I work in a clinic. There is a person that works here that is really loud. Also her voice is very monotone and I can't stand that! I just want to go yell shut up at her. I know it's partly because of hormones but come one have a soft voice. It's a clinic. People are coming here because they don't feel well. Don't be loud in the hallway. Have a little respect for the providers trying to hear these poor patients also GAH! Ok I feel a little better now.
For weeks now I've been using DH computer to 'cast' our movies to either our bedroom or the livingroom for the boys to watch. We have about 95% of our movies downloaded and saved on our drive (but I can't access the drive from my computer lol separate rant/issue there). So this morning, as typical for us, I open a new browser on Chrome, and drag the movie file Jared wanted to watch to the browser and low and behold, TODAY I get a black circle with a line through it saying sorry you can't do that...WHAT?! So I'm trying to figure out how to work around this, as you know, the world could end without giving the 2yr old Jurassic Park...so I try right clicking on the file and see there is an option to 'cast to' so I'm thinking, PTL here we go...only for it to say 'no devices found'. Que the major groan from mommy...because you know, google fiber just turned their cable boxes into chromecasts so we didn't NEED the 2 chromecast devices we bought and recently had removed them...except now I see that actually THOSE devices would probably have popped up as an option vs the cable boxes...GAH. Ok, lets try again, so I open the movie in the movie player on the computer, and try to cast from there...nope again no devices found (and of course I can't go plug in the chromecast laying on my dresser, that's just WAY too easy for my morning brain). So I open up the explorer web browser and try to drag the movie there...nope red circle with a line through it...WHAT IS GOING ON!!! Last ditch effort, I try the THIRD web browser, Mozilla, and IT WORKS. The movie pulled up in the browser and started, and I'm sitting here about to break into song until I see that Mozilla doesn't support casting............OMG. SOOOOO (If you've read this far, congratulations, you win nothing...ha!) I notice that at least I have a url in the Mozilla browser, so I try copying that browser link and pasting in a new Chrome tab...and PTL it worked, and I could cast it to the TV and all is well in the 2yr old universe again. Let's all be honest, when you have a 2yr old crying for 30min you keep going till you find a solution...!!!!!!!!!
I work in an office of almost all women, which is fine sometimes, but usually it grates on my nerves. Seriously, most of these women do nothing but complain.
They complain about the company we work for, and how awful they are, and how bad it is to work here, etc etc etc. It's all I hear all day long, and it's so annoying. To be completely honest, none of them have apparently had a truly bad job before. This company isn't perfect, and there are plenty of things I'd love to have changed, BUT it's so much better than jobs I've had previously. And half the time, they are merely complaining about having to do their job. It's like, get over it, grow up and work for goodness sake. I just can't take it!
Why does everyone have to voice their opinions about your size during pregnancy? First of all, nothing you say is going to change my size. Second, I'm growing a freaking human over here! GTFO if you want to tell me your opinion on my size, breastfeeding/bottle feeding, co-sleeping, and anything else body/baby related. If we're having a related discussion, by all means, give me your opinion and reasoning. Don't accost me in the line for water at work to talk about pumping.
Also I work next to the Engineering bay and for some reason they're doing work with the tools to the machine shop open. A few loud noises have made the baby jump (nothing loud enough to harm him), but it's annoying regardless. I'm about to go all stereotypical angry pregnant lady and slam the doors shut.
@mommywesley I throw a tantrum when I can't get things to cast and I'm a grown a$$ woman! Netflix has been acting up lately and it makes me want to throw our chromebook out the window. #preggyhormones #justworkwhydontyou
My MBF is that this weekend was absolutely beautiful and I had a cold. The weather was this perfect Fall day with cool breezes and a warm sun..le sigh...I was inside coughing out mucus and flem.
I work in a company full of men (automotive prototype, total good ol' boy bullshit) with a couple of women up front.
