I woke up yesterday with pain in my back, it is only in a small area and hurts to the touch. It is still there today. As crazy as this sounds, it feels like it is in the same spot where my epidural was put in but my kids are 7 and 8 so it is odd that I'd have pain now. Thankfully, it isn't enough pain to keep me down.
School and the federal government are closed today due to high winds. I somehow missed hearing about how bad it was supposed to be yesterday, and didn't get any power outage supplies on my way home from work, so I have to head out into the storm in a little bit to pick up batteries and lunch/dinner supplies that don't need to be heated.
nsl, not the entire federal government is closed. Offices in D.C. are closed because the marc train isn't working but folks can telework. I work for the gov't but outside of DC and we are open as usual. Thankfully, I am teleworking today. Dealing with snow and high winds right now where I am.
Post by Captain Catnip on Mar 2, 2018 8:26:07 GMT -5
I'm sitting in a specialty gyn office today for a consult and you hopefully schedule surgery. I'm ready for this mess to be done. I'm more nervous that he'll tell me to hold off on scheduling than being nervous for actually scheduling it.
I have the yarn to make a baby blanket for a friend but want to make it a bit bigger. I'm trying to find time to stop at the knit shop to grab another skein.
School and the federal government are closed today due to high winds. I somehow missed hearing about how bad it was supposed to be yesterday, and didn't get any power outage supplies on my way home from work, so I have to head out into the storm in a little bit to pick up batteries and lunch/dinner supplies that don't need to be heated.
I was shocked when OPM actually closed DC offices this morning, I expected just unscheduled leave and telework. I'm teleworking, but it's super quiet and we've had some power flickers this morning, and the neighborhood next to us out already, so we'll see how long this lasts.
And we usually grocery shop on Fridays, so we are totally unprepared too. I might be cooking frozen chicken nuggets on the stovetop. DH did go get gas for the generator.
I’ve been watching Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on Netflix and just started season 2. Anyone else think Greg’s alcoholism is a stretch? Even the flashbacks only showed him drinking 2 or 3 times. Before the wedding episode people would mention him drinking but we never saw him doing it excessively or hardly at all. I mean he was a bartender but we never saw him drinking at work or even at home.
I wonder if they were going to build it up more over season one and cut some of the scenes? It just seems abrupt for everyone to have been so concerned for him season 2 without any sign of it in season 1.
I’ve been watching Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on Netflix and just started season 2. Anyone else think Greg’s alcoholism is a stretch? Even the flashbacks only showed him drinking 2 or 3 times. Before the wedding episode people would mention him drinking but we never saw him doing it excessively or hardly at all. I mean he was a bartender but we never saw him drinking at work or even at home.
I wonder if they were going to build it up more over season one and cut some of the scenes? It just seems abrupt for everyone to have been so concerned for him season 2 without any sign of it in season 1.
I don’t know, I kind of see what you mean. But man I love Greg. That show is so great.
I’ve been watching Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on Netflix and just started season 2. Anyone else think Greg’s alcoholism is a stretch? Even the flashbacks only showed him drinking 2 or 3 times. Before the wedding episode people would mention him drinking but we never saw him doing it excessively or hardly at all. I mean he was a bartender but we never saw him drinking at work or even at home.
I wonder if they were going to build it up more over season one and cut some of the scenes? It just seems abrupt for everyone to have been so concerned for him season 2 without any sign of it in season 1.
I don’t know, I kind of see what you mean. But man I love Greg. That show is so great.
I think it is more abrupt because I am binge watching so the whole first season is really fresh. I just googled and apparently there were a bunch of season one scenes with Greg that got cut for time so maybe those were setting that storyline up more?
Does Greg ever come back? He’s my favorite and it seems weird to write him off.
We accepted an offer on our house!! I posted on Tuesday that we are in a super slow market and our house had been on the market for almost 2 years with only 4 showings. We are super excited about being able to move forward with building our dream house but also a little overwhelmed at everything we have to do.
My ex and I have decided that we are going to request to have our son tested for an IEP for suspected ADHD. He's in 4th grade, and while he's always had some mild behavioral problems, they are getting worse and are starting to affect his school work. Honestly, we probably should have done this years ago, but I've always been worried about having that "label" attached to my kid. I know it's stupid on my part, and I know that he would benefit from some additional help, and I'm kicking myself for not advocating for my son and doing this sooner.
I'm also in the high wind zone. One of our neighbors goes away for months at a time and leaves his trash bin leaned against his house. For selfish reasons, in case it turned into a projectile and hit our house, we put it in our garage until the wind dies down.
I've got a doctor's appointment at 2:00 I'd really like to keep so I hope we can drive there safely.
We had really high/strong winds last night and the ground is really saturated from tons of rain, and we lost a giant pine tree in the middle of the night. Luckily it did not hit anything. Poor DH was out there at 6am clearing a path on the road (it was across the street behind us, so our neighbors back there wouldn't have been able to leave), when it got a little lighter he got his chainsaw and moved the rest. This is our 3rd tree to come down in a year. They provided so much shade and privacy for our deck, so it really sucks to lose another one. (they're probably 30 feet tall, so we can't just plant something else there to make the deck private again).
Post by sotally tober on Mar 2, 2018 9:41:46 GMT -5
My leg from surgery is so sore today. Fingers crossed tylenol kicks in soon. It's great that H and I are able to carpool to work, but damn do I miss my "me" time. His driving makes me crazy and is exhausting. Aside from that, I am looking forward to the weekend.
It's also super windy and rainy here today, and our roof is leaking again. Ugh.
