Got my morning work out in. Never miss a Monday! (hahaha yeah right)
But really it does make a good start to my day and hopefully week.
Weekend was good. We got a new TV so I can finish setting up the play room. My mom is moved into her own place. She did sleep at my house last night, but hopefully that will be the last night for awhile. I think it is really hard for her to be living by herself for the first time in her entire life. She went from parents house to navy barracks to my dad to her sister then to my house.
Back at the office today after not being here since January 23.
DS had a basketball tournament (luckily at our high school, so it was only 10 minutes away) and played 2 games on Saturday and 3 on Sunday. Luckily the Saturday games were both in the morning, so I had all afternoon to run a few errands (after finally being able to drive on decent roads after a rough week of winter weather).
It got above freezing on Saturday and is supposed to be close to 50 degrees today, so most roads should be clear by the end of the day today.
Semi vent about MIL: Somehow we got on the topic of the cost of cable a week ago, and she claimed she was paying $125 for 10 channels plus locals and we told her she must be paying for something else, because that is way to high for 10 channels plus locals. DH told her to send him a copy of her bill and he'd look at it. Turns out she's also paying for internet, which she says she isn't using. At one of DS's games on Saturday, I told her to call the company and at a minimum cancel internet, but also ask if they will give her a full refund (she's on a limited income) if it shows that there was no internet usage. (Internet is $65/month, so over $700 a year.) Literally an hour later, so starts talking about a friend "who apparently has money to throw away" by not going to Weight Watchers for at least a year and still paying for it. (This friend is the department head at a local university and is a widow with no kids, so she's doing ok money-wise.) MIL said it would be over $700 a year. Just like the amount MIL was throwing away by not paying attention to her cable bill. Way to be the pot calling the kettle black, MIL.
Another vent: One of DS's friends asked him yesterday (a number of his friends were playing in the basketball tournament, so they hung out in between games) if DS was going to the Super Bowl party at another friend's house. DS said no, and then got upset because pretty much all of his friends (really, the families) were invited and we weren't. I'm not sure why DH and I don't get invited, and I don't care for me/DH, but I do care when DS feels left out. So DH talked with DS about it. It's so hard, and I hate when my kids feel left out. I told DH later that I hope the parents do a better job in the future of telling their kids not to talk about these parties or at least make sure their kids know if DS isn't invited so they don't ask him if he's going.
ETA: We did win the final score for the score squares that DS's cousin does, so we now have $250 that we weren't planning on.
Vent. DS was better, but I was sick all weekend. Got a steroid and antibiotics yesterday morning and did have some fun at a super bowl party yesterday. Today, my face still feels puffy, but nose has cleared some. I have a lot on my calendar today including class and a meeting with a judge exec. so I will be sucking it up. Hopefully drop off my taxes today.
Hopefully DH will take volleyball tonight. My master bath is still unusable. I hope he gets it back in order while he is off today. He starts in hall bath this weekend. I just need to remind myself, he is saving us $800. My house is a wreck. When I have floor tiles stacked in the hallway and all of the power tools all over the bedroom and doors off the hinges, it doesn't really put me in the mood to keep order anywhere else.
Met with a financial advisor and got my taxes done over the weekend. Feeling ok about things. She's going to help me come up with a plan for the next 3-5 years, kind of a road map of when I have x amount of money, do y with it to prioritize things that I need to work on. I'm not in bad shape, but I still don't feel really financially stable. If I didn't get a bonus each year, I'd have zero in savings and that freaks me out. And if I have to spend any of that on something that comes up, I have no real way to replenish it right now. On paper I make "a lot of money" but compared to cost of living around here, it's really not. It's too much to get any kind of help as a single mom and too little to give me any cushion. But the financial advisor seemed to think I'm not as bad off as I think I am, so that's good.
The Superbowl was great, because my team won. But really, it was kind of a boring game to watch. I was hoping for a bit more excitement!
Post by mustardseed2007 on Feb 4, 2019 9:25:57 GMT -5
We went to DD's "Saturday Morning in the Classroom" event. I was loving that DD is working on letters, playing music, and doing all kinds of cool stuff. She's doing so much more work than her brother did.
HOWEVER I stayed for their "rising kindergarten" meeting even though we are looking at sending her to school with DS. Afterwards her teacher pulls me aside and says (for the 2nd time) that we should consider having DD do kindergarten twice, perhaps once there and once at DS' school.
