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FFFC
Anyone got anything good?
Yesterday I met ktkl 
while she was in Newark on a layover but we didn't take the obligatory IN GTG pic together. 
I brought her into the ghetto of Newark where we ate pizza and not-so-secretly prayed that we wouldn't get shot or mugged!
I'm dreading studying for the bar exam, not because of the amount of work it is, but because of the dent it will take in my social (dating/sex) life.
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Re: FFFC
I was going to do one of these, but I don't have a lot.
-Told boss I was exhausted from jetlag and the holidays and left work at 12:30 p.m. turned back the clock being putting my PJs on and slept from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and I am still in bed.
-I'm still thinking! :-)
I start a new job next week. Full time for the first time in a years. I'm supposed to finish my Masters this year. Just do a minor dissertation and it's done. I have no idea what to research. I want to just drop it and not finish. I was only studying in order to get a part time work permit anyway. That aspect is unnecessary now.
I want permission and/or an excuse to give up and not kill myself with work this year!
1: I'm want to call in sick to work while we're on this immense deadline, just to show my co-worker what it feels like when the other person doesn't do sh!t.
2: I'm skipping a 5-year-old's birthday party because I don't want to spend money on him. (Long story but his mom borrowed money from me in October. She still hasn't paid me back but keeps posting on FB about her going shopping and going on long weekends to Germany to go partying. --- I know it's petty to take this out on her kid, but I just really really don't want to spend money on her family anymore until she pays me back and apologizes.)
My food blog
What I'm looking forward to in 2012:
Eating our way through (northern) Italy on vacation
<a href="http://www.thenest.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Home D1. I think one of my coworkers is a total idiot, and I'm this close to getting him in trouble. We were trying to explain something to him this morning, and he just didn't seem to get it. Then this afternoon I saw that another colleague fixed a silly mistake that I thought was kind of funny, so I mentioned it to my officemate. He said that he had noticed this two months ago and sent a message to the idiot with the actual change that needed to be made. Two months later, the problem was still there, and someone else spotted it and fixed it. I'm wondering if this guy needs to be fired.
2. The guy doesn't need to be fired, because he's about to be transferred to another part of our team. That we don't always get along with. I'm secretly finding amusement in the fact that they'll now have to deal with him.
Don't feel guilty, soon enough you will be wishing for time to be lazy back
You are so close!
I know the feeling, but get the dissertation done just to get it done - you won't regret having another degree under your belt!
Mintchoco, we did forget our pic
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Confession: I am really nervous abOut all of the eating I will do in the US
Thanks, kelly. I was thinking of you, working on your dissertation with the LO. It's good inspiration for me!
I'm really quite miffed that my best friend is almost refusing to buy a BM dress for my wedding. I know that there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding my wedding ATM, of which she is partially aware, but that's not the point.
The wedding (if I am still having it) is in June, and she has until probably the end of April to save up for a dress (oh - did I mention I got a dress for my little sister at GOODWILL for $6???). But, since she has a dress "that will work" she would rather use it (even though it's ugly) than save up a few extra dollars (we're talking $40 - $50 at most in 4 months) to buy one that actually looks nice. Oh - and did I mention that I told her that if she found a dress for more than about $10 or so that I'd help her out with paying for any alterations it needs? But she's got the money to spend $40 on TWO new pairs of panties. And she's got a collection of designer underwear that could rival any Hollywood princess.
I know that I shouldn't judge how other people spend their money and I know that I might not even be having the wedding - and it's not like I'm expecting her to actually spend the money on a dress until I know for sure the wedding is happening. But, really, you claim to be SOOOO EXCITED for my wedding but you won't commit to buying a dress for it? Even though you spent about the amount of money you would spend on a dress on UNDERWEAR?? Yeah, I take offense at that.
/end rant lol
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I'm really excited about the Ergo I got and I did get a decent price, but lately DH gives me a hard time when I spend money because he thinks I have been spending too much. So when it arrived yesterday I hid the box in my closet and I'm going to try it out while he's at work tomorrow and keep him from seeing it until its been a couple weeks since his last criticism of one of my baby purchases.
I'm supposedly dieting. I have lost a couple of pounds. . . But today, Imhave eaten two chocolate croissants and I just ate a large frozen custard (toasted almond from a fabulous custard place that I am really going to miss when we move). I will likely have a salty snack before bed (probably some goldfish crackers since I don't have any Pirate's Booty in the house). I did eat reasonable meals for lunch and dinner, but still. I was much more enthusiastic about this diet in theory than I am in the application. Boo.
Seriously, enjoy it while you can!
Also, strange, I know...but I totally miss the feeling of the girls in my belly squirming around. I had them at 37 weeks - you're so close and I imagine you must be getting pretty uncomfortable!
Chronically hilarious - you'll split your stitches!
I wrote a book! Bucket list CHECK!
http://notesfortheirtherapist.blogspot.co.uk
I know you're nervous about it and you've been doing so well... but enjoy the variety of food that we all miss from "home" when you're in the US - I'm sure you'll get through it. You've gotten so much stronger in this in only the last few months!
