Musings Friday Follies!
Jun 19th, 2009 by BohemianMoon
Ya gotta rant about your boss? Your spouse? Your family or friends? Or maybe you just want to bitch about the world at large? Vent here!
Ya gotta problem? A burden shared is half a burden!
Ya gotta a couple of giggles to share? Laughter is the best medicine!
TGIF is here and so are Musings Friday Follies!
Let it out on any subject and clean the slate for the wonderful weekend ahead!
(No subject is taboo if presented with decorum, except of course, the Gosselin kids and the “C” word. However, now that we have the word “Twaffle”, the “C” word doesn’t matter so much any longer now does it? 
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First let me say I love your site Moon! I have been following for awhile (mostly the Jon and Kate fiasco) and finally got the guts to try to live up to the rest of the site’s great commentators (even though this is not an opinion).
My rant is this. My son (8 months old) is now being watched by college girls at daycare. They have regular staff all day but this new girl is there alone at the end of the day with multiple children under the age of 1. The culmination of my frustration was when I picked him up yesterday and he was in a dirty diaper and had not been fed any food for approx 3 hours and had not eaten much all day. When I said to her that he had been sitting in a dirty diaper, she said ‘oh sorry, I didn’t know.’ This daycare has had some staffing issues lately and I think this is a plug to put bodies in rooms. I talked to the regular staff person this morning when I dropped him off and she said she wasn’t much happier about the situation than I was. Another mom overheard us talking and said her daughter was in a dirty diaper when she picked her up yesterday too! I don’t want to move him to another daycare but I am really frustrated. I know I need to discuss it with the director but I needed to vent first. Thanks!
So I picked a super week to head down the shore with the family–rain much?? The little ones are both sick and I got my stupid monthly “friend” for the first time in 19 months (have been nursing the baby) and BOY does it make life just dandy!
And another thing–why can I be 2.5 hours away from home in Berks county, PA and those damn greedlins can’t take a frickin’ week off? I’ll never catch up on all this reading when I get home. I just glanced at all the headlines here–whew!
Baby mama you are poop just plain old poop. Or perhaps I should feel sorry for you b/c obviously you are dim-wittted. EVERYONE knows him in Wyomissing and they have all been saying since Feb. that the marriage was over but they kept it up for the show. Please try to take your pills so you can deal with reality. Good luck with becoming a real grownup someday.
Ok we’re going to try to take the girls to the beach for a little while before the rain comes back. Dammit!! (sorry Pippa!)
MuserMommyinPA..if you aren’t comfortable with your child care or even if you just have a “bad feeling” about the place, get your kid out of there! I remember how hard it is to find good child care when you work. My heart goes out to you. But, your baby comes first.
A month ago my two friends (we are the three amigos) wanted me to go to a candle party with them. Nope. Sorry. Not this Sister. I do not like candle, kitchen, jewelry, etc parties.
So we joked that we should go to a adult toy party.
Fast forward two weeks ago…guess what? What? I am throwing a Adult Toy party.
Ugh.
I am not going to get graphic but lets just say I do not need to shop at an adult toy party. I am happy. Thank you very much.
But I will go because it will probably be a hoot and a half.
Heidi, you are the baker of our trio…How about you make some cookies?
Okay.
Penis cookies!
Ugh!
So I have been making Penis cookies. I have to frost some more here in a little bit. Moon wants me to take a picture and email it to her.
So that is my rant, vent, story, and day. Now I have to keep the 15 yr old and her buddies away from the stash!
MusermommyinPA~
Welcome to Musings!
My rant is this. My son (8 months old) is now being watched by college girls at daycare. They have regular staff all day but this new girl is there alone at the end of the day with multiple children under the age of 1.
Don’t they, by law, have a ratio of caretaker to child, particularly for infants? I am assuming because your son is 8 months, he would still be in their “infant” room? Regardless, I would think that they would have to have more than one person there by law. This would be something to take up with the director right away, because if she only has one staff person there to take care of multiple babies under the age of one, something is wrong there.
