(It’s FINALLY) Friday randoms

[muffin0]

We went to a PFLAG fundraiser painting thing.

It was kind of terrible, and I’m so bummed. The more I think about it, the less happy I am.

The painting was fun, my kids had fun, but maybe because it was an event vs a meeting or what ever they normally do it just felt cliquey and fake.

It was very white, I’m 99% sure all the moms wore a safety pin at some point.

Someone was going around taking pictures, and came up to my daughter and the person next to her. And was like “GIRLS can I take your picture?” The person next to my daughter had a name tag that said “they/them” which it wasn’t clear, we had plastic aprons on, and we’re facing away, but I feel like you keep all things neutral until you are sure in that situation.

Found out it was the presidents mom.

After the person who led the painting (from a company) Was done with the painting she was like “I just have to speak my heart right now, I’m a Christian, and it breaks my heart that people use Jesus to be such hateful people. I’m so sorry and embarrassed that other people who claim to love Jesus would treat you so horribly. Jesus loves you” then she started crying.

Then got comforted by the president, who said something about it being okay and lovely, and you were speaking your heart and truth.

My 9 year old was like “well that just got weird” which caused some giggles around us.

I then looked the president up on FB and saw we have a few mutual friends and they seem to be connected through a local church.

I think we may try the Neighboring city group and hope it’s less safety pin:

Oh and I got home after posting pics of my kids painting their rainbow trees and my MIL commented on how fun it looked.

I almost responded, but decided to just block her instead. Bye Felicia. 👋🏻

[TR]

So yesterday morning, I was going to get a Covid test and H was taking the rental car back to the airport. The hotel called me a cab that I took to the medical place. It’s a long story, but I didn’t have cash and the medical place only took cash and H wasn’t around bc of the car thing so I just had to come back to the hotel. Clusterfuck.

SO. I have to do it this morning. Maybe I’m being a brat, but I was super annoyed when H just handed me the cash when we got done breakfast. Like. You’re gonna make me go by myself again? Just so you can hang out in the hotel room for your 45 minute morning poop? So I’m pissed. With no one to bitch to because it’s the middle of the night for everyone I know lol

And this cabbie says he won’t wait for me so I have to call my own when I’m done and I am CAPABLE of doing that, but it’s not the MOST fun to be doing alone where I don’t speak the language at all.
And I know some of you will be all “I traveled from Africa to Asia by hitchhiking and catching busses and fishing boats and it’s so easy and I’m so well-traveled and cool and breezy!” Well, good for you.
Anyway.

[TR]

At least my test was negative lol

[notsopicky]

Lord, y'all, what a loooooong week. We had Fall Festival last night at my school. It was so great! I got to see some of my past students, kids had a blast, my son came with me and got compliments from "the big kids" on his costume, and our Trunk or Treat was a big hit (4 of us did BoooooooKS! out of my Jeep, a ghost-theme; we gave out candy and free books!).

Going to work today? Do not want. I have to go pick up gear for a service event I'm doing with my club. I hope I don't get lost (yay maps, but I don't know exactly where this place is, and I don't have a ton of time to get lost).

[Bernadine]

The town hall last night was awesome! I was only 5 rows back, so I got a good look at everything. The set was beautiful, Biden was funny. He’s skinnier than I expected, and I thought he’d look older in person, but he didn’t at all, he looked really good. Dr. Biden is beautiful.

[Bernadine]

Of course, I can’t get any of the pics of Biden to upload, but here’s me, lol.

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[candreco]

We invited a group of friends over to hang out on our patio around the firepit tomorrow, and now I am absolutely blanking on food. It's casual, so I don't really want to get too elaborate, but I can't think past hot dogs, s'mores, and chips/veggies/dip. Can I add some crackers and cheese and call it good? It's been so long since I hosted anything!

I grabbed the wrong deodorant scent at the store, and this one is so much stronger and I keep forgetting that smell is me, lol.

[VillainV]

Oct 22, 2021 6:53:50 GMT -5 candreco said:

We invited a group of friends over to hang out on our patio around the firepit tomorrow, and now I am absolutely blanking on food. It's casual, so I don't really want to get too elaborate, but I can't think past hot dogs, s'mores, and chips/veggies/dip. Can I add some crackers and cheese and call it good? It's been so long since I hosted anything!

I grabbed the wrong deodorant scent at the store, and this one is so much stronger and I keep forgetting that smell is me, lol.

I default to tortilla chips with Guac/salsa/queso dip/bean dip/whatever.

[ssmjlm]

Oct 22, 2021 3:01:20 GMT -5 TR said:

And I know some of you will be all “I traveled from Africa to Asia by hitchhiking and catching busses and fishing boats and it’s so easy and I’m so well-traveled and cool and breezy!” Well, good for you.
Anyway.

I've realized as an adult, I have terrible travel anxiety and the above just pisses me off to no end.  Good for you, but nope.  Some of us may have concerns traveling alone, in a foreign country, as a female, and not speaking the language.  Not saying good/bad, but you come tell my brain to shut off.

