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bestcee

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I'm a pretty positive person. But I'm bummed out this morning. I've been so excited to see the eclipse, and today we have cloud cover and rain. I live in a desert, and normally this is my favorite kind of day because it's so rare! But not today. Today, I am bummed.

So, how about you? Anything bummed you out recently?
 
My husband started a new job in May, and part of the contract he signed was that he'd have a 90 day meeting with the chance to renegotiate pay. He asked for a certain salary, and they countered with something less so we figured them writing that particular clause into his contract meant that after he 'proved' himself that they'd bump his salary up to what he originally asked for.

Since then, he's taken on way more work than he was originally hired for & way out of the scope of someone with his title usually has. He can do it & he enjoys doing it but that 90 day period has come & gone with no sign of a meeting or a raise. In the last month, he's been put in charge of this huge project and will be traveling out-of-state to that location multiple times over the next few months while everything gets set up.

I'm bummed that he has so much extra work with no extra money to show for it. I'm hoping that his boss is waiting to see how he handles this project and then will reward him with a nice raise and/or bonus at the end of the year. From DH's description, I don't think that his boss is purposely delaying having a meeting or trying to 'use' him; I think it's more that he has a plan in mind that he hasn't made DH aware of or that it has slipped his mind with the other things going on at work. I guess we'll wait & see!
 
hmmmmmmmmm.
we are on a pretty high of happy right now
boys came up with a behavior chart for themselves, and it is working.
mom here is freaking out a bit at how well...lol
bummed.
not at the moment...lol
 
i'm bummed about the weather and eclipse for you (and me - cos we didn't get to see anything cool like that on this side of the planet!)
 
I was bummed yesterday for the same reason Courtney... clouds rolled in before the maximum eclipse happened here and I took the afternoon off work to watch with my boys. BUT... I could still see it through the clouds, so it turned out okay in the end. Yay! :)
 
Our weather was OK for the eclipse yesterday, but I was stuck inside in a terrible meeting. And today, we have severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings, and I am pretty sure my kids don't have their rain coats at day camp.
 
We drove about an hour from home with another family to a site that was literally bisected by the line of eclipse totality. We set up our tent, had a picnic and waited. It then proceeded to cloud up, pour down rain and lightning. We saw literally nothing. I am soooo bummed that I am still having a pity party for myself. LOL
 
I know what you mean, we typically have 300 sunny days, but of course yesterday was one of the 65 cloudy days LOL!!

Other than the couple things this summer, I have been bummed about something in a bit.
 
I am only bummed about having to go back to work this week!! But it was a gorgeous sunny day and we spent our first day back watching the eclipse (about 93% here)!
 
I should be happy that my surgery date is scheduled, but instead I'm bummed about it. This neurosurgeon, different from the 2 I saw last year, said almost the same thing as they did, except he went on about the deplorable state of my back and how much it's going to degenerate, and that I need to be careful because the stimulator doesn't fix my problems, only blocks the pain signal, so I have to be careful because I have two herniations that could blow out. So bummed about the coming years. What will they look like? Is this really the rest of my life?

There **IS** happiness that I'm moving towards a less painful existence - it's just got the bum factor, too, you know?

Other than that, Daniel has started school and is very happy with all his classes and teacher (a 180 from last year), Olivia is being so sweet and helpful, Jay is supportive and such a helpmate, I'm feeling creative . . . so in the big picture, not really bummed completely, just a little bum. LOL Little bum. hee hee
 
Hugs to you @gonewiththewind . I'm sorry that your good news is tempered by the bad news too.

My bummer is that I miss my DD so much. My DS is still home for about 3 weeks but he was gone for a couple days too. I was soooo lonely. This will be the first time in my live (44 years!) to live alone.
 
@enjoyyourpix Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. I know this will be a difficult time for you, but I'm praying it will also be a time of renewal and awakening for you! And a time of a whole lot of creativity! If you want to have a scrap session, let me know!
 
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