WTF Wednesday 11/8

sandbar517

cups4

WTF to this day.  How is it only Wednesday????  HOW IS IT NOT THANKSGIVING YET???

sandbar517

I am completely and totally starting this because I'm giving a GIANT WTF to myself.  My husband just texted me, "You didn't pull ups on the girls before bed??"  WHAT??? HOLY SHIT, I TOTALLY FORGOT!!!!!!  I'm totally speechless and can NOT believe I forgot to do it.  O. M. G. W. T. F.

abhphilly

Yesterday I had to have a meeting with my boss because he didn't like that in my monthly report I said it would be "impossible" to predict the exact amount of time the remainder of the 3+ year project I'm working on will take. He wanted me to instead say that it would take x amount of time to correctly estimate the amount of time it will take me to finish and would he like me to take that time to calculate the amount of time? He does not want me to take that time to calculate time. We had to meet for 20+ minutes about semantics. It *did* end in him saying I can hire a student assistant though, since I work for a university, so that's fun!

oywiththepoodlesalready

WTF to Starbucks not having pepperment for my peppermint hot chocolate. 

oywiththepoodlesalready

@abhphilly my last boss did that kindness of thing all the time. I feel so lucky that my current boss just trusts never to do my work as quickly and efficiently as possible. Speaking of which, I should probably get off the bump and do work now....

edited because spelling is hard

mileswithmyles

@sandbar517 I did that once with DS.  Luckily he didn't have an accident that night.  I swear pregnancy brain is real.

@cups4 I agree.  This week is taking forrrrrevvvvvverrrrrrrrrrrrrr

@abhphilly Did he want you to consult your crystal ball?  3 years is a long time to anticipate and seems really unrealistic.

AFM- WTF DH.  Why are you being such a pill about family pictures.  I do all the work.  You just have to show up and smile for 30 minutes.  

sandbar517

@mileswithmyles I was hoping that it would magically be the case that they were dry and we could start to give up on the pull ups, but nope.  They were both soaked.  I guess the silver lining is that even though Abby is sleeping on the floor every night (still having the anxiety about ghosts, etc in her room at night) somehow, MH said the carpet isn't wet/ruined.  
@cups4 Yesterday I was looking for gifs of sloths, turtles, other slow things to describe my day, and today is following suit.  Ick.  I just want it to be the weekend again.  
@abhphilly Your post was actually confusing me a little LOL  but either way it seems totally unrealistic to ask someone how much longer something will take.  Unless it's "Are you almost done in there?" when someone's using the bathroom.  HAHAHAHAHAHA  Otherwise, I'm sure there are a ton of variables that go into a big project like that.  If it wasn't your boss, I would tell you to ask him how long he estimated he would continue to be a giant douche-canoe.  
ETA tagging for @oywiththepoodlesalready You would think at this time of year they would have a huuuuuge stockpile of peppermint!  WTF?!

sandbar517

I have another one.  Since yesterday, all the people at work that know I'm pregnant have commented that I've "popped" and they can "see my belly".  People, I'm 14 weeks and my uterus is barely above my pelvic bone.  My uterus is pushing my fat up towards my ribs.  You're talking about my fat.  But thanks.  

doraleigh35

A big WTF to myself. I forgot to put the stuff in the crockpot this morning for fajitas. DH is on night shift tonight and was going to have some before he leaves for work. Take out for all!

oywiththepoodlesalready

@sandbar517 for reals, I was like, how can you not have pepperment??? The holiday drinks just came out last week!!!

@mileswithmyles we go through the same thing with pictures every year. This year I'm just doing DD because let's face it, she is the only one people really want a picture of anyway. 

mileswithmyles

@oywiththepoodlesalready True!  DS is the crown prince the and rest of us are chopped liver compared to him.     I was debating doing pictures at all and I thought I would like one more of us as a family of three with the plan of taking newborn photos/family photos when the baby arrives.

gildah

@sandbar517 Why do people feel the need to comment?!?! I went out of town last week for work and got super crazy bloated (eating out, airplane travel etc). Everyone was commenting on my belly being so big. I told them that it is just bloat but people argued with me. I’m like “This is my fifth freaking pregnancy people, I know the difference between bloat and baby for crying out loud!!!”

suchaglencoco

@sandbar517, eh that's popped. I have definitely told DH I'm showing even though it's just excess fluff from last time. And it feels hard, so that's good enough to me.

