I love my job, I really do, but it is very demanding and can be stressful at times just bc I'm so busy. I have projects assigned to me and for the last month I've been trying to get other people involved with my projects so that everything is covered when I'm out on leave. This hasn't been working out very well, and I continue to be the main contact on everything. I have mandatory meetings scheduled the week I'm due with no back up plan. I have stuff that I know I need to get done before I'm out on leave bc I'm the only person who has the information, and I'm running out of time and energy. I'm not one to ask for help, so I was hoping that my requests lately would have been taken more seriously. Now I'm just adding the pressure and work stress to everything we need to do to get ready for LO, plus make sure I'm spending time with my 3 year old before his entire world changes.
I had to work over the weekend and I wasn't happy about it. I'm 37 weeks today, and I have my son about a week early, so...
I'll preface this by saying that DHs family is mainly men and all the men have very sexist outlooks so the women in his family don't get much respect. I've always thought they treat DD different than the other male kids in the family.
Well yesterday MIL came to my sprinkle and she brought a bunch of presents. DH and I were adding it up and she probably spent close to $80, which of course we appreciate the gifts but for DDs baby shower she probably only spend like $15.
My biggest fear ever since finding out that this baby is a boy is that he will be treated better than DD just because he's a boy. So seeing the differences of even money spent on him vs DD has me really frustrated. DH made the comment that he doesn't think his mom has spent $80 on DD in her whole 2 years of life.
Also I know it's not just me for DH to make that comment because I tend to overthink things when I'm not pregnant so I've worried that I'm being a little crazy and making stuff up in my mind.
I went to my usual prenatal yoga class yesterday but they had a new sub teaching the class. It was horrible, and I am so sore today! This girl had never been pregnant before, and I think was new to teaching in general. The whole class was down-up-down-up-down-up (which is hard when you have shortness of breath and dizziness issues), and every time we went "down" she would have us do a plank and hold it.I'm sorry but doing that many planks is hard for anyone, but especially when you're pregnant and you have an extra 20-30 pounds around your midsection! I knew within about 15 minutes that I wanted to leave early, but I didn't because I didn't want to be rude. I eventually stopped doing the planks and went right into downward dog most times. But today my back hurts and my abdominal muscles (what's left of them) are so sore. I don't go to prenatal yoga to get an ass-kicking workout, and I don't think anyone else does either. You go to open up parts of your body that are cramped and scrunched from bearing extra weight, stretch out your back and hips, and get a moderate "flow" type workout. I am tempted to email the studio and complain, because they always say they welcome feedback, but I don't know. I want to keep going there and I don't want them to think I am a difficult customer or something.
@Snaps816 yea I'd be in pain on a good not pregnant day even if I was doing yoga regularly! You should email the studio so they don't let her sub again for prenatal, or let her know what is appropriate for the class. She was probably clueless and thought she was going easy. I was doing yoga on my living room floor at 1am because my back hurt so bad last night. It really helped. I'm afraid this baby is going to give me back labor, which I didn't have with the first two. Hopefully little man moves enough before labor!
37 weeks pregnant and carrying a very big baby boy, and I have to go to Court today for a hearing. I'm a lawyer, but somehow have gone to Court more while pregnant than I ever did before. But this is going to just suck. My back hurts just existing these days. I feel like a spectacle being so hugely pregnant, my dress shoes no longer fit, and I am dreading the whole thing. Ugh.
I even was wishing this weekend that I'd go into labor to avoid the hearing. And today I'm thinking hey, maybe this will send me into labor. Probably not the best thoughts.
Thanks, @snaps816. I think it's going to suck even more for opposing counsel when the Judge sees he dragged this poor super pregnant lady lawyer to Court in 100 degree temps over what is really a trivial issue and we tried to settle without a hearing!
@kwilliams3402 I want to be you for a day!!! I've always thought being a lawyer must be so interesting. I feel you though, existing right now means a lot of crummy shit lol. I'll be thinking of you! Hopefully it goes quick and you aren't stuck forever miserable.
Why did they change the rules. Old rules said that 37 weeks was full term. Now you have to be 39 weeks to be full term?!?!?!?!? I don't want to wait another 2 full weeks to celebrate being 'full term'. I am sticking to the old rules.
