Friday Randoms and Plans!

[mommyatty]

What's on deck for everyone?

[erinshelley21]

I'm getting ready to leave work for the day. I've gotten about 3 hours of sleep every night this week and it's catching up with me. Going to run to the grocery store though before I go home. Depending on how I feel after that, I may power through a workout before I take a nap. I've worked out every day this week so far and it's been one of the best weeks mentally and emotionally for probably the entire year. I would like to keep this up as long as I have the motivation to do so. We had plans with my bff and her family, but DH had a fever last night and I have the beginnings of a sore throat and that's not something you want to share with your friends who have a 2 yo and a 2 month old.

Nothing on the agenda for the weekend for me. DH works tomorrow and DS is going to the state fair with MIL all day tomorrow, so the baby and I will probably have a chill day. I'm thinking Netflix on my Kindle while laying in bed. I have not spent enough time in my bed this week and I miss it. Sunday will be similar.

[2chatter]

In Memphis for the weekend. Plans include Rendezvous BBQ, Memphis Zoo, Peabody Ducks, some shopping and eating (Beale Street or Railgarten). Traveling with just DS has been fun - he was great at the airport - we got there early and sat on the floor and watched the planes for really
long time, until he had asked all the questions and was done. I love that with the third I have finally learned to schedule time to do nothing but soak in experiences.

[leap]

Went to the memorial for my colleague last night. His family tried to keep it light and uplifting, but it was super sad. His widow (my co-worker) is a wreck. His girls were a mess (the youngest are 8 year old identical twins) and his boys couldn't even sit with the rest of the family. I'm not even sure if his 13 year old son was in the room.

Following that up tonight with a wedding reception. I am looking forward to a fun and happy event.

My girls have been at my mom's this week and come home tomorrow. The week actually went super fast, but I'm ready to have them back!

[twinmomma]

This weekend will be insane. I'm going to a bridal shower tomorrow, DH is taking the girls to a family reunion. I'll leave the shower and meet them there. We'll stay there for god knows how long. It's at the in laws, so thankfully close by and my kids require basically no supervision there. Then Sunday we're going to a big festival at the park and meeting up with all our daycare friends before the kids all spread to the different kindergarten schools this fall. At some point I'm also supposed to walk 8 miles for training. I'm already exhausted thinking about it.

[mommyatty]

It's my BFF's birthday, and she requested a quiet lunch, just us. So that's what we are doing.

Tomorrow is a day to just play. I'm excited about it. There's a cool toy store downtown that I might check out with the kids. And near it are fountains the kids can play in. So maybe there. Or we could go to our zoo's splashpad. Really the possibilities are endless.

[k3am]

Today's our last full day of vacation and we head home tomorrow to begin 175 loads of lame laundry.

This has basically been a great trip with no major hiccups along the way.

[legomyago]

I'm finally going to drive to see my grandparents 3 hours away for the weekend. They live in the middle of nowhere, so I don't get there that often. I am going to try to go once a month.
I'm so mad at the company that manages our mortgages. We refinanced to shorten the repayment period and lower interest, so we weren't supposed to have a payment this month. I cancelled it (since it is autodrafted) and they took it out anyway and are taking FOREVER to reimburse us. So, we are pretty broke until that comes through and our next paycheck. It is giving me a lot of anxiety, since we have school fees and car repairs this month.

[polecat8]

Tonight I am going to happy hour to meet up with some former coworkers.
Tomorrow, I'll hit the gym in the morning. I have no idea what we'll do after that.
Sunday is moving day for my parents. We'll be moving their bedroom to my house so they can live with me for a month. I hope everything goes smoothly...

[campermom]

Saturday: 4 mile run, Amazon Fresh delivery (Thank you!)and family reunion. DH's family is so fun and I can't wait.

Sunday: First day of New Rules of Lifting for Women with another mom. Then DD has a birthday party and I have a big Kohls coupon for back to school clothes and shoes shopping.

When (if) there is any downtime H will be working on our patio. One day when it is done we will have a beautiful pergola! In like a year.

[akafred]

I am home with DD today. I am working half day which is really 1/4 day because I took 1/2 day on Tues but work to 2:30. So I'm done. We are going to the pool later and probably do some light shopping.

