@puffbrat You're welcome! I appreciate the response.

Have you heard about the job you interviewed for yet? Yeah I don't blame you for wanting to utilize your expertise - hopefully you are able to find something part time or a volunteer position when the time comes.

It really is hard to believe he's already almost 10 months old! That's great that you got some good pictures!

@Alioth Work stress really is a *kitten*. I hope you guys find some reliable people soon! Sounds like a lot is falling on you and that's never good.

I ended up leaving work early on Tuesday and took today off as well. I feel mostly human again so it was definitely needed but I hate missing work so I really can't say it was all that relaxing. We've sort of switched gears with the house hunting and have decided to get a house that's for right now instead of our forever home. We just need something that is closer and something that gets us out of this apartment building because at the moment that's more pressing than finding the perfect house because it just doesn't seem to exist in the market yet. Anything that'll make my life less stressful I'm all for it. We meet with our realtor on Saturday so hopefully we get the ball rolling. Now to just get through the next two days.

@VeryKatie I'm trying to keep it as positive and stress free as possible but my hopes aren't high since I helped my parents with the process of getting their house so I know what the future will entail - in any case I'll take the stress now to have less stress later on. Thank you for the luck!

@RhiannonaBecks I can't believe it's almost June, time flies. We are getting a lot of rain here but there has been some nice days as well. I'm in western PA. I was to the point near the end of April and early May that I was just glad it wasn't snow but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tired of the rain now. haha but the bright side is it's very green out and I find it calming. haha

I'm glad to read that you are able to find some positives in what was a tough situation. How are you doing now? I do hope you are doing well and though it's a while away from now I hope you both enjoy the trip at the end of June!

As for my plans for the Summer, I have a family vacation at the beginning of August. I'm looking forward to it but not getting excited just yet because it still feels pretty far away.

Hope you and everyone else is having a great weekend!

@pezhed It is not but I appreciate that. We haven't seen anymore houses since the last atrocious three. There hasn't been much on the market since either. I'm hoping it opens up a bit here soon. Hopefully you enjoy the party but that it also goes fast so it can be over. I hope you enjoy the rest of your trip and travel safe! Also yay for regularity in your cycles! I'm sure the break will do you both good!

I think it's probably time I do an update of my own.

I lost about 4 pounds in May. On Monday my uncle passed away and yesterday I quit my job. That about covers it. I'm taking it easy for just a bit and will start applying to jobs next week. We just couldn't do the schedule anymore. I was also having panic attacks or something thereof (also close to my cycle so maybe hormones were playing a role) and so Monday I had to leave early well not even early I reported off before my shift even started. It had happened one time previously last month (also near my cycle) where I get emotional and can't get myself together so Andrew would have to take me home. I know I mentioned it before but just to show how crappy our schedule was I've put it below:

A.M.

645: Andrew wakes up
700: I wake up
7:30: We leave the house
8:30: Get to the office building
9:00: Andrew starts his shift

P.M.

12:30: I start my shift
6:00: Andrew's shift ends
9:00: My shift ends (but usually not until 9:15 - 9:30 on average with the the latest being 9:45 p.m. depending on calls in the queue; this was likely going to be a lot later come August according to one of the meetings we had with a mention of 10:30 p.m.)
10:30 p.m. get home (depending on when my shift was finished though but it's an hour commute home) then eat, shower and bed with maybe 15-30 minutes of laptop time which was mostly just keeping up with emails and messages on Facebook and logging on MFP

I haven't been around much because of this and weekends were of course filled with everything we couldn't do during the week which was...well everything so it was like we were never getting a break or any downtime and really any time together and after nearly 3 months, I had enough and so we talked it out and decided that it best I just quit. I wanted to give notice but I seriously questioned whether I could do it for two more weeks and then I decided that I didn't want to risk it since Andrew couldn't keep leaving work to take me home so I just opted to quit without notice.

There was also some crappy things going on at work and they even added some more rules while I was away (during the time I reported off those two days) and it just reiterated to me that I made the right decision. I'm seriously hoping the next job is at least bearable. I'll take bearable. I'm hoping there is such a thing as a job that I don't dread out there. This job had me missing my last job and if I went into details about that job you would understand why that is such a big deal.

In any case, I think that's enough of my rambling. I hope everyone is having a great week. Let me know how things are going in your world!

@Alioth That sucks about your laptop and that you're dealing with a lot of hormonal issues. Yay for walking and swimming, sounds like the time in/near the water was much needed!

Thank you, both house hunting and job hunting are not really going very far. There still aren't any houses we've liked enough to go see or are in the area that we want and job hunting, just blah in that regard.

@Alioth thank you

@NatashaLP2014 I'm glad to see a post from you, it certainly has been a long time. Congratulations on your baby boy and I'm incredibly sorry to hear about your daughter. I just can't imagine losing a child, it's devastating.

I didn't check before opening the thread to see if you already signed up but we (still) do a monthly spreadsheet if you'd be interested in tracking that way. In any case, we're glad to have you back!