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Old 11-28-2016, 01:20 PM

Hope you stay well!

Part of the reason I relapsed in the first place, was because I took a steroid (prescribed) to calm my joints down, and it suppressed my immune system, making the strep come back. Although, the second time, I'm not sure why. That was where I was super lethargic. I've never felt so bad.

I need a nap.

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Old 11-29-2016, 12:49 AM

PiM we have a medium sized clinic and currently employ 7 full time wic educators,1 part time (and hiring an additional 1 being hired) 4 or 5 breastfeeding peer councelors and 1 lactation consultants plus 4 nutritionalists (one who is the big boss and no longer sees clients well not often)....That being said they have opened positions only 3 times as educators 3 times for peer councelors until this year and I literally stalked them over the last 6 years. This year we had 1 person retire, one quit (moving after 16 years of service) and the available funds for a part time. I was hoping for a breast feeding peer councelor job but that has never worked out. To be honest i lucked out since I don't speak spanish in a high spanish population, i almost didn't apply and I didn't do my best on the application. But somehow I made the top pick from 80 applicants. The second person was hired a month after me to replace a spanish speaker. My wic office is city and county gov. So it has some extra money but not a lot. So just stalk the office or the fb page etc but if you have a small city it may be some time.

I never anticipated how hard my job would be. I have left work and sobbed my way home on more then one occasion. I scared the tar out of the new girl the last time. I fight as much as I doubt myself, i fight hard to keep at things. This is one I am willing to fight for. But I eould be a liar if I said I didn't doubt myself everyday.

Hope you feel better soon.

Chi, hang in there. Its impossibly hard right now, but this will pass. You will find balance again!

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Old 11-29-2016, 12:32 PM

Keep fighting the good fight. Change requires some level of discomfort, as does growth. I think you're doing fantastic, and you'll continue being fantastic!

Got the popcorn last night. Thank you! <3

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Old 11-29-2016, 05:46 PM

Oh yay! I forgot to tell you when it was coming! Glad you got it!

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Old 11-30-2016, 01:52 AM

I think we're done Christmas shopping, as a complete random aside. xD

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Old 12-06-2016, 02:38 AM

Have not even started the x-mas shopping I have a noisy and nosey 7yr old boy.

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Old 12-06-2016, 01:01 PM

Sooo, I got pneumonia. Got antibiotics for it. On my way to feeling better.

I think I might just say, "Eff the holidays," because I've been so sick and the house is in such disarray. We didn't even do anything for Thanksgiving because we were all sick. Hope everyone is well. :)

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Old 12-06-2016, 02:52 PM

@terra
I'm thankful mine isn't too nosey. She's asking, but she's not being disruptive or rude. I don't mind being asked, "Can I have a present?! D:" when she doesn't continue when I say no.

@PiM!
I'm sorry to hear that. :( I love Christmas. I have all the gifts under the tree already. I'd like to do some decorating, but I don't know if I'll get around to it. Lately, I've been so exhausted come the weekend that I don't do anything constructive. I hate it. I still need to take Terra shopping for some kids in need.

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Old 12-08-2016, 12:08 PM

Going through Leo's toys to figure out what we'll be donating. He's got so much stuff, and I feel bad. He lets his room get trashed, but I'm not a very good example. I mean, the house is better than my mom's was, but it needs improvement. I just have zero motivation, and it sucks.

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Old 12-08-2016, 01:08 PM

We haven't accumulated that much "stuff", but there's still a lot. Terra definitely takes the cake on who has the most. I do need to get her room cleaned in the next two weeks, before Christmas.

I'm now sick with a sinus mess. Blagh. I really can't miss work either, so there's that. The holidays tend to be very hard on families, which increases behaviors and needed supports in the homes. Bring on the weekend... :/

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Old 12-08-2016, 01:20 PM

My joints hurt. I do not want to deal with today.

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Old 12-09-2016, 12:04 PM

My face hurts. I don't want to deal with today. I think it's that kind of week! Trying to fight off a migraine, as I have to go to work. I guess we're going to be getting a lot of snowfall on Monday (and possibly Wednesday.) If that's the case, I'm screwed on hours.

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Old 12-12-2016, 01:25 PM

No snow yet here. My flare ups are coming more often and it might be from the cold weather. I love winter. My body, not so much.

Winter break starts next week, and we are not having Christmas at our house. Too many budget problems. Most likely going to in law's for food, lol.

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Old 01-16-2017, 10:02 AM

Thought i'd try and revive this here thread as i'm suffering with sickness and food aversions atm and i don't want to bore RAK xDD

Seriously though. I finally found something i was enjoying eating, and it just came up in the worst way. I am NOT eating that again T_T

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Old 01-16-2017, 05:24 PM

*wanders through* Hi everybody! How is everyone and the kiddos?

We are doing ok here still doing some adjustments with schedules and stuff, but good over all. Work and home is keeping me very busy. We are beginning to start looking at differebt summer camps for the big boys and Ellie for summertime and hoping to find a better daycare for Liam that will do fun stuff with him in the summer months.

My nephew will be joining the family on the 30th of this month which is very nice I am excited to meet him. Liam is excited too, he is very attached to his aunt.

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Old 01-16-2017, 06:21 PM

Hey Jaz certainly does sound busy there but you seem to be getting prepared nice and early which is good :)

I'm just suffering the sickness atm haha, it's my first pregnancy (well first to get this far), so it's all new atm!
Any advice on what to eat when everything is making you nauseous? :(

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Old 01-20-2017, 12:42 PM

Peppermints, and anything with ginger are helpful. I was super nauseous with my second, and I can't remember what I did, really. I know I sucked on peppermints like crazy, though.

