I freak the fuck out on people who drive like assholes. It's bad and unhealthy (screaming, swearing, etc). I apologize if it's you I yell at
it's cool... I'm likely saying nasty things to you too. In my defense, I don't drive like an offensive asshole, but a defensive one. I will make every effort possible, include not necessarily safe ones, to make sure some dickhead doesn't get away with whatever shit he's trying to pull to get there one car ahead me. Also, if you're on the phone AND driving like a dickhead, I will make you miserable. horns, fingers, tailgating, yelling... it's bad. I have a problem.
Okay! We're the same type of driver! I was thinking you were the type that didn't use your turn signal, cut people off and did 20 mph over. We Cool.
You just described 90% of the drivers in Massachusetts.
I'll take Mass drivers over DFW Texas drivers ANYDAY. People down here are terrible drivers.
I have had enough. My coworker came in and told me about 3 incidents that have happened in the last month or 2 involving the owner.
I am collecting all the evidence i can and calling the department of labor. No one should be able to get away with the shit they do or treating people like absolute worthless trash. I will either shut them down or they will go broke paying lawyers to fight back.
Is anyone else worried that their water is going to break from trying to poop? It's impossible to clinch your lady bits while trying to push stuff out the back door. Irrational fear.
If that happens, your water was probably going to break anyway. And clenching your vag muscles won't stop your water from breaking.
Big sister {September 2008} Sweet boy {April 2011} Fuzzy Bundle {ETA July 2014}
My nanny is traveling with her family this weekend. Last night my backup sitter called off for today. Luckily, my MIL was available to come up to watch DS1 while I worked this morning. She had an afternoon appointment, so took him home with her, which is wonderful - DH and I now have a night with the house all to ourselves. This is a first for us.
I should be planning a fun night out. Dinner somewhere or a movie. But all I want to do is to eat takeout on the couch and continue catching up on True Blood.
3. Taken a political quiz to see where I lean. I am fully aware of where I am on the political spectrum, so this was a waste of time.
4. Shopped online for new summer clothes for DH
5. Took a lunch break
6. Got coffee
7. Checked in on some baby things I need to buy: Zulily, Etsy, registries, etc.
8. Got in an e-mail exchange with DH and he tried to make a lame pun, so I googled images of "get a sense of humor" and cracked myself up while e-mailing them to mock him.
9. Discussed (as a joke) with my family over e-mail who we would vote off a desert island first.
What am I missing here? Oh, yeah. WORK. So that's my FFFC. I have no motivation right now and I'm filling my days with useless crap. If I'm going to slack at work, you would think I could actually do something productive personally.
@JanuaryBride I have been here for 2 hrs and I already left for coffee and a cookie, updated my registries, did 5 minutes of work and have been Bumping since then.
It's my last day I can screw around as I'm training my replacement the next 3 weeks and will be missing out on the daily banter of TB :-( I'm super sad about it.
But I promise! I'll be back after June 12th! I am going to miss my daytime ladies! ( ( (
The thought of someone hovering by my computer all day and therefore not being able to take a 5-minute internet sanity break when needed freaks me out.
Enjoy your last day today!! I say you should just bump all afternoon.
FFFC1: I get confused with all the grey in grey in grey quoting on TB. So lately I've gotten 2 tags wrong. I'm not a dumb ass, I swear.
FFFC2: My parents are coming to stay with us for the weekend/baby shower. This, I realize is a very bad idea as we have barely seen each other 3 or 4 times (no more than a few hours at a time) over the last 7 years and still have a dysfunctional relationship. My FFFC is I am refusing to let them stay through Mon so DH and I have 1 "fun" day we can count on over the long weekend. And I don't feel bad at all. Fri-Sun will be a 50/50 shot at being remotely positive and stress free so I'm guaranteeing Mon gets locked in.
Baby currently in the NICU with Alex is named Ratonieoneya (Ra-ton-ee-on-ee-ah). The nurses actually get really happy when babies have names they can pronounce.
An L & D nurse told me they once had a kid named a series of sounds. Like sounds you make with your tongue. "Click-clack" type stuff. I told her she had to be lying. Another nurse was in my room with her & vouched that she was telling the truth.
Baby currently in the NICU with Alex is named Ratonieoneya (Ra-ton-ee-on-ee-ah). The nurses actually get really happy when babies have names they can pronounce.