As for your baby being left in a dirty diaper, is this the first time that it happened there? If so, I would mention it to the director, of course, but I would probably give them a pass if it is the first time. If this is an ongoing problem, or your son is getting more diaper rash during the week, which gets better when he is in our care, only to get worse when he is back at day care, then you know that they aren’t attending to his diapering needs sufficiently – I would watch for this specifically after you talk to the director because she can always tell her staff they have to make sure that all babies are changed before their parents are coming to get them, which is all good and fine, but that doesn’t really tell you that they have been properly diapered throughout the day.
Also, the staff stating that they are “happy about the situation” regarding staff is ludicrous to me. If the director is low on staff then she better be in their herself making sure her staff to child ratio meets or surpasses state law standards.
How long has your son been attending this daycare?
Friday is my busiest day at work (yet I’m still here??). The woman with the heavy perfume comes in to ask me to do something. Without going into details, she WAITS while I do it. She doesn’t have to wait. You asked me to do it and I will do it. By standing at my desk (with her stinking odor) and asking about my kid is NOT eliminating the fact that you are STANDING here wanting ME to do something NOW.
I’ll do it when I damn well feel like it!
Heidi~
So I have been making Penis cookies. I have to frost some more here in a little bit. Moon wants me to take a picture and email it to her.
And I can’t WAIT!
Once as an exercise in an art class, we had to come up with a piece of performance art using our classmates. I can’t remember the entire narrative that I had them do, but the concept was seeing their level of homophobia. These were straight guys and they had no idea what I was going to do. I asked them to take off their shirts, blindfolded them all and had them sit on stools in a circle. I think I had “YMCA” segueing into Madonna music, then Liza tunes playing. Anyway once they were blindfolded and seated, I passed out to each a chocolate penis pop that I had made out of a mold I got at an adult store. I asked them first to only smell it, so they knew that it was chocolate and something good to eat. I then stated that I wanted them to feel it and unwrap it. You should have seen the looks on their faces once they understood what they were feeling. Priceless. I then unblindfolded them and told them to lick the pops from bottom to top, LOL. Two guys dropped out immediately and then there were two who started to challenge each other to eat the pops. It was priceless.
I know that sounded like a weird exercise, and it was, but it was also very enlightening and gave a great deal of thoughtful discussion afterward. Ahh art school, loved art school!
I have a question for all you dog owners out there. My husband and I just took in a dog that some flaming asshole left to die in the desert. Turns out he is a wonderful dog (someone clearly spent a lot of time and effort on this animal so I don’t know why they aren’t looking for him). However he is our first dog. We are taking him out morning and evening for long walks and I play with him on and off during the day. I work from home so he isn’t generally alone. What I am wondering about is how much attention he needs; I worry he is getting bored. He has toys but pretty much destroys them within five minutes (my husband says we should have named him Money Pit) and he isn’t really interested in playing tug or chasing a ball or frisbee (he just wants to chew them). He spends lots of time lying around. How can I tell if he’s getting the attention he needs? He is an older dog, at least 7 years of age.
Thanks Pat (awesome blog btw!) and Moon for going to bat for us. I have read many of your posts and you both seem like truly great mothers with a wealth of experience. Although my own mother is in our lives, my childhood gives me pause to ask her for any advice.
You are correct in saying that PA has a ratio of child to caregiver, for infants it is 4 to 1. She was in compliance as there were 3 children including my son. My son has been attending the center for 5 months and the regular people in my son’s infant room are great women and care for him as he were their own. My problem is the staffing. Overall it seems whenever a teach calls in sick, they are not as quick to make sure the room has coverage. This has resulted in toddlers in the infant room. I have never seen anymore than 4 children total as there is only one woman when I drop my son off. They hired a manager under the director and it has stopped this from occurring recently. Up until now, if I had a problem with my son not eating or some other related issue, I have addressed it with the infant room staff. They have always listenied to my concerns and made changes as needed. In this case, I have a real problem with a college student caring for my child unsupervised with less than a week’s experience caring for infants at this center. I am struggling with how to address this with the director.
