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Post by lollipop on Aug 2, 2017 9:37:13 GMT -6
nellieoleson ugh. You have all my sorries. It's not fun to deal with. crimsonandclover I don't know if she's on the FB group anymore, but yesterday she was posting pics of her step-son's birthday. It seems like she's doing well.
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Post by nellieoleson on Aug 2, 2017 10:11:19 GMT -6
Anyone live in or near the path of totality for the upcoming eclipse? We are about an hour and a half drive outside of it. I really want to see it, but I think it's going to be too much crazy traffic and whatnot for me to deal with - especially with the girls. I feel lame, though!
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Post by crimsonandclover on Aug 2, 2017 10:38:18 GMT -6
nellieoleson ugh. You have all my sorries. It's not fun to deal with. crimsonandclover I don't know if she's on the FB group anymore, but yesterday she was posting pics of her step-son's birthday. It seems like she's doing well. Her stepson?? Last i heard her Dh wanted a divorce - did she divorce and remarry in the last 8 months?! Sent from my SM-J510FN using Tapatalk
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Post by crimsonandclover on Aug 2, 2017 10:39:04 GMT -6
Anyone live in or near the path of totality for the upcoming eclipse? We are about an hour and a half drive outside of it. I really want to see it, but I think it's going to be too much crazy traffic and whatnot for me to deal with - especially with the girls. I feel lame, though! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I think 2 hours out of totality when we're visiting my mom. We are not driving. Sent from my SM-J510FN using Tapatalk
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Post by tinydancer on Aug 2, 2017 11:03:50 GMT -6
theoprah, I enjoy a little work travel (it's nice to have time to myself) but these week after week trips are getting hard. nellieoleson, very cool on the food stylist! Your photos are so pretty. We're about 3 hours north of the eclipse over here on the east coast. One of my friends is trying to get us to drive down but I don't think it's in the cards. Hopefully we'll have a decent view of at least a partial eclipse here. I remember being in elementary school and going outside to see a partial eclipse (Google tells me it was 1994) and thinking it was a really big deal.
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Post by scorpioscuba on Aug 2, 2017 11:08:32 GMT -6
nellieoleson ugh. You have all my sorries. It's not fun to deal with. crimsonandclover I don't know if she's on the FB group anymore, but yesterday she was posting pics of her step-son's birthday. It seems like she's doing well. Her stepson?? Last i heard her Dh wanted a divorce - did she divorce and remarry in the last 8 months?! Sent from my SM-J510FN using Tapatalk I don't know if they have married yet but she does refer to them as her step kids. And she is pregnant again due in December I think.
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Post by lollipop on Aug 2, 2017 11:26:35 GMT -6
nellieoleson ugh. You have all my sorries. It's not fun to deal with. crimsonandclover I don't know if she's on the FB group anymore, but yesterday she was posting pics of her step-son's birthday. It seems like she's doing well. Her stepson?? Last i heard her Dh wanted a divorce - did she divorce and remarry in the last 8 months?! Sent from my SM-J510FN using Tapatalk I think she's engaged. Expecting baby #3 in December. So she divorced and moved on pretty quick.
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Post by crimsonandclover on Aug 2, 2017 11:32:54 GMT -6
Her stepson?? Last i heard her Dh wanted a divorce - did she divorce and remarry in the last 8 months?! Sent from my SM-J510FN using Tapatalk I think she's engaged. Expecting baby #3 in December. So she divorced and moved on pretty quick. Ok! No judgment here, I'm just surprised and wasn't sure if we were talking about the same person.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2017 11:54:19 GMT -6
I'm in totality! I have family and maybe some friends staying with me and we are gonna make it a fun thing
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 2, 2017 16:18:24 GMT -6
Ok I'm reading but not keeping up. Vacation was amazing. The flight was so strange. We didn't have seat assignments either way and we're basically put off until the last minute on out return flight. Then they were like "what?? You don't have seats??" And we got upgraded to comfort class which includes more legroom and free drinks. No complaints there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Http://notjustnovels.wordpress.com
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 2, 2017 16:21:49 GMT -6
I read two books, we got a massage on the beach, drinks a-plenty, yummy dinners (although not the quality we remembered and then we realized we were remembering a different hotel- oops!) The most memorable part was probably the woman at airport who whistled the loudest whistle you've ever heard and then yelled full volume for her husband, over and over and over. Even after we were all staring. She then proceeded to mutter "my stupid husband" as she marched off to get him. It was soooo bad. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Http://notjustnovels.wordpress.com
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Post by lollipop on Aug 2, 2017 17:49:11 GMT -6
I think she's engaged. Expecting baby #3 in December. So she divorced and moved on pretty quick. Ok! No judgment here, I'm just surprised and wasn't sure if we were talking about the same person. I was surprised too.
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Post by sjames2015 on Aug 2, 2017 18:25:32 GMT -6
I finally scheduled me a counseling appointment. I decided that H has really turned me into an angry person and I need ways to cope before I turn our kids into angry kids. I of course don't talk bad about him in front of them and I try not to act too mad at him. On some levels I know he's just doing the best he can but on other levels completely ignoring me and my requests is not normal.
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Post by nellieoleson on Aug 2, 2017 18:43:48 GMT -6
@stjames2015 - that's great you scheduled an appointment! You can't change him, but you can learn new ways to react and cope. I'm happy you are taking care of yourself!
