Tonight is homecoming at DD’s school. We hadn’t made plans to go, but I’m guessing DD wants to. Ugh. I’m tired from traveling and being at a conference most of the week.
Tomorrow is DS’s ninja class and not much else. Our weather is supposed to turn and get fairly cool. I’m so excited!
Next week I have to be in San Diego for another conference. I’m tired and really wish I didn’t have to go. I’m done with people.
Today is the day. DH went to pack everything up at the lake house and we are closing. He is selling it furnished, so no need to pack up furniture. I feel like I have an OK grasp on how much we will owe on taxes, so he can either set that aside from the sale price or use his March bonus for that. Ugh taxes suck ha ha.
He's already wanting to look at local long term rental options, and driving me crazy/ on my last nerve. His parents are coming into town and he scheduled to look at places while they will be here during the time we would have DS's family birthday party, so he needs to coordinate with them now I guess. Maybe we will just do dinner/ cake/ presents tonight then, and they can leave early on Saturday then.
DS has a soccer game, and he has his friends party on Monday because there is no school because of Columbus Day/ Indigenous People's day, can we just get rid of the Columbus part? And DH will be working from home, so I will be doing the party all by myself. But it should be OK since they are all 12/13, and there are only 5 of them total.
It’s DD1’s birthday today! 14! I can’t believe it. We are going to either have pizza and cake with my parents, or we will go out if my parents aren’t around.
Dd2 has a tournament this weekend. She has a rec soccer game on Saturday morning. If they play (weather looks terrible) we will leave at halftime to get to her tourney game. Then she doesn’t play again until late morning on Sunday. If they win all of their games, they play on Monday as well. DH is going to an NFL game so he will be gone all day on Sunday, so just me and dd2 at the tourney. Should be a good weekend!
Post by supertrooper1 on Oct 6, 2023 10:25:54 GMT -5
DS has a cold and looked miserable this morning so I kept him home from school. I messaged ex-H to let him know he was sick and his response was "it's science center day". I know this was just to make me feel guilty about keeping him home from school, especially since he was borderline and maybe could have gone. But I think DS would be too tired and miserable at school today, even if it was something fun.
I have a 3-day weekend and Beau doesn't. I'm not sure what we'll do other than go riding. I need to put a few hours on my bike to make sure Beau was able to fix the fuse blowing issue I had the last time. Beau doesn't have Monday off so I'm planning a day of self care with a pedicure and eyebrow waxing.
I’m currently at urgent care because I feel like I have razor blades in my throat (ETA - test came back positive). Since that’s the only thing bothering me I might have waited it out, but since it’s a Friday I don’t want it to get worse if I have strep and have it be the weekend. So I’m waiting for a test. DS1 has had a cough so if I do have strep, I’ll be bringing him back for a test after school.
Otherwise I have a hair appointment that has already been rescheduled multiple times today, so I’m going to still do that regardless, just in a mask if I do have strep. DD gets back from 6th grade sleepaway camp today and is getting In N Out for lunch at her request and then coming to the hair appointment with me because she wants to start going to a real hairdresser now instead of the kids salon with her brothers. Then she has a softball catching lesson. Tonight DH has an event downtown so I will take the four kids to meet some of our friends for the dad’s birthday for a casual dinner.
This weekend we have 3 soccer games tomorrow, flu shots for the kids, and DS2 is going to do a sleepover at my parents’ condo. Sunday DH will take DD to her 3 travel softball games and I’ll take DS1 to his baseball game.
This time next week I’ll be in New Hampshire for DH’s grad school reunion. I lived there with him so it’s really a reunion for both of us. I tried on everything in my closet last night, and several possible new pairs of boots ordered off of Amazon, to try to figure out what outfits to bring It’s still very summery here (this is our warmest time of year) and I have no idea what pants and closed toed shoes I feel like wearing in colder weather!
Dd is coming home because she has a hair appointment tomorrow. She asked if we can have a low key weekend. Your wish is my command kid. After 3 weekends of either gone all day both days or out of town, I'm ready for nothing.
Tonight she wants to watch It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown lol. I'm also cooking a big batch of chili on our outside burner and having a fire.
Tomorrow morning Dh wanted to go to this big yard sale. Nope. I'm am puttering tomorrow morning. Bathrobe, on the porch, with a couple of cups of coffee. I'm going to cook a big crockpot full of creamy chicken noodle for Dds roommates at their request. I'm sending that along with the rest of the chili back with Dd.
We may watch the game somewhere Saturday night, but that's about it.
We made it back from Cabo. I was so worried about how things would go, if the kids would get bored, would they enjoy the kids club, etc, etc, but everything was great! The resort had “meh” reviews on yelp, but they’ve either addressed them or people were being super critical.. and I’m generally someone who notices the small stuff. My only complaint was that the food was “meh” and “watered down” is a generous description of the drinks… but considering we were basically indulging all day, it was for the best.
We survived the entire trip with no meltdowns or issues. They even had a blast on the dinner cruise that was primarily adults, maybe 5 kids told. DS totally stole the show breakdancing. Who knew he had it in him?!
DH has a sunburn, DD is still pasty white, I have a light tan and extra freckles, and DS somehow has an all over golden glow. Not sure where he gets it!