Kim,
I have a no kill shelter dog that is going to be 7 in November and he does the same thing. He does not tear up anything else or mess in the house. We have had since he was a pup and he has always been this way. My dog gets a new stuffed animal every two weeks as he will tear them up all over. Unless it’s a Barney toy and that will last about 4 months (don’t ask I don’t have a clue why he likes Barney). Now to get mine to get up and move around, we just take his toy from him and he will try to get it back and if the cat goes near it he chases her upstairs. And if he starts humping your pillows when you leave the house, I can give you advice with that one too.
My daughter works in an after school program with elementary students. Kinda like daycare but with homework help and games.
Each worker is only allowed to be alone with 10 kids. No more then that.
She works with Pre-K kids once a week for a couple hours at naptime. She is allowed to be alone in the room with 10 kids only also.
This is in CT.
Kim~
I have a question for all you dog owners out there. My husband and I just took in a dog that some flaming asshole left to die in the desert. Turns out he is a wonderful dog (someone clearly spent a lot of time and effort on this animal so I don’t know why they aren’t looking for him). However he is our first dog. We are taking him out morning and evening for long walks and I play with him on and off during the day.
Awwww, thank you, thank you, thank you for rescuing the pupparoo! Do you know what type dog he is?
What type of chew toys are you giving him? They obviously need to be a tougher toy so he can get his chew fix but not destroy the toy. There are some touch toys out there for dogs such as yours. Just Google tough or indestructible dog toys. THey may have something like at Petco or Pet Smart, but I have found more stuff on the internet proper than in any of those big pet supply stores. Our dogs sometimes like Kongs which you can get at a pet store. We also buy them refillable bones. It is a bone that is hollowed out and you can fill it with treats or peanut butter and the dog tries to get all of it out. It occupies our dogs. There are also problem solving toys that you put a treat inside and they have to figure out how to get it out, kind of like a Kong but more challenging.
Some dogs are not really interested in playing ball, frisbee or fetch. My dogs do sometimes but are more apt to fetch a stick out of our pond which they do daily, weather permitting.
We have a three year old Labradoodle named Kyla and almost one year old Bernese Mountain Dog named Daisy. Miss Kyla sleeps a heck of a lot more than does Daisy. Sleeping more comes with the age of the dog.
Does he seem pretty happy otherwise?
MuserMommyinPA~
In this case, I have a real problem with a college student caring for my child unsupervised with less than a week’s experience caring for infants at this center. I am struggling with how to address this with the director.
Go straight to the point, Girlfriend! Sit thy director and manager down and state your concerns. You pay their salaries. In essence you are their boss, not the other way around. Quite frankly, I feel that the ratio of 4 infants to one caregiver a bit low – if it were my child, I would want one other person in there, perhaps a student helper, but not a young student with no experience in infant care taking to be in charge. But that is me.
I know that you don’t want to move your son as all babies and children need stability. Let me ask you this: is there a real issue with staff turn over in the entire daycare? Or is it just the infant room?
Oh, and I will back up Pat on her statement, as well.
