October 2016 Moms
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Monday Bitchfest (12 Sept)
kmtz89
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*American lady living in Tanzania.
BFP #2 - Feb 2, 2016 --EDD 10/10/16 --Abigail- October 6, 2016. Heart warrior.
October 2017- Began fostering to adopt T, (DOB:November 19, 2013)
DH - Tanzanian Maasai
BFP #1 - MC Dec 2, 2015 (@ 9weeks)BFP #2 - Feb 2, 2016 --EDD 10/10/16 --Abigail- October 6, 2016. Heart warrior.
October 2017- Began fostering to adopt T, (DOB:November 19, 2013)
Re: Monday Bitchfest (12 Sept)
TTC only since Dec 2015. I had some weight to get off. Been working hard in the gym for over a year.
BFP 02-15-16 with our first
IT'S A BOY!!!
I have a bunch of not awesome phone calls to make this morning about fmla messups and dr bills. EWW
Second bitch because it's really irritating me.... My best friend accused us of giving her the cold she had two weeks ago because my husband is now sick. Wait, what? Does she not understand how germ transmission works? We weren't even sick two or three weeks ago! The last time I was sick was mid-July. My mid-July cold DID NOT infect you with your late-August cold. That's not how it works. THAT'S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS!
Baby GIRL born 9/16/201
BFP! EDD 8/1/2019 CP 4w2d
Screw you, Monday.
I can't wait for my dentist appointment at 3pm lol
Fell in love: Dec 2005 // Married: Feb 9, 2013
Little Miss Rosalie Harper--Born Jan 9th, 2014
And, also on the "lack of sleep" train...stupid carpal tunnel wakes me up all night long, which makes trying to stay awake at work pretty difficult. I just want to burrow in my pillow on my stomach and sleep for days....
And on top of that, we had to cancel this event last year (the first time ever in 38 years of the event) because of 14 days straight of rain and high winds and we were in a declared State of Emergency. Vendors were offered a credit or a refund. Those with credit were emailed when applications were released to remind them that they still had to send in a new application in order to receive a space. They also were told they had to do so by August 1 to guarantee a space, after that point a space would no longer be held for them.
so now I have people bitching at me wanting a space because they had a credit but they couldn't bother to send in a one page application!
Dating: 10/3/08 | Married: 12/27/14
TTC #1: August 2015 | BFP: 2/3/16 | EDD: 10/7/16
DD: 10/5/16
TTC #2: September 2017 | BFP: 4/28/18 | EDD: 1/7/19
DS: 1/9/19
DH FaceTimed with his mom yesterday, and I'm sorry, but that lady just kills me. I definitely see where DH gets his complaining from. He keeps telling me it's just a British thing- "The British like to moan!" - but I'm more okay with it when it's my husband, who I love and see everyday and can say "Dude, just stop complaining for once in your life!!!!"
But I can't say that about his mom. I mean... maybe it's just me. I might just be sensitive about what she says to me/about me.
When they were FaceTimeing I was getting clothes out of the dryer and folding them. DH comes close with the phone, so his mom can talk to me and he says "Oh, she's just folding some clothes from the dryer, but here she is, mom!" And his mom was all "Oh, I don't believe in wasting electricity to dry clothes when you can just hang them on a line outside!" And I just kind of smiled and said "Well, sure, but drying them is a lot faster. Especially when you have lots of clothes to wash." And she said "Well you just wait until it's a nice day out and do all of your laundry then, and put it out on the line and it just takes a day!"
And I wanted to say "Well, then, feel free to come over here and do our laundry for us, lady!!!!! Also, this is America, and we live in an apartment, and we have no line to dry clothes on outside! Also, this is summer in Alabama and summer thunderstorms here are no joke! Also, you only have one person's laundry to do! Also, you suck!!!"
All DH said was "Haha, yeah, Americans waste a lot of electricity. They just don't care! Haha!"
I know it's a small thing, but damn, that lady has to complain and/or argue about literally everything. And it was also the way she said it. Not "Oh, I hang my clothes on a line!" It was "I don't believe in wasting electricity to dry clothes!" which is waaaaay more judge-y!
She's coming to visit us in December, which is what most of the rest of their convo was about, and proceeded to complain about the trip. It'll be cold. She doesn't like flying. She'll be alone. She won't have someone to spend all day with (both DH and I will be working some of the time she's here). No, she doesn't want to walk on the sidewalk in our new neighborhood where we're building our house because she won't know where she is (The neighborhood is literally three streets...that's it.) Also, she doesn't want to go on any walks while she's here because she doesn't want to get shot. That one got me. Ugh. Just ugh.
