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Vents?

Anyone need to get anything off their chests?  Let it all out!
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116 books in 2016

my read shelf:
Lauren (SnShne322)'s book recommendations, liked quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists (read shelf)
Wes: 10/8/2012


Re: Vents?

  • The amount of gossiping and meanness that is happening around my office is utterly astounding to me. There's whispering and name calling about people in our department and some that aren't.  I'm trying my best to not get involved.  I don't mind a little gossip, but this is getting out of control and if the people they were talking about got wind of it, they would be so hurt.
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    116 books in 2016

    my read shelf:
    Lauren (SnShne322)'s book recommendations, liked quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists (read shelf)
    Wes: 10/8/2012


  • I have a short sale that has been haunting me for the last 2 months and I am ready to lose my shit on the realtor involved.  She has been on my last nerve for the past 2 months and it is taking every fiber of my being not to rip her a new one. 
    90 books in 2015?
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  • MrsC7MrsC7 member
    Seventh Anniversary 5000 Comments 500 Love Its Name Dropper
    edited January 2014
    I secretly wish DC was getting a snowmageddon this year.  All the snow that my friends in the NE and Midwest are getting make me wish for Snowmageddon '10 again.  Getting a week off of work was glorious.

    ETA: I guess that wasn't really a vent. Sorry.
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  • I hate being a homeowner.  I have possible mold in my bathroom and I want to cry.  The genius that built my condo decided to put an A/C duct/vent RIGHT ABOVE where we shower.  There ALWAYS condensation which has resulted into mold spots.  YAY!' 

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    Joyce's book recommendations, favorite quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists (read shelf)



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  • There is so much shit happening in and around my company that I can't stand it anymore.

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    My favorite Cake Wreck ever.


  • I'm in the middle of writing performance reviews and this year we have a bell curve that we HAVE to stick to.  It sucks that I can't rate some of my staff the way they truly deserve to be rated just because we have a forced distribution.
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  • DH had some health issues this week.  While I don't want to minimize it, he always goes off the deep end.  I practically have to shake him to keep him from going into a death spiral.  I was so irritated Sunday and Monday that I was almost outright mean to him.

    To add a layer of guilt, he thanked me for being so awesome. 
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    116 books in 2016

    my read shelf:
    Lauren (SnShne322)'s book recommendations, liked quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists (read shelf)
    Wes: 10/8/2012


  • We got new computers at work the other day (thanks to our new parent company) and they blocked YouTube. Boo.

    I also had to listen to my co-worker complain for close to two hours yesterday when her PC wouldn't start up. You're having computer issues, I get it. I don't need to hear about it every 30 mins.

    Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it's quite rusty.”
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker

  • My new SIL's sister, cries on FB all the time, she recently got in a car accident, it was the other driver's fault and it was a minor accident.  I understand that they are scary but it's not the end of the world. She just posted this, JD is feeling helpless, "I don't think it's fair that I have to suffer because of someone's mistakes...".

    It is taking every ounce of self control not go give her a gigantic dose of reality and tough love.  She needs to get a grip, shit happens in life.
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    Books read in 2011: 111
    Books read in 2012: 100
    Books read in 2013: 75
    Books read in 2014: 130
    Books read in 2015: 98
    my read shelf:
    Jennifer's book recommendations, liked quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists (read shelf)
  • Work is insane right now and I just want to curl up in the fetal position and not do anything. 

     

     

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    my read shelf:
    Denise's book recommendations, favorite quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists (read shelf)


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  • The ad on left is annoying. I don't give a shit about the League of Angels game. Looks like weird animated porn to me.

    DS & I will be having a come-to-Jesus meeting this weekend. He'll be 3 this month, btw. He likes/demands that I lay down with him in his toddler bed to fall asleep every night. I end up laying in there every night for about an hour or so. An hour that I could use to actually talk to my husband, clean up a little better, exercise (yeah, right!), or read. This hour doesn't include the 1/2 hour that I spend reading to him every night. I love doing that! I started this crap even though I knew it wasn't a good idea, so now I have to face the music and get him to lay down without me, which he does at daycare just fine btw. It will not be a fun weekend in my house. By giving in to him early on about this, I just set him up for a tough time now. I am an asshole.

     


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  • My car didn't start this morning, so I had to wake up M and make him get ready quickly so I could drop him off at the train station and take his car. Which also means that I have to drive to his office later for our planned date night, instead of taking the train (aka, napping).

    I also managed to get myself volunteered for a business trip to Montreal this morning. With my boss. And he wants to drive. If I can't figure a way out of this, I might shoot myself.

