My department is pretty empty today. 2 coworkers out, my boss is out, and my bosses boss is out. As if my motivation wasn't low enough, I now have zero plans to do any real work today. I'm actually a little bummed I have a mtg with the pediatrician at 5:15 because I totally would have left early.
I have pretty much checked out of work already. My coworkers/employees are all trained on how to cover my work, and have even went so far as to take over most of my daily tasks so that they are familar with it when I go out.
Basically I am doing dick around here......just waiting for baby to show up so I can start my maternity leave.
Nov. '14 January Siggy : Work Sucks!
Me 32-DH 38
Married July 14, 2007 ----- TTC # 1 October 1, 2013 BFP March 7, 2014 ----- EDD November 17, 2014 ---- Baby boy born November 16, 2014
This was going to be my UO yesterday but alas I forgot what it was. I now think that it will make for a great double UO/FFFC.
So...I think bacon is overrated.
Count me in group "checked out of work" already. My workload is extremely light already and now I just have my replacement doing everything so she gets the hang of it.
My FFFC: I just read on Facebook that the Honey Boo Boo show was cancelled because the mom is dating a sex offender that molested someone in her family. Now all I can do is watch videos of Sugar Bear and Honey Boo Boo because I've never seen the show.
Dang. Now I want bacon. And an egg mcmuffin thingy.
My FFFC - I am pretty pissed that my dad hasn't attempted to buy our LO even one single gift. We were estranged for 15 years but we reconnected last summer. I flew out to visit him for a few days and I thought things would be better. Nope. All he does is "like" stuff on my Facebook once in awhile.
So now I'm struggling with how much I should make an attempt to include him in our child's life after he is born. I guess im just really disappointed. He never made an effort with me, why would I think he would make an effort with his grandson?
@silverwings72 so sorry to hear, I can't imagine my dad not being in my LO's life, but eventually he may realize what he's missing out on and you can't force it. (((HUGS)))
Also, bacon is great and I am sooooo done with work.
Don't want baby to necessarily come right now, but tempted to eat spicy food and have sex tonight in efforts to have baby over weekend so I don't have to go back to work.
Don't want baby to necessarily come right now, but tempted to eat spicy food and have sex tonight in efforts to have baby over weekend so I don't have to go back to work.
This ^
Actually this is going to be my theme song for this weekend to try to get this baby motivated.
I'm also part of the "I am so done working" club. It hurts to sit at my desk, even on my exercise ball. I think I am throwing in the towel Monday regardless. I'll be 39 weeks at that point, and the Dr. told me this morning that I'm 1 cm dilated and 80% effaced. Pretty excited about that effacement number!
Happy Friday ladies!
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N14 January Siggy Challenge - What Sucks About Work
If the toilet paper is hanging in the wrong direction (under instead of over) I switch it. Doesn't matter if I'm at work, home or someone else's house.
If the toilet paper is hanging in the wrong direction (under instead of over) I switch it. Doesn't matter if I'm at work, home or someone else's house.
And I thought I was the only one who did that!
I only do this at my house and my parents but I LOVE that you guys do this everywhere
DH and I have many friends and family that have already had babies - we are pretty much the last to start a family. That means that hand-me-downs are plentiful. I am thankful to have so much stuff I don't have to pay for, but I am rather bummed that it takes away the opportunity for me to shop for my own child. A lot of the clothes we were given are not really the style that I would choose. Every time I walk by the baby clothes section, I get a bit bummed. I have purchased a few outfits, but we have had so many given to us...
@sweetbabyrahe - thank you :x I totally understand what you mean about not wanting to go back to work. It just sucks all the energy out of you. Baby will be here in no time!
I really want this little girl to come on Halloween. It's one of my favorite holidays and would be an awesome birthday. The FFFC part? I'll only be 38 weeks and 6 days on Halloween so one day shy of full term. :-q
I broke up with my body pillow last month because it was taking too much room up in the bed, hard to climb over when I had to pee, and I was just kinda mad at it. We decided to try to be together again last night and it worked. I told it I was sorry. Everything is well again between us.
I think it's only now that I'm pretty big that I appreciate having the body pillow at my back.
@annieroo13 I do that too! Paper towels and TP.....it drives me BONKERS if its under.
I totally get this and prefer the roll to be over, however that being said we live with an insane cat who will unroll the entire flippin' thing if it's over! (anyone want to know how much you get when you unroll a new triple roll?)
He's so sneaky about it too that it's not like we can do any behav. mod. He also checks frequently so switching back to over after a period of under hasn't worked. Pretty sure he is OCD - he is a Siamese.