omg Heidi penis cookies ha ha… I almost lost it…
MuserMommyinPA. I use to work at a daycare during summer. That is unexceptable behavior. I would call the director up a.s.a.p. I would ask whom it concerns that you would appreciate that your child is changed and feed appropriately. Do they keep a log or a little summery sheet what goes on every day. Feeding, potty breaks, activities etc? If they don’t do this they need to start a scheduling and better staff. I hope things get better MuserMommy
My Rant is : My sister in law is home. Supposedly because she misses her son and is dying. She left him and married a 3rd husband who is in the navy. Yes she is 25 and has been married 3 times. Ok so she has this son whom she only took care of for almost a year. Than she pretty much gave him up. He now stays with his grandparents or his dad at times. Well today a few co-workers of mine came up to me and said oh i’m so sorry I heard last night your sister in law is dying. I said were did you hear that? At the bar.. NO surprise there.. She is always looking for attention. This is what she supposedly has chiari malformation. Because it deals with bits and piece’s of your skull removed she thinks she will die on the table. God sake she is such a drama queen she acting like this is tears for endearment. Needless to say she wants to spend time with her son when she is home. Whom is 4 and only gets to see her once in awhile before she gets sick and returns him the next day. She tells him that she is going to die. I will be so angry. I’m suppose to see her and her son after work. I’m dreading this… I want to see her son because I love him and ava loves him to. But I cant deal with all her drama. To bad I cant zip her trap.
Major reasons why I hold such a grudge over her is because
1. ever since she was little she has wanted to die. Tried to commit suicide.
2. She always wants to belong to everything
3. She wants what everyone has
4. Lies like a rug
5. On myspace took all my daughters pictures and made a shrine of her.
6. She can be a garden tool alot
7. Use’s people
I could go on forever. She just irks the hell out of me.
Thanks moon.. I love rant days This always helps.
Hi. My name is Denise. I have been lurking for a couple of days but really can’t contribute to other topics as we do not have cable t.v. You guys seem like a fun group, hence the lurking. But a rant? Well, one doesn’t need cable for that.
I just dropped the last (and my only) cup of coffee on the floor. It was gooood too. I didn’t use the handle on the mug and the stupid thing just slipped from my hands. Really wasn’t paying attention. I have no one to blame but myself. Since the day is just starting out here, it’s going to be a long morning.
Have a great Friday.
Denise~
I just dropped the last (and my only) cup of coffee on the floor. It was gooood too. I didn’t use the handle on the mug and the stupid thing just slipped from my hands. Really wasn’t paying attention. I have no one to blame but myself. Since the day is just starting out here, it’s going to be a long morning.
Welcome to Musings and sending your a gallon of virtual coffee! I love coffee in the morning and I too would be bummed if I dropped my only cup!
Hopefully Musings virtual brew will sustain you somewhat until to score some more beanage!
one_lovable_cutiepie~
MuserMommyinPA. I use to work at a daycare during summer. That is unexceptable behavior. I would call the director up a.s.a.p. I would ask whom it concerns that you would appreciate that your child is changed and feed appropriately. Do they keep a log or a little summery sheet what goes on every day. Feeding, potty breaks, activities etc? If they don’t do this they need to start a scheduling and better staff. I hope things get better MuserMommy
This is a good point about the logs, although those to can be fabricated.
And about sis in law – not too sure that I have any advice on that one, yikes. I feel for her son. Let us know how it goes if you do meet with her after work. Hugs!
I was just reading on CNN’s webpage and I came to the poll for the day, which pretty much sums up my bitch about cell phones.
I just need a phone!!! I have a camera, I don’t text, I get my email via computer, I have a television………………
Does your cell phone have the features you want?
Yes, it’s perfect
No, I wish it had more stuff
I just want it to ring
And the results:
Yes, it’s perfect 30% 10966
No, I wish it had more stuff 20% 7272
I just want it to ring 49% 17751 (My point EXACTLY!!!)
Total Votes: 35989
Denise~
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Welcome to Musings and sending your a gallon of virtual coffee! I love coffee in the morning and I too would be bummed if I dropped my only cup!
Hopefully Musings virtual brew will sustain you somewhat until to score some more beanage!
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Thank you for the kind welcome and virtual coffee, Moon. Much appreciated. Now I’m off to give the house the illusion of being clean without really cleaning. Got it down to an art form, really.
Hey, thought I would say hello here on your site. I love it by the way.
