I realize it’s like staying in a bad relationship because they’re hot, but … they pay me a lot.
Seriously though, the offer from the other place should be here soon. I’m just trying to hold it together until then
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Yeah, but they’re an assface. They don’t deserve you. There is a much hotter AND nicer job out there, just waiting for you sidle up and be like “hey.”
I hope the offer comes soon.
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Getting held to a higher standard than others and being punished for doing a great job under ridiculously difficult circumstances? That is so demotivating. And it’s so disrespectful that because you maintain a level of professionalism and deliver that someone can’t see that perhaps there is a high-cost to you, and you have needs, too. Do people even try to think before speaking? I’m so, so very sorry, Brute! I just will never understand corporate BS.
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I used to like Mother’s Day just fine, and then for a while it made me rather sad. Facebook was the worst; I couldn’t bear all the Happy Mother’s Day posts and pictures of people with their moms because my sweet mom died suddenly and unexpectedly and much too young and it wasn’t fair and why did they all get to have their moms and I didn’t? It’s not as if I ever had a father so why did I have to lose the one parent I had, who, even with her faults and mistakes, always made me feel loved, so loved. But it’s been 11 years now so the sting has lessened and it’s become a good day again. I’m a mom myself now with very sweet children who are big enough to do things for me, and I’ve managed to train my husband on my expectations for holidays. (That was some work!) So now I get nice Mother’s Days, and frankly, I feel I deserve them! I’m a great mom. 
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Truth. You are a great mom.
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I… what… that makes ZERO sense.
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I’ll add mine to the Mother’s Day complaints. I can’t even do my favorite passive aggressive move, which is find the card with the best subtle dig that totally goes over her head. My reigning favorite is still one that said something along the lines of “there is no other mom like you”. I never actually get any of the ones that say you are awesome, you are great, etc.
Bonus complaint that since this is my first Mother’s Day as a mom, I’m sure she’s expecting all that shit about like “now that I am a mother I see how much you did for me, blah blah blah”. When more than anything, now that I am a mother, it really makes me appreciate the degree of her mental illness. 
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Yikes - the old guilt trip “now you see how Hard being a mother is”
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I am not sure that’s legal. Would be a good question for ask a manager, frankly.
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Mother’s Day: so much sympathy for everyone. I have zero contact with my mother which is for the best, and this time of year is Difficult for me and for my sisters, very much so. Mr H makes a big deal of me as Ewok’s mother on Mother’s Day, but it still comes with Big Uncomfortable Feelings.
Oh hi yes also me. And also like… Is it that hard to just take care of a kid and not hurt them? It’s not that hard for me. I guess mental illness made it pretty much impossible for her.
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Since my mum has stopped being responsible for children she has become so much healthier. It’s glaringly obvious that the problem was having kids, and she shouldn’t have done it. I mean, she’s still irrational and hard to deal with, but so much calmer and happier. I’m happy to exist but she would be so much happier if I didn’t.
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disappointing takeout
at least we supported a local business?
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Anxiety still hasn’t fully gone away. SHOO. I DO NOT NEED YOU. THERE ARE NO TIGERS HERE.
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I would like to make a complaint about everyone else’s shitty mums and also expectations around mother’s day. Mine only expects a phone call.
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A person who did not put their name in their zoom ID, did not announce their name to the group (or speak at all) and did not type it into the chat bar at any time, is pissed off that I did not include them in the meeting minutes as having attended.
I am waiting for a calm, peaceful frame of mind before responding.
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Oooh can I try?
Dearest mystery zoom attendee, thank you for belatedly identifying thyself with said request for a record of meeting minutiae. I respectfully request that thee most kindly input thou name as attendee in future zoom meetings. One can never be too careful these days. I’m so hahahahaha glad it was you that attended and not a zoom meeting bomber.
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I don’t have a lot of stress around Mother’s Day, but I’ve had similar trouble selecting cards for Father’s Day. I pretty much always go with ones with a silly joke and then a plain Happy Whatever Day.
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There’s so many more of those. Why can’t their be jokey Mother’s Day cards? Ughhh.
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I never got around to eating dinner. Now it is past bedtime but my stomach is growling. So hungry but also so tired.