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My literal job is to interview people for my hiring managers. But Ive also interviewed other recruiters to be part of my team as well.

lww99 posted...

Heartbeat was where it needed to be, guess he was just in a weird spot where she couldnt feel him as strongly. Thank goodness.

I am so glad to hear the good news!

littlebro07 posted...

Not now but August 2021 I caught hand-foot-mouth from my 1 year old niece and it was the worst Ive ever felt in my life, was the first time getting sick since start of the pandemic

Swallowing even liquids felt like swallowing shards of glass and I had blisters all over my feet so every step hurt like hell, all of that on top of the usual cold/flu symptoms like headaches and runny nose. Fucking miserable

I caught HFM from her last December and had the same symptoms except my blisters were on my fingertips. It was the worst I ever felt. I also caught strep throat 2 weeks ago. Both times I had high fevers when Im someone who hasnt had fevers at all as an adult (except when I was in labor). And we always have a cold. But she started daycare and its expected. Hopefully over time her immune system will get stronger.

lww99 posted...

Wife is on her way for an emergency Doppler. Shes been feeling reduced movement today and yesterday. Were 25 weeks

i feel sick to my stomach, really hope our little guy is ok

Im so sorry, thats so stressful. Hoping to hear good news soon. Sending you all positive thoughts and hugs.

Fuck HRC. Thats where I went for my first transfer and they are like a factory. They dont pay attention or give anyone tailored treatment. They are a huge chain and just treat patients like a number. I switched after my first transfer failed and got a much better doctor who took way more time and was far more detailed.

Congrats on the new job GoldenEel and congrats on having a girl littlebro!! Wow so much exciting news!

I am just glad to be home. That offsite was packed to the brim with sessions, projects, discussions, happy hours, etc. nonstop all day. Too much socializing for me and Im glad to be home with my kid. I missed her like crazy. And props to my husband, I came back to a spotless house.

Made it to the hotel last night. Hung out with other coworkers and got drinks. Went to bed at 11:30 pm which is shocking for me. And yet I still woke up at 5:30 am because my stupid body is used to it.

I miss my kid so much. This time was harder. Last time I had a work trip was about 6 months ago and she wasnt really talking but this time she cried sooooo much when I left and for a good 30 minutes before like she somehow knew. She kept hanging on to me and basically had to be ripped away. Made me want to cry.

emblem-man posted...

Daughter turns one today!
So insane

Happy birthday to her!! Welcome to toddler hood! The 12-24 month range has been so fun, youre in for great times!

No, financial security is important to me and I have a standard of lifestyle I enjoy.

TheGoldenEel posted...

went to sea world today

my whole family (grandma and grandpa, aunts and uncles with 5 cousins plus mine)

man, thats a long day

went on his first rides today (other than a carousel). He had fun! Cant believe they let him ride some of them haha

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Omg what was that second ride? So funny

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Damn that looks good. Mine was sad because Im trying to lose weight so I had to skimp on all the yummy sauce

Mr_hulk88 posted...

How the heck is this easy? It's too many ingredients, many are words I don't even know

It takes me less than 30 minutes to make. 5 minutes to chop the veggies and grate a bit of ginger (but you could use ginger powder to make it easier). Carrots are already pre shredded. You could sub an onion for shallot. Toss veggies to cook a few minutes, add ground beef and seasonings and cook through. Turn off heat and mix premade sauce. Rice in the instant pot. Add toppings. Thats it.

This is the sauce I buy from the grocery store:

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emblem-man posted...

Cleo's about to wild out!! (In bed by 9pm after 2 glasses of wine).

Pretty much LOL but at least Ill have my own space for a little bit!

I have a work trip next week. Going to have two nights at a hotel though Im thinking of extending that to a third because of some happy hour stuff the last night and I dont know if I want to drive (its an hour and a half commute)

Im so excited! No cooking, cleaning, childcare, cat care, husband care. Just me. Room service. Cleaning service. Eating good food and drinking good drink. And Ill interact in person with adults and get to meet my team. I already am friends with a few from a past job together so it will fun to hang out. My last work trip, I was new and my team wasnt very welcoming with me. This will be so much better.

I have another work event next month as well where Ill be gone all week.

Both my husband and I do full time

Beef bulgogi with ground beef. I sauted shallots, garlic, green onions, fresh ginger and shredded carrots. Cooked the ground beef and added salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder. Added bulgogi sauce (pre packaged because I have to make it fast before toddler melts down). Topped with sesame seeds, sriracha and green onions. Fast, easy and tasty.

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TheGoldenEel posted...

