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FF Friday Confessions
It's been a while since we've done this.
We've hired a cleaning lady and I'm thrilled. She starts in November. It'll mean some cut backs in other areas of the budget, but I'm totally willing to do that to have this taken off my plate. Several of my friends think we're wasting money, and I kinda want to tell them to shove it.
One of the guys on my team for school really messed up our team assignment. We had to rewrite it with only hours to go before the deadline to turn it in. We got a grade back today and it was a B. I'm peeved about the whole thing but glad we managed to pull something out of nothing. It could have been a lot worse. Although he did forget to accept all of the changes before handing it in so a bunch of comments and things were still visible. Then he missed the team call completely. He called last night to apologize. He sounded so embarrassed and really genuine in his apology. I almost felt bad for him, but then I didn't.
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Re: FF Friday Confessions
I am waiting till after Thanksgiving and Jay's travelling to put Cody in his crib for naps and at night because I am afraid to use the monitors. Not because of it being a big step but because I am afraid I am going to be home alone and hear someone talking to Cody. I may have seen one too many previews/movies/shows about ghosts going after babies but it is a huge fear of mine.
Brie, your friends are just jealous! Not a waste of money if it's saving you time and sanity with your schedule.
Wow Shelley, what a shocker! Is your bro getting help now?
Mine is that I finally made a call to get a visit in with my therapist, I haven't been since February b/c I just don't have the time but I was pushed over the edge this week with one, it being two weeks before my period and it makes the depression worse and two, all the babies being born (SIL had a baby on the 13th too). It takes me back to how in pain I was and not happy I seemed in the hospital and I'm jealous of them and their seemingly happy pictures and I feel guilty I felt that way and wish I could change it. Nick helped talk me down last night but I'm keeping my appointment (and it's the same day I get a refill on my prescription written).
*note - I love hearing about and seeing all of our new babies and couldn't be more happy for the new mommies and love everything about them and their babies, it's just my initial experience and feeling I feel sad about and it comes back at times like this.
Not that I know of but as far as we know it has been years (like 7 or 8) since they last had a physical fight.
Oh, okay. Well I'm glad they seemed to have worked it out. Hopefully he'll be more involved with the family?
Not really sure if he will get more involved. I hope he does now that he has come clean and my dad is talking to him again after like 4 years. He has mostly used my parents as a bank for the past 9 years, my sister refuses to acknowledge him (and they're twins) because of something horrendous either he or his wife did to her 5 years ago, and I live 3 hours away and he can't afford the gas and tolls to visit. Last time I saw him or the kids was August or September 2008. We've kept in touch sporadically through texts and the occassional phone call.
Shelley. I'm afraid of that too. When we start our family I'm going ot have to go cold turkey on scary movies or I'll think everything is going to happen to our child.
I have zero motivation to do anything work-related today. I'm sure this will bite me in the butt at some point next week. I really have done almost nothing all day.
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Brie, Summer is right about your friends they are just jealous.
My FFC is that I have been depressed for the last 3 months about where Andrew and I are in this point of our lives. I never thought that at 28 we would be back living with my parents and not in a house of our own.
I have also been more upset about my BFN than I thought I would be.
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11.25.09
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Felicity's 6 month photoshoot is the same day as my nephews birthday. So we're 90% sure we wont go to the party because that's a lot of driving time for her in one day. And since they've canceled at the last minute on plans with us, I dont feel all the bad about it.
Also, I've been sleeping with DD in the bed, knowing that would make Dh sleep on the couch, and I only feel mildly bad about that. He's slept on the couch 4 nights in a row.
I'm a breastfeeding, baby wearing, cloth diapering, co-sleeping, anti-CIO Mommy
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