I... đź« . Looking forward to solo travel in the new year, I suppose. He randomly decided he loves the Jaguars (??) and it's now his top dream destination.
My boss is out of the country and so rn all our meetings are before 8 a.m. and he keeps asking me if I'm sick when we start the call. NO, I JUST SOUND LIKE A MAN WHEN I WAKE UP.
My flight last night had a broken door when it arrived. Took the mechanics awhile to fix it. They finally did and had us board. A little while after getting on, the gate agent comes on and says “so we thought we fixed it, but we didn’t.” So then we all got off the plane and boarded another flight. Thankfully that one was smooth from there and neither flight was full so they were able to get us all on the later flight.
I didn’t get home until midnight when I was supposed to be home around 9 though and I am so, so tired. I’m just glad I’m home and didn’t get stuck overnight. That would have been a shitty way to end a trip I didn’t want to take in the first place.
I got less than 24 hours to decide if I want to take a temporary job for 3 months next year starting in February. The other issue is, they want me to start the same time I'm going to Australia and trip trumps work. DH and I wrote down some questions last night, but they all may be moot they need someone sooner.
I feel like Lauren on The Hills in that if I don't take it, I'll always be the girl who didn't go to Paris (or in this case, Alabama).
H and I wanted to plan some things on our holiday time off to get out of the house and not just lounge around the whole time (nothing wrong with lounging around but I wfh most of the time so I feel a bit antsy to leave the house. I start hibernating once Dec hits lol).
We're being nerdy and taking a day trip to the IL State Capitol to do a tour today and then visiting the Abraham Lincoln Museum. It's supposed to be a pretty cool museum. I think I may have visited the state capitol on a field trip in 4th grade but don't remember it hardly at all and definitely didn't really appreciate it then. Last year at the holidays, we visited the NPS site of Lincoln's home and got the idea to do this next.
It's Christmas party day at school, we are going for a much more relaxed vibe than we had for the Halloween party....hopefully.
Next on the list will be cleaning the house top to bottom before my parents come for Christmas. I spent last weekend working on the yard so it looks good outside...why can't inside AND outside my house be clean at the same time?!
Post by Patsy Baloney on Dec 20, 2023 8:54:32 GMT -5
My youngest has his holiday program today. My very last one to go and see before both of my kids are K-12.
They’re trying with all their might to discourage people from lining up, but I’m going to drop him off at one door and go stand at the other. I am built for this moment. All that practice at Disney world standing in line is bound to pay off.
Post by followyourarrow on Dec 20, 2023 9:11:20 GMT -5
Why did my boss just tell me he expects me to work Saturday? I know we're implementing new software, but that's ridiculous. I told him no, that I can't, I have other obligations, which he was fine with. But, uhh if you need me the weekend before a holiday, you should probably have told me that a long time ago.
We have been open 12 minutes. In that amount of time, patrons have given me the following things for staff: two giant boxes of fancy chocolate, 4 huge tins of cookies from a local shop, and a handwritten note from a 7 year old thanking us for having a robot cat friend for him. And that's just in my area of the library. The staff lounge looks like a candy/baked goods factory. It's really nice to feel so appreciated!
There was a house fire a few blocks from me last night. It was pretty intense. I took a little walk to go see it from afar. There were so many firefighters that responded. I'd never really seen anything like this before so I hung around a little bit watching them finish putting it out. Everyone in the house was OK, thankfully. No children. So sad especially at this time of year, though.
Here's another fun thing going on this week - a bunch of people who live in the area near DS's elementary school got calls yesterday from Penelec that there was going to be an electrical outage in that area from 8am to 4pm. The school never received a call even though they are in that area. The superintendent has been trying to reach the company to see if the school is included in the outage or not. All the holiday parties are supposed to be tomorrow, and they don't know if they will have power. How do you not inform an entire school of this?! H works in the district and said they were talking about solutions like bussing all the kids to the high school for the day or something. If the school would close for the day, DS could also go to the place he goes to before/after care all day tomorrow, but she won't have power either so it'll be cold. Yes, I could keep him at home but I have a full day of work/meetings and Christmas shit to still get done. Yeesh.
I am going into work for the office potluck. I am 50/50 if I am going to actually eat tho because I am not going to let one of these fuckers take me down with an illness so close to the holidays lol. I am more focused on showing my face and wearing my obnoxious Christmas sweatshirt.
Tonight H and I are dressing up, going out for appetizers/cocktails and going to White Christmas at our local theater. It is one of my favorite movies. Have you ever seen those titktoks talking about how your most nostalgic holiday movie is the random VHS tape you happened to have around as a child? That is White CHristmas for me lol.
Anyways, I have a green velvet skirt to wear tonight and I am excited.
I always feel like the last two weeks of December are the most annoying of the year. It’s cold and dreary. We still have to eat regular meals but my focus is on Christmas baking and food (and some years Christmas and Hanukkah) then our annual themed movie marathon on NYE which also involves a lot of food.
At least we don’t have kids to worry with but I always feel like I’m killing time to get to these two big events and then there is nothing festive on the calendar for months when it’s still cold and dreary. A longer break between the two would be nice!
My last day of work before break was yesterday, Kid 1's is today, and DS 2's is... Friday. Poor kid is so salty about having to be in school all week. I'll finish shopping for stocking stuffers today, get my hair cut, and have a relaxing lunch all by myself as a pre-Christmas treat.
Post by midwestmama on Dec 20, 2023 9:36:08 GMT -5
Working today and tomorrow this week. I am ready for a long weekend and time with my family. I am so ready for a break from work, even if it's just for 3 working days.
Our Shutterfly Christmas cards were finally delivered yesterday (5 days later than the delivery date indicated when I ordered). I got them all ready last night and dropped them off at USPS this morning. Hoping some of them are delivered before Christmas.