Married - 4/7/07 Son #1- 2/15/08 Son #2- 8/18/10 Baby 3 due 8/8/16
@searchingforameaning... I think they changed it to keep docs from inducing before 39 weeks without good medical reason. And that a lot of babies born at 37 weeks aren't quite ready. And sometimes they're wrong on dates. But I'm pretty sure they still consider a premie to be 36 weeks or less, so 37 and 38 weeks are now limbo? My first baby was born at 37 weeks, but once she was born they decided she was really only 36 weeks. She spent 16 days in the nicu.
Why did they change the rules. Old rules said that 37 weeks was full term. Now you have to be 39 weeks to be full term?!?!?!?!? I don't want to wait another 2 full weeks to celebrate being 'full term'. I am sticking to the old rules.
It's been a few years. Technically 37 is term but 39 is full term. There's still plenty of growing left to do between 37-39 weeks (lungs are one of the last things to fully develope). DS was born in 2013 at 36w 3d and it wasn't until after he was born that they changed the terms. But I agree with it because at the time he was only a few days away from "full term" but his latch was awful, etc.
@Stephanie7693 My first two were born at 38 weeks and had no issues. 7lbs 10 oz for first. 8lbs 11 oz for the second. I am hopeful that this baby got the 38 week memo too.
Married - 4/7/07 Son #1- 2/15/08 Son #2- 8/18/10 Baby 3 due 8/8/16
My bitch fest is my inlaws.god damn I cant stand these people. Today while my mil was holding the 4 day old baby she thought it was cute to let my 4 yr old stepdaughter poke the bay in the nose then my 2 yr old went over and did it too but harder so I yelled at them both. God forbid anyone say anything to the princess (long backstory to my stepdaughter , but they basically think they have all say so over her because they watch her while her mom n dad work and they have a obsession with her and she can do no wrong etc ) they thought they were gonna raise their voices to me in MY house about what I allow with MY baby "she needs to learn (yeah not at the expense of my kids eyes...) ,she wasn't hurting her " blahblahblah So I kicked em outta my house .yep told em to get the eff out. This should make for fun thanksgiving ...lol And when my sister in law leaves my husband is getting an earful for fricking sitting there silently letting his parents speak to me like that .gahhh hormones be damned...
Thank you DH for the ... dramatic ... "lunch" break. He locked himself out of our house when he ran home for lunch. And of course his car keys were inside too...
Feeling super stressed about it since he just started a new job last week and was 15 minutes late getting back from lunch (he called to let them know what was going on.) Unfortunately I am 30 minutes from home at work, so that was the soonest I could get there.
Then I get back and my annoying co worker - who is going through menopause - has changed the AC temp again. It was 77 in my office. We've all agreed to set the thermostat to 73 and not touch it - except her. "I'm cold!" and it migrates up to 76 "Oh I'm hot!" and it's down at 68. Stop. Touching. The. Damn. Thing!
Mine is that a few playing cards went into the wash with my dd's clothes and most everything came out with blue dye marks all over it. Almost her entire summer wardrobe and a few things for fall/winter are ruined. I actually would have cared less if it were my wardrobe.
Oh, and one more! Our office is pretty easy going about vacations. Pretty much, check with your back up and make sure your work is covered. NBD. I'm the only one who has to really file forms and let the company know I will be gone, because of the licenses I hold, I need someone assigned to officially cover.
Both of the women who work directly under me are taking vacation at the same time - one of whom is a temp hired to cover my maternity leave! This is while one of the partners is also out. And I will be over 38 weeks pregnant - and the doctors are talking about possibly inducing between 37 and 38. (waiting on tests)Technically it's up to the partners to okay it, not me, and he tried to bring it up today that really they need to work it out between the two of them to make sure the front desk is covered - both of them are taking the attitude of "well it's my vacation, do what I want." We've never really had an issue before, it's always been pretty well understood you can take vacation whenever you want - as long as you don't overlap with your back up. The response from my annoying co worker was "Well Allison isn't planning on going anywhere then!" I think the temp just doesn't care - she's a temp after all...
No, Allison isn't PLANNING on it, but I'm 9 months pregnant. You've known about the whole "me having a baby" thing for awhile... Seriously. And - they are BOTH taking off my birthday, which is a Friday. Not that I have a lot of vacation time to burn, but I might have wanted to take a half day or something... If I'm not out on maternity leave!
I told the partner point blank, if I am out then, I am out. If my doctor writes me out, I am out. If I have the baby, I am out. If I am not feeling well - I am going home, regardless of the situation in the office.
He said "Don't worry - YOU aren't the problem here..."
