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only tuesday
...? how is that so!
running tonight and then FIL's birthday dinner. Whoopie.
we have a fun weekend planned, and this week is dragging a$$:
friday we head out of town for a wedding in Mass, it will be nice to see some old friends we havent seen for awhile. Saturday is my dad's birthday, so we are going to see "cowboys vs aliens" and i cannot wait. sunday is another long run, hopefully some beach time, and another wedding shower.
i just want it to be friday, can you tell?
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agreed that I wish it was friday!!
We got an invite last night for cousin in law's son's 1st b-day party. Not this weekend but next weekend. They live about 3 hours away. I was looking at the calendar and realized we haven't had a free weekend since June 4th!!!!!!!! That answered that question. I had sooo been looking forward to that weekend as the first weekend that we don't have anything to do. I think we're going to decline just for my sanity.
Other than that, nothing too exciting here. Was busy yeasterday so posted and ran. Gonna go back now and read posts. :-)
Happy Tuesday all!
i would do this too, we are the same way! since may though we have had things almost every weekend, even if we are home! that's why this weekend was nice, on sunday i got to get shlt done, plus relax. it was perfect. you deserve to decline!
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I agree. I can't believe it is only Tuesday.
Last night we went to Target I finally bit the bullet bought some maternity clothes last night. Most importantly I bought some bigger bras. I was holding off bc I knew I was going to get bigger but my poor old bra looked like it lost a fight and badly. I also bought a cute little blanket that was on clearance.
Morning. I am hoping to get a welcome phone call about the resume I dropped off last week sometime today. When I called to follow up yesterday he said he was planning on making calls in about 24 hours, and would put a note on my resume that I called. It would be nice to have something go right for a change. I am getting rather sick of not having money coming in already. BAH.
kinda having a blah day, I guess. Was informed by MIL yesterday while I was weedwhacking that H's grandpa almost fell yesterday... wants me to check on them today (like I don't almost everyday anyway) *sigh* I have my rescheduled girly doc appointment since she was out for a c-sect last week. Whoo. Have been trying to get some more stuff up on my etsy, but uploading pics keeps taking FOREVER.
Sorry for the vent. I have been feeling grumpy for basically no reason.
Last night I wanted to clean the bathroom, put away the mountain of folded laundry on our couch, workout, and shave my legs in the shower. None of those things happened, I watched two episodes of True Blood instead.
This morning I regretted that I hadn't already showered & shaved, because not only did it mean I didn't leave earlier than normal to beat the heat (my usual routine in the summer), I left LATER since shaving takes forever.
Then I get to my apartment complex's gate to the subway, and they're doing construction and tell me to walk around. I feel bad, but I blurted out, "Are you f***ing kidding me?! It's like an extra mile!" The guy apologized and said it's not his fault and my apartment complex should have told us, which is true. He also said the entrance is 'right there', which is a lie - I guess he didn't realize the whole thing is fenced off, so you have to walk all the way around the giant parking lot, down the street, then back through the giant parking lot. I did it once, it really is a long walk, and all the more frustrating because you feel like you're ten feet away from it the whole time. So anyway, I was drenched with sweat on the train.
Then when I got to work I ducked in the bathroom to dry my face off. Here's a tip: don't use toilet paper to do this. I had little pieces of toilet paper stuck all over my face, and almost walked out without noticing!
Aw, Laura, that sounds like a crappy ordeal just to get to the train. But I did have to LOL a little at the toilet paper. :-)
I was a total brat last night and pouted and ignored K because we carpooled yesterday and I told him I had some things I wanted to do after work. Instead, he got caught up in the lab and I was stuck here waiting on him til after 7:00 and the places I needed to go were closed. He got in the car telling me it was no big deal and I lost it on him. I feel like a total a-hole today, but c'mon - you could have told me you'd be 2309481 hours and I could have left and come back for you. Blah.
On the bright side, we finally got all of our travel docs for Africa last night. I'm so excited! This is actually going to happen. :-)
I'll take Thursday night. I'm leaving right after work with the dogs to go upstate for the weekend and lounge on my aunt's deck, drinking wine by the creek, going to the fair at night and just relaxing while my dogs frolic off-leash.
Last night I went to Target, did two loads of laundry, packed my lunch, watched two episodes of The Glades and one True Blood on DVR, and slept like buttholes.
I'm hoping today is a better day. I kicked it off with a large DD iced coffee and a toasted everything bagel with smoked salmon cream cheese. This is normally a treat breakfast for me, a large departure from my instant breakfast and piece of fruit that I've been eating of late. I needed it today.
I had to enter my time this morning. That pisses me off. I don't bill my muthafarquaring time so why the frig do I have to enter it? I had to go all the way back to April.
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Laura - that effing sucks, all of it. I hate having to walk around like that in the heat.
Rachel - I would've lost it too. I detest waiting on people.
Laura - I have a pouty lip going on for you...that's just a sucky way to start the day.
Rachel - I don't blame you for losing it - it's just common courtesy. And yay on travel docs!!
Major thunderstorms here, so I kept alternating between internet and satellite since they took turns being out of service yesterday afternoon. Particularly annoying since I was trying to order tickets and print stuff off my banking website. Watched Eureka and Warehouse 13 with K and then read a bit before bed. I started Room by Emma Donoghue yesterday and I'm hooked...