An L & D nurse told me they once had a kid named a series of sounds. Like sounds you make with your tongue. "Click-clack" type stuff. I told her she had to be lying. Another nurse was in my room with her & vouched that she was telling the truth.
They may have been Xhosa - that tribe's language is peppered with clicking sounds.
FFFC #2: We don't get Memorial Day off because it got taken as a makeup day for snow. I am mad about not getting a day off that almost everyone else on the planet gets off, which is ridiculous because Friday the 30th is our last day of school for the year, and my last day of school for good since I'll be a SAHM! So it makes plenty of sense to be mad about one day, right? Thought so.
June Siggy Challenge: Dad Fails
Married 7.28.2012 DD born 7.27.2014 BFP 09.2015 - m/c 10.21.2015
Baby currently in the NICU with Alex is named Ratonieoneya (Ra-ton-ee-on-ee-ah). The nurses actually get really happy when babies have names they can pronounce.
Confession: I side-eye the hell out of the teen mom that comes to visit her baby every other day to bring breast milk, and only stays for MAYBE 20 minutes. Same story for another baby, but parents are older and come less often (stay just as long though) and that baby is 3 months old. I feel so sorry for some of these children.
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When I'm doing my weekly shift as a rocker I totally side-eye those parents and so do the nurses. I hate when I come in and the nurses keep pointing me to the same babies who need to be held because mom/dad are never there.
FFFC #2: We don't get Memorial Day off because it got taken as a makeup day for snow. I am mad about not getting a day off that almost everyone else on the planet gets off, which is ridiculous because Friday the 30th is our last day of school for the year, and my last day of school for good since I'll be a SAHM! So it makes plenty of sense to be mad about one day, right? Thought so.
I never get memorial day off. In fact unless it's Christmas or Thanksgiving, i do not get any weekday holidays off. And i work in an office. I do not know the joy of 3 day holiday weekends.
My boss is actually attempting to schedule a fucking meeting for Monday. Ug.
FFFC #2: We don't get Memorial Day off because it got taken as a makeup day for snow. I am mad about not getting a day off that almost everyone else on the planet gets off, which is ridiculous because Friday the 30th is our last day of school for the year, and my last day of school for good since I'll be a SAHM! So it makes plenty of sense to be mad about one day, right? Thought so.
I never get memorial day off. In fact unless it's Christmas or Thanksgiving, i do not get any weekday holidays off. And i work in an office. I do not know the joy of 3 day holiday weekends.
My boss is actually attempting to schedule a fucking meeting for Monday. Ug.
I'm sorry @helloblueeyes. If I was your boss, I'd make every weekend a three-day weekend! Tell him/her that they're crazy. Ain't nobody got time for a Memorial Day Monday meeting.
June Siggy Challenge: Dad Fails
Married 7.28.2012 DD born 7.27.2014 BFP 09.2015 - m/c 10.21.2015
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When I'm doing my weekly shift as a rocker I totally side-eye those parents and so do the nurses. I hate when I come in and the nurses keep pointing me to the same babies who need to be held because mom/dad are never there.
Wait, what? How do you get to be a baby rocker?
My laundry pile is out of control....what is worse on of my chairs in my bedroom have been taken over by clean clothes for the past 2 weeks that I haven't folded our put away.
I'm constantly guilty of having to rewash items because I left items for to long in the washer machine and they smell funny.
Baby currently in the NICU with Alex is named Ratonieoneya (Ra-ton-ee-on-ee-ah). The nurses actually get really happy when babies have names they can pronounce.
Confession: I side-eye the hell out of the teen mom that comes to visit her baby every other day to bring breast milk, and only stays for MAYBE 20 minutes. Same story for another baby, but parents are older and come less often (stay just as long though) and that baby is 3 months old. I feel so sorry for some of these children.
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When I'm doing my weekly shift as a rocker I totally side-eye those parents and so do the nurses. I hate when I come in and the nurses keep pointing me to the same babies who need to be held because mom/dad are never there.
I can understand parents not being there during the day because of needing to work in order to have insurance, money, etc, but I don't understand not being there at night, after work.
A CW's niece was born 12 weeks early, and I know his sister took all of her maternity leave and basically lived at the hospital until she had to go back to work. She adjusted her hours when she went back so that she would be able to spend more time at night with her daughter, and if for whatever reason one of them couldn't be there, they made sure someone could be.
