Yay! After today I’m out of the office until the Monday after New Years! I’m so excited! I’m trying to gear myself up for crap happening that’ll require my attention. But overall, I’m going to be off for a couple of weeks.
Post by covergirl82 on Dec 20, 2019 8:40:51 GMT -5
I'm WFH today and Monday, but then I have the rest of next week off! The week of New Years I'm working Monday in the office and then that Friday from home. Hopefully it will be pretty quiet and I can catch up on some things.
DD has her first guitar recital tonight. I have to force her to practice, which only happens a few times a week, so I don't have high expectations. I just hope she does okay and doesn't get super nervous.
This weekend we don't have much planned, which is good because I still have to wrap all the Christmas gifts. I'm also so excited to not have to get up at 6:30 am to go to a basketball game. It will be nice to sleep in a little bit.
Yes! I'm on vacation for the whole week next week. I desperately need it, even though it'll be a little chaotic.
I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend with the girls. We had a really rough 24 hours. DD2 lost her glasses, I lost my mind. And then this morning she let me know she lost yet another hat. So we had a major lecture about responsibility and respect. New rule is that when they lose something, the cost immediately comes out of their piggy bank going forward. I'm done with them treating hats and gloves like they're disposable and the glasses put me over the edge. Coupled with the fact that her response was "Well, it's good you can buy the glasses because daddy says you have a lot of money and he has none, so he wouldn't be able to buy them." He keeps making comments to them about how I can afford everything and he can't buy them anything and it's just infuriating. I am barely holding it together every month. I got my bonus yesterday and it's essentially already spent on debt and keeping afloat. I cried the whole way to work.
So, my plan for tonight is a Christmas movie night. Tomorrow we wrap presents for the family and they go to a parent's night out at gymnastics. I'll grocery shop for the holiday during that time. Then Sunday I want to do more sitting around watching movies and go on a Christmas lights ride around town. I've been jotting down neighborhoods that people mention on Facebook and have a whole list.
Kids wrap up at school today. I’m sitting at the pediatrician with DD1 for her check up. Then I will shoot her to school, pick up the roast for Christmas at the butcher shop near their school, grab gift cards on my way home. I need to clear space in my office to hide the bikes that DH is picking up today, then back to school to get the kids. I may take them to a Christmas themed store near us on the way home. It looks like Christmas threw up - every tacky decoration you can think of, all in one place.
DD1 has a cookie decorating party on Saturday, so DD2 and I will bake a little. She loves scones, so we make them every Christmas. DH and I are sneaking out for a date night tomorrow evening.
Sunday is basketball for both kids, then maybe meeting friends that are visiting for dinner. At some point I need to shop since I’m hosting Christmas.
The kids are off today (because apparently being off 12/21-1/5 isn’t enough) so I signed them up for a one-day camp at the Y so I can work. We have the weekend to get ourselves together and then fly cross country to Maryland on Monday. DH will fly back next Sunday night and then I’ll fly back with the kids on New Year’s Day. Both sides of our family are there, including 5 cousins really close to our kids’ ages, so I think it will be a great Christmas!
I think I slept for 10 hrs last night, it's been a long week.
I think Dh and I are going to get the groceries for Christmas today and maybe go out for sushi. I have a gift card to buy then I am finally finished. Tomorrow DH's company rented out a movie theater so we are going to see Star Wars or Jumongi.
Dh is driving me crazy. All I wanted was a bedspread for Christmas. He went out and spent an additional 100+ on what I assume is workout clothes for me, I saw it on the bank statement online. I then bought him some new running shoes, since his package is not going to be herein time. I really want to be done spending money and I am tired of trying to keep a budget just to have him blow it and not pay attention like avteenager.
Post by librarychica on Dec 20, 2019 12:10:02 GMT -5
It’s been a week here as well, for sure, but as of 4 hours from now I am off for 2 weeks. 2 weeks! I can’t believe it. I haven’t taken that much time off where I hadn’t just given birth since I was ... idk. ...15?
It’s going to be a busy weekend for me as I am helping my best friend move and unpack Saturday. There’s also a family dinner, H going a couple hours away for a day to visit an old roommate who is in the state and lots of wrapping. Then Christmas hits like a freight train, followed by a few days of quiet relaxation and then we are going to Vermont until after New Years! I am so excited. I hope the kids love it.
Post by supertrooper1 on Dec 20, 2019 13:13:15 GMT -5
I work today and then have all of next week off except for Friday. I pick DS up from school, finish my workday and then we're going to brave Costco for a couple last minute things and treats for his basketball team tomorrow. I already ordered Fred Meyer Clicklist to pick up after Costco, so that's one less busy store I have to fight.
We'll meet beau for breakfast after DS's game then nothing until a coworker's Christmas party in the evening. Sunday and Monday will just be baking and hanging out with DS until he goes to his dad's house. I then don't pick him up until noon on Christmas which makes me sad that I'll miss Christmas morning with him.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Dec 20, 2019 13:36:49 GMT -5
I'm at work today. I think I'm taking all next week off. We'll see?? I'm not totally sure.
Our school let out earlier than most so we had a half day yesterday and now the kids are off and I have to go to work. Uuugh.
I have one 2pm call and then I think I am done (unless something happens) so I might just leave.
DH has been doing a lot of the christmas shopping so I have no idea what we have and I really need to take stock this weekend so I can get it all wrapped.
I am drowning in final projects to grade and final grades to submit. It’s going to be a late night here. And then I will start wrapping everything....wish me luck
It's been a craptastic week and the cherry on top is I'm sick as anything today. I'm working all next week other than Christmas day. 23rd will be a half day and so is Friday but I wish I could just be alone all week. Dh is off and I'm giving him a mile long to do list since DD is with me all week helping me do tax organizer.
Update on gymnastics Is that DD has until Feb 1st to get all her skills or she must go back to pre-team. They admitted she never should have moved up but being a small gym had no where else to put her. Dd doesn't want to move down. Its going to be an interesting 6 weeks.