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?
Post by picksthemusic on Oct 2, 2023 11:37:53 GMT -5
I'm so busy this month and I hate it. The only respite I'll get is when my ILs take the kids this weekend to give us a break for our anniversary. We're tight financially since we're trying to finish remodeling our bathroom (why does this stuff take for effing ever?!), and work is piling on all kinds of stuff that I feel is irrelevant and stupid, but I need to go anyway because I'm leadership. UGH.
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.
Are you holding a pillow against your incision when you cough? It'll help!
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.
I just got mine in late May and was told by the tech to come back in six months which I then realized was not true three months in so there gap between my doses. My doctor and the pharmacist said it was fine and to aim for under a year. They can do it with flu.
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!
I'm so jealous! Our garden didn't do well this year (which is thankfully out of the ordinary!!) due to a wind/heavy rain storm and then a hail storm and then our squash got white mold But I'm thankful we do have some really great local farmers to get the stuff I normally grow and prep for winter use.
Post by gretchenindisguise on Oct 2, 2023 11:55:26 GMT -5
L had an u/s appointment to see if there is a cyst on one of her ovaries. She did not drink enough water so we sat there for over an hour trying to pump enough liquid into her.
I'm always so impressed by the u/s techs ability to decipher the blobs of gray. I couldn't tell anything.
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.
If you’re doing the 2 dose series (and not the 3-dose series) then the 2nd dose should be given at least after a month, not sooner. It doesn’t matter if it’s 2, 7 or 17 months later.
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.
Thank you so much for mentioning Holiday stuff!!! Every year I forget about buying tickets to the polar express railroad until its too late. Just looked and got the last four tickets for the season (on the idea date and time). The kids are going to be so happy!
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!
He's 6. Which is the scheme of things is not old obviously, just felt like we spend so much time on it and all his friends can ride their bikes.
Such a busy weekend! Lots of activity and running around. But thankfully the weather was gorgeous so that was a plus.
We survived our first cheer competition for kid - it was an... experience. It was as loud and chaotic as one might expect. There were about 400 ish cheerleaders all 6th grade and below. I said at one point that I thought they could power the town for an entire day from the energy LOL But dang, some of the routines were amazing! Our team is very new to competition and did not fare well against those solid teams. Kid was disappointed at how it went and was tired, thirsty and hungry after so our cheerleader was anything but cheery on the way home.
So many houses around here getting new siding from the hail storm and many have decided to change the color of their house if insurance is paying for the entire house to be resided. Michigan is a "no match" state meaning insurance only technically has to replace the broken pieces - thankfully our insurance didn't go that route because it's honestly kind of a jerk move but some companies are digging in. But anyway - it occurred to me today that so many people I know use the color of houses as landmarks - like, turn left after the blue house, my house is the gray house, etc and now folks are either going to have the remember colors changed or there will be a number of lost people LOL
I've never watched The Bachelor(ette), but was intrigued by The Golden Bachelor and apparently one of H's friends watches the seasons so I told him we should watch it together so he can also talk to his friend about it haha. So we just watched the first episode last night and whew. Some of these ladies are too much. And Gary is just precious. But I feel like he's not going to be ready for this many women throwing themselves at him like this. And I thought maybe these grown ass women would be less dramatic, but it doesn't look like it's shaping up that way LOL
I've never watched The Bachelor(ette), but was intrigued by The Golden Bachelor and apparently one of H's friends watches the seasons so I told him we should watch it together so he can also talk to his friend about it haha. So we just watched the first episode last night and whew. Some of these ladies are too much. And Gary is just precious. But I feel like he's not going to be ready for this many women throwing themselves at him like this. And I thought maybe these grown ass women would be less dramatic, but it doesn't look like it's shaping up that way LOL
I watched about the first 20 or 30 minutes and then had to turn it off. I watched the first couple of seasons of the series but haven't watched in a long time and I just couldn't. It was just kind of odd.
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.
Did you clean the port? This has happened to me and it’s bc the port gets dirty. I took a toothpick to it, which probably isn’t recommended 🤣 also is the IOS updated? DH was having an issue and it was fixed in a bug fix they sent out.
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!
He's 6. Which is the scheme of things is not old obviously, just felt like we spend so much time on it and all his friends can ride their bikes.
My son is 9. He finally mastered bike riding right after turning 8. We knew we were moving to a bike-able neighborhood and wanted to make sure he knew how to ride before we moved. Well, now that we’re here, MANY of his friends (9 and 10 year olds) don’t know ie how to ride a bike. A few ride scooters instead, and the rest just walk.
My work is having a competition that is Harry Potter themed. I’m very WTF about it for multiple reasons. But then feel bad because ultimately I think the organizers want to boost morale. But jeez this isn’t good.
