FF to the FC

Flamingemu

No one posted yet? Slackers.

Flamingemu

Damn. I had one too... maybe it will come back to me.

Flamingemu

I am working from home today and plan to do the bare minimum after already working 50 hours this week. I am tired. 

Flamingemu

After all the talk yesterday and my back issues, I booked myself a massage mid-day and am not telling DH.

Flamingemu

I am not telling work about my October vacation until much, much closer to the time since it is actually a pretty bad time to go on vacation. 

Flamingemu

Beuller...

BPer

For the second time in a week, a new housekeeper that I have hired has bailed at the very last minute (this morning it was literally an hour before the appointment).

I am so fucking pissed that my response to her message may make her cry.

Flamingemu

@bper hahah! That is bad customer service. I would probably leave a bad review where ever you found her. 

thebanich

I got nothin.

kelbel527

BPer said:

For the second time in a week, a new housekeeper that I have hired has bailed at the very last minute (this morning it was literally an hour before the appointment).

I am so fucking pissed that my response to her message may make her cry.

That's very unprofessional of her.  I'd be pissed.

BPer

Flamingemu said:

@bper hahah! That is bad customer service. I would probably leave a bad review where ever you found her. 

Care.com

She "ran the numbers" LAST NIGHT (we have been talking since Monday), and decided that I live too far away for her to drive for a cleaning, which is interesting, because the very first question I asked her when she applied for the position was "I see you live in x, is my house in y going to be too far of a drive?"

And honestly, if she would have just asked for more money, I would have paid more.  She was insanely cheap.

I plan to live a shitty review in addition to my nasty response.

melody921

I'm tired today. DH and I went to a concert last night, my ILs have our kids and we stayed out entirely too late. I'm too old for this shit, even though it was fun. And DH leaves this morning for Asia for a week, two days earlier than originally planned. I have nothing organized at home.

Pokedot

I'd be pissed to @BPer. One hour before is unacceptable unless its an emergency.

I completely ran out on my mom this morning mid sentence. She expects me to sit around and chit chat for 20 minutes when we see eachother. I don't have time. Some people need to be at work on time. I'm pretty sure she forgets that Monday through Wednesday when she's at my house at 8:20 and I need to be at work at 8:30.

kelbel527

I think I'm just getting so overwhelmed by the boxes I still have to unpack, the paperwork I have to do for the new house, the last minute stuff for closing on the old house, and all the actual work/organizing I need to do at my job, that I'm just shutting down and doing none of it.

My desk is messy, my apartment is messy and I really need motivation to do something about at least one of them this weekend.

Flamingemu

kelbel527 said:

I think I'm just getting so overwhelmed by the boxes I still have to unpack, the paperwork I have to do for the new house, the last minute stuff for closing on the old house, and all the actual work/organizing I need to do at my job, that I'm just shutting down and doing none of it.

My desk is messy, my apartment is messy and I really need motivation to do something about at least one of them this weekend.

I went through this a few weeks ago. I took a day off basically and just made a list and normal clean-up (dishes/trash). The next day I was a list tackling machine. I felt really accomplished to finish things and having a concrete plan helped so so much.

Pokedot

cheeseandrice said:

Maybe this is more of a UO but the daily chat threads are stupid.

I obviously started it this morning but I like it because it seperates conversation. Maybe someone doesn't have a FFFC but they want to talk about something else. Rather than start a whole new thread for a quick convo just put it in the daily. Makes sense to me.

kelbel527

Flamingemu said:

kelbel527 said:

I think I'm just getting so overwhelmed by the boxes I still have to unpack, the paperwork I have to do for the new house, the last minute stuff for closing on the old house, and all the actual work/organizing I need to do at my job, that I'm just shutting down and doing none of it.

My desk is messy, my apartment is messy and I really need motivation to do something about at least one of them this weekend.

I went through this a few weeks ago. I took a day off basically and just made a list and normal clean-up (dishes/trash). The next day I was a list tackling machine. I felt really accomplished to finish things and having a concrete plan helped so so much.

I need to do this.  I love lists.  I'll make one today when I'm not working as hard as I should be  Then tomorrow hopefully I can at least get my house in order.  Which is actually necessary because we have people coming over for dinner...

