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Dear Community,
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.
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.
AW/Vent/Confession Friday
Okay ladies! It's Friday. Spill your AW/Vent/Confessions.
And go...
Married: October 11, 2008
Re: AW/Vent/Confession Friday
No AW's this week. It's been kind of a crappy week. Actually, the week hasn't been that bad. My attitude has been crappy.
Vent: The woman in the cube next to me has this hacking cough/cold and it's so annoying to listen to. She's also the one training the people in India to take my job, so maybe that's part of it.
Confession: I was working on my resume and looking at ads for jobs this week, and the thought of sending my resume to someone made me physically ill. I couldn't bring myself to do it. I hate that I have to look for a new job when I'm perfectly happy with the one I have.
AW: I won front row tickets to Dane Cook last night and it was AWESOME! We had a GREAT date night and took the fun bus back to the bar we left from so we didn't have to deal with traffic. And at the bar, they do a drawing for a $50 gift card after you get back and I won that!
I also got the mattress for the crib for Kael, so now they have everything they need except his bedding is not done being made yet. The room is set up and ready to go. He is due on Sunday so he can come visit Grandma ANY time now!
Vent: none right now...life is good!
Confession: I have ZERO ambition to cook dinner next Thursday. But with not wanting to go far in case Tiff still hasn't had the baby, we don't have many options. But, on the bright side, it would only be us and my parents. I think I will make Brent deepfry the turkey and then I just have to worry about the sides and desserts.
AW: This one is actually embarrassing but I started (finally) going through my "winter" clothes that I had packed away and found a whole bag of clothes with the tags still on that I forgot I bought last year. So they are new to me clothes for free (sort of). Woo hoo!
Vent: Ugh, I have a few, but nothing that I'd like to pour out over the internet. I'll just say I am so glad that my life has changed quite a bit in the last year.
Confession: I'm going home to FL in two weeks and I'm really not interested in seeing quite a few people that I'm "expected to." It's purely selfish, but true. I will end up seeing them anyway and being resentful that it's taking time away from the people I really would like to see.
Judging
AW: I'm super excited about a party I'm going to this afternoon. It's the first real outside of work gathering with coworkers that I am attending since I started teaching. I like feeling included
Vent: Luke won't let me get a dog right now. He wants for us to wait until we no longer have the rabbit, but that could be up to another 5 years before he's gone and I want one now. Though, after a conversation with him today, he said that if I can come up with a presentation to convince him to let me have my dog, he'll reconsider.
Confession: I took my first personal day today. The only reason why I took it was because I was seeing HP7 pt.1 at midnight last night, and decided that it was worth taking a mental health day for!
AW: I put 200% into a case for a really difficult client and we "won" far faster than expected. He's so happy that he referred 4 people to me in the last month.
Vent: Clients who refuse to face reality drive me nuts and scare me a little.
Confession: I haven't talked to my grandma in almost a year and a half. She sent me a note apologizing for the things she did and asking me to come to Christmas. I still haven't decided what to do because life is a lot more peaceful without all the added stress of those relatives.
Tired after a long morning of hiking and swimming.
Vent: My workout on Wednesday didn't go very well. My wrist has been bothering me and now my bicep hurts as well. I've been feeling sort of down about my progress even though I know rationally I shouldn't. I'm losing inches, the numbers on the scale just aren't moving as fast as I would like them to.
Confession: I'm really irritated with my mother and don't want her to come for Thanksgiving.
AW: My boss gave me a 97% on my bonus review.
AW: I've mastered curling my hair in that beachy wave style, and it is really cute.
Vent: Still no word from the rescue. After an email Monday saying the director would be in touch about meeting the dog, and then nothing, I finally broke down and called yesterday and emailed today. A reply said the volunteer would try to find out for me.
Confession: I haven't gone to the gym all week.
AW: not really AW, but doesn't fit into the other categories. This weekend is our annual Rock Band bash. Last year we ended up with maybe 20 people in our basement, and many many spent the night. I'm super excited, because it's really just nutty fun.
Vent: My students are so different from my last set of students, and I don't know what to do to connect with this group.
Confession: I miss my old school. My new school has lots of nice people, but my other school had a much bigger sense of camaraderie. I visited my other school yesterday, and got so much love from students it really made me miss things.
Confession: I failed my 1 hour glucose test this week. Not by much, but I still failed. I purposely scheduled my 3-hour for AFTER Thanksgiving. Dammit I just got my appetite back in the last month or so, and I'm going to enjoy the holiday first!
Vent: I'm just tired. I'm always tired. I have a really hard time admitting that I'm beat, but I am beat! I can't even walk the 4 blocks to my parking ramp without getting tired now.
AW: My coworkers threw me a wonderful surprise baby shower today. Completely unexpected, but it was so sweet.
AW - I can now run 4 miles straight without stopping. 4 months ago I couldn't run 1/4 mile without feeling like I had to spend the rest of the day in bed because I was so exhausted. My next race is on Thanksgiving.
Vent - I am really angry about some things at work right now. I feel like I'm being taken advantage of in many ways. Not sure how to handle it.
:::Our Adoption Journey:::
Evan James was born 1/24/13 and matched with us 2/20/13. The LOVE OF MY LIFE!!!
AW: My husband and I celebrated our "first starting talking" anniversary last night at 20*21. That's where we got engaged too. He is so sweet and sappy, I love it.
Vent: The heat went out this week, but then came back on. What the hell is that about? I have visions of having to buy a new furnace in the dead of winter. We just spend a lot of money fixing a water leak in our foundation, which lead to us having to replace our side walk.
Confession: Today will be the first day, I have worked out in a week. Boo!
AW: since joining the Y on a whim 3 Fridays ago, i've been to the gym 6 times which is (Confession) more than i went to Lifetime in the year we were members there. the group fitness classes are super fun and the people that go to the Y are such normal looking people compared to Lifetime. i just feel like i "belong" more at the Y. it's not scary to go to the gym anymore.
Vent: my former BFF/MOH [we broke off our friendship more than 18 months ago in a big, blowout argument and i have made one attempt to reconnect with her which she wasn't interested in because i wanted to talk through what had happened in the argument] sent me 1) an email, 2) a text, 3) left me a VM and 4) friend requested me on FB ON MY BIRTHDAY last monday. it brought up all these old, gross, angry, sad feelings and it made me very angry that she would be so selfish as to do this on my birthday. i wrote her a brief note telling her i just couldn't do it [attempt to be friends] because it hurt to much but that i wished her the best. she then sent me a REALLY REALLY long email which just irritated me because i feel like she just wanted to have the last word and make me feel guilty. i still don't know what to do about it.
I know exactly how you feel. I had a falling out with my best friend about 2 1/2 yrs ago. We made amends about a year later, but she made no attempt to be a friend to me again and blew me off several times when i tried to make plans with her. I tried bringing it up to her and she didn't get it, so we didn't talk for awhile after that. Then she reached out to me when she found out she was pregnant. By that point, enough was enough and I was done trying to be her friend. I realized that although she had been a good friend at one point, we had grown apart in different directions. It was hard to swallow for awhile, but I know the good friends I have now will always have my back. I'm sure you did the right thing for you.