I spent ALL DAY yesterday doing laundry. It had gotten way out of hand, so DH and I decided yesterday was a stay at home and get stuff done day. He was tired after about 2 hours of working on DS room, and didnt get odf the couch the rest of the day.Then I went to the store at 6 to get stuff for and make dinner. Made the kids our traditional valentines ice cream sundaes. In the time it took me to get them settled and eating it, DH cleaned up all the sundae stuff...before I made mine. Its petty, but ugh....just ugh!
This isn't really a bf but I periodically check the feb and march boards to see the babies and the march babies with the tubes in their noses is making me cry but I can't stop. They're so little and sweet.
This is my actual BFM: I can't freaking sleep. When I do sleep, I wake myself up snoring. I ran my SO out of the room last night.
1. So I had to get lab work on Friday last week but they could do one of them because they didn't understand what the doctor wrote (typed not handwritten). I looked at the order yesterday and noticed it was just a typo! Instead of "and" it said "amd". Now I have to call the doc to get it fixed and go back in for the blood work.
2. My SIL rarely comes to visit us (only an hour away). Her excuse is the sleeping routine for her 2.5 year old. Yes I get it routines are important but why does she blow them off to visit her family that lives 20 further away from us but doesn't make that exception to see us? It makes me sad because we have to go to them 90% of the time and my DH and his brother are really close. Not to mention building up a relationship with his nephew! And she says she's excited for us and happy her son will have a cousin....well I guess we'll see if that changes once our baby is born. I really do hope it gets better for the kids sake...this is came up from seeing her FB post last night.
3. My place is a mess. I wish I had Mary Poppins powers to clean while on bed rest.
4. Major baby brain. Can't seem to remember to take my pills on time. Even with alarms set up! Ugh
5. Target ran out of my prenatal vitamins so I had to substitute for another that consists of 2 pills - the omega ones are gross!
My BFM goes to my husband, who basically ruined the first half of Valentine's Day. He comes home from work after working 3rd and asked what we are doing today because it's Valentine's Day. I said let's eat in and order Chinese because who wants to battle the crowds and wait an hour to get a seat at a restaurant? That part was fine, except when he started self reflecting and it sounded like he was rather disappointed in the progress he's made and where he's at in life. Sorry for holding you back with our 2 kids buddy. You also wanted them too. A huge fight ensued. After he apologized a number of times, mostly for wording things very stupidly and making it sound a lot worse than what he meant we were able to move on. Then we argued about something else, but then we were also able to resolve that too rather quickly. The first part of my morning was spent bawling in the bedroom. Then the second part was spent laying on the couch with a huge headache from all the arguing and crying I did. That didn't go so well with a two year old who demanded my attention so I drank some coffee, took something for my headache and sucked it up.
Then the third part of the night I was pissed off in my game (I play WoW) when some guildmate decided to call me and some other lady in there "hoes," hookers, and call girls. He thought he was being cute. I was royally pissed because just I just endured some idiot guild mate asking if my baby was going to be dumb and stupid because I told him my baby doesn't say anything from inside the womb. The internet is awfully cruel, especially with single men in their 30's who still live with their parents. I was so close to leaving that guild and I am still considering it because I will not put up with that, I don't care how far you've progressed in some video game. I'd wish Karma on them but appears as if Karma already has its way with them and judging on their personalities and behavior it does not appear they will be affecting the gene pool anytime soon. I will say if I encounter one more issue within that guild I'm moving on. So yea stupid rant but still all the same dealing with very stupid inconsiderate people.
In all, yesterday pretty much sucked. Oh and last night, I could. not. sleep. Or get comfortable. I was so miserable and my belly pretty much pinned me into the same position unless I really put forth and effort to switch sides, but that required lots of effort.
1. DH was working on BILS kitchen all weekend and didn't get home until 10 pm because he watched their kid so they could go out to dinner. It was nice, but what happened to spending the day with me?
2. MIL can't make up her mind if us buying a house or not is a good thing. One minute she's excited and happy and the next she is freaking out because it means we won't live in the same town and that means we are taking the kids from her. She seriously flip flopped on her opinion all weekend and I took the brunt of it because DH wasn't answering his phone.
This isn't really a bf but I periodically check the feb and march boards to see the babies and the march babies with the tubes in their noses is making me cry but I can't stop. They're so little and sweet.
This is my actual BFM: I can't freaking sleep. When I do sleep, I wake myself up snoring. I ran my SO out of the room last night.
I try to stay away from the sad ones. I would for sure start crying. I stick to the drama like the tdap one in 2nd tri board. But I feel like there are fewer posts recently which makes me a bit sad because I'm running out of reading material while on bedrest.
Ok I have another BF. This one goes out to my coworker. And kind of to the shitty temp but mostly my coworker.
My coworker has been back for a month now from her 6 week STD after having a minor stroke. While she was out for 6 weeks, I busted my ass, working late as fuck to make sure her stuff got done. In that time, my stuff ended up neglected. *My* shitty temp started early in order to help her get caught up incase she was going to have trouble getting back into the swing and to train with me just in case I happen to go early, she'll be ready. (Not expected to go early but preemptive...also she wont be ready because she sucks). Well, the temp is shitty so in the month she's been here I guess she hasn't helped my coworker *enough* so when I tell her I'm going to start training her on something new my coworker whines and says, "ugh, well when is she going to get a chance to work on my stuff?"....fuck you. She's not your temp!! Also, she's been working on your stuff for the past month.