My wtf is for DH. I bought the twins a wooden kitchen for their birthday next month. DH has said multiple times he'd hide it in our storage area because he didn't want me to do it. Fine, whatever. Well, the twins have been playing with it in the basement while DH folds laundry. Also, whatever. Until today when I found pen marks all over it!!! I was furious. Then I remembered magic erasers exist. So that took off most of it, except it completely ruined a piece and stripped it of color. So now DH is going to have to remove the piece, sand it down, retain it, seal it, and put it back before next month.
Like, why?? Why do they have pens unsupervised? They're not even 2!!!

sandbar517

@suchaglencoco I would be so mad. My MIL lets the girls play with pens and markers at her house all the time (under supervision) but then they get all pissed at me because I won't let them have them at our house.  Like, no, I'm here with you alone all evening and there's no way I'm letting you have them because I have to be making dinner and doing other things, and I can't keep an eye on you 24/7 while you're using them, so just no.  
@gildah Mine is definitely not hard and is quite obviously just rolls of fat.  The people who've been saying it are good friends of mine, so I don't get *as* snarky as I would if it were an acquaintance or a stranger, but it's still slightly annoying.  When one of them said it today, I grabbed the roll of fat and started jiggling it up and down to show them that it was most definitely NOT baby.  

abbykm7

I have only been puking late at night but I just randomly puked in the middle of the day. Wtf. Screw you HG. 

abbykm7

Also I definitely have a small 14 week bump. 

jhysmath

Wtf to My brain, normally ny nightmares about graduation and senior class activities don't start until second semester, but of course I had one last night about forgetting class night and boards and photos. Now whether or not I'll be doing a lot of this on maternity leave idk, but my coadviser is a 60 year old man and I don't know if he can do it alone. Also my spring eye twitch has also started early this year. 

cups4

@jhysmath I thought I was going to get so much done on maternity leave and catch up on so many shows. Omg that was a joke. I still laugh at myself about it. Also, just fyi, even though I know it's not always possible, it's technically illegal to work when your on FMLA. But I know what you mean, my maternity sub thought he could just walk in everyday without looking at my plans like it was a one day sub job everyday and woukd text me for shit he should have planned for the day before if he only woukd have just prepped for the next day on my plan. Ughhh, I'm still pissed about that.

jhysmath

@cups4 we have only had males out on paternity leave since I've been here and they only took 2 weeks off and our principal and everyone else complained about their sub plans, but I have no idea how I will be able to come up with sub plans when I'm told or subs can't teach math. We're a small district and I think we have a total of 4 subs all of which have no education background and are just warm bodies to make sure the kids don't kill each other. I'm hoping I can convinced an old retired colleague to fill in for those few weeks. Also my senior class activities are stipend work and not part of my contract, I also won't be taking fmla just sick time. I'll only need 3 weeks if all goes as planned and we're allowed to take 6 weeks off sick time for a vaginal delivery and 8 weeks for a cesarean. 

suchaglencoco

@sandbar517, yeah DH let's them play with pencils and pens while he cooks. I do not allow that so it' obnoxious. Especially because we're mostly on the same page parenting wise. He just likes to be more lax than me. I think part if it is because he isn't around them all day every day like me.

justsuzie

@sandbar517   Uh oh....meh, pg brain, right?  
@cups4 I kind of hat WTF Wednesday because then it reminds me it's Wednesday,. 
@oywiththepoodlesalready I wtf starbucks every time I mobile order and 10 minutes later I'm still waiting with all the other assholes who also mobile ordered while the one person in line gets their drink in 30 seconds. 
@mileswithmyles We were going to do family pictures with our dogs this year but one is sooooo naughty that we decided to nix the idea.
 @jhysmath @cups4 Wait, you planned to do things other than keep a tiny human alive on maternity leave? Mind blown.

My WTF.....My fucking husband.  I took my first "kickboxing" (we do everything in the air instead of hitting a target) and I was super winded because A-I'm 15 weeks pg.  B-I just got off pelvic rest 2 weeks ago. and C- I'm carrying 7 extra lbs. Anyhow, after the class my husband asked how it was and I said, "a lot harder than it was before I was pregnant."  He responds saying, "well, your just out of "practice".  Thanks asshole....you might as well have said, out of "shape".

suchaglencoco

Wtf to our waitress tonight. She asked if I was pregnant and then touched my belly THREE times before we left!!! Three! And we have never been to this place. 
So. Awkward. 
She asked us to come back before I have the baby and she wants us to bring in the twins so she can see them.

justsuzie

@suchaglencoco back off bitch....she want't to steal your life like a lifetime movie. 

tincupchalice

suchaglencoco said:

Wtf to our waitress tonight. She asked if I was pregnant and then touched my belly THREE times before we left!!! Three! And we have never been to this place. 
So. Awkward. 
She asked us to come back before I have the baby and she wants us to bring in the twins so she can see them.

Girl, no.

If anyone dares to touch my stomach (they don't because of my resting bitch face), I just put my hand right on their stomach and stare creepily at them without saying anything.

squashandlaces

Wtf Canadian clothing prices.  I went shopping today for a winter jacket for my 19mo and the first store I went to had 1 option in 2 different patterns for 110$!  For one season!  The next store had their outerwear on 40% off so I ended up spending half that.  
And wtf me, I swear I grabbed 18-24 months but when I got home and tried it on my kid I saw it was a 3T.  He's all stocked up for next year. And I hope either this baby is a boy or if it's a girl, she'll like dinosaurs

suchaglencoco

@tincupchalice, I was so taken by surprise with it all. Last pregnancy no one touched it, not even my mom or mil without me telling them to.

onesmallcoconut

@squashandlaces ughhh tell me about it. I spent a good hour at the mall and left empty handed and pissed off for that same reason.

