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Confessions
It's Friday and my kid is in the midst of a growth spurt and wants to eat all the time. Thus I am in serious need of entertainment today. Please oblige me, pretty please.
Re: Confessions
Mr.D gave me his cold and because I'm miserable, I made sure to be extra disruptive last night each time coughed, sniffled or got out of bed to go to the bathroom.
Even though I'll be healing and will be getting no sleep, I'm looking forward to using the baby as an excuse to get out of holiday functions this year.
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#2 10.23.13 EDD
I invited my sister to yoga on Sunday morning because we usually go to class and then out for breakfast. She's not going to be able to make it and I'm a little excited about it because it means I'll probably go home, take a bath and take a nap since my H is working that morning.
Some friends are coming over tonight and one might be bringing his girlfriend over. I like her and I think she's nice, but I kind of wish she wasn't coming because I always end up getting stuck babysitting the womenfolk while my H and the other guys talk video games. I'd rather be part of that conversation.
All the vaccine talk makes my head hurt. No one is going to convince either side to change their minds. I get why both sides get upset but it's just a moot point I believe.
I have been eating like I am still pregnant and I need to stop. I think I've been making up for all of the things I wasn't able to have due to my GD. I still have to take my follow up GTT and I'm putting it off because I'm terrified.
i feel this.
Dude, if you're nursing/pumping/making milk your appetite will be nuts. Esp during growth spurts. I was not prepared for this.
I don't want to buy my mom anything for Christmas. She asked for cash or a Wii. F no.
I did get a pro-photo of the boys for her from our newborn shoot. I think I may also do a few crafts with the babies like this one:
and this:
and call it a day.
I feel this too and I don't even have a kid. So, I confess that if/when I do have one, DH and I will be reading up on the topic and making an informed decision. The one comment that got me was along the lines of no amount of personal research being enough-it would just be light reading. It scares me that people put so much faith into being told what to do.
the thing is i know mz's doc is actually anti-vax if she put all her faith in him, then her kid would have none.
it's like circ-ing a boy, it is common practice but we researched talked to our midwives who gave us pro/cons and we made an informed decision together.
I confess that I told my friend that I would look over his resume and help make some revisions. After telling him that two pages is way too long for someone who hasn't been in the workforce for that long and having him disagree with me, I am not sure if I want to take the time to revise it because I don't think he is going to take my suggestions.
I confess that I want to start TTC in the worst way but I need a job first!
how long have they been in the workforce? what type of degree? if they have a master's or higher or ten years since college its fine.
This is a good one...
I have been applying for jobs for several months now, and had gotten NO calls, but a few emails for interviews. I got an email this week from a potential employer telling me the number on my resume was incorrect. I had transposed two numbers. I felt like a bugs bunny cartoon with A$$ written across my middle. The kicker I had my resume professionally written and I know I proofread it several times. My mind just didn't process the transposition.
Please tell me someone spit coffee out on that one.
Lachute-neither of the above.
Not that I am an expert, I just feel like after revising my resume like 1,000 times I have some suggestions that may be useful. I want to try to meet up with him next week so maybe we can work on it together! I just can't justify spending so much time on something if my suggestions aren't going to be taken!
Lachute is right, it's 10 years in the workforce or an advanced degree. That's when you get to spill on to two pages.
It's really hard with some jobs, I was an IT conusltant before getting this position, so I had worked 6 "jobs" in 3 years because of different assignments. But I still had to suck it up and cut stuff out.
Also, if he's including every job he's ever had that's not necessary and can add length. For example, my resume does not mention my 2 years of delivering Chinese food in college.
i could totally see this happening to me. ugh. at least you know now.
I'm not sure 100% what you're saying here, but I'm going to respond as I interpret it (since I'm the one that said it) and this is the last thing I'll say on this.
Trusting people whose sole job it is to conduct scientific research specifically on epidemics, health, and vaccinations to me is not blind faith.
I don't do that for a living. Why would I be arrogant enough to think that reading a few books would educate me enough to make a decision that goes against years and years and years of sound medical science?
