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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.
Wednesday Whine!
Ok ladies- Whine / Vent away!
Don't worry about tomorrow. After all, today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. Take each day as it comes...one at a time.
Midnight Baking Adventures Blog
Re: Wednesday Whine!
A co-workers birthday is coming up and I keep getting emails to chip in money for a birthday present for her. I barely know her and I don't even work in the same dept as her. So I have been ignoring all the emails.
I got an email listing everyone the email has been sent to and whether or not they have chiped in money. So everyone else knows I didn't chip in anything. That is rude!
We have something called the "sunshine club" here- everybody chips in like $20/year, and we buy birthday cakes once a month and cards for everybody's birthday... works out well and keeps from that awkward kind of situation.
Robyn-That is WAY rude. I can't believe they did that.
My whine is travel related. I just hate the restrictions Orbitz puts on ticket purchase. And I hate more that I keep putting myself in these situations even when I try so hard to prevent them.
My dad mentioned a way you could transfer the ticket for another trip. He said that most people don't know about it but you would have to escalate it probably a manager within customer service from the specific airline. I will email him about it. It doesn't hurt to look into it.
The thing the company pays for cake and ice cream once a month to celebrate everyone birthday that is that month. There is no need to do a seperate birthday cake.
Robyn~ That is so ridiclous and rude. It doesn't matter what your reasons are, you shouldn't feel pressured to give money. Our office just passes around a folder with an envelope and card. If we want to contribute we can or just pass it on.
1. My Java isn't working on my computer again, and I don't want to call to have them fix it again, but all of the applications I use for my job use Java.
2. I've been in a funk all week, and just can't seem to pull myself out.
That reminds me of The Office episode where Jim decides to just celebrate all the birthdays in a month at once instead of individually.
And they get ice cream cake, and Merideth is allergic to dairy. hahaha oh, crap this is suppose to be a whine post.
Um, my Ipod got stolen awhile back, and I hate that I can't listen to music I love any time I want.
I also loathe my co-worker, and can't stand when he puts his 2 cents into conversations. hate it!
I hate that the kids are sick. I hate that no matter what we just can't keep the house clean and a maid isn't in the budget right now.
I hate that Sarah has become a biter. She's never done it at home so I can't discipline her for it. She only does it at school - she doesn't even do it when she sees her friends outside of school. I dread going int the daycare center to pick her up for fear there's another incident report saying she's bitten someone else. I've talked to her about how we only use our mouths to eat and drink and kiss but not to bite. We even sing to her the Don't Bite Your Friends song and watch that Yo Gabba Gabba episode every night. Nothing's working...And what makes it even worse is C doesn't see it as a big deal so he gets frustrated when I get upset about it.
I've talked to the teachers and the center director and they have no suggestions...I'm hoping she'll grow out of it as she becomes more verbal and can express what she's feeling (in lieu of biting).
At the center I interned at we had some habitual biters. We had their parents attach a teething ring to them (you know on one of those clips that keeps from dropping a pasafier) and everytime they went to bite another kid we'd stuff the teether in the way and we'd teach them to bite the ring instead of the other kids. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not, but it might be worth trying.
I've left some frozen teethers there for her but that's a good idea! Thanks!
Robyn, that is very of your cw to expect you to give $ for a present. You shouldn't have to do that.
Melinda- hope you feel better.
It's hot. I am so done with this weather.
Robyn - that is so rude!
Here are my whines/vents for today...
CW (the one that wore the same clothes 2 days in a row) has decided to use the speaker phone option on ALL of his calls. irritating to the 10th power!
The baby is teething and woke up about 7 times last night. I am tired & sleepy.
I'd rather be at home sleeping or decorating for the fall season.
Can Friday not get here soon enough???
Mine for today: My wrist and index finger hurt a lot... I think I might be getting carpal tunnel.
I just got emailed a 68 page powerpoint and 60 page training manual that were completed by someone else, and must be completely revised / edited / fixed by Friday afternoon... this person had NO idea what they were doing so its a LOT of work... and I was planning to call in sick tomorrow
I feell ike starting a whole new post my for my WW.
My boss sucks. She made me cry today out of frustration. Smart girl that I am, I went into the bathroom and did it alone.
Is it Friday yet? Please?
Charlie is sick. I feel like it's my fault because I had to have Roy help me sometimes when he was sick, thus exposing Charlie to his illness. I feel like I should have been a stronger person and been able to do it all on my own, even though I know that I did do most of it on my own.
Plus I'm just worried about Charlie. We've never dealt with him being sick before.
Oh Jen, I am sorry to hear that! I once had a boss yell at me to the point ot me sobbing, tears and snot streaming down my face and she just kept yelling. She even walked away and then came back 5 minutes later and yelled some more, making me cry even more. I quit that job after 10 months.