Monday BF 8-15

princesslockness · August 2016

princesslockness · August 2016

My neighbors (who are in the process of being evicted and are just bad people) had their house shot up at 4:30 this morning. I go from a great dream involving Tyrian Lannister (adult sized), to jolting awake and hearing 5 more shots go off. ANDDDDDDD We just had the Sheriffs come pounding on our door at 7 am to get statements.

Today is the day I have to be with HR and get all my FMLA and disability stuff figured out. FML, I'm tired.

bakerstreetboys · August 2016

Kate08Young said:

My neighbors (who are in the process of being evicted and are just bad people) had their house shot up at 4:30 this morning. I go from a great dream involving Tyrian Lannister (adult sized), to jolting awake and hearing 5 more shots go off. ANDDDDDDD We just had the Sheriffs come pounding on our door at 7 am to get statements.

Today is the day I have to be with HR and get all my FMLA and disability stuff figured out. FML, I'm tired.

OMG! That is super scary! I hope that they are out of there really soon and that your new neighbours aren't something out of a bad movie.

cayaylonglegs · August 2016

@kate08young - nothing like gunshots to get your Monday started off right!

My my bitchfest is just an ode to how much of a biznitch I have been this weekend. These hormones have me acting super cray. And the bad part is I totally catch myself being awful- but I can't stop. And not just bitchy but general emotions. I warned DH last night to expect the emotions in full force in the coming weeks, not 10 minutes later I am crying so hard I made myself sick. Aren't hormones just awesome?!

KateH1216 · August 2016

I know this is TMI and probably belongs in the symptoms thread but my BF today is constipation. Holy eff. I know I didn't do myself any favors last week being on vacation and eating whatever I wanted but I feel like my stomach is full of rocks and that I'll never feel regular again. The Miralax can't kick in soon enough.

ETA - happy Monday everyone!

jennbaylor12 · August 2016

@Kate08Young - oh geez!!! What a rough start to the morning, I'm sorry

My BF is nowhere near that dramatic, but it's very real to me. Why, WHY, do so many maternity clothes come with horizontal stripes?!? Are we not wide enough? Do we Need to exaggerate that visual? Horizontal stripes or flowers make up sooo many of the tops I find.... we can either look wide as a house or like drapes. Lovely

karmba · August 2016

@Kate08Young yikes that's scary - I'm super glad none of the shots ended up at your house.

My BF is the crew at McDonald's. They had me pull forward and park to wait for orange juice of all things. And when they brought it out there was no straw..... I just wanted breakfast after my appointment! lol, first world problem

dmontgo · August 2016

I am so, so incredibly sick of hearing about little babies being left in hot cars and dying, or being left in hot cars and then being taken to the hospital. I know parents are not perfect, and get overwhelmed and busy...but how hard is it to take 30 seconds to check the backseat? Leave a purse or something back there so you HAVE to check. Some people say they did it by accident because they were too busy. Why are our lives so busy that we have the opportunity to even forget a child? Something is wrong with this picture. We need to take a breather and slow down...and I get it...I work in IT...I'm surrounded by technology all the time that makes me feel I never truly am off work. But something has got to give.

One lady took her other children but left her newborn because she didn't want the hassle as she was shopping...for an hour...with her baby in the car. The baby lived, but I wish I could staple something to that lady's face. If you don't want the hassle, STOP HAVING BABIES.

It's been on my mind lately and it's so senseless than a baby has to die because we can't take a little time to slow down and realize what's important. And the people that do it on purpose? Well, fuck you.

cjt121413 · August 2016

@Kate08Young That's so scary! I'm sorry!

DiFazette · August 2016

My BF is that my H is a constant ball of stress about the damn lawn. Yes, it needs to be mowed weekly. Yup, we've been homeowners for lots of years... This isn't new. When we bought our new house with a bigger yard, we had a discussion about exactly this. Nearly every single day it's a play by play on the yard. He'll talk about having to mow the lawn for 3 days leading up to it. He'll then discuss how difficult it was for 24 hours post mow. I get 2 days of no lawn talk to start over again about scheduling the next mow. It drives me crazy.

tinattt23 · August 2016

@Kate08Young Holy crap, that's super terrifyingly! Good thing they're already getting kicked out.

@jennbaylor12 Totally agree with the stripes thing. Especially in the 'fat or pregnant' stage. Not a fan.

My BF is at myself. Got a little overzealous packing this weekend. Now my house looks like a hospital or an asylum. Anything non-essential has been packed, including all decorative items. Now I have to start at blank walls and empty shelves for 3 more weeks. Oops. At least I won't be bitching about how much more packing I have left to do two days before the move?

