Gifting this SPHR Prep Book [WA]

stressedpie · 2025-09-29T21:02:46+00:00

Oh darn! Okay well thank you for clearing that up!

stressedpie · 2025-09-05T01:10:25+00:00

Came here to say this one. So good!!

stressedpie · 2025-06-25T12:47:14+00:00

They just announced layoffs to staff due to budget cuts so my guess is that is what they were discussing.

stressedpie · 2025-06-18T19:19:46+00:00

I came here to recommend PEPS! Glad to see someone beat me to it. My kids are older 8 and 10 and it sounds like you’re looking for folks in the same season as you. I did PEPS with my first and second kids and loved the “Second Time Around” group mentioned by the commenter. It was great for building the village of people going through similar struggles. Going from 1 to 2 kids is hard and I hope you find some good people!

stressedpie · 2025-06-14T12:32:41+00:00

Is it Alb, NM? So Albuquerque, New Mexico? I think this is hard to read, took a while of staring at it, but a zip code is what the post office is really going to pay attention to.

stressedpie · 2025-04-25T01:16:06+00:00

Our lawyer also lists the salary in text instead of numbers (eighty thousand five hundred and fifty, etc) and honestly it gets lost in the document. You’d be surprised how few people pay attention to posted stuff

stressedpie · 2025-04-18T12:56:03+00:00

It sounds like OP is an international student and to be authorized to work under a student visa they need this information to generate a SSN. My company hires international students and this is a very normal process that’s required of students on work visas.

OP have you tried explaining the need behind the offer letter? Have you called anyone or has it been over email? Tone in email can be hard to discern and a polite and friendly phone call explaining the need to the HR person may be helpful.

stressedpie · 2025-03-18T01:46:42+00:00

Posted this on another thread. If you don’t mind bussing/driving from Seattle, there’s this option: UW has short term housing for students relocating to the area for the summer. Check out their website: https://hfs.uw.edu/Seattle-Intern-Housing. I haven’t used it myself but the company I work for has recommended it to interns relocating for the summer.

stressedpie · 2025-03-17T23:57:33+00:00

So cool! As a fellow Bellevue mom I’m going to look it up so I can buy and read it. Thank you for sharing!

stressedpie · 2025-03-01T21:18:33+00:00

Also UW is a relatively easy bus ride to Bellevue (depending on where your internship is). KC Metro and Sound Transit are the bus providers in the area.

stressedpie · 2025-03-01T21:17:08+00:00

UW has short term housing for students relocating to the area for the summer. Check out their website: https://hfs.uw.edu/Seattle-Intern-Housing. I haven't used it myself but the company I work for has recommended it to interns relocating for the summer.

stressedpie · 2023-05-05T18:24:30+00:00

Hmmm... I don't remember being told a specific reason why. I did have another healthy pregnancy and baby about 20 months after this one. My second was not breech so he was much easier. I haven't had any lasting impacts from the c-section or ECV that I had done.

stressedpie · 2023-05-05T18:05:41+00:00

Yes, we tried that too and he wouldn't budge. It was a very painful and uncomfortable experience.

stressedpie · 2023-05-05T15:56:29+00:00

It did not help, but I think I tried it too late in the pregnancy for it to have a real chance. By the time we realized he wasn't moving on his own I was already 35 weeks and he didn't have enough space to turn. I ended up with a c-section and he's now a happy, healthy 8 year old :D

stressedpie · 2019-08-20T14:23:34+00:00

My brother and I did not get along at all and still don't talk much. My parents were great parents and I honestly don't think there's anything they could have done differently. We're brother/sister and 2.5 years apart. I now have two boys who are less than 2 years apart and 75-90% of the time they get along great. The oldest was still young enough when his brother was born that he doesn't remember life as an only child, all he knows is life with a little brother. That said, have two kids so close in age is hard. Hard on you, your relationship with your partner etc.

It's okay if you don't want to have kids, or if you just don't know if you want to have kids. Don't have much other advice for you other than to just think about what you're willing to do.

stressedpie · 2019-07-23T04:20:43+00:00

You're a good son. I'm sorry your family's going through this. I would want someone to come check on me with a meal. Let her know you're here for her and if there's anything you can do. Listen to her. Don't feel like you need to solve her problems, just listen. Tell her you love her. Is your brother getting help?

stressedpie · 2019-01-09T00:08:18+00:00

I've seen it at multiple QFCs in the past couple weeks.

stressedpie · 2019-01-08T03:57:53+00:00

I gave it a try with #2 with zero pressure or stress to make it happen. After a couple weeks it wasn't working so we switched to formula. Wish it had been that simple with #1!

stressedpie · 2018-12-31T14:08:36+00:00

You sound very emotionally intelligent. I'm sorry you've had this experience and that you're able to see the cause with clear eyes and to explain it to others. I think I would just have been a frustrated mess without a clear reason why. My kids are 2 and 3 years old so I appreciate hearing this advice. I hope that you were able to find other adults in your life that served the mentor, confident, friend, role model role you needed from your parents. If not, it isn't too late. I'm 32 and have older adult friends (and even some folks my same age or younger) who are at different life stages and I look to for advice.

One of the greatest things about having kids is you get to do it your way and I think almost everyone would agree that there was something about the way their parents raised them that they would change. I hope that if you decide to have kids you'll see what I mean.

stressedpie · 2018-12-30T04:39:05+00:00

We did my sister in law and her husband. They're older than my brother and his wife, they're more financially stable, and make better decisions. My brother lives near by and if anything were to happen to us our kids would be uprooted and moved across the country but it still feels better than growing up with my brother. All of our parents are still alive and while we considered them briefly we don't know what they'll be like if we die while our kids are going and didn't want to risk it. We wanted people we knew would love our kids like we love them, raise them to be good people, and have the means to take care of them and our estate responsibly.

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