Post by midwestmama on Oct 12, 2023 6:32:20 GMT -5
Just after we went to bed last night (around 10:45), we heard some sirens really close by and our dog started barking near the front door. (We are used to sirens, though, because there is a fire station 1/2 mile away.) DH got up to quiet him down and see if there was something out on the street, and he came back and told me there was a pickup truck (likely a volunteer firefighter, as they often respond in their personal vehicles at night, if it's a first-responder/medical situation (at least, that's what I understand from my uncle, who was a volunteer firefighter for many years)), sheriff truck, and ambulance at the neighbors' house. We have a security camera on our garage from which we could see a bit of what was going on. About 5-10 minutes later, all the vehicles started to leave, first the pickup truck, then the sheriff, then the ambulance, and then we saw one of the family's vehicles following the ambulance. I would like to text another neighbor who is closer to that family to see what happened and if there is anything we can do to help the family, but I don't want to seem nosy. Anyone have any suggestions of how I can word the text?
IDK, I think it IS nosy, so it's hard not to seem that way. There are a lot of older people in our subdivision and I have twice in the past few years had a response like that on our street and we didn't ask. I've also had to have both parents transported by ambulance at one time or another and the last thing I really wanted was interest from their neighbors. If you aren't close, I'd let it be but I will admit, some of you seem lot closer to your neighborhood than I've ever been.
I mean, how close are you to your neighbor? I think it would be ok to send a text that says "saw all the commotion last night; I hope everything is ok and please let me know if there is anything we can do to help!"
I've witnessed many ambulances stopping at nearby houses. Haven't said anything to the residents because it's none of my business and it's nevre been for a neighbor I have a relationship with.
Post by penguingrrl on Oct 12, 2023 7:06:35 GMT -5
I know your heart is in the right place, but I would be super uncomfortable knowing everyone is wondering about our private health business. My next door neighbor went to the hospital via ambulance a few months ago and I have no idea why because it’s not my business, and we have a good relationship (kids play together, we chat occasionally).
We are glamping in the middle of nowhere Ontario and it’s lovely. I just made us some delicious French press coffee and I’m sitting in bed next to a fire, reading and watching the sunrise.
Last night it was pretty rainy so we didn’t get to see any stars. Hoping for clear skies tonight. I did wake up at 4am and saw a few through our skylight.
I would not ask what happened to the neighbor unless I was very, very close friends with them (which it sounds like you are not). If it’s something serious or they want others to know, you’ll find out and can decide from there if they need support.
Our dryer stopped working last week. We called the repair people, today is the first day they could come. We checked it a few times before giving up and doing laundry at my dad’s.
Why did that dryer turn on today? I feel like my mom must have when my fever would break on the way to the pediatrician.
I guess we should still have them out? It’s a $100 call but something must be off if it didn’t turn on for days, right? Can dryers fix themselves?
midwestmama I think even if I was close friends with them I wouldn’t ask. They will tell you if they want you to know and you can spring into action then.
Post by starburst604 on Oct 12, 2023 7:28:11 GMT -5
The most annoying part of my morning is my H interacting with Alexa. He tells her to play music but when he wants to either change or stop the song, sometimes she doesn't listen. So I hear "Alexa. ALEXA. ALEXXXXXAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!" with his voice increasing in volume at each command. Even Alexa tunes him out. It's all too much early in the morning.
tacokick could it be something with the electrical supply? Ours stopped working a couple of weeks after we got it and it turned out to be an issue with that breaker. So we had to pay the stupid appliance place for coming out since it wasn't an issue with the dryer and then we had to pay an electrican to fix that. UGH
I'm loving post-season baseball right now, especially after my Phils blew out the Braves last night. Thank goodness tomorrow is a wfh day, because tonights game got pushed back to 8:07PM so now tonight is going to be a much later night than I had planned.
I'm actually going out with someone tonight to watch the game. He's very handsome, seems very nice, but I'm struggling with him being on the shorter side. I'm only 5'1" so it really shouldn't be an issue, but I generally prefer taller men. I fell like a jerk for being shallow about someone's height. Hopefully he'll be awesome in person and I'll get over myself.
I'm flying to Houston today just for a dinner (ironically on clean energy) and my flight from Boston keeps getting delayed. I'm really hoping they just cancel it all together so I can get out of this trip guilt free.
We had our gas boiler scheduled for service this morning. It's from the 70s, so obviously every year I'm knocking on wood hoping that everything is fine with it. It's all good, phew.
I'm going to dinner tonight with a friend who I haven't really seen in about 3 years. I've posted about this before and won't rehash but H and I used to be really good friends with her and her husband, and then had a falling out about 6 years ago (all her H's doing, not ours). I ran into her at a restaurant in town a few weeks ago and she texted after to ask if I'd like to have dinner and I said sure. I know it will be completely fine. She's a lovely person, her H is just an ass. I'm just a little sad thinking that 3 years have gone by and she knows nothing about my kid or what I've been doing, and likewise for me about her, when we used to be such good friends. Meh, I'll definitely be drinking lol.
When G was here two year ago, there was a student from Gaza with another family. As of now, she and her family are ok, but I can’t stop thinking about her. Someone has offered to pay for the student and her family to come here if they can get to Egypt, but idk how that’s possible.
I have been woken up by a puking kid just about every night for the last week. Some nights (including last night), it's more than one kid. I would like off this ride please.
If this is a precursor to how winter is going to go, I might just run away right now.
We are glamping in the middle of nowhere Ontario and it’s lovely. I just made us some delicious French press coffee and I’m sitting in bed next to a fire, reading and watching the sunrise.
