Early morning randoms

[midnightrae]

I had to wake up at 2:57 (3) am to be at my second job at 4am to carpool to Scottsdale and then be there for 4 hours and then come back and work my other job from open to close.
I guess I need to prepare for the 60+ hour weeks during the holidays somehow.

I'm also really nervous about my doctor appointment coming up.

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[Cioccolato]

I just had my third cup of espresso, it's only 1 pm. I've studied all morning now I'm going to work.. yay

[Cioccolato]

Sept 30, 2013 5:59:35 GMT -5 midnightrae said:

I had to wake up at 2:57 (3) am to be at my second job at 4am to carpool to Scottsdale and then be there for 4 hours and then come back and work my other job from open to close.
I guess I need to prepare for the 60+ hour weeks during the holidays somehow.

I'm also really nervous about my doctor appointment coming up.

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What are you nervous about?

[Bernadine]

It seems like this shutdown might happen. Huh. I really didn't think it would.

[midnightrae]

Sept 30, 2013 6:01:09 GMT -5 Cioccolato said:

Sept 30, 2013 5:59:35 GMT -5 midnightrae said:

I had to wake up at 2:57 (3) am to be at my second job at 4am to carpool to Scottsdale and then be there for 4 hours and then come back and work my other job from open to close.
I guess I need to prepare for the 60+ hour weeks during the holidays somehow.

I'm also really nervous about my doctor appointment coming up.

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What are you nervous about?

Want to share some of that espresso with me?
On Wednesday, I get my blood test results. They were testing my blood since I have a lot of symptoms of a couple autoimmune diseases. I also get my x-ray results to see how bad my arthritis is and if there is anything else. I'm always nervous when I start going back to therapy.

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[kaybee85]

I hope you get good news at the doctor, midnight.

This week at my school is 'Take Your Parent to School' Week. I can't wait for it to be over. It is really easy to teach/talk in front of kids, but the parents intimidate the crap out of me.

[wambam]

I am feeling the phantom waves like woah.

It was nice to shave my legs this morning without a feat of acrobatics.

Work? Wassat?

[nursewife]

Despite having another hour left to sleep, H's alarm woke me up. I'm obviously not thrilled about this.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

I think I might just be at the end of my rope, stress-wise. Nothing HUGE, just every little thing is pissing me off. What's SueSue's expression? Being pecked to death by ducks?

Anyway, I came to this conclusion because I have six load of laundry to do* and I'm almost out of detergent. And, um, I flung the bottle across the laundry room.

*it's not just our usual two to three loads for the week, we also have a load of towels and I brought the fleece blankets out, which make another load. Also, I gathered up our fall jackets and hoodies and YOU DON'T KNOW MY LYFE STOP JUDGING ME!

/cries

[grover]

Sept 30, 2013 6:11:59 GMT -5 kaybee85 said:

This week at my school is 'Take Your Parent to School' Week. I can't wait for it to be over. It is really easy to teach/talk in front of kids, but the parents intimidate the crap out of me.

I am thankful we don't do this at my school.  But this week is my observation week (one of two). I'll be happy once Friday afternoon hits.

[candreco]

I wonder if I'm going to work tomorrow. Thanks, Congress!

Going into the Navy Yard and past B197 for the first time since the shooting this morning was harder than I expected- the building and surrounding streets are barricaded with MPs stationed at access points, there are still a lot of FBI/NCIS trucks out front, little bunches of flowers and memorials set up in unexpected places.

We did have an awesome weekend- apple picking, afternoon snack at a brewery, and dinner with a family friend I haven't seen in a long time on Saturday, and then Sunday DD and I went to church where adult ed. was a really interesting talk by a poli sci professor on religion and American politics (especially timely with the religious right currently doing their best to make a mess of the government), then we had a super productive afternoon.

[luckyval]

I drank waaay too much wine Saturday and was absolutely useless all day Sunday. I feel bad because Hart stayed with MIL Sunday so we could get some work done around the house and that didn't really happen

[psychmom]

Sept 30, 2013 6:06:49 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Sept 30, 2013 6:04:59 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

It seems like this shutdown might happen. Huh. I really didn't think it would.

Pshaw, there's still time! 16 hours and 53 minutes. Anything could happen!

