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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
Okay ladies, I haven't seen this post in a while so add your AW, vent and confessions here!
Re: AW/Vent/Confession
AW: My H rocks. I was recently surrounded by ladies who couldn't stop complaining about their Hs. I honestly can't complain about my H (yes he's gone a lot but he's awesome regardless).
Vent: There is a lot on my mind and I really have no one to talk to about it but H. It's really frustrating not to have friends over here that I can trust. All of the women I've met here have either been flakes, backstabbers or have a lot of drama.
Confession: I'm not entirely sure how well my coping skills are going to be while H is away this time. I don't have a good support system here (see above). I also have this feeling that he won't be coming back and it's making me anxious. I've never felt this way for any of our separations which adds to the anxiety. I've experienced this same feeling (like a weird calm) before in several other situations. I somehow knew it would be the last time spent with this person and it was.
AW: We finally ordered cable! I go in to start all the paperwork for my new job today!
Vent: Sometimes I feel like H is so nice to everybody that he gets taken advantage of.
Confession: I love my H but sometimes I want to tell him to stop being so nice (see above)
The Dogs and Us
AW: We're yanking out the icky high pile carpet in my bedroom and I'm getting hardwood floors. It's going to be so wonderful to not wake up to Rudi scratching himself and I'm excited for the ickies in his eyes to go away. The wood is all salvaged from another house, so it's free and green.
Vent: Our roommate situation is going really, really badly and it hasn't even been a week.
Confession: Joe and I are gathering lists of available houses, rentals, and homeless shelters to pass on to roommate since he's not doing it himself.
AW: I got a card for H yesterday. It was really sweet and cute!
Vent: I hate how people in the car pool will try to force their big a$$ mini van in the drive way to the school only to end up blocking the intersection. This caused me to miss the green light and had to sit and wait for the next.
Confession: I had a little bit of road rage this morning.
AW: I'm feeling awesome today. I found a skirt suit at a consignment shop for $15 this weekend and am wearing it today and have received several compliments on it already. Ego boost!!
My vent is long (and needed), please be patient:
I feel like my home is falling apart.
We had it leveled about a month ago and ever since: the back door is a pain in the ass to open, shut and lock. The chimney leaks big time every time we get a decent amount of rain. The carpet by the back door has a huge water stain because of said leak. DD had her hand on the wall by the door for extra leverage while trying to open the door to let the dog and ended up putting her hand through the wall so now we have a hole that needs to be patched up and the room will have to be painted because we don't have the paint color to cover up the patch. Came home last night to see that hole has turned into a ripped out section of the wall with a fan set up to dry out the space that you can see through to outside (holes in the brick work!!) "Small" project has turned into a big problem.
My kitchen bay window's ceiling was ripped out two weekends ago because 2 mos. ago the a/c unit located in the attic leaked and that water came through the ceiling and created a huge mess and crack, etc. So 2 w/e ago, people came to tear out the ceiling and set up 2 huge fans and a loud ass dehumidifier to dry out the area above the ceiling which had to be left running all weekend long. Fortunately it is now gone and yesterday the repair man is came to put in the new ceiling and today will be repainting the whole kitchen. In the meantime, my home is a disaster zone as we had to remove our hutch with all that was in it so that the room could be painted.
The shutters outside our bedroom window are falling apart, so DH took them down yesterday and was going to install new ones only to discover that the ladder we borrowed is too short to get the job done. So we'll need to rent one from Home Depot, not too big a deal.
The crawl space cover is rotten and falling apart and needs to replaced.
The house still isn't quite level and we are unable to shut our bedroom doors. They cannot continue to level the house for another 5mos. or risk cracking the framework of the townhouse.
The gutter in the back of the house is pulling away from the house because the wood behind it has rotted which is also part of the cause for the chimney leaking since it has eaten away at the mortar on the bricks that slant down so that you can just pull them off with your bare hands.
Joy.Confession: I'm excited that we have been forced to paint the living room; I was sick and tired of the color that was/is there. But I'm ticked because K only gets every other weekend off because of his work schedule so instead of doing something fun with L; we're having to do home repair on a place we're renting.
Aw: I'm very thankful I have such a great guy in my life for once. He is an amazing person and will do anything for you.
Vent: Being late to work on a daily basis is really starting to get to me. I'm counting down, I have a week left, until I get to transfer closer to home. This 45 min commute is torture.