Last night it was pretty rainy so we didn’t get to see any stars. Hoping for clear skies tonight. I did wake up at 4am and saw a few through our skylight.
This sounds wonderful, I'm very jealous! Perfect glamping temps right now
The most annoying part of my morning is my H interacting with Alexa. He tells her to play music but when he wants to either change or stop the song, sometimes she doesn't listen. So I hear "Alexa. ALEXA. ALEXXXXXAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!" with his voice increasing in volume at each command. Even Alexa tunes him out. It's all too much early in the morning.
tacokick could it be something with the electrical supply? Ours stopped working a couple of weeks after we got it and it turned out to be an issue with that breaker. So we had to pay the stupid appliance place for coming out since it wasn't an issue with the dryer and then we had to pay an electrican to fix that. UGH
After six months of consistent work on my fitness/health/nutrition for the first time in my life, I have reached the point where my current clothes mostly do not fit.
I've been starting to bring out clothes I haven't been able to wear in a long (LOOONG) time--the ones you save, hoping you'll fit into them again someday. This is mostly not as satisfying as one would think. It's great to not have to buy all new things, and there's some sense of accomplishment that comes with it, but ... they're old clothes. Some of them I still like and will wear, but only about 40% of what I saved. Although I will say that it feels damn good to be able to wear the aspirational jeans, that has 100% lived up to my emotional expectations.
Alexa also doesn't listen to my husband. starburst604, is your husband's voice uncommonly deep?
He does have a very deep voice. I need to start filming him and make a compilation video of him just bellowing at Alexa over whatever country tune he’s having her play.
I think I might be a little depressed? I don't know. I just feel kind of...tired? all the time. Most days I'm mostly just looking forward to going to bed. Which maybe is normal because most days are just work and who looks forward to that? And even fun things we have planned, I find myself mostly focusing on what's going to be stressful or tiring about them. And it's dumb because my life is pretty good, objectively and comparatively speaking.
Maybe I'll take advantage of our free telehealth counseling sessions available through work.
I tested positive for covid last night, this is my third time having it. Thankfully I feel okay, just minor cold symptoms and really tired. I'm planning to sleep a lot today and tonight, and hopefully I'll feel a lot better tomorrow. So far DH is testing negative, so that's good.
midwestmama , when we had an ambulence at the house for my husband we had a neighbor stop by after they left. She rang the doorbell and handed me a note with her name and number and a list of services she can help with. So it basically said "Joe Smith Phone number Dog walking, driving kids, watching kids, getting mail". It was super thoughtful without being "nosy neighborish". Do that.
ETA: I didn't feel like I had to tell her what happened because she didn't ask specifically.
TR, absolutely talk to your EAP counselor. I find it so helpful. You could also speak to your provider and see if they want to do a workup and see if you have any deficiencies that could be impacting your energy levels. I personally would do both.
Someone close to me confirmed their spouse was having an affair because the person wrote about it in their journal. In detail.
It’s so shitty, but I’m also objectively floored because if one wanted to truly hide what they were doing (from spouse, kids, etc) why would you EVER write out all the details of it on paper?
Post by followyourarrow on Oct 12, 2023 10:01:26 GMT -5
It's national gumbo day so we're celebrating at work.
I know it's too early for Christmas, but. Please tell me if this is a bad idea, my nephew is 4 and I'm thinking of getting him a little briefcase because he loves to play pretend, especially that he's a doctor. I'd put a badge in there, paper pads, pencils, highlighters, and a calculator. Would a 4 year old enjoy that? Or is it silly because no one really carries a briefcase these days. Or if it's good, please make suggestions on anything else to add.
Post by expectantsteelerfan on Oct 12, 2023 10:05:33 GMT -5
TR, might be worth having your vitamin D levels checked as well?
Bernadine, my heart is broken over the whole situation and I don't know anyone who might be directly affected, so I can't even imagine what you are feeling.
I'm so annoyed. When we added dd to our cell phone plan when we got her a phone for her bday last month, we realized we had been paying $18 a month for a protection plan for ds when they tried to sell us on it for dd too. And he'd been dealing with a cracked screen on his phone that this plan would have covered fixing (and this is his 2nd phone, and his 1st one had a cracked screen the plan would have covered to fix too had we realized we had it...I swear I don't know how this kid kills his screens even though he uses screen protectors). So anyway, we scheduled them to replace his screen about a week ago and the appt. is today, and the places we could take it were far away, but they also offer to come to your house, so we did that option since the treadmill repair guy is ALSO supposed to come today and dh is working from home today. So ds left his phone home with us today. And 30 min. before the 2 hour window, they text to say they don't have the needed part and we'll need to reschedule. And I'm doubly annoyed because this morning ds asked if he could take his screen protector off, and I said no, we'd leave it on till the repair guy came, and dh was like, oh sure you can just take it off, so he did take it off. And now it's going to be weeks until we get another appt. so he'll have to put on another screen protector.
Fingers crossed the treadmill repair guy doesn't cancel on me again too or else my whole day will be a waste!
Post by snapoutofit on Oct 12, 2023 10:05:53 GMT -5
Woke up to an email this morning that there was a fire at my mother’s assisted living community last night. No injuries but about 40 ppl moved to another place owned by the same parent company. In the middle of the night. My mom has Alzheimer’s and I feel so bad. She must have been so scared and she didn’t think to call either my sister or myself to come pick her up. We didn’t find out where she was this morning. I cleared my work schedule and went to pick her up. She doesn’t want to stay at the other place so she’ll stay with my sister until she’s able to move back into her place.