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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
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: Flameless Friday
I am actully really happy I am getting laid off on July 2nd...
I have hated my job the entire year and a half I have been here, but I have have not left because I was hoping to move to another department. But with the economy the way it is that will not happen!!
And since I get laid off on the 2nd I still get holiday pay for 4th of July (our holiday is the Monday) and I get insurance for a month
I have 2.
First, I hate my job. Hate, hate, hate it. The actual work that I do is meaningless and totally not fulfilling. But I work with nice people, get paid really well (considering I do tasks that a well trained monkey could do) and the hours and flexibility are awesome. So leaving would be stupid. But I literally could cry everyday thinking about having to come here and do this mundane crap.
Second, I post on the working moms board on the bump and this girl just made the most asinine comment ever. I want to jump her sh!t but since I'm still fairly new over there, I don't want people to think I'm a psycho b!tch. What's the comment? "...if you hate working so much, maybe you should have thought about that before you got pregnant?"
Seriously? Accidents happen. We did not plan to get pregnant quite so early but you play the hand life deals you. I also never thought I'd want to be a SAHM until my daughter was actually born. I work because I have to, not because I want to or like it. I feel much more accomplished when I've spent the day on the floor playing with N on her activity mat or singing Itsy Bitsy Spider than I do sitting behind a desk all day. She just made my sh!t list.*
I lied. It's 3.
We had to make the very hard decision to send N to daycare. And I feel like such a failure for not being able to do it all. But bringing her to work with me was just not fair to her at all. I couldn't play with her all day and I felt like I was constantly trying to get her to take a nap. The lady we chose to go with is super sweet and obviously cares a lot for N. And she is doing so great there. But I still hate it. I have cried every day this week and spend every morning telling N how sorry I am that I have to drop her off and promising that I will always come back for her.
*her comment was not directed at me; she was flaming someone else for commenting that she wished she could stay home.
it annoys me sometimes that DH is so tight with money. I get being frugal and everything and I know it's the right thing to do sometimes, but he is SO tight sometimes it's ridiculous. And I'm not someone who spends money carelessly anyway, especially since I stay at home so it's not my money to spend.
And on that same note, I think his mom/employer is sh*t because the business does REALLY well and she pays both he and his brother next to nothing, and does not include much in the way of benefits for them either, like health insurance or anything. And she works them like dogs, if they take a day off or even a half of a day, she docks their pay. But yet she won't pay them for working overtime. I really, really dislike her. And that's me being nice.
Also, I think my cousin is completely wacked out of her head. She met this dude online, he lives in another country. They skype or whatever. Well we get a wedding invitation in the mail, that she's marrying him in August. We got that invite, oh about a month or so ago. She just met him in person two days ago. I have no problem with people meeting online, a lot of people do and that's fine. But how about waiting till AFTER you actually meet him to get engaged and send out invitations. And she bought her own engagement ring. What if there is no chemistry? I wish the best for her, but doesn't keep me from thinking she's an idiot.
i wish HR or the person i interviewed with would call me back. i interviewed for a transfer three weeks ago and have been told twice that they should have a candidate narrowed down within the week, and it hasn't happened yet. i want this job so bad.
i am miserable where i'm at. not with the work, but with people. it's to the point where i'm applying for whatever i can find and i'm willing to drive into BR every day, rather than stay where i'm at which is ten minutes from my house.
and mrduetime wants a pool for father's day, which is cool and all, but i really don't want one because i know i'll be the one having to maintain it.
I had Reese at how far along you are today in your pregnancy!
I'm glad the iPhone 4s are so backed up with orders b/c DH was so dead-set on getting one right.this.effing.minute but I avoided having to order them b/c they're backed up past summer. I really didn't want to spend the money since I'm not working now.
I just got an email with some funny a$$ bumper stickers. I'll just share this one as to not start a debate:
There's some things going on at DH's work that are putting his position at work in jeopardy. I'm trying to be really supportive and tell him that I'll be happy if we eventually have to move. In all honesty, that's the last thing I want. I don't want to move, even if something were to happen. I'd rather him find a job here. On that note, I still haven't been able to find a job. I tell my family that we're fine (and I really believe that) but it really is frustrating and depressing.
i wish the old man who works in the shop with DH would quit or break a leg or something that would make him not work! he is a grumpy miserable OLD man who comes to "work" but doesnt so sh!t alll day and is pisses DH off and then he is in a foul mood in the afternoons which then puts me in a foul mood.....that old man makes my life miserable some days.
he refuses to retire because he hates his wife and does not want to be home with her all day. seriously.
and the owner of the company wont let him go because he has been there since the business opened YEARS ago and was a good friend of his dad who used to own it until he died.
i know you arent supposed to wish ill will on anyone, but seriously.....sometimes it crosses my mind. i mean, the old man lives in Tiger Bend Road which is on my way home, and i have seen him cross the street to get his mail, and actually thought to myself,,,,,,what if i run his grumpy @ss over........
1. I know I am more fortunate than most people, but I am dreading going back to work in August. I do not want to drop Nolan off at daycare, at all. I get anxiety just thinking about it. I want to be with him all of the time, and he is so used to getting attention all day long, I am afraid that he is going to hate going to the sitter's house. It makes me really nervous that he is going to be mad at me for dropping him off.
2. I am tired of people b!tching about what the Obama administration has not done to help with the oil spill. He pulled the BP guys into his office and came out with a $20 billion dollar settlement that has no cap. TWENTY BILLION DOLLARS. It took 20+ years of litigation to get anything form the Exxon Valdez spill. The top negotiation firm in the country said Obama had no chance of getting BP to commit to anything, and then retracted their statement saying how impressive it was. Not only did he get $20B to start the claim-filling process, but he also got $100M to help with the oil rig workers' pay to get the workers through the moratorium. I could keep going on, but I'll digress...