So I can bitch? Awesome! Well, I was up ALL night, couldn’t sleep a wink, too much anxiety and worry. I finally get to sleep and the phone rings non freakin’ stop. I won’t shut it off because my Mom is older and I worry about her, my youngest is also staying all night with her and I can’t, of course, not answer my phone. I do radiation at 8:00am, then come home, hook up to dialysis and usually try to sleep during it. Most of my friends know this, yet they call and call. I bet the phone rang 10 times in less than 3 hours hah, granted 2 of them were telemarketers, but that’s a whole other rant! So yeah, on the days I do dialysis, don’t call until after 1:00pm. Even my wife won’t disturb me at those times so pulease…LET ME SLEEP for pete sakes!
*takes a deep breath* WOW, that felt nice!
I will be a regular reader here now, I am sure!
V~
Hey, thought I would say hello here on your site. I love it by the way.
So I can bitch? Awesome!
Welcome to Musings!
Yes, you can always rant on the Moon!
I do hope that you get your much needed sleep!
Denise~
Now I’m off to give the house the illusion of being clean without really cleaning. Got it down to an art form, really.
That is not only just awesomeish, that is down right awesomely awesome! Do share your techniques! I think we all just may be interested; I know I am!
What a day! Up at the crack of dawn…take my estrogen, throw my tartan over my shoulder, grab a bag of rolos and some left over Easter peeps and head over to Denny’s. I walk in the door and not a muser in sight…sigh…adding insult to injury I was waited on by some teenager named kay that kept smacking her gum like a cow.
Kim – congrats on the new edition to the fam!! I highly recommend the smart toys and/or Kong’s to keep him busy.
MuserMommy – good luck talking to the director. Never ignore any bad feelings you get when it comes to your children.
Denise – do share those tips. I need a clean house but I’d prefer not to put any real effort into it if at all possible
Not really a rant, but we are leaving now to camp in Maine with 53 Boy Scouts, in the POURING rain……..’making memories’…….
freddy~
Not really a rant, but we are leaving now to camp in Maine with 53 Boy Scouts, in the POURING rain……..’making memories’…….
Good times!
I wish you luck and copious amounts of sunshine!
#23Bella
What a day! Up at the crack of dawn…take my estrogen, throw my tartan over my shoulder, grab a bag of rolos and some left over Easter peeps and head over to Denny’s. I walk in the door and not a muser in sight…sigh…adding insult to injury I was waited on by some teenager named kay that kept smacking her gum like a cow.
Laughing my ass off!
Hey Musers and newcomers,
My way of cleaning my house, without really cleaning, …………..
Go across the street to my neighbors house and run back home to realize my house looks cleaner than hers, so why bother today. Hell, it looks like a sanitorium compared to hers !!!! Heehehehehe.
That’s why she’s my best friend!!!
Another way to keep from cleaning, is run your hubby out to the garage. Set up a big screen, with surround sound, a recliner, a mini frig and never have to clean your house again. It worked for me, give it a try. When I figure out how to install a bathroom out there, my dreams will have come true.
We’ve been married 27 yrs. and he hasn’t figured it out yet.
Ain’t life grand ?
#1MuserMommyinPA:
Hey, I don’t have a lot of experience with daycare (my oldest son, now 16, was in part time daycare for about one year 15 years ago…which makes me way older than I think I am, but I digress…).
Isn’t there a rule or requirement (in a daycare center, not a private home) that there be no less than 2 caregivers in each room for accountability and safety? (kids from themselves, kids from an individual caregiver) Even if someone calls in sick, the manager or director (or owner) should cover the shortage personally until another caregiver can report to work.
Go with your gut where your kiddos are concerned.
To all who have been so helpful and caring, I am off to pick up my son and talk to the director. Wish me luck and I will let you all know how it goes. Have a great weekend!
MuserMommyin PA~
To all who have been so helpful and caring, I am off to pick up my son and talk to the director. Wish me luck and I will let you all know how it goes.
