Secular Confessions

[Janeen]

I confess that I feel awfully awkward when someone I have never really talked to and have mentioned in the past kind of weirds me out...

Sends me a PM and ends it with "i love u"

[elmobo-n-lexi]

I confess that I feel awfully awkward when someone I have never really talked to and have mentioned in the past kind of weirds me out...

Sends me a PM and ends it with "i love u"

hehe you're talking about me, aren't you?!? Go on, just admit it!

[Janeen]

hehe you're talking about me, aren't you?!? Go on, just admit it!

No way, it turns me on when you say it.

Nah, I sent you the previous PM I think. It has been a while and then BAM, out of the blue... "love u"

Just lovely lol

[elmobo-n-lexi]

No way, it turns me on when you say it.

Nah, I sent you the previous PM I think. It has been a while and then BAM, out of the blue... "love u"

Just lovely lol

That was some good stuff! Weird though!! hahahah oh well. Janeen and her stalker, sitting in a tree, KISSING, first comes love, then comes marriage! LOL I didn't want to finish it. I figured I'd save everyone from all that agony

[Gwenn]

Janeen, that's totally creepy.

[Janeen]

That was some good stuff! Weird though!! hahahah oh well. Janeen and her stalker, sitting in a tree, KISSING, first comes love, then comes marriage! LOL I didn't want to finish it. I figured I'd save everyone from all that agony

Gee Big E, uh yeah, thanks for all that.

[elmobo-n-lexi]

Gee Big E, uh yeah, thanks for all that.

hahahha you're very welcome. I'm nice like that.

[Janeen]

hahahha you're very welcome. I'm nice like that.

Yeah see, people should stalk you. I'm not THAT nice!

[sunrider]

I confess . . . our weekend plans got cancelled late last night. We were heading out tonight and going to be gone till Sunday. So we'd told daycare Liam wouldn't be there Friday.

This morning at dropoff we let them know our plans had changed and we would be bringing him in tomorrow. Problem. Evidently most of their parents have plans for tomorrow and they were going to be very light on kids or not have any - they signed up for a class of some sort tomorrow.

Crap.

[The10Eels]

I confess between Audrianna, DH, and being pregnant - all of my clothes are stretched out, and it really pisses me off...

[elmobo-n-lexi]

I confess between Audrianna, DH, and being pregnant - all of my clothes are stretched out, and it really pisses me off...

3 more days!! Right??? Three more days!!!???

[The10Eels]

4 at most...

My mommy will be here tomorrow!!

[elmobo-n-lexi]

That's so exciting!!!! Does Audri understand what's happening and that she's going to be a big sister??

[The10Eels]

I doubt it... but We'll ask her where the baby is and she'll point at my belly. And we'll tell her to give sister hugs and kisses, and she'll kiss my tummy, or lay her head on it.

[AlishaAnew]

I doubt it... but We'll ask her where the baby is and she'll point at my belly. And we'll tell her to give sister hugs and kisses, and she'll kiss my tummy, or lay her head on it.

I have been sleeping with my phone every night!
I is soooooooooo excited!!

[Gwenn]

So, freak-out moment today. My district is undergoing major budget crunches and in May they laid off 600 teachers. We were told that hard-to-fill positions (like mine) would be left alone. At my school there are two SLPs, myself and another girl who is a bilingual provider. Recently we were emailed by our boss to say that she was going to have to take over some bilingual students at another school and I would have to take some students from her caseload to even things out, because our boss was told she could not hire anyone else right now.

So, no problem, we talked and worked things out. Today our boss sent out an "updated list" of school assignments that was "certain to change." I read it, and about 1/3 of the names, including my name, were in bold print! I couldn't see any pattern, such as district employee, or unrestricted license, etc. that was consistent between who was bolded or not.

So, I knocked on my friend's door and asked if she thought I was crazy to freak out because my name was bolded. She said she would too, and I should email our boss to ask why. I did ... and she said it indicated that that school was my "home school" as I have more than one placement! So, basically it is meaningless ... major sigh of relief.

