Monday BitchFest 3.13

mrs_fogue · March 2017

Let's see if we can play nice this week.

This is currently me on this Monday after Daylight Saving Time.

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kmornelas29 · March 2017

Just that fact that I have to be at work while feeling so miserable is my issue! Getting up while it's dark too, ugh. Can I please just feel better already?

VLillyV · March 2017

@kmornelas29 *hugs* I feels. I'm in the miserable boat today too. I really hope you feel better soon

beezeee · March 2017

Any other Midwest mamas out there getting pounded with snow this morning? I'm in Wisconsin, and this is the worst we've had it all year! It took me over an hour to get to work this morning, when the drive is normally 20 minutes. Half of my office isn't here. Of course I have a huge project due today, so I'll be here all day.

mylittleversailles · March 2017

@beezeemarie I'm in Toronto and we're due for a huge winter storm later today! Hasn't started. It's so cold in my apartment right now; the cats are huddled for warmth. Toronto does not handle large amounts of snow with grace.

mrs_fogue · March 2017

@beezeemarie be careful driving.

EmEeGee · March 2017

Our snow starts tonight. Expecting 12 inches and another 3-5 tomorrow. I work tomorrow. Which means I have to go sleep at the hospital tonight because it will literally take hours to get there by 7am if I didn't get stuck somewhere and we do not get excused. Sleeping in a loud ass hospital unit on an air mattress so I can wake up and work 12-13 hours and then hopefully will be allowed to leave and make the not awesome drive home that takes me 1.5hrs in good weather. and my first dr appt is Wednesday morning so if I get mandated to stay overnight tomorrow I'll have to cancel. Just fuck.

ChocolateIsLife · March 2017

You ladies having to deal with winter storms stay safe!

mamabear148-2 · March 2017

Thinking of all you midwestern and Northeastern mamas!! Stay safe and drive safely!!

My b*fest contribution is to myself and my lost willpower, LOL. I already ate my lunch so I know I'll be scrambling for food when the hungries hit again in about an hour or so. And I reallllly do not feel like braving the supermarket and all its overwhelming smells of prepared food and rotisserie chicken, bletch!

SwtAnana · March 2017

@EmEeGee I could have written that!!

I'm on 24 hour call tomorrow starting at 7am. My commute normally takes 45 min in the morning so I'm staying in a hotel room 2 miles away from the hospital for tonight. The route to and from and hospital from the hotel should be plowed since they're emergency snow routes. Tomorrow night I'm just staying in an extra patient room....don't want to have to come back for an epidural when it's gross out.

My first OB appt is Wednesday like yours but it's in the afternoon so hopefully the roads are much better by then. If they really need me to stay Wednesday morning to help out I can but I will NOT be staying to help for the rest of the day!

ksf13 · March 2017

Yep, we have snow on the way tomorrow too! Spring is in two weeks, where is my warm weather!? lol

I was determined to clean the whole house today and catch up on laundry. I got finished (mostly) in the kitchen, but then I sat down for lunch. Now I don't want to tackle the mountain of clean laundry that's on my bed! I just want to take a nap!

kmornelas29 · March 2017

@MamaBear148 I'm with you on the grocery store! @VLillyV thanks! I hope you do too! there has to be some light at the end of this dark tunnel!

natleilynn · March 2017

My Monday B!tchfest - why don't ice cream shops deliver? I could really go for a huge ice cream sundae with sprinkles....and chocolate syrup...and crumbled up oreos....mmmmm.

MamaStreeter · March 2017

The sickness doesn't end and neither does the freaking laundry.

mrs_fogue · March 2017

@natleilynn this doesn't help you any, but DH brought home all the stuff for sundae's last night and it was delicious! I forgot how good just plain homemade vanilla was and hot fudge was.

natleilynn · March 2017

@mrs_fogue that sounds sooooo amazing! I have a feeling that might make my grocery list this week...

