Damp Randoms - Wednesday 1/19

[ssmjlm]

I just paid the balance for our Universal HP trip in June.

DH booked me a big spa day for my birthday tomorrow and it's only supposed to really rain, so something to look forward to!

Friday may still be snow, but meh, I'll hopefully still be blissed out.

[Deleted]

H has slept on the couch the last two nights because he has been coughing. He also snores on the regular. I have gotten the BEST sleep the past two nights. Both because I have more room in the bed with him gone and the dogs aren't draped all over me, and also, because I don't have to listen to his snoring. I guess I'll add this to my list of things that will be better if/when we get divorced.

I have someone coming to my house today to cut my dogs nails. They are WAY over due and she is probably going to judge me. Ugh.

[NewGirlNic]

I have back to back to back conference calls today. The one I'm on now has over 100 people and I really don't think I need to be on it. It was supposed to end at 10:30 and it's still going. It's going to be a long day. 

School is closed again today, from the snow storm on Monday. We didn't get the call until after 10pm so DS was already in bed. His face was priceless this morning when he came out of his bedroom at 8:30 and realized there was no school.
The city really needs to get their shit together and plow the side streets. A plow finally came down our street overnight, but the opposite side of the street where cars were parked is still such a mess. I've heard from other people that they still haven't seen a plow. 

[elefun]

We're trying to sell a plot of land on a lake and a camper, which is on the land, and it's a decent drive one way for us.

We went this Monday to meet the realtor and of course couldn't find the keys to the camper and shed before the visit. Well they're found so I now have to drive back down in a couple weeks to make sure everything is good to go and give him the keys.

What a waste of gas ☹

[holly116]

I'm really content and happy in my current role at work, but a higher level internal resignation happened yesterday. Depending on how everything shakes out, I might want to go after that opening. I work really closely and have a 15+ year plus history with the division and as soon as the announcement was made yesterday, the manager of that role straight up asked me if I would want to join her group. I'm just below officer level and if I can secure the same officer level title as the person that resigned, I will certainly take it.

So now I am completely unmotivated to do anything at all today. I have a light meeting week and we're all WFH, I feel like just taking a PTO day to decompress, which is ridiculous since we just had Monday off.

DH and I are supposed to leave for Cancun next week, of course booked when things were looking up without anticipating we'd all be where we are with omicron. We're in covid exposure/quarantine/isolation limbo hell within our household right now and I guess that's weighing on me more than I want to admit. I need a vacation SO badly and I'm nearly positive the trip will get postponed/cancelled.

[Jalapeñomel]

Jan 19, 2022 10:48:56 GMT -5 @sameoldstory said:

H has slept on the couch the last two nights because he has been coughing. He also snores on the regular. I have gotten the BEST sleep the past two nights. Both because I have more room in the bed with him gone and the dogs aren't draped all over me, and also, because I don't have to listen to his snoring. I guess I'll add this to my list of things that will be better if/when we get divorced.

I have someone coming to my house today to cut my dogs nails. They are WAY over due and she is probably going to judge me. Ugh.

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My DH has been sleeping on the couch since I got pregnant, and I’m not sure he’ll ever come back to our giant king sized bed. 😝

[mommin]

DD1 woke up complaining that her ear was hurting. Normally, this wouldn’t be a big deal but now I’m stressed about it. IS EAR PAIN A COVID SYMPTOM?! Does she have a fever?! Does she think she might want to start coughing?! Congestion?! Are her nostrils clear?! What are the other possible symptoms?! Wait! Did she just clear her throat?! Headache?! Yeah, that was a symptom. Does she have a headache?! No? So it’s just an earache. Okay, that’s cool.
So, to sum things up, our first possible illness in the family since pre-Covid days has shown me that I am, in fact, crazy. Good to know!

[Patsy Baloney]

My H brought home a chest cold in early January. Tested a few times, always negative. I test through work weekly, always negative. Kids have stayed well.

I have not.

I have been barking like a dog for over a week! I keep waiting for symptoms to subside, but I think I'm just going to cough for the rest of my life.

[Bernadine]

Jan 19, 2022 12:09:14 GMT -5 Patsy Baloney said:

My H brought home a chest cold in early January. Tested a few times, always negative. I test through work weekly, always negative. Kids have stayed well.

I have not.

I have been barking like a dog for over a week! I keep waiting for symptoms to subside, but I think I'm just going to cough for the rest of my life.

Ugh, I have the same thing. Went to urgent care because the cough wasn’t any better after 2 weeks, and they said it would last a few weeks.