Then I felt silly for freaking out but other co-workers said they would have freaked out about it too.

Am I crazy?

[Luna]

So, freak-out moment today. My district is undergoing major budget crunches and in May they laid off 600 teachers. We were told that hard-to-fill positions (like mine) would be left alone. At my school there are two SLPs, myself and another girl who is a bilingual provider. Recently we were emailed by our boss to say that she was going to have to take over some bilingual students at another school and I would have to take some students from her caseload to even things out, because our boss was told she could not hire anyone else right now.

So, no problem, we talked and worked things out. Today our boss sent out an "updated list" of school assignments that was "certain to change." I read it, and about 1/3 of the names, including my name, were in bold print! I couldn't see any pattern, such as district employee, or unrestricted license, etc. that was consistent between who was bolded or not.

So, I knocked on my friend's door and asked if she thought I was crazy to freak out because my name was bolded. She said she would too, and I should email our boss to ask why. I did ... and she said it indicated that that school was my "home school" as I have more than one placement! So, basically it is meaningless ... major sigh of relief.

Then I felt silly for freaking out but other co-workers said they would have freaked out about it too.

Am I crazy?

Nope! Not crazy at all. I would have freaked, too.

The majority of the bilingual kids on your boss' caseload. . .Spanish speakers??

[maggie]

Not crazy, I would have been nervous too!

[Gwenn]

Sorry, I worded that poorly. My boss doesn't have a caseload (just evals) ... meant my coworker. And yes, Spanish speakers. She is a native speaker of both languages.

Bilingual SLPs are REALLY hard to find, by the way.

[3andMe]

I would have freaked out too, Mandy.

I confess on my way to my car after work, I walked next to a riot of about 200 high school kids, moving in a screaming mass down the street. I called 911 and they'd already received reports and police arrived shortly after that. I got to my car, and saw a window had been smashed in, my stereo system removed, and my glove box hanging by a thread. My passenger vent was on the floor and my driver's side air vent was wedged into my steering wheel.

I called it in, spent a long time talking to various people on the phone, not touching or getting into my car in case they would want to get fingerprints and inspect the scene of the crime. Then I was told it would be a few days and they'd get back to me. So I drove home, talking to my insurance company and various glass repair companies on the way.

Dh is furious. Me? I hate it, I hate the inconvenience, I hate the expense, I hate that there are people out there who would do this without a second thought, but the whole time I was receiving condolences from the various people--every single one of my 5+ phone calls told me they were so sorry for my loss--I was thinking the last time I heard those words it was for something much, much worse. And it didn't seem so bad after all.

[girlwonder]

I don't have words for this, Lydia. I'm sorry, for everything, all your losses, but I am glad that you can put things into perspective like that. Argh, I don't know. I had some very "zen" moments after my father's sudden and unexpected death - things just didn't matter that much. I felt like I was so concentrated and internal that I had better balance for the external things.

I would have freaked out too, Mandy.

I confess on my way to my car after work, I walked next to a riot of about 200 high school kids, moving in a screaming mass down the street. I called 911 and they'd already received reports and police arrived shortly after that. I got to my car, and saw a window had been smashed in, my stereo system removed, and my glove box hanging by a thread. My passenger vent was on the floor and my driver's side air vent was wedged into my steering wheel.

I called it in, spent a long time talking to various people on the phone, not touching or getting into my car in case they would want to get fingerprints and inspect the scene of the crime. Then I was told it would be a few days and they'd get back to me. So I drove home, talking to my insurance company and various glass repair companies on the way.

Dh is furious. Me? I hate it, I hate the inconvenience, I hate the expense, I hate that there are people out there who would do this without a second thought, but the whole time I was receiving condolences from the various people--every single one of my 5+ phone calls told me they were so sorry for my loss--I was thinking the last time I heard those words it was for something much, much worse. And it didn't seem so bad after all.