Pokedot

cheeseandrice said:

I'm going to be really late to work, because we had a follow up appt at the chiro. I couldn't care less. But H is being a complete asshole about getting there late.weeellll maybe if he'd drive faster than 64 in a 65 for the 30mi drive we wouldn't be as late. I might punch him.

DH drives me nuts with his driving. If we're running late it feels like he drives even slower. Put your foot on the gas man!

BillyMollyEmmy

When people say age doesn't matter in relationships I tend to disagree. BIL is 30 and his gf is 47. It's weird. Age differences can be weird. It's not just a number. 

Flamingemu

cheeseandrice said:

Maybe this is more of a UO but the daily chat threads are stupid.

I don't think the daily threads are dumb, but no one is posting otherwise these days. It helps to keep some activity. I do wish there were more regular posts and less long ones because the daily ones are usually too long for me to bother posting in by the time I am on at night. 

Flamingemu

My client didn't trust the other girl who recently quit so she has me checking all of her work for the past year - on top of prepping for an audit, formulating our budget for next year, writing new SOPs for far too many things that have never been documented, and my normal every day activities. 

Someone is coming onboard in 3 weeks and while I am looking forward to having some help, I am dreading all the time out of my day it is going to take to get her up to speed. 

I hate training new people. 

Pokedot

BillyMollyEmmy said:

When people say age doesn't matter in relationships I tend to disagree. BIL is 30 and his gf is 47. It's weird. Age differences can be weird. It's not just a number. 

DH and I are 6 years apart. For us the age thing doesn't matter but I can see 17 years. I'm all for an older woman having a younger man but that amount of age difference comes with different experiences. I could see how it would be an issue.

Flamingemu

BillyMollyEmmy said:

When people say age doesn't matter in relationships I tend to disagree. BIL is 30 and his gf is 47. It's weird. Age differences can be weird. It's not just a number. 

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It tends to be more normal the longer they are together. My aunt and uncle are 15 years apart (started dating when she was only 22) and it is totally normal for them now.

BillyMollyEmmy

SpoofLeJones said:

I think 10+ year age difference can be weird, otherwise? Meh.

Agreed. and also it seems to be weird the older people are. For instance... 22 and 32? Not so weird. 20-somethings and 30-somethings have a lot in common, are pretty much in the same shape health-wise. But when you get into situations where it's 30 and 47 or w/e ... I tend to think of the future. 50 and 67? 80 and 97? Maybe I think about this too much.

but seriously.... BIL's girlfriend looks like his mom and mothers him... effing weird. 

Pokedot

BunkinMama said:

This is embarassing and I think pretty gross.  I don't know how this happened, but I have ringworm on my areola.   ">  

Winner of FFFC! How do you treat that?

Hyaline

SpoofLeJones said:

I think 10+ year age difference can be weird, otherwise? Meh.

I think it depends on the people, though, too.  I've seen some May-December relationships that totally made sense because the people just clicked--maybe the younger person was just an old soul, or maybe they were both so kooky in the same way that age didn't matter as much.

And I've seen people the same age who were in such different places, mentally, that it didn't work out.  Like they might as well have been a 45 year old and a 21 year old.

Flamingemu

I have been seriously judging my DH who is a newfound NBA fan since the Wizards have been in the playoffs. He has not watched 1 NBA game willingly in the 13 years we have been together. 

He even bought a frickin' Wizards shirt! Ugh. 

MarisaKathleen

My parents were 14 years apart...it didn't seem weird to me since my Dad always looked really young.  It got weird at Christmas when my BIL said something to the tune of my Dad robbing the cradle. Especially since we do all holidays and vacations together with my Dad's first wife.  Similarly, when I was 22, I dated someone 32.  It was weird.  Even though I (thought) was a more mature 22, it was still a big difference.

My FFFC: This morning on the news they were making a big deal about how the script from today or yesterday's airing of "The View" was being donated to The Smithsonian because Barbara Walters is retiring.  I think The View is complete drivel and get embarrassed for people when I hear them talking about it as a "news" show, yet if I'm off on a random day, I almost always turn it on for a few minutes so I can yell at the TV.

Pokedot

BunkinMama said:

Pokedot said:

BunkinMama said:

This is embarassing and I think pretty gross.  I don't know how this happened, but I have ringworm on my areola.   ">  

Winner of FFFC! How do you treat that?

I got an antifungal cream I have to put on several times a day.

Hope it clears up for you!