The one I am annoyed with is my co worker - she was out for 6 weeks less than a month ago to have her hip replaced. Not that that is a vacation, but seriously she could have planned it for any time in the last month - or any time other than the time our temp made clear from hire she would be away. Suddenly, within the last couple weeks she *has* to go to the beach for four days on THOSE four days. *eyeroll*
My bitchfest for the day: We found out over the weekend that my husband's parents are both going to be out of town from August 6th to August 10th (I'm due on the 6th). They had previously agreed to help with our kids when we're in the hospital/in labor/etc. but now I guess their 16-year-old daughter was accepted into some national debate thing like 9 hours away, so they apparently both have to go with her because she needs someone to drive her there (side note: she has a license, and I see no reason that just ONE of them couldn't go, considering they can't actually attend the event and are literally just going to give her a ride).
I already feel kind of shunned by my in-laws because they were initially going to throw us a shower and then just...didn't. And I really just don't feel ANY excitement from that side of the family over this baby. So this, on top of everything else, is kind of a slap in the face. IMHO newborn baby grandson should trump 16-year-old's high school debate thing...or at least should be important enough that only ONE of them miss it. Now I'm freaking out because my daughter came 2 days after her due date, and I'm worried that this one will follow suit. If he does, I'm not sure what we're doing with our two older kids when I go into labor or on the night that we stay in the hospital. I started eating spicy food and pineapple today (I'm 37w2d) in the hopes that I'll miraculously go into labor before my EDD, but I know that stuff only works if your body is really "ready".
On top of all that...I just learned that the kids have a "back to school night" on August 8th where we're supposed to go turn in paperwork for school, meet teachers, etc., and then they start school on the 10th. So basically, I NEED this baby to either come early, or come over 5 days late. I really don't want to miss my daughter's first day of Kindergarten... Blehhhh.
Me: 25 DH: 28
Hubby's little boy - my wonderful step-son - born 5/23/10
BFP#1: 06/2010...my beautiful baby girl born 3/7/2011
BFP #2: 10/24/15...mc on 10/31/15
BFP #3: 11/27/15. EDD 8/6/16
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill
@1faceinacrowd Hope it works out! That is tough. I hate not knowing when he is coming. Oh you know - sometime between now and eternity. Aka, September 1st.
Yet another MIL related bitch. So DH and I haven't quite decided how we are doing the hospital visits yet. We are scheduled at 9:15 for a c section so we know that even on schedule it will probably be after 12 before we are back in our room. Then the hospital has quiet time from 2-4, so we told my parents(who will have DD) that they can just come up to the hospital after that to meet LO. DH told his parents that no one is allowed to be at the hospital waiting for us to come out of surgery because who needs that stress and also no one is meeting him before DD. Even if she won't remember meeting her brother for the first time, I will.
So so yesterday at my shower MIL was talking to my sister and said "well no one is allowed up to the hospital the day he is born according to me and DH." My sister replied with "well I work till 4 that day so it'll be after that before I can get up there to meet him" to which MIL replies "or the next day because no one is allowed at the hospital the day of."
First of all we haven't even said anything to his family regarding visits at all except that no one is allowed to visit until after DD. I know DH hasn't said anything to his family about not coming up the day of because we haven't even discussed it but briefly and that was yesterday AFTER my shower.
I am not about to deal with stupid drama surrounding the birth of our son. If they want to act like children we will treat them like children and not allow them to visit at all. I am so sick of dealing with petty, childish in laws. And to top it all off, DHs grandma didn't end up coming to the shower because who knows why.
My bitchfest for today is for baby. Had my weekly appointment--not dilated and baby hasn't dropped. I hit 38 weeks Thursday, but I am so ready to have this baby out, I almost started crying when the doctor told me it wasn't likely to happen soon. I think part of it is just being more and more uncomfortable every day and part of it is that I start work on August 22 at a new job (not working currently), so I would really love for baby to come before the due date (Aug 4)! I know it's silly, but once I hit early term last week and knew that if labor did start, we were having a baby (i.e., they wouldn't try to stop it and baby should be fine), I am so anxious to just get the baby out.
Married May 2014 DD born August 2016 Baby #2 due December 2017
@lynnlove28 - So sorry to hear about the drama. My parents and MIL are all planning to come the day the baby is born and stay for a few days, and I worry they'll try to camp out in the hospital all day every day.
