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Randoms
*I changed the title, LOL. I am happy it's may but really none of mine are super happy either.
1. Jackson has been up since 4:50 this morning, I swear someone gave him an IV of caffeine in his sleep. The first thing he did was put on his new crocs and then pretty much ran around the house for an hour and a half. He is going to be a barrel of laughs today at daycare once he starts to crash.
2. I had to be ripped out of a skirt this morning. Fvvcking NY&Co. I never buy anything there but my sister swears by it so I purchased two pencil skirts. Thank god I decided to pee before I left the house because when I went to unzip my skirt it would not unzip and the below the zipper came undone. I tried to force it down and so did DH, no dice. So he went all hulk on it and ripped the zipper apart at the top and unfortunately the seam ripped a bit also.
3. I need a new crossbody purse. I purchased a Lily Bloom one over the weekend but took it back already, it was a little too quirky for me which is saying a lot. The purse I am carrying now is huge so I put a ton of sh!t in it and then I can't carry it because I get sore. I just haven't found anything that I love in the store.
4. I made this last night and it was delicious. I probably get a tad too excited when something I make turns out really well.
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/one-pot-pasta-10000001099578/
Re: Randoms
i have nothing happy other than the fact that h and i aren't going into work today. eta: and i think i get five guys for dinner and menchie's for dessert. and we're buying a dyson today!! yipee!
but here are my crappy randoms:
i started my period last night and am hella crampy and have a super upset stomach. i poop all day long the first day of my period. you're welcome
i'm going in for a day surgery procedure at noon and i know i'm going to bleed to death b/c my periods are so ungodly heavy the first two days. and i'll probably shiiit all over the table.
the surgery is probably a moot point b/c i am sure it has already spread to my lymph nodes. my left neck node has been swollen since yesterday, so i'm pretty sure this is the case. it's science.
my h is trying to use his md skills to calm me down and it is just making me angry. why is he even trying? i am already a dramatic person AND i am on my period. GIVE UP! stop using logic on me!
Last night was a disaster trying to get DD to go to sleep in her new bed.
I want to kill my DH.
I want to drink...heavily..and eat my weight in donuts.
I hate everything today.
<-----Whiny bit&ch, party of 1 please.
My randoms
1. I have jury duty tomorrow. Boo! I'm not looking forward to it.
2. I am irrationally annoyed with my grandfather-in-law. He stole and ate my left over dessert from dinner the other day. I didnt feel good last night so I held off on eating it. I get up this morning to find the empty cup on his table. *pout* I really wanted that brownie. He's been making me crazy lately.
My H loves to ask me questions that I would have no way of ever knowing:
"What's the name of that guy you've never met and I've only met twice? He works at that law firm that you've never heard of"
"What's the interest rate of my student loans?"
I'm off today, but I have class and then need to write a paper.
When I dropped Lucy off at school, she was tooting up a storm. I feel bad for her classmates! And I hope if she has to poo at school she does a good job cleaning herself up, I'd feel bad for FIL to go clean her up on his last week of helping us out!
I think I should take him out to lunch Thursday to celebrate the end of my school year. I just hope Lucy doesn't pick chick-fil-a, ugh
Lucy spilled milk on my soft yoga mat, Imma kill her! I just washed it!
On that note, I gotta pick a class and do it.
Giving an exam today, ugh so boring! And then I gotta mark it, even worse!
GL with your surgery, annie! Sorry you're all having crappy days.
I keep forgetting to share that someone at my work sent an email out to all our corporate employees and used "Walla!" (and not as a joke). It made me lol.
i never unzip a skirt, even a pencil skirt, to pee. i hike it up.
ETA:
-this morning L was a whiney pain in the ass on the way to daycare. she kept asking me to give her my sunglasses. i kept saying no. she then screamed. then shouted at me "I NO LIKE YOUR DRESS MOMMY!" goddamned emotional terrorist.
-i'm ticked that this person has shunted to me work that s/he intially claimed for him/herself. because i don't feel like doing it. because i'm a child and all ticked that they claimed it in the first place.
-i have a ponytail today and i made it higher than i usually do for work so i feel kicky. except for the fact that i'm a grump. i'm a kicky grump.
