shameless venting for everyone!

[gemma]

WHY IN THE FUCKING FUCK would my aunt ask my (awful, awful, heartbreakingly awful) ex (yep, same one as my last post) to help her with her computer? AND WHY WOULD SHE THEN TELL ME SHE'D DONE SO? What is the point in that?!


I am livid. Absolutely livid. They are both so unbelievably clueless.



AGGGGGHHHHHHHH

[Meegie]

I just missed the deadline for a huge scholarship. One that I desperately needed. I my dates mixed up. And missing an ENTIRE WEEK last week because of the snow didn't help at all. My schedule has been so thrown off. But it's completely my fault. I have known about this deadline for a while, but I had been delaying it and delaying it so I could finish putting together my portfolio.

fuck.

edit: I thought about it, and it's not that bad. It actually frees my summer up and I can just apply for the scholarship again for that fall. I was just frustrated.

but, on the other hand, a new frustration arose last night. I came to the realization that one of my friends is kind of toxic. blech.
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[Chiquita]

My dear hubby works hard and deserves time to do things he loves .. BUT... I have little patience when he decides to go out for a card game with the guys after working late the night before, teaching a new class yesterday morning and a late class late night AND has a cold AND he has a meeting this morning on top of everything else! WHY does he expect sympathy? WHY did I take time out of my day off to go to the grocery store and get cold medicine if he doesn't care enough to get rest? AND next time I wake you up and tell you I need to talk please about a few things get your a** out of bed more than 1 minute before I walk out of the door (late) to take kid to school and get to work.. Really, this wasn't a big request, I needed 5 minutes of your time to go over our commitments/baby sitting/errand needs for the weekend, seeing as I haven't seen you for more than 5 minutes for the last 2 days (thanks in part to afore mentioned card game).

[chupie]

My MIL told my 5 year old that she wouldn't be resurected because we are not Jehovah's Witnesess-WTF-My daughter came home crying-she also says things like-you are worldly-is she calling me a ho? What's with all the pressure to become a JW? It's been ten years-give it up!

I really want to move far far away and restrict visits!

Also-Hubs has a lousy job that he complains about and comes home grumpy but instead of looking for a new one , he just plays Gears of War 2 or watches trailer park boys.Argh.
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[gemma]

[quote="chupie"]My MIL told my 5 year old that she wouldn't be resurected because we are not Jehovah's Witnesess-WTF-My daughter came home crying-she also says things like-you are worldly-is she calling me a ho? What's with all the pressure to become a JW? It's been ten years-give it up!

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Ugh. I'm sorry that happened. I grew up as a JW/the majority of my family is JW on my mom's side. It's tough! My parents are more laid back about my not being one now, but they still send me literature, etc. 'Worldly' means a lot of things - when I was a JW, it was used a lot to refer to behaviors that weren't 'becoming of a JW' - and those range from wearing shoes that were too trendy (seriously. i got in trouble for that one.) to worrying to much about appearance to going out to bars.

I don't want to hijack the thread, but your daughter coming home worrying about being resurrected is pretty serious, to me. When I read that, I remembered worrying, as a kid, about all of my friends being destroyed at Armageddon (end of the world), etc. It was a big thing for me as a little kid to handle. If you ever want to talk/vent/ask questions, feel free to PM me.

[stitchgrrl]

I went to FINALLY file my divorce papers after months and months of procrastination only to find out I still didn't have all the right papers. The woman was not very nice, and I think if you deal all day with people getting divorces, maybe a little bit of gentleness would help. I almost cried standing at the desk, and then broke into tears when I got into the car. And I found out that I don't really have the $$ right now to file anyway. It has to be cash.

My boots have holes in them, so every time I go out in the 3 feet of snow my feet get wet and cold. So I go out to try to replace them today and can only find sandals. Seriously, people, it's February, it's still snowing I DON'T NEED FLIP FLOPS. I need some effing boots.

[cake]

OMG, I have the worst cold ever. I cannot think because there is no room for thoughts on my head because of all the SNOT. UGH.

