Daily Archive for August 15th, 2006

there went my check

Published on August 15, 2006 in life. 0 Comments

check: +$612 (two weeks, minus one day, raise not effective yet)
breast pump (absolutely mandatory) + needed accessories: -$300
babysitter (also mandatory :P ): -$160 (two weeks of sitting, minus one day)
cable (I have to pay since Jason wants wwe 24/7 and doesn’t get paid til friday and it starts today): -$60min
= $92 <– amount left for groceries/gas

Jason will add maybe $300 (since he helps his parents out with bills and stuff, his check is halved) and that will go to bills. joy :P

I would've put that $300 in savings anyway, so I suppose there wasn't really a loss. Was planning on throwing another $100 or so at TJ, but there went that idea — my apologies if you see this, TJ. I should've bought the better pump to begin with :P

so far the cheapo $40 pump from either walmart or target is costing me:
$56 (work)
and
$40 (cost)
so it's just under $100 and for another $150 I would've had -no trouble-

ces't la vie! (or however you spell that!)

if any expectant mothers out there are wondering "should I get this pump or that one?" just remember: a pump that works, so you can too; or a pump that takes up your break, plus your friend's break, and half of your lunch — you get the idea ;)

anyway
no more freaking out for me!
phew!

OH MY GOD

Published on August 15, 2006 in life. 7 Comments

okay! this is THE WORST thing I’ve had happen to me in a -long- time. I’ve basically outlined the whole story in this email I sent to Evenflo, the company who made the breast-pump I’ve been using.

To Whom It May Concern (and feel free to forward this to your engineers!),

I purchased the following pump:

417294

2272BF35

042700521416

5214111

I’ve been successfully using it for the past month, with it increasing in slowness the longer I’ve had it. I use it regularly as I am a working mother. Tonight, while I was pumping, the motor portion of the unit started smoking. Imagine the horror of a woman and a mother who has her breast in a smoking pump. Even now, an hour later, my heart hasn’t gone back to normal.
I don’t have any suggestions as far as replicating the situation, and I’m sure you’ve had similar complaints come across your desk in the past. I was exceedingly happy with the pump until it started flagging in performance, and then with this last episode I am no longer going to use Evenflo/Elan products. I refuse to be terrified like this again.

-Laura Figueroa

I AM STILL FREAKED OUT
what kind of company lets their products OUT on the MARKET when they know they’ll start SMOKING!?!
it’s one thing if you’re a cigarette company. THIS COMPANY MANUFACTURES BABY PRODUCTS.
no way, no how — sorry folks, I don’t want my breasts -or- my baby smoking. thanks very much.

first thing tomorrow morning I’m getting a medela. they work, and don’t stop working the more you use them. their products are used in hospitals everywhere, and I guess the hospitals wouldn’t let a company whose PRODUCTS START SMOKING around their patients.

-freakoutfreakoutfreakout-