The Daily Peeve / Rant

[CathyA]

Why does the mom have to plan and work so hard for mother's day?

[fidgiegirl]

When people, almost 100% of the time coworkers, forget what they told you in a conversation and then backtrack, leaving you to look like the idiot. Thank God for e-mail - now wish I'd remember to use it more to CMA.

[fidgiegirl]

Why does the mom have to plan and work so hard for mother's day?

We really had to wrestle Mother's Day away from my Mother-in-Law this year!

[fidgiegirl]

IL I am sorry about Porkchop! That is sad, but it sounds like the situation was pretty clear.

My peeve today is American attitudes about recovery from childbirth. It would have been really nice to have Zach home just for this first week of post-partum recovery. He talked to his teacher at school and, although this week is mostly just listening to the presentations other people are giving, there will be a quiz on those presentations (or no one would attend them) and the teacher will not make any accomodations for Zach and he can't miss class at all this week. He is running himself completely into the ground trying to manage school and take care of me and the kids. Luckily we have friends who are pulling together to help out, but it does make me kind of mad. I went through 34 hours of labor 4 days ago, by the end of which I had been without sleep for over 48 hours. I think its assinine that I can't have my own husband home for one week. One week. That's all I'm asking.

It's pretty sad. At school males (at least teacher males) can take off some time, but it is unpaid, I believe.

Also, no time off for adoption. Hmmmm.

Sorry you had to go through this, and hopefully everyone is recovering now, since I see this was a few weeks old.

[fidgiegirl]

Ok! Quick! Get me out of the peeve thread! I can be dangerous in here!

[iris lily]

WHY do I have 4 types of peachy colored longiflorum-asiatic lilies without names!!!?????? ACK. I'm going to yank up one set of them, I swear, they are ugly anyway.

[Jemima]

One of these days, a neighbor of mine is going to get the blow job of his life. He ran his effing yard vacuum for over an hour tonight at dinnertime. Some day I'm going to grab it out of his hand and put it where it will do the most good.

[Lainey]

One of these days, a neighbor of mine is going to get the blow job of his life. He ran his effing yard vacuum for over an hour tonight at dinnertime. Some day I'm going to grab it out of his hand and put it where it will do the most good.

Oy!

[CeciliaW]

You know somebody has a twisted sense of humor when you hear "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones as background music in Safeway....

Cecilia (who can't figure out an appropriate smiley for this sort of wierdness)

[Mrs-M]

How about this one, CeciliaW?



(Taking aim at the speakers emitting the music).