Post by maudefindlay on May 5, 2023 7:48:27 GMT -5
When I take DS1 to school in the AM I occasionally see these 2 moms taking their kids to the elementary school next door and it always makes me smile. 2 moms on bikes each pulling a trailer with a kid in it followed by 6 kids on bikes. Tough mothers getting those kids all up and ready, but then biking a couple miles with that big crew, you go women!
DS2 is taking invites to his bday party to school today, small escape room party, and I hope we get rsvps soon and don't have to follow up. I also hope kids come.
Saturday DH and I return to my hometown for a funeral. Sunday we are celebrating DH's bday which is next week. Going out to lunch at a really good place that I found a few weeks ago and then we are going on a zip lining tour in the woods near the state park down the road from us. Then getting dessert.
I am trying to decide if a capybara encounter is worth $400. I feel like we got our sloth encounter for a steal ($150 split two ways) seeing these prices.
I really need to be better about getting myself worked up over things that I think will be hard, but actually end up being easy. For example, I have intermittent FMLA to care for my son as needed. I asked about using it while I'm on the DC trip with my son and they said since it's 3+ days, I need a note from his doctor saying that I need to attend to care for his medical needs. I put off asking his doctor because I thought it would be this whole process. I called this morning and literally after a 3 minute phone call and a 10 minute wait for the letter in my email, it was done and approved by our benefits coordinator. Why do I do this to myself??
Today I’m taking my comb binding machine to my grant partner’s house so we can bind handouts for our project. Please cross everything that I can find a parking spot near their house!
The machine isn’t super heavy (like 35 lbs) but it is incredibly awkward to carry. I wish I knew a kid with a wagon. I thought about putting it in a suitcase so I could wheel it there if I had to but the arm won’t fit.
Why do I feel like these are problems only I have?
We have a busy weekend and I think H wants to invite his friend over for dinner tonight. I don't want him to for a variety of reasons. #1- I bought a flank steak yesterday to marinate overnight and it's not enough food for everyone (his friend has 2 kids) but I could obviously go grab some chicken or more protein (we're having fajitas). #2- his friend lives about 45 minutes away and almost every time he comes to visit it turns into an overnight stay. H says he's just going to come in town for a couple hours and then head home... but he's said that before and it gets late and they end up sleeping here. Also the petty reason is that I just don't really like this friend all that much, LOL. They've been friends since college and I've never really liked him. He's just one of those people who thinks he knows everything, but isn't really all that intelligent so he doesn't. But has to prove a point and spin it even if he is wrong. It's annoying. And exhausting.
Tomorrow we have brunch with our friend group (we get together monthly and rotate houses) and then dinner for my Dad's birthday. Which I have to bake a cake for tonight or tomorrow morning. I'm making a tres leche cake, so it's easy and minimal decorating at least.
Sunday we are going to a charity softball game with the Buffalo Bills players. My company has a suite, so it should be a nice time and the weather is (finally) going to be decent this weekend.
To top it all off, I've had a tension headache for going on 3 days now and I can't get rid of it. I know it's because I'm sleeping on my neck weird- it's the worst when I wake up. I put a heat wrap on it this morning and stretched my neck and it feels better, but still tight. I need a professional massage. I told H to get me a gc for Mother's Day.
Oh, and I have to take the dog to the vet at lunch, because he's been having stomach issues on and off for almost 2 weeks. But of course, ever since I made the appointment he's been fine. So that will likely be an expensive waste of a trip.
Today I’m taking my comb binding machine to my grant partner’s house so we can bind handouts for our project. Please cross everything that I can find a parking spot near their house!
The machine isn’t super heavy (like 35 lbs) but it is incredibly awkward to carry. I wish I knew a kid with a wagon. I thought about putting it in a suitcase so I could wheel it there if I had to but the arm won’t fit.
Why do I feel like these are problems only I have?
Can you pull up in front of their house, throw on your flashers and unload the machine then go find parking?
I am trying to decide if a capybara encounter is worth $400. I feel like we got our sloth encounter for a steal ($150 split two ways) seeing these prices.