DH and I have many friends and family that have already had babies - we are pretty much the last to start a family. That means that hand-me-downs are plentiful. I am thankful to have so much stuff I don't have to pay for, but I am rather bummed that it takes away the opportunity for me to shop for my own child. A lot of the clothes we were given are not really the style that I would choose. Every time I walk by the baby clothes section, I get a bit bummed. I have purchased a few outfits, but we have had so many given to us...
My FFFC is that we've had people give us hand me downs (mostly my MIL from her cousins). She told me keep or give to habitat.. I've only kept like 3 things. I know it's kind of silly and babies don't care what they wear, but if I want to dress my baby in adorable outfits even if it means we're buying them then that's what I'm going to do! I freaking love shopping for this little guy.
I also think it's ridiculous that some people find any kind of article online and think its legitimate to back up whatever choice they are making (flu shot, tdap, epidural, whatever). It's really not that hard to find legitimate resources to answer your questions...
As I've mentioned before, I have less and less patience for the uninformed, especially when it's so easy to educate yourself.
*TW*
Me:35 DH:35 Dx: PCOS DS1 born 11/2014 DS2 born 11/2018 3 previous losses Rainbow babydue 12/2021 - Team Green
@JustJainey lol....thats hysterical! Bad Kitty!!! Kitties can be so bad.....but so cute they get away with everything!
Another FFFC for me.......I am irrationally angry that DH is considering getting SD an iphone for her birthday. She has an ipad mini and a regular cell phone. She isn't due for an upgrade on her phone til next year. He got a nice bonus check from work and he is considering buying it outright. he thinks she will be more likely to answer her phone if she has an iphone. She is already spoiled beyond belief. She is constantly on her ipad. Her mother doesn't discipline her at all and lets her take her ipad to bed. Not only will it cost $500 to buy an iphone 5 outright, but it will raise our phone bill because right now she doesn't have a smartphone or a data plan.
I am angry that he is even considering this.....(SD is turning 14 today btw)
Nov. '14 January Siggy : Work Sucks!
Me 32-DH 38
Married July 14, 2007 ----- TTC # 1 October 1, 2013 BFP March 7, 2014 ----- EDD November 17, 2014 ---- Baby boy born November 16, 2014
I totally change the toilet paper roll too! Funny story: when I was working before going on mat leave with DS, I worked at a company with about 2000 employees and one day somebody actually sent an email to the president of our company complaining about the way the cleaning staff put the toilet paper rolls in the bathroom stalls. Seriously, the guy was an engineer so the email was like a page long with detailed diagrams and explaining how he could increase his work efficiency if the cleaners put the tp in the way he liked it etc etc. It was amazing.
Also, give me all the bacon!!!! I ate like 6 or 7 bacon wrapped dates at my book club meeting last night, they were unreal.
@mommymeg143 +1 to anti bacon! I think it's the smell that gets me.
@silverwings72 I feel for you on the situation w/ your dad. My mom & I have a very bumpy relationship (she struggles w/ addiction). Her relationship w/ my LOs definitely won't be what I had always hoped for. It sucks when family lets you down during such a special time. If you ever need to vent, feel free to message me. Hugs!
My FFFC- I've never been a germaphobe, but going to the hospital for NSTs has been grossing me out. I seem to always get stuck in the elevator w/ a person who is hacking up a lung, or looks about ready to keel over! Can't I just have my babies in a bubble?
I hate flan I LOVE bacon and can't understand people who don't see how magical it is I've never watched Honey Boo Boo
@silverwings72 I'm so sorry to hear about your dad. It's his loss but also sucks for your LO. It's hard to determine how much you should try as well if there's no reciprocation. *hugs*
My confession: today is the first day I started to worry about flab/fat/brain pouch hanging over my c-section scar! Must research some skin tightening creams and solutions!
Ok this is just the lamest confession ever: my due date is November 1...I'm afraid of going early...why? Because I'm a FTM and having a baby scares me...but also, and here's the lame part...I have a family ring with birthstones for me, hubby, parents, siblings and nieces/nephews, but I don't have room for an October birthstone if baby comes early (I already have November on the ring so I can double up lol). Wow...first world problems indeed lol...
I don't wear makeup or jewelry (I have a wedding ring....somewhere....in a drawer? I found DH's the other day and put it somewhere, too...maybe they're together?) unless I'm playing a character in LARP that dresses up or wears particular things. I have a box of very nice jewelry I've collected from people that didn't know me very well giving me Christmas and birthday gifts of jewelry. None of it has probably seen the light of day (the LARPs I used to do were in the evening) in years.
