morning sulk
Jan. 23rd, 2008 10:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I finally did it! I sliced my thumb open on my rotary cutter! That bitch is sharp! And here I was thinking it was about time to replace it. :p I have a waterproof bandage on it but I am still sulking too badly to get back to my cutting. It was obligation cutting, too. I don't much like the cutting stage, so I have been playing with fun stuff and then cutting in batches. Stupid sharp things.
I won at the parenting last night! Evelyn has gotten REALLY wiggly lately during diaper changes. REALLY wiggly. It worries me because we change her on a mat on the bathroom counter, and I don't want her to fall off. A few inches behind and above her head, there's a soap dish on the wall. I used to have soap in it but I had to remove it to prevent baby from sticking her fingers in it. She's fascinated with this soap dish. I have no idea why. Anyway, we've tried different things and I couldn't make her reliably stop with the wiggling, so I started thinking about what the internets might suggest if I were to ask them how to solve this problem. I think redirection is the key word in all advice given to parents of young babies, so I decided to try focusing her attention elsewhere, and last night, I took two little people animals that Mom gave her for Christmas but that she hasn't really seen because the set itself is too big for her and put a tiger and parrot into the soap dish. Upon her next diaper change, she reached for the soap dish, found the toys, and it was like she had found Mr. Burt Reynolds himself. (She has a crush on Mr. Burt Reynolds, from an episode of Golden Girls. He appeared on the screen and she squealed and laughed and lunged forward and cooed at him. So cute. And weird.) There have only been a few instances of testing so far, but she has been MUCH better than she was. I love it that I didn't even have to ask the internets what to do before figuring out what the internets would tell me (although if there are any other suggestions, I'm all ears. Or eyes, since this is all textual.)
The problem with posting first thing in the morning is that not much has happened (besides pain, suffering and bloody thumbs) since last night. I have been feeling a little under the weather with a stomach bug of some sort--think it was something I ate that did not agree with me because Evelyn and I are the only ones affected. On the bright side, I have lost an additional pound, which brings me to a new low weight AND in a new "decade". I don't know why, but that's what I called it this morning and my husband made fun of me, much as always. A new ten pound range. Woot!
Speaking of M, he never posts anymore but if he did, he should tell you about this customer that called in, so I will do it for him. The man called to complain about his package being chewed up when it arrived, and the items were damaged, so he wanted a refund or replacement. They were going along with him, thinking that the package was just damaged by UPS, but then it became clear that the package was actually chewed on. By a dog. Specifically, by this man's own dog. He was very angry and thought that it was all the company's fault that his dog ate his order. They were still recovering from that when another customer called in to request a catalog. They asked him if he had ordered from them before, and he said no. M looked in the system to verify and found that he HAD ordered from them. Two weeks ago. And in October. And five times over the last two years. "Sir, I thought you said you hadn't ordered from us before." ... "Yep, that's right." .... "But I see you had an order two weeks ago. And several other occasions." ... "Yep, that's right." .... "But you said you hadn't ordered?" .... "Nope, I haven't ordered." ........... ???? Excuse me?? I am so glad that I am not answering these calls.
Of course you can't blog about your job, but is it in bad taste to blog about your husband's job?? *grin* Oops.
I won at the parenting last night! Evelyn has gotten REALLY wiggly lately during diaper changes. REALLY wiggly. It worries me because we change her on a mat on the bathroom counter, and I don't want her to fall off. A few inches behind and above her head, there's a soap dish on the wall. I used to have soap in it but I had to remove it to prevent baby from sticking her fingers in it. She's fascinated with this soap dish. I have no idea why. Anyway, we've tried different things and I couldn't make her reliably stop with the wiggling, so I started thinking about what the internets might suggest if I were to ask them how to solve this problem. I think redirection is the key word in all advice given to parents of young babies, so I decided to try focusing her attention elsewhere, and last night, I took two little people animals that Mom gave her for Christmas but that she hasn't really seen because the set itself is too big for her and put a tiger and parrot into the soap dish. Upon her next diaper change, she reached for the soap dish, found the toys, and it was like she had found Mr. Burt Reynolds himself. (She has a crush on Mr. Burt Reynolds, from an episode of Golden Girls. He appeared on the screen and she squealed and laughed and lunged forward and cooed at him. So cute. And weird.) There have only been a few instances of testing so far, but she has been MUCH better than she was. I love it that I didn't even have to ask the internets what to do before figuring out what the internets would tell me (although if there are any other suggestions, I'm all ears. Or eyes, since this is all textual.)
The problem with posting first thing in the morning is that not much has happened (besides pain, suffering and bloody thumbs) since last night. I have been feeling a little under the weather with a stomach bug of some sort--think it was something I ate that did not agree with me because Evelyn and I are the only ones affected. On the bright side, I have lost an additional pound, which brings me to a new low weight AND in a new "decade". I don't know why, but that's what I called it this morning and my husband made fun of me, much as always. A new ten pound range. Woot!
Speaking of M, he never posts anymore but if he did, he should tell you about this customer that called in, so I will do it for him. The man called to complain about his package being chewed up when it arrived, and the items were damaged, so he wanted a refund or replacement. They were going along with him, thinking that the package was just damaged by UPS, but then it became clear that the package was actually chewed on. By a dog. Specifically, by this man's own dog. He was very angry and thought that it was all the company's fault that his dog ate his order. They were still recovering from that when another customer called in to request a catalog. They asked him if he had ordered from them before, and he said no. M looked in the system to verify and found that he HAD ordered from them. Two weeks ago. And in October. And five times over the last two years. "Sir, I thought you said you hadn't ordered from us before." ... "Yep, that's right." .... "But I see you had an order two weeks ago. And several other occasions." ... "Yep, that's right." .... "But you said you hadn't ordered?" .... "Nope, I haven't ordered." ........... ???? Excuse me?? I am so glad that I am not answering these calls.
Of course you can't blog about your job, but is it in bad taste to blog about your husband's job?? *grin* Oops.
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Date: 2008-01-23 04:30 pm (UTC)I'm telling you, if I ever encounter a bad guy I am diving for my rotary cutter. I can cut their balls off. Those suckers are SHARP! I'm sorry you have that pain. Ouch!
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Date: 2008-01-23 09:08 pm (UTC)