I was discharged from the hospital yesterday around noon. My pain meds script still has not been filled because the doctor is not providing a valid DEA number. I am so upset over this. I’ve been taking OTC Tylenol, but that doesn’t do much. My mom has been calling all over trying to get this fixed.
They’re keeping me on an all liquid diet until my follow up on the 10th. Boo! I’ve already lost 8 lbs since the day before my surgery so we’ll see where I end up by the next appt.
Also, why do you never realize how often you cough until you have an abdominal incision. OMG - so painful!! I try to fight the cough and end up making some weird noise.
What's something fun that five adults could do at Thanksgiving? It will just be me and H, my ILs, and my SIL this year. MIL is going to cook, so I'm looking for something we could all do while we hang out at the ILs house.
We play easy but for adults board games or if it is warm enough yard games like bean bags, kubb, ladder toss.
Back to work for me today. I set up a few appointments to do tasks, one with IT & one with a vendor, however I don’t remember which day or when! I have it written at work, so that mystery will be solved soon enough. I’m just annoyed. Lol
I got several Shutterfly coupon codes yesterday because I know several people here use them frequently. Pls let me know if you want one! I was thinking of ssmjlm for sure. Sorry to be a stalker?
Depending on when they expire, yes, I use it for our grandparent calendars each year!
Catching up on my scrapbooks was a potential furlough project, oh well!
I was discharged from the hospital yesterday around noon. My pain meds script still has not been filled because the doctor is not providing a valid DEA number. I am so upset over this. I’ve been taking OTC Tylenol, but that doesn’t do much. My mom has been calling all over trying to get this fixed.
They’re keeping me on an all liquid diet until my follow up on the 10th. Boo! I’ve already lost 8 lbs since the day before my surgery so we’ll see where I end up by the next appt.
Also, why do you never realize how often you cough until you have an abdominal incision. OMG - so painful!! I try to fight the cough and end up making some weird noise.
I'm usually really good about googling a guy before I go out with him but for some reason I didn't do that with the guy I went out with Saturday night. I liked him, but something felt off. So the next day I googled him and checked my local Are We Dating the Same Guy Facebook group and it was bad. Really bad. Like he was charged with 3rd Degree Murder bad. I would post a link but it involves a child and I don't know how to do a spoiler. Also his ex posted about him in that FB group and not only is he an all around horrible person for the crimes he committed, but he did some really awful things to her as well. I'm disappointed in myself for not doing my due diligence, but also, why are some men just so awful? Every single word out of his mouth turned out to be a lie.
I say this with love, truly, but maybe take a step back from dating for a bit.
has anyone finished this final season of Sex Education?? I just finished it and have so many thoughts.
I have!
thoughts?? I LOVED how inclusive it was but I hated this season. It was so weird, had too many new characters and relationships and I wanted the characters from previous seasons! Lily! Ola! More of the old teachers! Jakob!
It felt like all new creators came in and did season 4, trying to make it as inclusive as possible without much thought for the previous three seasons. It all just felt rushed, maybe?
But I do think in general the world would be such a better place if everyone was as open, communicative and loving as the "kids" on this show.
I am glad to be working from home this week rather than traveling. It was a nice change of pace, but I'm done after about two days.
It was a good weekend. The weather was great, I finally got out my fall/Halloween decorations AND I prepped a lunch recipe that I've been wanting to try for like two months, so both DH and I will split those this week.
I did a fairly decent job of getting in activity/exercise during my work trip last week, and now I'm definitely back on track with it. Which feels awesome.
I woke up feeling so blah. I went to bed early and got a good nights sleep so I'm not sure why. My stomach feels off and I have a dull headache. Hope it's not me getting sick. I am feeling better now than I was when I woke up, so hopefully it's nothing.
It's supposed to be in the 80's all week and I know winter is coming and lasts too long, but I just want fall weather. I already put all my summer clothes away. And I want to make soup and other comfort foods.
Another Monday...Had a great weekend, spent tons of time outside, not ready to get back to the week.
DS learned how to ride a bike finally this weekend, which was the big event. He has been so against it, nervous to get hurt but in 24 hours went from not being able to balance for a second to riding his mountain bike all around the park. Crazy how when it clicks, it clicks.
Finally finished my accomplishment report this morning for work, which is my least favorite task of the year! Anyone else get that feeling though where you finish one task and feel like you should be able to coast the rest of the day? I have so much to do, but jsut don't want to start.
