My new favorite holiday tradition (from the past ~3 years) is to take an edible, do about 30 minutes of Barre or yoga while I'm waiting for it to kick in, and then decorate for Christmas. About an hour after that I'm sitting on floor of the living room with a half decorated house eating cookies and drinking eggnog and thinking about how awesome Christmas lights are.
I generally do this in the days after Thanksgiving, but I don't see why you couldn't do it now.
My son basically got cut out of his group of friends during quarantine. It fucking sucks. My heart just breaks for him.
He did ok because he still had a cousin that he was close with and they played Xbox and talked all the time. His cousin got a gaming computer at the end of July and now he doesn't want to play Xbox, so they don't really talk anymore.
My kid is so lonely. I don't even know what to tell him. School starts Tuesday, but it's all virtual. It's his first year at middle school, and looking at his class lists, he has almost no one he knows in any of his classes. I hope he finds new friends, but the virtual aspect is going to make that tough.
I ate half a gummy last night and it didn’t so much. I tossed and turned all night and had a creepy dream, but didn’t really feel it before I decided to just to go to bed about an hour later. I’m not sure how much was in it.
H and I made an offer on a great house yesterday! 4 bed, 2.5 ba, 2 living areas, great kitchen, smaller backyard and walking distance to a great elementary school. Fingers crossed we get it. We find out tomorrow.
I am at the point of tears over our fucking kitchen rebuild after we had flooding. The insurance company is paying for quite a lot, which is great and unexpected (thank you Am Fam) but the process is maddening. It has been two months today and we are no closer to having the kitchen repaired because the contractor has been so busy all I've had is 15 minutes with him in all that time. Plus the office staff is all working from home, which I'm thankful for, but it appears to basically have crippled them productivity wise.
I'm having to decide on floors, cabinets, countertops and backsplash without samples and I have no idea what I want. I think I need to finalize these Tuesday - and it will be months after that to get everything in and done due to COVID delays. Meanwhile, we have no walls and no ceiling in parts of the house, a laundry sink in the kitchen, which has only a subfloor, no dishwasher and half our cabinets and countertops are gone and the rest of the kitchen is packed as we are waiting on demo.
Seriously if anyone is bored and wants to help me design this thing I would be really REALLY grateful. I'd even take Dick Move's advice at this point.
I’m having a minor freak out. DS is home in quarantine by the health dept because he was exposed at school. He’s symptom free right now but we’ve been monitoring our temps. My temp has been normal up until today. It’s 99.8 and the health dept says 100.0 is the number we need to call the doctor. I’m high risk of complications. Plus we just switched PCPs to a small office and the dr just had surgery and is off. PAs are filling in but the hours are limited, plus it’s a holiday weekend. I’m just hoping my temp is a fluke and/or it’ll be lower when I check again later. The anxiety isn’t helping.
We didn’t find out about the exposure until 5 days later, so for that time, we weren’t taking big precautions and I’ve been driving him to/from school. Today is day 9 from his exposure date.
I am at the point of tears over our fucking kitchen rebuild after we had flooding. The insurance company is paying for quite a lot, which is great and unexpected (thank you Am Fam) but the process is maddening. It has been two months today and we are no closer to having the kitchen repaired because the contractor has been so busy all I've had is 15 minutes with him in all that time. Plus the office staff is all working from home, which I'm thankful for, but it appears to basically have crippled them productivity wise.
I'm having to decide on floors, cabinets, countertops and backsplash without samples and I have no idea what I want. I think I need to finalize these Tuesday - and it will be months after that to get everything in and done due to COVID delays. Meanwhile, we have no walls and no ceiling in parts of the house, a laundry sink in the kitchen, which has only a subfloor, no dishwasher and half our cabinets and countertops are gone and the rest of the kitchen is packed as we are waiting on demo.
Seriously if anyone is bored and wants to help me design this thing I would be really REALLY grateful. I'd even take Dick Move's advice at this point.
I'm sorry. We just finished our kitchen and it was super stressful, and that was under less extreme circumstances than you have going on. Im happy to offer feedback or advice if you have specific questions.
I am at the point of tears over our fucking kitchen rebuild after we had flooding. The insurance company is paying for quite a lot, which is great and unexpected (thank you Am Fam) but the process is maddening. It has been two months today and we are no closer to having the kitchen repaired because the contractor has been so busy all I've had is 15 minutes with him in all that time. Plus the office staff is all working from home, which I'm thankful for, but it appears to basically have crippled them productivity wise.
I'm having to decide on floors, cabinets, countertops and backsplash without samples and I have no idea what I want. I think I need to finalize these Tuesday - and it will be months after that to get everything in and done due to COVID delays. Meanwhile, we have no walls and no ceiling in parts of the house, a laundry sink in the kitchen, which has only a subfloor, no dishwasher and half our cabinets and countertops are gone and the rest of the kitchen is packed as we are waiting on demo.
Seriously if anyone is bored and wants to help me design this thing I would be really REALLY grateful. I'd even take Dick Move's advice at this point.
Have you thought about hiring a kitchen designer? It might hold things up a bit more but you’ll be so much happier in the end. It’s a big purchase with so many options, and without seeing samples, I’d want the help!
