FFFC 8.19

cjt121413 · August 2016

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LinziLoo09 · August 2016

When DD asks (read: insists) to watch Elmo, I tell her that only Daddy's computer has Elmo on it and make her ask him. Sometimes we tell her that Elmo is sleeping also. No shame. Parenting win.

Austenista · August 2016

I'm just not an opinions person. I certainly have some opinions, and then I do like to express them but for most things, I honestly really don't have strong emotions tied one way or the other to much. My husband finds my general non-committal maddening sometimes. In spite of the anxiety I deal with, I'm actually the chillest when it comes to everything else. It's a weird paradox.

Austenista · August 2016

Here's another confession: I don't know anyone that well here in Bham because I just don't know how to make friends as an adult and we're going on two years here. It's such a mysterious thing for me, friend-making. My nerdy, introverted, SAHW self just doesn't know how to go about creating a new social life after we moved. Maybe I'll make mom-friends now that we're having a baby? I don't know.

tinattt23 · August 2016

@caseyewhitaker I'm right there with you. We moved in January and I don't think I've even talked to anyone near our age scince then. Especially working from home, there just aren't a lot of opportunities to meet new people as an adult. College was so much easier.

jptrumptone · August 2016

@caseyewhitaker: you should look into PEPS (https://www.peps.org/) they have groups for women, men, & couples that all have babies about the same age. You might be able to meet new people that way :-) I made all my friends at work, but H is like you, and didn't really meet anyone around here for years and when he finally did it was because he went back to school.

phoenix870509 · August 2016

DH is planning on using me to get out of work early today. He's working mid-shift and is exhausted, so the plan is after his meeting to tell his boss I'm not feeling well (which is true, upset tummy

) and I'm contemplating going to the doctor (which is not true).

I had a good one but now I can't remember it. Pregnancy brain strikes again!

SarahF8611 · August 2016

My cousin who is due tomorrow was asking me for a reccomendation for a tracking app for her newborn. I just opened mine up from my DS, saw how much I used to feed him and am no longer excited about having another newborn.

H4aPartyof5 · August 2016

@caseyewhitaker, you're definitely not alone in that. I moved to AL ~ 11 years ago and have yet to make a real friend here. I had work friends/acquaintances before I became a SAHM (4 years ago), but I didn't try hard enough to keep those going so now I only really ever see my immediate family regularly. I'm just introverted and private enough that it didn't bother me that much at first, but it's starting to. What bothers me more is that the boys' social opportunities suffer for it. They're in a MMO at a local church, and after this baby is born, I'm going to try to push myself harder in this area of my life (maybe). @jptrumptone, that looks like a great site! You can also try meetup.com to search for different groups (child/mom related or not) as well as see if your hospital offers support groups for new parents and/or a breast feeding support group (at least everyone will be going thru similar circumstances, which may make things relatively easier). There's also the public library baby classes and B'ham has a BWI chapter of you're interested in babywearing. I've looked at lots of ways to meet people personally; it's making the first steps that I find hard - I'm terrible at introducing myself as well as small talk, which always feels awkward to me unless I know someone pretty well.

H4aPartyof5 · August 2016

My FFFC is that I let my DH take care of getting the boys ready this morning before he went to work while I napped. Since said boys kept me up on and off throughout the night two nights in a row, I felt completely justified.

kattyc-2 · August 2016

@caseyewhitaker DH and I are in the same boat. Had a great group of couples friends in the area, they have all moved away (some just much further out of ATL but traffic here makes getting to see them difficult), and we are left wondering wth happened to our social life. What makes it harder is I don't really see eye-to-eye with those in my community. Have met some great people through work, but again, living in different parts of town makes getting together outside of work really difficult.

princesslockness · August 2016

@caseyewhitaker Are you up to finding a church? I have found that church groups are wonderful at nice-ly shoving groups and people at you. OR your local library probably has a list of community events you can get involved in.

My FFFC, I'm tempted to leave this meeting (I can easily say its too difficult to sit in this long/too much excitement/stress to be here). Its the start of year staff meeting. Its been 2 hrs in these nasty, tiny, hard seats and I am not even on the 'upcoming' agenda list yet. Thats how far down my loverly program is rated.