I interviewed for a job last week, and just found out they called my references. Fingers crossed!

[wildrice]

My health insurance is all screwed up after switching employers, and I'm so annoyed. I think it's a Blue Cross issue, not my employer's problem, but for some reason BCBS can't figure out how to switch me from my old plan to my new one. Meanwhile it's been over a week since my H's prescriptions were filled and they are just sitting there. Thankfully it's just his ADHD meds, so necessary but he won't die without them or go into physical withdrawals. But FFS, it shouldn't be this complicated to switch employers. Yet another reason why tying health insurance to your employer is a load of BS. We are paying almost $500 this month for insurance we can't utilize!

I think we could probably pick it up and pay out of pocket, then get reimbursed, but that seems complicated too and I didn't think it would take this long to straighten out...

[Deleted]

My friend had an outrageous situation. She was babysitting (via word of mouth, not thru a company) a 3 and 5 yr old. The mom was supposed to be back by 11pm. After the mom didn't show up by midnight, my friend started texting her and then called her. Long story short, the grandma shows up at 8am and explains the mom got a DUI and is in jail (grandma got in the apartment via her own key). The grandma asks if my friend will keep watching the kids while she gets her daughter out of jail. My friend says absolutely not as she has a dog that needed to be let out hours ago. The grandma refuses to pay her and says the daughter will get in touch once she's out of jail. We are taking bets on if she will ever get paid. I feel like I would have called social services at 2am? Idk. It is a situation I've never been in!

[wildrice]

Also, did the stock market suddenly crash this month? We have an appointment with a financial advisor tomorrow, and I logged into my accounts to see the balance. It has lost over 5k since the end of 2021! That seems like a lot in 2.5 weeks, especially given that that's like 3% of my total investments.

[186momx]

mommin, all of this but with myself. I woke with an earache Sunday and have been spiraling ever since. I get swimmer's ear easily and had it a ton when I was a competitive swimmer. I took a long bath Saturday night to try and relax and submerged my ears. I probably have some stuck water that is irritating it as it magically disappeared Tuesday.

[Patsy Baloney]

Bernadine, liking for your hopefully good job news!

But this cough better not last another few weeks!

[elefun]

Jan 19, 2022 12:20:12 GMT -5 @lemonlover said:

My friend had an outrageous situation. She was babysitting (via word of mouth, not thru a company) a 3 and 5 yr old. The mom was supposed to be back by 11pm. After the mom didn't show up by midnight, my friend started texting her and then called her. Long story short, the grandma shows up at 8am and explains the mom got a DUI and is in jail (grandma got in the apartment via her own key). The grandma asks if my friend will keep watching the kids while she gets her daughter out of jail. My friend says absolutely not as she has a dog that needed to be let out hours ago. The grandma refuses to pay her and says the daughter will get in touch once she's out of jail. We are taking bets on if she will ever get paid. I feel like I would have called social services at 2am? Idk. It is a situation I've never been in!

I probably would have stayed the night for the kids sake but I doubt she's getting paid. Babysitting money probably went to jail money.

[sofamonkey]

We’re in line for our Covid testing. DH is on a work call, but his earbuds aren’t connecting for some reason, so it’s all been on speaker phone. It got HEATED. Lol. Me and the kids are like 😳😳😳 the language, the anger, etc. I’m kinda laughing, DH is like “well, he’s not wrong” and “last week’s call was more cheerful “ omg lol

[tacokick]

Today was one of those days with a lot of moving parts and lots of unexpected snags. I must have looked frazzled at the library because the guy who always checks out my books said he hoped I got a break today. Eek!

At least I planned ahead and dinner is already in the slow cooker and my husband was home and could deal with the Verizon guy who appeared hours early and couldn’t get into our yard.

[sofamonkey]

I need to make my split pea soup today too. I’m looking forward to eating it, but not the prep work. Lol

[starburst604]

I had an appointment today with my PCP for the racing heart I’ve been experiencing following Covid, although it hasn’t happened since day before yesterday. My EKG was normal and she drew some labs but thinks it likely was some inflammation of the heart with tachycardia following Covid. She’s been seeing this in some post Covid patients, mostly women.

Since it’s eased up and I’m seeing her next week for a physical we’re going to see how it goes, but said if it picks back up to call and she’ll arrange for a holter monitor test. I’m relieved it’s going away and isn’t likely related to my family history of heart disease.

[emilyinchile]

We're at our favorite beach with DS for the first time and for the first time since we came last Jan! Baby hung in there for the 3.5 hour drive and now is rolling all around happy to be free from his carseat, FI is taking a little nap because driving is tiring, and I'm puttering around unpacking and getting the house organized before we walk all of the 200 meters to the sand. My heart is so very happy in this moment.

