Happy Birthday!! (to you & Neil)hvwApril 3 2009, 20:14:21 UTC
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the transition from "parents control your damn kids" to "I want to buy a reciprocating saw" cracked me up. :D
Good luck with the job thing. Don't sweat the business about applying on the web like everyone else, the bookstore was like that, too. I think companies get a contract with screening agencies, where the agree that ALL applicants will do the thing. Re-hires usually only get to skip it for 3 or 6 months.
Re: Happy Birthday!! (to you & Neil)midnightsrainApril 3 2009, 20:43:27 UTC
Thanks Holly!
The whole transition thing went right over my head, mostly.
Yeah, I'm not sweating the job thing quite yet. Right now, I'll admit, I'm just really enjoying having Neil back home. I'm also really enjoying him being able to work from home part of the week. Even though he's technically working, it's still just really nice to have him in the same zip code, ya know?
As for the hair, the same thing happened to my girl. Stress can do some seriously weird things to you. On the good side, you'll have some nice new hair coming through in a few months. :-)
Yeah, just on the north side of Atlanta. He drives there a few times a week. It's not too bad of a drive from Chattanooga. He can do it in just about an hour and fifteen, depending on traffic.
Yeah, stress has wrecked havoc with me before, but not in such a grand manor. I've lost a lot of hair. It will grow back, I know. With the new baby hair, until it gets to a certain length; it tends to stick up and out all over your head. Makes me look even dorkier than normal. Oh well.
In order to raise children properly, parents either need to have been raised properly or be willing to break out of their molds and teach their children how to behave properly instead of raising their children the way they were raised.
The latter is obviously harder than the former and I give a lot of credit to people who try to do that.
I will say, though, there are some days where kids are uncontrollable due to various factors. However, if that's the case, once the parent discovers it, they should remove the kid from the situation as soon as possible.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not 100% totally and completely against children. I know that paragraph may have come off sounding that way. I'm just not in favor of bad parents. So, I agree with you 100%. If a parent is unwilling to be a good example, or doesn't know how to be a good parent and raise a child with the love and guidance that is required; often the child ends up running the show. The child/children end up virtually running amok all over the parent/parents and the adult world in general.
I also completely understand that there will be those days. They happen to all of us. I don't expect children to be perfect all the time, hell; adults aren't perfect either. But, when out in a public setting, (for example: a nice sit down restaurant during the dinner hour) and your children are misbehaving so badly that you repeatedly threaten to take them out to the car while you eat dinner-maybe next time you should make good on that promise rather than make the rest of the dining room suffer because you chose to bring along your Spawn of
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I know that paragraph may have come off sounding that way. I'm just not in favor of bad parents
Nope. Sounded just like you wanted it to when I read it. =)
But, when out in a public setting, (for example: a nice sit down restaurant during the dinner hour) and your children are misbehaving so badly that you repeatedly threaten to take them out to the car while you eat dinner-maybe next time you should make good on that promise rather than make the rest of the dining room suffer because you chose to bring along your Spawn of Satan!
Indeed. Kids know when you're BSing and when you'll back up what you say.
Yes, exactly! Children are so much smarter than adults sometimes give them credit for. Years ago, I was in a relationship with a man that had two children. During that five year period, there was not one time that we were ever looked at in that way when dining out at a restaurant.
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the transition from "parents control your damn kids" to "I want to buy a reciprocating saw" cracked me up. :D
Good luck with the job thing. Don't sweat the business about applying on the web like everyone else, the bookstore was like that, too. I think companies get a contract with screening agencies, where the agree that ALL applicants will do the thing. Re-hires usually only get to skip it for 3 or 6 months.
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The whole transition thing went right over my head, mostly.
Yeah, I'm not sweating the job thing quite yet. Right now, I'll admit, I'm just really enjoying having Neil back home. I'm also really enjoying him being able to work from home part of the week. Even though he's technically working, it's still just really nice to have him in the same zip code, ya know?
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As for the hair, the same thing happened to my girl. Stress can do some seriously weird things to you. On the good side, you'll have some nice new hair coming through in a few months. :-)
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Yeah, stress has wrecked havoc with me before, but not in such a grand manor. I've lost a lot of hair. It will grow back, I know. With the new baby hair, until it gets to a certain length; it tends to stick up and out all over your head. Makes me look even dorkier than normal. Oh well.
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The latter is obviously harder than the former and I give a lot of credit to people who try to do that.
I will say, though, there are some days where kids are uncontrollable due to various factors. However, if that's the case, once the parent discovers it, they should remove the kid from the situation as soon as possible.
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I also completely understand that there will be those days. They happen to all of us. I don't expect children to be perfect all the time, hell; adults aren't perfect either. But, when out in a public setting, (for example: a nice sit down restaurant during the dinner hour) and your children are misbehaving so badly that you repeatedly threaten to take them out to the car while you eat dinner-maybe next time you should make good on that promise rather than make the rest of the dining room suffer because you chose to bring along your Spawn of ( ... )
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Nope. Sounded just like you wanted it to when I read it. =)
But, when out in a public setting, (for example: a nice sit down restaurant during the dinner hour) and your children are misbehaving so badly that you repeatedly threaten to take them out to the car while you eat dinner-maybe next time you should make good on that promise rather than make the rest of the dining room suffer because you chose to bring along your Spawn of Satan!
Indeed. Kids know when you're BSing and when you'll back up what you say.
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