Isn't funny the obsessions little kids get in their heads? The place where we take DS1 to play soccer has this pin ball machine that he has become obsessed with. It's one of those ones that spit out a prize if you get so many points. He loves junk like that. So much so that he has been an absolute angel all week just so he can go and play it tomorrow. I have actually seen him start to whine or complain or tease one of his siblings and then catch himself and remind himself that he needs to be well behaved so he can go play the game! Who knew that's all it would take? Lol
I'm so glad it's Friday. I'm exhausted. I get to hang with my 2 BFFs tomorrow and a party Saturday night but other than that no plans. I intend to just relax and hopefully get a nap.
Our sink leaked yesterday and corroded the batteries for the touch faucet. I thought this was going to be a pricey annoying fix or at least be a few days without a kitchen sink. It was so corroded we couldn't even do the bypass. My husband is handy enough he used coins and batteries to get the bypass going while I googled. Amazon carried the replacement part. It'll be here tomorrow and cost $7
I'm paying my kids to clean the house today. They want to earn money for vacation and I want to clean and purge stuff. They'll get $1 for every grocery bag of trash and the profits from whatever they want to sell (even if I buy it).
I just want shit out of my house. I'm on a mission this week. I've sold a few big items and some toys and clothes to the tune of $53. I think I can afford to pay them today.
DS has a small fever, right on the edge of what daycare will send him home for. We're pretty sure it's teething since he has an odd number of upper teeth right now. He's not too fussy so we gave him Tylenol and dropped him off. Fingers crossed he lasts the day because I'm starfishing in my bed right now.
I just started re-watching season 1 of Mad Men. Hindsight being what it is, the fate of the characters really was spelled out from the beginning.
We have a busy weekend planned too - yard work, visit to the zoo, shopping for family portrait outfits.
I don't have to work again until Tuesday, and that is the only day I work that week.
I decided that this would be a good time to start potty training. I told the girls they were going to wear panties and Claire said, "no go away mommy".
I've been up since 4am and am in a crap mood. I have to somehow meal plan and clean the house (because there may be a birthday party here if our outdoor location gets rained out tomorrow) while ds2 whines at me. Oh God the whining. He wants to be picked up except he wants to be on his hands and knees except he can't grab his toys and wants to be sitting except I'm not holding him so he tries to climb me so I pick him up and he's immediately twisting around and doing back flips whining to be put back down. It's fixing to be a long day. Plus I have to solo parent tonight. Yeah.
I was up all night with painful contractions that were 10 minutes apart. After 7 hours of that, they got closer to 7 minutes apart. DH just came home from work in the hopes that it was really labor, and now they're back to 10 minutes apart. FML.
I thought today was Saturday until H reminded me that it was only Friday.
I need to find more shady parks for J this summer. He loves being outdoors. I think I'm going to work on our backyard this summer in order to make it more kid friendly. It's literally a bare lawn. I'll have to set up his outdoor toys there
I have to take DS to the doctor this morning. I forgot all about it with the other events of the week. I'm taking the kids out for breakfast too I think. I want to make something fun tonight for dinner but I don't know what. I prefer easy too.
I was supposed to be leave for my parents to drop the kids off tonight. I think I'm waiting until morning. Too much going on. I need to decompress and get it together. I don't have to be anywhere until 11 tomorrow and it's only a 2.5 hour drive so plenty of time.
The girl who started the town toy drive after Hope died graduated from HS last weekend. I'm so proud of her. She's so sweet but strong and determined. She's going on to be a kind decent human being and I couldn't ask anything more of her. She sent me an invite to her grad party with a nice note about how she still thinks the world of me. I needed that. I can't make it to her party and I'm sad. I sent her a nice card back and a gift at least.
I was hoping it would be nice today since the community pool has a free day today, but it's only going to be like 68.
I had grand plans of PTing this weekend since I'm off 4 days, but I am not into it this morning. N doesn't love the idea either, so I don't know if I want to fight that battle.
Lol thanks guys. DH's been out of town all week and is basically oblivious about how much work it takes to get all of us on the road. So he makes exasperated comments about how we're not packed up yet. And I tell him to go fuck himself lol. He's currently backpedaling and has seen the error of his ways while I sit here and drink coffee and play on my iPad, doing not a thing to help the cause.
We're leaving for a lake a few hours away after DD's preschool wrap up at the park this morning.
Let's just say DH and I have reached the go fuck yourself level of frustration already and it's not even 8. Yay vacation.
Oh man lol. Every time H and I leave the house to go somewhere for longer than a night there's usually a fight. It's become part of the process ha.
Same here. Especially on our drives down to NC every year, which are crazy 10 hour odysseys in the car. Definitely part of the routine. It's almost like that saying about beating your head against the wall because it feels so good when it stops. Somehow we've confused that with doing something just because it feels good, period. lol
DS is sleeping over at MIL's on Sunday night, DH works Monday and the house will be ALL MINE. I'm planning on getting my workout done, cleaning, and sitting at the pool while having a drink or two. Cannot.wait.
I'm trying to pass off yoga pants as black work pants today. In all fairness I will be craing around on the ground all dat today taking some machines apart for a parent infringement suit for a client but still... DH noticed right away and was like wtf?
On the way to work I started thinking about all the crap I need to do before I leave for my friend's bridal shower and bachelorette party 2 hours away tomorrow and it started freaking me out but I think I'm okay now. Tonight will be getting my stuff, AJ's stuff, and the dogs' stuff (they're getting boarded at the vet for the first time ever, since J is out of town) together tonight. Tomorrow will be getting the last few things thrown in our bags and then taking the dogs to the vet with AJ in tow (lord help me), then taking AJ to my parents', and THEN getting over to my friend's place to carpool to Cleveland before 1pm. I think if I can get all of us out the door at 11am we should be okay, but I'm trying to not overthink it any more than I already have, ha.
I'm trying to pass off yoga pants as black work pants today.
I have a pair that get passed off as work pants roughly once a week...no one has noticed or if they have they've never said anything. Yoga Pants Friday FTW!
Post by nextbigthing on May 22, 2015 7:23:46 GMT -5
I found out this week I have a partial tear in my Achilles tendon so I'm in a soft cast and boot for the next month, boo!
DS is almost done with his hip harmess , just wears it at night now (yay!)
It's supposed to rain most of the weekend so our cookout plans have turned into carnitas tacos instead, but I'm glad our friends are coming over, should be fun!
Still trying to figure out how to entertain ds, I feel like I'll be climbing the walls by the end of the weekend. I wanted to try out his new stroller at the mall, but my boot makes walking not my favorite thing.