Were flying to Florida tomorrow with the little guy

hopefully its not too much of a disaster. The flight there is right around nap time and a 3 hour direct flight. We havent traveled with him yet so not sure what to expect

Good luck! Weve flown twice with her. Once when she was 5 months and it was so easy because she was still in potato mode and she was great on the flight. Second time she was 15 months old and she was a lot more difficult. We had a layover though so it was a pain because she didnt want to sit in her stroller and cried until we let her out and walked around the whole terminal for a couple of hours until our flight. I think if it was 3 hours direct it would have been fine.

emblem-man posted...

Yeah, I do the grocery shopping. I don't have an issue with not buying things with dyes or whatever. And we're not big sugar people anyway. But the organic stuff I've never really been keen on just cause it doesn't seem to be a big difference. But

The horizon milk is what we've ended up picking out as well though.

Yeah were not big sugar people either. She doesnt eat a lot of junk. But yeah he doesnt think organic fruit matters so he just wont get it and its just not worth fighting about anymore.

Punished_Blinx posted...

We get our groceries delivered. Don't remember the last time we had a normal grocery shopping trip. Was a while before our second was born. Saves a lot of time for us to do other stuff.

It's funny with a second kid. You just sort of have to get out there and deal with it for the sake of your first. In a weird way it ends up making it easier since the baby somehow seems to know they don't have all of the attention compared to the first. But sometimes we just have those bad days where we didn't have the nap timing down or it's a bit longer between feeds. But overall it seems to go okay.

It's a weird adjustment overall. Looking forward to when we go down to two and eventually one nap a day though. Maybe we can handle having a dinner out in a month or two again lol

I dunno how you guys who both work full time do it (or single parents for that matter). We've been quite lucky where my wife stretched out her maternity leave for a year (and goes back part time) and I work from home 4 days a week.

I used to use instacart since Covid began and got whatever I wanted, but the cost of groceries has gone up so much and my husband insists on being my shopper lol. I make a list for him. But if he was a real shopper hed get 0 tips because he forgets a lot of things or wont get the right thing or if I forget to specify an exact quantity I get a whacky number of items.

Yeah I think if one of us stayed home or had family nearby, I would love a second. But right now I cant wrap my brain around it. Both of our jobs are demanding. He works 5am-2pm and I work 9-5 every day. We both wfh at least. I wake up at 6 am to shower and get ready for work (hes never on camera but I am for all meetings), get her from 7-8:30 am (change her, get her dressed, teeth and hair brushed, face washed, make her lunch, get her water bottle ready and labeled, jacket and shoes, etc) until he drops her off at daycare, and then I clean the house until 9 and then log on for work (dishes, pick up toys, wipe her toddler table and chairs and our counters, run the roomba). He picks her up at 3 pm and has her until I finish work at 5. Hell often get groceries at this time. Then I make us dinner and we sit and eat around 6. I then have her until 8 pm and play with her. He then takes her up and does the bed time routine and puts her down by 8:30. I pass out by then. Rinse and repeat every day. Weekends are chores and errands. I could no way add a second child to the mix.

Im so fucking tired this long weekend was so hard. She didnt sleep 2/3 of the last nights so we bed shared. Which meant she slept but I didnt because she fights ninjas in her sleep, mumbles lyrics of songs and randomly whispers at me to wake up as I fall asleep. Shes been very clingy with me all day. These are times where I so wish we had family that lived nearby that could help. We dont have anyone. Our moms live so far away and can only come a couple of weeks a year. Between working full time, toddler, maintaining the home, cooking, taking care of 2 cats and getting hit with strep last Tuesday I am just beyond dead and dont know how Ill muster the energy for work all week. And people have the gall to insist I need to have another child. We were even bombarded by the tax lady at H&R Block because we make such cute babies. My husband responded cool then you could take care of them lol

I have family telling me Im selfish. Random people asking us. Even some of my candidates insist I need a second! Like what. In some other world where my mom lived a few minutes away, or we were rich enough to pay for childcare for both kids.

TheGoldenEel posted...

Just had a, hopefully, final job interview. Had to have my mother in law watch him as the only day they had available was the one day my wife is working. The woes of job hunting with a child

think it went really well. They didnt have me do any coding which was a little weird, but I think my experiences line up really well with what theyre looking for

Its a great global brand to be working for too, which is neat to be able to say

Good luck! Interviewing while caring for a small child is so so tough. Fingers crossed for you.

Covid made it so much worse. People cant leave their dogs alone at home anymore. I have 2 friends that got puppies during Covid, both had dogs before. But they are so extreme now. Their dogs are so spoiled and they never leave the house without them. Any time we plan a night out, it has to be outside at a dog friendly restaurant. The dogs have major separation anxiety. They act like their dogs are their kids. They werent like that with the dogs they had before. Its starting to annoy me. One of them sends me pictures and videos of her dog nonstop. Like more than I do of my own kid.