These men are the biggest PMSing WHINERS on earth. I'm thisclose to just hurling tampons and midol at anyone who walks by my cube today, they're all complaining about each other, the work load, needing more people, blah blah whine whine GOOD GOD JUST DO WORK
Woke up with pink eye.....PINK EYE!!!!! seriously?! And too book my whoohaa feels funny and I feel like I may have a yeast infection. WTF!!!!! I didn't even know you could get those while pregant!
Our pediatrician is only doing flu shots on Wednesdays so I had to schedule DH for this Wednesday afternoon. I have my perinatologist appointments on Wednesdays and don't get into work until late morning. UGH. I can't decide if it's better to only work a couple hours or just take the day off. Why couldn't flu shot day be Tuesday instead???
@underthesea I am so sorry. Migraines are horrible. Hope your toddler is on best behavior today so you can get some rest and quiet.
@tinabelcher omg my husband works in construction, so pretty much all men, all the time and he comes home with stories and drama that rivals middle school mean girls drama. It's insane. I remember some bitching involved when I worked with all women but holy crap. You're all grown men! Stop your pms-ing.
DD was up at 3:30 just talking to herself in the crib but then refused a nap and is currently driving me bonkers.
MBF: Any book or person that tries to rob you of pregnancy-related gripes with "JUST WAIT UNTIL THE BABY COMES." I get it. I have no idea how hard it is to be a parent yet. I regularly get anxious and nervous thinking about colic, sleep regressions, potty training, making sure the school system he enters into isn't awful, and other nightmares. But don't rub it in my face that "people are nice to you when you're pregnant and you can take naps whenever you want, luxuries you won't have when the baby comes" because: 1) No one has given me even the slightest bit of special treatment this pregnancy because no one seems to realize I'm pregnant at 26 weeks 2) I'm one of those weird people that's incapable of taking naps, so no I can't just take naps whenever I want. I'd love if that were a thing I could do.
@canavara omfg yes. I hated that when I was pregnant, like I had no idea that babies cried or didn't sleep through the night and needed a "just wait" reminder. The worst part is it never stops. Once the baby comes people are awful and still all "just wait until the next growth spurt/teething starts/sibling regression/potty training/back talking/ etc" I hate that I feel like I don't dare complain about a stage or phase because some busybody will feel the need to warn me that the next one is worse.
Not sure this is really a bitch, but I am insanely jealous of anyone further along in her pregnancy than me. I am just ready to do this whole parenting two children thing and get it started. I'm sick of thinking about it, I just want to do it.
I mean, yes, I also really want to meet my son and see what his personality is like and how he's like DD and how he's different. I am so ready to not be pregnant anymore, so when I see tickers that are almost 3rd tri, I get super jealous.
@cjs260 you just reminded me of something I wanted to bring up an bitch about.
This NY Times article pissed me off SO BADLY. It's a woman who isn't and has never been pregnant bitching about being confused with a pregnant woman and being OFFENDED when people offer her a seat on the bus/subway. She is telling the readers to what? Not be considerate to someone who may need a seat?? I just want to say to her - F**K YOU!!!!! Even now I'm grateful when someone offers up their seat or holds a door for me because it is SO welcome. The other day I was standing in line at the grocery store and the man in front of me offered to let me go ahead of him. I declined, and said thank you but it was a very nice gesture of the man. If I get offered a subway seat when I'm 8-9 months pregnant, I will GLADLY accept and be ever so thankful - especially if my pregnant body becomes more and more uncomfortable as the pregnancy progresses.
I get that some people aren't pregnant and are confused with pregnant women. I get that it would be annoying and embarrassing and I feel very much for those people. What pisses me off about this article is that I feel she is telling people that even if they think a woman is pregnant to act like they aren't and don't do anything that could be considered considerate to them. I just wait for the day this woman is pregnant, sore feet and back, and is INSANELY exhausted from creating another human being in her body, and for her to look around her subway car and NO ONE offer up their seat. KARMA!!
@Texasgal24 The other side of that is, why does it matter if someone wants to be nice and considerate even if someone isn't pregnant. I understand the embarrassment of someone assuming you are pregnant when you are not, but I would still prefer someone be kind and offer. So few people hold doors anymore, or look to help someone out. I will say, I do enjoy that people are more considerate when I'm pregnant, and tend to have a little more patience but nothing that says they can't be considerate even if I'm not pregnant. People need to stop complaining about people being nice, regardless of their motives.
