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Flame-free Friday?
I'm in need...
Dear co-irker #1,
If you're going to be 20-40 minutes late to work every single day, perhaps you should leave your house earlier. Or take a shorter lunch to make up for it. Or stay 20-40 minutes late at night?and not leave at 4:30 on the dot.
Unsure how you could possibly be charging your clients correctly,
schydukes
Dear co-irker #2,
WHY do you coddle co-irker #1? Every time she walks in 20-40 minutes late, you say, "You must have the worst commute!" which just sends me up a wall. I take 66 (no walk in the park) and back roads to avoid the Beltway and arrive on time every day... you leave your house at 4:30 a.m. to avoid traffic (and you travel further than she does)... she can certainly take back roads too or leave earlier. You give her an opportunity to complain about her "terrible morning" every morning, and I can't take it anymore!
Hush up!
schydukes
Re: Flame-free Friday?
I'll play.
WTF, immune system? Just, WTF, dude? Did you totally bail on me or what? I used to get sick *once* a year with a really bad sore throat. Since November, I've had two colds bad enough to put me in bed for a day, a stomach virus and now a nasty sore throat. This is bullsh!t. I know having a toddler in the house brings in a host of new germs and I guess I did need a reminder to start taking my vitamins again, but you could have been a bit more subtle. A-hole.
This vent fueled by the lasting zombie-like effects of Nyquil.
I've already broken my secret new year's resolution to be less of a nag to DH....
I never told him I was planning on doing this. I don't know why I get so worked up/irritated about simple things like a sink full of dishes. I wish I could learn to let things go.
Off to the beach
DS 7/18/2010
Handy 2.0 Due Early August
2011/2012 Races
12/17/2011 Christmas Caper 10K
2/11/2012 Have a Heart 5K
3/17/2012 DC RNR Half Marathon
4/22/2012 10M Parkway Classic
10/28/2012 Marine Corps Marathon
Dear DD #2,
Your older sister and baby brother both slept through the night last night, and they're both sick. You, however, are NOT sick, so please explain to me why the heck you woke up FIVE times between 10 pm and 2:30 am, coming into our room crying. Go The F*** To Sleep.
signed,
Sleepy mama
(this will become flameable if it turns out she is actually coming down with something herself - then I'll feel guilty for being mad at her for waking us up so much)
i'm upset that sprout's stomach bug completely ruined all my new year's weekend plans. we had a stressful xmas & i was really looking forward to some family fun time. instead, i got to pick up baby vomit and feel nauseous myself.
yes, i know it was worse for him & yes, i know he's my kid so i should have more compassion but i'm still disappointed. even a little angry (not at him--he couldn't help it--but at the situation).
and he's still freaking puking. and now i'm getting it. so another weekend--a weekend with warm weather--is going to be wasted inside & sick. It's almost been a week. This plague needs to leave my house!
Oh I got LOTS on my mind right now:
Dear DH
I get you're unhappy about the emplyoment suitation while I'm sorry you need to get off your butt and do something about it. If you think I'm going to continue to be the only "breadwinner" in this family you are surely mistaken.You have yet to work on a resume, I send you jobs to look at and you delete them. I'm not your sugga mama.
Signed
stressed wife
Dear new co worker
You haven't even started yet and already you've managed to get on my last nerve. I get we had a holiday party and you were invited but you my dear do not run the roost so to speak. You are not my manager, nor will you be, actually you're not going to be a manager at all so stop telling me (who's been there for 5 years) how to do my job, I don't appreciate it.
Signed
Not looking forward to working with you on a daily basis.
Dear DH,
I understand you're having a hard time learning the ins and outs of our new iMac, but Rome wasn't built in a day, so give it a rest. We've had it for like, 12 hours, quit freaking out when keep expanding the window instead of closing it.
Also, YOU CAN PUT 2 ITUNES ACCOUNT ON 1 COMPUTER. MY MOM'S COMPUTER HAS 3. WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT.
omg you'd think it was the end of the world that he couldn't figure out how to get both of our itunes accounts on there.
We make the rockin' world go 'round.
I'm right there with you. I don't want to be a nag, but it's so hard to be cheerful and pleasant when DH hasn't washed dishes since we came home from NY on New Year's Eve.
I'll play.
Dear Mom,
I love you but my sisters and I are going to boycott your 80th b'day party IN NINE MONTHS if you don't shut the eff up. Older Sister cannot come on Labor Day weekend, even if that is your birthday weekend, bc she works in a school. (With autistic kids, even! so she's doing even more good!) We TOLD YOU THAT when you started talking about this plan of yours. And Younger Sister raises 5 (!) horses so she can't leave for a week without great drama -- and you know that bc you live 5 mins away from her.
Now it appears that a week at the beach with family is turning into drama, nine months in advance.