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!
He's 6. Which is the scheme of things is not old obviously, just felt like we spend so much time on it and all his friends can ride their bikes.
There are4 and 5 year olds whizzing around our block...I know he will get it eventually, right?!
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.
He's 6. Which is the scheme of things is not old obviously, just felt like we spend so much time on it and all his friends can ride their bikes.
There are4 and 5 year olds whizzing around our block...I know he will get it eventually, right?!
He will when he wants to! I was shocked it actually worked. The first 10 minutes were horrible, then we sat on a bench, watched a quick you tube video on it together, went to the basketball court and tried to follow the lines. Literally it took three minutes of trying and he got it.
Then, he was still falling a bit and had a hard time starting....and I realized his tires were flat. So, I recommend checking that first lol.
Post by starburst604 on Oct 2, 2023 13:51:13 GMT -5
I am being tortured by odors. First, I started noticing a weird odor in our mud room yesterday. I thought it went away but now the smell is super strong and I can smell it partly in the adjoining room now. It’s hard to describe, it’s almost sort of a burning smell? But there’s no appliance or anything in the mud room that might be having an electrical issue. It’s driving me insane!!!
Second, the dog had a bug or something over the weekend and puked several times on the carpet, because you know that pets just cannot puke on wood floors!!! Thankfully we have a Ruggable, but I cleaned it up and didn’t think I’d have to put it in the wash. But, I could still smell it later, so I washed it on a heavy duty cycle. I just took it out of the dryer and I can still smell it!!! 😠 What the hell lives in this dog’s stomach that won’t come out in a wash?!
There are4 and 5 year olds whizzing around our block...I know he will get it eventually, right?!
He will when he wants to! I was shocked it actually worked. The first 10 minutes were horrible, then we sat on a bench, watched a quick you tube video on it together, went to the basketball court and tried to follow the lines. Literally it took three minutes of trying and he got it.
Then, he was still falling a bit and had a hard time starting....and I realized his tires were flat. So, I recommend checking that first lol.
Lol, I would totally tell my kid they weren't pushing hard enough and then realize they had a flat, oops!
Congrats to your kiddo, I'm sure he was pretty proud of himself!
I went grocery shopping yesterday, and something in my gut was preparing me to run into either my old supervisor or the executive director from my job that I was fired from last January. I told myself I shouldn't hold any anger or resentment towards them because, honestly, I am MUCH better off than the last two years there. My mental health is better, the workload is insanely reduced (for now), and I'm getting paid extremely well.
Sure as shit, I'm putting the cart back, and I ran into the executive director. We talked, they asked about my daughter, my mom, and where I work now. I gave them all the details just to let her know that the winter was REALLY hard with navigating my mom's care and overall health. They were sympathetic, and I HOPE they understood that my performance issues (why I was fired) were due to my mom (and, well, my toxic supervisors). Anyway. It felt good to get that done.
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The good karma gods must want me to have a good week because a family friend reached out to me regarding the Olivia Rodrigo show. They have connections with the show and said they could order us tickets if we wanted some. I said YES! So, I JUST got the invoice to purchase them and instantly became the MOM of the Year! I'll be forever grateful.
DH was away for a guys weekend so I took the day to switch all my summer clothes out, cleaned out my shoe closet, got all the fall/winter stuff out and organized etc. It was delightfully cool last week and I was digging around for stuff. Now I look at the weather and see it’s supposed to be in the 80s this week. Damnit all.
That was the only productive thing I did all weekend. I was reading a really good book so just let the kids fend for themselves and lay about reading both days.
I've never watched The Bachelor(ette), but was intrigued by The Golden Bachelor and apparently one of H's friends watches the seasons so I told him we should watch it together so he can also talk to his friend about it haha. So we just watched the first episode last night and whew. Some of these ladies are too much. And Gary is just precious. But I feel like he's not going to be ready for this many women throwing themselves at him like this. And I thought maybe these grown ass women would be less dramatic, but it doesn't look like it's shaping up that way LOL
My son’s girlfriend’s grandma is one of the contestants
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.
I've never watched The Bachelor(ette), but was intrigued by The Golden Bachelor and apparently one of H's friends watches the seasons so I told him we should watch it together so he can also talk to his friend about it haha. So we just watched the first episode last night and whew. Some of these ladies are too much. And Gary is just precious. But I feel like he's not going to be ready for this many women throwing themselves at him like this. And I thought maybe these grown ass women would be less dramatic, but it doesn't look like it's shaping up that way LOL
My son’s girlfriend’s grandma is one of the contestants
Really??? Wow!!! What's his girlfriend say? I'm on the fence about watching. I haven't watched for years and years but me and H were talking about how interesting this seems so we'll probably end up watching it.