I'm so happy for the weekend. The weather is supposed to not be terrible and I'm hoping to start some work on my garden getting things cleaned up and spray painting a new planter that I got.
Things at my job move so slow. We acquired a company back in 2016 and we are STILL trying to combine things. I'm working on something that I submitted to my boss back in November and they are just getting around now to reviewing it, and of course have questions, so now I'm having to dig through my old notes to remind myself as to why I did what I did. It's so frustrating.
I have a few last little things I wanted to get down in our kitchen remodel since I don’t work today. We have contractors here working on the front porch which is right in front of the kitchen window. I haven’t gone any window treatments yet and I finding no it very unsettling being in the kitchen with 4 strangers right outside the window. Guess I will be working on the kitchen in the evening.
So I had my second shot yesterday, and I'm feeling it today. Thankfully just the exhaustion. I was a little nauseated overnight but that's gone. I just really want to go back to bed.
I can't believe we have snow and ice on the ground. The nice weather the last couple of weeks was a tease. I want warm weather back!
The kids are off today, but work is not. BOO. How the eff did I do this for 5 months last year? I'm my own hero. LOL
It's supposed to be nice weather though this weekend so I'm hoping we can get out for an adventure of some sort tomorrow. It's kind of hard with the 1 year old though since he's too old to be carried, but very slow on his feet. Hopefully we can find a stroller friendly trail or something.
I should have taken the whole day off instead of 1/2 day, but at least it's quiet. I'm off all next week so I spent most of yesterday afternoon getting everything done.
School traffic is a mess this week and that's with only 1/2 of the kids back for 4 days. The week after next it's all of K-5 for 4 days, but please don't have your kid ride the bus due to driver shortages and distancing. We've had sheriff's office personnel out the last 2 days, but they're not actually doing any sort of traffic control. My fear is an accident is going to be the reason for change, not because anything is done proactively.
Also since DH used up all of our data I just printed directions to the cabin we're renting for a few days next week. Really settling into my old lady mindset!
I have a 4-day weekend and I am so happy because without a spring break this year, I feel like I am on the verge of a mental breakdown.
I slept in and went to get coffee at my favorite local shop. A local church paid to give all their customers one free drink today, so that was a nice surprise! I think I may go walk around some furniture stores and start pricing out some king beds as we are hoping to upgrade and also desperately need a new mattress.
The dogs are being extra annoying this morning. And they're only coming to bother me, not H. Of course. I hope my new job plans to get people back in the office. I need to get out of this house.
I've really been enjoying our actual spring weather here, temps in the 60s/70s, but it's going to be in the 80s next week so I guess it was nice while it lasted for 3 weeks lol.
My mom is behaving like a toxic monster to my son (who isn't even 3 yet). I'm fully frustrated and disgusted and I've called her out. Despite trying to have a constructive conversation, she chose to turn it around and place guilt on everyone but herself. Gross.
I'm making hot cross buns, a hazelnut cake topped with fresh whipped cream and raspberries and some cookies with mini peanut butter cups & banana chips this weekend. Stress baking and stress eating are really the things I'm the best at.
I also forgot today was a holiday and went to work this morning. Whoops. All days are same.
Things are quiet with work so I should be able to get things done that I've been procrastinating. I guess a lot of people took off for Easter weekend.
No plans for us this weekend. Probably take our bikes out for a few rides. I'm making a brunch for us on Sunday - mimosas, quiche, caesar salad and a fruit salad. I hope it's warm enough that we can have brunch out on the deck.
I impulse bought a leg of lamb at Costco for Easter (the ham they had wasn’t great looking and/or expired before Easter) and of course we are getting our exciting Zahav lamb dinner delivery on Thursday. We are going to have so much lamb to eat.
Since we aren’t going anywhere or doing anything on actual Easter I think I might just make it tomorrow to move up the date of the leftovers so maybe we can eat a couple non-lamb meals between Sunday and delivery? I was thinking of baking on Easter so that would free up the oven too.
Costco really threw me, my back up to ham was steak or a beef roast but they were all sell by the day I was there. Why Costco, why?
We get to see my ILs for Easter! We have stayed away to keep them safe, but it is time! The adults are vaccinated and they are itching to see the kids, especially. We are doing brunch and I ordered all the food including a lamb cake lol. The kids are SO excited to see them.
I'm on a roll! So far this year I've won two awards at work, each came with a $75 gift card reward, then I won $50 doing a Kahoot game at work, and now just today, I won a weekly trivia award for $100 for Door Dash. Huhm, what shall I have for lunch?
blondemoment123, mine started before 3 and it hasn't stopped and she's almost 8, so ummm, good luck and adult drinks friend! We've been in the backtalk, literal interpretation of everything stage for a good year.
I can't remember which thread it was but the one with the middle schoolers and still having to remind them to shower and brush teeth was like OMG STILL?!?! DH and I continue to ask our kid why she treats the daily things like getting dressed, etc as if it's a completely new concept every day?
Holy shit!!! DH got me a set of vaccine appointments with the first one on Tuesday next week!!! Now I know why people on here are talking about crying while waiting to get theirs. I’m so much more emotional about this than I thought I would be. This is surreal.