Tomorrow is the school picnic at a state park. Should be pretty amazing. There is a creek behind the pavilion and I was sick last year but heard it was great.

[mellym]

DH has a golf outing tonight so it's a girls night with the kids. Weather is crummy so might just rent a movie.

We have nothing on the calendar for Sat/Sun. Hope to just relax.

[traveltheworld]

No major plans for the weekend, but I booked flights to Paris last night. We weren't going to take the kids to Europe until they are older but the flight deal was too good to pass up. Even though it's 7 months away, I'm already super excited and am going to start planning!

[rere]

I am so bummed. Got invited to a cookout with friends tonight. I can't go because of volleyball practice and picking Dd and a friend up from a dance. It seems like all we have been doing lately is work on the house, run kids places, or squeeze a yrs worth of fun into 3 weeks with the cousins. Or hang at the house because we are exhausted. I want some fun conversation with adults.

Tomorrow my big plans are canning tomatoes. Ugh. Dh is working.

[erinshelley21]

Just scored an entire 24 hours of just one kid. My mom called to see if DS can stay all night tomorrow night so mil is going to take him there after the fair. I'm sure I'll pay for this Sunday when he's got a double grandma hangover but goodness do I need this.

[librarychica]

But today was very nice. The girls and I joined my brother and best friend and best friend's daughter at a water park all day for a last summer hurrah. Everyone had fun and everyone behaved. H and DD1 are at meet the teacher now and DD2 and I curled up watching Moana. Later Indian takeout after bedtime. Nothing but haircuts on the schedule for the weekend! Woo!

[waverly]

H has a haircut and DS has soccer tomorrow. No other plans. We have been traveling a lot in July so a weekend at home is just fine. I might go to the pool. It's free tomorrow, so maybe everyone will be there- as in hopefully people I know?

Is it sad that I go to community events to "run into people" rather than make plans with friends? I just find it easier than examining schedules to the 100th degree and texting back and forth 50 times for it to not work out or not work out on my schedule and then H gets annoyed that the other people are flaky and it isn't nailed down.

Depends on H since he is not a pool person whether I go.

[frozenpeas]

How sad, librarychica. I'm sorry for your loss.

[saraml13]

This afternoon we got back from a weeklong vacation in Door County, WI with my parents, pregnant sister and her H. And I need a vacation.

Overall, it was good. My family used to go there all the time when I was young and I hadn't been there since I left for college. It was really neat to be back and see what was still the same and do some of the same things with my boys. Weather turned out nicer than forecast, the house we rented was nice, and no one got seriously injured or sick.

But gosh, it was stressful. DH had a work trip, so I had done all the packing myself. We put DS1 in a pull-up, but he still kept insisting he needed to pee or poop every 45 minutes so the drive took forever. Naps were all thrown off. Normally we can get DS1's nap and DS2's afternoon nap to line up, but they were off sync so I feel like we spent half the trip waiting for someone to go down for or wake up from a nap. DH, my dad, and my sister are all not go-with-the-flow people and tended to want to do opposite things at any given time, and I felt stuck in the middle trying to please everyone. And no one seems to understand that with little kids you should quit while you're ahead. I don't think we left any activity until at least one of the boys was having a complete meltdown, despite my attempts to get the rest of the group to start wrapping up earlier.

I am very glad we don't have any more family travel planned. This summer we've done multiple short driving trips to southwest Michigan, a 4 night airplane trip to the Jersey shore to stay with friends, and now this family trip. It's been rewarding, but exhausting.

[shakinros]

All the shopping tomorrow while it rains all day. Sigh. Groceries, supplies for DD's party, birthday present for one of her classmates, early back to school supplies, even more wood for DH's remodeling project. And and and.

Trip to the gym at some point. Maybe library? Laundry. House cleaning. Maybe a trip to target to exchange some pants for DD. Seriously, could my life get any more exciting?

[freezorburn]

I have a ton of cleaning to do before DS comes home on Monday. And, some work on his fall schedule.

But I've been feeling blah due to general exhaustion, as well as the heat wave and poor air quality getting to me. So I might spend a few hours detoxing at the spa tomorrow.

[xctsclrx]

I'm about to take my 15 year old out for a driving lesson. I'm scared

[xctsclrx]

I've found out what stresses me out more than me driving. It's my riding with my teenager.

He isn't awful but he is not so good at breaking