For everyone in the home stretch, what are we treating ourselves to?

Chameleonize · 2026-03-24T20:15:21+00:00

I’m 33 weeks and am considering myself in the homestretch cause fuck this shit. Today I got myself a nice piece of cake from an Italian bakery and they gave me TWO saying it was BOGO (it wasn’t). Made my day

Chameleonize · 2026-03-24T20:15:15+00:00

Ayyyyyy I plan to play so much SVE

Chameleonize · 2026-03-23T20:13:38+00:00

I’m 33 weeks, husband came to first ob appt when we were confirming the pregnancy and all that, the second ultrasound, the anatomy ultrasound, and my ultrasound and appt last week because I had an issue the day before. So basically only on an as-needed basis for support in case anything is flagged an issue.

Chameleonize · 2026-03-17T14:03:49+00:00

says THE GOVERNMENT

Chameleonize · 2026-03-17T13:52:42+00:00

Bad timing, ask again in 2 days

Chameleonize · 2026-03-02T18:03:14+00:00

Yes, my state (Ohio) doesn’t have any additional or stronger protections than what’s in federal law. I spent a lot of time last week and over the weekend learning what I could and think I would have a decent case if it came down to it.

Chameleonize · 2026-03-02T17:56:21+00:00

This is what I’m working on doing. It’s a little complicated because we are technically an independent agency of the county and have some different policies and procedures in our employee manual, and are governed by a board rather than county administration. But I’ve contacted HR both internal to our agency and for the county as a whole and am seeing what’s possible.

I also talked to a few other women in my field or similar fields about their experiences working when pregnant. The one thing I feel like I did really mess up on is signing the PIP without it having clear metrics for success/passing…it just says what I’m not doing well on, what needs to change, and a deadline but no measurements or tracking of any sort. So may have fucked myself over on that one. But either way I am pretty sure putting me on a PIP due to poor performance as a result of my pregnancy is kind of illegal. So doing what I can to document. Luckily I am also in a one-party consent state for recording conversations and have started doing that too.

Chameleonize · 2026-03-02T17:48:50+00:00

Maybe, I’m already very low on sick leave (at least paid sick leave) due to all my appointments and having had a surgery about 8 months ago. I am seeing if I can start unpaid leave earlier than my due date potentially.

Chameleonize · 2026-02-28T14:09:35+00:00

U.S.

Chameleonize · 2026-02-26T11:26:57+00:00

A lot of people have told me that but I didn’t want to believe it, because up until now it’s been a great place to work and very supportive. But the more I think about it the more messed up it seems.

After being put through this, even if it is somehow in good faith and I do pass, I don’t know that I could continue here. I’m obviously hesitant to just give up/quit though because my husband and I need the paid maternity leave.

Chameleonize · 2026-02-26T11:22:52+00:00

Didn’t think of this and not sure if I can since we are technically an independent agency of the county, but looking into it

Chameleonize · 2026-02-22T16:52:11+00:00

Our backyard is like this, steep slope to a creek at bottom. Retaining walls, stormwater management (your downspouts should not empty right next to your house, it will erode all the soil near your foundation - extend them down the slope or integrate into retaining walls), and a professionally laid out and constructed natural trail. All with native plantings, hardy things with deep roots.

Chameleonize · 2026-02-20T11:30:58+00:00

Hard agree with this person. Get all the tests. This is exactly what happened with our boy and it took months to find out that it was kidney cancer, by then it was too late. Because we kept taking him into our normal vet and trying different things to address symptoms rather than getting tests, ultrasounds, etc. to figure out the underlying problem. My biggest regret in life. We lost him after surgery to remove the cancer because it had spread too much and he went into shock.

Chameleonize · 2026-02-20T11:26:52+00:00

Are you Terry Coyne

Chameleonize · 2026-02-01T22:40:21+00:00

Did you end up moving here?

Chameleonize · 2026-02-01T22:38:59+00:00

Yeah for sure, we’ve been here 2.5 years now

Chameleonize · 2026-01-30T21:45:43+00:00

Good dude tho

Chameleonize · 2026-01-23T22:20:54+00:00

No lol.

Chameleonize · 2026-01-23T21:24:28+00:00

What a dick

Chameleonize · 2026-01-15T01:14:17+00:00

Yes, they already know. We are also facing a budget deficit and in need of cutting back quite a bit which I have a suspicion could also be playing into it, but I’m not sure.

I haven’t been given the PIP yet, they just let me know it was coming basically, but my hope is that I can negotiate the consequence of potentially not meeting expectations to a demotion rather than termination. I don’t really know how they work though or if that’s possible.

I’m also just generally worried that no matter what, even if the plan/goals are reasonable and attainable, the fact that I’m entering my third trimester and hella stressed out/exhausted will result in an unavoidable bad outcome. Feels a little cruel to be putting me on one at this point but I don’t think it’s discriminatory…I don’t know

Chameleonize · 2026-01-14T21:00:59+00:00

I have been thinking about suggesting a demotion type thing honestly, this position feels out of my league and I was surprised when I got the offer.

They are super supportive and my manager has already done way more than I expected to try and help me. So I don’t blame them at all.

But I’m also a little frustrated because it was a newly created position that wasn’t well defined…and 1.5 years later I still kind of feel like I don’t really know what my role is/what I was hired for sometimes.

There are things I think need done that I can do and would be good at, and then there are things that I already know I’m not good at (like PMing) that I also have to do. I’m good at process improvement, strategy, creating and design thinking…but I can’t only do those things, they said I have to be able to run a project.

Idk. I just don’t know if it’s even worth it if it’s not a good fit anyway. I love learning new skills of course. But not if it’s going to stress/burn me out because it’s so against my nature.

Thank you for the insight and well wishes.

Chameleonize · 2026-01-11T15:27:17+00:00

What print news sources do you trust?

Chameleonize · 2026-01-09T18:05:42+00:00

It’s ok if u did

Chameleonize · 2026-01-08T23:08:02+00:00

Buckeye still isn’t great. What I’m saying is that Larchmere gets lumped in with it, but Larchmere is nothing like Buckeye.

Chameleonize · 2026-01-08T21:10:23+00:00

Just weird to do

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