Great! We look forward to your update!
one_lovable_cutiepie, I read your post with great interest. My grandaughter, Lissa, has Chiari. Every case is dfferent and it is a severe malfofrmation of the skull (as you know). Lissa’s case was unique and her spine was involved. She’s had three major brain surgeries and has been a curiosity to surgeons who had to invent special ways to deal with her problems. She’s even had parts of her brain removed. I’m so glad to be able to tell you, she’s a bright happy little girl today, even if she is spoiled rotten. You can look up adult Chiari and find out ways it might affect your sister (I’m sure you have) but, if my little grandaughter came through this terrible birth defect with all the severe problems she had..your sister is probably going to be just fine. I know you say she’s just a drama queen, and that’s probably true, but maybe she’s scared too. It IS really scary. Lissa will have her 5th birthday party this weekend and there was a time when we didn’t think that would happen. I hope you keep us updated on how your sister does and how they treat it. My thoughts go out to you.
Kudos (ka-doo’s) to all of you beautiful people who adopt homeless animals. May you be forever blessed.
And my thoughts go out to all you moms who have to entrust your precious babies to someone else while you work. May they all be safe.
MuserMommyinPA
I have worked in licenced child care for the past 15 years. Seen and heard it all. Make an appointment and sit down with the director and state your case. Don’t leave until you get a solution. Maybe even ask to have the new girl brought into the room and speak to her directly so you are all on the same page. Is this centre part of a larger organization? If so go higher, to the top if need be.
We don’t have infant care in our organization any more. (Here in Canada you can take up to 1 year maternaty leave. Most centres don’t take children til 18 months though. So parents have to scramble for 6 months of care. Stupid I know.) Anyway When we did have infants, one of the primary infant caregivers would always be on the opening or closing shifts so that one of them could talk to the parents and not rely on another person to pass on messages or on the daily log alone. This might be a suggestion to make to the director.
I work in a stand alone building and the rule at our centre is there must be 2 people in the building until there are 5 children left. That is children ranging in age from 18 months to 12 years. Some centres that are in schools or retirement homes are an 8-1 ratio at the end of the night.
The ratios here are…
infants 1 adult to 3 children
toddlers 1 adult to 5 children
pre-school 1 adult to 8 children
half day (go to kindergarten other half of day) 1-10
school age 1-15
I could go on and on about new staff and supply substiute teachers. It can be very frustrating. I have actually had parents ask what time I start in the morning so their children are not left with the opening girl. Not that she is bad, but just that she doesn’t have a parent friendly personality. It is something that unfortunatly some people need to be coached in. Ours is getting better, but still my shift got changed this year so I am there earlier for the parents comfort.
The dirty diaper debacal…..Children should be clean and dry when being picked up at the end of the night. No if ands or butts. (pun intended) Sometimes someone poops right when the parent walks in the door, that can’t be helped, so a one time shot is not a big deal, but if it is a regular thing, or there are multiple babies with poops, there is a issue. In that case, the pick up room needs to have a change table in it. Some children poop at the same time every day. If this is the case, they should be ready for it.
Bottom line though is if you have a bad feeling LEAVE. It is not worth it. I will leave you with one story. My friend is a grade 3 teacher who also has her ECE. She put her 18 month old at a centre where her sister in law works. She figured having his aunt working there was great. He was coming home with bite marks almost every day. The teachers never said anything about it to her or gave her any accident reports to sign, which is standard operating procedure for any day care around here. She questioned the staff, and they gave her the speach about how children that age do bite. Which is true, but where are the reports to sign, to keep a record of the behavour. Her son pointed to a class photo (where none of the children were smiling in) and said mom he bite owe. Red flag. My friend is not one to back down so she asked about it. They told her that her son was un-happy and was biting himself. Whatever. One day he came home with a BAD bite on his back. The next day she questioned it again. Apperently the boy is a circus freak because she was told HE BIT HIMSELF ON THE BACK!!!!
That was the last straw. She reported the centre to the region and now her 3 year old son is in my class. He is a handful, but so far he has never bite himself and definatly not on the back.
