Flame Free* Friday Confession

ShadeofGreen816

Lets get the weekend started right ladies!! 



*Not guaranteed to be Flame Free

starphish18

I'm supposed to be at work right now (first day back), but am not. I told my coworkers I have a fever and I'd be in later. Don't have a fever, but I do feel genuinely awful. I also just really don't want to go back yet. 

WombThereItIs

The lab messed up a poo sample I dropped off and now I have to recollect anther one from my toddler. FFC part? If poo gets on the outside of the cup I'm not wiping it up his time, I'm just putting the cup in the ziplock bag and dropping it off. 

erinh2005

I heard my cat puking under the bed early this am and I'm thinking about not knowing its there until it's dried enough to suck up with MILs vacuum. 

ShadeofGreen816

I told myself I would walk today because I need the exercise and also because my poor dog has been feeling neglected. But I woke up this morning and it's pouring rain and I had my first bout of MS and now I just feel hungover. Even though we have a treadmill in the house, I'm pretty sure I'll be curled up on the couch all day

chickyclg

I am debating putting DD in a beauty pageant and the only thing stopping me is my inner feminist.

Yiggle09

We made casual plans with friends for tonight and I checked with them yesterday and the wife goes well husbands dad is coming in and now I have to ask him I was like no no we will just reschedule. Honestly I am doing my happy dance. No inclination to go out to a friends house and be out super late with DS DH and then no matter what DS will still wake up around 7. 

Candih

I don't think this is too bad but I have been drinking more diet coke then I should be. I have been letting myself have 1 can on Saturdays but today my stomach was so upset that I got a 20oz. I feel really bad for drinking it but my stomach does feel better.

Jbananas4

I've all of a sudden become terrified about having this baby.  I'm scared I'm going to be a terrible mother to two since I feel like sometimes I'm terrible at being a mother of one (we had a rough day yesterday lol).  Even though me and my husband fully believe in family raising our kids, I'm sort of considering going back to work full-time and sending both to daycare so I can't screw them up too badly!

MoshiMoshi7

@Jbananas4 DS turns 3 I'm December and we've had quite a few rough days and I think that a lot. Haha I think the fact that you're worried about how you are affecting your kids means you're a great mom! Hang in there!

My FFFC: I would like to unfollow everyone on social media until after the election. I don't feel like anyone can speak intelligently about the issues, and instead just name call and spout off talking points they know nothing about and it's obnoxious.

Luckyu317

I've eaten sushi twice since getting my bfp, and it was glorious both times.

MamaMiller

My sisters wedding festivities has begun... It's downtime and I insisted my girls needed a nap and I couldn't help the other sister finish writing our MOH "toast". She thought it would be super cute to rewrite the song wagon wheel and SING IT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE!!!  I am
trying my best to be a good sport but I am secretly hoping I lose my voice before the reception.



And we just unloaded eight bottles of champagne... I am so sad that I won't be having a mimosa in the morning. 

renee6465

I've been searching how to get my instant messenger at work to say I am online even when my computer locks so I can leave and my boss who is working from home today won't know.

WombThereItIs

@renee6465 a friend told me there is a thing called a "mouse jiggler" that will keep your computer looking active. He's pretty lazy and swears by it. 

renee6465

@wombthereitis I am going to have to look into this... sounds like he knows what he's talking about. Thanks!

ETA: I just looked it up and it is an actual USB that you purchase for approximately $20. I don't think I am that committed.

CherryBananas

I don't like poutine. Or watching hockey on television. I'm pretty much the worst Canadian ever.  

CherylE418

@renee6465 what instant messenger service do you use? If it's skype for business, I gotchu.

blueskies17

@renee6465 I learned a trick from a coworker - open up a Note window, then place something heavy (like a stapler) on top of your \ key... Your computer won't lock and you will end up with a Note full of a million \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s after a few hours lol. I'm not sure if this works for a full day as I've only tried it for a couple of hours at a time, but you would just need to check on your computer every few hours and readjust as necessary.  

CamiSelene

I plan on going on a trip next year when the baby will be like 5 or 6 months and leaving my mom with it. I had to use my airmiles before they expire and I have so many that I could go to Japan or South America. I didn't want to waste them.

Also, I'm happy to be starting a family but I am actually terrified of babies. I'm afraid of even simply holding them. I keep hoping I will grow out of this fear. I'm 29 in a couple months but I still feel so young.

thistlenweeds

@renee6465 if you don't care about leaving it unlocked just go to settings and tell it to not go to sleep if you're not active. And there's a Skype setting about setting  "away" if there's no action for x period of time, so you could change that too. The only caveat is if he messages you and you don't respond he'll know. Lol. 

thistlenweeds

@CamiSelene I totally feel you on the terrified of babies front and I'm 32.

misslennon

I let DD watch a good hour of YouTube videos this afternoon while I rested next to her on the couch. I am so freakin tired today... 

pghren

renee6465 said:

@wombthereitis I am going to have to look into this... sounds like he knows what he's talking about. Thanks!