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Post by sjames2015 on Aug 2, 2017 18:53:25 GMT -6
Thank you nellieoleson, it took my dogs hitting my hand that was near a phone number for it to happen. But it did. I told H last night but he had no response to it. But after me getting a call back he was surprised I went through with it. Hopefully soon we can do marriage counseling. As far as the eclipse I think we are 3.5-4 hours away from totality. That state has been posting on FB for the last month that you will not be allowed to just park on the side of a road or in a random parking lot to see it and they expect traffic to be horrible. Our semi local news station just posted that our town should still be at 95% totality. Ice queen does get on he Fb group once in awhile. I think she's due in December or January with baby. She has 3 step children. They all look soo happy. I hope they all really are. But I am happy for her as long as she's happy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 3, 2017 7:08:01 GMT -6
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 3, 2017 7:12:04 GMT -6
This week has been insane. I received a notice while we were gone that they are prosecuting 4 individuals for the theft of my phone and wallet. I had to collect all the receipts and statements documenting the expenses I incurred. Hopefully they will be ordered to pay me for them, it totally almost $1k. I would be very happy to have that in my pocket. Dh is back on a "you should try a new career path since you have this time off" tirade. He seems to periodically forget that the kids are basically my career path ATM and I'm good with that. So, bc I'm sick of hearing about it, I'm applying for an online teaching position. Obviously the kids would need daycare which is fine, but I'm bumming that it means I'd lose this year with them. The upside would be that I'd have no commute. I've been collecting a lot of paperwork this week for both these things. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Http://notjustnovels.wordpress.com
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 3, 2017 7:13:31 GMT -6
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Post by nellieoleson on Aug 3, 2017 7:38:12 GMT -6
Is this a rhetorical question or are you really asking? A few years ago I had to get some transcripts from about the same time frame you are dealing with. It was no big deal. I called the college, paid the fee, and they sent them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 3, 2017 7:42:58 GMT -6
I have to create an online acct for one school and the other I have to drive over and get it or it'll take two weeks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Http://notjustnovels.wordpress.com
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Post by nellieoleson on Aug 3, 2017 7:44:01 GMT -6
Air quality here is currently deemed "unhealthy." The sky is orange and super hazy from the fires in British Columbia. And we are in the middle of this godforsaken heatwave. So grateful we have air conditioning! So many people here don't, and I can't even imagine how much it must suck. Especially since the air is so smoky and bad you wouldn't even get nice fresh air coming in when it's cooler.
But anyway. Another day cooped up in the house for us. Yay. 😐
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Post by nellieoleson on Aug 3, 2017 7:44:40 GMT -6
I have to create an online acct for one school and the other I have to drive over and get it or it'll take two weeks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Http://notjustnovels.wordpress.comAh, yeah... that does sound like a pain. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 3, 2017 7:48:26 GMT -6
I have to create an online acct for one school and the other I have to drive over and get it or it'll take two weeks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Http://notjustnovels.wordpress.comAh, yeah... that does sound like a pain. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Honestly it's mostly annoying bc I have to take all three kids and go to two of the three schools. Why do people care about my community college credits?? I'd like to think grad school and my teaching licenses alone are sufficient to show I'm not a dolt. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Http://notjustnovels.wordpress.com
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 3, 2017 7:49:37 GMT -6
Is it wrong that if I get this position the only thing I can think about is the furniture I'm going to buy?? Oh and the house keeper I'm hiring twice monthly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Http://notjustnovels.wordpress.com
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Post by nellieoleson on Aug 3, 2017 7:53:45 GMT -6
Is it wrong that if I get this position the only thing I can think about is the furniture I'm going to buy?? Oh and the house keeper I'm hiring twice monthly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Http://notjustnovels.wordpress.comI would be thinking about the same things. And the vacation I would be taking. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 3, 2017 7:56:55 GMT -6
Is it wrong that if I get this position the only thing I can think about is the furniture I'm going to buy?? Oh and the house keeper I'm hiring twice monthly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Http://notjustnovels.wordpress.comI would be thinking about the same things. And the vacation I would be taking. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk For real. Eff working ft when we don't need the $ and then not getting some perks. Sorry. I sound like a spoiled brat. I'm very lucky, I realize that. Sometimes I think dh doesn't see how incredibly blessed we are. It's not about having lots of stuff or a big retirement fund and I think he forgets that sometimes. All the stuff in the world will not buy me time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Http://notjustnovels.wordpress.com
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 3, 2017 7:57:56 GMT -6
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Post by tinydancer on Aug 3, 2017 7:59:24 GMT -6
Is it wrong that if I get this position the only thing I can think about is the furniture I'm going to buy?? Oh and the house keeper I'm hiring twice monthly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Http://notjustnovels.wordpress.comNot wrong at all. I like working for personal satisfaction, but mostly I like the $$. Also, my reaction to your post about the transcript was holy shit, I was in college 15 years ago. Geez.
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Post by dizzycooks on Aug 3, 2017 8:00:28 GMT -6
Is it wrong that if I get this position the only thing I can think about is the furniture I'm going to buy?? Oh and the house keeper I'm hiring twice monthly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Http://notjustnovels.wordpress.comNot wrong at all. I like working for personal satisfaction, but mostly I like the $$. Also, my reaction to your post about the transcript was holy shit, I was in college 15 years ago. Geez. RIGHT?? How did that happen?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Http://notjustnovels.wordpress.com
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Post by scorpioscuba on Aug 3, 2017 8:29:47 GMT -6
dizzycooks I'm sorry things are so crazy right now with everything. Not a fun way to come home from a nice vacation!
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