Vent away

Pesky

Okay, I feel the need to vent so add yours below!  Just get it out!

*  DD has to have surgery, stay in the hospital overnight and it's all in the new year with new insurance
*  DH has a badly sprained ankle, requiring me to do more of the work at home since he is injured.  Did I mention that I have a pulled muscle in my chest so it hurts to breath and TMJ issues brought on by stress-induced clenching?  Yeah.  Good times.
*  DS has a cold and is cutting 2 bottom canines.
*  DD also has the cold
*  I am coming down with said cold.
*  I have wrapped, packed and shipped 5 boxes.  I have wrapped the contents of but still need to pack 2 boxes.  I have one more box where I have been trying to wrap but can't get to it all before Friday's shipping deadline for Christmas delivery so have told DH he HAS to help wrap, despite his serial killer wrapping jobs (presents are for his folks).  He's not sure how to do so with his injured ankle.  Shoot me.
*  work is crazy-busy
*  Turns out DD has a Christmas party on Friday so I have to get no-nut cupcakes to bring in.  And her teacher decided it would be "fun" (that sadistic #$#@) to do a cookie exchange so each parent is to bring in a dozen cookies for the cookie exchange.  At the end of the work week.  Why not plan for a Monday if you want me to bake?  And DS's new class is doing a book exchange, which they never told me about, so I have to have a wrapped board book by Friday too.
*  Two yays -- all Christmas cards (about 100) and baked goods for neighbor delivery done and delivered.  Bad news?  Everyone's favorite are the sugar cookies I swore I wouldn't do again.  Figures.
*  Still have to get all the gift cards for the kids' teachers.
*  Still have to wrap the kids' presents.
*  need to return BB&B stuff and can't find my receipt.  Doh.
*  I checked my CC, which I pay off every month.  Despite careful budgeting, I overspent for the holidays.  I forgot to factor in shipping, tax, etc., plus the GC gifts for teachers and such, and that killed me. 

M.Amy

Hmm mine seem petty compared to the medical stuff you have but I will still vent:

* Bought a fridge but the delivery people wouldn't install it

* Said fridge went on sale the day after we bought it

* This fridge has less usable space than our old fridge

* I am three days late in getting my nanny a birthday present

* Although we decided to do secret Santa among my friends I found out that one bought presents for all of us.  Now I have to figure out gifts for everyone.

* I still haven't ordered my holiday cards nevermind address and send them out.

* I have to wait two hours to have a crying toddler sit on Santa's lap.

* A friend's party this weekend went from kids welcome to adults only and now I have to find a sitter. Money I don't have.

stever

-Mikey has a cold. He's cough like an old man and has something resembling gravy doming from his nose.

-He's also got a diaper rash which, though it is improving, has left parts of his bum super raw.

-Because he's feeling ill he's been super clingy. Yay! Sadly, he's also grown attached to his big boy cup AND a big wooden spoon, both of which he refuses to let go of when we're cuddling.Boo.

-My mom's spending the night tomorrow and I have to get the spare room(M's room) ready for her. 

-I have to stop bumping now because my battery doesn't work and M's messing with the wires.

BrideBuddies

Pesky... here are two easy things that can help reduce your stress-induced pains and put more of the burden on your burdensome DH.  (Sprained ankle?  WAHHHHH.  Suck it up, buttercup!)

1.  Gift boxes or bags.  Do not waste time wrapping stuff.  DH can surely take some tissue paper and shove something in a bag or gift box.  I almost exclusively use them now, along with fabric ribbons.  It's green, too, and takes half the time of all that cutting, taping, labeling, etc.

2.  Easiest cookie treat recipe ever.. easier than rice krispy bars.  I just made some in about a 1/2 hour this morning for my cookie swap tonight.  Your DH can certainly handle this:

Melt a package of that white candy/almond bark stuff in the microwave.  Dump in 4 cups of Froot Loops and 2 cups of mini marshmallows.  Drop onto wax paper.  It's like crack.  (And FYI.. I just did mine gluten free by using Fruity Pebbles.. equally good.)

ateytelb

I can only offer one suggestion: if you payed by credit card at BB&B then they have the record and you should be able to return your stuff w/o the receipt.

 

indianasunshine

Miler has been screaming for HOURS!  I know it's the molars.

I have a huge headache and so much to get done tonight.  This is my last day off before Christmas.  : ( 

livvielo

Fun with venting!

-We still don't have a Christmas tree and Christmas is next week.

-H's family lives all over the country and I hate that we have to shop and ship presents all over the damn place. My family never did that so it's annoying that I have to for his! 

-I'm bitter that H's brother and his wife did not reach out in any way to me when my mom died in October (his brother emailed him to tell me they were sorry to hear it--NOT acceptable in my book--at least send me a personal freaking email). So it pains me even more to have to ship presents to them (oh, and I have to ship early because they go to their vacation home in Tahoe over Xmas. Nice life.).

-My MIL drives me crazy. And she's not going to even be in town for Christmas and she's still driving me crazy.

-If daycare sends M home again tomorrow with another fever, I'm going to pop a blood vessel. No fever at home, but step into daycare? Fever on cue.

-I have to plan M's birthday party and I'm totally clueless on what to do, we're near broke, and it's getting late--but all her friends have had elaborate parties so I feel pressure, however silly, to do one too. Even though I secretly think that she's not even going to remember it and would rather just have family together to celebrate, small-scale.

-Gift bags for above elaborate party. Gift bags for one year olds!

-I really want to take a long nap but will not be able to for the forseeable future.

And because I feel the need to balance this out:

-one of my stories was held for a future issue, so I'm actually ahead a tiny bit at work which is wonderful

-I have off most of next week. Hallelujah!

-H and I are getting along a whole lot better lately. 

 

 

kimisuejoia

Mine are so minor compared to all medical stuff. I hope things clear up quickly for all of you!

- We are hosting our *big* Christmas party on Sat. (last year we had 65 people show up!) I'm stressed with trying to get everything ready for it and DH informed me tonight that his brother and 2 kids are driving in Friday to spend the weekend with us "So they can come to the party".

I love my BiL and his kids, and am glad they are able to come to the party, but couldn't they possibly stay with one of the other 2 brothers who are local, or their friends who are also local? How are we supposed to get things ready, cooked and kept picked up with house guests? Aarrrrgggg! The kids are sweet, but they are not obedient and tend to create havoc wherever they go. Plus with L getting into everything that isn't nailed down I know that a large portion of Sat. is going to be doing 'tornado' control in the house.

DH works at the buttcrack of dawn, so during the week he goes to bed at the same time as L, which means that Friday night and Sat day were the only time I had with him to get help with projects that still need done. Now he'll be entertaining and visiting with his brother and I'm a little bitter that the stuff I've been asking him to do for weeks isn't going to get done!

Vent over. Thanks for letting me unload!  

fauxshelley

My grandmother has leukemia so she nominated me to host Christmas this year, and my family celebrates the Sat before, so THIS SATURDAY.  It is already hard enough for me to get anything done between working all the time and taking care of the kids on any normal week, so gma was nice enough to give me a list of all of the things I need to do and buy (which still isn't done).  I haven't wrapped a single damn present so I have to do that too. Pumpkin mentioned that I need to make something for her school party, so we (translation ME!!!!) have been making white chocolate marshmallow snowmen every freaking night.  Oh and on top of all of that, Jack has the effin croup.