The dad of DS1’s bestie just tested positive for Covid. I’m crossing everything that his friend is negative. Everyone is fully vaccinated, including the guy he got it from, and the dad is boostered. Omicron don’t give a shit. Super mild symptoms, thank goodness.
Honestly, if DS1 gets it, so be it. He’s fully vaccinated and should be just fine. May as well get it over with while he’s on break from school!
I wrapped up addressing holiday cards yesterday and made a list of everything I need from the grocery store and Costco. I need to get the shopping done today except for last minute fresh items I’ll buy next week.
Today I’m taking a new piece of art my mom got me to a framer to have it stretched and framed. Also going to make lasagna for Christmas Eve and scones for my mom to take home as part of her Christmas gift.
My parents have planned some kind of surprise tonight for my sisters and I and our families. I’m so excited, I love surprises! All we know is that we have to be at our parents’ house by 4 on the dot, we will have dinner at some point, and depending on how long it takes, there might be a second part. They’ve never done anything like this before!
And then tomorrow my sisters and I are getting together with our girls to bake Christmas cookies.
I have a few errands to run today, but all in all, should be a fun, Christmas-y weekend!
Currently menu planning and watching Top Chef - this may work in my favor or against me, lol.
Speaking of, because of someone here (can’t remember who) I started watching Top Chef from the beginning. Some of the earlier seasons are just really full of bullying that it’s uncomfortable to watch. I’m on season 6 now and it’s finally less rude and more camaraderie. It’s pretty wild how homophobic/fat phobic/bullying/ etc the early 2000s were. Then again, I don’t watch much tv so maybe it’s still like this!
Today is a super chill day. H has a party tonight that I’m skipping bc no babysitter (fine with me, honestly).
I am now down to 7 books to finish before the end of the year. I am halfway through two books, I have two poetry books on deck, and I’m trying to find 3 more short/easy books. I think I can I think I can.
omglol - it was no Pulitzer candidate, but I flew through The Collective recently. Like, within a few hours. TW for child loss, but that’s kind of the whole premise so should be obvious.
Post by Monica Geller on Dec 18, 2021 10:41:21 GMT -5
I am so tired of covid. The news this morning was all about the 5th/omicron wave and it just spikes my anxiety. The news that the 2-5 year old vaccines will be delayed also fucked me up. I’m so over it.
DS2 has not been sleeping through the night this week. DH and I are both exhausted. We call DS2 the tiny tyrant because he is so demanding. And when he’s tired/ cranky it’s worse. So today is awesome.
We are also in the middle of a home renovation. It was supposed to start in November and be done before the holidays… they started Wednesday. 😒 So in addition to the normal holiday stress, we are in construction. And because it involves our laundry, we don’t have a working washer and dryer right now. I’m excited for a new W/D and laundry/mud room so it’ll be worth it. They’re supposed to be done by Christmas so 🤞🏻
omglol - it was no Pulitzer candidate, but I flew through The Collective recently. Like, within a few hours. TW for child loss, but that’s kind of the whole premise so should be obvious.
Thank you! You’re another one of my favorite book people. Woof! This one has a 15 or 12 week hold, so it’ll be part of my 2022 challenge.
Post by emilyinchile on Dec 18, 2021 10:48:21 GMT -5
True random: I ordered a bunch of peonies because I saw an ad on IG, and it's some of the best money I've spent lately. I highly suggest buying yourself flowers this week, nothing fancy, just something to make you smile!
Also baby with a cold and mom with a cold means I feel pretty crappy, so I'll just be over here concentrating on my flowers.
Post by Jalapeñomel on Dec 18, 2021 10:53:46 GMT -5
I can’t find a pelvic floor specialist that takes my insurance. So chalk that up to mental health as yet another thing where women struggle and it seems no one cares.
But a friend suggested getting some kegel weights so I’m likely gonna go that route instead.
omglol - it was no Pulitzer candidate, but I flew through The Collective recently. Like, within a few hours. TW for child loss, but that’s kind of the whole premise so should be obvious.
Thank you! You’re another one of my favorite book people. Woof! This one has a 15 or 12 week hold, so it’ll be part of my 2022 challenge.
Have you read the The Moth Presents books? They’re collections of NPR’s live storytelling sessions. Fast reads and older so maybe not a long hold. Plus, I think you’d really like them.
The Moth Presents: All These Wonders The Moth Presents: Occasional Magic
Mostly just cooking this weekend! Thanksgiving was a disaster so we are making a turkey breast with stuffing today. My plan for next week is very minimal cooking and no shopping so leftovers are a must.
Tomorrow we are making a sheet cake and slicing it up to give to the neighbors. Hopefully they won’t mind food from us during Covid? We didn’t do it last year. If they seem hesitant we have local friends we can share with. I really only want a slice for myself and it’s best the day it’s made so it has to go!
