Pregnancy belly situation now requires that I wear an apron while eating lunch at my desk because my belly prevents me from sitting up against my desk, and I keep staining my shirt. I look ridiculous walking around my office in my pink cupcake apron, but less ridiculous than with salad dressing stains down my dress.
@surrenderdorothy I've noticed sitting at my desk is getting less and less ergonomic. I can't sit as close and when I move my keyboard/monitor it bugs me. I can't wait to go off on Maternity leave soon.
@surrenderdorothy I've ruined three shirts with grease stains that oxiclean couldn't get out. I feel better knowing I'm not alone. lol.
And omg @grogu same on the lack of ergonomics! I hate it too. I get a repetitive stress injury (like carpal tunnel) when I'm not ergonomic.
We're having our old leaking oil tank replaced and the whole house smells like oil and it's giving me a headache. Thankfully should only be a few days of work but I can't wait for it to be over.
Married DW 08.2013; AI 2x; IUI 6x; IUI #7 05.2015; DD born 2.2016 ; Reciprocal IVF FET #1 on 11.18.2020
We're getting a new driveway this month and I'm so excited. Our old one was poorly maintained (we bought this house in July) and we've been wanting to replace it for so long. They came out yesterday and chewed up the old one and laid down rock (we're expanding the back portion) and the kids were fully fascinated. They watched out the windows like they were watching tv They were going to come today to get the last few things ready before laying the asphalt BUT IT SNOWED LAST NIGHT. Y'all. We don't get a ton of snow in Kentucky. And certainly not this late in April. I am wholly displeased.
@grogu I’m having the same issue. I have a sit/stand desk. Normally I stand 90% of the day but I can’t do that anymore or I start getting BH. I am more productive standing so it is impacting my workflow, unfortunately.
@claireloSC that sounds miserable! I hope the weather is nice and you can open the windows to air things out a bit.
I got a new car yesterday. It feels good to slowly tick off things in the baby to-do list. Next week our office is getting the Murphy bed installed so it can be transformed into a guest room and work space. Nursery will go into the current guest room. I’m ready to get the nursery painting and decorating underway.
@surrenderdorothy@grogu@claireloSC not having issues with my desk yet but I recently noticed that I tend to push my stomach up against the counter ledge when I'm cooking or doing dishes, and that's getting uncomfortable! Was never even aware I did that until now, so weird.
@emmylou78 I'm a very frequent/vivid dreamer and I've had so many random dreams about baby lately... most of them are stressful, unfortunately lol. I hope yours was pleasant!
@Kenneylynn3@surrenderdorothy - Getting a new car is so much fun! My car is crap but we probably won't replace it for another year or so.
We had to take my dog to the ER vet at midnight Monday night. She's had hemorrhagic gastroenteritis twice in three years (even though we are SO careful with her diet, never give her people food) so we are just super paranoid any time she acting very unsettled and licking a lot as that preceded both of her last incidents. And she would not settle for longer than 20 minutes and just generally seems like she was in pain. The vet did an X-ray and an ultrasound - nothing. They gave us anti-nausea meds and pain meds for her and finally sent us home at 2 am. Were pretty sure now she was just having gas pains. But I'm still so exhausted from pretty much getting no sleep that night. It feels so much harder to catch up on sleep when you're pregnant!
@surrenderdorothy and @Kenneylynn3, what kind of cars did you purchase? We need to upgrade from our 2005 Ford station wagon. I actually love that car, but it won't comfortably fit a family of 5.
@Kenneylynn3 yay for new cars!! I’ve heard great things about the Sequoia.
@dancingnarwhal ugh girl I’m so sorry about your dog. I hope she is back to 100% soon! The anxiety of the emergency vet (both pet wellbeing and the financial hit of being there in the first place) is the worst. I hope you can rest and catch up on sleep soon.
@costalmomma3 I got an Audi Q7. I’m really liking it so far.
@coastalmomma3 we're looking into getting a Honda Odyssey in order to be able to fit 3 car seats. When you're car shopping for a family of 5, just make sure that you actually check how the carseats can be put in. I follow an Instagram account called SafeInTheSeat and she had a whole feature about how many vehicles can't fit 3 carseats safely across (emphasis on *safely*), and that even some that can have specific designations for which seats in the vehicle have the Latch system and which don't etc etc.
