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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
Anyone have anything to share on this cold, but sunny, Friday in Minnesota?
Married: October 11, 2008
Re: AW/Vent/Confession
Here is mine...
Confession: I saw a document yesterday that I wasn't supposed to see. It revealed the fate of my job (and several of my co-workers). It's good news for me, but I'm having a hard time keeping my mouth shut to my co-workers/friends. Some of which are getting good news, others are not. We are supposed to officially get the news on Wednesday next week. It's killing me watching my friends squirm wondering about their jobs.
Can't think of a vent or AW right now...
Confession: When I was little, I had nightmares from watching Scooby Doo. I wasn't allowed to watch it but I'd sneak into the living room and turn the volume down really low when my parents weren't paying attention.
Vent: I've had a cold all week and I'm ready for it to go away.
AW: I have nothing, unless wearing pj's and not leaving the house since Sunday counts as an AW.
Tired after a long morning of hiking and swimming.
Vent: I'm tired of being sick and not being able to work out. However, Prednisone is the DEVIL. I'm on about 1.5 hours of sleep last night and about 4 hours the night before and I'm WIRED. Nuts.
Confession: Our taxes were screwy this year. DH received back pay from the military from his Dad last year. We specifically saved so that we'd be able to pay the taxes from the amount. However, didn't take into consideration that it bumped us up to the next tax bracket. <sigh> So we're paying in a large chunk to both state and federal. My confession: I'm still going to Chicago in April to meet up with a group of women I've known for about 10 years, even though we have to pay in and DH is still unemployed. I feel guilty doing it, but DH is insisting because I've been looking forward to it for months.
AW: I'm proud of DH. He's worked hard to meet the strict requirements for the Lap Band surgery and has it scheduled in a couple of weeks. I'm really happy that he's going to have this tool to help him with his health.
(Please forgive any typos, my fingers are flying with the medication and my brain has trouble keeping up)
That is AWESOME! There is nothing like being healthy. It's funny how much you take it for granted until you are not healthy any more. Surgery was the best thing I ever did for myself - I've lost over 130 lbs. Congrats to him! Wishing him much sucess & health!
ETA: If there is a weight loss surgery support group in your area - I STRONGLY suggest he join it (if he hasn't already). Even before surgery. It is a wealth of information and I truely believe it has kept me on track.
AW: I've been keeping my New Year's resolution weight off. It probably helps that I've been walking the dog twice a day instead of my usual once a day (Andy and I used to split dog walking duties, but he's out of commission with a broken leg)
Vent: I know it's petty, but the whole nest avatar issue is bugging me. Why is it so hard for them to get this fixed?
Confession: I have a good friend planning her wedding and she keep planning things that seem really dumb to me and I'm having a hard time keeping my mouth shut. I know it's not my wedding so I shouldn't worry so much about it. I've zipped my lip so far. I just keep picturing the whole event being a complete disaster.
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Vent 1: I think I seriously have S.A.D. (seasonal a-whatever disorder). I'm tempted to try one of those "happy lights" but they are so dang expensive! Maybe I need to up my thyroid meds, or vitamin D, or...I don't know. Something is just....off.
Vent 2: I'm smelling a toot and it wasn't me. Gross.
Vent 3: I feel like I'm in labor today. Yay for being a girl! (Boo!)
Vent 4: DH is swamped at work and doesn't have much time to get some house projects done and I don't want to try tackle them myself because if I'm going to be totally honest I'm not all that great with tools.
AW: I can't come up with another vent.
Confession: As you can see by my number of vents I am not having the best day/week. I have LOTS of choir rehearsals and a concert next week that I'm really excited about...I hope that lifts my spirits some.
AW: I got promoted this week! It's been 3.5 years since I started here and this is my fourth promotion. I know that curve is going to start to slow now, but I'm pretty proud of my accomplishments thus far.
Vent: I just want my H to be done with school. Between both of our full-time jobs, my part-time job, and his full-time school schedule, we never have any time together. And if we do happen to be in the same room together, he has homework. He gets stressed, which then causes me to be stressed. This summer cannot come soon enough.
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AW- My mom gave me a gift card for a massage today as a graduation present! I graduatedwith my AA in Dec and I guess she couldnt' figure out what to get me, and then last week her and my sister were talking about massages and it came out that I'd never had one before. Super excited :-)
Vent- The auto glass company was supposed to come to our house between 8am and noon tomorrow to replace DH's windshield. They called this morning and said they made a mistake and it will have to be between 8am and 4pm. Um no, ridiculous amount of time to commit to be home on a sat. So had to cancel.