@cjs260 you just reminded me of something I wanted to bring up an bitch about.
This NY Times article pissed me off SO BADLY. It's a woman who isn't and has never been pregnant bitching about being confused with a pregnant woman and being OFFENDED when people offer her a seat on the bus/subway. She is telling the readers to what? Not be considerate to someone who may need a seat?? I just want to say to her - F**K YOU!!!!! Even now I'm grateful when someone offers up their seat or holds a door for me because it is SO welcome. The other day I was standing in line at the grocery store and the man in front of me offered to let me go ahead of him. I declined, and said thank you but it was a very nice gesture of the man. If I get offered a subway seat when I'm 8-9 months pregnant, I will GLADLY accept and be ever so thankful - especially if my pregnant body becomes more and more uncomfortable as the pregnancy progresses.
I get that some people aren't pregnant and are confused with pregnant women. I get that it would be annoying and embarrassing and I feel very much for those people. What pisses me off about this article is that I feel she is telling people that even if they think a woman is pregnant to act like they aren't and don't do anything that could be considered considerate to them. I just wait for the day this woman is pregnant, sore feet and back, and is INSANELY exhausted from creating another human being in her body, and for her to look around her subway car and NO ONE offer up their seat. KARMA!!
Yeah, it's crap like this that gets to me. I appreciate that people want to be sensitive and not offend someone who's not really pregnant but I was griping to my mom about this and asking her "do I not look pregnant?" and she was like, "It's very obvious to me that you are because your arms and legs are stick thin and the only place you look larger is your stomach..." And I'm just mystified by the whole thing. I feel like people were more courteous to me before I was pregnant than they are now because it feels like people go out of their way to not be courteous now.
Woah that reminds me of something similar too! DH and I went to IHOP for breakfast one beautiful sunday morning. I was feeling great without any nausea that morning, and so I was craving crepes. Of course, it was packed. No worries, we can just stand and wait, no big deal whatsoever. I was showing at the time, this was only 2-3 weeks ago, but I did not expect anyone to offer me a seat, it was just that packed and other people were standing too.
A party of 4 were called, and immediately 2 people went to take the now open seats in the lobby area. I still stood there with DH, waiting to see if anyone else wanted to take those seats. We did only just get there, who knows how long everyone else was standing for before we showed up.
No one seemed to show any interest, so after a full minute or two, I started walking over there. As I sat down, I see a lady walking fast right towards me. I was standing right next to her just a moment ago. DH just stands off to the side, in case she wants to take the other open seat.
This lady then begins talking loud and mean and in spanish to the guy I am sitting next to. I'm white so she probably didn't think I would understand her saying "thanks for saving me a seat, this white girl just took it" and pointed a finger at me. Right in front of me! The guy looks at me and then shrugs at her.
So, I get up. Like lightning, she smacks her butt to that seat and puts her purse on the other one. My DH looks at me, then looks at her. He mouths the word "bitch" to her lol, her face never changed, and we leave. Appetite ruined. I hope Ms. Queen had to wait a long time for her table.
@canavara i am SO with you. i know this probably sounds crazy, but H and I can't wait for the baby to get here so we can just relax. Sure, it's going to be difficult and stressful and lack of sleep and all that, but we took on so much with our home renovation and I can't wait to have the time off of work just to bond, go for walks, do family things, and all of that. i think someone mentioned this on another post (maybe ask a STM), but i think the difficulty of being a parent is what those make of it--whether you take it for what it is or complain. My sister just had a baby and is back at work and still hasn't complained once. She just loves every second, even the hard ones! (she's also one of those positive, really happy and nice people that you're like wtf how are you always in a good mood)
@Texasgal24 Ha socially nervous British people devised a way around this. Pregnant women are given a badge that says "Baby on Board" so no one has to guess. It's made my life so much easier.