Another BF goes to my boss because the shitty temp is still here. I had a chat with him on Friday afternoon about how shitty she is and I think he's afraid to get rid of her. I don't know wtf is going on but she sucks. She's nutty and unprofessional. It literally took her 8 hours last week to make labels for approximately 35 folders....
1)It's monday and I don't have off like a lot of people. I also had a whopping 10min of actual work to do, so instead of being home and being productive I'm trying to figure out how to waste time until 3pm.
2)I'm also beyond exhausted. I woke up at 1am with horrible heartburn and didn't get back to sleep until 3:30 or so. My alarm goes off at 5. So I got maybe 4hours of really broken sleep.
3) I forgot half my snacks at home and I'm hungry. Since the VA hospital has a holiday today, everywhere I could get a snack is closed and leaving campus is a giant hassle.
Pretty sure I've developed restless leg/arm syndrome.I'm so tired but cannot stop fidgeting or moving around for the life of me. I have an appt tomorrow so I can add that to the list of questions I have.
Dh cousin is due a a week before and having a c sec @39wks. Cool no big deal. But family is making it seem like it's a race to see who will actually have baby first. she is dialating i guess. I have some complications, just want to get as close to edd as possible and don't care if my baby comes first or not.
My baby shower was on Saturday, and it was for the most part really awesome and lovely. My grandma couldn't make it because she was in too much pain, and my BFF couldn't either because she works for Disney and they apparently own your soul from the months of Jan-April...
My rant is going out to my friend who made such a huge deal about not buying something off of our registry because she wanted to "get us something really good," and recruited another friend to go halves on it with her. I'm really glad she inadvertently warned me about it before the shower, because I might have betrayed my real emotions about it when opening the gift...
She essentially got LO a bunch of random junk from Walmart, and hot glued it to a wreath... None of it is practical, and if she had bothered to even look at the f****** registry she would know that "I" am allergic to the soaps and lotions she bought for LO, and that we have PLENTY of toys already. Not that I can use most of what she gave us anyway, because there is hot glue stuck all over EVERYTHING.
I'm really not a gift grabby bitch, but I am REALLY hurt that she literally ignored everything about what we need/wanted for our LO in favor of this hot mess. Also, she went halves with someone and they couldn't have spent that much on it, so you essentially took away two gifts for one crappy one? (They left the prices on all of it and spelled my name wrong on the card too >.<)
It really shouldn't be this big of a deal to me. It's the thought that counts, but there was like absolutely no thought towards me/LO with this. AND this is the friend who is going full tilt Bridezilla right now, which leads me to my second rant. About her.
When my sisters sent out the invitations they apparently included something about wearing dresses so we can all get pictures together. She showed up wearing jeans and a tshirt. And a half an hour late, with no apology, even though I insisted we wait for her to get everything started. We only played two of the four games my sisters found because of that. (Not that I'm complaining tbh lol)
The entire shower I stayed in my rocker and everyone came to me, which was a SUPER blessing because I had severe BH all day, and moving was killing me. Not only did she complain that I didn't greet her when she got there she never came up to me to say anything either. And yesterday four people messaged me about her being so tacky. I had literally no idea what they were talking about, because I was stuck on my rocking throne in one room. Apparently she felt my baby shower was a good event to talk nonstop about her wedding in November and complain about how hard it is to work around three of her bridesmaids issues. (Meaning two of us are pregnant, and one just started trying.)
I did notice she was being bratty when we started to open presents though, because she got her phone out at one point and while I was starting to tear up over a book my parents gave LO and had written a really touching message in it, she loudly announced that her fiancé still isn't on board with them having kids yet, and she isn't getting any younger. I basically smiled at her and said, "get through your wedding first, and go back to it later. I'm jealous you're going to have time to just be your future husband's wife for a while!" And we all moved on.
My mother, two sisters, FMIL, and another friend all commented on her behavior to me the next day, and I was embarrassed by it. This chick is supposed to be one of my best friends, and she is so caught up in jealousy she is becoming unbearable to be around... When I brought this up to my fiancé last night, he reminded me that she started pushing her now fiancé into proposing to her right after we got engaged, so it isn't really that surprising to him. He also thought the gift was tacky, but did mention that everyone else more than made up for it. Which was totally true. I'm very blessed to have so much love and support right now!
Now one she has changed the bachelorette plans to going to Tampa so I will have a baby sitter. (It's where my BF lives, and since she won't ever have kids, her moms have adopted my LO as their grandchild lol) She is driving me insane with all the plans, and wants to plan everything in the middle of August, because that's when her BF will be in state. Um, my birthday is in August, and guess what I am not ignoring to go watch you get shit faced for? Also, I've mentioned several times that I don't want to pump, if I don't have to, how do you think a weekend away from my LO is going to work with these plans exactly??? Oh, right, I'm "probably going to give up breastfeeding when I figure out how hard it really is" and if I don't then "there is no way you won't develop postpartum because you HAVE to pump to eleviate that chemical release." (No idea where she got that from...) I'm at the point where I'm going to slip up and say "can you just be married already, so you'll stop being such a bitch?"