Forgot to mention, a big reason I stopped paying too much attention to organic, etc is because my husband does the grocery shopping and were at odds about that stuff. Ill put organic fruit on the list and he will just grab whatever without paying attention. I could have organic Annies mac and cheese and he will grab the KD in the pantry and make that instead. He doesnt think its a big deal. We had a few arguments in the past but Ive just accepted it. I already have too much on my plate to also take on buying groceries on and he is going to parent his way and I cant control that. @emblem-man is that a similar situation for you guys? Youre a lot like my husband lol

Oh and for milk we get Horizon Organic Whole milk with DHA and Omega 3. I dunno if the extra vitamins are a gimmick but I like to think theyre good for her and it tastes better than the other brands imo.

Another daddy daughter day at the mountain and another cleaning day for mom. I could have gone but I had strep throat last week and had to work as well (too many critical things I couldnt miss). I dont feel fully recovered and dont want to risk getting sick again.

But the house was such a mess I couldnt sit. Ive been keeping it clean every day but while I was sick my husband had to work and do all the child care by himself so he couldnt keep the house tidy. I have spent 9-2 doing laundry, picking up all the toys and books on the floor, dishes, cleaning counters and cabinets, vacuuming and mopping. We have a cleaning service that does the deep cleaning stuff every other week but Im ready to fire them because the floors were nasty and they just came last Monday. Our usual cleaning crew quit the company a few months ago and the owner has been coming instead and shes just not very good. I dont feel like she really scrubs all that much, just runs a rag really fast. The house always still feels dirty after she leaves. After doing deep cleaning myself today and seeing the difference Im done with them. We are spending $325 a month and its not worth it anymore.

emblem-man posted...

I know this mine be a bit of a personal or sensitive question for some, but how picky are you guys regarding food ingredients for your kid? As in dye, organic, etc.

Not much now honestly. First year yeah, I was buying organic everything and dye free, etc but now I just feed her without worrying so much. All I care is that shes eating well and as balanced as possible, though were not doing great with veggies.

She woke up this morning suddenly saying so many new sentences. Its so funny its like it was just downloaded in her mind.

I took her in my bed when she woke up around 3 am. I rarely do this she usually puts herself back to sleep. She slept great but then woke up at 6 am and said she was hungry. I told her mama wants to sleep and she said wake up mama

We went down to get milk and she closed the gate and said close the door

I changed her diaper and she was holding the new one and said I have diaper

Then she wanted to wake up her dad and said wake up daddy

After that she saw my phone and grabbed it, gave it to me and said take this bye

All of these are things she has never said before. Like she went to sleep and her mind processed some things.

Those are optional and you can just choose prefer not to say. Has no bearing on your application just companies trying to capture data to try and figure out how to better attract diverse candidates.

I used to be an external recruiter. Whats nice is that they are really good at negotiating on your behalf since that means more commission for them. They dont help candidates find jobs though. They generally have clients they work with and try to find them the right candidates. They will present you with the options they have, based on if the client is interested in speaking with you. Right now theyre probably passing your resume around to their client groups to see who might be interested in speaking with you. They may be great opportunities but they may not, so definitely do your research.

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Shes too young for laces but she does put her own shoes on and they are Velcro. She knows how to close the straps. My daughter is fiercely independent so these are things she wants to do and we give her space to try things on her own. Though if were in a hurry we might have to step in.

I feel like parents now are confusing gentle parenting with permissive parenting. They dont want to give their kids any authority or direction at all. They allow all sorts of bad behaviors and their kids are behind on becoming independent. I dont understand this because they are holding their kids back this way.

We paid our nanny under the table, most in our area insist on it and refused payroll when we offered. But it was like $3000 a month. Daycare for our daughter $1335 a month. Its a Montessori that has a toddler program for 18 months-36 months (many dont) and I dont know why its so affordable. I called a few other daycares around the area that were $2100-2400. Its also a 30 second drive away from our house. It worked out perfect. Im too scared to ask them why their rate is so good lol

*hug* my condolences about your grandma. I know that loss can really hurt. I lose mine while I was pregnant and I always mourn that she never got to meet my baby. The pain will get better over time but it will always be there.

I think a fresh start would be really good for you. If you do get a new job, maybe take a few weeks between starting if you can afford it so you can reset yourself and take care of yourself.

Im pretty sure this is strep throat. I had this once over a decade ago but its the same symptoms. I still have a 101.6 fever and my throat hurts so much to swallow and its hard to talk. I have some white spots on my tonsils. I already have a prescription of penicillin that Ive been taking for something unrelated though and I have one more day on them. Hopefully it will help treat it.

TheGoldenEel posted...

Mine tried walking up the stairs yesterday (as opposed to crawling)

it didnt work, hes still too short

it's funny, the past couple days hes been experimenting with silly walks. Sometimes hell crouch down and walk in a crouched position, sometimes hell swing his arms back and forth exaggerated, sometimes he does tiny stomp steps

interesting to see him try new things just because he realized he can

Awww the early wobbly attempts at climbing the stairs like a big kid are hilarious. But also terrifying. My daughter refuses to hold our hand and I used to be so scared shed fall. She didnt even want me near her to catch her. I had to be a couple of steps away just ready to jump if I needed. Does he let you help him?

