I hope it stops raining at some point today. We'll be inside most of the day, but it would still be nice if it clears up in time for us to leave my parents' house; being in the car at night in the rain makes me really, really anxious.
I'm laying around with DD and have been listening to DS talk in his crib for over an hour now. He's not whining, and he's so much work, so I'm letting him stay there until he complains. It's a billion degrees out so it's not like we're doing anything today anyway. We may go to a community water park later, but not until around dinner time when it's below 100.
Hugs squirrelymom. I know it is impossible, but focus on doing things to take care of you for a bit, and let H help (even if he doesn't do it the "right" way).
We close on Monday. And then move 2 weeks later. I am hoping that I get at least a few good nights of sleep in there somewhere. I woke up at 5:45 this morning and felt simultaneously wide awake and exhausted. Took a nap on the couch from 7-8, but am now hoping coffee helps; my head feels like it's stuffed with cotton, and I feel slightly hungover.
The good news is H is finally getting that I need him to be more proactive in helping me. And has been great about stepping up and having a sense of urgency. He's usually totally laid back, which is normally a good balance to my high-strung self. But when he just said "It will be fine, it will all work out" about things like making sure there is no disruption in service for power and gas, or about making sure we have home insurance when we close... But he actually made a ton of calls yesterday and took care of all our utilities and finalized insurance. And is taking the lead on a few things that I was sure I'd end up having to do.
We had to have a plumber out two weeks ago to fix our dripping shower head in the master bath. He put two washers into the handle/nozzle/thingies and some dialectic grease. You had to turn the hot handle one million times to get it to shut off. I wanted to have the guy back the next day because I didn't think it was fixed. H was all "no, no, it's fine, no need for that".
Yesterday, he goes to turn off the shower, and the water freely flowed from the shower head as if the water was still running. So we had to turn the main line off to the house because we couldn't find a shutoff to just the shower. I smell, O and I are stuck at home, and I have a thousand things I wanted to do this weekend. The silver lining here is that we ran O a bath before we shut the water off yesterday morning, and I saved the water in the tub, so I can at least use it to flush the toilet...maybe that's a golden lining.
Post by mrsukyankee on Aug 23, 2014 9:36:55 GMT -5
Good luck squirrely!
My DH slept 15 hours last night - he came home at 7pm and went straight to bed. Poor poodle had to go to work on Monday after we arrived back from the States late on Sunday night and he hasn't recovered from jet lag yet. I'm hoping this helps him cause we're meant to go to a craft beer pub tonight and I WANT TO GO! Last time we made these plans he was ill. I told him he has to suck it up for me. (Not really, but I'm thinking it)
Post by Monica Geller on Aug 23, 2014 9:51:07 GMT -5
This was my first full week back to school. It was rough. There were some MAJOR mistakes made by administration regarding the students' schedules and our class rosters. Major enough that every kid (over 900) was re-scheduled and received a new schedule by Friday. I will say, that my generally douchetastic principal did a semi-decent job of fixing the problem. (It wasn't his mistake... UPPER administration's mistake... think superintendent's office). I have hours of work to do today to try to get caught up.
All that ^^^^^ in addition to being in first tri, I am exhausted and emotional.
Post by nonsensetomfoolery on Aug 23, 2014 10:01:16 GMT -5
My (private, non-profit) school is holding a huge fundraiser today. It is a tailgate party to kick off college football season. Unfortunately, today is the hottest day of the year- 97 degrees projected high and humidity is at 71% right now. I'm so not looking forward to having to be nice and friendly when I am going to be a sweating my balls off.
That's gorgeous, cbwm1! I would totally get yellow or red painted chairs! But I love bright colors... maybe a little too much!