I’m leaving soon to get my hair done. I was always an every 6-8 weeks person, but since I stopped covering my grays and growing out my bangs, I’ve been doing every 12 weeks to save some money. But I decided I want my bangs back. So I’ll need to figure out how to do bang trims on my own. Or find someone closer who doesn’t mind JUST trimming my bangs every 12 weeks on the off-schedule of when I see my usual stylist lol.
Then I think I’ll make the cookies this afternoon for my dinner with my friends tomorrow.
We didn't get home from a Christmas party and picking DH up at the airport until 10 last night, and then DS tried to get up at 6:45. He went back to bed under protest, but slept another two hours. I had an hour to myself before anyone else got up to drink coffee and page through a magazine, and now I've made breakfast and a batch of cookies and cleaned up, changed my sheets, swapped my bike shoe cleats to my new shoes, and am working on Christmas cards.
I need to get beef stew going for dinner tonight after groceries get picked up in an hour, and then I'm probably going to take a nap.
TR I haven’t read those! Thank you. I used to work at a place that hosted The Moth and it was always my favorite night, so I’ll definitely enjoy these.
I am all over the place this morning. I am trying to read something and get ready to take my final exam for my class, because I really just want to get it over with. But I've been stopping about every 5 minutes to look at or do something else. When I'm done with my coffee, I want to work out and then run to the post office to mail my Christmas cards. I am surprised to see they are open until 4 today, so I am not in a huge rush (also dreading it the Saturday before Christmas).
I had weird kind of vivid dreams last night involving a guy who was a friend with benefits back in like 2003-2004. We are still FB friends and I think it was triggered by a post he made last night (about some delicious looking food so nothing related to my dream, lol). For some reason the dream has stuck with me all morning. I haven't really thought about him in a long, long time beyond noticing his random posts here and there so IDK why I can't get him out of my head now. Despite being a decent guy and an enjoyable FWB, he was never my actual type to date and I suspect that he may have actually started dating his wife while we were still seeing each other, which is weird given that they are still together and appear to be happily married.
Today I want to also bake some Christmas cookies, and H and I are planning to play a game tonight. We originally were going to do some Christmasy stuff out of the house today, but with Omicron I decided it just wasn't important enough to risk getting sick over.
At this point, i'm resigned to the fact we all likely will, due to lots of issues outside of my control. We've done absolutely everything humanely possible to remain safe. I just cross my fingers that the vaccines will protect my family from the worst of it. We're all fully vaxxed and H and I were boostered in October.
I need ham like water Like breath, like rain I need ham like mercy From Heaven's gate Sometimes ham salad or casserole or ham that’s free range, all natural I need ham
I just wrapped 6 Lego sets for DH. Why do we do this?? He is the worst about keeping them off the floor and then they’re everywhere, yet the adults in his life keep buying them 🤦🏻♀️.
DH & DS are going to meet a friend for lunch in a little bit and then I’ll have the house to myself!! I’m way behind on gifts as everything I sat down to order this week said “est delivery after Christmas” so I have to go to actual stores. ILs said they don’t want/need anything, but I feel like I need to give them something. I’m really stumped on my MIL, who has advancing dementia and I know things are declining for her. DH said to just get some nice photos printed and some treats. I agree, but one of us (me) still has to physically do that. I do NOT want to go to Target today.
Post by Leeham Rimes on Dec 18, 2021 11:58:43 GMT -5
I want to shop local and support my community but --- $10 for a PLAIN HAMBURGER at today's food truck is just a little much. Includes nothing else. NOT EVEN CHEESE. Like, I get that things are more expensive, but there's no way I'm paying $10 for a single burger.
I got my hair done the other day and went back to dark brown. It's shocking. LOL. My stylist did exactly what I asked, but I guess I've been "blonde" for so long I forgot what I looked like. ha.
I need ham like water Like breath, like rain I need ham like mercy From Heaven's gate Sometimes ham salad or casserole or ham that’s free range, all natural I need ham
Leeham Rimes - haha it’s always so jarring at first! I’d love to go back to dark brown, but it just gets too hard to keep covering the grays so I’m living with blonde highlights over my natural dishwater light brown lol
Post by sofamonkey on Dec 18, 2021 12:19:15 GMT -5
Family party today, and then we might go see Spider-Man tonight. Tomorrow, we will be finishing up cleaning and decorating. DH should be able to put in the pill out shelves too, so that *should* be the end of the kitchen remodel. Lol.
We are hosting Xmas here, but I ordered dinner, and it’s just my parents and sis/BIL, so I thought I’d make cookies since I have free time. I need to plan out what we are making (PB blossoms for sure!!!), and get the ingredients.
It's raining like crazy here so we are just tucked up inside our house, finishing up a Lego Christmas build and getting ready to make Christmas cookies.
I would love to make another batch of soup today but I forgot onions in my grocery order
My H isn’t finding this as funny as I do. But I threatened my best friends if they don’t take me out like this. My obit for SFIL was lovely, but man I could have used some help from the “gay don.”