I've slacked on Easter and placed a pickup order last night for basket, brunch and egg dying supplies at Target. Of course, I then remember that DS loves Peeps and I forgot to add those. The Target near us has not a single Peep available for pickup. I did my drive up this morning and ran inside to look for myself, nothing. H went to Wegmans to pickup his prescription just now and they also had zero Peeps. WTF. So, I just placed an order at another Target that is about 25 minutes away for 2 packages of Peeps and 2 of the new Spindrift lemonades, since the Target I typically shop at doesn't carry them. I have a dermatologist appointment tomorrow morning and at least it's close to the Target so I'm not driving almost an hour just for fucking Peeps. The things we do for our kids.
I have done nothing for Easter. My tween is kinda over it but DD#2 is still into it. I think it because my MIL goes out for Easter. I just don't care. I will have to pick up something tonight just to say I did it.
blondemoment123 , mine started before 3 and it hasn't stopped and she's almost 8, so ummm, good luck and adult drinks friend! We've been in the backtalk, literal interpretation of everything stage for a good year.
I can't remember which thread it was but the one with the middle schoolers and still having to remind them to shower and brush teeth was like OMG STILL?!?! DH and I continue to ask our kid why she treats the daily things like getting dressed, etc as if it's a completely new concept every day?
DS (almost 12) got out of the shower last night and I witnessed him put deodorant on without me asking him. It was a miracle. I typically remember to ask him about it when he's going to bed, since I fill his humidifier and his deodorant is on the dresser right next to it. Every night he's like, "oh, I forgot".
I had a big list of things I wanted to accomplish today, but then I had a meeting that kind of knocked the wind out of my sails. Sounds like as of July, I won't be teleworking at all, or maybe just a handful of days per year. I was hoping to work something out to do more like 1-2 days per week. Ugh. I am a bit concerned that we're just going to snap back to pre-pandemic everything and I think it's going to be hard. I also learned this week that I'm going to be reporting to a different supervisor, which I actually think will be an improvement (my current manager is the head of HR and is very busy so I don't get much support or direction from him) but will be an adjustment. I like the person I'm going to be reporting to, but she's likely to manage me much closer - which is a good thing, i think, because I tend to be all over the place and giving me too much flexibility on deadlines makes it hard for me to complete things. But it will definitely be a transition, and on top of transitioning back to the office, sounds kind of tiring.
I have nothing planned this weekend. Tuesday is my 2 week mark after being vaccinated, so I feel like I need to just hold out one more weekend and then maybe we can start getting out more. I am looking forward to going to Trader Joes and Homegoods next week!
My lead just referred to our female teammates as girls and asked us to team together to create some sort of team slide highlighting the fact we have diverse team with more female leads than most. I think he was trying to point we are a diverse team overall but his reference of girls did not go over well with the female leads (a few confused IM's came my way) since he used the term several times. Since we are culturally different I had to point out the use of girls was a bit off putting and we need to refrain from using that term. He back peddled and said he didn't mean it that way. LOL It's fun to be a female in IT always and forever. This is why I get so damn annoyed with him because he always hints he wants to make me delivery lead (take over for him) but downplays my intelligence that I am not technical enough even though I have proven otherwise. I think I am going to try to take the cert that he couldn't pass and really piss him off.
GroupMe is the worst. It’s the primary way DD’s dance team teachers communicate with us but one mom uses it as like her own personal group. Nobody cares about your every opinion, Minnie.
Post by pinkdutchtulips on Apr 2, 2021 12:15:36 GMT -5
Day One of school did not go well .... aside from the clusterf of having to use a kids rideshare to get her to school, she had a massive anxiety attack when they got there and she WOULD NOT get out of the car - both the driver and myself told her that she had to leave the vehicle. The principal and counselor were able to convince her to get out of the car thank goodness. She never made it to class - her hybrid schedule is 2 days week for 2 hours (1-3P) so we are not talking about a whole lot of time but what it does offer is in-person support which she desperately needs (she failed all of her classes 3rd q).
I left work early to get her at 3pm and worked from home the rest of the afternoon. She told me she was fine until they got closer to school then in her words, she couldn't "control" the anxiety, nervousness and being scared and it all came out in hysterics in front of a whole bunch of people. *sigh* this is why she is in dire need of therapy long term. We've gone through 3 private therapists and 2 school ones trying to unravel this but after 3-4 sessions she just stops participating. If she doesn't participate, we can't figure out what's wrong and how to fix it.
omg the background check company couldn't verify my employment for the shitshow place I worked at in 2013/2014 so they're requesting proof from me. I can't believe I actually have my W2s from them. I'm sure super organized people would be aghast that it was even a question, but I was shocked when I actually found them in my random pile of tax things in my very unorganized file folder thing lol. Then I got mad all over again when the 2014 one was in a stack of papers I had to compile to send to the IRS because this employer withheld taxes from me, but then didn't report that to the IRS so it looked like I had overstated my withholdings. Oy. That place was SUCH a mess and so terrible.