Ugh! My mom is having a birthday dinner for my brothers girlfriend. I thought it was going to be just family and its expanding to 6 additional people. I am the only one with kids. She tells me today we aren't eating until 7:30. It's a 1/2 hour from our place. My kids now have school. She's pissed at me that we can't eat that late. She says we always eat that late and I told people to be here at 6:30 and I want to wait for everyone to get here before I start cooking.
Are you hosting at your place or is she hosting at her place?
I get her not wanting to change the time. But if you have kiddos, it's perfectly reasonable for you to decline the invitation if it's at a time that doesn't work for you and your kids.
Post by dizzycooks on Oct 12, 2015 17:56:47 GMT -5
Nope, I wouldn't go. My mother wouldn't plan something at that time though because she knows I'm serious about bedtime. If decline and just say it doesn't sound like a kid party anyway.
Why do kid colds hit parents harder than the kid who brought it home ?!?
New school year, new before/afterschool care, new germs :/
I've been sneezing and coughing the last 10 days, DD I think sneezed twice and was done ?!?
I've decided that there are some crazy mutant germs that live closer to the ground, and they knock adults on their asses. My DD got her first cold the 2nd week of daycare and me and H got it much worse than her, and he almost never gets sick.
This is so petty. But I need to vent. I am trying desperately to nail down a venue for DD2's baptism lunch. The catch: 100+ people on the guest list. I KNOW, I KNOW. But it's really just family and a handful of our friends. My family is huge. I have found several venues but they are so damn expensive. The most reasonable is a local sports bar, but it's so ugly from pictures. I may run over there tonight to see it in person.
DH is saying maybe we can do the structural repairs in 5 to 10 years when we might be ready to sell. No. The house is slipping, it's not going to get better. But he wants to re-do the master shower. Which, great, fine, whatever, but I don't see him taking initiative on ANY project related to the house. So I'm going to do what I want and I'll hire as many contractors as it takes to get these jobs done.
Post by imojoebunny on Oct 12, 2015 19:04:50 GMT -5
I would not be going to a late dinner with my kids, and they are 6 and 9. I cannot stand them when they stay up too late. They go from well behaved, lovely children, to annoying monsters.
Sorry your family isn't getting that.
My current beef is with DS's teacher. The kids have not had a teacher before, who wants to minimize potential, but she seems to be headed in that direction. She marks problems wrong, he got right, 4 this week, out of about 12. He is in 1st grade, so they are just 2 digit addition, not difficult ones. It is really bugging DS. I ask if he fixed them later, and he said no. One looks like he erased, but not the other 3.
DH is saying maybe we can do the structural repairs in 5 to 10 years when we might be ready to sell. No. The house is slipping, it's not going to get better. But he wants to re-do the master shower. Which, great, fine, whatever, but I don't see him taking initiative on ANY project related to the house. So I'm going to do what I want and I'll hire as many contractors as it takes to get these jobs done.
I feel you on this. My DH just does't understand construction, since I have handled it on the ground for the last 11 years, with the 6 houses we have owned. It drives me nuts when he decides he wants to do something, when I am much more concerned about something else.
I just walked into the bathroom, looked at myself and saw that I have pink eye. I walk back in the kitchen and mention to DH and he's all like, oh yeah, I saw that.
ALSO, yesterday is the first time in months that I woke make up (ok, second time). Guess it's all fucked now!!!
Why do kid colds hit parents harder than the kid who brought it home ?!?
New school year, new before/afterschool care, new germs :/
I've been sneezing and coughing the last 10 days, DD I think sneezed twice and was done ?!?
Kids likely already have partial immunity to those viruses because of being around other kids who have them, so their symptoms are lessened. You have not, only being exposed to your own children.
Post by longtimenopost on Oct 12, 2015 20:28:01 GMT -5
DD woke up super snotty today so I don't think she'll be able to go to preschool this week. Tomorrow is picture day and I even went and got a haircut with her on Sunday. She looks so cute! I guess this is less of a vent and more of a sad.
Post by noodleskooze on Oct 12, 2015 21:26:40 GMT -5
Thanks guys. I had a good cry and DH let me have some alone time to just reflect and cry some more. We are so lucky in so many ways; I just lose sight of that easily when house stuff is involved. Things might just take longer than I'd like.
pinotgrig we ended up going. Ate late and snuck out as soon as we could. If i wouldn't have told the kids I would have skipped. Lesson learned...next time dinner is on a weekday we politely decline.