V, man, I can’t imagine the day you had. Is it okay if I asked what you’re being treated for? Hope you feel better and got some rest. Do we have a MAN on this forum??? Heh heh.
#10MonicaW42
Thanks! So far no humping or really any bad behaviors, my fingers are crossed. He did, however, just disgrace himself at the pet store where he peed on a $20 toy, which we now own, and which he will no doubt destroy within minutes!
#12BohemianMoon
Do you know what type dog he is?
What type of chew toys are you giving him?
Does he seem pretty happy otherwise?
He’s a German Shorthaired Pointer. We named him Lyle, after Lyle Lovett. I’ve tried all types of chew toys from the soft plush squeaky ones (that last five minutes) to the hard-rubber Kong toys. Just went and got a food cube (see pet store incident above) so he’s banging that around the house now. I guess he seems happy enough. He lays around a lot, as I know dogs are wont to do but he isn’t sleeping, he just lies there looking bored. No doubt I am reading something that isn’t really there!
Don’t really have a rant yet, give me time. But one of my kids cracked me up at the drive thru at Dairy Queen the other day. There is a little roof you have to drive under and it says 12 foot clearance and my young daughter says “look mommy we came at the perfect time they are having a clearance sale!” It was so cute.
So, this manager (named Loser) is still on the Voodoo Shit List, and we’ve been informed that out of the 14 of us, three will be let go by the end of summer. (Actually, one is retiring.) I frankly do not trust Loser as far as I can throw him as he keeps doing (or not doing) stuff that is going to get me in trouble.
We had an issue a few weeks ago and some documentation needed to be revised for a certain function. Thing is, with the reorganization we’re in, the function is moving to another group. However, since we have experience with this function, we came up with some recommendations as to how we’d change it. We tried to get the manager in charge, name of Tool (and she’s also under Loser) to meet with us, but no dice. She didn’t even return e-mails or phone calls. So I finally closed out the task on Monday, noting that we’d made recommendations, we know that the function is moving departments and that the new management should decide what they want to implement. This was a solid WEEK after I’d sent the original recommendation.
This morning, I check my e-mail and our big boss (aka Microscope) is saying, “I’m really uncomfortable with this, blah, blah, blah, etc. etc.,” which is a another way of her saying that she wants the task to stay open until the changes are implemented. I was like HELL going to be in charge of a task for another department, especially one where the Tool doesn’t have the common courtesy to return phone calls or e-mails. One of my coworkers kicked it to our own manager (aka Three Time Zones Away) and she told us to assign the task to Tool.
Now, if Loser had answered the e-mail and said this was OK or if Tool had answered her e-mail and said it was OK, that would have settled it, but no, they left it hang for 10 DAYS and did nothing. Frankly, that’s undermining the work I do. If Loser will not answer the e-mails I send him, that does not bode well for me in the organzation. I Do Not Trust These People and I’m Looking To Transfer.
THE CAMERA DOESNT WORK! ARGG!
But it is okay. It is okay because I will be making more..LOL
My other friend signed up to have her own adult toy party and I am going to make them for her. That is in two weeks. I should have the camera situation figured out by then, and take pics of those.
There are directions on how to make them longer, shorter, crooked, etc.
Pat, Thank you. I’m happy to hear that your grandaughter came through it like a trooper. She is a brave little girl. Its amazing the powers a child has.
Yes I agree I think my sister in law is more scared and lonely. Since she is almost 9 hrs from her mother. Going through this its very hard for her. She has never lived away from her mother or family. Thank goodness she is only home for a week.