Now to do loads and loads of laundry and back to the mundane… also my house doesn’t have bottomless mimosas, so my morning was sad.
My Dad is finally done with surgeries for awhile. The ECMO and aorta balloon was replaced with an Impella pump in his left ventricle. The breathing tube is out for good now so he can start PT and start to regain his strength. He'll remain in the ICU for at least another two weeks. Then the doctors will decide if he needs an LVAD to go home. All of his doctors are impressed with his progress considering what he went through. Next up is learning how to swallow again so he can eat and drink. My Dad has been begging for diet Pepsi since Wednesday. Tonight will be a lazy evening. Everyone has been coughing and sniffling for the past two weeks and now I have laryngitis. Tomorrow morning DD has a video gaming club meeting. I will probably go see my Dad for a bit. On Sunday morning, I convinced my Mom to get out of the hospital for a bit to go to BrickFest with DH, me, and the kids. We'll probably get a late lunch/early dinner. DD might volunteer at the local haunted house on Sunday evening with a local school club.
I'm battling a migraine today. Finally got up and showered at 2pm. It felt nice to sleep with the dog all day. I still have a headache but no more halos or Nausea.
Need to spend a good chunk of the weekend doing yard work. So many pine needles have come down and I need to deal with some garden clean up.
xctsclrx, I hope your husband's deployment is an easy one. Will you get to see him very often?
I'm solo parenting AGAIN this weekend. H is at a conference in Vegas, which is totally NOT his jam, so I can't complain too much, but between other trips he's taken and ski patrol training, I'm on weekend number 5 or 6 of this one mom and two kids thing....
Girls don't have much planned. DD1 got selected to play a solo in her first band concert this year. (yeah!) She plans to practice a bit this weekend. DD2 has a soccer game early tomorrow morning. One of my co-workers is having a house-warming party tomorrow night. The house is beautiful (seen pictures) and it would be fun to catch up with co-workers outside of work. However, the house is also an hour away from my house. The girls don't want to go, and they don't have any alternatives as of now to going with me. It's too far away for me to leave them on their own. There would be no kids their ages there....I'm thinking it's not worth dragging them there and constantly being asked when we can leave. Am I being a party pooper?
dglvrk2 are there any teenagers you could have come babysit for the evening? Seems like it would be fun for you to go and more fun for your girls to stay home.
Post by traveltheworld on Oct 7, 2023 4:13:45 GMT -5
Currently sitting at the airport waiting for our flight home from Greece. The kids are on their devices and I'm letting them since they've been pretty much device-free for the past 2 weeks.
Greece was amazing. The kids are so easy to travel with now and DS and I had many fun long conversations. DH is the jeopardy guru at our house and knows everything abut everything, so I always feel like he's always the one teaching the kids something or answering their questions. But DS really took an interest in politics, the various forms of government, history etc. on this trip. I'm a history and politics nerd so I was more than happy to chat with him about all this.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Oct 7, 2023 5:30:48 GMT -5
I can’t remember if I said it but my dad passed away Monday. We have his funeral on indigenous people’s day.
DD and DS both have play dates tomorrow. I’m dreading my dad’s funeral so much, but every time we settle some part of the plans it’s a mini relief.
Also to top it off DD (9) told me this morning that she’s non-binary. Not something that overly surprises me as prior to this she’s always told me she feels like a Tom boy or girl boy, it’s just a lot going on in the family to top it off with these kinds of personal revelations… but that’s ok. But I guess it came up because for things like funerals it’s always a bit tricky bit figuring out what she is willing to wear (no dresses for sure but even pants she doesn’t want too fitted etc) but we found some adorable slacks and shirt today and she is going go look great.
DS we’re still trying to figure it out. He normally likes to wear a suit but none of his slacks fit him and we’re having trouble finding slacks that fit the waist and length so he probably is going to wear nice jeans and a blazer which is fine bc Texas.
In short I guess we’re navigating sad things by planning and keeping busy.
dglvrk2supertrooper1 the deployment will be easy maybe boring for him. We are hoping he will be able to come home once every 3 months or so. Kids and I are planning on going out there for spring break hopefully.
sdlaura, DD2 ended up staying at a friend's house while DD1 and I went to the party. It was a win-win to add to this, my coworker's new house is beautiful and DD1 and I had a good girl talk on our drive home. The kid whose house DD2 stayed at - one of her best friends - has a single dad. He gets the struggles and rewards of solo parenting. He also has to work today. So I'm hosting his kiddo most of the day today. DD2 and his so play great together so it should be a good day for everyone.
In laws were here for DS’s birthday. It went ok but MIL is so judgmental. She ran into my sister and went on and on about how she doesn’t like her hair color and then she told me that people are judging DS because he has a leaf in his shirt and everyone will think it’s a marijuana leaf. I admit here is a double take on the leaf but upon the double take it 💯 not a marijuana leaf and it’s a Nike shirt so obviously they aren’t in the branding marijuana business. It’s a buckeye leaf since DS is inexplicably an Ohio State fan. I don’t understand why she has to tell me that everyone is judging him because she doesn’t know her leaf shapes.
Oh and the neighbors were light hearted commenting on DS eating his food and his bike so now I’m just in the people are judgy and I should avoid them stage. DH says it was lighthearted. I say he should have just kept it to himself since it sounds judgy.