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October 2015 Moms
SweetnSassy23
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Monday Moans
SweetnSassy23
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How was the weekend? What's happening on your Monday?
Re: Monday Moans
My moan is this: I have been running an experiment for grad shool for two weeks. It was supposed to end on Friday morning so that I could spend time with family this weekend because they are all in town for the baby shower. However, nothing worked as planned and I'm still running the experiment, which means going in to work twice a day for a total of five hours every day. I have not had a day off in almost 3 weeks, it has been 90° nearly every day and I'm in a hot greenhouse for work. And I am exhausted.
My MM is that I've cut off communication with my dad. He pulled one stunt too many this week and I told him not to speak to me until he gets psychiatric help. I'm cleaning out my house and my life, apparently. Is getting rid of toxic people part of the nesting process?
DH got run off the road last Monday and his car is still across the country because the insurance hasn't yet decided if it's totaled or not. We'll find out tomorrow.
We went to purchase the appliances for our new home last night and DH's credit card got declined (after hours of haggling). He hadn't notified the credit card company of our move so they assumed the charges were fraudulent and they weren't open on Sunday night.
The good news is, my little family is all safe and in the same state. Today is my birthday and yesterday I got to see our beautiful new home which is still under construction but it's getting close!
MM- I have my glucose test at 2:00 today [-O<
On a side note, being a later due in the month bumpie is good and bad ! Can't complain and discuss stuff without it being old news and seeming repetitive , BUT it's nice knowing what to expect since many of you have gone through it first!
My moan: we had an AWESOME last-hurrah before baby bash at the house this weekend. We saw lots of friends from out of town and it was just generally a wonderful weekend. Downside? My old roommate from college took a pic with me (hand on my bump, of course), and uploaded it to Facebook, tagging me and mentioning how excited she is for us. Sweet...except we haven't announced my pregnancy on social media at all since we aren't big on sharing personal stuff on Facebook. So suddenly, I'm being flooded with "motherhood is unlike ANYTHING ELSE" texts and messages from people I haven't spoken to in 3+ years wanting to know all the details.
I love everyone's enthusiasm and excitement for us...I just wish it had been on my terms as to when and how it was announced. I guess I should have expected it to happen at some point, but it's still a bit frustrating, even though the intent was to be sweet and celebratory. Oh well- cat's out of the bag!
@lnord7 I'm a pretty private person, also. I don't post pictures or information about the pregnancy or my family on any type of social media. I feel that if they are someone who should know about the life event/information then we are in touch pretty regularly. I'm dreading the day that someone posts a picture of my child or family (knowing my family members, directly after birth) on social media without my consent.
My MM: I told my husband that all I wanted was to get a pedicure yesterday because my feet were so swollen and sore from Saturday's party. Instead, I ended up cleaning up all the decorations and running errand with DD while he got a nap! Grrr! He didn't even run my feet when he woke up.
@taralohse haha! Exactly! followed by:
Saturday we ordered a recliner to help me with some back and rib pain. My moan is why dies it take two weeks for it to cone it, it's not a custom piece. I'm just impatient
I love you gals!
I hadn't heard anything about a shower from my DH's side, which is odd because he has a lot of family friends who adore him (and me, by proxy) and always include us in their own family events - his extended family all lives 13 hours away. Honestly, my feelings were getting a little hurt that they hadn't said anything, and that my MIL hadn't responded to my hints to her about it. Well, my SIL asked to throw one when I saw her Saturday, and I told her that would be so sweet, but to ask MIL to see if anything had been talked of. MIL & FIL came over for dinner last night and she told me that SIL is going to host one, although Mrs. B, dear dear family friend who I love, and her sister called MIL to offer a few months ago.
I just wish my MIL would have told me that someone offered, or included me in saying yes or no. (And I've seen both of these ladies recently and haven't said thank you, so now I feel rude.) I'm still not sure why she told them no, except for I'm sure she knew one of my SILs would do one if no one else did, and it makes her feel good to see her family do things for each other. But of my 2 SILs, one is closing on a new house (to renovate) this Thursday and the other has 3 under 5 and parties aren't really her thing, so I felt bad for it to fall on them.
Just frustrating that she didn't include me in the excitement/talk of it because it's so different from my mom and me. I want so badly to be like that with my MIL but she doesn't do well thinking of others unless it's her boys.
My moan? Couldn't fall asleep last night until almost 2, then we got stupid loud thunderstorms starting at 2:30. That, plus about three bathroom trip between 2:30-5:30 = one grumpy chick. Got up early for an appointment and now I'm skipping my noon Pilates class to go back to bed.
