I want to get a hotel room for Saturday night and it's all too expensive! I'm usually able to priceline one for under $100 (which makes it comparable to a cab ride home) but not this time. Boo.
This time next week we'll be getting on a plane to Seattle. Taking two kids on a cross-country flight (that has several of my coworkers on it too) for a big work event/family vacation can't possibly go poorly, right?
Apparently I have decent taste- I got two emails yesterday, one asking where I got DS's birthday shirt, the other asking where his baptism outfit was from.
I have an all-day training session today and I'm glad to be away from my desk. Plus free lunch.
DS watches way too much TV and I thought it would be easy just to say no and turn it off but I. can't. Stand. the whining. He is a brat about this one thing and I need to do shit around the house without him hanging all over me begging me to play with him. Fuck.
Free employee lunch today. On one hand, I'm excited. The food is being catered by a great chicken and bbq place that's local to around here. On the other... it means I have to go socialize. =0( I used to be super out-going at work and such. But I'm not really feeling it here. I'm sure the fact that 97% of the work force is 20yrs older than me and we have nothing in common has something to do with it.
I am struggling to keep my eyes open this morning.
H lost the diamonds in his wedding ring last night at work. They were just 3 tiny diamonds (not super flashy) but they were set in a way that they all fell out together. He woke me up when he got home at 4am to tell me and I never fell back asleep.
Now, I have to try to figure out how much it will cost to get the diamonds replaced. The jewelry store we bought it at went out of business so we lost our warranty.
I want to get a hotel room for Saturday night and it's all too expensive! I'm usually able to priceline one for under $100 (which makes it comparable to a cab ride home) but not this time. Boo.
Uber Car?
eta: sorry hotels suck maybe as it gets closer to the weekend it will get cheaper.
I am freezing today! Two layers on and I still can't get warm. Plus, I brought my extra sweater from work home to wash it yesterday and forgot to bring it back today. I have a lap blanket, think anyone will judge if I wrap it around me like a dress?
Post by Saint Monica on Jul 29, 2014 7:33:59 GMT -5
I took a nice long walk yesterday evening and a cop car pulled up beside me. He asked me the address of where I was coming from and my name. He said I matched the description of a suspect he was looking for but it wasn't me, said thank you and drove off. It was really odd.
Twice last night I got up and looked around our room/under our bed because I hallucinated(?) that L had crawled into our room and then I couldn't find her. The second time I actually thought I was looking for our second child, and we don't even have one, but I could not remember if we did or we didn't and when I got back in bed telling myself we didn't, I wasn't really sure. Later I was watching L on the monitor and I heard her cry, but I swear she didn't even move when she did.
I should not have read the scary threads before going to sleep, clearly. It was a long, bizarre night, and now I'm convinced sleep deprivation is starting to make me crazy.
My boss and I are scheduled to have a conversation about my salary today. One of my closest friends at work (who had her salary review yesterday) told me that max increase this year is 5%. Boss has broken the rules the past two years and given me more than the max - hope that trend continues this year...
keyslover, we will either uber it home (ugh, won't want to get our car the next day) or I'll just make h drive. I hate living so far from downtown! It will be a fun night anyway it's just so much more convenient to stumble to a hotel room! I'll keep looking throughout the week. I'm guessing it's busy because of the Paul McCartney show, which is what we are doing, too.
keyslover, we will either uber it home (ugh, won't want to get our car the next day) or I'll just make h drive. I hate living so far from downtown! It will be a fun night anyway it's just so much more convenient to stumble to a hotel room! I'll keep looking throughout the week. I'm guessing it's busy because of the Paul McCartney show, which is what we are doing, too.
Are there cheaper rooms outside of the city that you could get to via the light rail? Now that St. Paul is connected, I bet you could find something there and just hop on the train for a super cheap ride - that way, you're still close enough to get your car in the morning, too
DS just had his first overnight with my parents at 3.5. I'm scared to call to check how it went. If he didn't sleep well, they probably won't volunteer again for a year or so.
ETA: They just texted. He was an angel. He is totally getting a souvenir.
My H starts his new job today. He was nervous. Orientation for today and tomorrow. Than he should start the job on Thursday. He will work 6 pm to 6 am 4 days a week. Which is good because he can be home when the girls are home.
We are waiting to here back about the appraisal on the house. And the title check. Could be closing as early as next week. This process is so nerve wracking.
I cannot believe it is almost August. Girls go back to school August 20th.
It really cooled off over the past few days and it feels like fall today and I love it. I'm ready for football and cool weather and pumpkin flavored everything.
I bought a $300 gift card on ebay for $240; it arrived yesterday and I checked the balance and all is well! I'm pleased with myself. (It's for a local venue.)
Earlier this morning a guy told me that I was ugly and not to smile at him. A few minutes ago a little boy told me that I have nice hair. I now feel even better than my pre-ugly comment
We're taking DS to Niagara Falls today. I haven't been in years but I think he'll have fun. It's pretty cold here, though, and I'm not excited about the idea of the Maid of the Mist.
My boss is retiring and today is her last full day. We're setting out a cake this afternoon, so people can come by to say goodbye and have some cake. I'm slightly annoyed because we have a two story office and her office is upstairs. This means I'll probably have people hanging around my desk all afternoon.
I ran 15 miles yesterday and my knee feels like it's going to fall off. Ouch.
I'm working from a Starbucks on the North Shore today, and I saw two older ladies that just oooooozzed money. The were wearing white pants, hair perfectly chignoned (probably not a word), button down shirt, matching sweater draped over shoulders, matching sandals, big jewels. It was amazing. I wanted to follow them out and see which of the huge estates on the lake they live in.
I'm starting to work on a dollhouse for M today - I had built it from a kit years ago in college (shut up, it was a hobby), and my mom brought it up last weekend. I'm so excited to finish it and then see her play with it. I had a dollhouse growing up and loved it.
Post by AHappierHour on Jul 29, 2014 8:46:41 GMT -5
I'm annoyed that FI's cousin feelings are hurt that we didn't invite them to DD2's birthday day at dland next month. So I asked them if they wanted to go and she declined saying they were going to gone. So now I don't know if she was causing drama to be a brat or if her mom was.