@cait5413 - Totally feel you... complete ditto. I had hoped at my 36 week visit that having a baby measuring so big on sono the week before and being so uncomfortable would mean maybe I was a tad dilated or baby was making some progress, but nope. I know it's better for him to cook longer, but man, am I over being pregnant.
@allisun85 there was a battle over the thermostat at my previous office. The guys wanted it freezing and the girls wanted it normal (one lady wanted it hot but, she's a whole other wacky doodle) It was going up and down for a while and maintaince told everyone to stop because it was going to "freeze the pipes" everyone rolled their eyes and just kept up the battle. Well, one afternoon we hear a really loud explosion and a frozen pipe falls through the ceiling and lands inches from one of the guys head. He could have been seriously injured, it was a huge metal pipe filled with ice and it dented his desk. Everyone was like oopsie we froze the pipes! Hee hee it was scary but I still have to laugh at the look on the ringleaders face when he almost got knocked out over his antics.
I had my 37 week appointment today with the Dr. in the practice I don't really like. He casually mentioned that if I am still PG next week and want baby out we can induce at 39 weeks. I had DD1 early (36 weeks) due to pre eclampsia. I thought the goal with DD2 is to keep her in and both of us healthy as long as possible. Why would you bring up induction when NOTHING this pregnancy has given any indication of a problem? Yes, I'm uncomfortable and would love to have an "eviction date" but I also know she will come when she's ready and I don't want unnecessary interventions that could lead to complications. I absolutely despise this Dr. and wish I could completely avoid him but it's not how the practice and on call schedule works.
@mfuller76 I can sort of relate. We got an email last week that they are going to demo our bathroom on our floor and that it will take the next 5 weeks. We have to use the bathroom on another floor now. I go to the bathroom at least once an hour it seems and our elevators are ridiculously slow. So much wasted time and I have to be really careful because when it hits, I've got to go!
I know I have bitched on this subject before, but it just keeps coming up in my life! A few days ago, a friend of mine who moved away last year Facebook chatted me out of the blue. We had a nice little chat to catch up, mostly about my pregnancy and how her son is doing. It was nice to hear from her. We were never BFF's or anything but she is a lovely person. Anyway, today I got another chat from her saying something along the lines of, "Hey! I've been thinking about you a lot since we chatted the other day. There's something I'd like to run by you, are you free to talk tonight?"
And then it becomes clear to me... she's into one of those MLM things. I think it's the one with the essential oils. And I just have a feeling that she's going to try to get me to buy/host/join, and that's why she wants to chat tonight. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe there is something else she wants to run by me, but this sounds like textbook MLM. Strike up the initial convo last week to get back in touch, then follow up with "I've been thinking of you" and the sales pitch. It hurts my feelings when people do this, it's like, would you have cared at all to reconnect and chat if you didn't think you could make some money off of me?
But again, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it's something else. Fingers crossed! I'll see when we talk tonight.
@Snaps816 Like pp said, I bet you are right. If you are, you are totally justified to tell the person off and say something like "It was really nice catching up with you the other night, but now I realize that it was just to help out your sales." That is usually what I end up doing just because that stuff hurts my feelings too. Plus, I'm super bitchy with the pregnancy thing, so my filter is not very great. Let us know how it goes!
My dad works in the animation industry. You pretty much move where there is a studio. Dallas has a rather small studio and since I moved back here after I graduated high school my parents and siblings followed me back. The studio isn't doing too hot and had a round of lay offs and my dad was one of the people let go. That was about 7 or 8 weeks ago. Well he just got a job offer working contract work so that my brother can graduate HS this upcoming year and can stay here. They've kind of got to get the income back up and running - I'm scheduled to be induced Monday. Well, of course my parents feel torn to start The new job Monday but it's in California - where he will train for 2-4 weeks and then come home to work. For many reasons my mom and sister are going with him. I told them they should go and not worry about the baby. They've got to take care of them right now. But I'm totally crushed. I am really going to miss them Monday.
@karasz I cannot believe your in laws. I am glad you stood up for your LO. I agree that it is better to stop that behavior the first time. I hope that your DH agrees as it was his parents that were in the wrong.
Re: BITCHFEST MONDAY!!!! 7/18
I love my job, I really do, but it is very demanding and can be stressful at times just bc I'm so busy. I have projects assigned to me and for the last month I've been trying to get other people involved with my projects so that everything is covered when I'm out on leave. This hasn't been working out very well, and I continue to be the main contact on everything. I have mandatory meetings scheduled the week I'm due with no back up plan. I have stuff that I know I need to get done before I'm out on leave bc I'm the only person who has the information, and I'm running out of time and energy. I'm not one to ask for help, so I was hoping that my requests lately would have been taken more seriously. Now I'm just adding the pressure and work stress to everything we need to do to get ready for LO, plus make sure I'm spending time with my 3 year old before his entire world changes.