Even with the Odyssey we're likely doing 2 in the middle row and one in the back.
Since we haven't yet made it public knowledge but have told all the people we really cared to call, I want to do a Facebook post this weekend announcing that we're expecting. I just photoshopped these signs together, now I just need my kids to cooperate enough to get a half-decent picture of them holding them
I got a new to me car last year and it was such an upgrade from my crappy Aveo. It'll be tight with two kids and my husband has a Mazda which is horrible for carseats. I'm not sure how we will make his car work so we will mainly use mine for family outings.
@dancingnarwhal what a long night! I hope she is feeling better soon 💕
@pickle-chips (and everyone else but it’s a pain to tag people on my phone!) - My pup is doing much better, she’s back to her normal self. And thankfully I was able to get some good sleep last night so I’m feeling more rested today!
Group projects are the bane of my f*cking existence. Why is the only thing standing between me and graduation relying on 5 other people to get their sh*t together??? AHHHH. I'm too old for this. I literally have a group project in every single class, two for one of them. One of my group members didn't show up, didn't do her part, and didn't come to class. So now I'm assuming I will have to do it myself so I get a good grade. So frustrating. And I know she just bought a house and that moving will be her excuse but as someone who just went through the process and didn't miss any work, I have absolutely zero sympathy. Had to rant.
Married DW 08.2013; AI 2x; IUI 6x; IUI #7 05.2015; DD born 2.2016 ; Reciprocal IVF FET #1 on 11.18.2020
@claireloSC - I teach group communication which means I have to assign a group project in that class. I hate assigning group projects almost as much as I hated them as a student! It's the worst. I try to give my students tons of in class time to work on the project to try to avoid some of the issues that commonly come up but it's seriously ridiculous that every single semester there's some students who just refuse to cooperate and do their part!
Thank you for the car recommendations and resources. @grogu, MH has a Mazda 3, and my son's booster seat and my daughter's car seat are definitely a tight fit. I also hate how many blind spots it has. But, it sounds like he'll likely keep it for commuting and I'll drive the "family car."
I want a new car but just paid my current car off in the last year so I am not in a rush to get anything. I will probably wait at least a year. I want either a van or an SUV, but I’m not completely sure one way or the other what I want. My last car I went with what I liked that I could afford. I like my car but I’d like to LOVE my next car. I think I will just start with figuring out what my must haves are then price out them out, etc. so I have some time to obsess lol.
Re: group assignments- I don’t to use them for my classes but a former coworker seemed to have a great system in place that students seemed to respond well to. She always set up individual meetings with all students during and after their group project. A part of a persons grade was based on a rubric with “grades” that the other group members gave them that was then averaged into their one grade for the whole project. (So everyone in the group didn’t always end up with the same grade)
@loloyoyo26 love that idea! I feel like 'everyone gets the same grade' setup the profs know the type a person is going to get it all done and the whole group benefits from their diligence which is totally unfair. It just pisses me off that in a masters program the problematic student in 30+ years old. Aren't we old enough to pull our weight? Grow up.
Married DW 08.2013; AI 2x; IUI 6x; IUI #7 05.2015; DD born 2.2016 ; Reciprocal IVF FET #1 on 11.18.2020
@claireloSC, yes, exactly that. I mean at that age, the person is willingly there and more than likely sacrificing things to do so. HOW IS THAT EVEN HAPPENING?!? 🤦🏽♀️
Also- since I am realizing I forgot to add this earlier: I’m sorry that you are having to go through that now at the very end of school when you’re already stressed enough.
I just took apart my washer/dryer; it's an all in one condensing unit, and the bane of my existence. It takes 6+ hours to dry and it used to take 3ish so we've had a repair guy look at it a few times over the years and he's always like 🤷🏻♀️
You should see the amount of lint and cat hair I got out of the blower assembly. It's impressive really. I am sure there's more but I need a few different tools to really get in there, and I got super tired.
Here's hoping my clothes dry in record time tomorrow!
