lunch hour. 2. Spending. Hmmm.... Probably have spent a little too much. Not too bad. We will need to get back in check pretty quickly after the first of the year. Probably not going to get the shades for the living room for a while. The exercise bike is working out quite nicely. Too bad I have a gimpy hamstring right now (from the 2 times I ran this month). 3. I am down 7 pounds from September first, 5 since November 1, 3 since Thanksgiving. 4. Thank you all for being a wonderful support system to me in 2011. I really appreciate it. I'm not sure how much I will be on between now and the first of the year. I plan to stay somewhat technology free at my mom and dad's house (although I do plan to play their Wii with my nieces and nephew) and tomorrow, the 29th and 30th all have the potential to be extremely busy days. Tomorrow is going to be rough getting everything done.
So, Merry Christmas everyone. Have safe and happy holidays.
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Post by MittenKitten on Dec 21, 2011 23:17:49 GMT -5
Thanks for all the support with DS#2. I deal with most things pretty well but this one really has thrown me for a loop emotionally. Oh well I will just have to push my thresh hold of what I can take further back....
spruby: No real advice but I have the same problem. I get so angry I cry and I just hate it. Luckily enough it doesn't happen often. Make sure you do what you need to do for you. If you need to quit now so you can get another job, then in Nike's logo "just DO it" I know it is scary but sometimes we need to make those leaps of faith, especially if the current situation is that unhealthy.
Spends: Yup have totally lost track and probably care even less. Ended up spending $85 tonight for myself, DD and DS#1 but we all had fun and they left Dave and Busters with 3 prizes each. Still have some money on our game play cards and tickets. I also bought myself a mother's bracelet that I am going to love. I have been looking for awhile and bought one piece but just am not happy with it. I may play with the piece but then I will have two.
Muttley: That is crazy to do IVF and then 2 years later be divorced, but who knows what happened. Oh and you can download the e-reader programs on your computer and read them that way....
red: I am really hard on myself when I mess up so I understand what he goes through. Happy to hear about his reimbursement going through!
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Post by sheilaincali on Dec 22, 2011 10:24:33 GMT -5
I have been pretty busy at work lately. Trying to get some things wrapped up so the end of the year stuff goes a little more smoothly. So far so good.
My BFF did have her baby boy on Monday afternoon. I got to see him and cuddle with him on Tuesday. He is adorable!!! Picking up Miss Pants in a few so she can hang at my house with the boys for a while. Then her dad will come get her to bring her back to the hospital so she can help escort her little brother home for the first time.
Spending wise- we haven't been very good about tracking things this month but we have been doing pretty well according to our checking account. We stayed strong this year and didn't just blindly buy or go overboard on DS and Miss Pants (this has been an issue in the past). Nearly everything is ready for Christmas. I have one present left to finish and wrap and then I am done.
MK: Hugs to you for all that you do
Spruby: I have the same problem. I get angry and go to tears. I hate it because I feel it undermines my authority and position. Usually I excuse myself and go to the rest room for a minute to dry my eyees. Then hide out in my office and try to distract myself with non-work things for a few minutes. Complaining to DH doesn't help because he will get wound up on my behalf and make it worse. Sorry you are having to deal with this. Hoping you are able to find a new job soon.
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Post by MittenKitten on Dec 22, 2011 10:28:43 GMT -5
Okay who wants to give me karma so I can get to 50 Doing pretty well today. Have all 3 kids home all day. Hoping I can get mom to come over for a couple of hours so I can run to the grocery store. Oh and I got home at 9:00 last night went into DS#2's room put his diaper back on him and he KEPT it on ALL night after that! And it was soaked this morning so I am very happy about that! Sheila: Glad you got to snuggle the baby and see/help with Miss Pants. 3cats and mizbear: haven't seen much of you two, hope all is well! I am trying not to get in a tizy with all the things I need to do. It will get done or not, whatever. If my house is still a wreck, well everyone has seen it that way before..... So I will prioritize and enjoy my family gathers. On my really important list are: Make Raspberry Merringe kisses (super easy and the kids love them. have already made like 5 batches and can't keep them in the house!) Wrap Xmas gifts (I need to get the S gifts wrapped) Chop up lettuce, onions, tomatos and olives for Xmas Eve for Tacos. (BIL is bringing the meat in a crock pot so I don't even have to do that!) Purchase lettuce and tomatos. So very doable. Oh and I should have laundry done by this morning/early afternoon. Hopefully DF will get the stuff that is not going back in the den downstairs so we can use the dining room!
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redwagon
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Post by redwagon on Dec 22, 2011 10:33:10 GMT -5
MK - more hugs for you.
crying - I'm a cryer too when I get angry. At my old job, when they took my editorial duties away (I hadn't done enough with the position, even though the person I was taking orders from who had since left TOLD ME to keep everything status quo and not shake things up so it was completely NOT my fault and no one would listen to me) I just nodded throughout and walked outside and cried on someone's front stoop on the phone to blue for like twenty minutes. I find it so hard to articulate what I'm feeling that I just burst into tears. Nothing can stop it. Blue hates it because he says I don't fight fair. He hates me crying and caves on whatever if our disagreement gets to that level. it doesn't happen often, thankfully. Although it drives me nuts when he's like "You're quiet. Why aren't you talking?" when we're having said disagreement. It's because I'm trying to formulate thought, dummy! I often end up writing when I'm upset at someone because I can get it out much easier.
sheila - congrats to BFF!!! Can't wait to find out your nickname for him lol.
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