My MBF is that my grandma has started wearing my mom's wig as a fashion accessory. My mom passed away in May from cancer and it just feels a bit creepy that she's started wearing it. None of us realized she was doing it until she wore it to my cousins wedding over the weekend and my sister spotted it in photos (we couldn't make it to the wedding). She said she likes the style more than her hair. I just find it so weird and unsettling! My dad said he hadn't even noticed it went missing...
As I mentioned in another post, H and I went down to Orlando to go to Disney World over the weekend. We just got an offsite hotel because we went on a whim because we thought out Annual Passes had already expired, and turns out they expired yesterday.
We had stayed at this hotel before, and it was OK. Friday night the AC had a hard time keeping cool. Didn't really think of it on Friday night, but that morning we called down to the front to get them to fix it while we were down at the parks all day. When we get back to our room, it was still on the struggle bus. So we called down again and they said they would send someone to fix it ASAP. It was late, but the pool was still opened, so we headed down for a late night dip, get back to the room and the guys are in the room fixing it. They do something and it starts cooling (YAY!), but by the time they get out of the room it is 11:30. We get ready for bed, I am exhausted because my auto-alarm clock is at 6:30 regardless of day of the week. After 12, the AC is working, but really loud. Then it makes some pop noises, and then it sounds like bacon on a frying pan, then the unit dies. Call down to the front desk again, the stupid guy is like "we will send them up to fix it again" Luckily DH was on the phone otherwise I would have strangled him through the phone. DH convinced him that it was much to late for that and we needed a new room. They give us a new room, security comes up and escorts us to our new room, not sure why this is a thing, but glad it was because the room they sent us to had SOMEONE IN IT! Ugh! Finally got it straightened out, but it was about 1 by the time I fell asleep, and then of course body wakes me up at 6:30 to wake up and can't go back to sleep.
Working AC is one of the basic things I expect from a hotel, especially a hotel that claims to be 3.5 stars.
@canavara I can't take naps either!! Ive napped probably 3 times since being pregnant which is the most ever! Unless I'm sick. I wish I could nap.. My husband can nap any time any place!
Me: 31 | Husband: 32 Married: September 2014! TTC #1: January 2016 BFP 5/16/16 Quinn Born 1/27/17
Had an OB appt today and went to do my weight in the bathroom on the manual scale. My nurse then says 'oh come over to this one it's better' - it was an electronic one- and APPARENTLY I'm 10 lbs HEAVIER than I thought. She said that one in the bathroom can be 10-15 lbs off. Cue depression and feeling like a fat cow for the rest of the day.
@hayhay87 Ahhh that is super weird. Has anyone really tried to talk to her about it? Maybe there's more going on there emotionally that she's not letting on to.
@hayhay87 I am pretty sure when my mom passed we threw out her wig right away...it had really bad reminders attached to it and it wasn't something anyone felt emotionally tied too. I have a few articles of clothing I will keep forever and I think attachments to things are normal but something like a wig just feels a bit eerie.
My dogs are being real ass holes lately and I am over it. I hate being pregnant and I am miserable 85-90% of the time. These jerks have recently decided they don't need to go outside to use the bathroom anymore, and they can chew up whatever they want. Toddlers brand new school shoes, sure why not. They have also decided it's super fun to be escape artist and get under the fence and run away so pregnant me has to chase them. They are super lucky I love them!
My MBF is that my grandma has started wearing my mom's wig as a fashion accessory. My mom passed away in May from cancer and it just feels a bit creepy that she's started wearing it. None of us realized she was doing it until she wore it to my cousins wedding over the weekend and my sister spotted it in photos (we couldn't make it to the wedding). She said she likes the style more than her hair. I just find it so weird and unsettling! My dad said he hadn't even noticed it went missing...
First, I'm very sorry about the passing of your mom.
Second, could you talk to your grandma about not wearing it anymore? Explain that it makes you uncomfortable (it would make me uncomfortable too) and maybe suggest she get her own wig without all the emotions attached.
