Transcended music on literally every level! Priceless.
That's the thing. Lots of people smell, lots of people can't tell that they smell. But, I can tell when other people smell, and I know people who shower not everyday (like a lot of people I probably average every 36 hours during non-sweater and not-August weather). They don't smell. Smelling is usually showering very infrequently AND not washing clothes. Wearing clean shirts is the biggest deal.
I often change my T-shirts under my sweater once a day, and my underpants several times a day because I hate the smell/feel of sweatyness in those areas. Also, because I can work from home. I hope I can tell when I need to shower in the Spring/Fall.
Many people don't shower daily and don't smell. It's not some kind of secret. I can do this during some kind of weather, but never in the winter sadly. Sweaters = stinky. Also, I get to work from home and it sucks and I'm constantly going out to coffee shops or back into my office when I don't have to teach (I'm a professor). If I don't leave the house in the morning, I don't get any work done the whole day.
In only that one picture, off-camera Thomas looks like my husband. Only that picture and nowhere else.
In grad school, I actually asked my friend why it takes so much time to take care of a newborn. She was really sweet about it. And, really, there is tons of "down" time, it's just to unpredictable to be of much use. My advice:
Baby Jail! (My son would never go for it, but in theory.)
Cribs, they're not just for sleeping.
Car seat = portable bouncy
Other things you can strap them into
And an anecdote. We stayed in a two-room hotel suite this weekend. Being a parent makes you really appreciate the low-budget hotel suite. There was a phone in each room. My 3 year old was in the other room and (apparently) called the operator and asked her to turn on the radio. I got a very nice call from Reception, who just laughed about it, but I guess if I had actually not been three feet from my child behind the same door the police might have been next?
I never understood the whole "I don't have time to shower thing" until I realized that most people aren't comfortable taking a 3 minute shower while an unhappy baby is safely confined to a car seat tucked next to the toilet.
I have been trying to purchase cowboy boots off and on for two years. It is looking impossible (other than custom made) because my foot is very thick (from sole to the top of the foot) and somewhat wide. I am willing to pay a lot for these shoes, just not for custom made.
(I have been trying to get a better job / a job off and on for two years. It is looking impossible (other than custom self-employment with no benefits) because I got fired from one job after making a complaint about sexual harassment, and then took 1.5 years off to take care of my kids because the cost of childcare skyrocketed. I am willing to take a significant pay cut and/or entry level job.)
For most boots, I cannot pull the shoes up by the boot straps. No matter how hard I try. In one case I couldn't get them off afterwards (I broke the reverse shoe-horn thing the store has to get them off.) Most of the ones I can get on are the wrong size. Occasionally I get a shoe worth bringing home, and I wear them around the house (on the carpets only). After about 30 minutes my feet fall asleep.
(No matter how hard I try, no one trusts that I'd be happy in entry level work. At the same time, I'm told I don't have enough experience for other jobs. Occasionally, I can get some freelance work, but it is only enough to cover our co-pays and childcare. Plus, the time the jobs take distracts from my job hunt and adds stress to my marriage.)
I am sitting in the pictured Starbucks RIGHT NOW.
We all complained about the weather last summer, but I get your point and I am not trying to justify her claims that. Uh. Just pointing out that sunny doesn't mean confortable.
That said, most of the employees just go outside to the tables or sit in their cars. It doesn't rain here much because of the drought. I am about to head there right now. Should I tell the, they are on gawk?
it is in Austin. So, it was over 100 for 100 days last year.
The only other drive thru I have ever seen with that kind of traffic was an In 'n' Out in California. No joke.
Pictured: Austin Texas, corner of Anderson lane and rockmore, near Mopac.
I spend way too much time there, but I am positive it is that Starbucks.
Eta. They were having the corporate meetings in the coffee shop and it was really annoying. So I say, good for them for making a separate room for that.
The capital gains tax should be higher. That's the issue. (And I say this as someone who actually pays tax on capital gains, although it is only about 10% of my tax burden... right now.)
The suing system is incredibly fucking stupid because American laws do not do enough to protect citizens from corporations actions, etc. We also have an insanely idiotic health care system, so you have to sue in order to get treatment when someone or something hurts and you can you can't pay for treatment. And then our social well fare system is mind numbingly dumb so you have to sue for more damages so you can afford to live the rest of your life injured/sick. And then there are the reasons why politicians and news organizations cover these stories how they do, which are various, long, involved, etc.
But, then, let's look at some European countries' insane libel laws, why don't we?
Like others, I managed to communicate this without saying "retarded."
So true. We think we finally got past the latest potty training regression. Washing sheets at 1am got old fast.
I'd like to add something. You need to get your kid tired for them to take a nap. In other words, your toddler needs exercise. The best days with our 3.5 year old are days when he gets outside for the whole 2 hours at daycare, and naps, and gets outside with us for at least 30 minutes after work. Alas, this happens only a couple times a week.
On the weekends, spending 4 hours (at least) outside playing and running around means we get long evening nights to ourselves as his head hits the pillow hard at 6:30pm sometimes.
We decided when my son was about 3.25 that getting him to take naps was worse than skipping them. Basically, we added up total hours asleep (often less when he takes a nap). Then we added up hours he was miserable (almost always more when we finally got him to take a nap). Then we added up hours WE were miserable (ALWAYS more when we tried to get him to nap. ALWAYS.)
But, of course, my son sleeps 11-12 hours a night (7-6 lately). And, he actually naps 3-4 days a week at daycare. So, we have a pretty good idea of his sleeping and resting, and he gets 11-13 hours everyday and it's kind of random. (Yesterday he took a nap at daycare and was asleep by 7:30. Often he takes a nap at daycare and is awake until 9 pm. Waking times seem totally random.)
On the 25th, my three year old son was disappointed whenever a present wasn't a book. "This isn't a book either, Mommy." Today, when my parents got here, they gave him a book and he flipped out. "I didn't want another BOOK. I will never read this book." Five minutes later, he made us read it twice before we got lunch.
Lesson one: three year olds are insane.
Lesson two: someone is saying thank you after every present during "Christmas two" tomorrow, so we can start working on this.
I am so glad we ignore the "existence" of Santa, for sure.
Exactly! It doesn't answer the question about why they are hiding the child. My friends' beautiful and sweet son has many problems related to the loss of oxygen he suffered at birth that sometimes make his needs very obvious in public. Also, if they could afford it I think they would have kept him "secret" for awhile, in order to attend to his needs for less stimulation and more physical/speech/other therapy.
