tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374214322052565688.post5145861888386770130..comments2024-03-18T12:26:47.682-07:00Comments on Full Of The Dickens: The Flu-Plague *Updated Thanks To Jerky CommenterCPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09049860284871030328noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374214322052565688.post-40295769205078175792016-03-29T14:24:07.714-07:002016-03-29T14:24:07.714-07:00I think CP is delightful and you are just sapping ...I think CP is delightful and you are just sapping her energy with nastiness, for some reason I fail to understand. Stop gaslighting her in the name of working moms. Signed, a working mom with kids in daycare and preschool who has been in the same position and sees nothing wrong with her choices, and everything wrong with yours.G Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725673743467912088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374214322052565688.post-14767229530301663222016-03-29T10:04:19.742-07:002016-03-29T10:04:19.742-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.CPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049860284871030328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374214322052565688.post-80861909517040062472016-03-29T10:02:13.232-07:002016-03-29T10:02:13.232-07:00I don't let myself be pushed around by him. We...I don't let myself be pushed around by him. We aren't always on the same page and we're figuring out how to divide and conquer (it's a life long learning process) and I often take on too much. Unfortunately, I do tend to write about him only when I'm frustrated as this is one of my outlets. I'm realizing I should probably stop venting here though. Probably should stop altogether because of people like the commenter below!CPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049860284871030328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374214322052565688.post-88845161697275172882016-03-29T09:59:40.066-07:002016-03-29T09:59:40.066-07:00Stop reading and commenting if you have nothing ni...Stop reading and commenting if you have nothing nice to say. I doubt you are a mom and therefore simply don't understand so I'll cut you some slack. (I didn't cook for others, I BOUGHT the snacks and life is messy and you can't be in quarantine and I'm guessing you'd rather I let the kids go without any snacks). <br /><br />Unfortunately I can't block unkind readers so just stop reading. Thanks.CPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049860284871030328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374214322052565688.post-17076028588695304662016-03-29T09:00:52.947-07:002016-03-29T09:00:52.947-07:00It's a far cry from having to go to the store ...It's a far cry from having to go to the store to get medicine, to: toy shopping, cooking for others, entering a child care facility, and going to work. <br /><br />Crazy that you can't see the difference and are blaming your choices on the fact that you're a working mother. I wonder what the rest of the working mothers who have kids at the preschool think about your choices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374214322052565688.post-44626662969404291062016-03-29T08:20:42.813-07:002016-03-29T08:20:42.813-07:00This is not the first time I've thought your h...This is not the first time I've thought your husband sounds like a total jerk. Why are you so competent at work but let yourself get pushed around by your spouse? Maybe you just write about the times when he is super insensitive and leaves you with the majority of childrearing/household tasks but he acts like they're not really his kids and that it's your job to take care of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374214322052565688.post-63818232546824503892016-03-28T22:48:37.385-07:002016-03-28T22:48:37.385-07:00Hee hee, I have 4 cats and just imagine them doing...Hee hee, I have 4 cats and just imagine them doing the shopping for me. I got horribly sick for about 5 days, not too feverish and I got tested for flu on day one and it was negative but that was NONSENSE (they did say something flu-adjacent was going around, where it was like the flu but people were testing negative; and the flu and strep and a stomach bug also going around, of course). it took me FOREVER to feel better. It wasn't like "can I work," it was, what is the minimum I can get away with from bed, and I could NOT do conference calls. I had one client who was obviously upset with me because I had the audacity to be sick and then be honest about it. All I could think was LORD PLEASE don't let anyone else get sick, especially the husband, and miraculously they did not (I was probably burning the candles too much at both ends and got a virus they'd had earlier, as we all had stomach involvement, WAY worse than they did, where as it sounds like you all had it much worse!) Anyway. It sucks, but I didn't have to go to the store because my husband and mom got things/dropped things off, but I very much did feel questioned by clients about whether I was making excuses, and I was so sick that this was just insulting. And you HAVE to go to the store and get medicine, and to the doctor before that, and it sucks for everyone, but how else do you take care of yourself? I'm not a litigator but some of the con calls I had, I only managed to push out by one day, and I sounded AWFUL, and I'm lucky to work remotely a lot, but I couldn't just abandon my clients entirely (and I am STILL catching up but need to go to sleep so I don't get sick again). Anyway, take care of you. Those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374214322052565688.post-79554735190240365932016-03-28T15:53:46.807-07:002016-03-28T15:53:46.807-07:00I was just thinking how lucky I was that I could c...I was just thinking how lucky I was that I could completely exit from my life for 5 days to let myself have the flu. That is rare and special and would have been impossible at past jobs and was only possible with this one because no one else in my house got sick and my husband did absolutely everything for five days instead of just half of everything while I did all of nothing.<br /><br />Life doesn't usually stop because you're sick. If only.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04431706155081017734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374214322052565688.post-18389959176730783152016-03-28T14:59:11.998-07:002016-03-28T14:59:11.998-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374214322052565688.post-29512626953596028952016-03-28T14:10:29.181-07:002016-03-28T14:10:29.181-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com