DiFazette · August 2016

@tinattt23 that's the right way to pack IMO! Bare walls and ALL non-essentials go in a box. You'll be so far ahead of the game come crunch time. I'm pretty hard core about moving organization - it's my way to control the chaos so I even pack all of my plates/glasses/silverware early and live on paper/plastic. We don't normally do paper/plastic so I don't feel guilty about it. I keep out one item each essential for cooking (cutting board, knife, big spoon, pot, pan) and figure it out from there.

tinattt23 · August 2016

@DiFazette My kitchens about the only thing not packed at this point. Trying to hold off until the weekend before move weekend. Then we'll live off paper/plastic and takeout for a week. The next two weeks are going to be some interesting meals trying use as much of the food in the fridge/freezer as possible. Since it's a long distance move, what doesn't get used ends up trashed and I hate that.

LinziLoo09 · August 2016

@dmontgo I completely agree. I feel like I have to avoid a lot of the news because all of the baby-deaths and child abuse headlines make me sick to my stomach. I started ruminating last night on all of the ways DD could possibly die, and the thought process went nowhere good.

My BF is my freakin' kidneys. I'm passing a small stone today. It's small enough that I am not curled on the floor in the fetal position, but it's constant and painful. I haven't taken anything for the pain because, from my experiences at least, my stones seem to get worse in the evenings. Maybe that's when my kidneys have more to output or maybe stones just get jostled into bad positions after a day of movement. But I refuse to take more than one dose of meds a day, and I'm afraid my evening will be worse. On top of all that, I'm sick with one of DD's daycare plagues. SO I'm on very little sleep from choking on phlegm all night, and I'm coughing ever-so-disgustingly every other minute. This is not a day that I want to be at work, but since I'll only accrue like 13 days off by the time I take maternity leave, I can't afford to use any sick days at all. I should have brought a heating pad to work dammit.

Austenista · August 2016

Mine is going to piggyback off @DiFazette's. As I mentioned before, we moved in and BAM! I was pregnant. So there's still a million things to do - and I have no energy/will to do them even though I'm home all day. So DH has a million things to do on top of the million other things that need to be done - like our stupid lawn.

The lady that lived here before us lurrrrved plants. Plants plants plants. But before she went to live with her son and sold the house, she was disabled. Plants+lawn+disability= yard wilderness. Our back yard is...a lot. There's some bamboo slowly taking over in the back corner, a religious shrine that once had trickling water that needs to be taken down, mystery plants, years of unraked leaves (we raked a lot in January while they were renovating the house and still never got finished), a huge patch of ivy, and mysterious little burrs that cover my white, cotton furred dog if I let her roam free (which means unfortunately I cannot).

There were all kinds of alternately spiky and puffy mystery plants lining the front pathway that DH just murdered triumphantly the other day, but needless to say, there's SO much to be done. Not to mention the things on the inside that still aren't organized, donated, set up, or thrown out. Blinds aren't up in some rooms, faucet's in the middle of a repair in the master bathroom, there's a huge chair in the living room that is not part of the LR furniture that just needs to be sold or begged by someone to carry away. Instead it's just in the corner with crap on it, and on and on and on. I need nesting to kick in. I cannot power through, it's exasperating. I need/want all indoor stuff at least to be taken care of before Eaton's born, but there's just so much crap to do and I have no will to do it.

This is really a BF at myself/the house because DH is only one dude and I feel practically useless. He spent most of the weekend trying to install a new faucet and the drain part is fighting back. I'm surprised that thing didn't end up on fire in the backyard, tbh.

slartybartfast · August 2016

@Kate08Young - AHH!
YES to the constipation. YES to the mood swings (I threw a freaking yelly screamy fit at DH yesterday because of something small).

I have some seriously brain-intensive work to do this week and I sit here and try to do stuff and NOTHING WILL HAPPEN IN MY NOGGIN. It's full of fog and frustration.

Kacie209 · August 2016

@Kate08Young Holy cow! And I thought we had bad neighbors until they were evicted over Memorial Day weekend.

BF - Work. We have been super busy lately, and although I usually don't mind actually having stuff to do... I am transitioning to a new position (thank goodness!) on the 29th, and feel like I'll still be working on stuff for my own department up until the Friday before. Not that I am trying to slack by any means, but wow... we just can't keep up and I'd like to start closing some things before then... like clean my desk, tie up loose ends, etc. A part of me feels bad since I won't be helping anymore, but I have been wanting a new job for quite some time now, and finally got lucky to get out. It's also annoying when coworkers complain about how busy we are. Um, it's called time management and I know you suck at it, but seriously... that is what helps me be WAY more productive than you.

