Inconvenient Annoyances

I'm a freelancer, and as a result I have email addresses at a couple of different companies. Got one this morning for a company I work with a lot, so I sent an FYI to my old boss about it so she'd be able to handle it on her end. What does she do?

She accidentally forwards it to the client. And I wasn't exactly the nicest of people in it (it's a particularly flakey client). So now I look like the @&$hole. Blerg.

We had lunch with my aunt today and she proceeded to give my 9 month old a potato chip. Of course he gagged on it. No, it's not the end of the world, but it would be nice if she would ask me first. Last time I saw her she was trying to give him a bit of rice krispie treat. That time I caught her and my cousin, her daughter, told her to always ask the mother first! I guess she forgot that sage advice. I'm not sure why she's so hell bent on giving him junk. 

Back in the US the past few days and it seems my blood is now in high demand from the insect population. I can't even sit still due to some particularly bad bites on my back - the damn thing bit me through a shirt, twice. And I acquired these whilst at the zoo, so God only knows which animals that fly had been feasting on before me. Ughhh. So swollen and itchy! 

In other news I am also dealing with the "I don't know what I should do with my life anymore" depression. I hate my job in the UK and am not overly fond of where we live, so am sort of dreading going back on Sunday. And I do miss spending time with my family here; I only see them once a year at best. I left the US before having a proper job, so it's not really possible for me to make an accurate comparison, but I can't help wondering if I would be happier here and have more opportunities. And worryingly, that would mean choosing between my BF and my family, because he won't move here. Hopefully this will pass - I'm just particularly unhappy with my situation in the UK at the moment, and this trip (not taking the horrid insect bites into account) is really making it worse.

No idea why, but I seem to be upsetting everyone I come in contact with in the past week. Co workers seem to be distant, family seems upset over little things. Today I managed to upset mom bad enough she left crying, and I'm not sure what I did. All I know is she was wanting a quick nap before work, and I said "Oh, we have the boy", because my nephew is over. She took it to mean I was upset at having to spend time with him. That wasn't the case at all.

I don't think I have done anything horrible, or had a personality transplant, but something about me is setting everyone wrong lately.

Sigh... I just want to crawl into bed with an economy sized box of chocolate and stay there for the duration before I make things worse.

Workplace drama. The back-stabbing, two-faced behavior from these adults is staggering. Thank goodness I'm only on contract and I work from home. I can't imagine being in the office! I guess this is a part IA/part UP because I clearly made the right choice to not go back there full time after having the baby.

You definitely have a UP in choosing to work from home. Drama and back stabbing is why I left my last job. I hadn't encountered that much 'high school' drama even in high school. I have never understood the need for it in the work place, or why people think it is going to get them somewhere.

Back in the US the past few days and it seems my blood is now in high demand from the insect population. I can't even sit still due to some particularly bad bites on my back - the damn thing bit me through a shirt, twice. And I acquired these whilst at the zoo, so God only knows which animals that fly had been feasting on before me. Ughhh. So swollen and itchy! 

In other news I am also dealing with the "I don't know what I should do with my life anymore" depression. I hate my job in the UK and am not overly fond of where we live, so am sort of dreading going back on Sunday. And I do miss spending time with my family here; I only see them once a year at best. I left the US before having a proper job, so it's not really possible for me to make an accurate comparison, but I can't help wondering if I would be happier here and have more opportunities. And worryingly, that would mean choosing between my BF and my family, because he won't move here. Hopefully this will pass - I'm just particularly unhappy with my situation in the UK at the moment, and this trip (not taking the horrid insect bites into account) is really making it worse.

I'm really sorry you're feeling this way. It seems like a tough situation to be in. I hope you're able to find a solution that you're happy with.   

A friend back in the US, posting on facebook much and often about every detail of potty training her daughter.  I may just have to hide her for a while. 

I can't cope with metric recipes.  I was alright with imperial but weighing stuff in kg. seems so inexact given the crappy little scale we have.

Workplace drama.  Right now, I'm so glad to have 4 days away from "The Drama Club."  I've been having to do work for another department because they don't want to.  For the last year, various members of that department (including the manager) have been asking me how things are supposed to work there!  No, I've never worked a day in said department.  In the last year, the manager has succeeded in having 100% employee turnover.  Add to that their coordinator talking to me like I'm trash, and my boss acting like I'm not doing my job because I'm not doing theirs, and I'm happy to have a 4-day weekend.

I can't cope with metric recipes.  I was alright with imperial but weighing stuff in kg. seems so inexact given the crappy little scale we have.

Five words: John Lewis click and collect. Or a few more words, like Peter Maturi in town. Or we have this one:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8430029.htm

Mine is waiting for my new 21st century 10 year chipped Canadian passport. Experience tells me there will be delays, I will get calls from the High Commission because of problems and just general hassle - probably for my references, as well.  Lucky, I don't have to travel to North America and that I don't need it, but it does feel like a very important part of me and I hate having to send important documents and anxiously wait for their return. The service level agreement is 20 business days, but I reckon I'll be lucky to get it in September.   

/rant over

My roommate went away for the weekend and her cat has been puking and having diarrhea all over the place the entire time. It's annoying cleaning it up, but I mostly just feel bad because I can't really seem to do anything for the poor thing.  My roommate said if he's not better by tomorrow then she'll take him to the vet when she gets back in the afternoon, so there's going to be a lot of Lysol and sad kitty between now and then. 

Poor kitty! I hope he feels better soon. FWIW, our vet's said fasting is the best thing for dogs/cats who have tummy issues - they're not good at resisting food if it's out, even if it's just going to come up again. When our dog had an upset tummy a few weeks ago, we put him on rice water + baby food for a few days until his tummy settled down.

Poor kitty! I hope he feels better soon. FWIW, our vet's said fasting is the best thing for dogs/cats who have tummy issues - they're not good at resisting food if it's out, even if it's just going to come up again. When our dog had an upset tummy a few weeks ago, we put him on rice water + baby food for a few days until his tummy settled down.

Thanks! Funny, my roommate just told me to put his food away and see how he does. She was a vet tech for a while, so I guess that's the ticket!  He seems to be okay otherwise, gets up and walks around and such, so I'm hoping he just ate something that didn't agree or is stressed because my roommate and her dog are gone.

Thanks! Funny, my roommate just told me to put his food away and see how he does. She was a vet tech for a while, so I guess that's the ticket!  He seems to be okay otherwise, gets up and walks around and such, so I'm hoping he just ate something that didn't agree or is stressed because my roommate and her dog are gone.

You probably already know this, but just because it wasn't mentioned, make sure there's access to water -- cats dehydrate VERY quickly. If he stops drinking, you can pipette water into his mouth with an eyedropper, just to make sure he's getting something. I used to have to do this with one of my former cats, who would get sick often and would eventually not have the energy to get to the water dish. The vet could never figure out why he'd get ill, so I just had to nurse him whenever it happened, poor little fluff-face.