Speaking of grandparents frustration... I am with my in laws and I have told them that I do not want certain types of toys for him. Namely, big plastic things that make noise. The particular sound used with these toys triggers my bad headaches and we have limited space in the apartment so large toys...

I am loving how both very intelligent my son is, but also how dumb. I tell him it's time to change his diaper and he will go to his room, grab the changing pad, and lay down for me. On the flip side, after falling and hitting his mouth on the side of the table after climbing a nearby box (and subseq...

Romance novels (sultry or rom-com) often have those cartoon covers now, which very bright covers. Erotica will still have things more stereotypical of romance novels.

So I looked at that and new it was a romance before I read the rest of the posts

Have a whiskey advent calendar and also a chocolate one, doing some make your own pairings. I only put up a tree and since it is real and I keep it up until Jan 6th, we don't get it until mid December.

Why does everyone love avatars?

Will contribute also!

My folks moved to Florida and this year told us that they're not planning on traveling north anytime from November to March because they can't take the cold. They said if we wanted to see them for Christmas, we'll need to come down there. I told them I guess we'll see you in March. This is my inlaw...

The earliest I slept in was like 8:30 and that's because my wife went downstairs with my son at 6, and my daughter was still sleeping in the bassinet.

Sleeping until 830 sounds like a dream

I can see who is on a Webex call before joining, and will use that information to determine when I join myself.

I do this as well. If it's someone I don't care to talk to I will wait until someone else joins.

My son still nurses, but now that he is older his way of letting me know he is hungry is pulling up my shirt or pulling out the collar. Leads to some funny looks when we are in public

My boss told me I might have to "help" with some of my old role because they are having some major concerns with a team member who absorbed some of my responsibilities. I knew this new role was too good to be true.

I'd suggest just using a wide comb when the conditioner is put on during the bath and don't brush/comb any other time. And scrunch with the conditioner in (as meow mentioned). And scrunch it with a microfiber towel when drying. Basically scrunch anytime touching the hair. Products to hold the curls ...

My wife and I both have straight hair. Maybe a touch of wave to it, but nothing dramatic. My kid’s hair seems to be getting curlier by the day. Neither of us have any clue what to do with curly hair, so most days out daughter just looks like a frizz ball. I started looking into it. Apparently the w...

Are there any movies worth seeing this upcoming month? I haven't been keeping track of any buzz and nothing seems to stand out from the list of upcoming movies.

Our nanny is sick today so it's me and my son for the day. We are currently playing adhd chores. Where we start in one room, I get partway through something, and then we are off to another room. The house is in a worse state than we started. But he's having a great time

lol... our reviews are underway as well. I put zero effort into them at all. I have about 9 people that I was invited to review. I declined 2 because I don't work directly with them enough to have an opinion, and the other 7, I just put scores in with no comments. For the open ended questions, I an...

The thing with Musk is that he was a genius at marketing, which is really what drove success for Tesla and space x, not his "engineering" capabilities. It is wild how wrong he was with Twitter.

Our EOY reviews have started. And we do 360 reviews, so I have to complete a review for my manager, who is the CEO. This feels like a trap

Sounds about right, Guess I'm not getting around to watching the 2nd season

I'd still watch it. It actually includes the first trilogy

Aaand ‘Shadow and Bone’ cancelled by Netflix.

I feel like they planned for this since they put two books into one in the 2nd season.

I'm not ready for a toddler.

So looking at the written offer about a 12k increase yearly. Not too shabby.

They want me to start Nov 6th. Let me references know they might get called next week once I officially sign everything.

I wonder how "affordable" that housing is going to be...if you go the Section 8 route (categorically) with it, you have the infinite government teet, but a cap on the upside. If the "affordable" part isn't enforced, given the location of some of these buildings, you're probably just blowing up the ...

My backup job option got back to me and wants to chat tomorrow. Pretty sure they are gonna offer. I've been transparent with them saying I was also interviewing with others. I'm gonna have to see what they actually offer but I'm gonna tell them I need to wait and see what happens Friday. It's not l...

So the CTO interview/talk went well. He seemed to like me and was down to earth for someone who started a company and has like 4 degrees haha. He mentioned one other person to talk to. I just want it to be over haha. This sounds like the interview process at my current company, except it was over l...

I sometimes wave (like one quick hand movement) at the end of a meeting. Not defending it, I'm just awkward sometimes.