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Alabama Babies
Can it be OL Monday?
Dear Secretary,
I know you have put a lot of work into getting breakfast, lunch, door prizes, etc. for Lab Week...but your constant need for "pats on the back" is annoying. I have thanked you and said you did a great job, so that should be enough. Also, I know I have lost weight recently and Scale Back ended last Friday, but that does not mean I do not want to continue to lose. So I was very put off by your, "So, how much weight did you say you lost? Get ready to gain it all back like the rest of us!" comment. I can have a Panera bagel and not gain 75 lbs. Thanks.
Dear MIL,
It is not ok for you to use MY bathroom to get ready just so you can watch J sleeping. I know your stepson was in the other bathroom, but you should have let him shower first so you could have stayed in there...not moved camp to my side of the bathroom to finish. That meant I was about 30 minutes later getting ready. Also, please do not knock on our bedroom door, only to open it before anyone can say it's ok to come in. This has happened on several occasions and I would love it if you would give us just an ounce of privacy. I could go on and on about things from this weekend, but I'll just end with...I am his mother, you are his grandmother. If you need a lesson on the difference, my mother and myself are available 24/7.
Here's to a new week!!!
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Re: Can it be OL Monday?
Dear IRS, I HATE YOU!!! No wonder over half of small businesses fail, you guys have your hands out for everything. How is it that someone who pays no taxes and has three kids gets a HUGE refund, while someone else who runs a small business and ends up paying taxes throughout the year still gets the shaft. I admit, I know nothing about taxes, however this time next year, you can beat your A** you won't be getting anymore of our money. I got a tax break in the oven and a few other business purchases to make this year. So enjoy MY money while you can.
WOW, that felt good.
Dear GFIL,
Surprisingly, DH and I have more pressing issues that setting up the "play" computer you got for the grand kids. It's missing a hard drive, RAM, and you don't even have a monitor! I know DH and I are both computer techs, and you think that these things should only take 15 minutes or so, but I have yet to figure out how to make parts appear out of thin air. If you would like to be patient and wait on DH or I to have a chance to order parts and work on it, that's great. If not, please pay someone to do it. Otherwise, quit asking about it every other day. I will start screening your calls if I have to. Thanks!
I second this! and will add
Dear Alabama Dept of Revenue,
I am supposed to get a refund for the first year in a long time. Where is my money?!?! This is supposed to buy my car tags, which are now late because of you!
And it is also supposed to get my DD her bedding so she can begin sleeping in her own bed and not keeping me up at night. You were quick to take it from me, now I want it back. Please and Thank you!
Dear DH,
Thanks for going fishing and laying out all weekend, while I took care of the baby, was on my hand and knees mopping the kitchen floor and doing everything else imaginable to pick up and organize the house for the impending doom of LO crawling. Thanks for asking me to get my things out of the dryer so that you could finish the one load you felt you needed to start when you still needed to hang and put up 2 loads laying around in the den. Oh I'm sry that I was in the middle of doing, yours, mine, LO, sheets and towels. All the while having Walking Pneumonia. I know there is more but isnt there always??
Dear Nameless,
Next time LO and I come into town, you can come and visit us wherever we are. I do not plan on carting him around town from place to place - we have already driven at least 5 hours to get there. You can drive 5 minutes to see us.
Ditto. I know I will have this problem when I have the baby. I have this problem already & there is no kid involved. I guess that is part of living away from your family.
Dear Nanny C,
You informed me last Monday that you would be moving to Atlanta; you told me that I should begin looking for a new nanny to begin no later than June. We talked about this all last week and now this afternoon you wait to tell me that your DH's job may not "go through"--- what? You were already looking for apartments just last week and this very morning asked me to type up a letter to cancel your lease agreement. You should not go by a "feeling" or "hunch" when it comes to something major like this.
We love you dearly but I cannot both interview for the position AND hold your job "just-in-case"; it's simply not fair to whomever I hire for their start date in June to be put on hold. I already have an nanny interview arranged tomorrow and am talking to two other candidates. Please be considerate of other people's lives!
P.S. I also don't appreciate how you've been asking for "favors" lately (scheduling/financial/errands) & I've even caught you on the phone while DS is awake while you left him crying in the crib! I think you've already "vacated" the position. Oh and you can type up your own letter to the apartment office...you have a computer with Internet at home.
The Baby Blog.
Dear nerves,
I wish I had more of you and could better make decisions about my career and future. I am worrying myself sick (literally) over some new opportunities right now. Sometimes I wish life would just decide itself.
natural m/c and d&c at 10 weeks - 1/24/2014
DX w/ hetero C677t and A1298C MTHFR - 3/4/2014
Ditto this for next weekend.
So it's Tuesday but I need to add...
Dear MIL,
It's not our fault we didn't know you were coming to visit on Saturday. It's not our fault you felt slighted b/c my parents were also visiting. And it's definitely not our place "to call you to find out if you are planning to come visit." If that's the case, we're not giving you advance notice the next time we plan to visit. Oh, and as usual, thanks for making a big fuss and staying all of 45 minutes at our house and hours upon hours with SIL and DH's grandparents. Again, the next time we come to visit you, I will see how you react to us breezing in and breezing out of your house.