There is no "reading up on the topic". There is on one side sound medical research and on the other side is literature that is theoretical at best and deliberately misleading at worst.
Lachute, I adore you but I respectfully disagree about relating this to circumcision. Clearly it is personal decision whether to circ or not circ. But if every family decided not to circumcise their boys, it doesn't have an impact on others around him.
I just.can't.argue about this anymore and I'm not going to hijack this post or continue to beat this dead horse!
That totally sucks! Hopefully now that it is fixed you will start getting some calls!
While I was doing my co-op interviews with Drexel, I realized after I had submitted my resumes that there was a spelling error and did not get many requests for an interview-the most interesting part was that I ended up getting an interview/offer from PECO's Communication/Media Relations dept.! I guess they didn't see the error either!
Confession: This is our kid's first Christmas. She'll be almost 1. I know she's going to be inundated with toys from the 2 sets of grandparents.
I'm slightly annoyed by this b/c 1. we live in a townhouse and have so little room already and 2. she really doesn't need everything she's going to get - she just likes to play with the boxes right now.
I don't know what to do about this. I've mentioned to everyone not to go crazy and asked them to pick age appropriate toys (so we don't have to store stuff til she's 2). But I don't think it's going to matter.
I realize there are worse problems to have.
ditto 100%. most of them have never been to visit my less than 800 sq ft of luxury and i am SCARED of what we will do with the stuff. i am thinking that a big donation to a children's hospital may be in order. i will not get a storage unit for toys.
I am afraid of this for next year.
In fact, I told all the grandparents (we have 4 sets!) to not buy anything this year, unless they want to get something small and sentimental. And one of Mr.D's aunts actually asked me if we wanted to include the baby in the kid polyanna. Really, are you serious?
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#2 10.23.13 EDD
sing.it.sister.
Did i already tell you about the crazy cakes present my parents got milo? a 1940s pedal car. it may or may not have lead paint, i forced my brother to tell me about it so on christmas i don;t just loose my ***.
not to mention 09248092482 other presents he'll get from my parents.
atleast pat's family will only get him one present.
Girls, I honestly have a love/hate relationship with them, but what about suggesting something like savings bonds to your family members? A few of my aunts and uncles always get Hunter savings bonds for his birthday and Christmas. At first I hated them because I was a mess and never really kept track of them but now knowing how much money he will have when he gets older, I am really on top of them and I really like him receiving those instead of toys. He has accumulated so many already that he will actually have a down payment on a house when the time comes to cashing them in when he's older.
1. Dont know how the F i missed out on the vax debate complete with a "troll"
B. I had a convo with my in-laws about Christmas....we'd rather them have "experiences" instead of so much "stuff". Its a sin how much my kids have from last year that we never even opened, but it was nice to make an awesome donation to our NICU's annual holiday party
III. I'm struggling with Christmas too, we have a small budget ($250/kid) but i'm so hell bent on all of them having the same exact amount of things to open and its proving to be very difficult! Someone remind me that they wont even care or notice...
I hear ya. MIL bought Chase a trampoline. yes a TRAMPOLINE! It's a smaller one, with a net, but we have no yard, unless you count the patch of grass in front of my house. Where the heck am I going to put that thing??
We have so much stuff. He still plays with the toys he got last Christmas so I recently wedded through them to make room for new stuff. I donated what I could, passed some along for friends and gave a few toys to my parents and my sister to keep at their homes so he has something to play with when he visits.
If I didn't do that we would have had no room for anything new.
Actually, one set of grandparents said they were going to set up a 529 plan for the baby, so that's great. And I know that whatever I tell my mom, at least she'll listen to me. As for my MIL and my dad, those are the two I'm going to have to control. I get wanting to spoil your grandchildren, but a line has to be drawn at some point because the excess is just ridiculous.
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#2 10.23.13 EDD
I chuck the excess crap. I figure they're not even worth donating.
I'd love to ask for bonds for her instead of toys but I don't want to be 'that mom'.
I've already been 'that mom' on a number of things and this is not a fight worth fighting for her first Christmas. They want to get what they want to get and they're not going to listen to me anyway.