[isabel]

TR, I feel like a did you a disservice by not telling you to buy the sealed Binax rapid kits where you can use a proctor on the computer to take and verify your results. We couldn’t use it on the way to Iceland, but it was fine for returning to the US and super easy. Sorry it was such a mess. On the plus side, your trip looked amazing. I hope you had a great time!

Your story reminded me of our last day in NZ on our honeymoon. DH took the rental car to return it. He was supposed to take a cab back or something, but I think his credit card wasn’t working (the details are fuzzy). Anyway, he had to walk the entire way back from the airport to the city center. We didn’t have phones that worked, so I was stuck in the hotel with no way to contact him and freaking out that he had died or something. That story really isn’t anything like yours, but it made me think of it for some reason. Lol

DS2 finally got to come home yesterday (MIL texted about how much she misses him lol). He was so crabby and I was so irritated! And then we put him to bed and he promptly passed out and I was like “oh. You were tired.” Apparently I forgot how to parent this child in the 10 days he spent away from me. Lol

I woke up early so that I could workout, but instead I laid in bed and screwed around on social media and now it’s time for the kids to get up and take DS1 to school and I’ve missed my window. So that’s annoying. Now I’m going to have to do it during the workday.

[TR]

isabel - no worries, the actual test process was very easy and fast. And I managed to get the pick-up address across to the taxi dispatcher so all is well lol. And the trip has been amazing and beautiful, but I haven’t slept normally one single night and I am really looking forward to getting back to my bed lol

H and his business partner have worked together in some capacity for 3 years and have spent over a year building this new business together, talking every day, but are just meeting in person for the first time on this trip. They were both so obviously excited yesterday, it was pretty cute.

[YahYahs]

My house has COVID 😩 All 4 of us. DH and I have been vaccinated (Moderna, back in April/May), but the kids haven’t been yet (10 & 9).

Everyone’s doing well so far - DH and I have light upper respiratory symptoms and I have a steady headache. The kids have more of a cough and headache, and their temps have teetered between 98 and 100.6. So far, nothing that some OTC meds, Vicks, and honey can’t handle.

10-day quarantine ends next Friday. DH and I work from home, so nothing new there.

[ssmjlm]

YahYahs, hope your symptoms stay mild.



I was up at 4am and then couldn't get back to sleep. Finally dozed off around 5:30 only for my alarm to go off at 6. I'm treating myself to Starbucks at lunch.

[Bernadine]

Oct 22, 2021 8:27:08 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

YahYahs, hope your symptoms stay mild.



I was up at 4am and then couldn't get back to sleep. Finally dozed off around 5:30 only for my alarm to go off at 6. I'm treating myself to Starbucks at lunch.

Dd wore the I Love Science t-shirt again that you sent- she loves it! And as a former biotech major, I love that she loves it!

[lightbulbsun]

muffin0 I feel like PFLAG is for people who have a really hard time accepting that their loved one is not straight/cis/etc. My grandma had a really hard time accepting my mom coming out, she actually stopped talking to her for a while. She eventually joined PFLAG, and it seemed like that's mostly the type of people who are involved. I'm sorry you had a bad experience.

[flygirl]

I’m so tired which after 2 days of little sleep makes me crabby. Hope this work day goes by fast.

[macmars45]

DS(5) has been home from school all week for his cold. He was inconsolable yesterday. He misses school and was all out of sorts. So DS & I did a bit of school at home yesterday afternoon (calendar, weather, read a book, wrote sentences & drew pictures). I hope he can go today. He's driving me up the wall with his coughing every 5 minutes, whining for help wiping his nose every 10 minutes and whining that he's bored. If he's staying home I'm adding an art project to impromptu home school kindergarten.

[wildrice]

TR, I'd love to hear more about your trip/see pics when you get back. I was reading my Croatia/Slovenia book yesterday and thinking about planning an upcoming trip and I'm on the fence if we should include Slovenia or stick mostly with Croatia. It sounds like we could easily spend a month in that region so we might have to accept that we'll just have to go back some other time and see what we miss this time. It looks beautiful and interesting!

I can't believe how fast this week went by. I mean I had surgery on Monday so I guess I've only had 3 days so far of laying around, but it sounded like so much time and here we are on Friday. I wanted to watch all the shows, read all the books, and do all the catchup homework and feel like I've done very little of any. Today I really need to write a paper for a class, it was due on Tuesday but I got an extension. I really should turn it in by the end of the weekend and not drag it out though.

[melissa]

I have to take DD (12) to her first viewing and it is going to be so hard. She had a classmate who she was friendly with although the girl only attending school virtually. The classmate passed away from cancer. This is the first time that she has had to deal with the death of someone close to her age that was so unexpected. My heart goes out to the family.

[Deleted]

It's Homecoming Weekend here. My step-son is in 11th grade and doesn't care about stuff like this, so it's kind of a whole new world experiencing this with our daughters who are freshman. The big game is tonight and then tomorrow is basically a day of beauty, group photos, the dance, and then an after-party, which also happens to be their first high school party. I'm already exhausted LOL

DS desperately needs a haircut but the last time we went to a barber they completely butchered his hair. I had been cutting it for the duration of the pandemic so he wanted me to be the only one to cut it, but frankly, with his style, he really does need a professional. I finally convinced him to let my new SIL cut it (she's an actual barber and happens to be working in a shop near my house next week). Fingers crossed it goes well.

