You know you work in corporate America when:
-They send out an email about cutting out an entire department before actually telling the people in that department. (not mine, thankfully).
-The salad maker lady, Rosa, knows that in my case, "el champiñón es el diablo" (mushrooms are the devil) and not to put them on my Salmon Asian Ginger salad, thankyouverymuch.
-Half of my department knows I lost my birth control because I had to call the pharmacy at work and 50 people sit thisclose to me, separated by a stupid wall that gives the impression of privacy.
You know you're getting old when:
-You start calling anyone under 25 "kids"
-You eat a muffin and gain a pound.
-The neighborhood kids playing on your lawn annoys you.
-You no longer get carded at the liquor store.
-You take over ten supplements at night
-Your joints hurt when the weather is bad.
-Running two miles at the gym makes your inner thighs so sore you can barely walk without looking like you had a run-in with a gang in prison.
You know you're the wife of a geek when:
-He threatened to not marry you because he found out you had never seen Star Wars.
-Calls you a Commie because of aforementioned travesty.
-You know more about computers than any of your friends by proxy.
-There are wires EVERYWHERE.
-His last phone cost more than the electric bill.
-His idea of a good time is perusing Best Buy.
You know you're the mother of a toddler when:
-You've said "get back in bed" eleventy billion times this week.
-You hate Max & Ruby with the hate of a thousand fiery suns.
-You've made orange noodles, purple cookies, and green muffins because she asked.
-You haven't peed alone in your own house in over two years.
-To a two-year old, tampons are like little torpedoes and six of them will clog a toilet.
-You've fished crayons out of that same toilet.
-Your chapstick has teeth marks in it.
You know you're the mother of a newborn when:
-You think it might be better to walk around the house naked because it has to be easier than changing your clothes 8 times a day and doing all the subsequent laundry.
-When talking to him, your voice hits a pitch that annoys yourself.
-You sway all day long.
-You've made up songs in your head about changing poopy diapers.
-You put eggs in the cabinet, the cordless phone in the fridge, and there's 4 half-drank cups of coffee all over the house.
-Your new perfume is eau de spitup.
-You can't imagine ever doing it again and not ever doing it again all at once.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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This? Was Awe. Some.
It is only fair I return the comment. You know I love your posts and read them everyday.
You never saw Star Wars - that is better than how I thought things ended up. I had seen the first two movies when I was very young and guess I mixed it up with Space Balls and thought Luke and Leila got married and lived happily ever after. If you still have not seen the movies then you will not understand how WRONG this is.
You are hilarious!
I can relate with some of those things.
Like telling my boyfriend that I fell asleep during Star Wars. Yup, he almost broke up with me over that one too.
Ya know, it's not that unusual to lose BC pills apparently. I get calls about that very thing. (That's my part time gig, pharmacy technician) I'm still not quite sure how that happens....
I have just one question - how did you form all these thoughts and sentences with a newborn? My great achievement at the end of the day is not smelling myself and knowing (or thinking) that I must have remembered deodorant that day.
Awesome list! And I never realized what a geek I was married to until just now.
Thanks.
(although he IS a CPA, so that should've clued me in)
HA! Eau de Spitup!
Corporate America is totally f'ed up. At the company I used to work for my direct boss routinely laid people off so she would get a bigger bonus. One time she actually bragged that her bonus bought her a new jaguar. Did anyone else ever get a bonus? No.
You crack me up. I LOVE Star Wars. Guess I'm a geek. But wait, Doug is an engineer. He wins.
Great post! I can relate to it all except for the geeky hubby. My husband can't open an email! I love the toddler one so much. Thanks for the evening giggle.
I am so far behind...and so busy, That even without a newborn, I put the phone in the fridge, along with a cake pan. THAT ONLY HAD BATTER IN IT! UNBAKED!! I was having a conversation, and baking at the sametime. Finished the conversation opened the fridge and put everything in my hands in there. Then I found candycorn in the freezer nd a bag of frozen veggies in the cabinet. Maybe I need to sleep, or drink. Or not take anymore orders then I can handle, let alone store. OH, and quit the friggin PTO!
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