My weekend however was great though! I finished (almost) decorating our new house and got to hang out with my parents! It's been so nice getting time with my husband without studying or exams getting in the way!
My Dad and I have a very difficult relationship. In the last year and a half of me being married, he has been to my house two times. He lives 3 miles away. Various excuses arise when I ask if he can or would like to come over. He is disabled and requires a lot of help but is very demanding of how and when he will receive help and critiques you the whole time help is being offered and then complains that you weren't helpful. From an incident last fall, he told me to go to hell and did not talk to me for three months. My dad has also burned bridges with many friends, family members, and neighbors. On top of this, my mom has a few issues of her own. She is very selfish and petty and a very negative person. When hubby and I got married, the wedding became all about her, even though I was never told congrats on our engagement. Then, when we discussed where we would go for our honeymoon, she tried to invite herself with us and said she never gets to go on vacation, so why should we? When she found out we were trying to start a family, I was told by her that it wasn't a good time for her to have me be pregnant.
Well, things were finally starting to get better with my parents until this weekend. They have decided they are moving and have an offer accepted on a new house. However, their house is not ready to be sold and they have had no one look at it. Its been a lot of drama from the beginning. My parents have dogs and a horse that need to have fenced areas at the new home and my husband owns his own business building fence. My dad told me on Saturday that my husband would not be building their fence. I told my mom that I was cleaning my house yesterday and she told me when I get done that I can do hers for her and that my husband can cut their grass. I explained to her that we were not the ones moving and that we have our own home and grass to take care of. She said that I was being selfish and that she needed me and then hung up on me.
Sorry this is so long, just had to get it out there somewhere. Husband is kinda tired of hearing about it and I'm kinda tired of dealing with it.
I had a wonderful weekend. My best friend got engaged and I am so freaking excited. I told her to make me her bitch the next few months because I won't be able to do all the wedding planning stuff once the baby comes!
My MM: My belly is finally making things hard. For the first time in my entire life I had trouble shaving my legs. It also hurts to bend over and I have to roll around on the floor to stand back up. It's also harder to carry packages. I also gave up on sleeping. I wake to pee at least twice a night and that's not when I am moving into a different position because my hips are on fire. Sad part is, there'd be a lot less complaining on my end if I were able to drink...
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@leighann1 lol!! I tend to be very liberal on showers but I finally felt like everything was coming together and was going to order invites next week and she finally admitted she just didn't care for the location. I was so close to saying you don't get a vote this is a gift! But instead I'll be a good bridesmaid and fork out $300 extra dollars so she can have it where she wants. X(
Edited trying to fix the quote box fail!
My Monday moan is im going to a big mothers consignment sale in two weeks and my friend and I are doing a booth. I have not even opened my attic to get the boys things out and although I can't wait to get rid of it all apparently I think a little fairy is going to do it for me.
My moan for this Monday is the heat/humidity. I thought it would be a good idea to go for a walk with DS this morning, to get some fresh air and since we were precariously close to running out of wipes. We walked to CVS, about 1 mile from apartment. It was 9:15 when we left and 10:15 when we got back. So not even the "hot" part of the day yet. The temp went from 82 to 86 in that time, but with the humidity it felt more like 100. My formerly easy 2-mile walk was nearly unbearable. Thankfully I was able to get some coconut water, Gatorade, and a bottle of Fiji water while at CVS. I'm not playing with my hydration!
Also, my dad recently remarried. We haven't spoken since the week before my wedding in March. He got upset because my mom was walking me down the aisle and threw a full on temper tantrum I'd expect from a toddler. He even convinced his sisters who drove 8 hours for the wedding to not show up. It made visiting with my grandmother (who took a whole day to travel down) very uncomfortable because she knew about it and, I guess understandably, took his side.
I guess I'm so butthurt over his new marriage because he was able to throw my sister and me to the side many times over the last ten years (the span of my parents' separation and divorce), and he never wanted children. He didn't want to be our dad, yet he marries a woman with two young daughters. I feel replaceable. He wasn't even excited when I told him about my pregnancy, his first grandchild.
I was doing fairly well getting past this, but him getting remarried just makes me feel like poo about myself all over again.
My moan: I'm almost done with my antibiotics for this stupid uti and I'm over it. I'm talking two of those a day, two probiotics, my prenatal and my iron supplement and i feel like all i do is take pills and time out meals to take them and not be ill. Luckily i feel better even though it was asymptomatic, I'm not peeing as frequently and my mental fog seems to have lifted. Also, no yeast so far which i was terrified of.