1) Heartburn/acid reflux. Up until now it has been manageable through Tums. I think I woke up at least 3/4 times last night popping more and more Tums just to fall asleep. Time to up game to Zantac at night.
2) this subarctic freeze froze one of our cold water lines to the washer so awesomely enough all my work clothes which are dirty are still not clean. I have no pants for tomorrow. Hopefully it'll thaw today bc DH (who has the day off) "doesn't know" what to do about it. Google it! I refuse to pay a plumber another penny this year.
@rebelone Can't you report them for that? I haven't played any games like that in years, but you used to be able to if I'm not mistaken... That was clearly harassment, and WoW is supposed to be a game for kids as well as adults. It isn't like CoD here
This is just a small BF but it's kinda cute so I'm posting it.
I had a couple cookies after dinner last night and just put the rest on the counter when I went to bed. DD woke up this morning and saw them so naturally it's what she wanted for breakfast. Well she wouldnt eat anything else I tried to give her and kept throwing a fit, so I cut up a banana to make them look like mini cookies and told her they were cookies. Yeah she ate them. Win!!
My baby shower was on Saturday, and it was for the most part really awesome and lovely. My grandma couldn't make it because she was in too much pain, and my BFF couldn't either because she works for Disney and they apparently own your soul from the months of Jan-April...
My rant is going out to my friend who made such a huge deal about not buying something off of our registry because she wanted to "get us something really good," and recruited another friend to go halves on it with her. I'm really glad she inadvertently warned me about it before the shower, because I might have betrayed my real emotions about it when opening the gift...
She essentially got LO a bunch of random junk from Walmart, and hot glued it to a wreath... None of it is practical, and if she had bothered to even look at the f****** registry she would know that "I" am allergic to the soaps and lotions she bought for LO, and that we have PLENTY of toys already. Not that I can use most of what she gave us anyway, because there is hot glue stuck all over EVERYTHING.
I'm really not a gift grabby bitch, but I am REALLY hurt that she literally ignored everything about what we need/wanted for our LO in favor of this hot mess. Also, she went halves with someone and they couldn't have spent that much on it, so you essentially took away two gifts for one crappy one? (They left the prices on all of it and spelled my name wrong on the card too >.<)
It really shouldn't be this big of a deal to me. It's the thought that counts, but there was like absolutely no thought towards me/LO with this. AND this is the friend who is going full tilt Bridezilla right now, which leads me to my second rant. About her.
When my sisters sent out the invitations they apparently included something about wearing dresses so we can all get pictures together. She showed up wearing jeans and a tshirt. And a half an hour late, with no apology, even though I insisted we wait for her to get everything started. We only played two of the four games my sisters found because of that. (Not that I'm complaining tbh lol)
The entire shower I stayed in my rocker and everyone came to me, which was a SUPER blessing because I had severe BH all day, and moving was killing me. Not only did she complain that I didn't greet her when she got there she never came up to me to say anything either. And yesterday four people messaged me about her being so tacky. I had literally no idea what they were talking about, because I was stuck on my rocking throne in one room. Apparently she felt my baby shower was a good event to talk nonstop about her wedding in November and complain about how hard it is to work around three of her bridesmaids issues. (Meaning two of us are pregnant, and one just started trying.)
I did notice she was being bratty when we started to open presents though, because she got her phone out at one point and while I was starting to tear up over a book my parents gave LO and had written a really touching message in it, she loudly announced that her fiancé still isn't on board with them having kids yet, and she isn't getting any younger. I basically smiled at her and said, "get through your wedding first, and go back to it later. I'm jealous you're going to have time to just be your future husband's wife for a while!" And we all moved on.
My mother, two sisters, FMIL, and another friend all commented on her behavior to me the next day, and I was embarrassed by it. This chick is supposed to be one of my best friends, and she is so caught up in jealousy she is becoming unbearable to be around... When I brought this up to my fiancé last night, he reminded me that she started pushing her now fiancé into proposing to her right after we got engaged, so it isn't really that surprising to him. He also thought the gift was tacky, but did mention that everyone else more than made up for it. Which was totally true. I'm very blessed to have so much love and support right now!
Now one she has changed the bachelorette plans to going to Tampa so I will have a baby sitter. (It's where my BF lives, and since she won't ever have kids, her moms have adopted my LO as their grandchild lol) She is driving me insane with all the plans, and wants to plan everything in the middle of August, because that's when her BF will be in state. Um, my birthday is in August, and guess what I am not ignoring to go watch you get shit faced for? Also, I've mentioned several times that I don't want to pump, if I don't have to, how do you think a weekend away from my LO is going to work with these plans exactly??? Oh, right, I'm "probably going to give up breastfeeding when I figure out how hard it really is" and if I don't then "there is no way you won't develop postpartum because you HAVE to pump to eleviate that chemical release." (No idea where she got that from...) I'm at the point where I'm going to slip up and say "can you just be married already, so you'll stop being such a bitch?"
Apparently she's an expert at breastfeeding...without kids. I would definitely still make plans for your bday. Celebrate your self!