@canavara and @emy730 well my dad initially told us that he thought she got her hair cut to look like it (which is weird in itself). My grandma's what you call a difficult person and my sisters and I have all clashed with her over various things. My dad gets along with her best so we asked him to speak to her and she told him she wore the wig because she wanted a part of my mom to be at the wedding. My most calm sister then suggested that that's nice but maybe next time wear a piece of jewellery or some article of clothing that represented a healthier time in my moms life.
I know now everyone in my family is going through their own thing right now but it was just really unsettling and a bit strange...
@katesmama0706 yea exactly. Her reasoning makes zero sense. This is after she tried to change her will from 50-50 between my mom and my uncle to 75% to my uncle (ie essentially punishing us because our mom died before her). Her lawyer told her she was being ridiculous and unfair ha. But that's another MBF...
It's not Monday, but whatever. I'm now noticeably pregnant which is great, but that brings on a swarm of coworkers and randoms always asking me how I feel. I get it, people are trying to be nice, but seriously, what do you want me to say? I don't sleep through the night, I piss myself when I sneeze, and I have to lay down after a meal because otherwise I can't breathe. So instead I just lie and say i feel AWESOME! No different from not being pregnant! Can't people just say congrats and move on? At least no one is rubbing my belly.
@newyearsbaby5 I'm starting to have to either lay down or recline after I eat or I'm gasping for air. I still have 3 months to go, I don't know where anymore space for her is going to come from.
@newyearsbaby5 one of my coworkers who is super funny told me to respond "a little worse every day" every time someone asks me how I'm feeling. Probably won't, but it cracks me up to think about it.
Re: MBF 9/26
DS1 - 03/31/2006
DS2 - 12/31/2008
DS3 - 06/26/2012
DS4 - 08/07/2014
They complain about the company we work for, and how awful they are, and how bad it is to work here, etc etc etc. It's all I hear all day long, and it's so annoying. To be completely honest, none of them have apparently had a truly bad job before. This company isn't perfect, and there are plenty of things I'd love to have changed, BUT it's so much better than jobs I've had previously. And half the time, they are merely complaining about having to do their job. It's like, get over it, grow up and work for goodness sake. I just can't take it!
Also I work next to the Engineering bay and for some reason they're doing work with the tools to the machine shop open. A few loud noises have made the baby jump (nothing loud enough to harm him), but it's annoying regardless. I'm about to go all stereotypical angry pregnant lady and slam the doors shut.
My MBF is that this weekend was absolutely beautiful and I had a cold. The weather was this perfect Fall day with cool breezes and a warm sun..le sigh...I was inside coughing out mucus and flem.
These men are the biggest PMSing WHINERS on earth. I'm thisclose to just hurling tampons and midol at anyone who walks by my cube today, they're all complaining about each other, the work load, needing more people, blah blah whine whine GOOD GOD JUST DO WORK
@underthesea I am so sorry. Migraines are horrible. Hope your toddler is on best behavior today so you can get some rest and quiet.
DD was up at 3:30 just talking to herself in the crib but then refused a nap and is currently driving me bonkers.
I mean, yes, I also really want to meet my son and see what his personality is like and how he's like DD and how he's different. I am so ready to not be pregnant anymore, so when I see tickers that are almost 3rd tri, I get super jealous.
This NY Times article pissed me off SO BADLY. It's a woman who isn't and has never been pregnant bitching about being confused with a pregnant woman and being OFFENDED when people offer her a seat on the bus/subway. She is telling the readers to what? Not be considerate to someone who may need a seat?? I just want to say to her - F**K YOU!!!!! Even now I'm grateful when someone offers up their seat or holds a door for me because it is SO welcome. The other day I was standing in line at the grocery store and the man in front of me offered to let me go ahead of him. I declined, and said thank you but it was a very nice gesture of the man. If I get offered a subway seat when I'm 8-9 months pregnant, I will GLADLY accept and be ever so thankful - especially if my pregnant body becomes more and more uncomfortable as the pregnancy progresses.