My random for today is a debbie downer. I had no plans last night. I have no plans for today. I just don't have many friends. (I do have one local friend from GBCN, and I promise I'm not trying to guilt you - you gots shit to do! Just venting in general.) STBXH and I had a bunch of couple friends, but we knew them all through H's work, so H sort of "gets" those friends in the divorce. I do have one potential friend that I met not too long ago, but she has other plans. There is a music festival today, and I kind of want to go, but I don't have anyone to go with. The festival is at a park, so I'm thinking maybe I'll just go by myself and bring a book to sit under a tree and read so I'm not just standing awkwardly around. Or maybe I'll go to a movie by myself. I keep telling myself to be patient, and I'll meet more friends, but half of my summer has been wasted in front of Netflix because I have nothing else to do. I'm just feeling bored and loser-ish.
Where do you live? Are there meetup groups you could look in to?
This weekend is the calm before the school year storm. I'm in a good place classroom-wise, anxiety wise and time-wise this weekend. Trying to appreciate every moment but also get things prepared.
Where do you live? Are there meetup groups you could look in to?
Yeah, I'm a member of a few meetups here. That's where I met the one girl who is a potential friend. It just takes a while to get to know people. Actually, since I posted this, I went and looked, and there is a meetup event today for a group that I wasn't a member of, so I just joined and I'm going to go do a scavenger hunt in the city. They said they'd assign single people to teams. It's something to do!
I do not understand shopping centers here. In NoVa I can go to the bank and then run to the gas station next door or whatever. In Toledo. Every.single.parking lot is divided. So they are next to each other but you have to wait at the light forever, turn onto the highway, drive for 50 feet, wait some more and then turn in. Then wait some more to leave again. This makes me so ragey. Sometimes they have a median between the two. Sometimes it could go through but they put jersey walls up. WTAF?!!!
Post by gretchenindisguise on Aug 23, 2014 10:45:04 GMT -5
We had a much needed great day yesterday. We met Ls kindergarten teacher and saw her new classroom. Had a snack at whole foods. Looked at a daycare for A. Came home for lunch and a quick nap for me. Then went to Disney.
We were there until 11. Kind of on accident, but L did great the whole time. No meltdowns no crying. It was so much fun.
Got home a bit after midnight. L did a car to bed transfer well, which is unusual for her.
I woke up at 8:30. H and L are both still knocked out.
I wish we could take more Fridays off to do that more often.
Post by gretchenindisguise on Aug 23, 2014 10:47:39 GMT -5
Squirrelly- day 1 is hardest. Day 2 may suck too. After that you'll be more smooth sailing. You can do this. You'd make anyone else in your family do it. Do it for yourself too.
I just finished my first week of teaching (10th grade, world history). So far, it's definitely positive! But I alternate between trying to go easy on myself as a first year teacher (as far as personal expectations go) and thinking that my students are so screwed to have me. When I talk to veteran teachers, they just KNOW what they're doing. And they have so many great ideas for lessons. I'm so clueless. I can't wait to be seeing the job from their point of view. ::deep breaths::
I took part in an outpatient mental health program (for eating disorders) for 4 months. I feel you - it's scary at first. I had to be there super early in the morning and left after dinner.
It was the best thing I ever did. It saved my life. You can do this, girl!!
I just finished my first week of teaching (10th grade, world history). So far, it's definitely positive! But I alternate between trying to go easy on myself as a first year teacher (as far as personal expectations go) and thinking that my students are so screwed to have me. When I talk to veteran teachers, they just KNOW what they're doing. And they have so many great ideas for lessons. I'm so clueless. I can't wait to be seeing the job from their point of view. ::deep breaths::
You'll get there!!! I promise! Talk to the veterans. Listen to them. Take their advice when you can. Don't be afraid to ask for help or for ideas.
I teach 7th grade but have LA and SS licenses. You can always PM me or page me here if you have a question. I'll help where I can!!
We went grocery shopping then I made 4 chicken, broccoli, rice casseroles and a Mexican chicken and rice casserole to freeze. I love having a deep freezer now. We have saved so much money this month by stocking up at costco and weeknights are a million times easier.