Dh cousin is due a a week before and having a c sec @39wks. Cool no big deal. But family is making it seem like it's a race to see who will actually have baby first. she is dialating i guess. I have some complications, just want to get as close to edd as possible and don't care if my baby comes first or not.
I hate this. This is one of the major reasons we didn't announce on FB. With DD we were due around the same time as a lot of our friends and it was so frustrating to have everyone go into labor but have nothing happening on my end.
My cousin and I were six weeks apart in our due dates and everyone made a huge deal about how cool it was they would be so close. It was her second my first. She went into labor the same day as my induction and family was actually taking bets as to who would have the baby first. She ended up with a 32+hr labor and so they are born almost two days apart. Of course she stole the spotlight. Definitely a ffc but I was thankful Dd was such a good baby and she struggled with everything even though she was one of those stms who are always amazing no matter what she did.
Yeah, I have to agree. It's a decent idea in theory, minus the hot glue - but seriously, why would you glue a bunch of shit to a wreath and expect it to be usable? Use safety pins, or tape, or ribbon...but glue? Serious WTF, along with all of her actual behavior. Gross.
I almost didn't post today because I didn't want anyone to think I was being gift grabby and bitchy
Not at all! Who in their right mind would hot glue soft items? It's like she knew you would want to return things, but wanted to make sure you couldn't. She seems like one of those people that can't handle not being the center of attention at all times.
My WTF continues to go to my stomach, which is still not back to normal from the stomach flu I had last Thursday. And my feet are still insanely swollen from all the fluids I got last week, despite wearing compression socks to bed last night (those helped my ankles, but not my actual feet ).
Well damn, I didn't know it was president's day. Our organization does not observe President's Day, Columbus Day, Dr. or Martin Luther King day so I'm stuck here working.
@Knottie9983816 if you haven't paid for the bridesmaid dress yet, I'd drop that friend like she's hot. Good riddance.
I'm still holding out hope that once her wedding is over, and she realizes that having a kid is no picnic, she'll go back to sanity... Long shot I'm sure, but here's to hoping...
Dh cousin is due a a week before and having a c sec @39wks. Cool no big deal. But family is making it seem like it's a race to see who will actually have baby first. she is dialating i guess. I have some complications, just want to get as close to edd as possible and don't care if my baby comes first or not.
I hate this. This is one of the major reasons we didn't announce on FB. With DD we were due around the same time as a lot of our friends and it was so frustrating to have everyone go into labor but have nothing happening on my end.
My cousin and I were six weeks apart in our due dates and everyone made a huge deal about how cool it was they would be so close. It was her second my first. She went into labor the same day as my induction and family was actually taking bets as to who would have the baby first. She ended up with a 32+hr labor and so they are born almost two days apart. Of course she stole the spotlight. Definitely a ffc but I was thankful Dd was such a good baby and she struggled with everything even though she was one of those stms who are always amazing no matter what she did.
Not announcing on social media was one of the best decisions I feel like I have made so far.
@Knottie9983816 I seriously LOLd when I saw that wreath, I'm truly sorry for the fact that she sucks.. but how did you not laugh when you opened that? Hot glue? Gawd.
@rebelone Can't you report them for that? I haven't played any games like that in years, but you used to be able to if I'm not mistaken... That was clearly harassment, and WoW is supposed to be a game for kids as well as adults. It isn't like CoD here
Well, I suppose if I got the harassment repeatedly, but this is the first time of it ever happening, and these people knew for a couple months I was pregnant. I just joined this guild about 6 months ago and I think they're getting a little too comfortable with me they think they can make me the butt of their jokes like they do with each other. The dude commenting about my baby being possibly dumb said it in Ventrilo and I didn't pay attention to him and displayed that his comment was neither funny or worth paying attention to and he moved on to something else. I put the other dude that was talking shit and calling the female players hoes, hookers and call girls in chat went on my ignore list and I told others that he doesn't play an important enough role in our team to pay attention to anyway and put it out there that I've never disrespected any player to deserve being talked to this way. One of our mates (who was the other lady that was being called a hoe) asked me to unignore him so he can apologize for being an idiot, but I simply logged for the night without doing so. Fuck him. We're supposed to be doing a group initiative tonight (aka boss fight) and if any of them further start shit with me I'm leaving the team. There's like thousands other groups out there to play with than to be bothered by some immature asshats. But yea online gaming at its finest I suppose. I suppose it was my mistake in the first place to mention I was even pregnant. But that still don't excuse the asshat calling the female players other names.
I almost didn't post today because I didn't want anyone to think I was being gift grabby and bitchy
I'm sorry, that is a shitty gift. After detailing your encounter with her at your shower, I'd totally return the favor for her wedding gift and make her a shitty wreath from crap she didn't register for. Only coz right now it sounds good to me coz I'm feeling hormonal and vindictive.
I have another one. DH and I found out at the beginning of the year that his ex had dropped dental insurance on their son a year ago, but never told us. It came up when I realized he hadn't been to the dentist lately as I was scheduling DDs latest appointment. Thankfully he has it through me now. Aside from the fact that she is the one who gets to claim SS for tax purposes because DH doesn't have insurance available through his job, it's beyond neglectful. Which was confirmed today when I took him to the dentist today and he has numerous cavities, 3 broken teeth, and decay all around. The poor kid has to have a root canal....at 8 years old. He never said anything hurts, and my heart breaks for him. And I want to punch his mom in the jaw for choosing to save that little extra a month over his health. We now have $3000+ in dental work that has to be done. Stupid selfish heifer!
