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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.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Re: Flame Free Friday
I got nothin'...I'm feeling really blessed.
Yeah, shocker I know!
My family is driving me nuts!!!!
My step mom has officially pushed me over the edge. She is way too high maintenance for me right now. Not only did she not ALLOW me, DH and DD to stay over at her and my dad's house when the storm knocked out our power for 2 days (yes I understand that ultimately it is THEIR house but I have a hard time thinking she would do the same thing for her "real" daughters - I mean, they have 3 empty bedrooms). It's not like DH and I are irresponsible and didn't pay the bill ... the storms caused it and everything was out of our hands.
I haven't talked to her since and today she calls me to see if I'm getting my dad a father's day present ... which is wierd because when have I not gotten my dad a present? Well, I was on the other line talking with my sis-in-law and didn't get a chance to click over ... she got upset. So my darling step mom calls my dad and my dad is now upset at me. Seriously, I think I'm too old for this kind of stuff. Now that I've tried calling she won't answer ... ugh, family drama drains me.
I think we should be happy that we have jobs and we are healthy. Why does she constantly have to be the center of the universe??? I'm done.
Thanks for the vent, not sure if that is what FFF is for but I needed it!
IDO... that sucks. I'm sorry you have to go through that.
I dont have anything really flame-worthy today. I am pretty exhausted from moving offices... but I am FINALLY in Frisco. There are still a few more trips left... but my computer is back up and I am good to go. Phew.
ohemgee I am so glad it's almost the weekend...... yaaayyy...
I was supposed to have jury duty on Monday, but I was able to reschedule thank goodness. This will be my first jury duty ever, but I really needed to resched. because I had forgotten to tell my boss, and when I did tell her she said, "that sucks". I really don't want to go even though I know it's my duty as an American citizen. T keeps "guilt tripping" me about it telling me it's the least I could do for our country and yada yada yada. I know it's my duty, and I know it doesn't even compare to what our military friends do, but I still don't really want to go.
Also, I really don't want to go to this wedding in Lufkin tomorrow. I'm hoping we only have to stay at the reception for a minimal time.
I just paid $22 for 2 adult tickets to a movie theatre.....
That blows
I miss the $4 movies in college station.
I think clothing stores should be required to have dressing rooms with doors - not just curtains! In stores that do just have curtains people better keep a close eye on their children!
I was trying on some clothes today and a little boy decided to open the curtain to the room I was in. The entire store got to see me standing there in my bra and panties. His mom did nothing about it - just laughed at him. I was NOT a happy person.
Everyone who has lost their job and has decided to become a teacher, drives me nuts. I'm not saying it's necessarily the girls on this board, but almost every single day I hear of someone who lost their job and decided to become a teacher. Teaching is hard. It is draining. It takes a ton of patience and a ton of grace. I also think alt. cert. programs are deceitful about hiring. It's not real easy to find any kind of teaching position.
I'll step down now from my soap box.
Thank you. I'd like to second that. It's not that I am against the alt cert programs, or think those people will be bad teachers at all. But it is a little upsetting when it is what I went to college for. I spent 4 years getting a degree to be a teacher. These programs give people like 4 months and think that's all they need. Maybe I'm the stupid one for getting an education degree instead of something else, but I don't see alt cert programs for drs or lawyers or business men. How come, hwen people lose their job doing something else, they think teaching is the "automatic backup"?
* I promise I'm not aiming this directly at anyone on this board, and their are good alt cert teachers out there, but it is just very frustrating for someone who is 100% certified and spent 4 years and lots of $'s to get there...
Ugh- annoying! But, I am impressed you were trying on clothes! I haven't bought one single item other than maternity clothes, or even ventured into a clothing store, in months. I can't WAIT to shop again, esp at some of these really cute Japanese clothing stores, once I pop this kiddo out. I walked thru one of the local malls the other day and just wanted to cry b/c I'm dying to shop, but have a big ol' belly in the way!
I was shopping at Motherhood Maternity - all of my shirts and getting too short.
The job fair roller coaster is killing me too. I'm hoarding my last 4.5 hours of PTO for when/if they decide to hold it.
I'm going through alt cert and I totally agree with you guys. In my classes I've met tons of people who just decided to become a teacher one day because they hate/lost their job or they want summers off. Those people frustrate me to no end. I spent tons of money on my social work degree only to spend two years in the field regretting it every day and wishing I had gone into education earlier. But that's what happens when any 18 year old tries to choose a life-long career out of a college catalog. Lots of people with education degrees can't hack it as teachers, and likewise lots of people with other degrees regret what they've chosen. It took me going through a lot of soul searching to decide to do this, and I know that for some of my classmates, it was just a whim or a last resort. But I don't think anyone should look at teaching as a "back up plan". It either is or isn't what you feel called to do, regardless of when in life you decide to do it.