It makes me sad and sick to think about parents just neglecting their child, especially a child in the NICU.
I hope on the weekends that my husband will fall asleep on the couch so I can leave him there so I can have the bed to myself. I will lie to him and say I tried to wake you up but you wouldn't budge. Hoping he doesn't catch on
Baby currently in the NICU with Alex is named Ratonieoneya (Ra-ton-ee-on-ee-ah). The nurses actually get really happy when babies have names they can pronounce.
Confession: I side-eye the hell out of the teen mom that comes to visit her baby every other day to bring breast milk, and only stays for MAYBE 20 minutes. Same story for another baby, but parents are older and come less often (stay just as long though) and that baby is 3 months old. I feel so sorry for some of these children.
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When I'm doing my weekly shift as a rocker I totally side-eye those parents and so do the nurses. I hate when I come in and the nurses keep pointing me to the same babies who need to be held because mom/dad are never there.
WTF else are these parents doing? They would have to kick me out each day.
I think this is kind of harsh. You don't know peoples circumstances.
My brother and SIL had two preemies. My brother only got to see his daughter for a few minutes on his way home from work every day because he had to keep his job to have insurance for what they affectionately call their "million dollar baby" and then drive another hour home in time to say good night to his 3 year old son. His wife had to rely on sitters and people driving her to the hospital since she wasn't cleared to drive for a few weeks after delivery. Their LO was born at 26 weeks and had to be in a NICU over an hour from their home.
Not saying everyone has an excuse or circumstances, but I am sure I a lot of people do and my brother and SIL didn't even have the worst of circumstances, just normal run of the mill life stuff.
^ This exactly. Sometimes the parents are working to keep the insurance that is paying for the treatments that are keeping their babies alive. I know several NICU moms who have recouped and gone back to work so that they can take maternity leave when their baby comes home from the hospital. They may also have older children at home who need their love and attention as well. Many times older siblings have a hard time coping with having this new baby in the NICU. I have a friend with triplets in the NICU going through this right now.
I guess the point is it's not all black and white.
Baby currently in the NICU with Alex is named Ratonieoneya (Ra-ton-ee-on-ee-ah). The nurses actually get really happy when babies have names they can pronounce.
Confession: I side-eye the hell out of the teen mom that comes to visit her baby every other day to bring breast milk, and only stays for MAYBE 20 minutes. Same story for another baby, but parents are older and come less often (stay just as long though) and that baby is 3 months old. I feel so sorry for some of these children.
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When I'm doing my weekly shift as a rocker I totally side-eye those parents and so do the nurses. I hate when I come in and the nurses keep pointing me to the same babies who need to be held because mom/dad are never there.
WTF else are these parents doing? They would have to kick me out each day.
I think this is kind of harsh. You don't know peoples circumstances.
My brother and SIL had two preemies. My brother only got to see his daughter for a few minutes on his way home from work every day because he had to keep his job to have insurance for what they affectionately call their "million dollar baby" and then drive another hour home in time to say good night to his 3 year old son. His wife had to rely on sitters and people driving her to the hospital since she wasn't cleared to drive for a few weeks after delivery. Their LO was born at 26 weeks and had to be in a NICU over an hour from their home.
Not saying everyone has an excuse or circumstances, but I am sure I a lot of people do and my brother and SIL didn't even have the worst of circumstances, just normal run of the mill life stuff.
^ This exactly. Sometimes the parents are working to keep the insurance that is paying for the treatments that are keeping their babies alive. I know several NICU moms who have recouped and gone back to work so that they can take maternity leave when their baby comes home from the hospital. They may also have older children at home who need their love and attention as well. Many times older siblings have a hard time coping with having this new baby in the NICU. I have a friend with triplets in the NICU going through this right now.
I guess the point is it's not all black and white.
All of this breaks my heart. Cue sobbing hormonal pregnant woman.
I take photos of cars parked badly and put them on the internet on a site dedicated to shaming terrible drivers.
It's not so bad when it's just a little close to the line, my car is a good shape inside for being able to scoot over to the passenger side and hop out BUT when someone (usually in an SUV the size of a tank) has parked over the line or on an angle so much so that I can't get my tiny car in, the rage comes out. I managed to let it go for a while until some [string of foreign expletives] had parked diagonally over 2 parent child spaces and I had to park at the far end and bring my grumpy 5 year old in the pouring rain.