My daughter did the same thing with the funny walks! She still does. These weird crouchy walk with her arms at angles behind her back that are so funny like shes trying to sneak around or something.

I dunno if she read my mind about the stairs issue but shes suddenly going up/down all the way now. And even closes the gate behind her lol

Finally!

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My brother in law is staying with us for a bit and working in fast food. He started last week. I wonder if he maybe caught something at work. My daughter seems fine at least.

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Thank you!

I guess I have the flu. 102 fever, body aches and very sore throat today. Took another Covid test that is negative. It makes sense. While I do get body aches when it rains this was far worse than usual.

Crimsoness posted...

My mom has that definitely seems like it sucks

Damn sorry your mom has it too. Its very painful

Ruvan22 posted...

Hope you feel better soon :/

Thank you

We have the litter robot 3 and it was the best purchase I ever made. I held off for years but finally bought one a year ago and its amazing.

Covid test was negative. I feel shitty and a headache starting. Maybe the flu? Ill test again tomorrow. My throat has started hurting as well.

Well it might not be fibro. I was starting to feel chill and my temp shows 101F. Taking a Covid test now.

Fuck me I took Advil and a codeine to cope. It wore off and Im in so much pain again. I havent done anything at work. I dont want to take more codeine either or I wont be able to function. The pain is so bad I just want to curl up in a ball.

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I have a lot of lower back pain as well but no cause. They do think its possibly endometriosis but the only way to diagnose is by surgery. My OB wont do it though he wants me to see a GI doctor first to rule out GI issues. I have an appointment next month. Its a pain to get through these processes. I hope PT helps you heal so you can run your shop.

I did have plans of going freelance as a recruiter. I have a very big network of people I could reach out to who are leaders and executives of their companies and would be able to pull strings and get contracts for me. Unfortunately the market has gone to shit with all the layoffs. Companies are disengaging from outsourcing their hiring. But once the economy starts to shift back I am ready to take the leap. Im thinking that might take a year or so to stabilize though. Until then I at least have the benefit of working from home. I have one more meeting and then I can change into my pajamas and work on the couch lol

Questionmarktarius posted...

B12 and Magnesium, specifically methylcobalamin and magnesium malate.

Yes I do take both of these but Im not good at remembering to take them every day. Ill try to up them. I havent had a flare up this bad in a while so I started slacking.

Jiek_Fafn posted...

Any idea of the cause or do you just get to live with the joy of knowing this can randomly happen?

Generally when the weather changes. Like rainy days or sudden shift in temperatures. Today its raining so I started my flare up tomorrow. I can tell when its going to rain before I even look at the weather app based on how my body feels. Sometimes it will not show its raining but my body says different, and sure enough it will rain.

My husband got me red roses today and pink roses for our daughter. He also got her a balloon bouquet that she loved so much! It was so sweet. He got us both cards. Her card actually opens up as a poster and has stickers. So thoughtful.

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It started yesterday and is worse today. I havent had one in a while. It feels like every single bone in my body is aching, like my muscles are spasming, my fingers are stiff and painful. Even my ankles hurt. The pain is especially worst from my hips down the back of my legs. I just want to stay in bed but I have work to do and getting pressure to get it done. I didnt do much of it yesterday because of the pain. I have a meeting with my boss I have to prepare for. I dont know where Im going to get the strength.

TheGoldenEel posted...

it's wild to think this is only like 6 months away for us

they really do grow so fast

Its amazing how much they can change in such a short time. She is so different than when she was 15 months. I feel like she turned into a big kid overnight sometimes. You are in for so much fun! These last few weeks have been the best.

1-2 times a week maybe. Used to be 2-3 times before the baby. Were just so tired.

Chicken Alfredo came out pretty good. Little one loved the pasta and sauce but ate around the chicken. Oh well, one day.

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Yup the cellulose is why I dont buy pre-shredded cheese. Its really simple to grate your own cheese and cheaper too. We have a food vacuum sealer so we buy big blocks and cut them up and seal them and use one a week.

Oh yeah I never buy pre-shredded cheese anyway. That stuff is gross. I did ask my husband to buy parmigiano reggiano since he does groceries but hes impatient and just got me a wedge of parmesan cheese which is fine. Good to know about shredding it fine, I didnt think about that. Roasting garlic sounds like a good trick as well. I dont know if my daughter would like that though I have to go light on garlic to get her to eat it (to my sadness).

Going to make chicken Alfredo tonight. Making the sauce from scratch. Never made it before but I think the little will like it.

The outfit is bad and so is the performance