I have another one. DH and I found out at the beginning of the year that his ex had dropped dental insurance on their son a year ago, but never told us. It came up when I realized he hadn't been to the dentist lately as I was scheduling DDs latest appointment. Thankfully he has it through me now. Aside from the fact that she is the one who gets to claim SS for tax purposes because DH doesn't have insurance available through his job, it's beyond neglectful. Which was confirmed today when I took him to the dentist today and he has numerous cavities, 3 broken teeth, and decay all around. The poor kid has to have a root canal....at 8 years old. He never said anything hurts, and my heart breaks for him. And I want to punch his mom in the jaw for choosing to save that little extra a month over his health. We now have $3000+ in dental work that has to be done. Stupid selfish heifer!
Dh cousin is due a a week before and having a c sec @39wks. Cool no big deal. But family is making it seem like it's a race to see who will actually have baby first. she is dialating i guess. I have some complications, just want to get as close to edd as possible and don't care if my baby comes first or not.
I hate this. This is one of the major reasons we didn't announce on FB. With DD we were due around the same time as a lot of our friends and it was so frustrating to have everyone go into labor but have nothing happening on my end.
My cousin and I were six weeks apart in our due dates and everyone made a huge deal about how cool it was they would be so close. It was her second my first. She went into labor the same day as my induction and family was actually taking bets as to who would have the baby first. She ended up with a 32+hr labor and so they are born almost two days apart. Of course she stole the spotlight. Definitely a ffc but I was thankful Dd was such a good baby and she struggled with everything even though she was one of those stms who are always amazing no matter what she did.
Not announcing on social media was one of the best decisions I feel like I have made so far.
Agreed. I'll do it again in a heartbeat if we have #3. I have two cousins due in Feb one on the 11th and the other on the 18th. I found I've been stalking their pages waiting for an update but nothing. I am hoping by not announcing we avoid the million messages and texts asking if today is the day. Because like I know...
@Knottie9983816 I say cut her out of your life. If she's acting that way now, whether its marriage, a house or kids, she ain't gonna change her attitude and the way she treats you no matter what. Her attitude and gift are both outrageous! She obviously doesnt give a crap about what you actually need, and made a quick last minute run to grab stuff and make a gluegun project. She has no respect for you and deserves none from you, either!
My BFM goes to just receiving the news that one of my coworkers passed away this morning. That crazy old man was supposed to be retiring at the end of the month. Yesterday was his birthday and anniversary. My heart goes out to his family.
A long, long time ago in the beginning, there were some ladies posting in the first trimester how good they were feeling and they "never felt better." The reaction to their feeling so good was well, as good as it was going to get to say the least. I wonder if they're feeling the same as they've felt back then or if things changed.
My BFM goes out to the five people who told me over the weekend that I owe it to them to reveal the sex and name of our baby because they have no intention of buying anything off the registry (because apparently they don't "do" registries) and want to get something that they would rather get. I'm not looking for handouts and I certainly appreciate anyone who's willing to shower my child with a gift but I registered for things that I actually needed and would rather folks get something off the registry that took me an hour and half to put together.
I think I'm really starting to get over this pregnancy thanks to all the people around me and their ignorant comments. I really just want to scream right now.
I get so tired of reading the "everyday is Valentine's Day" posts on FB. Ok. We get it. We know. Your SO should make you feel special throughout the year and not just on one day. If you don't celebrate it, that's fine; but don't look down on others because they decided to go out to have a nice dinner, or got some roses and breakfast in bed, etc. It's funny that the same people don't go around saying this, don't say anything about Christmas or their birthdays...ijs.
Dh cousin is due a a week before and having a c sec @39wks. Cool no big deal. But family is making it seem like it's a race to see who will actually have baby first. she is dialating i guess. I have some complications, just want to get as close to edd as possible and don't care if my baby comes first or not.
I hate this. This is one of the major reasons we didn't announce on FB. With DD we were due around the same time as a lot of our friends and it was so frustrating to have everyone go into labor but have nothing happening on my end.
My cousin and I were six weeks apart in our due dates and everyone made a huge deal about how cool it was they would be so close. It was her second my first. She went into labor the same day as my induction and family was actually taking bets as to who would have the baby first. She ended up with a 32+hr labor and so they are born almost two days apart. Of course she stole the spotlight. Definitely a ffc but I was thankful Dd was such a good baby and she struggled with everything even though she was one of those stms who are always amazing no matter what she did.
Not announcing on social media was one of the best decisions I feel like I have made so far.
This is #2 for her and #3 for me. We were pre sggo together last time due 2 wks apart. I was induced 2 wks earlier. And she can be so wierd about thingsIt was nice being out of state last time lol. Family gets together about 1-2 times a month.
It's mainly her, her parents, and dh mom. Dh and I are on the same page and don't really engage in it, our response is usually as long the lines of we hope to get as close to edd as possible.
