Damp J11 - Gooo Dawgs and Randoms

[newnamesameperson]

We watched Georgia capture the Natty! The kids are decked in Georgia gear for the second day in a row and have asked to watch the game again (they fell asleep) this weekend. For what it's worth, I do realize this sounds crazy.

Random... I AM SO tired.

[puppylove64]

Go dawgs! I’m not a huge fan, but is exciting when your home team wins big. I finally gave away a bunch of my old skinny clothes that wouldn’t fit anymore and now don’t have any UGA clothes.

I need to get ready for work but I’m cold and sleepy and don’t want to move today.

[Deleted]

I don't really follow football, but did catch a little of the game out of curiosity because my friends son goes to Alabama. Congrats on the win!

I'm walking around feeling pretty cocky today because I solved Wordle in two tries.

It was 15 degrees here when I took my kids to school. I just cannot with this cold weather.

[ssmjlm]

I could not get up this morning. Thankful it's a WFH day.

I turn 40 next Thursday and I'm would just really rather wipe the day from the calendar. Yesterday was 2 years from me rushing home to E in a full leg cast and well it all went shit from there. Instead of the fun, warm, kid free weekend, it's cold, omicron is a fucking mess, and DH keeps asking me what I want to do instead of doing what I've already told him.

-Sigh-

[sproctopus]

A had a runny nose and we have iHealth tests, so I decided to be responsible and test before going to school. He has it.

[maudefindlay]

After the mild weather over the holidays it is a big jump for this cold even if these temperatures are normal for this time of year. Kids will not get outdoor recess again today as a result. They were so wound up when they got home yesterday and wanted to play outside. I had them bundled up in hats, gloves etc and figured they'd be out there 20 minutes. Nope, they played outside 2.5 hours in that cold. I did bring hot chocolate out to them...and then promptly ran back inside to the fireplace and my new pleasure, reruns of Beverly Hills 90210.

[notoriousmeg]

I’m sorry sproctopus. I hope his symptoms remain light.
I am exhausted. I threw my back out on Saturday and have slept like garbage since. I may take NyQuil tonight to make sure I sleep at least 4-6 hours.
We rented an Airbnb this weekend for H and DS to go snowboarding. I’m sure it will be good once we get there but the prep seems more trouble than it’s worth.
I think I’m just too tired to deal with it this week.

[pandorica]

I am also SO TIRED. So glad I stayed up for the game (go Dawgs!), but of course DD woke up pissed at 5am and then slept on top of me for the rest of the night once she finally fell back asleep. It's gonna be a long day.

[pandorica]

So sorry sproctopus and shortstax! I hope everyone has mild cases.

We need to test DD today. She was exposed Thursday/Friday and daycare and got a runny nose starting Sunday

[circa1978]

I fainted yesterday for the first time in years. (It's not exactly normal for me but I have anemia and low blood pressure, so it has happened on and off my whole life.) DH was home and heard me hit the floor and nothing was hurt but it's so surreal to be like one minute heading for the kitchen and the next minute be staring up at a very confused dog and H.

[agnes]

I thought this was going to be about the old poster GoDawgs. Lol
#notasportsfan

[isabel]

I’m so sleepy. I stayed up way too late watching Yellowjackets. Officially into it.

I learned the other day that my boss (who is conservative, but open to my leftist views) refers to her kids private parts by cutesy names instead of what they are actually called. For some reason, of all the things I know about her, this is really bothering me. Like, your son doesn’t have a fucking “ding a ling,” he has a goddamn penis. This is not hard.

I got this idea in my head to book a surprise weekend to Chicago for DH’s birthday. I haven’t booked it yet, but I’m pretty confident he’ll be excited so I don’t know why I’m being so hesitant.

My proposal got extended by a week and I am freaking thrilled. That news yesterday made this entire week so much less stressful.

[TR]

circa1978 - that would be so weird/scary! I've never passed out in my life, but the one time I came close I knew it was happening so it wouldn't have been SO nuts.

[maudefindlay]

Just saw a coyote in my yard. We hear them at night, but never see them. It was big!

[TR]

isabel - I love Yellowjackets! It's like Lord of the Flies meets The Craft meets Lost meets Misery lol

[georgeharrison]

Today is my 1 year anniversary at my "new" job. I'm so glad I didn't move forward with that other position late last year.

[skidunks]

I have a list of errands to do today. I have the day off and woke up at 4:30 all awake and excited to get my day off started. That’s so dumb! Stay asleep!
We’re going to the mountains this weekend with another family and I’m excited. I need to hit the grocery store today, they are likely going to be striking tomorrow and I won’t be back to King Soopers until it’s over. I like our grocery store workers and I think they deserve more.

[nancybotwin]

Add me to the exhausted club. It’s so hard to get out of bed.

Last night I had meetings until 10pm and today is another day like that. But I have been able to have some better mental health lately and I’m trying to hold onto that.

DH and I booked a weekend away in two weeks. We need this so badly but I’m trying not to get too excited in case it gets canceled (like everything else these days).

[RitzyHeifer]

Jan 11, 2022 9:10:29 GMT -5 agnes said:

I thought this was going to be about the old poster GoDawgs. Lol
#notasportsfan

Same. I was like “the eyebrow person is back?”