@KateH1216 I have been dealing with this too, and this last weekend... nothing. I finally took a stool softener yesterday morning to see if that would help loosen anything up. So far, nope... but I guess it can some time. So, I am waiting.

l9i · August 2016

@caseyewhitaker I totally feel your pain on the wild yard. Our last house which we just moved out of was the same way. The lady that lived there for about 40 years LOVED her plants (and apparently flag stone because there were random stones all over the yard). After her, a young guy moved in and did nothing with the outside for 2-3 years so everything became overgrown including invasive ivy and trumpet vine EVERYWHERE. He also was moved out for months before we moved in so the grass in the backyard was up to our knees. It was awful. Unfortunately, we ended up tearing a good majority out and replanting new plants because it was so out of control... sounds like you might be down a similar path...

Austenista · August 2016

@l9i yes, sounds very familiar. Blech.

kbduke · August 2016

@caseyewhitaker Aren't house renovations sooo much fun? We are at the end of one ourselves, also "fixer upper" style and I don't know what we were thinking. My master bathroom is currently completely gutted... and has been so for 5+ months so I feel your pain.

@DiFazette Why do men do this? My DH is exactly the same way about the yard. I get it, it's a lot of grass but you don't see me bitching about cleaning the house all week.

My BF is insomnia. I just can't. I've tried Benadryl, Unisom, and my OB just put me on melatonin last week. Nothing is working. I can't sleep, I'm exhausted, and I cannot function. Ugh...

ETA Spelling is hard

ashleygorokhovsky · August 2016

My BF is my aunt. She's in town visiting and was nice enough to get us a hotel on the beach for the night to relax. Unfortunately, she's been snoring like a buzz saw the entire night resulting in me getting about 1 hour of sleep and a pounding headache.

DiFazette · August 2016

A fresh BF for today. My closest Aunt now lives in Canada. She's beat cancer twice and learned very recently that she's going to need surgery and chemo again. Canadian medicine won't let her get surgery until her levels hit a certain number. So, she has less of a chance of beating cancer this time because her body has to be more severely affected to qualify for surgery. I'm not hating on Canada. I just think people who claim a socialized medicine system is better don't always see this stuff. Quantity over quality sounds great, until it's your mom, husband, sister or child. I'm sad for her right now.

cgss11 · August 2016

I have 2. First is to Time Warner for screwing up our move/service transfer and basically no-showing 3 days in a row. So we have no internet at our new house for who knows how long before someone can actually do their job and show up.

Second is to work. I get that I don't have a home room and have to set my schedule and help with all the diagnostic assessment stuff the first two week. But don't pass on teacher complaints to me that I'm not working with my kids yet, or give me the stink eye when I say I need some planning says between getting my schedule made and starting, because every minute I've been at work the last 6 school days have been doing your work.

penelope4612 · August 2016

@Kate08Young - how scary! I'm glad you're ok!

@DiFazette - I'm sorry about your aunt. That sounds really difficult.

My BF is my coworker. His salary is made up of several different projects that he is working on (one of them is mine). He has literally done nothing for my project. He is always complaining about how busy he is but is always socializing with other people in the office instead of doing work. My boss finally told him today that he needs to get working on my project. We'll see if this actually happens. I regret agreeing to pay him - I really wish I had used that money for something else.

Christinaruth74 · August 2016

@DiFazette ugh I'm so sorry. Cancer just sucks in general, but it's additionally sucky when you can't get what you want/need when you want/need it.

My aunt has battled cancer twice and now her husband is battling... It's so hard to watch family go through that. I hope your aunt is able to fight and beat this regardless of the odds right now.

Toller · August 2016

@DiFazette that seems SO counter-intuitive!! I'm so sorry you all have to go through that. I live in MN and have heard of a lot of people who (used to) come down to the states for medical care if they could afford it.... and actually my parents bought their condo in FL from folks from england who needed a place while getting health care here- but they had to sell after 9/11 and travel into the country became too difficult.

Lisa3379 · August 2016

@dmontgo It is pretty inconceivable to forget your child in the car, but I suppose people are just more absent-minded than others? Scary stuff. I use the Waze app for traffic, and I guess they've started sending alerts about "did you forget your kid?" when you reach your destination. Kinda disturbing to see at first, but pretty cool that they started doing that, seeing that it has become somewhat of an epidemic.