I don't care at all if my husband spends time with other women, from work or just friends we have. One of our friends (a high school friend of mine) probably spends more total time with DH than I do because they go and watch shows in his mancave late at night. Their schedules sink up better for that kind of hanging than mine and DH's do, and they like more of the same shows. It never occurred to me until I read comments on here that him hanging out with other women was unusual.
I think push presents are a little silly, but also a little sweet. I won't get one (my husband would never think of it and I'd feel ridiculous asking for one), but I am going to buy myself a video game I've been waiting for as my own "yay, you made it through labor!" present to myself. (Dragon Age 3, yes, I am a dork.)
I despise 50 Shades of Grey for depicting an abusive BDSM relationship as not abusive. I applaud someone for managing to turn a fanfiction of another piece of drek writing (imo) into their own personal fortune, though. I hope more people can find such success in their artistic endeavors, even if I hate what they make. (...says the aspiring writer/editor and game designer...)
I love flan and think it's fun to make. This may be because of an Eddie Izzard joke about the rise and fall of the Austrian Empire.
I want a growler of my favorite beer from my favorite local brewery as a push present.
I have been leaving Silas at daycare for an extra hour and a half lately so I can go home and nap. I feel guilty. But the way I see it, he only goes twice a week, and I pay for full days even though I usually pick him up at 130pm.
@MrsC430 & @wildflower75 - thank you so much for the support. I hate that I struggle with this relationship even though I am a grown woman. You ladies rock :x
I've always thought push presents were rediculous but the closer I get to birth the more I'm starting to hope DH will get me something even if its small to acknowldge my part in the birth.
My push present was my new iphone. I'm totally ok with that. For now. I kinda hinted at DH that a piece of jewelry would be nice. He doesn't take hints very well as he does better with direction, so I'm planning on sending him a few necklaces to choose from.
I guess it wouldn't really be a push present because the money is from our joint account and it wouldn't be a real surprise. But im ok with that too. We seem to work better this way. He's only really surprised me with one thing and that was an iPad Air. Lol Being married to a geek has its pluses and minuses. :P
I hate the term push present, but I like the idea. My grandpa bought my grandma a rocking chair on the day my mom was born and I still have it. Secretly I would love for DH to buy me a push present, but I don't want to mention it because we have other expenses that are much more important right now and it seems frivolous.
Spent the evening google-stalking the new coworkers Dh will be living with for the next month. One had too common a name, but the other may be interesting. And by "interesting", I mean crazy.
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Eeney 7/24/05
Meeney 3/23/07
Miney 9/15/10 Mo 11/4/14 Wait, What?!? - EDD 11/1/19
DH has been on Fall Break all week and done so many things around the house this week and really taken over all the things I've been too tired to do as well as meet with painters and counter top people for my parents. He mentioned wanting to go to the regional football game for his school tonight and I told him to go. However, I'm annoyed that he went since it feels like we haven't had much time together. I can't wait to stop being so hormotional and become more logical.
I also think this stems from the fact that I don't remember the last time any cuddling has happened between us and damn it I want to be held with out having to tell him.
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Re: FFFC
I have pretty much checked out of work already. My coworkers/employees are all trained on how to cover my work, and have even went so far as to take over most of my daily tasks so that they are familar with it when I go out.
Basically I am doing dick around here......just waiting for baby to show up so I can start my maternity leave.
Nov. '14 January Siggy : Work Sucks!
Me 32-DH 38
Married July 14, 2007 ----- TTC # 1 October 1, 2013
BFP March 7, 2014 ----- EDD November 17, 2014 ---- Baby boy born November 16, 2014
So...I think bacon is overrated.
The worst part is...I am a southerner. We put bacon in everything here! Even our desserts!! I may be disowned if word ever got out!!
Bacon makes everything better...
My FFFC: I just read on Facebook that the Honey Boo Boo show was cancelled because the mom is dating a sex offender that molested someone in her family. Now all I can do is watch videos of Sugar Bear and Honey Boo Boo because I've never seen the show.
My FFFC - I am pretty pissed that my dad hasn't attempted to buy our LO even one single gift. We were estranged for 15 years but we reconnected last summer. I flew out to visit him for a few days and I thought things would be better. Nope. All he does is "like" stuff on my Facebook once in awhile.
So now I'm struggling with how much I should make an attempt to include him in our child's life after he is born. I guess im just really disappointed. He never made an effort with me, why would I think he would make an effort with his grandson?