Hyaline

My cousin from the hick side of my family is getting married this summer. FFFC? My mom and I are looking forward to being catty about all the tacky shit at the wedding.

Oh, hell, we're already being catty about the tacky invitations.

KellersPrag

My parents were 15 years apart, so I've always felt that age is just a number. I see nothing wrong with it.

KellersPrag

SpoofLeJones said:

There are a couple people around here that I don't recognize. I thought maybe it was a name change thing but it's been a while and I still can't figure out who they are.

Who?

Pokedot

I think the biggest thing when couples are 15-20 years between them is if children are involved. Their child is graduating high school and dad is 70. How many years does that child really have "left" with his father? I'm not saying they shouldn't have kids, its just a weird concept to me. 

KellersPrag

Pokedot said:

I think the biggest thing when couples are 15-20 years between them is if children are involved. Their child is graduating high school and dad is 70. How many years does that child really have "left" with his father? I'm not saying they shouldn't have kids, its just a weird concept to me. 

My dad was 47 when I was born. He's 73 this year, so a little younger than your example. But my mother and father were the PERFECT couple, just meant for each other. And my dad has been an amazing dad to me. I know each experience may vary, but it's not that bad.

KellersPrag

@SpoofLeJones 2 of those are name changes (I'm pretty sure), and Diane has intro'ed, the other one I have no idea. haha

MarisaKathleen

Hyaline said:

My cousin from the hick side of my family is getting married this summer. FFFC? My mom and I are looking forward to being catty about all the tacky shit at the wedding.

Oh, hell, we're already being catty about the tacky invitations.

When DH's ex wife got remarried the guys carried shotguns, they had a donkey wearing a veil walk down the "aisle" and she wore a crown of artificial flowers on her head.  It was like watching an episode of Honey Boo Boo.  

Flamingemu

SpoofLeJones said:

SpoofLeJones said:

There are a couple people around here that I don't recognize. I thought maybe it was a name change thing but it's been a while and I still can't figure out who they are.

Who?

--- Uh...uhm...I'll get back to you. ETA: RivaJam, DianeD (?), PACgirl##, GEM###. I'm sure I butchered their SNs.

Pretty sure they are people that all showed up near the time our kiddos were born. We scared them off for a while, and are back.

Flamingemu

MarisaKathleen said:

Hyaline said:

My cousin from the hick side of my family is getting married this summer. FFFC? My mom and I are looking forward to being catty about all the tacky shit at the wedding.

Oh, hell, we're already being catty about the tacky invitations.

When DH's ex wife got remarried the guys carried shotguns, they had a donkey wearing a veil walk down the "aisle" and she wore a crown of artificial flowers on her head.  It was like watching an episode of Honey Boo Boo.  

OMG - I would have LOVED to see that! I love trainwreck weddings. 

MarisaKathleen

BunkinMama said:

Hyaline said:

My cousin from the hick side of my family is getting married this summer. FFFC? My mom and I are looking forward to being catty about all the tacky shit at the wedding.

Oh, hell, we're already being catty about the tacky invitations.

Did you read the post on FB from my brother too?!!  I wonder if they'll clean out the barn for it or if we will get to dance on the hay bales!

DH's ex wife also got re-married in a barn.  Sigh.

Something tells me she didn't use Pinterest to plan her wedding.

Pokedot

MarisaKathleen said:

Hyaline said:

My cousin from the hick side of my family is getting married this summer. FFFC? My mom and I are looking forward to being catty about all the tacky shit at the wedding.

Oh, hell, we're already being catty about the tacky invitations.

When DH's ex wife got remarried the guys carried shotguns, they had a donkey wearing a veil walk down the "aisle" and she wore a crown of artificial flowers on her head.  It was like watching an episode of Honey Boo Boo.  

Is this the same woman you referenced going to Kleinfelds? If so, talk about total opposite ends of the spectrum.

melody921

Pokedot said:

cheeseandrice said:

I'm going to be really late to work, because we had a follow up appt at the chiro. I couldn't care less. But H is being a complete asshole about getting there late.weeellll maybe if he'd drive faster than 64 in a 65 for the 30mi drive we wouldn't be as late. I might punch him.

DH drives me nuts with his driving. If we're running late it feels like he drives even slower. Put your foot on the gas man!

To quote DS: "If you're going to drive, drive!" Yes, my 4-year-old may have inherited some of my road rage.