I'm just so looking forward to spending my first Christmas with DH (we married in January, so he didn't come to the US until then), let alone my first Christmas with DH and our new baby, with this lady.
Tanzania fails at baked goods. When will I learn!
BFP #2 - Feb 2, 2016 --EDD 10/10/16 --Abigail- October 6, 2016. Heart warrior.
October 2017- Began fostering to adopt T, (DOB:November 19, 2013)
@LauraPCOS Hey, that is impressive, only getting up twice to pee! Hope you feel better soon!
@mizzkbrat Ugh, I would NOT let that lady in the delivery room with me, even if she cried! You have more strength than I do! I don't understand what it is with some of these women. I also don't understand big whiners in general. I know multiple people who are just SO negative all the time, complaining about everything, or talking down to people they feel aren't doing things "right" (which just means the way they would do it), and I'm just like.... isn't that exhausting? To be constantly on the lookout for something to gripe about? Just calm yourselves, people!
Me: 32 & DH: 37
BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16
IT'S A BOY!!!!
DS Born 10/16/16
TTC only since Dec 2015. I had some weight to get off. Been working hard in the gym for over a year.
BFP 02-15-16 with our first
IT'S A BOY!!!
My BF is the coffee machine is broken at work today. I don't make coffee at home during the week since work has 2 Starbucks machines here. The only one with decaf is broken and the other machine the coffee just tastes burnt, ugh. Damn Mondays
@mizzkbrat Ughhh no amount of whining or crying or bitching would get my MIL in the delivery room. She's a nurse and I need her to stay out and just be a grandmother on that day!!
DH: 34
Married: May 2011
TTC #1: May 2015
DS: 10/20/2016
TTC #2: June 2019
#2 EDD: 2/20/2020
DH: 34
Married: May 2011
TTC #1: May 2015
DS: 10/20/2016
TTC #2: June 2019
#2 EDD: 2/20/2020
Me: 32 & DH: 37
BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16
IT'S A BOY!!!!
DS Born 10/16/16
TTC only since Dec 2015. I had some weight to get off. Been working hard in the gym for over a year.
BFP 02-15-16 with our first
IT'S A BOY!!!
Thanks for the sympathy, y'all!
That's exactly it, @scostel2 !!! I'm standing there in the hallway having JUST folded DH's laundry and laid it out for him, while we're in our air conditioned apartment, and he's making jokes about Americans wasting electricity. I wanted to be all "You can do your own laundry then, without the dryer, and you can survive this 97 degree heat without an a/c, since that's what you do in England!"
And I'm sorry, but the "can't go outside or I'll get shot" thing almost had me over the edge. Yes, this is America where a lot of people have guns. But why would you think we'd purposely get a new house built in a neighborhood where getting shot on a walk in the middle of the afternoon would be a possibility, huh? Oh that's right... we wouldn't!
Also she, just completely out of the blue, asked DH if he was gaining weight. I wanted to slap her for him. Yes, DH has probably gained a couple pounds, but he was skinny to begin with and is still skinny! Sorry we live in Alabama and have so much amazing food here! At least you know he's not going hungry after moving to a new life in a new country.
I am awake since 4 am, and I went to bed around 11pm and woke up three times to pee.....
Every time I got out of bed I was feeling pain in my hip/legs....
TMI vag hurts, I even thought I was going into labor but no, it was just baby moving around wildly...
My boss is leaving tomorrow so now I get to attend his meetings today... boring meetings + no sleep + hormones = bitchy and sleepy mode on....
Me: 32 & DH: 37
BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16
IT'S A BOY!!!!
DS Born 10/16/16
@mizzkbrat - nope nope nope! You're still a much more kind person than I am. I'd have no problem telling my mom no to coming in the room. Still, no amount of whining about it would change that. You're basically a saint.
@krzyriver - I also don't get the whole, wait out in the lobby until the baby's here, thing. When we decide to let everyone know we're at the hospital (or heading there) we'll also politely let them know that we'll keep them posted and will let them know when it's okay to come visit. I mean, give a girl some time to recover... geez!
My MBF- I caught the cold that my friend's son was getting over (because I work from home and have the immune system of an infant), I'm SO tired, and I really just wanted an easy day at work. I get in and take a look at my calendar... it looks WONDERFUL! I have a huge gap in calls from like 11- 2:30. Time to just catch up and not be crazy all day.... but nope! By 9:30 I no longer have any breaks in my schedule and will be on calls or prepping for calls ALL. DAY. LONG. Eff you Monday! We are not friends.