Post by mrsukyankee on Sept 24, 2023 9:24:29 GMT -5
Boo. We have Covid. Not surprised but not happy. I'm exhausted, full of snot and have a minor cough. Work is going to be fun to come back to tomorrow (online, of course).
Post by litebright on Sept 24, 2023 9:42:03 GMT -5
I checked in for my work flight to Vegas this morning -- tomorrow is going to start early. And go late, because I am going to a Cirque show tomorrow night.
I have so much to do today. Packing, prepping various work things & doing final edits on a report so it can go out tomorrow, some kid and PTO-related forms and paperwork that need to be taken care of before I go, and making sure DH knows the schedule of pick-ups since he's going to be handling them all.
I hit a definite milestone this week in terms of fitness/health. I was able to hold the line despite one of my big periodic work deadlines -- which usually devolves into me consuming a ton of caffeine and candy and staying up ungodly late, and throwing exercise out the window. I managed it all SO much better and in a much healthier way, which is pretty huge. And despite a really stressful schedule, I still mostly kept up with my 20-minute daily workout and only resorted to fast food once.
It's fall and rainy from Ophelia, and all I really want to do is hole up in my house for a week or so and do all kinds of projects, mostly involving purging. Switching out the seasonal clothes, bedding, etc. always brings this on, because there is so much that has to come out of storage and go into storage, and I want to get rid of as much as possible as part of the transition. SIGH.
Post by fangoriagurkel on Sept 24, 2023 11:00:30 GMT -5
I’m feeling better today after cramps yesterday so bad that I canceled my nail appointment, but I’m in no rush.
Today is shaping up to a lazy day watching football and mindlessly snacking. I haven’t had delivery pizza in ages, but am highly influenced by commercials last night, so maybe I’ll order one today.
I had our newest baby 11 days ago! He’s amazing. It felt so surreal to hold him in my arms and see this tiny human after all we went through to get him. And beautifully - he was born on 13/09 at 8:39 am weighing 3.93 kgs. My first miscarriage was September 3 and my second was November 9. It all felt so symbolic with the 3s and 9s.
My recovery has been going well. I’ve really focused on resting this time and taking my time to get back to things. Today was his first venture out of the house and we went for brunch. It was easy and nice. Breastfeeding has been tough as I’m confident he has ties but Thursday is his appointment with the pediatric dentist.
My intuition was right all along and i can’t believe I have 3 boys. 😅 my grocery bill will never recover. 😂😂 he is definitely our last one so I guess I’ll get a girl dog next. 🤣 but finally I understand what it means when people say you’ll know when you’re done. He made me feel like we are now complete and this was a missing piece of our family.
Our new dog is so sweet, but her elimination habits are driving me crazy. Yesterday we left her all day for the first time. I came home and took her for a short walk during which she sniffed everything, but didn’t go. When we got home I took her out and she peed, and then at bed time I had to walk her around for 20 minutes before she peed. Then this morning I woke up and took her out, and nothing happened, I brought her back inside, two hours later I took her back outside and finally 15 minutes into what was supposed to be a short walk she finally peed. She won’t go in the backyard. We’re spending so much time just trying to get her to go.
This can be one of the harder things with older rescues. We have one dog with amazing bladder control. I swear she only pees like 3 times a day even though she eats and drinks regularly. And if sometime is going on in the evening that has her worked up (like i'ts near 4th of July and anyone has even STARTED setting off fireworks in the early evening), she won't go outside for ANYTHING no matter what, and even if I pick her up and carry her outside, she's too scared to actually pee and just wants to run back in, but I've learned that even if she's been crated for a good portion of the day, we get home, and she refuses to go out, she won't pee on anything overnight and won't wake us up overnight or anything, she'll just wait till her normal morning time like usual.
So if your dog isn't used to going on walks (maybe they were used to being let out to go in a yard and not on walks), or only was used to going a few times a day and you are trying to get them to go more often, or just at times when they aren't 'ready' to go, it might have you at a discordance. Are you working on giving them a command for when you want them to go and rewarding them with a high-value tread when they do go?
For teen birthday parties, I think it's normal not to do the whole party room thing and have it be more of an outing, but I still think it's rude for parents to invite a kid and not pay. My ds has gotten invited to a lot of movie parties recently, and I've sent him money for snacks and a ticket just in case, and I think in every instance, the birthday parent has bought the ticket but then he's bought his own snacks, which seems ok to me, although I still feel like if I'm inviting kids somewhere, I'm paying for whatever they want unless it's like a souvenir.
