Post by UnderProtest on Nov 14, 2014 5:47:24 GMT -5
I'm so happy its Friday too. My kids have been in a really trying stage and I'm at my wits end with them. I feel like I'm barely holding on and barely making any sense anywhere. Plus I was dealing with house issues and medical issues while my husband was out of town. I'm just fried.
Edit: Congratulations on 17 years!!! I feel old on a daily basis now. Kids seem to do that to you.
J still hasn't adjusted to DLS. No matter what he's up at 6. I really need him to adjust because I made my WFH schedule based on him not waking up until 7-730.
On a positive note, we're going to have lunch with H today it's always nice when he gets a little break.
I am not so glad that DS woke up 4 times during the night. Come on, buddy, you STTN the night before! You didn't have to make up for that by waking up so many times.
H almost met a very grizzly death this morning. Yesterday was a "no nap" or "30 min nap" day for DD and I was up with her for every feeding overnight so I'm exhausted right now. She was eating when he got up for work at 5:30 and I FINALLY got her to sleep around 6:30 for what I hope is longer than half hour.
H decides to then put on his shoes upstairs and STAMPEDE down the old wood creaky stairs, which is >2 feed from her room. I look at the monitor with horror to see her arms flail and hear her squeek. Held my breath and she went back to sleep (for now). THEN, he forgot something so came running back up and I gave him the look of death. He tiptoed back downstairs.
I'm looking forward to the weekend where I plan to leave the house ALONE for a while. H doesn't know this yet
Dd woke up at 5am when dh left. Good times. Told her to stay in bed and read some books and she did for an hour. Dh lets her watch TV if she wakes up early so I'm suprised she listened.
Post by andthentherewere10 on Nov 14, 2014 6:55:44 GMT -5
I'm staying home today .. sort of ... with a sick kid. I think he has HFM or Fifth Disease but he has no fever. DH wanted to keep him out of daycare anyway. But...I teach two classes at 11:30 so even though we'll have a somewhat leisurely morning I decided I didn't want my kids to have a sub so I'm going in mid day to teach. Husband works from home all the time. I guess he could have taken the day off completely and I could have gone in the whole day but he's never taken care of the baby for 9-10 hours solo... (flameful?)
Oh and my bil just sent a group txt to some ppl and me linking an article from mrconservative.Com. and how walmart is now selling beef that has been slaughtered according to muslim practices and how dare walmart, Muslims do not deserve to eat. I cannot handle that closed mindedness today. Why do I keep getting included on shit like this?
Oh and my bil just sent a group txt to some ppl and me linking an article from mrconservative.Com. and how walmart is now selling beef that has been slaughtered according to muslim practices and how dare walmart, Muslims do not deserve to eat. I cannot handle that closed mindedness today. Why do I keep getting included on shit like this?
Liberal for life.
I love my dad to pieces but he posts anti Muslim shit all the time on FB. He's part of the population that believes Islam is 100% about killing nonbelivers and abusing women and that their whole goal is to ruin America. Drives me nuts when he posts shit like that. I don't even argue anymore.
Yet he's pretty damn liberal about everything else.
My sister is coming to visit today! DS has swim lessons and he loved it last week so I hope that continues. My sister is going to babysit while dh and I get massages tomorrow!! I'm in a great mood because of all of these things.
Oh what a beautiful MORRR-NINNG, oh what a beautiful DAAAAAY, oh what a beautiful FEEEEL-LING, everything's going my way! DS STTN (8-6:45) AND pooped on the potty this morning!
It's been 30 min of sleep - DD is up. What else is new? *sigh* I remember just a week or so ago I was wondering if I should wake her to eat if she went more than 3 hours during the day. Remember that???
BUT, she does have a nice 4-5 hour stretch at the start of the night right now so - I guess we must trade off somewhere.
I get to have a phone call today with a farm in New Zealand about a past exchange student of ours they're trying to hire. I am so excited. He was such a great kid and I'm so glad he's doing well for himself and moving up.