It's all based on maturity. She doesn't participate in group lessons, doesn't sit still, will trantrum if something upsets her, and is totally unintelligible. They said this about DS also, but, if anything, I think he was more mature than she is, although she's on track academically and he was not. As a matter of fact I was thinking the other day that even if I wanted to have DD evaluated like I did DS, it would be hard because you can't understand her and she's really hard to communicate with in general.
On the other hand, I think DS' school (private) is pretty anti redshirting vs if she was going to public it would probably be almost mandatory since everyone red shirts.
Post by justcheckingin73 on Feb 4, 2019 9:34:09 GMT -5
It was a pretty good weekend. Got shopping done, purchased a new cordless Dyson for our hardwood floors, made a ton of food for just 6 of us for the Super Bowl and finally got my 5 mile run in on Sunday. Today is the warmest day but temps will be falling and then they will continue to go up and down but at least not near zero!
On Saturday DS had a basketball game and then a friend texted that her son was playing in our town (they are from a neighboring town) so we saw the last half of his game. Also had an eye appointment on Sunday. Not a huge change but definitely some tweaks so I expect new glasses in a few days.
I was hoping to get my car washed but I figured everyone else would too so I stayed away. I may take it in sometime this week to get all of the salt off of it.
Also a question...I’ve been having some knee pain which I think might be IT band issues but could be something else. If I want to get it checked out, which doctor do I call? I don’t have restrictions on my insurance (other than wanting to keep it in network) and don’t need referrals. Any advice?
Weekend was productive, but also relaxing, which was nice after a crazy week. Friday night we just laid low. Saturday I took DD1 to a softball hitting clinic, and DH took DD2 to lunch and spent time getting her to ride her bike. It finally clicked, and she's on 2 wheels!
Saturday evening our friends canceled on us (again), so we got a sitter last minute and went out to dinner to celebrate my first significant paying job with my side gig. As we were wrapping up, DD1 called us to let us know that DD2 was a total terror and wouldn't go to bed for the sitter (who lives next door and has babysat her 735 times). So the kids were up until almost 10, which is waaaay too late.
Sunday DD2 was up at 630, making her a total mess by dinnertime since she was up so late the night before. DD1 had basketball, DH and DD2 came with us because it was sunny and above freezing, and there's a cool playground at the school where DD1 plays. We visited my parents briefly, then home for the Superbowl!! GO PATS! Total snooze, but still pretty exciting to win and break all kinds of records.
This morning I finished up my project and pushed my new website live. It's such a sense of accomplishment.
Post by supertrooper1 on Feb 4, 2019 9:38:54 GMT -5
DS started throwing up yesterday afternoon. H decided to stay home with him today, but school ended up being cancelled anyway due to snow, ice and freezing temperatures. We're getting the winter blast that the rest of the country got last week. It's 15 with a wind chill of -10.
It was a good weekend. DS and DH went camping with the cubscouts. DD and I had a blast, we went shopping for shoes and a bunch of other things that the kids needed.
Celebration- No longer a polar vortex and getting outside didn't hurt! I was able to get some productive shopping in. I was tired of planning stuff, so went shopping instead. Note- I am not a shopper, but now I can understand why my mom went so often and always on the hunt for something. You have to go a lot more with kids, and even with one kid in tow it is nice to get out of the house. We had a nice super bowl party that I pretty much did everything on.
justcheckingin73 - try Airrosti! I just started and can already see an improvement - in one week. Their philosophy is no time off, rapid repair/healing - and they only do soft tissue, so they know what’s up (orthos do know but it’s not their bread and butter).
DS spiked a real fever on Saturday evening and was glassy eyed and clingy. We were away for his birthday trip, staying in a cabin with no kitchen, in a small town where the only food options were restaurants. We drove home instead of staying Saturday night because I was worried he would need a MOTN breathing treatment. Sucks that it ended early but it was AMAZING Friday night and a crazy busy Saturday. I’ll remove this, but our cabin was right above the watering hole. I taught him to use a compass, we explored with binoculars and read a ton of books - all while watching the animals visit the water in the very early morning.
DD is now on an old school antihistamine and it’s knocking her out. Hard to watch. Hoping it stops her nausea. I go to her homebound meeting in 30 minutes.
I’m taking my first half sick day from work this year, which is kind of a feat considering. So far today I’ve done two meetings (I have a recurring 8am meeting every Monday and always side eye that) and taken DS to the ped - croup. DD also has biofeedback.