They're obviously not concerned. They had the day off yesterday and don't go in until 2 pm today, when there will only be 10 hrs left.

[Deleted]

I had morning sex. Yay! My plans for today include drinking a pumpkin spice latte,, going to half price books for some nice coffee table books, and going to home goods/tjmaxx to look for a mirror for our entry way. Its going to be such a busy day! :-)

[BaliHai]

I dyed my hair this weekend and somehow dark brown ended up as black with red undertones and an overall slightly blue hue. I don't know if it was pregnancy hormones or if it was bad dye, but yikes. I am fair, but not fair enough to pull off black hair. I don't really want to add any more chemicals to it, so my plan is to wash every day with heavy clarifying shampoo and hope it lightens up some!

[CurlyQ284]

((Candreco))

DH is a contractor but he says he will still get paid if there's a shutdown. Makes sense, he gets paid when they are renewing the contract and can't work on anyone's equipment. I see office and warehouse cleaning in his future.

No one at work watches Breaking Bad so I have no one to discuss it with.

I took over billing for this lady at work (per management decision) and she can't get it. She keeps saying "what if I bill something and then you bill them again?" Lady I don't know how many ways to nicely say "you aren't supposed to bill stuff anymore". Don't bill shit!

[nahoku]

I would very much like to be at home eating pumpkin doughnut muffins, drinking coffee and watching TV or reading.

We had such a fun weekend (minus DD's 12 hour stomach bug)! I wish we'd had more time at the Renaissance Festival, but I'm glad we got to go at all. And someone gave us their extra tickets while we were walking up to the gate so we got in for free! Huzzah!

We aren't going up to the cabin this weekend as we'd been planning b/c my parents got the dock/boatlifts out of the water by themselves. I'm kind of disappointed b/c I wanted to see the pretty fall colors.

[eddy]

Both boys slept in this morning. I mean why not on a Monday when we have somewhere to be lol. It was nice to eat breakfast in peace though.

I have decided I am going to try a sticker chart for Jack to earn tv time. Taking it away doesn't have a big impact. Also I know he is starved for attention from us so turning it into a positive might help. I will reward 15 minutes of screen time for listening (on first attempt!), playing nice or helping his brother, do chores for us etc. We shall see. I have to figure out something. I just feel like I don't have much to give him, and hten when he wears me down all night I want to give even less to him attention wise. Hopefully validating him will help.

Also with both of us working full time, H teaching a night class and me taking a night class we are really struggling to get things done. I am breaking down and scheduling a cleaning service to come in once a month and deep clean. I don't want to part with money and we probably have no business spending the money but something has to give. I am giddy. Poor people can having cleaning ladies, yes?

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Sept 30, 2013 7:45:01 GMT -5 eddy said:

Both boys slept in this morning. I mean why not on a Monday when we have somewhere to be lol. It was nice to eat breakfast in peace though.

I have decided I am going to try a sticker chart for Jack to earn tv time. Taking it away doesn't have a big impact. Also I know he is starved for attention from us so turning it into a positive might help. I will reward 15 minutes of screen time for listening (on first attempt!), playing nice or helping his brother, do chores for us etc. We shall see. I have to figure out something. I just feel like I don't have much to give him, and hten when he wears me down all night I want to give even less to him attention wise. Hopefully validating him will help.

Also with both of us working full time, H teaching a night class and me taking a night class we are really struggling to get things done. I am breaking down and scheduling a cleaning service to come in once a month and deep clean. I don't want to part with money and we probably have no business spending the money but something has to give. I am giddy. Poor people can having cleaning ladies, yes?

Dude.  I've said it before, but I'll say it again- FUCK KINDERGARTEN.  Lucy's been such a pain in the ass.  And I have the added stress of keeping her quiet bc DH works 11-7 now.  So he's sleeping.  And not HELPING me.  It's bullshit!

[eddy]

Sept 30, 2013 7:47:22 GMT -5 ProfessorArtNerd said:

Sept 30, 2013 7:45:01 GMT -5 eddy said:

Both boys slept in this morning. I mean why not on a Monday when we have somewhere to be lol. It was nice to eat breakfast in peace though.

