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Two Things Tuesday?
Anyone around and feel like doing it?
Share any two things you feel like!
Here are mine:
1. My Droid X is not receiving email. I need to go into my email app and manually refresh. I have tried everything my google search has come up with trying to get it to work. I am so frustrated, I want to throw the stupid phone out of the window.
2. I can't stand SIL's boyfriend. I mean, he seems nice enough, but so annoying. They're super PDA and he is such a know-it-all. SIL is baby-obsessed so at the IL's cook out last weekend, she kept taking DS and handing him to her bf. So while there were cousins and tons of family who wanted to see DS, he was constantly with SIL's bf. It was making me crazy, and I would think of reasons to take him back without seeming like a b!tch (but I think I was anyway, and I'm pretty sure SIL caught me giving them the side eye).
Re: Two Things Tuesday?
1) I want the bridal shower I'm co-hosting to be here already. I'm so sick of thinking about all the things we need to do and just want to get everything done and be at the shower. I cannot wait to go food shopping for it tomorrow so I can check that off the list.
2) I'm disappointed that FSIL didn't ask my mom or myself if we wanted to go with her when she tried on wedding dresses (and ended up buying one). I also wish she'd picked a different color (latte) for the BM dresses. I don't dislike it, but for some reason I thought she may do yellow because she likes it and the wedding is in October. So again, just a little disappointed.
Did you delete all of your texts? I have to do that, then my email works again. You shouldn't have to, but that is just one of the few issues I have with my dumb Droid.
I do not care to have DS passed around to people.
Umm...let's see.
My mom is annoying me because she micromanages everything. My sister's wedding is in June. Of next year. So she's up my azz about making my reservations at the resort. I ignored her 1400 emails about it so she CALLED the travel agent and asked HER if I made my reservations yet. Luckily, the agent respected my privacy enough to say I was taken care of.
1. My building has 3 floors and the 2nd and 3rd are for my department, while the 1st floor has an entirely different department in it. I often see people from the 1st floor in the 3rd floor bathroom and it drives me crazy. I know they have no business on the 3rd floor and are just up here to brush their teeth or go #2 without having their coworkers in the same bathroom. Use your own bathroom and stay out of mine! This is irrationally annoying to me.
2. I brought a turkey sandwich for lunch today but I really want to go out and get something hot to eat instead. I might compromise and go out to buy a small bag of chips, since all I have is a sandwich of bread, meat, and cheese. I purposely didn't buy chips at the store because I know I would have eaten the whole bag in two days.
DH is out of the country this week, and he can't text on his work Blackberry but he can email, so we usually email a lot. I was at the blood-boiling, I-want-to-smash-this-phone point this morning, so thank god you solved that for me LOL
1. I wish someone would hire my husband. He's getting laid-off in October (or maybe December, they keep saying the effing date may change, but with no actual information), and he's sending out at least 2 resumes a week, and nothing. Not even a call. Stupid, dopey recruiters keep calling for things like temp jobs in Chicago, but he can't get an interview here to save his life. He's starting to get depressed about it, and it sucks. We'll be fine, because he gets 10 weeks severance and he'll be able to collect, but I worry that it's going to take him ages to find something if he gets laid off. And this will be the third time in 11 years - I worry about his mental health if he's not out of there before then. Not to mention, we're in a total holding pattern. We've been talking about buying a car, but we can't add to our financial burden right now. Shoot, I feel guilty about the amount we spent on the bed, and we really needed that. But I worry we're going to need that $$ in a few months. It sucks.
2. I finally lost a whopping 2 pounds (because I am at the fattest I've ever been), and how do I want to celebrate? With a Charlie's double cheeseburger. Sigh.
Lady E- I have a VERY similar SIL and SIL's BF problem. If I told you all of the things that annoy me about him/her you would think I am a crazy person.
1) I have been obsessing (up all night) over what it is going to be like once the baby is born, and all the problems with family/in-laws I know will happen.
2) DH's birthday is next week, and I keep trying to figure out where I should make a dinner reservation. Last year he didn't want to try either of the places I picked. I have asked him for some ideas, and he keeps saying he doesn't care. I am not sure what to do about that. I do know what he wants for a gift though, and that makes me happy.
My H does this all the time.
Me: What do you want for dinner?
Him: I don't care.
Me: Okay, I'll make meatloaf.
Him: Meh, I don't want meatloaf.
Me: Okay, I'll make chicken.
Him: I'm not in the mood for chicken either.
Me: I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T CARE!!!
Him: I don't care, I just don't want meatloaf or chicken.
Me: *head explodes*
We have this convo quite often.
Or he'll say, "So do you want to run A errand or B errand first." I'll say, "A" and he'll say, "Well I was actually thinking we'd run B first." So I say, "Then why ask my opinion if you dont want it?"
1) I am panicking that summer is flying by so quickly. I have a meeting with my grade level team in two weeks and I feel like that will be the end of things. I am very lucky as a teacher to have any time off, I know others don't, but each summer seems shorter and shorter and it makes it hard to slow down and relax!
2) I am almost done with my summer class, this is the last week! So hopefully after my final is done I can work on all of the projects around the house I have been putting off.
1. Communication at my workplace can be incredibly poor. I got an email an hour before a group meeting today saying if I didn't plan to attend that I should let my sector head know. Um, it would've been nice if someone let me know I was supposed to attend. Everyone had email handouts they were looking at and no one sent them to me.
2. I'm tired of having our vacation plans interrupted/postponed/cancelled. I need to get back out there!
I haven't, but I should. I know a lot of people who've lost a good amount of weight on it. I'll look into it. And congrats on the weight loss!
Can I add a third thing? I just found out that I have to travel to a conference that runs over Veterans day, which is a day we get off here. And I don't get anything in exchange - no comp time, no OT, no floater. Nada. So I now have to work two of the next three holidays we get, (because I have a program that runs on Labor day), and I am annoyed. Boo!
My sister does WW. It's a lifestyle for her and she really likes it.
Not cool! Is that even legal?
1. I've taken over someones responsibilities at work because they've taken on another persons. I'm really enjoying it and I hope that it turns into a new position for me.
2. I hate that the summer is going by so fast! I really want to get to the beach a few more times before its too late! My weekends are just flying!
My SIL is on WW and it's definitely become her lifestyle and she's done awesome. I think she's down about 50 pounds since Christmas!
1. I just started painting some sketches of some Beatrix Potter inspired paintings I'm doing to for my sister's friend who is expecting. Need to get those done!!!
2. I have an issue with a non-profit I work with that just will not go away. I thought it we had dealt with it, and that it was all fine, but the person who is involved just e-mailed and wants to have lunch to further discuss the issue... I hate beating a dead horse... oh well. I will just go and try to listen.
Well, I'm exempt, so yes? It's pretty crappy that they don't offer anything for working a holiday, but they don't. Up until my last promotion, I was non-exempt, so I was not cranky about it. (Double time-and-a-half for the win!) But so far this year, I've lost out on MLK day (I was in Jordan for a program), Presidents day (traveling), and now Labor day and Veterans day. It's not the end of the world, but it suuuuuuuuucks. Especially Labor day, because well, it's labor day! The whole point is to have the day off!
And on a non-whiny note, I really hope you get to take that vacation to Cabo, Rock!