Also our intern is way better at my job than I am. I'm pretty sure my bosses wish they could fire me and hire her.
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[enzyme]

Why don't I go to sleep when I'm tired? Why why why? I'm always like this. I'm always tired. I'm so sensible in so many ways, but I perennially short myself sleep, which is extra stupid because I LOVE sleep.

I should be asleep right now. Did you guess that?
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[aliwa]

Maybe I should've done the laundry earlier. Now I have... uh... 6 loads to wash. Which isn't much compared to people with small children. But for me, it's a lot.

Now that I've written it out, ot doesn't sound that bad actually.
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[Crumb]

Not only am I at work on a Saturday, but they're doing some kind of construction across the street and our entire office smells like a sewer.

Ugh.

[scarymonster]

This whole big thread makes me hate people with a fiery passion.

I want to hug you all right now.

eta: Not that it's bad that this thread is here! Just frustrating to hear of so many examples of asshattery.

[rawrlie]

what do you do when you feel like your life has like, no direction? no purpose? the word of the day is floundering. this keeps on happening. 11 am is too early to feel this crappy.

also sometimes i swear it wouldn't matter if i lived in this house or not. it sucks to feel neglected and like a guest in your own home. sigh. etc.
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[browneyedgirl]

I really try to keep my venting to a minimum. (Ok fine, I keep it all in and slowly drive myself mad.)

I graduated from Paul Mitchell last September. Got my license in November. Didn't really look for a job, but started last month at a small local salon. I mean small like we have three stylists, and I'm usually there alone.

I AM a little slow, but I'm a little out of practice since it's been a few months. One of my first clients wanted X, and I did X, instead of doing what I knew to do. She had to come back for a touch up. It happens.

Last Sunday I was running behind, because someone was squeezed in, but I wasn't given enough time. She was there for a couple hours for a full highlight on top of a home/box color. She leaves and says it's great, tipped me $25. Is fine with her hair when she leaves, but seemed a little frustrated that it took so long. Understandable. Calls the next day and says her hair is "ruined", she spend 5 hours processing. She will NOT rebook with anyone at my place, and wants a refund plus us to pay for her hair to be "fixed".

So I'm already feeling pretty crappy about this. I'm new, my confidence just isn't there yet.

The salon she wanted to go to for her fix is $$, like haircuts start at $85. She never sent my boss a receipt, never had the stylist call (so we knew what the "damage" was), but wanted $250 for the service, on top her refund. She went to the salon last night and apparently raised hell. Accused me of NOT being licensed, and even after seeing it on the state website, still says I'm not who I say I am. That I should be fired, etc.

My boss just paid the money so she'd leave. But now is like, maybe you should take another class. I just paid $20k for my education, much better of an education than any class at the beauty supply store. What I do need is to work more, and get my speed up, that's ultimately my problem. But I still work somewhere else full time, and only do hair on Sundays, and two nights a week. I'm really not getting the experience in that's going to make me faster.

I'm just feeling crappy about it, and being hard on myself. And everyone seems to think she was just a random, crazy client but that doesn't help being told I suck.
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[erin_luv]

My friend, K, who lives out of town got my hopes up today for us hanging out! Last night she said "I'll be in your town tomorrow, are you free?", and I was so jazzed! Then it was "I'll be one town over. How far is that from you? Can we still meet up?" I recommended lunch, so she invited me along with her mom and the mom's best friend, and said she'd update me with details. This morning, when I hadn't received any details, I suggested that maybe a movie would be better if lunch wasn't working.

She then told me "I'm actually 2 towns over. How much farther is that?". I let her know that it'd be about 30 mins drive. She asked me when my other plans were for today, and I let her know that I had a dinner commitment.

And then I never heard from her again.

WTF? This is indeed a very flaky friend, and the number one trait that I can't stand in people is flakiness! I can handle it if you're a little late, or if something comes up, but if it's simply that you don't get back to me, or give me any details to work with whatsoever? Sheesh. She's having a baby in April, and I'm afraid I'll never see this baby cuz the mama is so damned flaky! Ugh.

I wouldn't be so aggravated, except that something like this happens every time we get together. We rented a cottage together in May and she and her SO were picking us up to drive together. They arrived like 3 hours late and never called to let us know. We sincerely just sat around the house, all packed and ready to go, for hours.