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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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Say Anything Friday
What's on your mind today?
Re: Say Anything Friday
I have to do my employee reviews and I'm procrastinating on them.
I feel like I look like a total heifer today.
I'm annoyed w/ DH that he was all angsty about going to DD preschool father's day party b/c it might interefer w/ him crabbing today which he's suddenly taken on as his new hobby. He's going to to party, but he seriously had to mull it over to figure out how to make it work.
1. My sister is behaving like an ungrateful brat and I'm tired of biting my tongue about it. We had it out yesterday, to an extent. To her it all ended because I apologized, but to me it's not over because she hasn't bothered to do the same in return. I'm pissed and I'm hurt and I'm tired of the effing drama - that's all over a FREE FAMILY VACATION. I want to slap her.
2. I'm annoyed with a friend.
3. E wants to plan a visit to his aunt's home in PA and I don't want to go. These folks aren't a part of our lives, we haven't seen them in almost 2 years, and I don't.like.them. In the 8years that we've been together I've accompanied him on every trip he's taken to PA to visit his family (few though they have been, but that's been because of his decisions - he doesn't LIKE his family), and this time, I don't feel like I have to go. He disagrees. The conversation has been shelved, so we'll see if it goes anywhere. I figure he'll lose steam and quit trying to plan the visit since, again, he doesn't like these people.
And this was all sparked because he was invited to his cousin's graduation party. Little-to-no-contact over the past 2 years (and, honestly, even prior to that) but because they invited him to a party, he's feeling some new-found obligation. Meh. G'head, but I don't need to come along for the ride.
4. My gestational diabetes test is scheduled for next week, and I'm annoyed by it. I hate having blood drawn. I hate sitting around doing nothing for an hour. I hate all the time I've had to take off of work since this job started for doctor's appointments and then the car accident this week. I'm considering rescheduling for a couple of weeks out, just to spread out the time off of work, though I know it will probably earn me a finger-wagging and a phone call from one of the nurses.
5. M's school is doing an Ice Cream Social for the Dads at 4:30 today and E was grumbling about how it means we'll both have to leave work early. Granted: I've had to miss a lot of time for all the crap mentioned above, but very little of that has meant time off for him. On a regular day he works 9 hours. So suck it up, shut up, take off an hour early, and go with your daughter to her school. She'll be delighted and you'll effing survive.
6. Last night we were leaving Target and M ran ahead, something we often let her do now as long as she doesn't go too far. This time, however, she turned the corner, went through the automatic doors, and straight across the main "street" in the parking lot out front before E could catch up to her. I was livid. And terrified. She's NEVER done that before and I thought that, at 5, we were pretty well out of that stage if it hadn't happened yet. It was not a pleasant evening once we got home last night, and I'm hoping that we put the fear of God into her so that she never, ever does it again.
Apparently I had a lot of aggravation stored up
The one and only time that my dad actually spanked me as a child was when I ran across the street after he opened my door to let me out of the car, I was probably 4-5 years old. And believe me, I never thought about doing that again!
I am so not feeling work lately. I am so burnt out and feel like a robot. its so chaotic to get myself there every day, I get a paycheck and then just turn around and pay bills with it. i feel like I am doing something wrong. half of my neighbors dont work and are always sitting around drinking....clearly I missed the memo on something.
my one boss didnt even say anything to me when I came back into the office after being out almost a week for my surgery.....gee thanks, dillhole. I really feel welcome and appreciated.
When I told my Mom what happened, she said it was a miracle I didn't go into labor and asked if M could sit down. We didn't go there, but oh, the temptation was strong (which is why I didn't, because I knew I was being fueled by anger). We didn't sugar coat it, though - explained that if she gets hit by a car, she could get terribly injured or die. She cried once we got into the severity of what could have happened, and while I hated scaring her, I'm hoping it made such an impact that she won't do it again.
Oh ... there are so many right now. Just to get this all out - my grandmother is in the hospital right now - she's doing better and leaving today. However, my mom and I flew down to FL on Wednesday (going home tomorrow) and have been sitting in a hospital room with my grandma since we got here. And we're in the middle of old people land and this hospital is an aboslute nightmare! These people are yelling at people, at the wall, at the nurses trying to help them...etc. I hate hospitals enough as it is - the last three days have been really really long. I know this is really selfish and I hope everyone ends up okay but I'm so glad my grandmas is leaving today.
I can't wait to get home, hug DH and cuddle with my puppy on the couch.
My back is killing me. I was in tears this morning trying to get in my car to drive to work. I had an MRI Wednesday and it was confirmed that i have a herniated L4-L5 which is causing all of my pain. I got no sleep last night. I have an emergency appointment with a spine specialist who at the very least may be able to prescribe me some nice drugs to make me sleep.
I think Zumba hurt me. I really have no clue when the injury happened, I just know that I am in pain and it sucks.
my friend had a herniated disk; it sucked. Hope you get the good drugs soon!
I'm frustrated with the freelance portion of my career.
I write for both print and online clients. Both of them are irritating me for different reasons.
Print clients: It takes SO FREAKING LONG to get paid. Some magazines, such as a bridal magazine down in Virginia, pay upon publication, but require submittal way in advance. So I wrote $225 worth of material for a February 1st deadline for a June publication date. It's June. Where's my check?
Online clients: I have never been asked to edit or rewrite anything that goes in a legit print magazine. Online clients (i.e., the ones who starting websites that don't know anything about writing -- or, in many cases, weddings, which is the main thing I write about) are constantly asking for edit after edit, and it takes up SO much time. I want them to be happy with my work, but seriously -- why are the legit magazines happy with my work on day one and then little bitty wedding websites that's no one has ever heard of thinks my work needs "polishing."
~ Kelsey Jean ~
Cooking with Crouton: A Food Blog
I could have said that word for word.
~ Kelsey Jean ~
Cooking with Crouton: A Food Blog
Someone stole my AMEX and in a matter of 2 weeks racked up over $1100 in charges. I found this out when I went to pay my bill yesterday, so I'm dealing with that. I really hope they find this a$$!!! They went to numerous gas stations and CVS 4 times for over $100 each time! They are working with me, but it's such a PITA!!
Since we are moving back into my condo in January, my renter doesn't want to move or sign a six month lease. I'm meeting with her next week, so I hope it doesn't turn out bad or have her move now, because that would not be cool! I couldn't handle a rent and a mortgage!
I've been in a major funk lately and need to get out of it.
The next two weeks are going to be rough! I fly out to Phoenix on Sunday night for work and don't get home until midnight on Friday night. Then, I fly out again on Tuesday the 26th to Concord, NH for a quick trip. We're also getting a new rough on our house that week!
The weather forecast for Tuesday in Phoenix is 112 degrees for the high! OUCH!!!!
I was organizing our bedroom closet last week and I counted 20 pairs of work pants. I was told not to buy anymore pants for a very long time.
For lunch I went and got a pedicure. Actually my coworker made me go! Now I have pretty toes and it only cost me $20.
Last night I pretended to be asleep so DH had to feed C.
It felt nice to sleep for 7 hours.
I was in a fender bender yesterday. No one was hurt and there's not too much damage. It's hard to explain what happened but he backed up diagonally and turned into me. However, there were no witnesses and the police said it would be tough for me to prove it was his fault. I'm so irritated because I want to make his insurance pay for it but the police and DH said that if we take to insurance, they may decide to settle their own clients and I can't afford to have this on my record.
I have all of his info but I don't know how we are going handle this yet.