@grogu, I clicked on your "spoiler" button thinking you had shared a photo of the mass of junk you got out. But, it was only your signature. I love nasty photos like that. Does that make me weird? Hope this fixes your issue!
@grogu waiting for an update on how long they take to dry... That's amazing and gross at the same time lol. Good for you though to take it apart yourself and try to solve the problem!
Holy forking shirtballs. You guys, my clothes a dry! I started the wash at 9:30 and they a clean and dry!!!! I'm super glad we've paid a repair guy to look at our machine three times, only to fix it myself!
I had to bring my car in for an oil change and the place I bought my car doesn’t make appointments so you have to get here pretty early. I’ve been waiting over 2 hours and I’m over it. They offered to get me an Uber home until I told them I’m over an hour away and over a mountain pass. 😂😂
Thanks friends 😊 I'm so excited. My husband thinks I'm crazy because all I've been talking about how I did three loads of laundry yesterday. 🤣 It's seriously changed my life!
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I can't wait to go off on Maternity leave soon.
I've ruined three shirts with grease stains that oxiclean couldn't get out. I feel better knowing I'm not alone. lol.
And omg @grogu same on the lack of ergonomics! I hate it too. I get a repetitive stress injury (like carpal tunnel) when I'm not ergonomic.
We're having our old leaking oil tank replaced and the whole house smells like oil and it's giving me a headache.
We're getting a new driveway this month and I'm so excited. Our old one was poorly maintained (we bought this house in July) and we've been wanting to replace it for so long. They came out yesterday and chewed up the old one and laid down rock (we're expanding the back portion) and the kids were fully fascinated. They watched out the windows like they were watching tv
@claireloSC that sounds miserable! I hope the weather is nice and you can open the windows to air things out a bit.
I got a new car yesterday. It feels good to slowly tick off things in the baby to-do list. Next week our office is getting the Murphy bed installed so it can be transformed into a guest room and work space. Nursery will go into the current guest room. I’m ready to get the nursery painting and decorating underway.
@emmylou78 I'm a very frequent/vivid dreamer and I've had so many random dreams about baby lately... most of them are stressful, unfortunately lol. I hope yours was pleasant!
We had to take my dog to the ER vet at midnight Monday night. She's had hemorrhagic gastroenteritis twice in three years (even though we are SO careful with her diet, never give her people food) so we are just super paranoid any time she acting very unsettled and licking a lot as that preceded both of her last incidents. And she would not settle for longer than 20 minutes and just generally seems like she was in pain. The vet did an X-ray and an ultrasound - nothing. They gave us anti-nausea meds and pain meds for her and finally sent us home at 2 am. Were pretty sure now she was just having gas pains. But I'm still so exhausted from pretty much getting no sleep that night. It feels so much harder to catch up on sleep when you're pregnant!
@coastalmomma3 we got my sil's toyota sequoia. It's huge.
@dancingnarwhal ugh girl I’m so sorry about your dog. I hope she is back to 100% soon! The anxiety of the emergency vet (both pet wellbeing and the financial hit of being there in the first place) is the worst. I hope you can rest and catch up on sleep soon.
@costalmomma3 I got an Audi Q7. I’m really liking it so far.
@dancingnarwhal what a long night! I hope she is feeling better soon 💕
I want a new car but just paid my current car off in the last year so I am not in a rush to get anything. I will probably wait at least a year. I want either a van or an SUV, but I’m not completely sure one way or the other what I want. My last car I went with what I liked that I could afford. I like my car but I’d like to LOVE my next car. I think I will just start with figuring out what my must haves are then price out them out, etc. so I have some time to obsess lol.
I just took apart my washer/dryer; it's an all in one condensing unit, and the bane of my existence.
It takes 6+ hours to dry and it used to take 3ish so we've had a repair guy look at it a few times over the years and he's always like 🤷🏻♀️
You should see the amount of lint and cat hair I got out of the blower assembly. It's impressive really. I am sure there's more but I need a few different tools to really get in there, and I got super tired.
Here's hoping my clothes dry in record time tomorrow!
Here's a picture since you asked @cyanope
I'm super glad we've paid a repair guy to look at our machine three times, only to fix it myself!
It's seriously changed my life!