[rupertpenny]

I fell asleep during the game and woke up pissed that Georgia won. Ugh. I'm not an Alabama fan but I really hate Georgia.

[devonpow]

I’m PTO chair and we just moved our PTO meetings back to zoom this morning - we experienced our first zoom bomb and it was so horrifying!!! I don’t know how I managed to get through 2 years on zoom without seeing stuff like that but I hope to never see it again. I can’t scrub my brain clean.

DS1 is home today with side effects from the booster. I’m not complaining - it’s single digits and windy and he has a mile walk to school so im cool with him skipping a day of school

[NewGirlNic]

I have had the worst sinus pressure/headache for 2 days now (took 2 home tests and negative). I feel like the left side of my face and head is going to pop. 

It's so damn cold here and it's making me miserable. I took the dog for like a 8 minute walk yesterday and it was almost unbearable. H took him this morning for about 15 minutes. He is so wound up since he isn't getting his normal long walks. Sorry buddy. Hopefully later it will warm up a bit and I can take him for a walk to the park and let him off his leash to run around a bit. 

[wildrice]

shortstax that sucks! At least you were prepared, but that should have been a "worst case" situation rather than a certainty! I hope you don't feel too bad.

[candreco]

I just did my annual performance appraisal conversation with my supervisor, and despite feeling disengaged and like very little was actually accomplished last year, I somehow got a pretty good rating and a nice bump in pay. So here’s me feeling very unmotivated to make a change that I think I probably really need.

ETA: Also I got a lot less strict about doing intermittent fasting over the holidays, so I’m back to it and man I miss breakfast (just eating it, I’m not actually hungry).

[bex1973]

I wanted Georgia to win only because I wanted to know that my team (Michigan) got beat by the best. We only watched like 10 minutes of the game early on and then put something else on so I was surprised to see this news this morning!

I'm trying to be better about wearing my glasses but it's a real struggle wearing them to work on my computer - with the bifocals I either have to sit too far away to see through the top part or closer with my head at an angle to see through the bottom part otherwise it's blurry. Anyone have recs? Or just keep wearing them and I'll eventually figure out the proper way to see through them?

It was harsh going out in the freezing weather this morning! I got lucky and my kid had a snow day yesterday so I could avoid it. Thankful we're heading to slightly warmer temps this weekend but not looking forward to riding in the car for 10 hours

[wildrice]

Jan 11, 2022 9:16:00 GMT -5 TR said:

circa1978 - that would be so weird/scary! I've never passed out in my life, but the one time I came close I knew it was happening so it wouldn't have been SO nuts.

I think I have passed out 3x in my life. I had warning each time, but it was still so disorienting! I passed out a few months ago before my surgery - it was a vasovagal reaction to my IV being placed, and I was sitting with multiple medical professionals when it happened so I was totally fine. But I woke up to someone saying "you're ok, you're ok" and I was like "why wouldn't I be ok, wtf is happening here?" when I came to. It is SUCH a weird feeling. I also felt so stupid because that's such a silly reason to pass out! I wouldn't even say I'm scared of needles so IDK what the deal was.

circa1978, glad you are ok! 

[newnamesameperson]

Jan 11, 2022 9:36:20 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

I fell asleep during the game and woke up pissed that Georgia won. Ugh. I'm not an Alabama fan but I really hate Georgia.

Well...you can always find solace in the fact that the last time it happened was 40 years ago.  

I am so excited that maybe now we can stop hearing Herschel Walker's name; I do realize I might be dreaming on this one..  His politics are bonkers and I much rather replace his name with Stetson Bennett. 

[rupertpenny]

Jan 11, 2022 9:54:36 GMT -5 newnamesameperson said:

Jan 11, 2022 9:36:20 GMT -5 rupertpenny said:

I fell asleep during the game and woke up pissed that Georgia won. Ugh. I'm not an Alabama fan but I really hate Georgia.

Well...you can always find solace in the fact that the last time it happened was 40 years ago.  

I am so excited that maybe now we can stop hearing Herschel Walker's name; I do realize I might be dreaming on this one..  His politics are bonkers and I much rather replace his name with Stetson Bennett. 

This doesn't make it better! I loved that UGA hadn't won a national championship in so long!

I would be happy to stop hearing about Walker though. 

[maudefindlay]

Jan 11, 2022 8:31:00 GMT -5 shortstax said:

Remember the NYE party that turned into a wedding? Well, I brought home covid as a party favor. You were all right though, part of the "assume you'll get it, would you still want to go" analysis has made me work through this with a positive mindset.

Luckily DH is still testing negative and I've been isolated in our bedroom suite. The groom shared that only one other person from the event (20-25 people) has tested positive, so thank goodness it didn't become a superspreader event.

I'll add to that analysis and say "would you want to go if you might have to stay there". DH and I are pausing vacation planning as we do not want to be stuck far from home with it, minus our family condo as that is a comfy place where we could easily quarantine, DH can work from there and has for weeks at a time, and we can have groceries delivered. So for now that is our vacation, hoping hard that we will feel like booking something in the spring.

[ssmjlm]

OMG, I finally looked up the cleaning service that my friend recommended and I could make an free estimate appointment online. DOH! I would have done it earlier if I didn't have to talk to anyone. Well they're coming Tuesday!