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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.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
B!tch and Moan Monday?
Anyone else have things to complain about??
Mine:
While I love my family and friends, I am so over house guests. I want my house back, the quiet to return, the ability to sit on my couch, the ability to not worry about food, coffee, groceries, breakfast, lunch, dinner, sheets, towels, etc.... I secretly cursed a family member last night who suggested they might come in March for a week. Really, our last guest left this morning so couldn't you wait until next week to ask??
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Re: B!tch and Moan Monday?
DH had his phone on vibrate this morning (as he often does) so I couldn't reach him! I dropped a bunch of stuff (hat, scarf, food container) during my mad dash for the bus this morning. I didn't realize this until I was on the bus. I was hoping he could check on the sidewalk for it on his way out with DS. Instead it just rang and rang and rang and I was never able to reach him until he got to work. He said he will pop back home and check for them, but I'm worried it will be too late!
I just wish he wouldn't put his phone on vibrate overnight.
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
DH had food poisoning on Friday night/Saturday morning. I realize that he was really sick and couldn't do anything about it and I felt bad for him - but holyshit it was the worst 24 hours of my life. He is such a freaking baby! Get me this, get me that, wah wah wah.
When i'm sick, not only do I have to get my own water/toast/etc, but I also have to do laundry, clean the house, take the dogs out, etc. He didn't do a g-d thing.
I freaking made him chicken noodle soup, from a whole chicken (that I wanted to roast later in the week - I realize I can just get another one, but i'm on a roll here). I realized we didn't have any noodles, so I made those too. Literally, aside from raising the chicken and growing the vegetables I made that soup happen. I didn't even get a thank you! It took me 2 1/2 hours!!
My weekend was shot. I want a do over.
We make the rockin' world go 'round.
I'm also over family...especially MIL and BIL and the drama that ensued between DH and BIL over the holiday. I'm also done with people constantly offering advice and commenting on my parenting and life in general--MIL does it all. the. time. She means well, but it's exhausting. And then last night, the woman who is renting our basement was hanging out with the girls (we share the kitchen) and she made a comment about how my reaction to my 2 y.o. falling down made the 2 y.o. cry more (i.e. the 2 y.o. was fine, but milking it a bit because of my reaction). First of all, DD fell off a chair and she is constantly climbing on things, so I am way more anxious with her in those situations. Second of all, this woman is in her 20s and has no kids. Not that she can't provide some advice, but like I said, I am just tired of people's comments about what I should or should not be doing.
Vent over.
We can't seem to get DD well enough for me to be comfortable sending her to daycare. This is day 3 out of "school" (a record for her - we've been super lucky until now) and I've been out of the office for most of it until today while DH worked. So of course, when I get in, a server is down so I can't access my files or even frickin' print. I should have just stayed home for as much as I'll manage to accomplish at this rate. But I wanted to come in since I have to be out tomorrow morning for a preschool open house. I love days off, and last week home with DD wasn't so bad - I just wish it didn't all happen at the same frickin' time.
It's Monday (isn't that enough!?)
I'm reading the WORST most BORING book in the world, am only halfway thru, and it is due back to the library today and can't be renewed b/c someone has it on hold. I hate leaving books halfway done because I am completely OCD or something but I am just going to return it. And it will continue to stress me out for days. Because I am insane.
Also, I did some DIY canvas paintings for above my LR couch this weekend, and decided that instead of 2, 3 would be better and that I wanted darker tones. I redid the two I already did and now I feel like I liked them better the first way. And I'm second guessing hanging them at all b/c I'm so unskilled at stuff like this that they'll probably look like fingerpaintings. Gaaaahhhhh.
(In a non-b!tch, however, I am very lucky that these are the only things that I have to b!tch and moan about these days!)
Where do I even begin today...
Up at 2:30 am to pee, laid back down and felt like I was having vertigo.
Alarm goes off at 3:10, still feel like crap (dizzy for the most part)
Forget coffee
Have to make a bee line into the building to run to the bathroom first thing
One of our vehicles was involved in a crash first thing this morning
Man w/ a gun call went out and my heart always stops when I know my guys are responding to something life threatening
Spent an hour re-programming funds for FY12 already.
I am going to have to completely ditto this. Last houseguest left yesterday and I don't want to see anyone at my house until Molly's birthday in April and then only because it is her birthday and no one stays more than 48 hours.
Stand up for something you believe in.
I always complain about ILs, but they are the worst. They constantly send DH and I messages that are abusive and straight up harrassment. After 12 years together, and what they've done to their daughter's family, and now my family, I want nothing to do with them. They aren't welcome at holidays/family get togethers at my house anymore.
MIL texted DH last week saying that she wants us and MY parents to come to dinner to "talk about our issues". I will absolutely not let/ask my parents to go, but am really upset because DH is asking me to go. They'll never change. They aren't going to apologize. And I don't want to go and give hugs and small talk about my life when I truly truly hate these people. And I'm mad that for the first time in our life together, DH has pulled the "this is important to me" card, so I have to go and play nice.
my login expired for my work computer and i couldn't get online until like 11:15. given that i manage traffic for our department and had a separate project to do for my boss's boss, that was really. effing. annoying. boss's boss even had to e-mail IT because it took that long to fix.
It's snowing in VA. This is going eff my commute over and I really wanted to stop at the grocery store tonight.
I need to call the vital records dept in Baltimore and try and fix Maggie's birth certificate. When she was born the hospital put all of our last names in missing one letter. I had the hospital call but for some reason they only changed Maggie's and not the parents' last name. I think this is going to be an issue in getting passports so I need to get it changed before we get passports for our cruise in April.
The passports for our cruise in April are going to cost us $480. That seems like a lot.
I hate filling out my yearly review forms where I rate myself in various categories. If I rate myself too high they will probably change it, and I hope they would do the same if I rate myself too low, but it all makes me crazy anxious and I just want it to be over.
i really, really hate when people cannot explain things clearly/properly. i am currently updating a document that i could have done correctly the first time had it bee properly explained. it wastes my time. and that makes me insanely cranky.
the above makes me glad that i don't have to many projects for our dept head because that is how he is all the time. infuriating!
i want this day to be over. now.
Why oh why does my cat insist on using our $800 chair as a scratching post???
We are in dire need of a visit from Jackson Galaxy.
DH had food poisoning on Friday night/Saturday morning. I realize that he was really sick and couldn't do anything about it and I felt bad for him - but holyshit it was the worst 24 hours of my life.
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Probably the same stomach flu my family passed around during Christmas. Horrible for the first 24 hours and then it sort of went away. It hit like 8 family members all on different days. not cool
I had a million meetings today and the only reason one went smoothly is I did a bunch of planning and work and then everyone could just agree to it. I didnt want to have to sit down and hash things out. I just wanted it done. Too bad it got done because I did all the work.