I will also hulk out on people who don't indicate, people who swerve in front of me instead of changing lanes properly, people who shouldn't go but do and any car that looks like it was parked by a blind, drunk monkey.
Not even because of hormones, this has always annoyed me.
FFFC - I pick the melted cheese off food wrappers like a crack addict. It doesn't even matter if it's good cheese, I cannot leave a smudge of it on there. Leave no cheese behind.
And I actually own a Snuggie, a Seahawks one. I love it. I bought it for my whore Stepmonster as an eff you joke, but kept it and gave her lotion for Christmas instead. No ragrets.
I can totally jump on your cheese bandwagon. Also, when I go to Whataburger and have fries there (which is every visit there), I lick all the ketchup out of the little single-serve ketchup tubs. It's weird because I like ketchup at most places, but not as much as I like it at Whataburger. MUST EAT ALL THE NUMMY RED STUFF!
...I did that before I got pregnant, so it's not like a craving, either. It's just that tasty.
I take photos of cars parked badly and put them on the internet on a site dedicated to shaming terrible drivers.
It's not so bad when it's just a little close to the line, my car is a good shape inside for being able to scoot over to the passenger side and hop out BUT when someone (usually in an SUV the size of a tank) has parked over the line or on an angle so much so that I can't get my tiny car in, the rage comes out. I managed to let it go for a while until some [string of foreign expletives] had parked diagonally over 2 parent child spaces and I had to park at the far end and bring my grumpy 5 year old in the pouring rain.
I will also hulk out on people who don't indicate, people who swerve in front of me instead of changing lanes properly, people who shouldn't go but do and any car that looks like it was parked by a blind, drunk monkey.
Not even because of hormones, this has always annoyed me.
I'm a horrible parker and I know it. I have to work on that. I even have trouble parking head in sometimes if it's a little tight. I met my husband at a restaurant yesterday and I could not get my car straight between the lines because one car next to me was slightly crooked and it was a tight spot. I walked into the restaurant and sat down at the table and told DH that I would probably have a dent in my car by the end of the night if he didn't help me straighten it out. The server overheard and asked why my car would get a dent. I flat out told her, "because I'm parked like an asshole." So DH went out and straightened out my car for me. He's a patient man and very aware of my parking deficiencies.
My other parking-related FFFC: I'll avoid places if I think I'm going to have to parallel park. There are busy restaurants I don't go to on the weekends because I know I'll have to parallel park. So yeah, I need to get off my ass and practice with some cones or trash cans or something because it's seriously stupid that I'm in my 30s and still so bad at parking. Driving I'm good at. Parking, not so much.
I am pretty bad at parking. Driving i am fine with, but parking? Nope. I have serious depth perception issues that make it a fucking nightmare to do things like parking. I used to drive a small pickup and it wasn't as bad. But now i'm driving my DHs SUV and i'm always afraid of parking like an asshole. Surprisingly my DH says i park the SUV better then my little truck, miracle i tell you. And i hate hate hate parallel parking, i also will avoid it like the damn plague.
Funny enough my dad is a truck driver and always jokes about how he can parallel park a freaking semi truck and i can barely park a small pick up.
@tundrabunny I will gladly admit that I don't parallel park. I probably could if I had to but it wouldn't be good and I would go out of my way to avoid doing it too. Thank goodness my US driving test didn't need a parallel park since I already have a foreign license or there's no way I'd have passed!
I'm sorry if I've ever parking raged at you.
My raging got a lot worse when someone in a giant SUV took a chunk out of the side of my (reasonably parked) car and just left. I love my little car and get really mad when people even come close to scratching it. One day, I will own a monster truck so I can park ON the cars that rile me.
Further confession, I picked a fight with my OH last night on purpose so he'd sleep in the spare room. I love him but the need to starfish in my sleep outweighs my need to be a good wife right now.
@Lori_n_Lior Those parents are a totally different situation because everyone knows they would be there more if they could. They don't get the looks. We've had babies whose families are in KY and simply can't spend all their time in Nashville. It's the parents who don't have an excuse and show up once or twice a week but never hold their kid that makes everyone mad. And unfortunately many of those parents have an NAS baby (going through withdrawal symptoms) who really needs to be held.
