Dave's boss died last night. Glad Dave got to go visit yesterday. Boss had cancers, but it doesn't seem real yet. He was like family. He was the grumpy mean uncle that you can't help but love anyway, but still like family. He had a good heart though, just hot headed. Rest in peace friend.
Also our bank's online system is down, but today is supposed to be the first day H's check was electronically deposited. Now I can't tell if it went through. Grr.
I was about to ask if you could call but I forgot how early it is.
Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Jul 25, 2014 6:03:00 GMT -5
I was supposed to sleep a little later today, in advance of moving this weekend, but DH's boss gave him a half day to come home and sleep before school. Thanks a lot, Anne, but then I got to shove his ass out of bed. Now I'm wide awake. Boo. But no car to get things done sooooo I'm shopping online hahah.
There's a bird in the back yard who sounds exactly like our fancy nature sounds alarm clock, which is complete bullshit.
I really need to leave soon, but I still haven't showered or gotten out of bed.
This is like the 5th round of CL people to contact me about a dog door I'm trying to sell. I swear to god if one of them doesn't follow through, I will take it over to petsmart and leave it there. I haaaate flaky people.
I don't have to work tomorrow. Or get up early. Yaaaaay!
Post by wildfloweragain on Jul 25, 2014 6:16:56 GMT -5
Enjoying Toronto today. I'm thinking of getting up now and exploring the hotel. They have a salt water lap pool that I'm dying to try out, but i just had red streaks put in my hair. Even though it is permanent color, it has dripped all over in the shower and rubbed off on my pillow. I did bring a swim cap but its not really water tight. I think I'll still go for it.
That's right, Toronto girls, if you see a girl with bright red streaks in her hair with a penchant for skorts, ask about wildflowers. Or The Suit. sent from my jedi mind
I'm taking this afternoon off; it's too nice a day to sit in my office.
I feel good about life in general this morning. Work is good, kids are good, DH comes home tomorrow, and there's just nothing stressing me out right now.
I'm really excited to have a sleepover and watch Mulan with DD tonight. It's been a year of waiting for her to be "ready" to watch it; she's so funny about things.
I think we are going to go to the state fair tomorrow and I'm already getting excited for all the food. French fries, elephant ears, yum yum yum. Probably I should work out today in anticipation of eating all that tomorrow but instead, I think we'll go to Olive Garden for dinner so I practice stretching my stomach. Mmm, food!
Post by mrsukyankee on Jul 25, 2014 6:41:22 GMT -5
I'm heading to the British Library to do some final research (hoping it's final). I hate having to leave my home, get on public transportation which is usually hot and icky, just to spend 1/2 hour reading 3 articles. Oh, well. Must be done.
I feel good about life in general this morning. Work is good, kids are good, DH comes home tomorrow, and there's just nothing stressing me out right now.
Go you! I'll sit by you on this bench, for like the first time in years. H and I were talking the other night about how the move really eased up the stress in a big way. Work is good, Andy's finally back to his cheerful self, our relationship is slowly improving, and life in general is happy.
My nephew started singing "Let it Go" to a teen girl at the Cape May Cafe in Disney's Beach Club who looked like Ana. Then my dad went up to 'Ana' and and asked her to wave to my nephew. As she was leaving she asked to take a picture with my nephew. And he was soooooooo shy. He kept looking away, lol. It was truly Disney magic!
Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Jul 25, 2014 7:17:17 GMT -5
I can't get that Ariana Grande song out of my head since Lucy's dance class made up an impromptu performance to it. Hilarious and sassy, that's my girl
I'm really excited to have a sleepover and watch Mulan with DD tonight. It's been a year of waiting for her to be "ready" to watch it; she's so funny about things.
Awww Mulan is my favorite I hope she loves it!
My own random, I'm so excited for this weekend. I'm working on my costume for Dragon Con including a makeup test with my elf ears and contacts and shimmery pink makeup. I hope it looks half as good as I'm imagining it, lol.
We are going on vacation with my SIL and her GF this weekend. I do not care for SIL, at all. I hadn't been particularly impressed with the gf either, but yesterday I got a sweet FB message from her asking what she do to help cook meals and stuff while we are at the beach house. I thought that was very sweet, and it gives me hope that if she's not insufferable, it might make family relations much easier in the future.
We are going on vacation with my SIL and her GF this weekend. I do not care for SIL, at all. I hadn't been particularly impressed with the gf either, but yesterday I got a sweet FB message from her asking what she do to help cook meals and stuff while we are at the beach house. I thought that was very sweet, and it gives me hope that if she's not insufferable, it might make family relations much easier in the future.
Maybe she'll even bring out the best in SIL? You never know!
I am avoiding cleaning and packing, that's why I'm all up in this post, lol
Feeling less anxious and I know that even if there is a big confrontation I can handle it calmly, by expressing my feelings and not losing it on them. Okay, I might lose it on them but that would be okay too.
A good random: Baby is doing great, teething, but not too bad. He is doing doing a bunch of babbling and smiling. It's awesome.
A bad random: Someone I knew with Lupus died this week. She passed from complications with her kidneys. She was fine one day, in the hospital the next and gone the following day. It reminded me of my mortality.
I'm starting to get more comfortable with my itty bitty tittes, (I've always wanted bigger), but, I just wish they were the same damn size. My left one is so much bigger, which makes it droopy and sad. My right one is perky and happy. Blah.
Inside though, I will have my dukes up. They will be nice enough, and they won't even want to talk about the icky stuff. They'll want to talk about the weather and neighbors that I don't know.
But I need to be ready for the passive aggressive jabs and to stand up for myself. That's where I went wrong in the past. They would say something hurtful, I would ignore, later stew on it, cry, feel resentful and then pretend it never happened.
Now I'm ready to call them out on it right away (in a tactful, questioning, brightly, "why would you say something like that?") kind of way.
And also, I truly don't give a shit what they think about me anymore. If I walk away from this talk and they are still assholes, no skin off my nose. I tried.