I got the results of my biometric screening from Monday, and will now be getting a $500 premium discount throughout the year because I hit a bunch of health targets. I am a little concerned about my cholesterol, though (my HDL is borderline low and my triglycerides are borderline high) and I'm trying to figure out if it's something I can manage with diet and exercise or if I should follow up with a doctor.
Today is my sister's birthday! We're going to brunch at her house tomorrow morning to celebrate her and our nephew, whose birthday was last Sunday. We also have a birthday party for one of L's classmates tomorrow afternoon at a bowling alley. His Mom, who works at our daycare, said we can bring DD2, but I kind of want to bowl so I might see if we can leave her with MIL for a couple of hours, lol.
Post by AHappierHour on Mar 2, 2018 9:56:04 GMT -5
I just want to feel better. I went to bed hoping I’d wake up and feel better. Nope woke up feeling like I drank a bottle of whiskey and I left every window open in my house. I was freezing!!
Thankfully all the kids have school today so I’m just going to relax and work on laundry.
Post by georgeharrison on Mar 2, 2018 10:08:56 GMT -5
Home health is coming today to check on James and change his dressings. I'm nervous. After the ordeal he went through with the infection, I need reassurance that things are going how they are supposed to be. His follow up with his surgeon is not until Monday and that seems too long to be sure that things are going how they should be...especially after people checking it several times/day in the hospital.
Overall, he seems to be doing well. He is still weak and not eating a lot, but he gets up for a little while and has had good dinners with us both nights that he's been home.
Having him home with us is just...just beyond words.
My FIL is leaving on Sunday and I'm nervous, but I'm pretty much nervous about everything.
I did get into a family doctor who helped me with some long term anxiety meds, so I hope I can start to get my mind functioning in a way to be a benefit to my family.
Snow day here too. Well, I'm working from home. We got about 10 inches, but some of the drifts from the crazy wind were probably over 2 feet. I couldn't open the back door to let the dog out this morning. DH was outside cleaning up for over an hour- snowblowing and shoveling, helping a couple neighbors with their driveway and someone who got stuck pulling out.
Thankfully the storm has passed here and hopefully the roads will be cleaned up later, because it's date night!
I have an appointment to have my hair cut and colored tomorrow morning and I can't wait... it's so overdue.
Yesterday I was ready to kill H, today he's a saint. He took today off and had plans to alternate between playing a video game and cleaning up some stuff around the house - all while watching the pup (his plan is to play while she naps in the crate).
With the crazy winds around here a lot of the more rural areas have lost power. A friend/co-worker was stuck at home with her boys (11 and 8) without power and had some work that she HAS to get done today. So... the boys are going to hang out with H while she comes to the office (we have power here). He offered it up before I could even ask when I sent him the video of their power sub station blowing. Bonus, one of the kids thinks cleaning is fun, so he might get some help there!
I woke up in the middle of the night with a really painful charley horse. I actually screamed in pain a bit and then couldn't fall back asleep - DH didn't even stir. I have been having the worst time sleeping the past few weeks.
DH wakes up this morning and the first thing he says to me is "You look like you had a great sleep last night."
I woke up to a bunch of emails that I overdrafted my checking account. Logged on and omfg 16k+ in one transaction from a damn overseas fish company had been debited. I absolutely didn't do this. It's shitty bc being the beginning of the month there are a ton of things that are automatically debited from my account Huge mess Literally like 10+ transactions have failed so far. B of A is working on it. They better credit my account back
ugh, that sucks. It's one thing if it's credit card fraud, but your debit/bank account is such a pain.
Last Christmas I had a bunch of fraud transactions on my debit card from the NYC area. I was out doing Christmas shopping and went to use my debit card and it was declined. Thankfully my bank caught it and froze my account... but not before they were able to charge close to $5000 at Footlocker, the Nike store and Marshalls. Oh, and like $180 at Burger King.
I'm also in the high wind zone. One of our neighbors goes away for months at a time and leaves his trash bin leaned against his house. For selfish reasons, in case it turned into a projectile and hit our house, we put it in our garage until the wind dies down.
One of our neighbor's trash cans is in our yard, but it is one of the rent from the garbage company cans so I have no clue where to attempt to return it. It might be the one across the street and up as their recycling bin is on its side with the contents all over their driveway (yesterday was pick up day so not sure why it has stuff in it.) They are the wrong direction for the wind to have blown it in our yard.
I put mine in front of the other garage door and behind a garden wall that is protected from the wind last night so they didn't get blown away.
Telework day due to the wind as long as the power and internet stay on. I'm waiting to see if I have to call into a meeting at noon.
eta - I don't have high hopes for my regular internet to stay on - it keeps dropping alexa's music stream.
Post by Leeham Rimes on Mar 2, 2018 11:53:05 GMT -5
Someone forgot to put their parking brake on today. I had to call our leasing office to get maintenance to find a wedge so it would stay in a parking spot.
I need ham like water Like breath, like rain I need ham like mercy From Heaven's gate Sometimes ham salad or casserole or ham that’s free range, all natural I need ham
I'm currently on the phone trying to negotiate my internet bill. No one can seem to explain why all of the amounts are different. Online it shows my current bill amount, my email shows a $10 increase, and the last guy I talked to said it would be $30 more, nope.
Post by blondemoment123 on Mar 2, 2018 15:31:47 GMT -5
I didn’t get the job I interviewed for. My manager said I was the second choice. It kind of stings since I actually trained the lady who got the position.
But I got valuable feedback yesterday that I’m working to put into place.
I signed up with Havenly to get some help decorating my living room. I got a message today saying that my designer is starting on my room and that I should have a plan by the 6th. I'm so giddy to see what she comes up with!