Let it out Anna! I feel those same anxieties during holidays like this. I also would be ragey if my husband couldn't make it home and I needed a break at the gym. Boo!
I am irrationally annoyed that my H is missing Mother's Day for the second year in a row. I've been annoyed since I found out he had this training and completely forgot to even get my mom a card until today. Daughter of the year! I feel like a selfish asshole.
I just got a call about a delivery b/c our address is brand new and no one can find it. I asked DH if it was from him, but nope. It's probably from my parents.
I know he's going to use my work trip as an excuse to not do anything for mother's day. My coworker thought I was crazy going out in the rain today at lunch, but I was serious when I told her this would be my only alone time all weekend.
It's been almost 10 years, I should probably get it together that his love language isn't gifts and therefore mine isn't either.
Also, I probably shouldn't vent about DH b/c a couple years ago someone who I thought was a "friend" threw something I wrote back in my face and I've 1-censored myself more and 2-never thought of them the same way again.
My husbands sisters famous brother in law had a baby last night and named him Boomer. Boomer! I can't wait until its released on People.com to see the reaction to the name. lol.
So who is he?
I don't want to say cause I think they have some sort of contract with People since its not released anywhere yet. I am a weirdo and don't want some news network to find it here and have it go viral. I mean he's not a movie star but he is def famous and people def know who he is (I think).
This is how I am able to WFH with my 3.5 year old.
7:00 - sign on, start work (toddler is still sleeping) N woke up around 730/745, I got him breakfast (2 mins?) and he watched TV while he woke up. DH interacted w/ him until he left for work at 8.
I remembered the new Tegu blocks I got earlier this week - that resulted in almost 45 minutes (!!) of quiet play. More Paw Patrol. Quick break to help him search the cupboards for a snack. Request to cook dinner was denied lol. I took 2-3 breaks, about 10 mins each time, to cuddle with him on the couch/play trucks.
He played with his cars & the dog, then watched 2 more Paw patrol episodes while he ate lunch.
I spent 20 minutes getting him ready for a nap, and he slept 2.5 hours.
I got ~6 hours of work done today, which is MUCH higher than my average, and more than I got done yesterday while I was in the office.
If N hadn't been feeling under the weather, he would have been outside for most of the morning in our fenced backyard (which I can see from the kitchen table where I'm working).
I know this doesn't work for everyone, but it IS possible for some people to do this and get work done. It's not perfect (way too much screen time) but my kid is independent, my job is flexible, and he's normally in preschool 5 days a week, so this totally works for us.
Remember the incident with my brother last summer? HE ASKED DS1 TO BE RINGBEARER AT HIS WEDDING! Really dude? I barely talk to you and still haven't forgiven you and you want to play good uncle? I'm debating even going (I will if my mom goes) because I'm afraid I'll cause a scene.
Oh and they registered on the knot. And put their registry info on their STD.
So someone mentioned that the nest no longer has message boards. But they do have message boards and they seem sorta hidden. Has anybody been to their site. Total make-over. But I wonder how they make money.
My day has been so great that I feel like it should be a confession. No one awesome thing in particular, just a bunch of fun stuff: First of all, it's an absolutely beautiful, perfect-weather day. So far we went to the grocery store, then had lunch, then walked over to the park, then walked to the pond and threw some rocks in the water, then back to the park, then put DS in the stroller and walked over to the "far" park where he had an awesome time playing with some other kids. Now we're home and he's playing in the sandbox while I'm enjoying a drink. And DH just called and will be leaving shortly so he won't be home late today!
And I'm about to start supper: bbq ribs, baked beans, cheesy noodles, and tomato-cucumber salad with feta.
I feel like this needs to go in the "why are you happy you SAH" thread.
I don't love massages. I always get so excited about them and then like 5 minutes in want to ask the person to stop touching me and just let me take a nap for the rest of my time.
My H is OOT and although I miss him, it almost feels easier here without him. He needs everything to be so clean and tidy all the time and I am exhausted every day trying to live up to his standards (which I cannot ever live up to), while taking care of the kids.
Same. H travels a lot. I miss him, and he's cool about me taking a couple of days away here and there to regroup, but when I do, my return is always a shit-show. Particularly bedtime - he gets her all wound up playing and watching videos, then can't figure out why she takes three hours to go down for him. It takes three days of freaking misery at bedtime when I return, and then she's back on track - milk, potty, book, songs, and down in about 30 minutes start to finish. Those three or so days, though, it's L running around the house like a naked banshee demanding "Let It Goooooo song! More books! More water! POOPY POOPY POOPY!!!" Ugh.