We have an awesome ice cream shop not far from our house, but unfortunately we've been using it as ransom for when DD poops on the potty. *cries*

dinosaur · March 2017

+1 to daylight savings time. ZZZZ

folamij · March 2017

@MamaBear148 do you have grocery pickup in your area? Some stores (like Walmart) are free. Others like Kroger you get 3 free pickups I believe. I did that with my last pregnancy, and post partum. It was a lifesaver!

folamij · March 2017

Daylight savings time can go F itself. That is all.

riverrainez · March 2017

I love DST. My son actually slept until 7 this morning. I don't even care that it was clock magic.

mrs_fogue · March 2017

@riverraine don't speak such evils! DD didn't go to sleep until 10pm last night. Her usual bedtime is 8.

beezeee · March 2017

@riverraine DD slept in too! I think it was more the fact that it was still dark out, but I'm taking it as a win. Her 5:30am wake ups having been killing me.

flowerintherain · March 2017

@mrs_fogue a sundae sounds amazing right now!

My Monday bitchfest is that I'm spending the day in the hospital. I caught a stomach bug and haven't been able to hold down food or water for 36 hours so my OB admitted me for dehydration. Fun stuff. So hungry...so thirsty...ugh

mrs_fogue · March 2017

Oh Booo for being sick @flowerintherain hope things turn around for you soon. I'd say you deserve a sundae once you can hold it down.

jessafishy · March 2017

I'm so tired I can't even think of something to bitch about today.

soprano19 · March 2017

I talked to one of our union reps today (I'm a teacher) about maternity leave. Because I'm a relatively new teacher, I don't have a ton of sick leave accumulated, so if I use all of my sick time for maternity leave, I'll only be able to take five weeks off. I also have the option of taking an additional seven weeks off after that with "differential pay," meaning my daily rate minus the cost of a substitute, which ends up being like $40 in my pocket each day.

I told all this to H and he was like, "Well, we could tag team it... you could take four weeks and then I could take four, and that way you would save a few days of sick time." I don't think he understands that it's not just about child bonding, it's about letting my body recover, learning how to breast feed, and so much more that he doesn't have to deal with. Plus if I have to have a C-section, I'm definitely not going to be ready to go back to work after four weeks (or even five) of trying to care for a newborn while recovering from major surgery.

TL;DR health care in the United States is a joke.

VLillyV · March 2017

Just saw some stupid guy say that C-sections are the equivalent of abortions. He said that they are archaic. Oh my God. I'm floored! Not only that, but he has two precious children in his profile picture. How could a father not understand thE difference?!

feeislove · March 2017

@VLillyV You know, when presented with an opinion I do deeply TRY to understand the other person's point of view. But for the LIFE of me I cannot fathom HOW this guy could even compare the two. And does he even know what the word archaic means?

bluejeanbabi05 · March 2017

@VLillyV Tell him that no, archaic is allowing women to die because the baby cannot deliver vaginally and kills both mom and child.

VLillyV · March 2017

Seriously. I try to be reasonable too but this one just baffled me. *facepalm*

megggosaurusrex · March 2017

sopzasorano19 said:

I talked to one of our union reps today (I'm a teacher) about maternity leave. Because I'm a relatively new teacher, I don't have a ton of sick leave accumulated, so if I use all of my sick time for maternity leave, I'll only be able to take five weeks off. I also have the option of taking an additional seven weeks off after that with "differential pay," meaning my daily rate minus the cost of a substitute, which ends up being like $40 in my pocket each day.

I told all this to H and he was like, "Well, we could tag team it... you could take four weeks and then I could take four, and that way you would save a few days of sick time." I don't think he understands that it's not just about child bonding, it's about letting my body recover, learning how to breast feed, and so much more that he doesn't have to deal with. Plus if I have to have a C-section, I'm definitely not going to be ready to go back to work after four weeks (or even five) of trying to care for a newborn while recovering from major surgery.

TL;DR health care in the United States is a joke.

I'm in the same boat! I've only been working in my current district 2 years so I haven't got a whole bunch saved up even though I hardly ever use it! Luckily my husband is also a state employee so we think he may be able to "donate" sick leave to me to extend my maternity leave. It sucks though.

mamabear148-2 · March 2017

folamij said:

@MamaBear148 do you have grocery pickup in your area? Some stores (like Walmart) are free. Others like Kroger you get 3 free pickups I believe. I did that with my last pregnancy, and post partum. It was a lifesaver!

I need to research this, GENIUS!!!!

soprano19 · March 2017

@megggosaurusrex my husband and my mom are both state employees as well, but they work in a different school district than I do, so they can't donate any time.

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