I'm sorry DCAnnie. I am pretty sure men can't help but try and fix everything and don't realize how annoying they can be. Good luck on your surgery today and enjoy your dinner/desert when it's over!
puddle-:( I hope tonight is better!
s/o drinking heavily we watched Animal House this weekend and when it was over DH said he didn't think it was very funny. um, what? The one liners are frigging classic, I told him it was BLASPHEMY.
Daycare is SO exhausting!
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I'm judging your husband. That movie is a classic!
I made my kid cry last night while reading "The Best Nest." I was apparently too dramatic when Mr. Bird is upset that he can't find Mrs. Bird and thinks she's dead.
My h was out of town for funsies from 7 AM Saturday to 5 PM Sunday. I made a concerted effort to make sure that there was no lingering mess from the weekend for him when he got home so he could start the week off fresh - dishes and laundry done and put away, house tidy, bathroom cleaned, sheets changed, prep done for dinner through Wednesday. When I left this morning all the dishes from last night were still in the sink, his bag from the weekend was still on the kitchen table and he was moaning about vacuuming. I murmured some nonsense and left.
I ate four donuts yesterday and I still feel reeeeealy gross. This maybe should be in confessions?
Annie - Hope your surgery goes well and you have a speedy recovery!
And Puddle - Sorry, I already ate your donuts.
How do you feel about sister wives?
This made me LOL. I love your kid.
Good luck with the surgery, Annie!
I have three days left of work.
Finding someone else to hire my nanny is exhausting. I didn't like a lady I spoke to last night. I thought she was uptight and asked really intrusive questions. I don't want her to offer my nanny a job because I'm afraid my nanny will hate it.
Also she has three boys under 4. I put a post on a local parents' board, but I think I'm going to have to go the "email all attorneys" route today, because all the people who have contacted me from the local parents board are looking for a nanny they can pay like $12 an hour. Boo.
Do you do laundry? He will brew us beer, which he is damn good at it, and play endlessly with kids.
L got her 6-month vax yesterday, so was up more than usual last night.
The dog is sick and pooped twice and puked once in the house overnight.
The cat kept walking into the bedroom meowing because she has poop on her butt and she wants me to clean it.
Clearly, I slept well.
H is working from home to help out and watch the dog, thankgod.
1. My uncle is having his first novel published this month. H and I sent him a super awesome feather quill and ink as a congratulations present. My mother called me last night and said my uncle was so touched he cried. I feel happy about this, but also I'm pist that nobody else in the family seems to think this is a big occasion. My uncle's parents have apparently given him nothing but grief about the book b/c it's about a priest who defrocks and they think it's deeply scandalous and inappropriate.
2. The insurance company of the guy who hit my car last August have offered to settle, finally, which means a windfall of several thousand, which is a nice way to start the month.
3. I am lazy today.
Updated September 2012.
My school district is doing furlough days this week due to funding cuts. I'm pretty sure that's why random tween boys are wandering around the neighborhood.
I saw one of them open up a neighbor's gas tank cover and just leave it hanging -- still with the cap on, so at least he didn't put anything inside -- and then smirk at me as I drove by.
I turned around, got out and closed the cover, then drove up next to the kid and told him very firmly that I wanted him to quit messing with people's cars. He seemed kind of stunned that a stranger would say anything to him, but I hope he thinks twice before he messes with other people's stuff again.
Also, I think DD1 and I are going to make oatmeal-M&M cookies this afternoon.
DD1, 1/5/2008 ~~~ DD2, 3/17/2010
I am counting down the weeks until I can have a DRANK. Also I may or may not have researched how long you need to stay on the narcs after a c section. Since you know they stand in the way of me having a drink. No worries about that new kid of mine. That is what dads are for.
beer, beer, wine, beer
I love you.
Look at this:
http://redballproject.com/
A kicky grump, eh? I am picturing Lucy Van Pelt. As for the emotional terrorist, you could have grabbed her little dress by the front and told her, with a threatening smile, nose to nose, through gritted teeth, that you don't.like.hers.EITHER. Two can play at that game.
Ok maybe not. That seems wrong, in retrospect. lol We were sitting around with the boys last night devising ways to raise a sociopath/psychopath, perhaps that would fit in with that.
I found a place that sells my dog's "special" food that is literally 2 miles away with more convenient hours than the other place that was across town. It makes me way too happy and I'm sitting here talking to my dogs about their food. They seem happy. lol
I'm getting the feeling to bake. I think I'm going to make Strawberry cheesecake muffins.
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