I am so burned out. I don't even know what to do with myself. Neither of my kids are sleeping well so I've been up every hour with one or the other for the past WEEK. H is driving me up a damn wall to the point I don't want to look at him. And I can't even talk to him about it because I don't even KNOW what he's doing myself that makes me nuts. Usually work is my respite and recharges me but I spent all day yesterday with a kid who has huge boundary issues and would not stop touching me, talking to me 2inches from my face, touching my desk/my computer etc. I wanted to cry. I just want to lay on the couch all day and stare into space at this point.
I have to take exchange student shopping today for winter stuff. He's worse than a teenage girl at the mall. And takes forever in a store. Then as we're driving by all other stuff decides he wants/needs that too. He also has no concept we live in the sticks (and he's been here 3 months) so he'll ask for one thing everyday for me to take him to or get (lemons on Monday, toothpaste on Tuesday, winter coat on Wednesday). Make a list or Amazon that buddy! Then he gets mad because I need to be done because it's 4 hours later and both my kids who are actually great shoppers are bored and cranky. Not to mention he has super high standards about crazy things. You are only here a year Buddy. Those Target pjs pants will suit you fine..I promise. Last time I took him shopping he spent $150.00 dollars at old Navy AFTER the stack of coupons I let him have (Do you how much clothes that is at ON? Ha.) And he bought stuff straight off the store model so he walks around in striped sweater, vest, men's skinny jeans, coordinating hat and mittens. In the dead of farm country Midwest. We're decently fashionable here but he looks ridiculous at the Fleet Farm with H...ha.
I am however getting coffee at a local great shop and a nice lunch out today..so yay for that.
Odonata that's exactly how the ils are and you are right, you can't argue with them, they truly believe that Muslims are a horrible group of people that want to kill everyone. It's disturbing that that thinking exists.
We got a bunch of snow Wednesday night and yesterday with more predicted for today. I'll be over winter by mid-February, but I love it right now! I need to find all of DD's winter gear. She has a full set of stuff at daycare, but I realized her set for home is not where I thought it was when she saw the snow yesterday morning and asked to go outside before daycare.
Odonata that's exactly how the ils are and you are right, you can't argue with them, they truly believe that Muslims are a horrible group of people that want to kill everyone. It's disturbing that that thinking exists.
My father has an actual phobia, I swear. He gets so worked up! And it shocks me b/c though he has his feelings on certain issues like immigration, abortion, homosexual marriage and other hot topics, he never voices them or gets emotional about it.
It was so chilly this morning when DD woke up. I am NOT ready for winter. About to finish up breakfast then get ready to bring DS to preschool. After that DD and I are hitting the mall. This mama needs some new sweaters! None of my pre-pregnancy clothes fit right now. I still have about 20 pounds to lose. Sigh...
Post by humpforfree on Nov 14, 2014 8:07:21 GMT -5
I only got 3, mayyyybe 4, hours of sleep due to a combination of a late work night and then teething baby I really miss caffeine today. Bonus- MIL is coming over to play with the baby while I do solo IKEA and target trips.
I have a WWYD…I bought a Holiday Turkey Sandwich for lunch today…I just realized it has what appears to be sliced turkey in it (so technically deli meat) - I didn't really think of that before I ate bought it. I could take out the meat but really, if it was contaminated…the whole sandwich would be too.
Post by cricketwife on Nov 14, 2014 8:09:45 GMT -5
Day two of being home with a sick kid but DH is slso not feeling well so he took the day off too. That's fine but if DS isnt well by Monday I know that's going to be an argument because Dh will sat he cant take another day. I'm going to call the peri and see if we can get in. I know it's stupid because my rational mind knows it just has to run its course. My mom brain wants to feel lime I'm doing something to help him.
I decided that a Hershey bar was close enough to a Cliff bar and had half of one for breakfast.
DD1 and I negotiated clothing for 30 mins this morning. The results are on FB. At least you can't see panties through leggings? Gah. I swear she owns some adorable stuff.