I get that some people aren't pregnant and are confused with pregnant women. I get that it would be annoying and embarrassing and I feel very much for those people. What pisses me off about this article is that I feel she is telling people that even if they think a woman is pregnant to act like they aren't and don't do anything that could be considered considerate to them. I just wait for the day this woman is pregnant, sore feet and back, and is INSANELY exhausted from creating another human being in her body, and for her to look around her subway car and NO ONE offer up their seat. KARMA!!
Link again: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/well/family/when-you-look-pregnant-but-youre-not.html?_r=0
A party of 4 were called, and immediately 2 people went to take the now open seats in the lobby area. I still stood there with DH, waiting to see if anyone else wanted to take those seats. We did only just get there, who knows how long everyone else was standing for before we showed up.
No one seemed to show any interest, so after a full minute or two, I started walking over there. As I sat down, I see a lady walking fast right towards me. I was standing right next to her just a moment ago. DH just stands off to the side, in case she wants to take the other open seat.
This lady then begins talking loud and mean and in spanish to the guy I am sitting next to. I'm white so she probably didn't think I would understand her saying "thanks for saving me a seat, this white girl just took it" and pointed a finger at me. Right in front of me! The guy looks at me and then shrugs at her.
So, I get up. Like lightning, she smacks her butt to that seat and puts her purse on the other one. My DH looks at me, then looks at her. He mouths the word "bitch" to her lol, her face never changed, and we leave. Appetite ruined. I hope Ms. Queen had to wait a long time for her table.
My MBF is that my grandma has started wearing my mom's wig as a fashion accessory. My mom passed away in May from cancer and it just feels a bit creepy that she's started wearing it. None of us realized she was doing it until she wore it to my cousins wedding over the weekend and my sister spotted it in photos (we couldn't make it to the wedding). She said she likes the style more than her hair. I just find it so weird and unsettling! My dad said he hadn't even noticed it went missing...
We had stayed at this hotel before, and it was OK. Friday night the AC had a hard time keeping cool. Didn't really think of it on Friday night, but that morning we called down to the front to get them to fix it while we were down at the parks all day. When we get back to our room, it was still on the struggle bus. So we called down again and they said they would send someone to fix it ASAP. It was late, but the pool was still opened, so we headed down for a late night dip, get back to the room and the guys are in the room fixing it. They do something and it starts cooling (YAY!), but by the time they get out of the room it is 11:30. We get ready for bed, I am exhausted because my auto-alarm clock is at 6:30 regardless of day of the week. After 12, the AC is working, but really loud. Then it makes some pop noises, and then it sounds like bacon on a frying pan, then the unit dies. Call down to the front desk again, the stupid guy is like "we will send them up to fix it again" Luckily DH was on the phone otherwise I would have strangled him through the phone. DH convinced him that it was much to late for that and we needed a new room. They give us a new room, security comes up and escorts us to our new room, not sure why this is a thing, but glad it was because the room they sent us to had SOMEONE IN IT! Ugh! Finally got it straightened out, but it was about 1 by the time I fell asleep, and then of course body wakes me up at 6:30 to wake up and can't go back to sleep.
Working AC is one of the basic things I expect from a hotel, especially a hotel that claims to be 3.5 stars.
Me: 31 | Husband: 32
Married: September 2014!
TTC #1: January 2016 BFP 5/16/16 Quinn Born 1/27/17
BFP1 12/24/14 - EDD 09/07/15 (D/C 8w1d)
BFP2 6/12/15 - EDD 2/22/16 (D/C 10w3d)
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PCOS (myo-inositol, excercize)
Indeterminant levels of APS IgM antibodies (baby aspirin)
Sub-septate uterus (hysteroscopic septoplasty 12/18/15)
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BFP4 01/28/19 EDD 10/?/19 🤞🙏
BFP#5 5/22/17 EDD:1/27/17 It's a GIRL!!!!
Second, could you talk to your grandma about not wearing it anymore? Explain that it makes you uncomfortable (it would make me uncomfortable too) and maybe suggest she get her own wig without all the emotions attached.
I know now everyone in my family is going through their own thing right now but it was just really unsettling and a bit strange...