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I thought that too until I opened the post for the first time
Me too!
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cookie, I was convinced Scarlett hated my guts too while I was pregnant. I'm still not sure if she is trying to kill me...gotta keep my eye on her.
HAB, or anyone - what fabric is it that I would need if I want a stretchy knit? Jersey? Is there a good place to buy these things? (also feel free to make fun of me if this is a dumb question, I am sure it is).
I need to take my dress to be altered today, but I really don't want to take both of my demon spawn with me. However, I have to, b/c MH lied and said he was taking today off (he's at work) and Jackson is on spring break. Not cool.
stbxh has a vasovagal anomaly, so he faints at weird times on top of the times normal people would faint. Example? ANY sort of stomach trouble causes him to faint. One of those times was in the shower.
I was hanging out in bed (probably nesting), when I heard a thunk. I called his name, no response, so I rushed in. He was sitting on the bathroom floor, half leaning up against the edge of the tub, and had hit his head. I started freaking out (there was a bit of blood) and he came to. And started SCREAMING (totally normal...for him), and didn't stop for a full five minutes (again, totally normal...for him). During this time, there were brief breaks for vomiting episodes and...um...episodes from other areas. ::insert vomity icon here::
Apparently he had pretty severe food poisoning (stomach trouble) that caused both the fainting, and the other issues. After we got him to stop screaming and got him cleaned up, I rushed him to the ER, where we spent a lovely night watching him vomit on various hospital staff.
At the time, the episode was super scary. He was freaking out because he was covered in blood and goo, and I was freaking out because I wanted to get him to the hospital because he had a head wound. Looking back, however? Hilarious.
"You don't get to be all puke-face about your kid shooting your undead baby daddy when all you had to do was KEEP HIM IN THE FLUCKING HOUSE, LORI!" - doctorwho
This is the 2nd woozy episode DH has had in about 6months. The 1st time he didn't faint, but he did turn yellow/green and I thought he was convulsing (he was just writhing cuz he felt so bad) so it was pretty weird.
Also, I know its common to eliminate/evacuate when you go through a panicking episode so the fact that he was one-and-done and it wasn't much keeps me skeptical on it being an illness. I don't think any doc would label it as illness related when its so common to faint/get dizzy in the shower.
I'm really used to being dizzy so I can feel it coming early and will sit down wherever as fast as I can and try to not freak. But I think for whatever reason he is just getting these now and not used to dealing with it so he doesn't catch it in time.
In the mean time, I've told him he's not allowed to shower unless I'm home.
I'm going to a party tomorrow night and I'm excited to go. However I am not excited about driving home. My friend offered to let me stay in her hotel room but it isn't a good idea.
I just finished a three day course of anti-biotics this morning. I was told not to drink alcohol or caffeine. I have never wanted alcohol and coffee more in my life than the last two nights. Also, a side-effect is drowsiness, so I can't tell if I'm tired because of the medication or the caffeine-withdrawal.
I have to drive to the middle of nowhere to see my coworker's play tonight. I don't even want to go or particularly like this coworker, but my husband thought it would be a good thing to do. And he's picking my up from work, so I don't have a car and can't just go home instead. And I already bought tickets.
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Yea, now its this $$$
I was prescribed a 7 day course and my doctor told me that I wasn't to drink on it. However...three friends and I had previously purchased (expensive, nonrefundable) tickets to a wine tasting class for this Sunday - day 5 of the antibiotics. I may or may not have harangued the pharmacy tech until she could look into how much I could honestly have before it will be a problem.
I'm not supposed to have caffeine either (for the underlying issue), but seriously, screw that. Give me my lattes on no one gets hurt. 
"You don't get to be all puke-face about your kid shooting your undead baby daddy when all you had to do was KEEP HIM IN THE FLUCKING HOUSE, LORI!" - doctorwho
<a href="http://www.thenest.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Home DMy CW is being a douchenozzle: reactionary, immature, passive-aggressive and generally acting like she has one foot out the door. As long as that still provides the door to give her a resounding collision to her as$ as she leaves, I'm good with it. But it sucks donkey balls to have to work 15 feet from a person who is trying to pretend either she isn't here or that I'm not here.
In other news, my son told me this morning my hair "looks like a Viking helmet." If he's referring to How To Train A Dragon, I'll take it with pride. :P
If you follow anything Joss Whedon, you are no longer a "nerd" but are now a "freakin' awesome-sauce connoisseur of witticisms." In fact, I may create t-shirts to that effect.