[followyourarrow]

I'm going to an accessories exchange this weekend and I'm excited to get some new stuff. You donate your old accessories, then buy new (donated) ones for $1, with proceeds going to an awesome local organization. I've cleaned out all my stuff and have a large bag full.

[soccermama]

I had to get a crown put on one of my back molars yesterday afternoon (ughhhh), and it is still hurting/very sore as of present. I got one put on like 8 years ago and I don't remember it feeling this bad the next day?!?? This was a little bit different than last time, they used to put a temporary crown and then you had to go back and get your permanent put on. At this dentist office, they were actually able to make the permanent while I waited.

Anyone else care to share their dental procedure experiences??? (good or bad)

Then my H acted like an ass over stupid stuff before I left for work, so that was just the cherry on top this morning. 

[MixedBerryJam]

Mine is the very definition of random today. I’m selling my house and it’s empty. A local hip hop artist saw the realtor listing, and contacted her. He’s not in the market but he was looking for an old house with character that’s empty to record a video related to childhood memories. The’re filming at my house today. I’m letting them do it for free in exchange for getting a production credit at the end. I think that will be a super fun truth for that game “Two truths and a lie.”

[litskispeciality]

This is suuuuuper petty olympics. DH's birthday was this week. I often post about his sister who doesn't invite us to stuff. She "forgot" to invite us to her daughter's b-day party later this month, and is now making a huge production of asking if we're going (after she later invited us). She posted a big photo collage on FB wishing DH HBD, and included several photos. Not a single one included myself. I know who cares, but we've taken plenty of photos together at the events she posted. Sorry not sorry we're not going to your party next weekend.

Otherwise thank the lawd it's Friday! I have my flu shot tomorrow (on a Saturday), then debating visiting my dad or having a day home alone. I really want to see my dad, but one day home with a book and tv sounds like a vacation.

[ssmjlm]

Oct 22, 2021 10:21:59 GMT -5 litskispeciality said:

This is suuuuuper petty olympics. DH's birthday was this week. I often post about his sister who doesn't invite us to stuff. She "forgot" to invite us to her daughter's b-day party later this month, and is now making a huge production of asking if we're going (after she later invited us). She posted a big photo collage on FB wishing DH HBD, and included several photos. Not a single one included myself. I know who cares, but we've taken plenty of photos together at the events she posted. Sorry not sorry we're not going to your party next weekend.

Otherwise thank the lawd it's Friday! I have my flu shot tomorrow (on a Saturday), then debating visiting my dad or having a day home alone. I really want to see my dad, but one day home with a book and tv sounds like a vacation.

I would so make a passive aggressive comment on that. 

[lilypad1126]

I was so proud of myself for getting us our covid boosters scheduled this morning. My H has a lot of medical anxiety and we want to travel but he doesn't want to get on a plane until he has his booster. Anyway, I got it booked for Sunday, and then as I was trying to tell him this, he kept interrupting, not paying any attention, then got butthurt when I was like Can we please focus for just 1 second. And once I explained (again) what the plan was and why he was like, whatever, I'm going to see if I can get my booster when I'm at Kroger today. Sigh. Somedays I wonder why I bother. We have plans tomorrow so I hope if he gets his booster today he doesn't have side effects.

[spindle92]

My BIL grew up in the desert and has always lived in warm climates.
This will be his first winter living up north.
He made a post on FB asking what people recommend he keep in his car for winter.

I've lived in the north my whole life and some of these responses are cracking me up.
The best though is Someone said a blowup air mattress in case you have to sleep in your car.
He drives a Hinda civic, where would this air mattress go once inflated?

[candreco]

For the first time since pre-COVID times, DH and I are both in the office (we work on the same base), and were actually free at lunchtime so we squeezed in a day date. It was so nice!

[tacokick]

I was offered tickets to go see Waitress locally. We haven’t done much in groups of strangers, we are vaccinated with boosters and the theater requires masks and vaccination. That seems okay, right? Like I don’t want to go to a movie with whatever random goobers come off the street but this sounds better? I guess if people are flying then a play is NBD?


Is Waitress good? We were just talking about Adrianne Shelly yesterday and how we hadn’t seen the play.

[candreco]

Oct 22, 2021 11:34:47 GMT -5 tacokick said:

I was offered tickets to go see Waitress locally. We haven’t done much in groups of strangers, we are vaccinated with boosters and the theater requires masks and vaccination. That seems okay, right? Like I don’t want to go to a movie with whatever random goobers come off the street but this sounds better? I guess if people are flying then a play is NBD?


Is Waitress good? We were just talking about Adrianne Shelly yesterday and how we hadn’t seen the play.

I think so- I'm taking my vaccinated 12yo to a show this weekend, same vaccination/mask requirements.  If that's not safe I seriously don't know what ever will be.  Honestly I feel better about this than the baseball game DH and I went to where masks weren't required since it was outdoors- that was just weird, sitting 10 inches away from a random person with no masks.

Have not seen Waitress, but the music is good and I've heard the show itself is as well.