Final random- I had my first "failure" at the gym. Bench press, I just couldn't make it up on the last rep. the coach came over and helped me. So at first I was embarrassed, but now am happy it shows that I'm really pushing myself. In the past I've been guilty of always holding back due to not wanting to be embarrassed by not being able to do something, or getting tired to early. So this was a big step for me, showing that its okay and to keep going. Realize its simple, but exercise has always been tough for me.
I'm usually really good about googling a guy before I go out with him but for some reason I didn't do that with the guy I went out with Saturday night. I liked him, but something felt off. So the next day I googled him and checked my local Are We Dating the Same Guy Facebook group and it was bad. Really bad. Like he was charged with 3rd Degree Murder bad. I would post a link but it involves a child and I don't know how to do a spoiler. Also his ex posted about him in that FB group and not only is he an all around horrible person for the crimes he committed, but he did some really awful things to her as well. I'm disappointed in myself for not doing my due diligence, but also, why are some men just so awful? Every single word out of his mouth turned out to be a lie.
I say this with love, truly, but maybe take a step back from dating for a bit.
I was going to say the same thing. I know that we can spend mental energy on different things at once, but you've got a lot going on right now and it doesn't seem like the best time to add this to your plate and be able to make good decisions. Focus on yourself and your kids.
I realized H just leaves the gas pump total where it stops and doesn’t even try to get it to a round number (ex if the pump shuts off at $53.47 he just leaves it there instead of going to $53.50) he’s a damn monster and I don’t know if I can continue with this marriage.
There are signs everywhere in CA telling you not to top off, so I didn't know people did this until Chile, where the gas station attendants always ask if you want to round up. I get the logic if you're paying with cash and don't want coins as change/the gas station doesn't have coins to give change, but with everyone pay with a card these days, who cares?
I just realized I agreed to do a new-person training tomorrow. I love the training part but it puts me in-person on a Tuesday and I prefer Tuesday/Thursday as remote days. Oh well, I am sure I will be happy about a remote day when Friday rolls around.
Post by wanderingback on Oct 2, 2023 9:48:33 GMT -5
Update- they’ve sent a lot of pics in the app and she looks happy but my partner said it’s making him sad and miss her (he was with her most mornings till our part time nanny came from 12-6). Poor thing! He’s such a good dad <3
I flew home from visiting family today. It's always sad to leave, but leaving at 4:30am helps a little because I was too tired to really feel anything, lol. I wish I wanted to live where they live - it would be so nice to be able to see them more often and really be a part of the kids' lives. I just really can't picture myself in that area/state. I might try to make it down there 3-4x a year in the future instead of the current 2x - the kids won't be young forever and my parents won't be, either. The one nice thing about visiting vs living nearby is that we get a lot of real quality time together - it's nice to spend multiple days hanging out instead of just a few hours here and there.
I walked in the front door and the house smelled like garbage - apparently my H did not take out the trash the entire time I was gone. He swore he couldn't smell it, which - maybe? since he had been here the whole time. But it grossed me out and I'm kind of irritated about it. I really didn't want to pick a fight the second I walked in the door but also, come on.
gerberdaisy Congrats on hitting a PB (Personal Best). That’s strong work to keep going until you can’t keep going any more. The first time I did this was with dead lifts. It was a “PB day”, so it was expected to “fail” - that’s the point. Anyway, I kept saying “that’s my max” and my coach was all “nah, you can do more”. And I did! When I finally got tunnel vision and felt faint, I knew I hit my max. Haha, DNR without supervision.
But it’s GREAT to know your max … check again in a few weeks/months and you’ll be amazed when you can beat it.
sweetchix, I hope your doctor gets that prescription fixed ASAP--I can't imagine not having pain meds after the kind of surgery you just went through.
I've been dealing with an unbelievably obnoxious situation at work since late Wednesday, and it's at the point where I decided to get some cavities filled this morning just so I could take a little more time away from the whole thing. I swear some adults just never matured beyond middle school, and for some reason they've decided to make their nonsense my problem.
I was discharged from the hospital yesterday around noon. My pain meds script still has not been filled because the doctor is not providing a valid DEA number. I am so upset over this. I’ve been taking OTC Tylenol, but that doesn’t do much. My mom has been calling all over trying to get this fixed.
They’re keeping me on an all liquid diet until my follow up on the 10th. Boo! I’ve already lost 8 lbs since the day before my surgery so we’ll see where I end up by the next appt.
Also, why do you never realize how often you cough until you have an abdominal incision. OMG - so painful!! I try to fight the cough and end up making some weird noise.