[kaneen]

Jan 19, 2022 12:22:37 GMT -5 wildrice said:

Also, did the stock market suddenly crash this month? We have an appointment with a financial advisor tomorrow, and I logged into my accounts to see the balance. It has lost over 5k since the end of 2021! That seems like a lot in 2.5 weeks, especially given that that's like 3% of my total investments.

A crash would be overstating what happened but the market has taken a serious dive recently.

[macmars45]

Jan 19, 2022 12:09:14 GMT -5 Patsy Baloney said:

My H brought home a chest cold in early January. Tested a few times, always negative. I test through work weekly, always negative. Kids have stayed well.

I have not.

I have been barking like a dog for over a week! I keep waiting for symptoms to subside, but I think I'm just going to cough for the rest of my life.

My DS first got sick on Dec 11th. He still has a cough and a slight stuffy nose 5.5 weeks later. It's also been hovering around freezing for 2.5 weeks now and his room is the coldest in the house. Yes, he's been to the dr. Anyways, every morning I do a semi freakout so that's fun. We've tested him so many times. He just has a stubborn cough that won't fucking go way! I'm pretty sure he'll be coughing forever too.

[ny96]

Jan 19, 2022 15:13:28 GMT -5 kaneen said:

Jan 19, 2022 12:22:37 GMT -5 wildrice said:

Also, did the stock market suddenly crash this month? We have an appointment with a financial advisor tomorrow, and I logged into my accounts to see the balance. It has lost over 5k since the end of 2021! That seems like a lot in 2.5 weeks, especially given that that's like 3% of my total investments.

A crash would be overstating what happened but the market has taken a serious dive recently.

I normally check our accounts daily, but have decided not to look these last few weeks due to the downturn.

I was looking in the cupboard for some fancy salt to put on top of my avocado toast this morning, and after putting it on read a label at the bottom of the jar which said use by Feb 2012. I went ahead and ate it. Salt doesn’t go bad, right…..

[schrodinger]

Jan 19, 2022 15:54:37 GMT -5 ny96 said:

Jan 19, 2022 15:13:28 GMT -5 kaneen said:

A crash would be overstating what happened but the market has taken a serious dive recently.

I normally check our accounts daily, but have decided not to look these last few weeks due to the downturn.

I was looking in the cupboard for some fancy salt to put on top of my avocado toast this morning, and after putting it on read a label at the bottom of the jar which said use by Feb 2012. I went ahead and ate it. Salt doesn’t go bad, right…..

I hope not since salt is a preservative!

[Monica Geller]

We put the deposit down on a VA beach VRBO/vacation for June today. We’ve also got an AirBnb in Gatlinburg booked for spring break. We haven’t traveled anywhere since June 2019 and I’m ridiculously excited about both. I know others have been traveling this whole time, but with the 2 years we’ve had travel hasn’t really been in the picture for us.

[wanderingback]

Ugh I hate that I’m a crier when I’m angry.
A patient yelled at me today. Thankfully it was over the phone so I didn’t burst out in tears in person! But I think she could def tell I was crying, oh well. We’re all human. It’s just so demoralizing that you go above and beyond for people and they yell at you, it comes with the territory, but grrr.

[cleo29]

HAd my first A&P class. I know it will be challenging, but I also think it is all really interesting.

[cleo29]

Jan 19, 2022 16:08:21 GMT -5 wanderingback said:

Ugh I hate that I’m a crier when I’m angry.
A patient yelled at me today. Thankfully it was over the phone so I didn’t burst out in tears in person! But I think she could def tell I was crying, oh well. We’re all human. It’s just so demoralizing that you go above and beyond for people and they yell at you, it comes with the territory, but grrr.

I cry when I am angry too. I think it is a healthy release though, even if embarrassing at times. I'm sorry you were yelled at like that. You come across as a really compassionate and caring doctor and one who will tell it to you straight. 

[namasteak]

Can someone link to the “recommend your fridge” posts? Because OF COURSE something else in the house is on its last leg/needs to be replaced.

[liverandonions]

Jan 19, 2022 12:22:37 GMT -5 wildrice said:

Also, did the stock market suddenly crash this month? We have an appointment with a financial advisor tomorrow, and I logged into my accounts to see the balance. It has lost over 5k since the end of 2021! That seems like a lot in 2.5 weeks, especially given that that's like 3% of my total investments.

Yes, it's tanking right now