[girlwonder]

Oh, and I am glad YOU are okay - that riot sounds scary.

[Gwenn]

Lydia, that is awful.

But you're right, those words do put it in perspective, don't they?

[The10Eels]

I confess you guys are probably tired of hearing me complain about it, but the whole situation with sMIL and sBIL drives me batty...

We hear everyday how "tight" money is around the house, and how we need to cut back on junk food, etc. DH and I don't buy ANYTHING specifically for us other than soda, and Audrianna's goldfish and animal crackers - that type of stuff.

Well, sMIL bought sBIL a crapton of those little frozen pizzas as "a snack for after school". Cool. Fine. Whatever. Problem is - The KID doesn't come home from school till 8-8:30 at night. By that time dinner has been made, and the rest of the house has eaten.

But does sBIL eat what was made for dinner?? NO! He bakes a friggin pizza!!

ARGH! They make me want to pull my hair out! If things are really so "tight" don't you think it would be a good idea to stop buying junk like frozen pizzas and use your grocery money towards things that would make meals for EVERYONE in the house?? and tell sBIL to grow the fluck up and eat whatever was made for dinner that night - just like the rest of us did!?

[Bridget]

I would have freaked out too, Mandy.

I confess on my way to my car after work, I walked next to a riot of about 200 high school kids, moving in a screaming mass down the street. I called 911 and they'd already received reports and police arrived shortly after that. I got to my car, and saw a window had been smashed in, my stereo system removed, and my glove box hanging by a thread. My passenger vent was on the floor and my driver's side air vent was wedged into my steering wheel.

I called it in, spent a long time talking to various people on the phone, not touching or getting into my car in case they would want to get fingerprints and inspect the scene of the crime. Then I was told it would be a few days and they'd get back to me. So I drove home, talking to my insurance company and various glass repair companies on the way.

Dh is furious. Me? I hate it, I hate the inconvenience, I hate the expense, I hate that there are people out there who would do this without a second thought, but the whole time I was receiving condolences from the various people--every single one of my 5+ phone calls told me they were so sorry for my loss--I was thinking the last time I heard those words it was for something much, much worse. And it didn't seem so bad after all.

I'm so sorry this happened. How scary. It's speaks a lot of your character that you can see it for what it is. I'm so glad you are ok.

[daylilies]

Hugs all around! I would have been freaked out too about the list. And the riot! Ashley your BIL sounds like a piece of work LOL I hope whoever makes dinner has learned that he doesn't eat it, so that they make less...no?
I confess I was on twitter at the right time today and I managed to get "Donnie's alter ego" to follow me...There is a random time of day on Fridays (which are called "Follow Fridays" on Twitter) where he says "ok who should I follow?" and in a period of a few minutes he follows everyone who replies or who suggests someone....anyway long story short he is following me! Now I have to say interesting things! LOL
Also I decided to make my video for Donnie today closer to dinner time for the weekend trip to a fan's house contest--I will be cooking one of my favorite things to make and I'll be wearing my chef's uniform. I'm going to talk about a couple major local places I worked at that he might have heard of (both of us being from MA) and hope that sticks out in his mind...fingers crossed please!

[The10Eels]

Ashley your BIL sounds like a piece of work LOL I hope whoever makes dinner has learned that he doesn't eat it, so that they make less...no?

I have stopped cooking for him.

FIL made his AWESOME chicken and dumplings last night - and when he does that he makes enough for about 4 meals lol so there were leftovers anyways

[daylilies]

Well it sounds like BIL is missing out! Mmmm now I want some

[daylilies]

Is anyone out there? I promise I won't talk about the new kids anymore.

[Bean]

I confess I am not happy. I'm not sure how to make myself happy. I feel like my life is a catch 22 and no matter what I do, I'm going to end up unhappy for whatever reason. The saddest part is that I'm on anti-depressants, so while I am not crying and visibly unhappy, I still recognize this ache as unhappiness. I don't know where to go from here.