Austenista · August 2016

@Kate08Young yes, we go to a pretty big non-denominational church that pushes for semester long small groups which is nice and can be fun. DH and I have gone to a few. Haven't really clicked with anyone yet. Our dedication to trying has kind of fell to the way-side some with home reno, moving houses, being pregnant, etc. Someone had a pregnant ladies group this summer that I didn't join but noticed, I'm hoping they'll do something like that again this fall.

The thing with church people though is that you never know what someone's lifestyle standards are. I'm always worried I'll say the wrong thing and offend someone!

princesslockness · August 2016

@caseyewhitaker I completely understand that. Its just a nice way to find people close to your own age. Maybe you could attend one thing, and find 2-3 people you think you could hit it off with, and start your own things. Like Mom-only afternoons, Yardsale club, Q&A about the area. . .

sourlemon · August 2016

LinziLoo09 said:

When DD asks (read: insists) to watch Elmo, I tell her that only Daddy's computer has Elmo on it and make her ask him. Sometimes we tell her that Elmo is sleeping also. No shame. Parenting win.

Stuck in box. I do the same thing to my 2yo with tv. Especially the napping one...but she's getting too smart. She runs through her list of 4 shows and if they are all sleeping she says "can't all sleep together, one awake".

sourlemon · August 2016

I've had smores pop tarts for breakfast twice this week. Today would have been day 3 except someone brought donuts to work..so of course I ate the donut.

Kacie209 · August 2016

@sourlemon I have been buying poptarts pretty much every trip to the grocery store; they're a great "right before bed snack". And the S'More are high on my list. I just bought a 12-pack the other day. They're my fave!

Speaking of grocery trips, every time I go.. I always buy a donut. One of our stores has free donut holes, so I grab one of them and then go to the case and buy another type of donut to eat once I am home. I am actually doing that after work today, and I cannot wait.

Austenista · August 2016

Aaaaand now I want pop-tarts.

LinziLoo09 · August 2016

@sourlemon Man I remember back when you could only watch a show at its allotted time rather than on demand. I wonder if I can raise DD with an 80's mentality. 'I'm sorry but Elmo only comes on from 3-3:30. Nothing else is on right now. GO play.'

jptrumptone · August 2016

and thanks to @sourlemon, I just ate a pop tart. Of course, gluten-free pop tarts pale in the face of real ones :-/

sourlemon · August 2016

@LinziLoo09 we've tried that too but she knows better. She even knows how to find, turn on, unlock, and navigate to Disney Jr on DH's iPad. She's almost 27 months old. I still have trouble with the darn iPad but she's a pro. How does that even happen?

sourlemon · August 2016

I feel like Oprah! Pop tarts for you! Pop tarts for you, and you, and you! Pop tarts for everyone!

dmontgo · August 2016

I am deeply unhappy with where I am career wise and the city I'm living in. Next year we are moving across the country, and I fully intend to change fields to something where I can be outside or something I really enjoy. Life's too short to not do things you enjoy! Usually I'm a "make the best wherever you're at" person, but this place especially...well, I feel like I've been making the best of it for way too long.

Toller · August 2016

LinziLoo09 said:

Sometimes we tell her that Elmo is sleeping also. No shame. Parenting win.

The sleeping thing- ALL.THE.TIME! Works for a wide assortment of things too

bakerstreetboys · August 2016

I just ate DQ icecream cake for lunch and it was amazeballs! The FFFC part of that is that is was the last of DS's birthday cake. We're going to be out of town for a few days and I'm hoping he forgets about it....

brittnic86 · August 2016

@caseyewhitaker meee toooo. DH is always telling me to make friends...um...how?! I work at a small company, where I don't have a lot of contact with the public....I'm not religious...not in school....not part of anything...sooooo how exactly do I just make friends? I'm hoping to make mommy friends =(

Edit:

My fffc is I seriously no longer give a rats ass about my job. Nope. Decided as soon as possible I'm finding something else, and hoping to tell Satan to go fuck herself. They can have fun training someone to replace me, AND her when she retires.

leksiL · August 2016

@caseyewhitaker @brittnic86 I have the same problem too. We just moved to this state a year ago and most of the people I work with are my parents' age. Joined a club and met a few people and hope to meet more people through the whole baby thing. I thought about checking out the unitarian church since you can basically be an atheist and it is all centered around being a good person, but DH is so against any type of organized religion that he refuses to go, and I don't feel like going by myself.

