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FFFCs/AWs/Vents/Whatevers
Happy holidays, everyone! I'm sure we all have something to get off our chests, be it a confession, a vent, a good AW or anything else!
FFFC: I'm supposed to cook Christmas Eve dinner for the ILs, and I have no idea what to make.
AW: This is totally band-director-nerd behavior, but I actually squealed out loud the other day when a mentor of mine said he would introduce me to the person who composed a piece of music my band is playing next semester. It's honestly one of the coolest pieces of music I've ever heard, the kids LOVE it, and meeting the composer would be so freaking cool I can hardly stand it.
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Re: FFFCs/AWs/Vents/Whatevers
Kaylee & Cole 06.14.08
8/6/11 First 5k! OG&E Expo Run 34:47
9/3/11 Brookhaven Run 5k 34:18
9/17/11 Healthy Sooners Fun Run 5k 33:38
10/15/11 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 33:31
10/29/11 Monster Dash 5k 32:06 PR!
11/11/11 Veteran's Day Run 11k in Dallas 1:13:15 Instant PR!
1/28/12 Texas Half Marathon 2:38:03 Instant PR!
3/25/12 Earlywine Dash
Oh that's a CRIME!! Why on earth would those be microwaved?! I'm sorry, Snowful. You know I feel ya on ruining good New Mexican food.
FFFC: I'm not sure I have any right at the moment. Goody Two-Shoes over here. *eyeroll*
AW: I think I am going to go on a really cool work trip in the spring! We're going collecting in the CA mountains, near Tahoe.
AW 2: Also, my sis is now in the state.
I cannot wait to see her tonight.
I thnk I'm going to go get a pedicure because my toenails are seriously grossing me out. I don't care if it's winter and I shouldn't spend the money. I'm tired of looking at my chipped nails and it's too much effort to do them myself. I did get cleared to do short errands with minimal walking while I'm on "bed rest". Maybe if I beg H he will take me.
DH has too many crazy family members.
We went so over budget with Christmas gifts this year, and we don't even give each other presents! DH and I just get carried away with buying for people.
I haven't touched the big pile of papers I need to grade from my absence from work. Grades aren't due until Jan 3...
So I have 15 days left till I get to go see H in China. I'm super excited about it but I have so much to do before I leave and I'm feeling a little overwhelmed. Every time I talk to H he mentions something else he wants me to bring him. He also keeps talking about taking a trip while I'm there... I'm sorry I thought me going to freaking China was already a trip. I know he just wants to make it special while I'm there but I don't want to spend the money to travel all over china, I just want to spend time with him. I'm ready for him to be home.
I have been wanting a full time job at Frontier City for a long time now and the retail manager just put in his notice. I think I have a good chance of getting the job but I'm finally starting to make friends at Tinker and I don't want to worry about losing my job each off season. Plus with H not having a "normal" job with a regular paycheck all the time the job security at Tinker keeps crossing my mind. Oh also the person that had the job before didn't make nearly as much as the position should have been making and I would need them to at least get close to what I make now. I dont know what to do...
FFFC: I feel like a crappy mom because on Christmas, I'm going to the Thunder game sans kids... And I'll probably go out after... I also have a feeling that I will be so ready to get away...
And I'm totally with you guys on not wanting to stay at home AND dealing with a crazy bad kid. A keeps throwing end-of-the-world fits about the stupidest sh!t. Like the COLOR of the plate that his food is on. There is no reasoning with him that the color of the plate doesn't matter. It's driving me insane.
I was going to post the opposite of Jamie's post! I don't know how WORKING moms do it! The 2 days a week that I'm at work from 8-4 I feel completely out of control. The house is always a pit those days, there is never time to make dinner, after CrossFit I just come home and fall asleep on the couch and don't accomplish anything. The fact that you working moms provide dinner to your families and keep laundry done deserves a BIG high five from me.
Add big C to the list of 3 year olds that need punting across the room. I swear all 3 year olds are bi-polar. One moment I want to scream at him and the next moment I want to hug his cuteness.
Aw: I have the best DH. I'm having to bear Xmas with my family only this year. As I walk out of the house DH hands me a thermos of my favorite mixed drink.
FFFC: I plan on sitting down the street and drinking before I go in my parents house. They'll probably think I've been drinking and driving
So apply for the job and consider the possible downsides if / after you get an offer. If they can't meet your salary requirements, then don't accept it and you haven't lost anything.
I know you've mentioned wanting to meet people here, so I hope this doesn't sound weird, but I would totally meet you for lunch sometime on or near the base. Send me a PM if you'd like to exchange information.
At least I don't feel so bad about being cranky during this entire trip so far. I suppose it could have been worse... when the other side of the family visited these ILs for Thanksgiving, the microwave exploded and died... nearly dashing dreams of any Thanksgiving meal whatsoever. Fortunately they had a tiny back-up microwave stashed in their storage shed. Tempers flared, and now it's interesting having heard both sides of the story told from completely different points of view.
My other FFFC: I don't understand why MIL answers the home phone "Dr. XXX residence." I know it's an old fashioned way to greet someone on the phone, but I want to tell this lady it's 2011 and we don't answer the phone with our husband's title and name anymore.
And a FFFC about religion: The ILs are super religeious so we pray before and after EVERY SINGLE MEAL. And since it's christmas, the dad adds "happy birthday jesus" to each prayer. My eyes are about to pop out of my head from rolling so much.
One more FFFC tonight and then I will shut up: These ILs also refer to each other as "mommy" and "daddy" no matter what. Their children are well into their 30s and 40s and they still call each other mommy and daddy? And MIL says "daddy" when she's referring to her own father, as well as her husband, so it gets a little confusing as to who she's really talking about.
Three more days to go.
Alright. We plan to go to my grandmother's house tomorrow but the road to her house is a complete mess and my uncles do not think we will make it. Neither of them are very willing to help us out either. I really do not want to drive 12 hours round trip to stay in a crappy hotel in BFE Kansas only to see my grandmother for two hours (without the crappy roads we would stay with my grandmother).
DH said "Look. If we decide to not go, we are the only ones that have to know."
Hmmmm....
I said "Look, if we decide not to go, I want to go to the beach. There is a cheap trip that leaves tomorrow at 9pm."
He said "Um, okay. Ummmm...well we can do whatever you want. Um, you just need to tell me what to do...." He looks scared.
So the question is.......do I book the trip and we head the hell out of here? Do I be a good girl and drive the 12 hours to see my grandmother for two hours? Do we just stay here? Decisions, decisions.
((My head says no, my heart says "Book the trip and get out of here."))
Book the trip. Where is it?
my bookshelf!
Bloggy
Just to Cozumel. DH called my uncle back to talk to him more about the trip and just told him ((very diplomatically)) that if it was an inconveince for them to help us, then we would go up there some other time when the weather is not bad.
Still debating...the problem is..we really do not have the money to go especially since we are taking SD to the great wolf lodge in January and our big trip in March. Not that I am letting that stop me, course. Because I am naughty like that!