@Jbosarge85 I just checked my local hospitals for their volunteer opportunities. We have 2 that use rockers and I just signed up. I had to do some training and make sure I was up to date on my shots (flu/TdaP & TB testing). I love doing it and am a little sad that my leave of abscence will start in a few weeks. Of course then I'll have my own little guy to rock.
Late to the party and haven't bread through yet, but my FFFC is that I was just listening to A Thousand Years from Breaking Dawn 2, and i got all the Edward and Bella feels, and felt stupid because hating Twilight is the cool thing to do. But I don't! I loved the books! And got moderate enjoyment from the movies! Even if it's not an awesome piece of literature and the acting is cringe worthy, I liked it, soooo flame away!
Re: 05/23 Flame Free Confession Friday
Pictures taken right before he decided to pee on Daddy
You just described 90% of the drivers in Massachusetts.
I'll take Mass drivers over DFW Texas drivers ANYDAY. People down here are terrible drivers.
1. Taken a quiz about current news
2. E-mailed my Mom about baby shower stuff
3. Taken a political quiz to see where I lean. I am fully aware of where I am on the political spectrum, so this was a waste of time.
4. Shopped online for new summer clothes for DH
5. Took a lunch break
6. Got coffee
7. Checked in on some baby things I need to buy: Zulily, Etsy, registries, etc.
8. Got in an e-mail exchange with DH and he tried to make a lame pun, so I googled images of "get a sense of humor" and cracked myself up while e-mailing them to mock him.
9. Discussed (as a joke) with my family over e-mail who we would vote off a desert island first.
What am I missing here? Oh, yeah. WORK. So that's my FFFC. I have no motivation right now and I'm filling my days with useless crap. If I'm going to slack at work, you would think I could actually do something productive personally.
Enjoy your last day today!! I say you should just bump all afternoon.
@eadams08
OMG that baby is adorable! I want to sugar up those cute cheekies. Smooch that babe for me...in a totally non creepy internet friend way of course!
FFFC2: My parents are coming to stay with us for the weekend/baby shower. This, I realize is a very bad idea as we have barely seen each other 3 or 4 times (no more than a few hours at a time) over the last 7 years and still have a dysfunctional relationship. My FFFC is I am refusing to let them stay through Mon so DH and I have 1 "fun" day we can count on over the long weekend. And I don't feel bad at all. Fri-Sun will be a 50/50 shot at being remotely positive and stress free so I'm guaranteeing Mon gets locked in.
An L & D nurse told me they once had a kid named a series of sounds. Like sounds you make with your tongue. "Click-clack" type stuff. I told her she had to be lying. Another nurse was in my room with her & vouched that she was telling the truth.
"Your truth is different from my truth, and we're both right."
TTC since March 2013. BFP 4/13/13, blighted ovum discovered 6/6/13, m/c 6/8/13.
BFP 11/10/13, EDD 7/25/13 - stick little owlet!
We have our "Irish Twins"
DD born 8/7/2013
DS born 7/28/14
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I want to respond with "I need somebody! Not just anybody!" every.single.time.
DD born 7.27.2014
BFP 09.2015 - m/c 10.21.2015
When I'm doing my weekly shift as a rocker I totally side-eye those parents and so do the nurses. I hate when I come in and the nurses keep pointing me to the same babies who need to be held because mom/dad are never there.
DD born 7.27.2014
BFP 09.2015 - m/c 10.21.2015
Wait, what? How do you get to be a baby rocker?
^ This exactly. Sometimes the parents are working to keep the insurance that is paying for the treatments that are keeping their babies alive. I know several NICU moms who have recouped and gone back to work so that they can take maternity leave when their baby comes home from the hospital. They may also have older children at home who need their love and attention as well. Many times older siblings have a hard time coping with having this new baby in the NICU. I have a friend with triplets in the NICU going through this right now.
I guess the point is it's not all black and white.
@Jbosarge85 I just checked my local hospitals for their volunteer opportunities. We have 2 that use rockers and I just signed up. I had to do some training and make sure I was up to date on my shots (flu/TdaP & TB testing). I love doing it and am a little sad that my leave of abscence will start in a few weeks. Of course then I'll have my own little guy to rock.
I want to respond with "I need somebody! Not just anybody!" every.single.time.
Tehe! Do it!
@SarahVol131
We have our "Irish Twins"
DD born 8/7/2013
DS born 7/28/14
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