I had to work over the weekend and I wasn't happy about it. I'm 37 weeks today, and I have my son about a week early, so...
Well yesterday MIL came to my sprinkle and she brought a bunch of presents. DH and I were adding it up and she probably spent close to $80, which of course we appreciate the gifts but for DDs baby shower she probably only spend like $15.
My biggest fear ever since finding out that this baby is a boy is that he will be treated better than DD just because he's a boy. So seeing the differences of even money spent on him vs DD has me really frustrated. DH made the comment that he doesn't think his mom has spent $80 on DD in her whole 2 years of life.
Also I know it's not just me for DH to make that comment because I tend to overthink things when I'm not pregnant so I've worried that I'm being a little crazy and making stuff up in my mind.
I was doing yoga on my living room floor at 1am because my back hurt so bad last night. It really helped. I'm afraid this baby is going to give me back labor, which I didn't have with the first two. Hopefully little man moves enough before labor!
37 weeks pregnant and carrying a very big baby boy, and I have to go to Court today for a hearing. I'm a lawyer, but somehow have gone to Court more while pregnant than I ever did before. But this is going to just suck. My back hurts just existing these days. I feel like a spectacle being so hugely pregnant, my dress shoes no longer fit, and I am dreading the whole thing. Ugh.
I even was wishing this weekend that I'd go into labor to avoid the hearing. And today I'm thinking hey, maybe this will send me into labor. Probably not the best thoughts.
Thanks, @snaps816. I think it's going to suck even more for opposing counsel when the Judge sees he dragged this poor super pregnant lady lawyer to Court in 100 degree temps over what is really a trivial issue and we tried to settle without a hearing!
Son #1- 2/15/08
Son #2- 8/18/10
Baby 3 due 8/8/16
Edited because I am idiot and posted on the wrong thread.
My first two were born at 38 weeks and had no issues. 7lbs 10 oz for first. 8lbs 11 oz for the second.
I am hopeful that this baby got the 38 week memo too.
Son #1- 2/15/08
Son #2- 8/18/10
Baby 3 due 8/8/16
So I kicked em outta my house .yep told em to get the eff out. This should make for fun thanksgiving ...lol
And when my sister in law leaves my husband is getting an earful for fricking sitting there silently letting his parents speak to me like that
.gahhh hormones be damned...
Thank you DH for the ... dramatic ... "lunch" break. He locked himself out of our house when he ran home for lunch. And of course his car keys were inside too...
Feeling super stressed about it since he just started a new job last week and was 15 minutes late getting back from lunch (he called to let them know what was going on.) Unfortunately I am 30 minutes from home at work, so that was the soonest I could get there.
Then I get back and my annoying co worker - who is going through menopause - has changed the AC temp again. It was 77 in my office. We've all agreed to set the thermostat to 73 and not touch it - except her. "I'm cold!" and it migrates up to 76 "Oh I'm hot!" and it's down at 68. Stop. Touching. The. Damn. Thing!
Oh, and one more! Our office is pretty easy going about vacations. Pretty much, check with your back up and make sure your work is covered. NBD. I'm the only one who has to really file forms and let the company know I will be gone, because of the licenses I hold, I need someone assigned to officially cover.
Both of the women who work directly under me are taking vacation at the same time - one of whom is a temp hired to cover my maternity leave! This is while one of the partners is also out. And I will be over 38 weeks pregnant - and the doctors are talking about possibly inducing between 37 and 38. (waiting on tests)Technically it's up to the partners to okay it, not me, and he tried to bring it up today that really they need to work it out between the two of them to make sure the front desk is covered - both of them are taking the attitude of "well it's my vacation, do what I want." We've never really had an issue before, it's always been pretty well understood you can take vacation whenever you want - as long as you don't overlap with your back up. The response from my annoying co worker was "Well Allison isn't planning on going anywhere then!" I think the temp just doesn't care - she's a temp after all...
No, Allison isn't PLANNING on it, but I'm 9 months pregnant. You've known about the whole "me having a baby" thing for awhile... Seriously. And - they are BOTH taking off my birthday, which is a Friday. Not that I have a lot of vacation time to burn, but I might have wanted to take a half day or something... If I'm not out on maternity leave!