OMG sweetchix the dr. needs to get you that pain med filled STAT. And hopefully it's percocet! I didn't realize this until I had a tummy tuck this past August, but apparently percocet is also a cough suppressant along with being a pain reliever. When I tried to switch from that to taking OTC tylenol, my allergies were acting up and I started coughing (I had previously been taking tylenol PM at night before the surgery but was taking too much tylenol during the day to do that and wasn't sure if I could take regular benedryl with what I was taking and it was the weekend when it happened) and it was SO painful to cough with my incision that I had to go back to taking the percocet for several more days. I'm now 2 months out and coughing and sneezing is still a tiny bit painful to be honest. I truly hope the dr. gets your meds sorted ASAP and your recovery goes well.
Post by expectantsteelerfan on Oct 2, 2023 10:03:31 GMT -5
Our Oct. is so insanely busy I almost wish we could just skip over the entire month. Which sucks because I usually love Oct. so much. It's my birthday month, Halloween, fall, etc., all good things. But I feel like I'm just a big ball of stress just in survival mode and not actually enjoying anything that we have planned. I need to do better about not doing this much, but it's not really me who's putting this much on our schedule. I can't help the fact that my dad planned my grandma's 90th birthday on the same day my dh is working nights and my ds has a band competition and I'm going to be guilted by the rest of my family for all of us not being there.
Post by mrsukyankee on Oct 2, 2023 10:15:17 GMT -5
I finally am not Covid positive. Still stuffed up, coughing and feeling exhausted but a lot better than at the beginning of the week. I did a bit of gardening this weekend - tons of peppers and small potatoes (had to dump them as I had potato blight). Doing stuffed peppers tonight to use some of them up and then cut up the rest to freeze for future use. This summer was the most prolific I've had, which makes me so happy!
Post by emilyinchile on Oct 2, 2023 10:20:03 GMT -5
My phone stopped charging last night. Just doesn't recognize that there's a charger connected to it. I've tried all the suggested fixes, from restarting to fully factory resetting, and nothing (and it's not the chargers, they both work fine with FI's phone). I'm trying to find a place to take it to see if they can fix it, but if not I have to get a new phone. I'm trying to be positive that I can afford a new phone at all, plus there's a big cyber day promotion that started today, but I'm also annoyed that a 2 year old phone that worked perfectly might need to be replaced out of the blue.
Post by fluffycookie on Oct 2, 2023 10:40:01 GMT -5
We got our covid boosters yesterday and we are all down for the count with dull headaches and chills. And I can barely move my left arm. Fun times, but I know it's worth it since covid is running rampant around us.
DS worked 7 games scorekeeping this weekend. I am so proud of him. He was nervous on Saturday, but said by Sunday he found what worked for him.
Oct and Nov are looking to be a little crazy between home and work, so of course today I'm planning ahead for fun holiday stuff for Dec. PRIORITIES.
Truly, I love fall and will enjoy the heck out of it, but I'm likely to be OOT right at the end of Nov so I'm trying to avoid the holiday season sneaking up on me.
Technology is wonderful. (Yes i know I sound old, it's ok to laugh.)
We began our 10 hour drive home at 6AM this morning. Unfortunately, we blew a tire driving thru some road construction and are just waiting on triple AAA to come fix it/change it...... No big deal, it is daylight and we are not on an time crunch. But what I'm absolutely loving is there are cows roaming just on the other side of the fence, tons of hay bails all over and I am sitting here on my computer courtesy of my hot spot.
Post by amandakisser on Oct 2, 2023 11:00:29 GMT -5
I have a very light meeting schedule this week, so I came to the library early to concentrate on getting some of a big project complete. I cannot focus on work that needs 100% attention when I'm at home because I always think of something else I should be doing. I've been so productive so far, and it's only noon! I need to do this more often.
My court date is scheduled for tomorrow - it has been pushed back every month since initially scheduled in April. My lawyer is OOO until tomorrow so I'm hoping it's not cancelled and that I can at least get an order for STBXH to pay child support. He has not paid a dime since moving out in April, and I am getting close to depleting my savings just to pay for food and heating, so please send me all the vibes that I can get SOMETHING ordered!
gerberdaisy how old is your DS? My 8yo is still terrified of riding his bike, which looks ridiculous because he is also very tall and his feet reach the ground!
Post by litskispeciality on Oct 2, 2023 11:29:35 GMT -5
I had a Hep B booster at my physical and I swear no one told me it was more than one shot. The whole apt was a bit of a hot mess so I'm sure they forgot. Anyway it's been so long since I had that shot/booster I didn't think to check if it required follow ups, and thought I was done. I'm finally getting reminders to have another dose...almost 5 months later. Hopefully they can 1. offer it at the same time as my flu shot, 2. It doesn't have major impacts for having so much space in between doses. The portal says I should have had another dose a month later.