August 2009 Weddings
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Baby #2: Surprise BFP 9.19.12, EDD 5.24.13, natural m/c 10.19.13 at 9w
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Gripe of the day
I don't think our post doc from Iran understands the concept of a "thermostat".
She comes in and finds it too cold. So she turns up the dial all the way to the end.
I come in to a heat wave. I ask if we could turn it down slightly. So she turns it down all the way to the end.
It's an unmarked dial (old building) so it takes a lot of tweaking to find that happy spot which maintains the perfect temperature. She keeps messing it up. Sigh.
Baby #2: Surprise BFP 9.19.12, EDD 5.24.13, natural m/c 10.19.13 at 9w
Re: Gripe of the day
throat punch
Sorry, it's that kind of day for me already.
Baby #2: Surprise BFP 9.19.12, EDD 5.24.13, natural m/c 10.19.13 at 9w
I'm not totally sure that this is really a gripe, but I'm having a kinda brain dead day. I got dressed this morning wearing brown pants and red and orange argyle socks. I figured, hey, the socks don't matter since I will be wearing brown boots once I get to the office. But I got to the office, and my brown boots aren't here. They're at home because I wore them to go out last Wednesday after work. So now I am wearing brown pants, red and orange socks, and black shoes. Yeah, I look fabulous. Luckily, I work with a lot of men, so I'm hoping no one notices.
And Ringy, that sucks. There's nothing like being uncomfortably hot or cold to make your day a pain.
My day started out crappy when I had to drive in this morning. People apparently don't understand that you A)have to hit your brakes on a hill much earlier than one car length in front of you. I watched some asshat in a Honda Accord plow through traffic at a stop light at the bottom of a hill. He was the same asshat who was swerving in and out of traffic for a few miles in front of me. B)you cannot cut people off when there's snow on the ground. No one will stop fast enough. This includes the snotty teenagers that I would've nailed with my car rather than driving into a snow bank for. I felt bad for that lady. She didn't even honk or give them the finger.
We're supposed to get another decent snow storm on Thursday. I've essentially already called out.
Ringy: Sounds like it's time to use a sharpie and mark the dial in some way, so you know about what temp it is.
My gripe: We had to turn our self evaluations in on January 3rd. We were told reviews would be held within a few days. My anxiety level went through the roof, I'm scared to death of this review because everything here is so unpredictable. I just found out my review is this Thursday, nothing like waiting a month and now I feel sick.
Oh Ringy, that stinks! I agree with karimychel.
My gripe: I really hate when people try to pass off work on someone else. I have been working on a file for a couple of hours now, to realize that the person was trying to pass off her work on me. I have now closed out the file, nicely telling her that the (insert my dept) does not complete these types of calculations until all information from (insert her dept) is clear. Honestly I just want to march over to her and be like, do your damn job.
That's why I love you, kari... always full of solutions!
Baby #2: Surprise BFP 9.19.12, EDD 5.24.13, natural m/c 10.19.13 at 9w
My co-worker is an idiot. I don't know why after almost 3 years, he still doesn't know how to do his job. I seriously hope management realizes how imcompetent he is when I start my pregnancy leave and he doesn't have anyone to answer his stupid questions.
My gripe, silly as it may be:
I've gone back on the BC patch for the first time in five years. The doc told me the price "went up a bit" since the last time I used it. Yeah, a little bit is $30. With insurance. I'm essentially paying $80 for a band aid to keep me in the no baby club.
Ok I'm done.