ETA: I just looked it up and it is an actual USB that you purchase for approximately $20. I don't think I am that committed.

You can program one ... or download one someone else wrote. We did it at Geek squad to keep our computers logged in to our chat 

amprince22

I look forward to my lunch everday so I can sit with my pants unbuttoned. The first thing I do when I get to the break room is pop that thing open. This bloat is killin me.

RainyDays86

@amprince22 I fully unbuttoned and unzipped my pants for my drive home and did not re-button/zip them when I got out to pump gas.

NurseK2016

We had a potluck today at work for someone's retirement, and I had an embarrassing amount of cookie cake!! On top of my breakfast pizza, chips and queso, Mac and cheese, and Chex mix...oops

jessbruxanovaa

My friends are heavy drinkers and I've been avoiding them all week because as soon as they notice im not drinking they WILL know. However I am running out of lies to tell them lol. 

kat81

I took a few of those zinc tablets to try to stave off getting DH's disease without checking if it's safe for pregnancy. Still haven't checked.

We are trying to get babysitters to come in to help us this weekend and on some weekday nights (but to be fair, DH will be gone most weekday nights this week). I always feel weird having a sitter when I'm not actually leaving the house, but if I feel like crap and/or I have a ton of work to do, it's justified, right? I also feel bad for my kids.

kat81

Jbananas4 said:

I've all of a sudden become terrified about having this baby.  I'm scared I'm going to be a terrible mother to two since I feel like sometimes I'm terrible at being a mother of one (we had a rough day yesterday lol).  Even though me and my husband fully believe in family raising our kids, I'm sort of considering going back to work full-time and sending both to daycare so I can't screw them up too badly!

You have a lot of time to prepare. This feeling will come and go. And there is NOTHING wrong with going back to work and sending them to daycare! This is what I do. I say it's out of necessity because my career is one you cannot leave and return to -- you must stay in without a break if you want to be in it long-term -- but in all honesty an even bigger reason for me is that I wouldn't cut it as a SAHM anyway. And I love work. So even if my career did allow for breaks I wouldn't take them beyond a maternity leave.

NotAPlaya-JustCrushAlot

@kat81 +1 for preferring to be a working mom. DD has been in daycare since 4 months olds and I've always worked FT. I love the structure/learning she gets at a center and I love my job. It's pretty flexible, which I think is part of the reason it's works so well. That's not easy to find in the legal profession. I always say that I look forward to going to work each day and I look forward to going home to my kid each night. 

tumbleweed-1

My FFFC, last night, my dinner was a pint of chunky monkey ice cream. We had spent all day at the animal hospital, and when I got home I was too tired to cook. We had bought SO a sandwich at the grocery store and completely forgot to grab something for me to eat (I was on find-anything-cats-can-eat mission). So I just finished the rest of my ice cream. 

renee6465

You all are genius @blueskies17 @contrarationem @allowachick. I seriously would have never thought of any of theses and Google was not very helpful. I should have asked here earlier in the day! @cheryle418 it is Skype for business.

RainyDays86

@jessbruxanovaa I had the same concern when I was pregnant with my first.  A couple of things you can try: if you're out with people at a bar or restaurant, try ordering at the bar and order something that looks like an alcoholic drink but isn't - I would get soda water with a splash of cranberry.  Alternatively, if you're with your partner, you can order the same drink and he can drink both (you hold your drink and pretend to drink it and then after a few minutes you switch and he drinks from the other one).  This works best at house parties but can work at bars or even restaurants.  It was the most effective for us, although your partner needs to be careful as he will be drinking double.  One thing I will also say is that this time around (second pregnancy) no one has said a word to me and I've been in a few situations where I wasn't drinking and there was no way to hide it.  I think a) a lot of people don't pay that close attention to other people's drinking, at least not as much as our paranoid pregnant selves think they do and b) plenty of people realize that if someone isn't announcing their pregnancy, there's a reason for it.  I have been impressed with my friends this time around as I think at least a few of them suspect but haven't said a word. 

@kat81 I don't think there's anything wrong with getting some extra help when you need it.  I've considered that as well this trimester.

SparkySunDevil

kat81 said:

I took a few of those zinc tablets to try to stave off getting DH's disease without checking if it's safe for pregnancy. Still haven't checked.

We are trying to get babysitters to come in to help us this weekend and on some weekday nights (but to be fair, DH will be gone most weekday nights this week). I always feel weird having a sitter when I'm not actually leaving the house, but if I feel like crap and/or I have a ton of work to do, it's justified, right? I also feel bad for my kids.

My prenatal has zinc in it. Probably safe? Idk in what quantity though