So my sil said she had a ton of baby boy stuff for me, and I was like, score! We're team green, but if we end up with a boy, he has almost nothing, because all our boy (and gender neutral) stuff burned last year (girl stuff was in storage, and holy gosh, there is so much of it.). Anyway, I got it yesterday, and what a load of crap. First, none of it is baby. It's all the size that our boys just grew out of (our youngest sons are just a month apart), so it's the size I actually have plenty of to pass on to a boy baby. Second, and I don't mean to be a snotty bitch, but it's all from Walmart, and it shows- not only is it all poorly made, but she gave me the stuff that's falling apart, too. Third, half of it still had food stuck to the front! Gross!! Since when is it OK to pass on your dirty laundry to someone else?! I would never dream of not washing hand me downs before passing them along. I appreciate the thought, but if this is how you donate, I totally get why the battered women's shelter has started rejecting her donations...
My BFM goes out to the five people who told me over the weekend that I owe it to them to reveal the sex and name of our baby because they have no intention of buying anything off the registry (because apparently they don't "do" registries) and want to get something that they would rather get. I'm not looking for handouts and I certainly appreciate anyone who's willing to shower my child with a gift but I registered for things that I actually needed and would rather folks get something off the registry that took me an hour and half to put together.
I think I'm really starting to get over this pregnancy thanks to all the people around me and their ignorant comments. I really just want to scream right now.
Girl have you been reading my posts for like this entire pregnancy??? Also, read my BFM for the week, lol. I will say that most of what I received at my shower was not on my registry, but everyone (with the exception of one person) got really sweet and well thought out gifts for us. In the end it can be very frustrating to have a wish list that is completely ignored, and it hurt my feelings deeply that it was ignored, but some of the items I did receive I never would have thought to purchase on my own.
I'm still in the "buy off the registry, if you aren't making something" camp, but that really boils down to who you are/how you were raised. The last wedding shower I went to I actually did both. I made a set of pillow covers that matched their wedding colors (Tardis blue) and got them some picture frames off their registry. It wasn't much, and I'm pretty sure I was unemployed at the time, but the pillows are actually sitting on her couch at her house, so I guess I did well there
I get so tired of reading the "everyday is Valentine's Day" posts on FB. Ok. We get it. We know. Your SO should make you feel special throughout the year and not just on one day. If you don't celebrate it, that's fine; but don't look down on others because they decided to go out to have a nice dinner, or got some roses and breakfast in bed, etc. It's funny that the same people don't go around saying this, don't say anything about Christmas or their birthdays...ijs.
I think February 29 needs to be a bigger deal. How is that not a huge holiday? It only comes every 4 years. Christmas, Valentine's Day, etc. come every stinkin' year!
Re: BFM 2/15
This is my actual BFM: I can't freaking sleep. When I do sleep, I wake myself up snoring. I ran my SO out of the room last night.
1. So I had to get lab work on Friday last week but they could do one of them because they didn't understand what the doctor wrote (typed not handwritten). I looked at the order yesterday and noticed it was just a typo! Instead of "and" it said "amd". Now I have to call the doc to get it fixed and go back in for the blood work.
2. My SIL rarely comes to visit us (only an hour away). Her excuse is the sleeping routine for her 2.5 year old. Yes I get it routines are important but why does she blow them off to visit her family that lives 20 further away from us but doesn't make that exception to see us? It makes me sad because we have to go to them 90% of the time and my DH and his brother are really close. Not to mention building up a relationship with his nephew! And she says she's excited for us and happy her son will have a cousin....well I guess we'll see if that changes once our baby is born. I really do hope it gets better for the kids sake...this is came up from seeing her FB post last night.
3. My place is a mess. I wish I had Mary Poppins powers to clean while on bed rest.
4. Major baby brain. Can't seem to remember to take my pills on time. Even with alarms set up! Ugh
5. Target ran out of my prenatal vitamins so I had to substitute for another that consists of 2 pills - the omega ones are gross!
My BFM goes to my husband, who basically ruined the first half of Valentine's Day. He comes home from work after working 3rd and asked what we are doing today because it's Valentine's Day. I said let's eat in and order Chinese because who wants to battle the crowds and wait an hour to get a seat at a restaurant? That part was fine, except when he started self reflecting and it sounded like he was rather disappointed in the progress he's made and where he's at in life. Sorry for holding you back with our 2 kids buddy. You also wanted them too. A huge fight ensued. After he apologized a number of times, mostly for wording things very stupidly and making it sound a lot worse than what he meant we were able to move on. Then we argued about something else, but then we were also able to resolve that too rather quickly. The first part of my morning was spent bawling in the bedroom. Then the second part was spent laying on the couch with a huge headache from all the arguing and crying I did. That didn't go so well with a two year old who demanded my attention so I drank some coffee, took something for my headache and sucked it up.
Then the third part of the night I was pissed off in my game (I play WoW) when some guildmate decided to call me and some other lady in there "hoes," hookers, and call girls. He thought he was being cute. I was royally pissed because just I just endured some idiot guild mate asking if my baby was going to be dumb and stupid because I told him my baby doesn't say anything from inside the womb. The internet is awfully cruel, especially with single men in their 30's who still live with their parents. I was so close to leaving that guild and I am still considering it because I will not put up with that, I don't care how far you've progressed in some video game. I'd wish Karma on them but appears as if Karma already has its way with them and judging on their personalities and behavior it does not appear they will be affecting the gene pool anytime soon. I will say if I encounter one more issue within that guild I'm moving on. So yea stupid rant but still all the same dealing with very stupid inconsiderate people.