Chronically hilarious - you'll split your stitches!
I wrote a book! Bucket list CHECK!
http://notesfortheirtherapist.blogspot.co.uk
That sucks that you feel that you have to hide baby purchases from your husband. That must be really stressful, but I think you should be upfront about it. I'd be really upset if DH felt he had to hide purchases from me. Furious, as well, and with good reason. He did once, he bought a new video card for his computer and I found the box in the car when I was cleaning it out. I was really hurt that he felt he had to hide it from me, and he was very apologetic about it, but he felt that even though it wasn't a really expensive purchase, about ?200 pounds or so, that he didn't want to tell me about it because I may have given him a hard time. That hurt, I wouldn't have given him a hard time at all - if it's something he wanted and we could afford, why not just get it?
My confession - I'm on a diabetic vegetarian diet and am trying to lose weight after this whole "disease" thing, but the steroids are making me ravenous enough to eat the contents of a small diner on my own and although I've been eating only natural, non-processed and home cooked, whole grain food for the last 2 weeks, I'm eating popcorn with butter and seasoning salt every.single.night. I can't stop myself, I go bat shyte crazy without some kind of snack around 8:30pm. WTF.
Chronically hilarious - you'll split your stitches!
I wrote a book! Bucket list CHECK!
http://notesfortheirtherapist.blogspot.co.uk
Why would she commit to buying a dress she doesn't like for a wedding that you might not even have?
Chronically hilarious - you'll split your stitches!
I wrote a book! Bucket list CHECK!
http://notesfortheirtherapist.blogspot.co.uk
ROFL. That is awesome. Seriously. That needs to be quoted somewhere within legal circles.
Chronically hilarious - you'll split your stitches!
I wrote a book! Bucket list CHECK!
http://notesfortheirtherapist.blogspot.co.uk
Tofu! Put down the popcorn!
When I took care of my sick Grandma 8 or so years ago I became addicted to microwave popcorn with butter, I had to have a bag a day - at least! My once awesome body quickly morphed, it took me years to get that stupid popcorn weight off!
I know! I know! For what it's worth, it's air popped with light sunflower oil spread/butter... does that help?
Also, I've lost 27 pounds since November (I was really sick!) and I usually eat it after riding my exercise bike for 22 minutes... while watching The Mentalist... but then I have nothing to do/snack on fo the other half of the episode! Gah. I'm a failure at life.
Chronically hilarious - you'll split your stitches!
I wrote a book! Bucket list CHECK!
http://notesfortheirtherapist.blogspot.co.uk
LOL!
I think air popped is better, but it has to be natural with no added butter/salt etc... so really what is the point? It's that buttery goodness that makes popcorn so so good. *Drool*
27 pounds! It's great that you're working out too, how is your recovery etc... going?
Good lord Azure, with the voice thing and the Canadian thing and so many other things and the buttery goodness... I'm starting to really think that we may have been separated at birth.
Chronically hilarious - you'll split your stitches!
I wrote a book! Bucket list CHECK!
http://notesfortheirtherapist.blogspot.co.uk
You are not a failure. Steriods do make you ravenously hungry -- and can cause 'roid rage, even in medically prescribed doses. Popcorn with "butter" is better than bags and bags of Oreos or large pepperoni pizzas. You are doing beautifully!
I know! It's kind of creepy!
I actually think it's more difficult with a FT job. Before I got my scholarship last year, I basically had a FT job with all of my PT jobs combined, and I took a 6 month break from working on my dissertation because I just couldn't do it. At least with the scholarship and LO I can hire a nanny PT and, if I'm really feeling motivated and want to ignore the mess in our apartment, then I can get some work done during her naps. So I think you will have a harder time of it than I have right now, but if you've already done all the coursework, then get yourself through the diss by just telling yourself to turn into *something*, even if it's not going to win any awards.
Thing is I handle our budget and I know we really can't afford anything extra that isn't an absolute necessity. So I shouldn't have bought it and I know it. That's why I'm hiding it.
Thanks so much Tofu, I'm trying to enjoy without worrying too much.
Unless you're planning on returning it or selling it, there's not much you can do about it now. Just be honest with your H. If he gets p!ssed, well, that's his problem.
Because for 1 - we're still working under the assumption that we're having the wedding in June. For 2 - as I stated in my original post - I wouldn't have her actually buy the dress until I'm 100% sure that we ARE having the wedding in June. For 3 - it wouldn't be a dress she doesn't like. I've told my girls that they can pick out the style and shade of blue that they want. The problem with the dress she currently owns is that both of us think it's ugly, but she doesn't want to spend any money so she is going to wear it.
So yeah, I reserve the right to be annoyed that she told me she can't afford any dress at all from anywhere because she is broke, and almost in the same breath told me she spent $40 on designer underwear. Like I said in my original post - the dress I got my sister cost me $6 - but she can't even be bothered to look in the second hand shops. She just can't be bothered with it. I think most people would be annoyed at that attitude.
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