I’ve interacted with a capybara, and would say $400 is definitely not worth it. She was cute but didn't really do anything interesting. There’s a kangaroo farm about an hour from me that has a bunch of animals you can get up close to and touch and in some cases feed. I think it was like $12.
I am trying to decide if a capybara encounter is worth $400. I feel like we got our sloth encounter for a steal ($150 split two ways) seeing these prices.
Dooo it!
I just saw that Lizzo had to cancel her concert last night because she's sick, I'm supposed to see her tomorrow . I really hope she's ok and I really hope the concert happens. I blame the stupid Met gala and all of their stupid germs and stupid Karl Lagerfeld.
My friends are getting divorced and they had a mediation yesterday. The wife listed me as a potential witness as someone who 1) knows her involvement in the community and 2) is aware of the kids’ activities. 100% true, full stop. The husband yesterday texted me what sort of seemed like a goodbye text, which concerned me, but he then got more specific and said he wasn’t going to be my friend anymore since I am “on a deposition against his character.” He’s totally inaccurate, as I have not been deposed, and I have not said boo to anyone about his parenting (and could not in good faith say from firsthand experience that he was in any way a bad dad, but I do believe what she has told me about him)… but obviously I’ll let him think he’s right since it helps her get away from him. I thought he might have mellowed a bit in the months since she served him, but not so. What a mess. I just want to scoop up and shield their kids.
It's going to be gorgeous this weekend and I feel like I should plan something outdoorsy with the kids, but the next two weekends are packed, and we really need to do some housework and yard work. Maybe I'll make Sat night dinner firepit hot dogs/s'mores or something and call it good.
Next weekend my SIL and her family are visiting to go to a baseball game, and I want to do the Sun game so we can do another event on Saturday, but I'm getting the feeling they'd prefer the Sat game. I'm torn between accommodating them because they've got three small kids in tow, and pushing for my plan because I'm going to bear the brunt of hosting (DH gets home from a work trip late Fri night) regardless and I want what I want. I do think their kids would love the Sat event I want to go to. All of this could be played by ear, but I am... not a spontaneous person.
This weekend last year, an old friend of mine came up for a festival, brought 2 of her kids, and they spent the night. HeR kids opened every single door or drawer in out house and rifled through them. At one point, they were doing crafts and I offered to get them some tape, and one pipped up, of, I know where it is. It was in a closed cabinet in my office. Not a private cabinet or anything, but they went into my office and went through stuff. Why?! I don’t have kids, so it wasn’t really an exciting house for kids, but for the love of cats! Like, what if they were in my bedroom and opened a nightstand drawer?!
Anyway, the festival is this weekend, and I’ve been nervous for month that she would want to repeat. I just realized that it’s this weekend and I haven’t heard a peep. So I didn’t have to broach the “you are welcome, but I’m not sure about your kids”.
I am trying to decide if a capybara encounter is worth $400. I feel like we got our sloth encounter for a steal ($150 split two ways) seeing these prices.
Dooo it!
I just saw that Lizzo had to cancel her concert last night because she's sick, I'm supposed to see her tomorrow . I really hope she's ok and I really hope the concert happens. I blame the stupid Met gala and all of their stupid germs and stupid Karl Lagerfeld.
I saw that too! She's supposed to be here Tuesday and I wondered if she'd be ok by then either. Her show (from what I can tell) is pretty intensely active so I can't imagine doing that if she's sick. Hopefully she will bounce back quickly and feel fine!
To be honest I might be a little relieved by a reschedule - I am SO excited to see her and really looking forward to it, but next week is completely insane schedule-wise for me so it's not really the best week for it.
tacokick, this is where a collapsible wagon would be great! We got ours at a pretty reasonable price (I think at Sams) and have used it way more than I thought we would. It's easy to fold up and unfold and doesn't take up too much space.
It's sunny and the birds are chirping today - I don't want to be indoors working! Tonight I am meeting 2 coworkers for "cinco de mayo" happy hour which is not something I have any interest in whatsoever but I do think it will be good to meet up with them - we've never met outside of work before, and we don't even work in the office together very much so I don't know them super well. I was actually supposed to meet up with one of them on Wednesday, but she asked if we could just move it to today and combine with the plans she had with this 2nd coworker. Fine by me!