Eta- paragraphs.
@silverwings72 so sorry to hear, I can't imagine my dad not being in my LO's life, but eventually he may realize what he's missing out on and you can't force it. (((HUGS)))
Also, bacon is great and I am sooooo done with work.
Don't want baby to necessarily come right now, but tempted to eat spicy food and have sex tonight in efforts to have baby over weekend so I don't have to go back to work.
This is totally lame, but it's all I've got.
If the toilet paper is hanging in the wrong direction (under instead of over) I switch it. Doesn't matter if I'm at work, home or someone else's house.
Nov. '14 January Siggy : Work Sucks!
Me 32-DH 38
Married July 14, 2007 ----- TTC # 1 October 1, 2013
BFP March 7, 2014 ----- EDD November 17, 2014 ---- Baby boy born November 16, 2014
My confession is lame....
DH and I have many friends and family that have already had babies - we are pretty much the last to start a family. That means that hand-me-downs are plentiful. I am thankful to have so much stuff I don't have to pay for, but I am rather bummed that it takes away the opportunity for me to shop for my own child. A lot of the clothes we were given are not really the style that I would choose. Every time I walk by the baby clothes section, I get a bit bummed. I have purchased a few outfits, but we have had so many given to us...
I totally understand what you mean about not wanting to go back to work. It just sucks all the energy out of you. Baby will be here in no time!
I think it's only now that I'm pretty big that I appreciate having the body pillow at my back.
He's so sneaky about it too that it's not like we can do any behav. mod. He also checks frequently so switching back to over after a period of under hasn't worked. Pretty sure he is OCD - he is a Siamese.
Dx: PCOS
DS1 born 11/2014
DS2 born 11/2018
3 previous losses
Rainbow baby due 12/2021 - Team Green
@JustJainey lol....thats hysterical! Bad Kitty!!! Kitties can be so bad.....but so cute they get away with everything!
Another FFFC for me.......I am irrationally angry that DH is considering getting SD an iphone for her birthday. She has an ipad mini and a regular cell phone. She isn't due for an upgrade on her phone til next year. He got a nice bonus check from work and he is considering buying it outright. he thinks she will be more likely to answer her phone if she has an iphone. She is already spoiled beyond belief. She is constantly on her ipad. Her mother doesn't discipline her at all and lets her take her ipad to bed. Not only will it cost $500 to buy an iphone 5 outright, but it will raise our phone bill because right now she doesn't have a smartphone or a data plan.
I am angry that he is even considering this.....(SD is turning 14 today btw)
Nov. '14 January Siggy : Work Sucks!
Me 32-DH 38
Married July 14, 2007 ----- TTC # 1 October 1, 2013
BFP March 7, 2014 ----- EDD November 17, 2014 ---- Baby boy born November 16, 2014
At his request, I helped DH pick out my *gasp* "push present"
(runs and hides now....) @-)
@silverwings72 I feel for you on the situation w/ your dad. My mom & I have a very bumpy relationship (she struggles w/ addiction). Her relationship w/ my LOs definitely won't be what I had always hoped for. It sucks when family lets you down during such a special time. If you ever need to vent, feel free to message me. Hugs!
My FFFC- I've never been a germaphobe, but going to the hospital for NSTs has been grossing me out. I seem to always get stuck in the elevator w/ a person who is hacking up a lung, or looks about ready to keel over! Can't I just have my babies in a bubble?
It's twin girls!! Born on 11-2-14!
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I LOVE bacon and can't understand people who don't see how magical it is
I've never watched Honey Boo Boo
@silverwings72 I'm so sorry to hear about your dad. It's his loss but also sucks for your LO. It's hard to determine how much you should try as well if there's no reciprocation. *hugs*
My confession: today is the first day I started to worry about flab/fat/brain pouch hanging over my c-section scar!
Must research some skin tightening creams and solutions!
I have been leaving Silas at daycare for an extra hour and a half lately so I can go home and nap. I feel guilty. But the way I see it, he only goes twice a week, and I pay for full days even though I usually pick him up at 130pm.
I guess it wouldn't really be a push present because the money is from our joint account and it wouldn't be a real surprise. But im ok with that too. We seem to work better this way. He's only really surprised me with one thing and that was an iPad Air. Lol Being married to a geek has its pluses and minuses. :P
Spent the evening google-stalking the new coworkers Dh will be living with for the next month. One had too common a name, but the other may be interesting. And by "interesting", I mean crazy.
Mo 11/4/14
Wait, What?!? - EDD 11/1/19