We had a nice weekend. We're at the time of year where everything is jampacked - it's birthday season in our world right now. We had two birthday parties yesterday, and we have invites to at least two parites a weekened from now through the first week of March. Also, Michaels stopped always having a 40% off coupon available at line, which really throws a monkey wrench in my birthday party shopping.
There's only going to be two of us (plus my manager, but he doesn't do any of the actual work part) in the office this week, which gets a little lonely.
It was 50 degrees outside, which is a 100 degree swing from the windchill of -50 last Wednesday!
Saturday was spent at a swim meet all morning and afternoon. We stopped at Costco on our way home to pick up a few thing and eat their cheap pizza for dinner! $17 for dinner for the family INCLUDING frozen yogurt for everyone. God bless you, Costco.
Sunday was church, relaxing, grocery shopping, and more church. A perfect family day.
Post by freezorburn on Feb 4, 2019 12:01:39 GMT -5
We are enjoying a rare snow day in the PNW. Thankfully, DS is doing a good job of playing independently so that I can work on my job search a little. We will see how long it lasts.
Post by traveltheworld on Feb 4, 2019 12:19:49 GMT -5
Saturday was busy with dance, hockey, a play date, then my parents coming over for dinner. Yesterday we tried to just relax at home, but it turned out to be really busy and the kids got on our nerves. BUT, we had our first family movie night! Thanks waverly for the Mighty Ducks recommendation! DS was reluctant to watch it at first and found the first part "scary" (), but he ended up loving it. I was so happy. DD seemed less enthused and commented that "that was a lot of hockey", but I think she was just glad that we weren't watching David Attenborough documentaries again.
Crazy day here. No snow day or late start for us. We had no snow at our house not even a frost or frozen raindrops. Get 10 minutes down the road and you start seeing snow on the roofs. I get the 10 miles to work and we are in winter wonderland of a nice white snow on the roofs, trees, shrubs and cars but not the roads. DD really wanted a snow day to sit and read in bed.
Gymnastic meet was amazing. Both teams did amazing and were dancing to each other floor music. Dance party was crazy. I lost DD and her friend. They didn't get I wanted them to come back to where they went in which is where I was waiting. They finally found a security guy and asked them to look for me. By this time I had talked with friends mom and was trying to get ahold of the friend on her gizmo watch but it was way too loud for her to hear it. Normal attendance is 2000 people meet attendance Saturday was 6505. If I do that again we will have a designated meet up spot afterwards. Security staff was awesome and even gave the girls free shirts.
DD is really enjoying the first Harry Potter book. I got it in large print from the public library Thursday night and as of bedtime last night she is on page 236 and was so upset I told her she had to put it down. She probably read 3+ hours yesterday alone.
I’m at an out of town meeting. Normally the best part of being away is that I get to eat whatever I want for dinners then go to bed watching Netflix early. But noooo. I have stupid dinners both nights of this trip. In fact, every flipping meal is accounted for and I have to stay up late and go early for meetings. And give a speech. Damn it. Worst trip ever.
Monday post on Tuesday... over the past few weeks or so, I’ve been averaging 1-2 nights of decent sleep per week. Decent = 6 hours. Most nights it’s 3-4. Last night I was exhausted, but I could not quiet my mind. DH was restless, and I finally left around 1am to sleep in the guest room. I drifted off around 330, up at 615.
I look awful. DD2 commented on my “really black lines” under my eyes. I was legit concerned driving my kids to school today because I’m so sluggish. Usually CBD is enough, mixed in melatonin, nothing is working and I’m so, so tired....
mae0111, maybe you should do a sleep study or maybe you and your H need to sleep apart for a few nights? That sounds awful and I do think you might need to see a doctor. I am so sorry.
So shocked. We had a dusting of snow this morning which normally means a 2 hour delay if not a complete snow day. But nope, normal schedule. DD was so pissed as she wanted a day to snuggle in bed and read Harry Potter. I had to cut her off last night and she was in the middle of the quidditch game.
mae0111, I've been drinking sleepy tea with dinner along with melatonin and a couple of Tylenol. I've also been trying to turn down lights about an 1/2 before bed and cutting out the TV/tablet at the same time. I agree with xctsclrx, that I would just sleep in a different room for a few nights and see if that helps especially if you feel like YH is keeping you up.