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Old 01-20-2017, 01:30 PM

I have been having a lot of chewing gum recently i must admit xD

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Old 01-21-2017, 03:50 PM

Lavinia, congratulations! I remember ginger chews helped me a lot during the morning sickness phase. Mine didn't last too long. Maybe a few weeks, a month? It's hard to remember.

Jaz, who is having the baby? :o!! Baby snuggles are the best.

PiM!, how are you doing?

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Things here have been crazy, per usual, but they haven't been /bad/. My husband was unemployed for a couple weeks, so we've been scrambling. Our budget should recover by the end of February. My work is crazy, though this year I feel a strong sense of "shift", which isn't a promotion but rather a change in job duties, or the type of work I'm doing. I have some pretty intense cases going on that I want to see through to the end first. So, summer? It depends on whether or not the proposal is approved.

I passed my final licensing examination, so I'm no longer conditionally licensed. No more exams again, ever. That's a huge relief.

The kiddo is feisty as ever, which doesn't necessarily mean a "bad" thing. She got served her first detention, as did a bunch of other kiddos, because they aren't listening to the importance of not interrupting, and they're struggling to regulate no matter what. So I guess we'll see how writing lines goes, and whether or not the principal has an effect. She has to learn somehow that it's not just about her and her needs...

The house is a disaster, per usual. *pets it* xD But I find I'm doing alright. I think the idea of having more morning hours and being home more evenings is making my outlook better. I feel hopeful.

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Old 01-24-2017, 03:13 AM

My sister in law is pregnant Chi. I am a bit worried about being around a tiny baby who I am not just stretching and weighing for my work. Buying his shower gifts was a major ordeal for me like I have never quite experienced before, but his shower was fun.

Re nausea and vomiting. Per the crap loads of training I have had. Try to eat when you feel best, eat 5-6 small meals a day rather then 3 large ones. Stay hydrated. Rest. Some people find sour food help with Nausea. Crackers right before bed can sometimes help with early morning sickness. Or crackers before getting out of bed cefore even sitting up can curb the feeling. Also go slow at sitting up from laying position.... I think I hit all the main points....

Congratulation on you pregnancy!

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Old 01-25-2017, 02:07 AM

I miss being pregnant, and I miss little babies. Blegh.

Hopefully it ends up being okay, Jaz. <333 :(

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Old 01-25-2017, 12:17 PM

I love tiny babies at work, but I get daily reminders about how hard tiny babies can be. The breastfeeding struggles, the concern over every sneeze and cough. And all the annoying things about pregnancy too... I get hormonal around my period and no matter how much my mama's are stuggling I want to have another baby. In the end I know it is purely my hormones because I go home at the end of the day and think "what in the World was I thinking" lol.

I forgot to mention that Liam is officially on the potty train. He goes pretty regularly. Except for me. He reuses to do anything but pee for me still :( He does pretty ok for his dad and siblings though.

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Old 01-26-2017, 04:01 PM

I'm glad he's doing it for/with the others. Let him have his "grr mama" moment. Kids are such little buttheads sometimes... Terra at the top of that list.

I want another baby still, but I don't see how with our current lifestyles. Work is too demanding, and we couldn't afford another baby if either of us worked less, so there you go. At least after next month we'll be able to figure out our shit. For better or for worse, the horrorshow otherwise known as 2016 will be done and over with.

I need to post way more often than I do. T___T

Gotta get to work! Time to teach more sex ed stuff. I chuckled at some things in the book I'm going to read today. It's a brilliant way of helping kids sit through uncomfortable talk by putting the adults on the spot. Talks about testing how much the adult can handle by having them repeat, "vagina, labia, vulva" slowly, three times each. xD

Love my life. I will say this case has entrenched me into the horrors of humanity and reinforced why love needs to remain somewhere in some form. If I've had to carefully select books that talk about how parents can also sexually abuse their kids, it's bad.

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Old 01-27-2017, 11:36 AM

Oh oh I would win at that game lol! Though Ellie's old ways of saying vagina might make me laugh... She called it a butt for a really long time and then bagina which just sounds silly.

I read an article recently about teaching proper names can protect from abuse. It was interesting.

I have been freaking the last 2 days because we lost food stamps for next month it wouldnt be bad if we could have brought some of our debts down, but we haven't... and it states that Dill lost it based on his income alone for the three months prior to me getting a job I think there is a mistake but I just done have the time while working to check!

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Old 01-29-2017, 06:28 PM

I think we're mostly recovered from Cole's unemployment in January. We have just a couple weeks to go 'till we find out what the heck we're doing with our lives. Heh. I'll be happy for SOMETHING in terms of answers, as will he, I'm sure. We'll see what happens.

I'm worried we'll end up owing on taxes again even though we claimed 0 allowances on both federal and state taxes. Call me cynical. I ended up taking 6 months of forbearance in 2016 for my federal student loans because it was just too much to handle. Maybe this year will be better. We can surely hope. Money is so fleeting anyway...

Work keeps chugging along, and I'm already wishing it weren't Sunday. I want another vacation. Where I've had two full years with the company, I now have three weeks of vacation a year. I could technically take a week soon, but I keep thinking summer will rock if I just hold onto my time a bit. /blah

 


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