Do you have any good buy/trade/sell pages for moms in your city on Facebook? 
After my frustrating mall experience I lucked out and bought a 2 piece gently used OshKosh snowsuit for $30 last week off mine. And it's the good kind that has the extra buttons and band on the inside so if you take them sledding the snow doesn't go up their jacket. 
Check yours out if you've got one! 

mileswithmyles

@cups4 @jhysmath Maternity sub plans suck.  I missed the last month of school when I had DS.  I left a box for each class with a folder labeled with the handouts for each day and super detailed plans.  I had to do all my IEPs before I went on leave.  It is so hard to hand over your kids to someone else for an extended period of time.  

cups4

@mileswithmyles  I had detailed plans too.  It's not like a regular job where someone can pick it up as they go along.  And then you have those terrible subs you are just stuck with.  I had a copy of my planner and the the notes and assignment we did each day and this guy figured he could just wing it every. single. day.  I had a student teacher last year that I did not love, but at least she would know what was going on in this school and my expectations.  It will only be for the last month so my kids would be doing state testing and then a final (more relaxed) end to the year.  Ugh, I can't believe that may be my only option.

squashandlaces

@onesmallcoconut I just joined a mom's buy and sell group Thanks for the suggestion. One of my husband's co-workers has a son 2 years older than ours and we get boxes of clothes once he's grown out of them. It's saved us a lot of money and I'm definitely not opposed to gently used stuff!

mileswithmyles

@cups4 I was so glad that my instructional assistant and I had worked together for a long time.  She could read my mind and knew exactly how things were supposed to be done, so she kept my sub in check, haha.  My sub was okay, but I kept getting emails from my students asking me to come back early.  I was working with students with Asperger's at the time and the change was really hard for them.  

This time around, since I am out of the classroom, I am hoping it will be a little easier.  I will just have to make sure all my people are finished with their Induction work and that my final reports are done.  I will miss the last HR panel meeting, but my boss agreed to represent me at the meeting so that  I don't have to worry.  

onesmallcoconut

@squashandlaces excellent!! They are good for toys too. For xmas last year I managed to find one of those big wooden activity cubes that typically sell for $90 - $120 for only $20! 

We got a ton of hand me downs in the beginning from my step sister but now are on our own as he's outgrown them all. It was incredibly helpful though! 

Edited for typo 

sandbar517

@suchaglencoco I would not have been okay with that waitress.  I would've asked for someone else.  
@justsuzie your Lifetime comment made me bust out laughing in my cubicle.  So creepy!  ETA Anytime someone seems a little *too* interested in my pregnancy, symptoms, etc. that thought is always in the back of my mind.  They're going to stalk me, murder me when I'm 8 months along, and steal my baby because they told some boyfriend they were pregnant to get them to stay with them. 

jhysmath

@cups4 @mileswithmyles

I will have a group of seniors, a group of juniors, and a group of freshmen this spring. With the seniors as long as I can get my observation from the community college to come earlier this year in my running start courses I should be able to just end their school year when I leave. They will have finals a week after that but I have my stats kids do a presentation for me so hopefully they can just study for their other courses and work on graduation activities at that point. With my juniors I should be able to finish things up and have them just work on their final project a week and then they can twiddle their thumbs for a week and not bother coming in for their final date. With the freshmen, I have no idea what I'm going to do. I hate the fact that we don't ever get subs that can actually "teach" so I feel like all I can give is busy work. How is busy work going to prepare my freshmen for their final? I also don't know do subs do grading or do I have to come in and get work to grade? I think what is expected of me is that I do get the grading or at least that is how it was for my colleagues on paternity leave. They came in once a week and grabbed their work to take home and grade. I really have no idea how this is going to work, but I am a little bit pleased that I didn't get pregnant in August like I wanted to so that I could have 7 weeks off before summer. I have no idea how I would have dealt with planning for 7 weeks of sub plans with subs who aren't allowed to teach. 

mileswithmyles

@jhysmath I did not have to grade while I was on leave.  The sub was being paid "long-term" rates, meaning that they were responsible for grading the assignments and entering them into our grading system.   I did leave the sub rubrics and answer keys.  

I would think it would be different for paternity leave.  At least for us, maternity leave is considered medical leave and I had to provide a doctor's note.  For paternity leave in our district, they get 5 days, which would not lead to "long-term" status for that sub.  DH is also a teacher in the same district as me and he will likely just not grade for that week and catch up when he comes back.  

crazyliblady

Because of how small my library is, I don't get FMLA.  I'm kind of glad, because there will be some things I just CAN'T miss unless they get a sub for me at the library.  I just don't see it happening.  I would like to take 6 weeks off after the baby comes, but Summer Reading starts the beginning of June, and I don't feel like I can miss that.