So I really didn’t say that much to her on Friday. She did most of the talking. Mostly it was about how hard it is going through this illness. Also how she doesnt want to leave her son without a mother. I wanted to yell and say HEY YOU ALREADY DID THAT WHEN HE WAS ONE!!!! HELLLOOOOOOOO. But I didn’t.. Ok so she has also lesions on the top of her head. The Navy Dr’s Said it was a early sign of M.S. My husbands mother has this to. Ok wait she has everything Web Md offers. No i’m not kidding this woman and her daughter are hypochondriacs. Like like going to the Dr’s and getting pills and getting sympathy. Addiction runs in the family. Well so Fri night my husband had to go down to his mom’s house and give her son a bath and put him to bed. She was dizzy and needed sleep. Panic attacks and vertigo came in the fact. Then Sat night oh lordy… She had a panic attack and went Awol. So we had to take her son. Today my husband daughter his mom and her are suppose to go up to his step grandfathers house. But unfornately I have to work and his sister already said she has chest pains and a headache.
Its a crazy life and I live in it LOL… take care all happy fathers/ grandpopies day everyone
Bohemian Moon,
Our dogs sometimes like Kongs which you can get at a pet store. We also buy them refillable bones. It is a bone that is hollowed out and you can fill it with treats or peanut butter and the dog tries to get all of it out. It occupies our dogs.
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OMG, my dtr and SIL have 2 dogs, a chow and golden retriever. She’ll give them a Kong, w/a sm. Milk bone lathered in peanut butter shoved in it, and they will “work” on that thing for hrs. and how they get the treat out of it, is a mystery to me. LOL
Pat
V, man, I can’t imagine the day you had. Is it okay if I asked what you’re being treated for? Hope you feel better and got some rest. Do we have a MAN on this forum??? Heh heh.
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V, it is great to have you here! It’s cool having a man in the room, I’m dying to hear your take on Jon and Kate! I am so sorry you have to be on dialysis, are you a candidate for a donor kidney? My bff was 63 or 64 when he received his kidney, and he did great with it! He would have loved to have been able to do his dialysis at home…he hated going to the center and laying there for hrs. Perhaps it has changed some. He got his kidney in like ‘96 or ‘97.
Sending good thoughts your way!
on 19 Jun 2009 at 9:27 pm#34Kim
He lays around a lot, as I know dogs are wont to do but he isn’t sleeping, he just lies there looking bored. No doubt I am reading something that isn’t really there!
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Isn’t it funny how these strays find their way, oftentimes, to the right person/new parents? LOL
I lost my sweet pup 3 yrs. ago, and right now can’t afford another dog (shots, illnesses and plus needing all the walking and exercise, I can’t do that) but my dog loved to lay around. He was the most sedate, restful dog always, since he grew out of puppyhood. He had this one stuffed animal (a dog) that he loved! It must have lasted 3 yrs. I was always sewing up holes, torn off legs, etc. But, really, your dog is 7 yrs. old, he’s not going to play all the time and you are certainly getting him out enough, twice a day I think you said, and for long walks. Don’t worry if he’s laying around looking bored, he’ happy just hanging w/his family!
one_lovable_cutiepie, so she might not even have Chiari? Sounds like she lies so much you can’t be sure what she has. I feel sorry for you and her son. I have a former DIL like that. GAAAAAA! People who just make you crazy with all their BS and drama.
I am back to report on the daycare debacle. My husband was able to meet me and we both sat down with the director. She apologized and said that one of the regular staff members (from 4-6pm) was having personal issues but was scheduled to be back on Monday. She was actually there this morning when I dropped my son off. I guess she must have switched with the regular morning lady. Anyway, she listened to our concerns and said they are addressing the staffing and to let her know if we continue to have any problems. She also informed us that we were incorrect about the person at the end of the day being a college student. She was actually a three year old teacher in the center. Goes to show you I am getting to the age where I can’t tell how old the younger generation is, and I am not that old!!! I feel that we were heard and things have been addressed to my satisfaction. Overall, I think the daycare is a good facility. Like all places, there are issues from time to time. My son is very happy there and he is the one who will be the deciding factor if we need to switch facilities. Thanks to everyone for your advice. All of you are awesome and I am so glad I decided to start commenting. Have a great day!