Think of the money you saved!
Still buying the tickets. Just paying more on the secondary market. I found out later that I would have had better luck over the phone. What is this, the 80s?
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Still buying the tickets. Just paying more on the secondary market. I found out later that I would have had better luck over the phone. What is this, the 80s?
Note to self, start practicing speaking with my language filter on. Gonna be holidays and kids time soon.
Was at work a few years back and got really really bad news on a project from our contracting staff. I said "Oh, poop!" Contracting officer (ex-Air Force) popped her head up over a partition laughing and asked if I really said "Poop". Explained I had been around nieces family all week and still had my language filter on and that I really really meant "Oh, ****!"
I probably contributed a lot to that by tangling with capcity. He is sooooo freakin' Des Moines uber alles he makes me want to pop his balloons. Then Jereseib chimes in on the chorus. I'm glad they like their city, but they take it personally when others are less impressed. Schmucks. Or trolls. You pick.
Didn't read that thread till I got @'d in a post. Wow, classic crazy off the rails stuff. I think cap guy is some sort of planner or something. Hey, I really like the Twin Cities but don't really give a **** if someone from outside the metro likes it or not.
I'm found a toy that parents will be not be a fan of this christmas.
Sorry Rulzzz, you are the OG of best friends. Storm and I apparently have amazing taste in music, so he moved up the list. Your spot at the top is safe.
this'll be long. Deal.
Story 1. Baby gets his shots yesterday. Once at work, I texted DH to be like hey, let's try to go to my work party tonight (with baby) if he's feeling ok. Two people had asked if I were bringing him so I should try. So DH sent a pic of baby in a boring outfit, I complained not Christmasy enough. So he texted back he grabbed the Xmas onesie too. Yay good dad! We're set to go!
Driving to dr office, I realize.........we didn't bring the diaper bag. So we have no extra clothes or diapers. Good news! Pregnant me created emergency diaper packs for BOTH our cars! Bad news! Mom me hadn't changed out the diapers since like 4sizes and 8lbs ago so there was no way a size 1 diaper was fitting that size 3 booty. Way to think ahead, parents.
I meet DH at dr office and his first comment was "we didn't think ahead" and I'm like "no diapers, right?" "Right."And we do cloth diapers at daycare so it's a poor idea to contemplate keeping him in that for like, 4-5 hours total. I'm like, hey last time they changed his diaper at the appointment, let's grab an extra one in a sneaky fashion. Ok. Let's do that.
Do appt, get shots, they change his diaper at his weight check......but don't have his size. Thankfully have the next size up. Btw, baby is a chunk munk.
End of appt, the nurses come back to make sure he isn't reacting and are then like, ok, we are leaving now. I figure ok, they are leaving the room. No, like it was 5pm, everyone was peacing out. We come out of the room after taking a few minutes to settle, feed, and re-carseat baby and it's ******* lights out in the place! So the good news was we no longer need to figure out how to sneakily go back into the weight check alcove and grab a diaper. I waltzed in a grabbed a contraband diaper. I did see they have a security guard but he wasn't in my area. I can only imagine how that convo would have gone. No, I'm not trying to steal drugs, just a diaper.
We go to holiday party, baby does well, doesn't even need a change so now we have one spare stolen clinic diaper. Whatever, I saw what they charged me for his birth. I'll take the diaper.
Story 1. Baby gets his shots yesterday. Once at work, I texted DH to be like hey, let's try to go to my work party tonight (with baby) if he's feeling ok. Two people had asked if I were bringing him so I should try. So DH sent a pic of baby in a boring outfit, I complained not Christmasy enough. So he texted back he grabbed the Xmas onesie too. Yay good dad! We're set to go!
Driving to dr office, I realize.........we didn't bring the diaper bag. So we have no extra clothes or diapers. Good news! Pregnant me created emergency diaper packs for BOTH our cars! Bad news! Mom me hadn't changed out the diapers since like 4sizes and 8lbs ago so there was no way a size 1 diaper was fitting that size 3 booty. Way to think ahead, parents.
I meet DH at dr office and his first comment was "we didn't think ahead" and I'm like "no diapers, right?" "Right."And we do cloth diapers at daycare so it's a poor idea to contemplate keeping him in that for like, 4-5 hours total. I'm like, hey last time they changed his diaper at the appointment, let's grab an extra one in a sneaky fashion. Ok. Let's do that.
Do appt, get shots, they change his diaper at his weight check......but don't have his size. Thankfully have the next size up. Btw, baby is a chunk munk.
End of appt, the nurses come back to make sure he isn't reacting and are then like, ok, we are leaving now. I figure ok, they are leaving the room. No, like it was 5pm, everyone was peacing out. We come out of the room after taking a few minutes to settle, feed, and re-carseat baby and it's ******* lights out in the place! So the good news was we no longer need to figure out how to sneakily go back into the weight check alcove and grab a diaper. I waltzed in a grabbed a contraband diaper. I did see they have a security guard but he wasn't in my area. I can only imagine how that convo would have gone. No, I'm not trying to steal drugs, just a diaper.