I have decided I am going to try a sticker chart for Jack to earn tv time. Taking it away doesn't have a big impact. Also I know he is starved for attention from us so turning it into a positive might help. I will reward 15 minutes of screen time for listening (on first attempt!), playing nice or helping his brother, do chores for us etc. We shall see. I have to figure out something. I just feel like I don't have much to give him, and hten when he wears me down all night I want to give even less to him attention wise. Hopefully validating him will help.

Also with both of us working full time, H teaching a night class and me taking a night class we are really struggling to get things done. I am breaking down and scheduling a cleaning service to come in once a month and deep clean. I don't want to part with money and we probably have no business spending the money but something has to give. I am giddy. Poor people can having cleaning ladies, yes?

Dude.  I've said it before, but I'll say it again- FUCK KINDERGARTEN.  Lucy's been such a pain in the ass.  And I have the added stress of keeping her quiet bc DH works 11-7 now.  So he's sleeping.  And not HELPING me.  It's bullshit!

Let's run away together and leave these yahoos behind.

Or boarding school?

[Deleted]

I read in the paper this morning that the guy who broke into our home (that they never arrested) was arrested last week for attempted burglary in another town. They said he was being held and charged for other crimes. I'm really hopeful that they can nab him for our home, as well. I'm not sure why, though. Its not like we can get our stuff back.

Anyway. I'm planning on calling in sick one day this week and going for a massage and watching TV all day. Not sure what day, though.

[Deleted]

H got home last night and we were watching tv when a large cockroach ran across the living room floor. I FREAKED while he killed it.

I'm now paralyzed by fear at the prospect of that happening again while he's gone. I think that's the second live roach I've seen in our house in 6 years, and the first one was tiny and I still cried while killing it. Lol.

Now I'm praying the daily heavy rains stop before he leaves again this week. They always drive the bugs in.

[Deleted]

Sept 30, 2013 6:59:55 GMT -5 ProfessorArtNerd said:

I think I might just be at the end of my rope, stress-wise. Nothing HUGE, just every little thing is pissing me off. What's SueSue's expression? Being pecked to death by ducks?

Anyway, I came to this conclusion because I have six load of laundry to do* and I'm almost out of detergent. And, um, I flung the bottle across the laundry room.

*it's not just our usual two to three loads for the week, we also have a load of towels and I brought the fleece blankets out, which make another load. Also, I gathered up our fall jackets and hoodies and YOU DON'T KNOW MY LYFE STOP JUDGING ME!

/cries

Dump it all in a huge basket, drop it off at a wash-dry-fold, and let them worry about it for you.

[tacocat]

I am so not thrilled to be at work this morning. I worked 30 hours between Friday and Saturday because of our festival, and yesterday I did too much running around instead of vegging on the couch. I see lots of just staring at my computer screen today.

[cuddlyevil]

I get to tell people today that their requests for hotel rooms were denied due to availability. I don't want to, but I need to so we can plan.

[luckyval]

Also, I didn't want to make a new post about this, but here's a buzzfeed about the impending govt. shut down as told by Ferris Bueller.

It made me laugh

www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/ferris-bueller-explains-the-government-shutdown

[rex]

I'm worried for my friend.

She is 32 weeks pregnant and hasn't felt the baby move since Saturday. She called the dr and they told her to come in right away. I had to push her to even call.

[picaflora]

It's one of my co-worker's birthday today - and he's well-liked around the office. Our breakroom is OVERFLOWING with yummy sugary goodness. Muffins, 3 homemade cakes, banana pudding, 2 pies, homemade fudge, and a cookie cake. Holy crap.

I was lame and went to bed at 8:30pm last night. I feel AMAZING and rested and better than I have in weeks.

[Deleted]

We had such a great weekend minus some family drama. My family really sucks sometimes and I think I am finally at the point where I am disengaging and pulling away. I can't take it anymore.

We decorated for fall/Halloween, did lots of cooking and baking, football games, softball games, Cow Pie bingo night in my podunk town with friends and drinks and good food and then an Eagles party with friends yesterday.

I do NOT want to be at work today.

[chedominique]

I haven't been here in forever and I missed you all. I had to work this week to get four of my projects out. I'm finally free and can focus on studying for my exam :-).