FFFC 09/22

failuretofly · September 2017

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kyrwyn · September 2017

It's Friday, 2 of 3 of my siblings are in town, and I'm only going to work--for a half day--so I don't have to log PTO hours. (All of management is out of the building by 11am and my coworkers won't care if I bounce.) My basic plan is to tag my desk, show up at group meeting, send a few emails, and then delay my weekly update to send out at 4p.

MJDsquared · September 2017

Sooo you may recall on Tuesday I was struggling to light the pilot light on our gas fireplace. Well, I was finally successful because after trying a million times I was sitting there and realized I didn't have the knob at 6 o'clock like every single website told me to. I promise I actually know the positions of a clock, but I claim pregnancy brain for putting it at 9 o'clock and being pissed it wasn't working lol.

txmomma16 · September 2017

@MJDSquared Pregnancy Brain has been the root of so many of my issues the last 6 months...

@kyrwyn Have fun! I am super jealous!

I may or may not be planning how to leave my job at the end of this pregnancy. I love working, and I will likely find work again shortly after, but I have zero flexibility in my work schedule and little personal time to use, and with an infant in daycare I feel like I would need a lot, just for sick days alone!

darkfyre · September 2017

@kyrwyn words can not express how jealous I am of your ability to do that. Very nice.

Kirss · September 2017

Ok, so my Dad is like my favorite person, and my sister is probably my least favorite. My dad knows what a shit show she is, but forgives her all the time, and puts her fires out. I mean common, she's 34, when does she have to take responsibly for herself? I guess this is more of a vent, but I really wish my dad would grow a pair and make her deal with her shit.

kyrwyn · September 2017

@darkfrye It is the occasional upside of how very many weekends, long nights, unreasonable mornings and 21+ day straight stretches at work I've put in for the startup I work for. We're all like family, and make things work out for each other whenever we can. They have been awesomely supportive of our pregnancy, partly because everyone knows how long it took us to get here.

darkfyre · September 2017

@kyrwyn A good start up can be very very good. Glad you found a winner.

MJDsquared · September 2017

Peewee football makes me cringe super hard. When I walk in our neighborhood after work, there's pretty much always a peewee football practice going on. These kids are tiny and in full pads and helmets and running at each other doing tackle drills and grown men are standing around cheering and shit. It just makes my skin crawl.

That said, if DH and I ever have a boy, he's not allowed to play football.

failuretofly · September 2017

I almost never wash my produce when I get it home from the store. I just. dont. care.

babybison · September 2017

@failuretofly You and me both. I sort of rinse my produce, but never enough to actually clean anything so I don't know why I bother.
It drives me crazy when people preach about being natural and organic. My response is always, "You know what else is organic? Cyanide."

AFM, I really don't want my kid born on Thanksgiving. I was, although not on the 23rd, and I selfishly don't want to share owning the holiday with anyone!

Kirss · September 2017

@MJDsquared My husband isn't into football, but he's been wanting to get our DD on skates since she could walk. She went once and hated it. I'm sure this little boy will be in full pads doing mini mite hockey, no tackling but checking starts in early teens.

MJDsquared · September 2017

@Kirss Hockey isn't as much of a thing here so I never even thought about that, but at least there isn't a bunch of CTE scariness surrounding hockey (right? at least I haven't heard anything). And these kids had to have been like 8! I'm sure any mom would have anxiety about their kid playing any sort of contact sport though (or even non-contact sports at times, lol). And maybe it won't be his thing?

tamaraaaa · September 2017

I can't stand youth league football and cheer. It's a dangerous mess of parent volunteers that have no idea what they are doing.

In other news, I bought a Minnie Mouse LLR Irma today for our upcoming Disney trip. I'm totally judging myself for it already

txmomma16 · September 2017

@MJDSquared I am totally with you. I am completely against the idea of my child playing football. Which will be difficult because I live in Texas... where football is king. Boston University (Go BU!) just came out with a research study that found that 99% of former NFL players tested have CTE, as well as 91% of college football players and 21% of high school football players.

If Baby Boy comes out and decides he wants to play more than anything in the world, I will have that discussion with DH, but at the moment, it's a big no from this momma bear. I do not mess around with neurological injuries.

Tennis11785 · September 2017

@Txmomma16 - Did you happen to go to BU? It's where I went, so I get a little bit excited when I see it in the news (even though CTE is sad/scary that we're just learning about it).

cait5413 · September 2017

I'm with you @txmomma16 . we live in Mississippi, where football is also big (but in our area, so is soccer for kids) and We're football fans, but I don't think I could ever let my kids play it. Even soccer makes me a little nervous--I'd want to be sure they weren't doing headers

skc040512 · September 2017

I guess my UO is I'm all for youth football. While there is tackling, kids aren't able to get super rough, so they learn to play without having to worry about being tackled by a 300 lb teenager like they do in high School (DH always had to move up age brackets because he was too big to play against kids his own age lol). There are millions of other ways that kids are going to get hurt, so why not let them learn about teamwork and how to listen to a coach? I had wayyyyy more injuries as a kid/teen than DH, and he played all kinds of full contact sports starting about 7 years old.

Mandayno · September 2017

I'm with @Skcobb we are big time football family. DH played all growing up and even adult league. I anticipate this little guy starting early on with playing with Dad and then onto pewie. I am 100% against pushing him if he doesn't enjoy it though. Although injuries of course can still happen at that age, it's still not compared to college, pro, and some high school. But LO can still get hurt in gym class or playing with friends on recess. I'm not minimizing the seriousness of CTE though. It still is very serious, but I'm glad we are learning more about it now and I think they are making many strides to prevent and detect it.

MJDsquared · September 2017

DH and I are watching Gremlins for the first time and I'm not a fan. (I assume this is a FFFC/UO because I think it's considered a classic, or at least a cult classic.)

breezybee · September 2017

I hate that movie @MJDsquared

Marley629 · September 2017

@MJDsquared I'm right there with you. I absolutely love football and when I was younger would say that i wanted my son to play - now that I actually have a son and one on the way, my answer is a hard no and it's hard to say no to DS1. He's 4 and he says he wants to play football all the time and I just keeping telling him, I'll give into a lot of things, but football isn't one of them. It's scary when the professional players come out and say they won't let their kids play.

ETA: I loved Gremlins but I grew up watching it. I think it would have been different had i watched it for the first time as an adult then if I did as an adolescent

txmomma16 · September 2017

@Tennis11785 I did! Class of 08!

@Mandayno @skobb I completely understand where you are coming from. I did gymnastics growing up and now have so many joint issues it's not funny. I guess for me, Id prefer broken arms and legs to any possibility of CTE. I have no judgement for anyone that chooses differently, that's just my reasoning for me and mine.

Mandayno · September 2017

@txmomma16 and I completely understand where you and other moms are coming from as well. It is a very serious topic, and can be pretty controversial to some! I respect and understand anyone's opinion who are against LO playing sports, especially football.

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