Tomorrow my H and I are going to go into the city and do a couple of spring festival type things. I think it will be nice to get outside together and I miss doing this sort of stuff - we did it a lot when we first moved to Maryland but between COVID and moving 20 minutes away we got out of the habit. We are still in the city a lot for various things (me especially) but there is so much we miss out on too.
I really like where we live but sometimes I wish we still lived in the city anyway. I am literally driving in 8 times in the next 10 days, and only 2 of those are solely for work! This is a lot more than usual, of course, but it's a rare week that I'm not in the city at least twice.
The other day when we were walking into the house DS randomly said, “Hey Ma, when I get older and have my own money I’m going to buy you a capybara for Mother’s Day.”
Today I’m taking my comb binding machine to my grant partner’s house so we can bind handouts for our project. Please cross everything that I can find a parking spot near their house!
The machine isn’t super heavy (like 35 lbs) but it is incredibly awkward to carry. I wish I knew a kid with a wagon. I thought about putting it in a suitcase so I could wheel it there if I had to but the arm won’t fit.
Why do I feel like these are problems only I have?
Can you pull up in front of their house, throw on your flashers and unload the machine then go find parking?
That’s what I’m hoping to do! But she lives in a much more densely populated, busy part of the city than I do so I’m not sure if I’ll be able to and not majorly back up traffic into an intersection.
Maybe her neighbors will all go into work today and take their cars?? Hopefully?
They don’t drive or have a car themselves so they can’t do a car switch with me.
tacokick, this is where a collapsible wagon would be great! We got ours at a pretty reasonable price (I think at Sams) and have used it way more than I thought we would. It's easy to fold up and unfold and doesn't take up too much space.
Yes! I am seriously thinking about this. I had to haul some craft stuff recently for a demo and thought it would have been so much better if I had a wagon. It seemed silly because we don’t have kids but I totally should have got one then.
tacokick , this is where a collapsible wagon would be great! We got ours at a pretty reasonable price (I think at Sams) and have used it way more than I thought we would. It's easy to fold up and unfold and doesn't take up too much space.
Yes! I am seriously thinking about this. I had to haul some craft stuff recently for a demo and thought it would have been so much better if I had a wagon. It seemed silly because we don’t have kids but I totally should have got one then.
If it makes you feel better I don't think my kid ever rode in the wagon - we've always used to haul stuff! I would think it will come in handy in the future based on the activities you've shared here.
Post by starburst604 on May 5, 2023 9:41:42 GMT -5
We have a busy weekend ahead so we're boarding the dog, who is thankfully pooping normally again. Tonight we were going to a casino night fundraiser for DD's school, but the entrance fee is $50 a person and normally we'd be fine with that, but we're both feeling like we just committed to spend a shit ton on a house and we're like mayyyybe not right now. So instead we're going to drive down to visit our friends and stay overnight, have a chill night drinking by the fire with them. Tomorrow we have 2 Kentucky Derby parties to attend. I have mixed feelings about the Derby itself due to all the horses dying recently and really I always have felt that I don't like the sport period. Sunday we are taking DD and a few of her friends to a bounce place to celebrate her birthday which is today! My Cinco De Mayo baby is 8! On the way to work this morning, A Thousand Years by Christina Peri came on and I used to listen to that when I was going through IF and when I was pregnant with her, so of course I got all teared up. We are so proud of that kid, she's just amazing and turning into such a great little person. We had lined up for her to sleep over SIL's tonight for the event we were going to, but she still wants to do that even though we don't need a sitter. She loves hanging with her cousins. We are picking her up from school at noon to have lunch at her favorite Mexican restaurant then we'll take her to SILs on the way to visit our friends.
Yes! I am seriously thinking about this. I had to haul some craft stuff recently for a demo and thought it would have been so much better if I had a wagon. It seemed silly because we don’t have kids but I totally should have got one then.