A leader that I support as an internal client is very difficult. Nothing is ever fast enough, good enough, or what she wants. If she doesn't agree with the answer I provide, she will ask "why" over and over like a 3-year-old. It has been mentally and emotionally stressful for me this past year since she took the role. I was talking with a team member yesterday who is helping on this leader's team while someone is out on a leave, and he said that there is a similar feeling within this leader's team. Anyways, I'm going to bring it up to my boss and see what he says. Personally, I have thought about looking for other jobs just so I don't have to work with her anymore, but there is no guarantee that I wouldn't have the same situation going to an unknown company. (And I like my boss and my immediate team.)
I've been fighting a cold/sore throat since Sunday evening. I'm starting to feel better today and of course H woke up and said his throat hurts. But he's stubborn and won't do anything about it. I told him to gargle w/ some warm salt water, take a Zicam, Dayquil and make some tea with honey and lemon... all of these things really helped me feel better faster (I think). He hasn't done any of the above and I swear to god if he's whiny about being sick the next few days I'm going to smack him.
Today is my last day of work until 12/28. I probably could have taken the whole week, but I know it will be slow the last 2 days of the year. So many other people are off so I'm hoping to just coast. I'm trying to make my last minute lists for what I need and where I need to go tomorrow. My plan is to drop DS off at school and get to the stores early before it's too chaotic. Target, Kohls, Wegmans and maybe the local candy/chocolate shop and I'll be done. Then I need to start wrapping and baking.
I wish Christmas break was shorter. I don't need two weeks. My autistic DS(7.5) doesn't need two weeks. For me it's a stressful time of trying to keep DS in some kind of routine so he's not thoroughly disregulated and overstimulated. A balance of a few activities spread out for very short times mixed with entertaining him at home so he's not on the tv 100% of the time. It's mentally draining to be on high alert when we're in the community and needing to leave at a moments notice to avoid meltdowns. It's mentally draining to be on high alert while entertaining him at home. He swings from loving an activity to hating it and getting violent in a heartbeat.
I went to visit my parents for a couple days (my mom has Alz) so that I could take her to buy gifts for my dad (all their gift-exchanging holidays are in a 1 week period). I brought my son with me. I have status on a particular airline and we got upgraded to First Class on both the outbound and return. H is jealous--he keeps saying, "I'VE never been in First Class." Sucks to be you, buddy. LOL
I have been in a aircast boot for about a month and on this trip, it broke. It won't hold the air (I think one of the tubes is compromised), so now I have to stop by the podiatrist to get a new one. It's so dumb.
I have almost 2 weeks off still for Winter Break! WHEEEEEEEE! We don't go back until Jan 2!
DD seems to have picked up the same bug from her cousins that I did, but we're both feeling a lot better this morning. I'll take a two day head cold over pretty much anything else going around right now!
It's 25* and DH just left to go disc golfing with a friend; they did not check the weather before making this plan. Have fun, dude....
ssmjlm, if the dates work around your trip and you can make the home logistics work, I'd do the rotation. I've never seen someone take similar opportunities and regret it.
I realized last night that I forgot to take my bcp on Monday. I doubled up but am really hoping I don’t have bleeding or anxiety from the disruption (I take it mostly to control hormonal anxiety.)
My kids are spending the night at my in-laws and I’d really like to have a relaxing couple of days but have so much left to do to prep for Christmas. My mom and sister are flighting but my mom apologized and both are coming over for Christmas Eve. My mom is acting totally mopey so should be interesting.
Post by lilypad1126 on Dec 20, 2023 10:03:31 GMT -5
Yesterday was a weird day at work. All day my anxiety was on high alert, and literally everything I did, I was second guessing myself, wondering if I said the wrong thing or made a wrong decision. NO ONE said a word to me to make me feel that way. What the heck, brain?!
Today should be fairly quiet/easy as my boss is out of office. I'm hoping to spend some time baking this afternoon, once my morning meetings are over.
Post by cattledogkisses on Dec 20, 2023 10:12:58 GMT -5
Our power came back on a little bit ago. We spent a cold night, but everything in the house seems to have survived (except all the food in our fridge and freezer... we had to throw out hundreds of dollars of food).
This whole region is having absolutely devastating flooding though. Luckily our house is on a big hill, but the entire downtown of our little city is underwater. I feel awful for all the small businesses, and I'm afraid many of them won't be able to recover from this.
Post by sofamonkey on Dec 20, 2023 10:17:27 GMT -5
Last day of work until 1/2 for meeee! Trying to wrap up things so that I’m not totally overwhelmed in the new year.
We had DD’s choir concert last night. It was great! Choir sounded good, then they had band do a few songs, and then orchestra did a few songs. They all sounded good, esp for middle school!
I’m out at 2, and trying to keep on task. It’s harrrrrrddddd. Plus I need to keep 2 other people on task, so I’m trying to be “responsible” lol
I went to pick up stocking stuff this morning. All the little things that I was expecting to be $2-4 were more like $6-10. I'm not spending $$$ on a stocking so I just got a bunch of candy and called it a day.
Also, my son's favorite Xmas cookies have Hershey Hugs on top. I have now been to 3 stores, no Hugs anywhere. I'm glad he made a double batch a few weeks ago so at least he got some. But what is with the Hug shortage???
I found 2 presents that I bought LAST YEAR for Christmas that I apparently lost. So guess what DS2, that knee-hockey game you wanted last year but didn't get? You're getting it this year.
jinkies, that is happening to me all the time lately, especially at Target. I picked up a hair bow that I thought would be $5 and it was $8. A purse I thought might be $35 and it was $50. I used to be pretty good at calling prices but not lately. DS's stocking is brought to you by 5 Below lol.