@Kacie209 @sourlemon I have a pop tart for breakfast every morning. (Well my first of three small breakfasts). NO SHAME!

karmba · August 2016

My confession - I threw away the leftovers I brought for lunch and went to Smoothie King.

penelope4612 · August 2016

@jesscl - the middle layer of the DQ ice cream cake is one of my most favorite things - I was so sad when I discovered that not every brand of ice cream cake is like that.

aframe77 · August 2016

It's embarrassing, but I actually thought Ryan Lochte was sexy for a second (even with that terrible dye job)... you know, before he turned out to be a massive D-bag.

aframe77 · August 2016

Oh and I sprawled out like a wildly ungraceful beached whale catching my 17 month old as he fell off the side of some stairs this morning. Some pedestrian was like, "Nice catch" and I'm thinking, "really? How bout a little help here?" It feels like DS is already responsible for beating up on his little brother even before he's out of the womb.

ashleaf2018 · August 2016

My FFFC is that I have spent all day in my house doing laundry and dishes with no clothes on in between puking cause it's too damn hot for clothes. Fall weather, where are you? I'm waiting.

slartybartfast · August 2016

jptrumptone said:

and thanks to @sourlemon, I just ate a pop tart. Of course, gluten-free pop tarts pale in the face of real ones :-/

They sure do. Actually just before @sourlemon posted about poptarts I bought the glutino blueberry ones. So not the same. The icing is crap and breaks off. The crust isn't soft enough. Waaaaah
half of it is still sitting on the counter

phoenix870509 · August 2016

Haha I remember it now!!! Dog isn't allowed on the couch unless he's cuddling with me. Because I'm pregnant he can't cuddle on me, so DH is allowing him on the couch as long as he is lying on some body part (my leg or my side). He's a very cuddly, needy lab. But once baby comes, no couch according to DH. Mwah haha, that's what he thinks

ETA picture proof of neediness.

cayaylonglegs · August 2016

Tomorrow is my pregnant coworkers last day before maternity leave. While I will miss having someone to compare pregnancies with I'm also attention whorish enough to be excited to be the only pregnant one for awhile.

Lisa3379 · August 2016

I just ate a whole bag of Skittles in like... 5 minutes.

tinattt23 · August 2016

@phoenix870509 Good luck with that! We've got a lab too. Just wait until he's sitting on the floor staring at your DH with those big sad lab eyes. He'll cave in no time.

Austenista · August 2016

I just went to the Chinese buffet and ate errrrrrrything. Not even sorry.

phoenix870509 · August 2016

Dammit @caseyewhitaker now I want Chinese! If it happens I'm so blaming you

yellingbanana · August 2016

leksiL said:

@caseyewhitaker @brittnic86 I have the same problem too. We just moved to this state a year ago and most of the people I work with are my parents' age. Joined a club and met a few people and hope to meet more people through the whole baby thing. I thought about checking out the unitarian church since you can basically be an atheist and it is all centered around being a good person, but DH is so against any type of organized religion that he refuses to go, and I don't feel like going by myself.

@Kacie209 @sourlemon I have a pop tart for breakfast every morning. (Well my first of three small breakfasts). NO SHAME!

Re the making mommy friends, start now by taking birthing classes! And absolutely join a mommy group ASAP! We had just moved to San Diego when we had DD 1 (10 yrs ago...) and I still have momma friends that I keep in contact with from there even though I moved to the Seattle area. Then you don't have to worry about the whole religious thing and offending people.
Also, I have made a few mommy friends through Buy Nothing of FB! And they're in my neighborhood! Bonus. Once your baby is old enough for a park swing, find parks you like and hit em up. Start talking to moms there. They are pretty darn open.

zubenescamali · August 2016

Omg I have been totally indulging in pop tarts lately. It's too bad they are giving me horrible reflux. To be fair I don't think my reflux has a bias, even water isn't safe.
I've eaten like crap today too. Pop tart for breakfast, lunch was crackers, chicken dip and cake, and dinner was Chinese take out mega feast. I feel like garbage but I'm blaming it on working 13 hours today instead of junk food and dehydration.

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