If it makes you feel better I don't think my kid ever rode in the wagon - we've always used to haul stuff! I would think it will come in handy in the future based on the activities you've shared here.
I think you’re right! I do find myself hauling weird stuff more than I ever imagined.
Freaking finally. This week has sucked so bad, it is month end combined with semi-annual reporting at work and I have been insanely busy. DS has his first communion this weekend and I have a long to do list with lots of small but annoying things I need to get, like a card, belt, shoe polish etc and I have had zero time to get anything done.
I am also a bit annoyed that we had to change the lunch from an amazing local place that does brunch with great cocktails to a different place that is good but just serves lunch. The parking at my first choice is not great and my H was worried about some older people finding spots. I agree but dammit I really wanted a mimosa! and beignets!
Post by sunshineluv on May 5, 2023 10:03:44 GMT -5
I don’t want to make my own thread but I would like any helpful tips you may have about my mom. She is 73 and has had some health issues lately. Post covid she has had loose teeth, and her osteoporosis has spread and gotten worse. She has gained 20 lbs in the past 6 months (not sure how accurate this is, she would def fib on this so it could be more) without changing her eating habits.
She has been to her primary care doc and her dentist, but my concern is there is a larger issue at hand that they haven’t found yet. Bloodwork was fine in March, we will know her vitamin d levels soon.
But what should she be pushing for testing wise? Any ideas?
Today I’m taking my comb binding machine to my grant partner’s house so we can bind handouts for our project. Please cross everything that I can find a parking spot near their house!
The machine isn’t super heavy (like 35 lbs) but it is incredibly awkward to carry. I wish I knew a kid with a wagon. I thought about putting it in a suitcase so I could wheel it there if I had to but the arm won’t fit.
Why do I feel like these are problems only I have?
can they come down and get it from you if there isn't close parking?
I really need to be better about getting myself worked up over things that I think will be hard, but actually end up being easy. For example, I have intermittent FMLA to care for my son as needed. I asked about using it while I'm on the DC trip with my son and they said since it's 3+ days, I need a note from his doctor saying that I need to attend to care for his medical needs. I put off asking his doctor because I thought it would be this whole process. I called this morning and literally after a 3 minute phone call and a 10 minute wait for the letter in my email, it was done and approved by our benefits coordinator. Why do I do this to myself??
Next weekend it’s just DS2 and me so I decided we’d go to Disneyland and because it’s just us, and it’s Mother’s Day, I want to make a dinner reservation so we can sit and relax for a little while and I can have a drink. Of course, I’m having trouble getting any desirable reservation so I signed up for a Mousewatcher alert and was able to catch the text at the right time and make a reservation at Lamplighter Lounge for 5pm. This morning I realized that I booked for the 7th and not the 14th. I went back to my Mousewatcher alert and that is correct (it was alerting me about the 14th. Not sure what happened, but I’m back to square one.
I am taking ds (10) to the clinic today because his ear hurts...again. If it ends up being an ear infection, this will be the 2nd one in 3 weeks and like the 6th since December. I'm getting ready to call an allergy/ENT clinic to get him tested for allergies and have his ears checked. The clinic thinks most of it is winter allergy related (hence the allergy testing) but recommended having his ears checked to just to make sure there isn't anything going on with them. He didn't really have ear infections when he was little...I mean he had them, but not enough to get a referral to an ENT.
Tomorrow we are going to Denver for the Supercross race, and I am so excited! I bought these tickets way back in like August and May seemed so far away at the time. Hopefully we can meet up with some friends that are also going while we're there. We really have no business going since we have so much to do but it's one of the few fun things that doesn't involve school, sports, or the resort we get to do each year.
Today I’m taking my comb binding machine to my grant partner’s house so we can bind handouts for our project. Please cross everything that I can find a parking spot near their house!
The machine isn’t super heavy (like 35 lbs) but it is incredibly awkward to carry. I wish I knew a kid with a wagon. I thought about putting it in a suitcase so I could wheel it there if I had to but the arm won’t fit.
Why do I feel like these are problems only I have?
I got this a few years ago, it might help and cost a lot less than a wagon, also easier to store.