Confession: I'm closing on my house next month. The bf and I have only been dating a few months but I'm starting to daydream about what it would be like living together. It is not something I'd rush in to because I have to get my son use to being in his own room and sleeping in his own bed before I even consider letting bf move in with us. It's still nice to dream though.
AW: new addition to my foot.
Vent: I'm not sure I like the fading on his face... but his face and tail/butt hurt the most, so I dont know that I want to go back and get it fixed...
Confession: I should be taking advantage of my free time since I am off working... like writing grad school applicatoins, or packing... but I have been trolling around the internet for two hours. silly Jilly
I changed my name
I think that's a normal feeling to have once in a while. I'm sorry you're feeling anxious, and I'm sorry the spouses suck!
Confession: We are supposed to drive to J-ville this weekend for a family wedding involving the IL's. I want to see the family that is flying in, and my sister lives there with her marine husband that I've never met, so it should be an awesome time. I just don't want to go. I don't want to pack, I don't want to drive, and I don't want to miss two workout days. I don't want to eat all the fast food that I know will be eaten, and I just don't want to deal with it in general. I don't know what's wrong with me.
Also my fantasy football team is falling apart and I want to quit.
AW: DH is on special duty this week, and it has him getting home earlier than normal. Loving the extra family time.
Vent: I kind of hate my neighbors dog; mainly I hate that when it is outside (almost all day everyday) I feel like I can't be in my yard. It goes crazy barking at us through the fence for hours and hours on end. Even if they are home they don't do anything about it. It's even worse when they have the pup out front with them. They don't keep it on a leash or tether so it comes tearing across the yard at us, barking and growling at us, circling our cars. It annoys me, scared the baby, and I'm always worried we're not going to see it one of these days and end up running it over.
Confession: I have a LOOOOONG list of things I'm supposed to try to get done today. It's 1000 and I'm on the couch, watching TV and playing with LO instead of tackling that list. I may or may not find the motivation to do something...lol
Vent: the next person that says to me "at least your husband is only at Ranger school and isn't deployed" will NOT live to see their next birthday. You hear from your spouse more often while deployed then you would at ranger school. And my hormones are wack right now, don't eff with me.
Confession: I can't deny it anymore...I LOVE country music!!!
I'm on my phone so sorry for the wonkiness.
you would be totally justified! That absolutely sucks that he's gone, I'm so sorry. Also, as a side note, I saw on your blog where ya'll hit up Charlotte. That's only a couple hours away, max! We should so have a G2G sometime!
AW: I'm so glad I have such a wonderful husband, family and friends. I'd be a huge eff'd up mess without them.
Vent: I hate my cell phone! I'm about ready to throw it up against a wall. I used to have great reception in the house, and now its totally crappy. It freezes all the time and opens up random programs. I desperately need a new one.
Confession: I've been feeling really lazy the past few days. I still have a lot to clean and organize before the baby gets here. I just don't have the energy to do it all.
Spunky, I'm sorry you're feeling that way. (hugs)
AW: My husband is absolutely amazing AND I am not doing as terrible in my class as I thought I was. Double AW.
My teacher told me to stop worrying because I was doing great. Big relief.
Vent: My house stinks of squirrel again. I want this to end. Now.
Confession: I am freezing in my house, but I don't want to turn the furnace on right now. I love the cold air and not paying anything to heat/cool the house. But I may crack soon if it doesn't get better.
The most beautiful place on earth to me: Glacier NP
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Where are you again? It would definitely be fun to G2G with the babies when they're here
AW: I taught DD to say "Reba" whenever we play her music. heehehe!
Vent: I have two major work projects a year. We only have a department of 5 people so we all pitch in and help out with each other's projects. Well one of my major events is next weekend and one of my coworkers has yet to take part. It's just disappointing.
Confession: I'm worried about DWing returning. She is so much happier with the work she is doing now than the job she had before (and which she will return to).
Vent: I took in this sweet little kitty in hopes I could find her a home within my circle of friends/family. Now I'm seeing that might not happen...and I'm not sure what to do with her. Even though I got 2 of my own cats via Craigslist, I'm super wary about rehoming her through that but I feel like if I keep her much longer I'm going to get too attached...
I'm kind of stuck.
67/200
We're around Columbia, SC.
Our dog flew into Charlotte and DH is wanting to go to a hockey game there this winter.