My BF is super trivial, but today was the first day of school, and I usually park on the street right outside my classroom because I have to usually schlep a ton of crap each day. Evidently they painted half the street red to extend the fire lane, and by the time I got to work, all the spots were taken. I had to park in the faraway lot without a parking pass (my fault, but I always park on the street!) and looked ridiculous carrying all my stuff while wearing heels for the first time in months. Looks like I have to get to work by 6:45 in order to get my spot. Ugh.

slartybartfast · August 2016

@difazette - that SUCKS. and does provide good perspective. Not to turn this into being about health care but I feel like rather than socialized or insurance based care, we should pay out of pocket for like 80% of things (though expenses would be MUCH lower when they aren't warped by the insurance system and so much of care can be given by nurses) and then all have catastrophic coverage for things like serious illnesses and accidents.
I'm really sorry for your Aunt. It feels like such an infringement upon personal freedom when a person's ability to get the care they need is systematically blocked.

tinattt23 · August 2016

@Lisa3379 I had a coworker who had a huge fear of forgetting her baby in the car. So anytime she drove with the baby, she'd take off one shoe and leave it in the backseat. As far as I know, she never even came close to forgetting, but she was convinced she would if she ever stopped the shoe trick.

em01092 · August 2016

@dmontgo yes, I agree 100%. I don't get it. Like @Lisa3379 mentioned I'm ok with apps like Waze doing what they do because hey it might save one kid. On this note, my aunt was bitching about it on FB, talking about how she's not going to use Waze anymore because of it. Someone beat me to the "You know you can just turn those alerts off, right?" comment. I mean damn.

penelope4612 · August 2016

I got my first "you're so big!" comment today. Yeah, I'm like, 6 months pregnant. Bite me.

brittnic86 · August 2016

My stupid supervisor, who I swear does shit on purpose to get me in trouble. A customer came in asking about some list, so she turns to me to ask about it, and I say yeah, I can do that. The customer says okay great, I need that in the next day or two. So I do it, and send it to the customer. Then she tells me that she really wishes I hadn't sent that, because our boss needed to look at it first. um.....you never said that...it sounded like I was to send it....if our boss needed to look at it first you should've said that. So she says that she never told me to send it, then proceeds to tell on me to my boss, who gets upset that I had sent this out...and I told him that she wasn't exactly clear on this...she didn't say not to send it! And all she can say is that she didn't tell me to send it either. The other people in the office are looking at me with sympathy, and one even said that she totally threw me under the bus.

ea301 · August 2016

Ugh, that is a classic case of CYA by your supervisor @brittnic86 - my husband has a supervisor like that too and it drives him nuts. Some people only look out for themselves!! What a jerk.

KateH1216 · August 2016

I agree @penelope4612 and my general response is something along the lines of "thanks for that. you sure do know how to make a pregnant lady feel good about herself".

Please note that I may be extra sensitive to this today in my super bloaty and constipated state. I'm over here feeling twice as big as I actually am and looking apparently fairly huge already according to an older lady in my office

brittnic86 · August 2016

@ea301Yup. She's out to get me. I've worked here for 9 years, and she's been hell the whole time. I'd quit, but who hires a pregnant lady? Ugh. Gotta wait until Spring. She's supposed to retire in two years, but I don't think I can handle this any longer.

thedaint87 · August 2016

My bitchfest is at the car dealership that sent me the registration for my new car, but didn't include the stickers for the license plate. I went in today and of course their phones and internet go out the second I sit down with someone to get it fixed. Then, after waiting there for 30 minutes, they tell me that they can't do anything and I'll need to go to the DMV myself and pay to get replacement stickers. And I should check the envelope again because clearly I just didn't look hard enough and they might be in there somewhere. No, you just didn't send them.

So I got to spend a couple hours in the DMV, just so I could have someone rip off two stickers and hand them to me. At least it only cost $1, but ugh it was such a hassle to get this stupid little thing fixed.

sourlemon · August 2016

This whole day is my BF. DH has been sick for 8 days and I've been sick for 6. Then this morning about 10 he says he made another doctor appointment cuz his tummy hurt and he would be taking the car (we carpool to work). At 1015 daycare calls me to pick up DD with suspected hand foot mouth disease. So I tell my boss who told me just take my work home today, pack up my stuff, walk to the car....and remember DH took it to the doctor. So I went inside and begged a coworker for a ride home to get a different car. Get home, get the other keys, and realize my wallet is in the car my DH has. I drive to the Dr and get my wallet out of the car, then go back to get my kiddo from daycare.

It took me an hour. In that time, DD was completely isolated in a holding room with a teacher. At least they gave her snack and juice since it fell over lunch time but she was upset...thought she was in trouble.

So I get home, get my work computer set up, and get DD lunch. She happily relaxed on the couch with mickey on the iPad while I did some work but she won't nap........which leads me to BF2.

BF2: our master bathroom remodel started today. It's noisy AF cuz they are tearing it all out. Here's what my soon to be beautiful bathroom currently looks like...plus the toilet (not pictured) isn't there either. Which means I'll have to walk across the house 6 times a night to pee. But we did this to ourselves...but I still hate the process.

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