Post by sofamonkey on Sept 6, 2020 10:52:11 GMT -5
Our dishwasher died about the time the pandemic hit. The novelty of hand washing everything has finally worn off and we went to buy one yesterday. We looked at several, then ordered what we finally decided on when I got home, and it’s ready for pick up! As soon as DH wakes up, I’ll send him to pick it up so I can install it. SO excited!!
Past that, we moved the living room around and it’s so much more spacious!!
shopgirl07mrsukyankee That would be a good idea but will they work with me if I'm not getting any of the materials or work done with them? The insurance company chose the contractor and is paying them directly. The layout is done, thankfully. The subcontractors we have have been great but they are very, "Whatever you want will be fine, here are 12 thousand choices, please let me know immediately."
Post by goldengirlz on Sept 6, 2020 11:45:24 GMT -5
DD’s school started following me on Instagram and I’m annoyed about it. I don’t post any pictures of her, and the audience is almost entirely my friends and coworkers. It’s like: Here’s this cute wine bar I found on a business trip to France! Here’s the cool SF event H and I attended to raise money for trans youth! The closest I get to family-friendly content is pictures of my cat.
I mean, there’s nothing scandalous or anything but now it feels weird. Why do they want to follow me specifically?
Also, one of my friend’s mom keeps commenting on my posts about the USPS with some stupid shit about voting in person. I finally did my best to call her our with her shit. I’m a civil servant too, so what, none of us feds should be given decency?
I should just unfriend, but I basically put her from seeing any of my posts.
I have already unfriended a bunch of people that I found out were closeted Trumpers.
Also, one of my friend’s mom keeps commenting on my posts about the USPS with some stupid shit about voting in person. I finally did my best to call her our with her shit. I’m a civil servant too, so what, none of us feds should be given decency?
I should just unfriend, but I basically put her from seeing any of my posts.
I have already unfriended a bunch of people that I found out were closeted Trumpers.
A work acquaintance just posted a picture of a package she received that had the wrong item in it, and “That’s why I’m voting in person!”
Does she think the USPS packed the wrong item? Wtf?
[mention]goldengirlz [/mention]are you following them? I think some just follow everyone back that follows them.
I’m not! That’s the weird part. I’m not following any of the other parents either (or vice versa.)
ETA: I know I’m probably putting more thought into this than warranted. Everything parenting-related — particularly amid the pandemic — just feels extra fraught. Like does my kid’s school need to know we went wine tasting this weekend? Probably not.
shopgirl07mrsukyankee That would be a good idea but will they work with me if I'm not getting any of the materials or work done with them? The insurance company chose the contractor and is paying them directly. The layout is done, thankfully. The subcontractors we have have been great but they are very, "Whatever you want will be fine, here are 12 thousand choices, please let me know immediately."
Ah. Could you ask the contractor if they have connections to kitchen design companies that they can work with to supply everything?
shopgirl07mrsukyankee That would be a good idea but will they work with me if I'm not getting any of the materials or work done with them? The insurance company chose the contractor and is paying them directly. The layout is done, thankfully. The subcontractors we have have been great but they are very, "Whatever you want will be fine, here are 12 thousand choices, please let me know immediately."
You’d probably have to go with an interior designer who’s independent, not affiliated with a cabinetry or kitchen design store.
Post by lilypad1126 on Sept 6, 2020 19:18:41 GMT -5
ssmjlm, I’m sorry you are dealing with this. I feel like you just described my current relationship with H. My H is disagreeing with me about the dumbest stuff, like he’s trying to pick a fight. Just today we fought over the fact hat I want to buy a new headboard for our bed. Because our current one is broke. And he wanted to argue about do we really want to spend money on that and why do we even need a headboard, and why was I making him think about this, but don’t buy one until I find one he maybe likes, bc it’s stupid that I’m making him think about it. Yes, we need a new one, I spend literally 22 hours a day INSIDE my house these days, we can afford it, don’t argue with me. Lol.
And yes, I feel like every single issue we have can be traced back to spending so much time together recently. If I didn’t work at a COVID hotspot, I’d be tempted to go back to the office just for some time alone.
Post by Patsy Baloney on Sept 6, 2020 19:20:00 GMT -5
We’re having to put my DD on a behavior chart of sorts. She’s been really rough to deal with lately, and I think we’ve pinned it down to the pandemic changes. She really misses going to school, but has tried to be a dutiful kid and not rock the boat when we made the decision to go virtual. She’s eating a lot lately, and it’s definitely her trying to feel better. She’s been a contrarian twat, too, and her dad and I just can’t take it anymore.
So, we’re giving her goals to fulfill every day. Weekdays are: good attitude, all school work done, piano practiced, and at least 1 hour of exercise/active play before she gets video game time. Weekends are good attitude, bed made, bedroom straightened up, 1 hour of active play/exercise. If all that gets done, she can have her Pokémon time in the evening.
I feel bad for her, but she and I talked about how all of this is to help her live healthfully. Maybe with more movement, we’ll sleep better. With some chores, we’ll have things to work toward. Oh, and we’re tossing junk food for a while. Like I said, she’s definitely eating to feel better, and I hate that for her 😞 you’re only 7, sweet kid.