So far this am I've showered, paid bills, called for tree permits (we have 2 on the street that are diseased & need to be cut down), cancelled some of our unnecessary phone services and now I'm making the grocery list. Still need to tackle dishes and laundry and all I want to do is sit and read my book!
Only 8 days? Boo.
I am cranky as hell today. I do NOT want to go to the gym even though I know I have to go.
1) laura, i hate, detest, rage over sweaty walks in the summer. so awful.
2) rachel, i equally hate (maybe more so), rage, and detest waiting on people. HATE.
2B) rachel, when do you leave for the mother land?
update: i submitted a request to present to a HUGE (1000s) group of P.A.'s in New Orleans a month or two ago and today it got approved! I am going to New Orleans and giving my presentation
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I can't even express how cranky the summer can make me, and I feel like I'm often the ONLY person sweating that much. Everyone else looks warm, to be sure, but I will have sweat dripping from my face, running down my chest and back, and I look some kind of freak. Jeff and I have gotten into fights stemming from this, since he drives and I take the train, causing me to walk more outside. When I'm rational, I realize that the train is my choice, but OMG I HATE SUMMER.
And Rachel, we've had fights over that sort of shizz, too. Jeff is very bad at estimating how much time something will take him. I always feel bad for yelling at him, because he doesn't mean to be a jerk and he's also upset about working late, but it's frustrating when it effs up my schedule, especially if it could have been avoided. The last time he did that, he apologized by booking us a night at a B&B in Annapolis. If you give me your husband's number, maybe I can get Jeff to give him some advice
Kudos, Shauni...I'd be scared out of my mind in front of that big of a group.
This. Good luck!!
It's Tuesday and this is the post time I've gotten to post. I've been lurking hardcore, but by the time I'm done reading everyone's post, right as I hit reply, I've had to run off. hahaha
I feel like the old days, when I was but a wee bit noob.
Nothing to report here. Finally going back into the office tomorrow I think. Think being the operative word here. I might go do girlie lunch with a friend today. I guess I don't have much to complain about. yay!
I will grumpy face as a show of solidarity though for the evil, hot summer walks, husbands who such at time management, lack of sleep and because it's not close enough to friday.
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Me: 36, slightly elevated FSH. Everything else (hysterescopy, HSG, b/w) normal.
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Suprise BFP Jan 15 2013. Hope this one sticks!
I am still in a funk this week. I really, really hope to shake it soon. Plus I have things to accomplish and when I am in this mood I feel like I get nothing done.
I am working tonight and tomorrow and then vacation starts! The shoes I ordered for the wedding are not supposed to get here until Thursday though, which means we are waiting an extra day to leave because of them. Oops
Boo Tuesday.
Rachel- SO excited for your trip. Are you going to be travelling around Africa or staying in a resort?
Susie- Definitely not on board with this 8 days thing. Lame....more baby time, less work time.
Shauni- Major thumbs up on the presentation in front of *gulp* thousand+ people....that's amazing!
For me, I'm just over Tuesday.
Pro-getting off at 2 today.
Con- because Sam has to get his cancer spot under his eye scooped out.
Extra Con- as much as I love Sam, he is being a HUGE baby about this and makes it sound like he's going to die.
I just want it to be Friday so we can head up to Bodega Bay for the weekend. We're going up for the weekend and staying at this PIMP place: http://www.sonomacoast.com/rental_homes/detail/?q=7
Does anyone have a fast forward button?
Today needs to be over. Please and Thank you. I got up before the butt crack of dawn to drive an hour to do an eval on some guy I did last week but obviously, the nurses think they know more than I do and wanted me to pick him up for therapy so whatever, he's now on caseload. Then I spent two hours with the extended school year kiddo and now back home with my nieces and hubby.
We're going to *try* to make a crayon craft by melting crayons and letting the wax drip down on some white foam paper. Hopefully it'll turn out.
Back to work next week at either the schools or an outpatient pediatric clinic (fingers crossed I'm able to do the peds clinic). It'll be more money and it's less than a mile from the house. On cooler days, I'll probably ride my bike to work.
Shauni - That's awesome! I've never been to NOLA and really want to go. Good luck with the presentation - that sounds awesome and nerve wracking all at the same time. Does G ever get to go on any of these trips with you??
Also, we're leaving Sep 3. Can't.come.soon.enough.
Laura - I'll send K's number along. Sounds like J definitely has some tricks to teach him! An apology trip to a nice B&B sounds lovely. Lucky you with such a romantic hubby. :-)
Kaz - We're traveling around a bit. We're doing Victoria Falls for 3 days, then up to Tanzania for 2 weeks. We're doing mostly safari in Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti then ending in Zanzibar for some relaxing.
Kaz - sorry about the cancer spot. Ugh!
Shauni - Kudos on the presentation! That is awesome!!!
Sooo......how do you feel about stow aways?
I've heard that Victoria Falls is one of the most overwhelmingly beautiful places in the world.
I want to go to Tanzania SO bad. My dad worked in Malawi for years and has amazing stories. I'm sure you guys will have an amazing time!
I have a pretty big bag, I bet I could fit ya inside. You'll just have to cover baggage fee. Deal? :-)
I looked into Malawi when we were planning our trip. It looks amazing there. There's a really big lake that's really remote and amazing. I really wish I had more time to spend over there. I'd love to see Malawi, Rwanda (for the silverback gorilla treks), Botswana, etc., etc., etc. I should probably join the Peace Corps or something so I can travel like I want.