In all, yesterday pretty much sucked. Oh and last night, I could. not. sleep. Or get comfortable. I was so miserable and my belly pretty much pinned me into the same position unless I really put forth and effort to switch sides, but that required lots of effort.
It's a boy! Grow baby, grow! EDD: 4/22/2016
2. MIL can't make up her mind if us buying a house or not is a good thing. One minute she's excited and happy and the next she is freaking out because it means we won't live in the same town and that means we are taking the kids from her. She seriously flip flopped on her opinion all weekend and I took the brunt of it because DH wasn't answering his phone.
My coworker has been back for a month now from her 6 week STD after having a minor stroke. While she was out for 6 weeks, I busted my ass, working late as fuck to make sure her stuff got done. In that time, my stuff ended up neglected. *My* shitty temp started early in order to help her get caught up incase she was going to have trouble getting back into the swing and to train with me just in case I happen to go early, she'll be ready. (Not expected to go early but preemptive...also she wont be ready because she sucks). Well, the temp is shitty so in the month she's been here I guess she hasn't helped my coworker *enough* so when I tell her I'm going to start training her on something new my coworker whines and says, "ugh, well when is she going to get a chance to work on my stuff?"....fuck you. She's not your temp!! Also, she's been working on your stuff for the past month.
Another BF goes to my boss because the shitty temp is still here. I had a chat with him on Friday afternoon about how shitty she is and I think he's afraid to get rid of her. I don't know wtf is going on but she sucks. She's nutty and unprofessional. It literally took her 8 hours last week to make labels for approximately 35 folders....
2)I'm also beyond exhausted. I woke up at 1am with horrible heartburn and didn't get back to sleep until 3:30 or so. My alarm goes off at 5. So I got maybe 4hours of really broken sleep.
3) I forgot half my snacks at home and I'm hungry. Since the VA hospital has a holiday today, everywhere I could get a snack is closed and leaving campus is a giant hassle.
Pretty sure I've developed restless leg/arm syndrome.I'm so tired but cannot stop fidgeting or moving around for the life of me. I have an appt tomorrow so I can add that to the list of questions I have.
Dh cousin is due a a week before and having a c sec @39wks. Cool no big deal. But family is making it seem like it's a race to see who will actually have baby first. she is dialating i guess. I have some complications, just want to get as close to edd as possible and don't care if my baby comes first or not.
My rant is going out to my friend who made such a huge deal about not buying something off of our registry because she wanted to "get us something really good," and recruited another friend to go halves on it with her. I'm really glad she inadvertently warned me about it before the shower, because I might have betrayed my real emotions about it when opening the gift...
She essentially got LO a bunch of random junk from Walmart, and hot glued it to a wreath... None of it is practical, and if she had bothered to even look at the f****** registry she would know that "I" am allergic to the soaps and lotions she bought for LO, and that we have PLENTY of toys already. Not that I can use most of what she gave us anyway, because there is hot glue stuck all over EVERYTHING.
I'm really not a gift grabby bitch, but I am REALLY hurt that she literally ignored everything about what we need/wanted for our LO in favor of this hot mess. Also, she went halves with someone and they couldn't have spent that much on it, so you essentially took away two gifts for one crappy one? (They left the prices on all of it and spelled my name wrong on the card too >.<)
It really shouldn't be this big of a deal to me. It's the thought that counts, but there was like absolutely no thought towards me/LO with this. AND this is the friend who is going full tilt Bridezilla right now, which leads me to my second rant. About her.
When my sisters sent out the invitations they apparently included something about wearing dresses so we can all get pictures together. She showed up wearing jeans and a tshirt. And a half an hour late, with no apology, even though I insisted we wait for her to get everything started. We only played two of the four games my sisters found because of that. (Not that I'm complaining tbh lol)
The entire shower I stayed in my rocker and everyone came to me, which was a SUPER blessing because I had severe BH all day, and moving was killing me. Not only did she complain that I didn't greet her when she got there she never came up to me to say anything either. And yesterday four people messaged me about her being so tacky. I had literally no idea what they were talking about, because I was stuck on my rocking throne in one room. Apparently she felt my baby shower was a good event to talk nonstop about her wedding in November and complain about how hard it is to work around three of her bridesmaids issues. (Meaning two of us are pregnant, and one just started trying.)
I did notice she was being bratty when we started to open presents though, because she got her phone out at one point and while I was starting to tear up over a book my parents gave LO and had written a really touching message in it, she loudly announced that her fiancé still isn't on board with them having kids yet, and she isn't getting any younger. I basically smiled at her and said, "get through your wedding first, and go back to it later. I'm jealous you're going to have time to just be your future husband's wife for a while!" And we all moved on.
My mother, two sisters, FMIL, and another friend all commented on her behavior to me the next day, and I was embarrassed by it. This chick is supposed to be one of my best friends, and she is so caught up in jealousy she is becoming unbearable to be around... When I brought this up to my fiancé last night, he reminded me that she started pushing her now fiancé into proposing to her right after we got engaged, so it isn't really that surprising to him. He also thought the gift was tacky, but did mention that everyone else more than made up for it. Which was totally true. I'm very blessed to have so much love and support right now!