We go to holiday party, baby does well, doesn't even need a change so now we have one spare stolen clinic diaper. Whatever, I saw what they charged me for his birth. I'll take the diaper.
Part two.
Today I was off and my mom came up to help make stuff but mostly see baby. Baby took a gloriously long nap which was great for getting stuff done but not great for mom getting to play with him. I guarantee had I been home trying to work he'd have been like 30 minute is good enough for me mom!
Anyway, my mom sort of had an emergency situation needing a new computer and I'm like we'll go to Best Buy at some point and get this taken care of. Well, baby's long nap pushed that back but we got out the door at some point and I even remembered the diaper bag cause I wasn't going to let it be like last night!
Note, baby hadn't pooped in 48 hours so I knew we were playing roulette. We arrive and I get baby out of car seat. Pretty sure I smell an odor but we were trying to go quick cause mom wanted to drive home before dark and we are already hitting that. Anyway, once inside my mom is like yeah I smell it too but we do a quick glance and no leakage so yay!
Keep going and like 20 minutes later my mom (who is holding baby the whole time to get more cuddles) is like "CG, take a look" I look and a whole big portion of his pants have an obvious poop stain on them. Ruh roh. I get the diaper bag and haul baby to the faaaaaaaaaaaaaaar opposite corner of the story to change the diaper. During which he sticks his hand in it, DH finally calls me back to give computer advice, two women try to pee and have to ask me to move because for some ******* reason, pulling down the diaper table BLOCKS ACCESS TO GETTING TO THE ACTUAL BATHROOM STALLS LIKE WHAT THE HELL, baby cries at the hand dryer going off 1 foot from his head while I'm on the phone with DH and I discover that the emergency pair of clothes in the diaper bag is a too short pair of pants (well, they would have been long enough when he was 0-3 months old) and a short sleeved onesie.
Anyway, I get done, we get a computer and mom and I walk out in winter coats carrying a baby in capri pants and short sleeved shirt (did have a blanket on him).
I am winning at this mom game.
Today I was off and my mom came up to help make stuff but mostly see baby. Baby took a gloriously long nap which was great for getting stuff done but not great for mom getting to play with him. I guarantee had I been home trying to work he'd have been like 30 minute is good enough for me mom!
Anyway, my mom sort of had an emergency situation needing a new computer and I'm like we'll go to Best Buy at some point and get this taken care of. Well, baby's long nap pushed that back but we got out the door at some point and I even remembered the diaper bag cause I wasn't going to let it be like last night!
Note, baby hadn't pooped in 48 hours so I knew we were playing roulette. We arrive and I get baby out of car seat. Pretty sure I smell an odor but we were trying to go quick cause mom wanted to drive home before dark and we are already hitting that. Anyway, once inside my mom is like yeah I smell it too but we do a quick glance and no leakage so yay!
Keep going and like 20 minutes later my mom (who is holding baby the whole time to get more cuddles) is like "CG, take a look" I look and a whole big portion of his pants have an obvious poop stain on them. Ruh roh. I get the diaper bag and haul baby to the faaaaaaaaaaaaaaar opposite corner of the story to change the diaper. During which he sticks his hand in it, DH finally calls me back to give computer advice, two women try to pee and have to ask me to move because for some ******* reason, pulling down the diaper table BLOCKS ACCESS TO GETTING TO THE ACTUAL BATHROOM STALLS LIKE WHAT THE HELL, baby cries at the hand dryer going off 1 foot from his head while I'm on the phone with DH and I discover that the emergency pair of clothes in the diaper bag is a too short pair of pants (well, they would have been long enough when he was 0-3 months old) and a short sleeved onesie.
Anyway, I get done, we get a computer and mom and I walk out in winter coats carrying a baby in capri pants and short sleeved shirt (did have a blanket on him).
I am winning at this mom game.
Kwood education for @cmjh10 sister? Sounds like she makes a lot of bad decisions. Sign me up.
Bae, I'm not as hot as I once was. Like a good 40% of my conversation is now about baby poop.
Well, we made it through about 37 minutes of the 2 hour special. Oh, MAN...it was BAD!!!!!!! Even the guy who requested it couldn't take it any more.About to go out for a "Friday Flicks" night, where we drink wine and eat pizza and watch B-level Sci Fi movies in a friend's "home theater". We're taking a break from Sci Fi this month and watching "A Muppet Christmas Carol" and the original Star Wars Christmas Special. The latter is at the request of the adult son of one of our group who is on the spectrum and is Star Wars obsessed. He's been requesting it for several months. His mom won't even be able to make it this time, but he is coming on his own (no small thing for him) and is so excited he's been posting in our FB group for several weeks now. I think I already know the whole thing.
So we let our youngest member (a three year old girl) pick one out of the basket. She chose "Blizzard" - because of the reindeer on the cover. It was nearly as bad as the Star Wars special...a Hallmark movie without the romance part. I really don't know HOW bad it was - I crashed on Lew's shoulder for about 30-40 minutes in the middle of it!- Status
