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UO Thursday!
So many are snowed in...something's gotta be bugging you 
Mine: I was surprised to see the thermostat answers in one of the below polls. Some people keep it so cold in the summer, (and so warm in the winter!) and I'm pretty hot-natured. I shared some of it with H and he said, "What, do they hate nature?" H is by no means an environmentalist.
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Re: UO Thursday!
BFP#1 11.19.10 Missed MC 01.10.11 Sam & Alex
BFP#2 05.08.11 Birthday 1.11.12 Peyton
BFP#3 06.10.12 Birthday 2.14.13-Cooper
Congrats to my buddy Ambs21! Welcome to the world Audrey!
Congrats to my buddy Mork! Welcome sweet E!
eta: my UO is I've been looking around for a new job. I came across one that seemed great until one of the requirements was that you needed a Bachelor's degree and the job only paid $10. I was shocked. I don't have a Bachir's degree but I do have 6 years experience related to that field. It seems silly to spend all that money for a degree and then only get paid $10/hr.
Ami - those people are crazy! $10 an hour?!? What kind of job are you looking for? Have you considered working with a recruiter?
crazy! H and I have been talking a lot about whether or not he should finish his BA. He has like 18 hours left, but he won't make any more money or get a better job or anything if he finishes so is it even worth it?
I didn't answer the poll, but we keep ours pretty high in the winter (I think it's at 73 right now). I am very cold natured, and I can't function well at all when I am cold. We keep it at about 78 during the summer, though, so I think it about evens out. Plus, we do plenty of other things that are "green," so surely we get to have one vice. ;-)
IMO, yes, he should finish. It isn't about the job or the money, it is about the dedication. I know I am being overdramatic - but I think education is so important - how are you going to explain to your kids that their father was 18 credits shy of getting a college degree and elected not to finish?
78 in the summer is definitely respectable
I think a/c is a bigger deal here than heat. It seems to be a much bigger electric drain, at least for us since we have gas heat.
The people around here are trying to get out and about, today. Several of the neighbors have been out on their tractors clearing the roads and lots of others have been riding on 'sleds' behind vehicles or 4wheelers. It looks like they're having a lot of fun. Y'all... I'm so bored.
My UO: I know that riding behind a vehicle on a sled/car hood/trashcan lid/whatever is super dangerous, but I'd so do it just to get out of my house and have a little human interaction. I've done it before back when I was in middle school, and it was fun - although, there is no way in hell I'd get back on that car hood with that particular driver behind the wheel, now that I've grown up. But, with the right driver, right piece of equipment, and right road/pasture/whatever - sign me up.
Yeah, a 20 year-old woman died yesterday doing just that...
It is so dangerous.
I would like him to too, but he doesn't want to spend the time or the money on it. I asked him about telling the kids he didn't finish, but he said it was fine because their mother has a bachelors and a masters, so I make up for it! I disagree, but we shall see. I think he is just sort of burned out now and needs a break and he will go back.
Not to disagree with stripes, because there really is no right or wrong answer here--it kind of comes down to personal preference/opinion. But...
S is already showing your children that he has a phenomenal work ethic and is dedicated to providing for his family. He has an impressive job/career that he enjoys and makes more than enough cash for you to stay home and raise your family. I would think your kids would be far more impressed by this than worrying over him being 18 credits shy of a diploma. While I think it is absolutely wonderful to have a degree, I really don't think it will be an issue that you'll have to tell your kids about and have them be disappointed in dad. They're going to go to college if it's in their heart to go, and "dad didn't get HIS degree" won't be an argument, in my opinion. I think if he wants to go great, and if he doesn't, that is great too. If he ever needs it in the future for his career path, he only has a minimal amount of school left. If he doesn't foresee it being needed at all and is burnt out at this point...I'm not sure why it'd even be an issue for now.
AHAHAHAHA I just realized this morning that it was just now Thursday and that I posted the UO thread a day early.
All these snow days with H at home are throwing off my internal calendar!
Another UO from me (but this is a "we" and not just a me): We don't like Valentine's Day. We don't celebrate it. We make fun of those who do.
I have a few friends who posted on FB today about how they need their kids to go back to daycare so they can relax because it is too hard to be at home with them. It really irritates me that these are the same friends who say how lucky I am to stay at home with my kids. Now, I totally understand needing a break and I know it is hard to be stuck inside, but really?
I'm ticked because I am the only one here today covering two offices. People either have kids (schools are closed) or live out in the country and can't make it in. Half my class already called and said they can't make it in tonight. Why the heck are we even open then?
Along the same lines, I am sick of having to work evenings/weekends because I don't have any children. I know it's hard to arrange for someone to take care of them and kids get sick and whatever, but those of us who are without kids or are single often get drafted to pick up the extra work - I feel like it's to a point where it's assumed and I get taken advantage of at this point. "Oh, gotta get my kids - you'll stay and finish that project, right?"
Also, I didn't realize UO was a day early until this afternoon. I'm all thrown off too.
Yesterday, after two days of being stuck inside with my H, I really wanted him to go back to work. I love him lots, but after two days of being snowed in, I needed my space.