Now one she has changed the bachelorette plans to going to Tampa so I will have a baby sitter. (It's where my BF lives, and since she won't ever have kids, her moms have adopted my LO as their grandchild lol) She is driving me insane with all the plans, and wants to plan everything in the middle of August, because that's when her BF will be in state. Um, my birthday is in August, and guess what I am not ignoring to go watch you get shit faced for? Also, I've mentioned several times that I don't want to pump, if I don't have to, how do you think a weekend away from my LO is going to work with these plans exactly??? Oh, right, I'm "probably going to give up breastfeeding when I figure out how hard it really is" and if I don't then "there is no way you won't develop postpartum because you HAVE to pump to eleviate that chemical release." (No idea where she got that from...) I'm at the point where I'm going to slip up and say "can you just be married already, so you'll stop being such a bitch?"
2) this subarctic freeze froze one of our cold water lines to the washer so awesomely enough all my work clothes which are dirty are still not clean. I have no pants for tomorrow. Hopefully it'll thaw today bc DH (who has the day off) "doesn't know" what to do about it. Google it! I refuse to pay a plumber another penny this year.
I had a couple cookies after dinner last night and just put the rest on the counter when I went to bed. DD woke up this morning and saw them so naturally it's what she wanted for breakfast. Well she wouldnt eat anything else I tried to give her and kept throwing a fit, so I cut up a banana to make them look like mini cookies and told her they were cookies. Yeah she ate them. Win!!
Weird to think your friend misspelled your name.
My cousin and I were six weeks apart in our due dates and everyone made a huge deal about how cool it was they would be so close. It was her second my first. She went into labor the same day as my induction and family was actually taking bets as to who would have the baby first. She ended up with a 32+hr labor and so they are born almost two days apart. Of course she stole the spotlight. Definitely a ffc but I was thankful Dd was such a good baby and she struggled with everything even though she was one of those stms who are always amazing no matter what she did.
It's a boy! Grow baby, grow! EDD: 4/22/2016
Well, I suppose if I got the harassment repeatedly, but this is the first time of it ever happening, and these people knew for a couple months I was pregnant. I just joined this guild about 6 months ago and I think they're getting a little too comfortable with me they think they can make me the butt of their jokes like they do with each other. The dude commenting about my baby being possibly dumb said it in Ventrilo and I didn't pay attention to him and displayed that his comment was neither funny or worth paying attention to and he moved on to something else. I put the other dude that was talking shit and calling the female players hoes, hookers and call girls in chat went on my ignore list and I told others that he doesn't play an important enough role in our team to pay attention to anyway and put it out there that I've never disrespected any player to deserve being talked to this way. One of our mates (who was the other lady that was being called a hoe) asked me to unignore him so he can apologize for being an idiot, but I simply logged for the night without doing so. Fuck him. We're supposed to be doing a group initiative tonight (aka boss fight) and if any of them further start shit with me I'm leaving the team. There's like thousands other groups out there to play with than to be bothered by some immature asshats. But yea online gaming at its finest I suppose. I suppose it was my mistake in the first place to mention I was even pregnant. But that still don't excuse the asshat calling the female players other names.
I'm sorry, that is a shitty gift. After detailing your encounter with her at your shower, I'd totally return the favor for her wedding gift and make her a shitty wreath from crap she didn't register for. Only coz right now it sounds good to me coz I'm feeling hormonal and vindictive.
It's a boy! Grow baby, grow! EDD: 4/22/2016
It's a boy! Grow baby, grow! EDD: 4/22/2016
Her attitude and gift are both outrageous! She obviously doesnt give a crap about what you actually need, and made a quick last minute run to grab stuff and make a gluegun project.
She has no respect for you and deserves none from you, either!
It's a boy! Grow baby, grow! EDD: 4/22/2016
A long, long time ago in the beginning, there were some ladies posting in the first trimester how good they were feeling and they "never felt better." The reaction to their feeling so good was well, as good as it was going to get to say the least. I wonder if they're feeling the same as they've felt back then or if things changed.
It's a boy! Grow baby, grow! EDD: 4/22/2016
I think I'm really starting to get over this pregnancy thanks to all the people around me and their ignorant comments. I really just want to scream right now.
This is #2 for her and #3 for me. We were pre sggo together last time due 2 wks apart. I was induced 2 wks earlier. And she can be so wierd about thingsIt was nice being out of state last time lol. Family gets together about 1-2 times a month.
It's mainly her, her parents, and dh mom. Dh and I are on the same page and don't really engage in it, our response is usually as long the lines of we hope to get as close to edd as possible.
I appreciate the thought, but if this is how you donate, I totally get why the battered women's shelter has started rejecting her donations...
I'm still in the "buy off the registry, if you aren't making something" camp, but that really boils down to who you are/how you were raised. The last wedding shower I went to I actually did both. I made a set of pillow covers that matched their wedding colors (Tardis blue) and got them some picture frames off their registry. It wasn't much, and I'm pretty sure I was unemployed at the time, but the pillows are actually sitting on her couch at her house, so I guess I did well there