I'm so over being in pain. My left foot has been hurting and it finally clicked that it's almost certainly the ganglion growing in a weird place between the bones. Last time it took 3 cortisone shots to make it stop, and I only got about a year of reprieve. 😩 It's in a horrificly bad place for surgery to remove it too, so I really don't want to end up down that route.
And I did something to my already bad knee a couple of weekends ago, and it's been hurting since. I think I'm also going to have to find someone to look at it, which is a whole new frustrating process. I had an amazing sports medicine doc, but he retired, and he was kind of old school and strangely specialized, so he didn't hand his practice off. I'll basically be starting from scratch. (The surgeon who did my big knee surgery a decade+ ago died, and I think the guy I saw for a second opinion has also retired.)
Then having both a foot and a knee out of sorts is keeping me from my regular exercise practice, and making me walk weird and sleep poorly, so my back, hip, and neck feel all out of sorts. No sir, I don't like it.
sent During the pandemic, I started taking one-week trips on my own, away from my kids. It is glorious. I'm not "abandoning" them because they're with my husband, their dad! If anyone starts that nonsense, just tell them to fuck off. Seriously. The world won't end.
My kid has Covid, which shouldn't be a surprise; they serve food at an assisted living place. But they have been wearing a mask and gloves the whole time. Maybe they got it somewhere else. Anyway, I am so upset because it may mean I can't staff the big event at my new job next Thursday. I'd be spending the whole day with our founder, who is 77. I absolutely don't want to get her sick, but at the same time, I want to goooo...
Post by icedcoffee on Sept 24, 2023 16:47:05 GMT -5
dreamcrisp1 Mama of 2 boys checking in who is in the process of rescuing a female dog. 😂 The rescue asked us look at a male and we were like “uhhh—I think we want a girl”. Boys are so fun though and man do they love their mamas. Congratulations!
Our new dog is so sweet, but her elimination habits are driving me crazy. Yesterday we left her all day for the first time. I came home and took her for a short walk during which she sniffed everything, but didn’t go. When we got home I took her out and she peed, and then at bed time I had to walk her around for 20 minutes before she peed. Then this morning I woke up and took her out, and nothing happened, I brought her back inside, two hours later I took her back outside and finally 15 minutes into what was supposed to be a short walk she finally peed. She won’t go in the backyard. We’re spending so much time just trying to get her to go.
This can be one of the harder things with older rescues. We have one dog with amazing bladder control. I swear she only pees like 3 times a day even though she eats and drinks regularly. And if sometime is going on in the evening that has her worked up (like i'ts near 4th of July and anyone has even STARTED setting off fireworks in the early evening), she won't go outside for ANYTHING no matter what, and even if I pick her up and carry her outside, she's too scared to actually pee and just wants to run back in, but I've learned that even if she's been crated for a good portion of the day, we get home, and she refuses to go out, she won't pee on anything overnight and won't wake us up overnight or anything, she'll just wait till her normal morning time like usual.
So if your dog isn't used to going on walks (maybe they were used to being let out to go in a yard and not on walks), or only was used to going a few times a day and you are trying to get them to go more often, or just at times when they aren't 'ready' to go, it might have you at a discordance. Are you working on giving them a command for when you want them to go and rewarding them with a high-value tread when they do go?
Thanks, she has actually been much better about going in a timely fashion after I posted. It’s a learning experience for us and the new dog. We missed her cues to go out yesterday and she’s been learning what to do when she goes out. She’s one so she’s not that old, but she spent the last 3 months in a shelter and before that was with a family who couldn’t afford to keep her, so I’m not sure she’s had much experience on a leash or relieving herself on walks.
Post by gretchenindisguise on Sept 24, 2023 17:46:24 GMT -5
A had a gymnastics clinic from 10-4:30 today with an hour break for lunch. We've just been sitting here watching and we are exhausted. The kids still have 45 minutes left and seem wiped.
I'm pretty sure he's going to quit at the end of the month anyways. Whomp whomp.
Post by beerlover on Sept 24, 2023 20:29:58 GMT -5
DS had a birthday party this afternoon 2-4. The invitation said parents could stay or go, so H and I went kind of anticipating that we'd stay since it was kind of far out in the country (25 min from us) to drive back home. Plus we knew most of the parents so we wouldn't have minded staying and chatting. But then we got there and no one else was staying, so we went back into town and I helped him get a few things ready for the teacher inservice he's running tomorrow, and then we went for a quick beer before picking DS back up. It was nice, and he had fun!
Sitting here enjoying an apple cider mule after having pumpkin soup for dinner. Really leaning into this fall weather. I am off tomorrow and am not sure what I'll do.