I told the partner point blank, if I am out then, I am out. If my doctor writes me out, I am out. If I have the baby, I am out. If I am not feeling well - I am going home, regardless of the situation in the office.
He said "Don't worry - YOU aren't the problem here..."
The one I am annoyed with is my co worker - she was out for 6 weeks less than a month ago to have her hip replaced. Not that that is a vacation, but seriously she could have planned it for any time in the last month - or any time other than the time our temp made clear from hire she would be away. Suddenly, within the last couple weeks she *has* to go to the beach for four days on THOSE four days. *eyeroll*
I am a grouchy pregnant lady today!
I already feel kind of shunned by my in-laws because they were initially going to throw us a shower and then just...didn't. And I really just don't feel ANY excitement from that side of the family over this baby. So this, on top of everything else, is kind of a slap in the face. IMHO newborn baby grandson should trump 16-year-old's high school debate thing...or at least should be important enough that only ONE of them miss it. Now I'm freaking out because my daughter came 2 days after her due date, and I'm worried that this one will follow suit. If he does, I'm not sure what we're doing with our two older kids when I go into labor or on the night that we stay in the hospital. I started eating spicy food and pineapple today (I'm 37w2d) in the hopes that I'll miraculously go into labor before my EDD, but I know that stuff only works if your body is really "ready".
On top of all that...I just learned that the kids have a "back to school night" on August 8th where we're supposed to go turn in paperwork for school, meet teachers, etc., and then they start school on the 10th. So basically, I NEED this baby to either come early, or come over 5 days late. I really don't want to miss my daughter's first day of Kindergarten... Blehhhh.
@1faceinacrowd Hope it works out! That is tough. I hate not knowing when he is coming. Oh you know - sometime between now and eternity. Aka, September 1st.
Well, I survived the hearing, and we mostly won. And I was literally sweating through it in my suit and watching my feet swell. So. Gross.
So so yesterday at my shower MIL was talking to my sister and said "well no one is allowed up to the hospital the day he is born according to me and DH." My sister replied with "well I work till 4 that day so it'll be after that before I can get up there to meet him" to which MIL replies "or the next day because no one is allowed at the hospital the day of."
First of all we haven't even said anything to his family regarding visits at all except that no one is allowed to visit until after DD. I know DH hasn't said anything to his family about not coming up the day of because we haven't even discussed it but briefly and that was yesterday AFTER my shower.
I am not about to deal with stupid drama surrounding the birth of our son. If they want to act like children we will treat them like children and not allow them to visit at all. I am so sick of dealing with petty, childish in laws. And to top it all off, DHs grandma didn't end up coming to the shower because who knows why.
Married May 2014
DD born August 2016
Baby #2 due December 2017
I had my 37 week appointment today with the Dr. in the practice I don't really like. He casually mentioned that if I am still PG next week and want baby out we can induce at 39 weeks. I had DD1 early (36 weeks) due to pre eclampsia. I thought the goal with DD2 is to keep her in and both of us healthy as long as possible. Why would you bring up induction when NOTHING this pregnancy has given any indication of a problem? Yes, I'm uncomfortable and would love to have an "eviction date" but I also know she will come when she's ready and I don't want unnecessary interventions that could lead to complications. I absolutely despise this Dr. and wish I could completely avoid him but it's not how the practice and on call schedule works.
And then it becomes clear to me... she's into one of those MLM things. I think it's the one with the essential oils. And I just have a feeling that she's going to try to get me to buy/host/join, and that's why she wants to chat tonight. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe there is something else she wants to run by me, but this sounds like textbook MLM. Strike up the initial convo last week to get back in touch, then follow up with "I've been thinking of you" and the sales pitch. It hurts my feelings when people do this, it's like, would you have cared at all to reconnect and chat if you didn't think you could make some money off of me?
But again, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it's something else. Fingers crossed! I'll see when we talk tonight.
That was about 7 or 8 weeks ago. Well he just got a job offer working contract work so that my brother can graduate HS this upcoming year and can stay here. They've kind of got to get the income back up and running - I'm scheduled to be induced Monday. Well, of course my parents feel torn to start The new job Monday but it's in California - where he will train for 2-4 weeks and then come home to work.
For many reasons my mom and sister are going with him.
I told them they should go and not worry about the baby. They've got to take care of them right now. But I'm totally crushed.
I am really going to miss them Monday.