I wna tto love you, I relaly do, but you're making it hard to remember you're the adult here. Find a time that works for everyone if you really do, in fact, want to see eveeryone. If this is a test to see if we think you're important enough for us to drop everything to do, srsly? Grow up.
love, the perfect middle child
"What is a week-end?"
oooh, I'm totally in.
Dear Motivation:
While I appreciate that you have been back for the last couple of days, I really need you to stick around this time. I have lots of projects planned for us over the next couple of weeks (months, forever) and I can already feel you fading on me. We've got guests coming in two weeks and need to get this house into shape, and I've booked a little weekend away for March so that you can have something to spur you to get off your ass and get a workout done daily. So stick around this time!
Dear DH:
While I appreciate that you call me when you are traveling for work, perhaps you could choose a better time than a. right when I am starting my workday and you know that I need to get a million reports out before 9am and b. when you aren't surrounded by coworkers, etc, and can't really talk to me anyway, much less answer any questions such as where are you? what are you up to? whatcha got planned for the day? It's kind of annoying, honestly. If I wanted to talk to myself, well then I have a cell and a landline. I'll just call me.
xo - your grateful and loving wife
ps - i booked a weekend away in march - sorry, you're not invited.
I don't have too much to complain about today. but here goes...
Today is my birthday and the day started with Warner having a gigantic poopy diaper. I was wearing a cashmere sweater this morning and because Warner was being all wiggly on the changing table this morning, I got POOP on my sweater. my cashmere sweater. I thought we were past the phase where I needed to worry about constantly getting poop on my clothes (well, until the baby comes, that is). so I literally had a poopy start to my birthday. but the day has definitely improved from there.
oh wait, I just thought of one more thing. MIL gave me a gift card to Talbots for my birthday. really? am I 60? no! I bought HER some clothes there once (that she has never worn--she prefers clothes from Costco) but no, I don't shop there. and I know that they have nice clothes because 99% of my mom's wardrobe is from there, but she's 30 years older than me. we don't wear the same clothes! I might be 35 now (*gulp*) but I'm not ready to shop at Talbots.
hmph!
Happy birthday!!
Scout
Chocolate Blog!
i'll play
dear SIL & BIL,
we really don't want to spend time with you while other SIL is in town. you are inconsiderate asshats. while we're "family" we choose to invest time in people who don't suck.
kisses,
your bro & SIL
Happy birthday!! This made me laugh because I feel exactly the same way about Talbots (luckily no one has given me a GC there yet!), but I have a friend who loves it. And it totally ages her 10 years.
I am SO done with houseguests. DH's family came for 4 days over Christmas (that makes 7 adults and 3 kids in my townhouse and my SIL was the only one sleeping in her basement space, I got to sleep on a blow up in Maggie's room). Then we had a few days off while working to clean and get ready to go to my dad's in Dover for the day for Christmas with my own family. We got back Monday and 21 yo nephew (SIL who lives with us' son) is here for a week, home from CA where he is in the Marine Corp. You would think that since it is her son and she has the week off she would have done the cleaning and now the cooking but she hasn't made dinner once nor cleaned a thing, but she did invite her friends over on Saturday for dinner. Luckily I do believe she is cooking for that but I know I am going to be the one to clean up my house yet again for more guests and I doubt she'll clean up the kitchen when she is done.
I just want my house back to myself (well, with SIL living with us, as much to myself as normally possible) and a quiet weekend alone with my family, which truthfully is hectic enough with 2 kids.
OMG, I misread this and thought you were writing this part to your DH!!
girl, you need a medal for putting up with all that. i'd have lost my sh*t last week!! when you move to VA, do you at least get to be rid of your SIL?
She is abso-freakin-lutely not invited to move along with us. It is the only thing that keeps me sane about this sh*t. Also DH has agreed no one is invited to our house for the holidays next year. We would like a damned vacation too and not spend it playing bed and breakfast (and lunch and dinner) owners for free to his family.
I am appalled at some of the things people wear to work. I gave the serious side eye today to the ugg slippers (no they are not shoes, they are the same material all the way around) and football jersey on the 50+ year old. I get that we have no dress code but come on. I know I should not care but it annoys me.
My dad borrowed my car yesterday (he is in town visiting) and drove to Baltimore. He tells me this morning that he did not get a chance to put gas in my car and handed me a $50. I know he used less than 4 gallons of gas (because I can see it on my car menu thing) but I don't feel guilty about not giving him change. I have totally reverted back to my teenage self.
oh yay!! i am so glad to hear all of that. definitely time to claim christmas for yourselves! we are staying home next christmas and i can't freakin' wait a merrier season that doesn't involve a lot of travel and family-related headaches!
Dear Universe,
You suck. Stop being a b!tch. Let DMups get and stay pregnant, and take home that healthy baby. This goes for all my other friends aching for a baby, too. Get your isht together, Universe.
Incredibly sad,
kewliegirl
Now that's funny! Clearly you remember who I am!!