  • I feel like I've become a dumping ground for all the work that needs done in the office.  I have so much stuff to get done I'll never catch up and every day I get more.  I'm really doing the job of two people right now and they do not plan to hire another person.  Its frustrating because its starting to affect the quality of my work and when I bring it up I just get dismissed. ~X(

     

  • I'm so sick and tired of not being able to eat what I want without a crap ton of prep.
    Parties over the holidays?  Either don't eat at all or bring my own stuff.  And not even necessarily stuff that I can share!  Bring in safe chips, random person finishes off a pizza and then reaches into the bag.  That bag is no longer safe for me.  Or being told that the dip at a party is gluten free as someone dips a pita chip directly into it.  That makes it not gluten free safe.  So I eat our little snack bag of carrots and raisins while everyone else eats macaroni and cheese and pizza.  It's a small thing, but it is so incredibly alienating in this society where we socialize over food. 
    And then the road trips lately...
    Having to research to death where it is safe to eat or bring a stupid amount of road food with us so even if there are no safe restaurants, hey!  At least there are meat sticks and chips.
    I looove road trips.  Or I used to.  I used to love going out to eat somewhere local and not even have to worry about it.  But hey lady at the last restaurant we went to before coming home, even if your fries don't have any gluten in them it does not make them 100% safe.  If they were fried in a fryer with things like onion rings, then no, they are not gluten free. 
    I feel so high maintenance and annoying asking all these questions about how they prepare food and ingredients in marinades and stuff like that, but I have to.

    my read shelf:
    Miranda's book recommendations, liked quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists (read shelf)
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    “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
    "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."
    "I don't much care where –"
    "Then it doesn't matter which way you go.”
    ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland


  • I have been bored out of my skull since Christmas at work.  I've been asking my clients what's going on, for new tasks, trying to be proactive.  They don't have time to look at the materials I've prepared because they're super busy.  Doing what?  Can I help with that?  I've becoming that annoying person.

    Today I get an email saying they forgot to include me on the review of a document that's about 3,000 pages, and can they get substantive comments by Friday?  Also the SharePoint site is down so they can't actually GIVE me the document until it's fixed because it's too big to email.  WTH!!!!!

    On another note our nice neighbors to the left moved in a really sketchy fashion.  One day they were there, the next day they were gone and a sign in the yard.  Furniture, everything, gone.  I work from home, and I didn't see them move.  Weird.  But I really hate the neighbors to our right and would give one of my big toes for it to have been them instead.

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  • I ordered books from Barnes and Noble on the 29th. The weather was bad but they're still not here. 2-6 day delivery! The tracking number they sent in the email is worthless! This is just one reason I never use them. I had a gift card.
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    Izzy and Baby A ~ Adorable Punks
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  • sassypants527sassypants527 member
    Eighth Anniversary 5000 Comments 500 Love Its Name Dropper
    edited January 2014
    DH is being wishy washy about calling the landlord about our heat pump, and it pisses me off. I end up calling them and then have to play middle man as I relate back to him (he works from home) what they've said/suggested and then have to call them and relay what he said.  It's stupid.

    Our LOUD coworker gets bent if other people are loud when she's trying to concentrate on something, but nearly every conversation she has is at a volume suited to a monster truck rally.  Today she baked one of those crappy little pizzas in the oven in the kitchen, and the timer alarm kept going off in the middle of a meeting that was happening in that room, but apparently I'm the rude person for interrupting a conversation she was having and informing her that she was possibly burning the pizza but definitely annoying the meeting people. 

    And for the thousandth time, if people don't quit scheduling meeting on my days off I'm going to lose my shit.  I'm sure as hell not coming in for them if they can't be considerate of my life!  Just make my schedule a M-F one like everyone else here, and I'll effin' be there!
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  • My CW just came in my office and yelled at me.  So I yelled back. I know, super professional. I don't know that I have ever raised my voice like that at work.  

    My doctor's office just called to cancel my appointment this afternoon.  I've already told work I'm leaving early and I still plan on it.  


    my read shelf:
    Lauren's book recommendations, liked quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists (read shelf)


  • Mh pissed me off yesterday. I am still not over it.
  • Menrandes said:
    I'm so sick and tired of not being able to eat what I want without a crap ton of prep.
    Parties over the holidays?  Either don't eat at all or bring my own stuff.  And not even necessarily stuff that I can share!  Bring in safe chips, random person finishes off a pizza and then reaches into the bag.  That bag is no longer safe for me.  Or being told that the dip at a party is gluten free as someone dips a pita chip directly into it.  That makes it not gluten free safe.  So I eat our little snack bag of carrots and raisins while everyone else eats macaroni and cheese and pizza.  It's a small thing, but it is so incredibly alienating in this society where we socialize over food. 
    This makes me feel so appreciated in a roundabout way. My crazy SIL has a gluten allergy and I made extra sure at New Years to have special stuff for her to eat and I even put extra away in case of any contamination and she didn't seem to care at all. I wasn't expecting flowers or tears of gratitude or anything, but a simple thank you would have been nice. I got a "cool".
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  • OMG I am going to murder my boss.  I'm going to hang him, draw him, quarter him and mount his head on a spike in front of the museum as a warning to all if he doesn't stop letting every Joe Blow into my archives room!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • I WANT TO READ MY BOOK ON MY KINDLE DESKTOP APP AND THESE PEOPLE KEEP EXPECTING ME TO WORK!!!!!!!

    SorryIamscreamingNotSorry.
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    Vellichor: The strange wistfulness of used bookstores
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