I am sad because I had to leave Leah at daycare this morning, and won't be picking her up for 10 days
That is like her second home and she loves it there, but man, serious dog-mommy guilt.
I am also anxious as hell because I have to get on a plane tomorrow. I hate that I am scared to fly. Once I am on the plane and hopped upon xanax, I will be fine. But it is getting to that point that sucks donkeyballs. Also what happens when I am nervous? I have, um, stomach issues. Yay me.
But really, all of the above are ridiculous complaints considering I am going to be in Ireland in 36 hours. Unfortunately, anxiety brain does not see it that way.
One of my staff members nominated herself to be employee of the quarter and listed me as a reference. Except, she literally does nothing all day. I always catch her watching like Good Morning America on her computer or playing with her phone or she waits till I go on lunch or break and then makes personal phone calls, so that if my phone rings, she can't answer it. She's worked here 4 years and she acts like she doesn't know how to do anything, so no one will ask her to do anything.
So I couldn't decide if I should just ignore the request for a recommendation, or give one that's truthful (her complete and total lack of productivity makes me feel better about my own job, since if they're going to sack someone, surely they'll get rid of the useless lump first).
I'd totally out her, but that's me. Plus I'd tape an actual quarter to her phone with a note, "Here's the only quarter you're an employee of - congratulations."
I swing from nice to biyatch at work, mostly because I don't have a lot of patience and people tend to ask questions that I think they could and should sort out themselves.
I don't want to be a biyatch though, it just pops out. Like someone asking me if we do something and then showing me that we do it so I'm like, well, why are you asking me if we do that then if you know we do it? But does it matter, really, just answer the question Butternut and save all that other ish. Sometimes just saying "yes" is OK. Sigh. When I grow up I'm going to be nice.
For those of you who know me on Facebook and see that profile photo of me, I have gained 30 pounds since that day last May. All of it in my belly and face. And arms and azz and thighs and (c)ankles. I am going to die from eating too much. I know this, and yet, I continue to do it.Sigh.
My birthday is on Wednesday and I don't want to get old. I never used to feel this way. I look at my face now and see this old fat lady who looks like my daddy. Sigh.
My two closest coworker friends are out on maternity leave. Both of them were afraid it would be hurtful to me for them to bring their babies around and I didn't know it until another close coworker asked me if I would be OK with it. I love those girls and their kids man. I know they meant well but I would hope they would know I am not the kind of person that would piss on their joy like that...which brings me to my f'd up moment of the week. Another coworker (I'm not close to her) announced she was pregnant on social media and I burst into tears. Why? Because she's tall and gorgeous and stylish and smart and well-liked and her husband, who works here too, is smart and cool and now they are having a kid and for that moment it was like, her life is so f'ing perfect and mine sucks -- divorced, no babies, fat as hell -- but I got over it.
ETA: I'm depressed/depressing Nest Chick aren't I?
Hugs Butternut!!
I was worried that I was PCE whiner so I stopped posting about personal stuff so dont worry that its you. I think its ok to be jealous for a moment but you should also know that increasing your own happiness doesnt have much to do with her. Dont worry about how you stack up because you do and you're always going to, even if you eat an extra brownie. You owe it to yourself to take care of yourself and that includes not beating yourself up. (barf at all the 'yourself' useage in that last sentence). Your divorce is not a setback because you dont want back in that marriage. Its progress in the process to find someone who does value you and respect you and contributes to your relationship in the way that you need. This is all what I am desperately trying to believe before I go home and eat Chesapeake Pepperidge Farm cookies and drink.
I was on a 10 day course when I had tickets for a champagne tasting event. I totally went. They were just preventative (I had had dental surgery a week before the tasting), but still. I didn't die!
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Okay Butternut you are going to make me cry. Not because you are the "depressing Nest Chick" but because when I see you I see an attractive super stylish woman who is witty, fun, easy to talk to, intelligent, well-rounded and sweet. We all of course have our moments when we can't see the best in ourselves, but snap out of it woman! Give yourself a break, you have had a hard year and a half. Things will get better, they have to get better right? You have now made it through and better days are ahead. And ditto ChiChimi.
I'm dittoing all of this! And dittoing the ditto. Butternut, you are the tits and I don't want to hear anything different out of you.
PS--I will say this though, cookie, "well rounded" might not have been the best choice of words here
lol! point taken! she knows what I mean!