July 2009 Weddings
Kate&Mark
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B&M Monday
I hate that M assumes that because I have the ability to work from home, I should be the one to be home whenever we have someone coming to work on house stuff.
The appraiser is coming today for the mortgage refinance. I hate dealing with these guys, never know how to answer their questions and end up working late afterwards because it disrupts my day.
But suggest he take off to be here and it's like the end od the freaking world and we'd have to put it off 6 months.
Re: B&M Monday
Steve pulls the same thing with me, Kate. During the summer it isn't a problem because I really do have time and a more flexible schedule, but during the school year that is definitely not the case. It must be a guy thing.
My B&M today is simply the fact that I woke up from my nightmare at 4am and have yet to get any more sleep. I have tried four times and each time I woke up two minutes later freaked out by images of being held at gun point. I don't know what is up with my subconscious today, but it needs to stop.
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The same thing happens to me, Kate, but with Parker and day care. If day care is closed or Parker is sick, Rusty assumes I am going to stay home with him. He has got a little better with this since he is working for me now though!
My B&M - I picked up a cat that was wondering our neighborhood yesterday morning because it had a collar one and I thought it was lost. I call the owners and they say that she is an outdoor cat. I then let her go. Abouve and hour later my eyes are burning and they hurt so bad so I go shower to get the cat dander off. I woke up this morning and my eyes and the bridge of my nose are so swollen that I can only open my eyes half way. I took some off brand allergy medicine about 45 minutes ago and I am feeling really funny right now. I am remembering why I only take Zyrtec. I don't know if I am going to make it through the next hour let alone the day. And I don't think I could drive right now either.
I don't mean you guys. I mean outsiders. You guys post frequently!
Amen, sista!
It's Monday of a 5-day work week.
Our house is too small for all of the stuff we're trying to cram into it.
The list of new incoming students to register seems to be neverending.
Our only mail lately is bills and random flyers and it's depressing.
The tuition at Birdie's school increased. Thank God it's his last semester, but seriously? $417 a credit hour? So frustrating. He's also doing a summer internship which normally would count in the 2011-2012 school year (old tuition price), but the way his school works is that they put it as a fall class, meaning he's now paying an extra $69 for it.
Speaking of internships...it pisses me off how the students have pay so much for them. Don't get me wrong, we're glad he's doing an internship and the experience will be great, but he's now paying $1251 for a 3 credit internship "class," PLUS gas money to drive down to MA once a week all summer (so $80+ a week not counting tolls). Luckily, Krissy is sweet enough to let him stay with her so he doesn't have to pay for a hotel. We figure it's going to cost us probably about $2000 total for those 135 internship hours. This better help him get a job!
Me too!
But I don't have a B&M today, I'm in a good mood and happy...
Ditto! Although I don't hear if from my BF, but other people are annoying about it. Once we got the house people figured we'd have kids because before I'd said that we wouldn't have kids until we were settled in a house instead of the condo. That doesn't mean that the timing is right for us just because we have the house now. My life is pretty darn happy without kids at the moment.
I had no idea that some people have to pay to do an internship. My brother gets paid to do his! I'm living vicariously through him because he's entering a field that I think I should have gone with too...
Ditto pretty much everything you said. I'm tired of the questions, tired of the pregnancy rumors at work, and sick of explaining myself. People think there's something wrong with me!
I know exactly how you feel. I'm so tired of the "when are you gonna have babies?" question that I could scream. When we say "I don't know", they want an explanation. Just because we've been married for 3 years doesn't mean we need to have kids right now. We will when we're ready and we definitely don't feel ready yet. It drives me up the wall.
Poor girl! How is she doing?
She is honestly doing so good. She's taking it like a champ and it really is just her new "normal". She crawls all over and is overall quite happy. And sleeping again, thank goodness! It's always just the worst for me when I see other babies around her age and see what they are doing and then I feel sad for her.
Glad she is taking it so well!
Oh let's not forget how my morning started. The neighbors who let their dogs run a muck had their littlest out again. Today I was leaving for work I noticed it was laying behind my car. I revved my engine a few times hoping the noise would make it move. No dice. So I got out and kind of scurried it across the street to its own yard. I turned around to get into my car and I hear this running noise on pavement. I look over and the damn dog is running at me with its teeth snarled, hair up, and ready to bite me. It put its mouth on my leg but didn't bite down. My reflexes kicked in and I turned to the side, covered my stomach, and used my good leg to nudge it out of the way. It never actually bit down but instead it laid in our yard just staring at me. I called J bawling because I felt bad for touching the dog with my leg. I didn't kick it at all, just kind of nudged it out of the way.
I came into work this AM with a big wet spot from the dogs mouth on my leg. My boss's brother is the animal control officer in town. He said he'd take care of it and try to talk to the owners and if I see it again I'm to call him immediately and it will be taken to the pound. I feel better knowing that our shelter is a no kill. But I still feel so bad about the whole thing.
Kari... Dint feel bad... What else could you do? That irritates me bc that dog could be hit by a car... How irresponsible! I think itd be a goid wakeup call for your neighbors if you do call...
My B&M is that I am COVERED in bug bites. I think a mosquito got into the bedroom and had a feast on my legs... I am sooo itchy and we generally dont even HAVE bugs so Im super annoyed. Oye...
Im very irritated over my bf's dad. Im getting more and more of the impression that he is a short tempered man who wants things his way and blows up when it doesnt go that way. It seems very much he thinks life is all about him. This morning J was stressing over making the house "just right" for his dads return from a trip to Sweden. It is Jakes house!!!! He is THIRTY THREE!!! It can be any way Jacob wants it to be imo... He shouldnt have to stress and/or worry about his dads reaction. Not at 33 yrs old and I honestly have to say that I love Jake but am hoping I am not entering anither situation where my guy has a parent with major issues nor do I want my 33 yr old adult boyfriend to stress an walk on eggshells over parent issues. Nor do I want to have to feel guilty or feel like Im hiding or walking on eggshells at 33 yrs of age. I sure as heck am not walking on eggshells over anyone elses issues. His dad has to get over his temper and "its all about me" issues bc I wont cater to it. It will drive me crazy to see the man I love stress over trying to cater to that. It just perpetuates it and makes it worse to give in. I am honestly worried this is going to be a major issue between J and I.
I was on vacation all last week, so it was kinda hard to get back to work today. And the client I work for drives me up the wall because they keep changing their minds because they don't know what they want and I have enough stuff to do than go back on old jobs.
And I'm going to echo the "when are you having babies" thing. There's a lady at my office that asked me two weeks ago when I was going to have kids and I said "in a few years". Today she asks me "So are you pregnant?" because I had just been on vacation. So I said even if I was (meaning I had conceived while on vacation), I wouldn't know yet.
This weekend, I heard through the grapevine that family members are "worried" about us in terms of the baby because we are underemployed. Essentially they think that we are too poor to have a baby. Umm, excuse me! Just because we don't have our dream jobs, it doesn't mean we can't afford a baby. I hate that people assume things when they know nothing! And if they are sooo concerned, why don't they talk to us about it. DH thinks I shouldn't let this bother me, but I'm still POed and I heard about it Saturday.
That is so wrong!! Maybe you have done this already but I would be contacting whoever is higher up at the warranty company. The fact that their "warranted" item broke and caused damage elsewhere SHOULD cover the extra damage. I used to work for a car dealership in the service department and we would have had to conver the additional charges since it was due to a faulty part. I wouldn't let it go just yet if I were you.
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