Congratulations, Andrea! Do you have some fun plans this weekend to celebrate?
Vents:
#1. I feel like I'm the only one at work that is giving a sh!t this week. We have a lot going on, we're all really busy and it's going to continue this way through July. Just because we're busy, we still need to produce balanced and complete work. When I send IMs asking for updates, I will send them as a group including all of the people that need to be in on the conversation. It's really ticking me off that people don't even respond (either in IM or in person) and just ignore me.
#2. Even after one of my coworkers apologized, I'm still really p!ssed that two of my coworkers blew off a meeting that I scheduled yesterday. Scheduled it at noon and they left at 11:55 to go get Chipotle with the coupon I emailed out to them yesterday. They thought it was totally appropriate to do this. The coworkers apology was sorta BS though--she told me that her original intention was to have the meeting and then go get lunch and "if it weren't for Chipotle" that was how her day would have went. She went on and on about being up at 4am and being hungry early. I don't give a fvck what time you were up. If you have a meeting at noon, you can make other arrangements for your lunch. Eat before the meeting. I told her that I was upset because she wouldn't do that to our Boss, so why was it appropriate to do that to me?
No confessions, as you can see it's been a sh!tty week.
Wow, that's a lot hanging over your head. I can't imagine how difficult that would be.
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Thanks, Amy! No plans (see: vent).
Sorry your coworkers are being so disrespectful and unprofessional. I'd be very frustrated, too.
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Vent/Confession: I am frustrated with my body. I had to stop taking hormonal birth control because I was getting monthly migraines (with my period) with the sparkle-bright spots, and my doctor is worried about the stroke risk if I continue on hormonal birth control. I don't want to have a blood clot/stroke problem- so I fully support going off hormonal birth control.. but now I have killer cramps, my periods aren't regular, my skin is breaking out and we have to use non-hormonal birth control (condoms) which sucks. Plus, I'm still getting migraines - although not as frequent and not as intense.
Also - the migraine I had on Monday night/Tuesday morning kept me out of work and I had some odd dreams from it. One of my dreams was that my brother was very ill with some disease and he decided to do a doctor assisted suicide. We all said our goodbyes in the dream, and then my brother administered his own euthanizing meds - which were scrambled eggs. I woke up feeling so strange from that dream!! My brother is totally fine & healthy, but did break up with his girlfriend.. so maybe that is what the dream was about?
AW: The new-to-us dog. I'm so excited! I know it could be rough at first, but I think he'll be a great fit for us and for Chloe.
Yay!
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Vent#1: I'm getting a cold. Ugh. I feel all heady and spacy.
Vent#2: Alexis puked on me last night. FOUR TIMES. This is the not-so-sexy-side of Mommyhood. Poor thing. Everytime she'd get sick, she'd cry and say "Owie! Owie! Owie!" after. Broke my heart. She's only 19months, so she can't tell us how she feels or what hurts. It ended up being a late night with a trip to after hours care and mommy didn't sleep for beans. So I'm tired on top of it.
Vent#3: I have a cold sore cropping up. GROSS & VERY UNSEXY.
Vent#4: I have my period and fee like crap. On top of the coming cold and lack of sleep.
Vent#5: We get Alexis' 18 month photos taken on Sunday. I hope we are all healthy (at least enough to fake it in a photo!) and this cold sore doesn't ruin any pictures with Mommy.
AW#1: We go to IRELAND in 3 weeks! Super stoked about that.
AW#2: Prof cancelled group paper #3 for one of my classes, and based on how we divided up the group work at the start of the class, I basically am done with what I need to do for this class. YAY!
Confession#1: I'M FVCKING TIRED. I'm just glad this week is over and I can (hopefully) relax a bit this weekend. Planning on a big nap tomorrow while Alexis naps.
That's all I got, but that's enough, really.
Confession: I haven't worked out the entire month of February. I know I should but I've had no motivation whatsoever. I'm making it a priority to go to the gym at least twice next week after work and at least 3 times the following weeks.
AW: I might have something for this next week but I'm not going to say it yet so as not to jinx it.
Vent: I really need gas and discovered last night that it jumped to $3.49 by my house and work. Ouch.
AW: I got nothing.
