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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
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Hi.
Just felt like there needed to be a new post today.
Carry on.
Carry on.
Re: Hi.
I'm bored. All of my projects are on hold. So far today I've cleaned out my email inbox, done some filing and resisted the urge to do online holiday shopping.
Our Christmas cards were just delivered to work and part of me wants to start addressing them by hand for something to do...
Jake - 1.15.08
Liam - 5.17.11
I'm slammed at work - we seriously received close to 15 new projects this week, all due within the next 3-4 weeks, on top of the ones we're all already doing. I've never seen a December this busy. I've been logging in for 3-4 hrs every night just to keep up / get ahead. And I actually started thinking of hiring someone to wrap my Christmas gifts.
My neighbor just texted that she wants to stop over - I told her I can give her 10 mins bc of my workload. So, she recently just went back to work (flight attendant), as her youngest turned 1 last month. Her oldest goes to school with Gavin (different grades, though) and her husband is a pilot. Anyway, I'm afraid she's going to ask me if we could watch the kids one night or over the weekend or something, as her and her DH's schedules are bound to conflict with the holidays. Grandma just left today (she stayed for the past 6 weeks to help with overnights), but another friend and I have been the taxi for the kids to school and daycare. I don't mind doing that, as I'm going to the school anyway, but I have to draw the line at how much I can help. My own life is too crazy and her son, while a nice enough kid, is younger and very whiney.
She also already asked me to drive her to the airport for work this past weekend, bc her DH was leaving a bit earlier and taking the bigger of the cars to go off hunting for a couple of days, and Gma, her and the kids can't fit in the other car. I'm all about helping out, but if you decide you want/need to go back to work, and you have no family here to help, you can't ask others to go out of their way to make going back to work work for you. We all have our own lives to live. And, you know, her DH needs to work to make it work as well, instead of just taking advantage of friends.
And, I mean, I've only known her 2 months - I don't think we're at "that level" of friendship yet! She keeps sending me texts of neighborhood houses for sale, and we know we don't want to live in this neighborhood long-term!
This should be interesting. Grrr... I'm feeling very bah humbug, but seriously.
My three sons!
I couldn't imagine asking that much of someone I've only know for 2 months. You are right, her and her husband need to reevaluate their plans. It's great to have kind neighbors but they can't really think that is a viable long term plan. It's sounds like you've gone above and beyond already. It's ok to say no some times without feeling like a bah humbug.
Thanks, ladies. She ended up not asking for anything more than what we've already arranged. And, she does reciprocate and takes Gavin to and from school, if she's home, on the day the other 2 don't have daycare. That does help me out a lot! She's very nice, but I just get this feeling that they're the type that it's ok to ask favors constantly and I have to watch that.
Kris - I'm sorry. I've been in jobs where I didn't leave on my own terms, due to unemployment or life changes, so that makes it really hard.
She sounds like she was a lovely lady, and I'm sure you had an impact on her heart, too.
My three sons!