Vent: I got lots. First, conferences were last night at my school, and as a part of conferences, we fill out attitude sheets on each student, for our particular class. (middle school) one of my coworkers took my sheet, that I filled out on a students behavior in my class, and changed my answers. This is 100% supposed to be students behavior in MY class, not hers, and she felt she knew how this kid is doing better in my class than I did. PISSED, but I'm not tenured, and she is, and she kinds of always gets her way, so I can't do anything about it.
Confession: I really do not want to go up north to the IL's this weekend, and they won't even be there most of the weekend, I just want to go home and sleep.
A few AWs:
1. I've lost 5 lbs in the last 2 weeks from going to the gym 3-4 times/week and eating better. I feel great and hope I can keep losing.
2. I had my 6 mo review today and received a raise I was not expecting
3. Vegas in 8 days!!
Vent - I've got some sort of sinus cold cough crap that Big D passed to me earlier this week. No sense of taste right now, and I think I've gone through 8 boxes of tissues in the last 30 hours. Plus, I ran out of hot water when I took a bath this morning. ugh. The only saving grace is that I have a 4 day break from students, so I can rest up and I don't have to take a sick day.
Confession - We had p/t conferences yesterday, so I had to be at school from 8am to 8pm. However, my co-workers determined I looked and sounded too miserable, so one of my principals sent me home at 7:40. I told them I'd feel guilty if I went home early, but secretly, I wanted them to send me home. Only 20 minutes, but hey, that was okay with me!
AW - I am giddy waiting for our summer road trip in June. Big D and I are heading down to a conference in Phoenix, and we'll be making stops in Yellowstone, Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, and the Rocky Mountains. SO excited....and impatient! Still have 3.5 months to go.....
At least Dairyland will probably be open (yes, that's what I have to tell myself when I go up there).
You should try acupuncture. I used to have cramps so bad that there were times I vomited and passed out/blacked out/whatever you want to call it. No amount of OTC pain killers helped and I pretty much spent 2-3 days a month in bed. My periods ranged from 3 weeks - 5 weeks. I started acupuncture and that was the first month in a very long time that the cramps were tolerable. I still had them and took aleve but I could actually function. By the next period, the cramps were tolerable without any pain killers! By the next period, nada. I started going 2x per week to acupuncture and now I'm down to 1 day per month, just the day that I expect cramps. And my period is totally regular at 28 days.
Also, my doctor told me that taking an Omega supplement, vitamin D (especially if you're deficient) and magnesium should help. When I started taking this stuff regularly and my D levels went up, I was able to cut acupuncture down to 1 day per month without cramps.
I don't have experience with headaches and acupuncture, but it's supposed to help.
Tired after a long morning of hiking and swimming.
Vent: What is up with Cancer lately? My MIL is getting something removed AND her mom is as well. Screw off cancer, go to H*LL!
AW: today is the start of my Birthday weekend! I'll be 29 on Sunday. We are going out with a ton of friends tonight, and BABY making!!!I'm hoping for a Baby making Birthday!
Confession: I have been lurking way more then posting lately, I need to step my replies and posts up!
Confession: At work yesterday I noticed my co-worker intentionally left something undone, because she's just plain lazy. Normally I come swooping in and fix stuff 24/7. This time? I let it just sit there. I'm not cleaning up work messes anymore.
Vent: I have to work 25 hours between Saturday and Sunday. DH and I no longer work the same weekends at our respective hospitals. I do weekends every 3 weeks and he does his every 5; meaning we're REALLY not going to see each other anymore. By the time I see him Tuesday morning, it'll have been 9 days since I'd seen him last for more than 15 minutes at a time.
AW: I ran my first 7 mile "long run" on Sunday and did another 7-mile run this morning. I feel SO blessed that I'm feeling good today and can even put one foot in front of the other to do so.
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Evan James was born 1/24/13 and matched with us 2/20/13. The LOVE OF MY LIFE!!!
Confession: I've got nothing.
Vent: I have been a crabby pants all week. I'm tired, am getting over a cold (seriously, sinuses....just clear up!) and everyone at work is driving me crazy!
AW: Carly just started taking some steps on her own, and she is getting better every day! I'm pretty sure we are about a week away from her walking across a room! It is exciting, but bittersweet....she is growing up too fast!
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Confession - I left work early today because I just plain needed "out".
Vent - I had to buy a new tire today because my old one basically disintegrated. I am so not into spending money on this car. I had the perfect car picked out and have been waiting on my d#($ bonus from work since December so that I could dump my piece of crap vehicle and get a nice new one. Unfortunately, my perfectly priced perfect car sold this weekend. grrrr.
AW - I got nothing.