Happy Tuesday! Who’s back at work? I am and not too soon. I was going stir crazy.
Any recs for a night handcream with retinol in it? The one I use is a little pricey, and I’m wondering if I might be able to find something cheaper that is any good.
I'm back at work (from home) today. Thankfully today is a professional development day so I just have to sit and yawn through some meetings and it should be quiet; students come back tomorrow. DS is still here and goes back to school tomorrow. I slept until the very last second I had to get up. I won't be able to do that tomorrow when he's back at school.
H said DS came downstairs this morning wearing the robe my mom got him for Christmas and a plastic necklace and said "look at me in my robe and chains, don't I look like a pop star?" LOL.
Post by maudefindlay on Jan 2, 2024 8:54:34 GMT -5
ohgillian I follow MrsDerm on IG. She'd tell you to go to your dermatologist and get a script. The expensive stuff is just watered down versions and you should get a script. This is what she uses.
I'm back (remote). The kids are still off, and go back tomorrow. I have one meeting, but here's hoping it's painless.
I was really enjoying the lazy pace of being home but not working, and not scheduling a ton of stuff. I did a good amount of cleaning/organizing, and I just want to do more before the feeling passes. There's a linen closet in our laundry room that has been a dump/toss/stash zone since we moved in, and I'm dying to empty it out, purge, and resort.
Agree with getting a prescription for retinol. I use it on my face, neck, and hands. It’s cheaper than buying over the counter/not as good retinol products and actually works.
Kids are back in school today and DH back to working (from home). Waking up at 6 AM sucked, but I kind of like being back in a routine.
Back at work here too, that 5:45 alarm was rough. This is absolutely going to be a warm up day- no meetings and not many people actually in the office, so I'm just poking around at stuff that was in process back in December, organizing my thoughts, etc.
DH is still burning down use-or-lose leave, so he's got a list of errands and little house maintenance things to do today. I'm a little jealous of the day without the kids there to just get stuff done!
I had a terrible vertigo episode last night. I was laying in bed reading and it just hit. So sleep wasn't fun. Thankfully today is WFH.
Kid is home, but I told her she has to get her christmas decorations and tree down in her room. That's the only thing for her, but I'm sure it will be a battle.
Today is my birthday. I'm 47. I feel simultaneously 26 and 96. I'm tele"working" and enjoying peace because my kids are avoiding the office.
My daughter told me over the weekend she's going to have a DNR added to her medical files at 50 because if you have to be resuscitated after that it's "no way to live" and she'll "have had a good long life." 💀😱🤯
Happy Birthday cville ! I’m working from home today. It’s an in office day, but I have Covid so will be remote all week. I am struggling to motivate this morning but need to get my act together. A few people on the team are out sick so I expect I will be somewhat busy once everyone gets settled in in the office.
Back at work for me too. This was the first time I've ever taken last week completely off and it is my new favorite week of the year. We had such a great time just relaxing, did one overnight trip near by, going on nearby hikes. I organized a few closets that have been bugging me.
Kids are still off today, we WAH, house is pretty messy. Hoping to tackle the medicine closet upstairs and get the kids to pick up their numerous lego projects.
1. Back at work, but at least from home. Everyone else in my house is still off. 2. Back to mindful eating. wah wah 3. I am slowly taking down my Christmas decor today. Then I will deep clean.
eddy, the back to mindful eating part is the worst. What do you mean I can't just shove fistfuls of Chex Mix into my face in between meals, or have three cookies a night? I had to cut it off somewhere though, and today is that day.
The weirdest thing happened to me last night. I went into our laundry room to change out the laundry because the washer cycle was finished running (I heard the chime from downstairs about 30 minutes earlier). The dryer had also been running at that time. I go into the laundry room…the washer lid was open and the dryer door was open. I stick my hand in the dryer and the clothes were still damp like someone stopped the cycle midway through.
I have absolutely no recollection of going into the laundry room and doing this. FI swears he didn’t go in there. I would bet money on the fact that the last time I went in there I started the washer and dryer. That was it. I don’t know who opened the washer and dryer, and I freaked out. I felt like I was going crazy. I checked every room and closet in the house to make sure someone else wasn’t in here. I even went up and checked the crawl space. Of course no one was there. But I still have NO IDEA what happened and have no recollection of going in there. I am so unsettled by this.
Post by followyourarrow on Jan 2, 2024 9:39:09 GMT -5
I'm in the office, but not sure why. There's nothing really going on here and my boss isn't here. We'll start back with production tomorrow.
I've started walking more and bought a walking pad. I've been encouraging FI to walk as well, he has diabetes also and I think it would help. We've decided to make it a bet between us each week. This week the winner has to plan an old school date night for when he's home next week. So really it's all win win.
Back to work for me today too womp womp. But students aren't back until next week so it's likely to be pretty quiet I think. It was rough to set an alarm again But I got to ease back in somewhat to the morning because kid doesn't go back to school until tomorrow so I got to sleep 30 minutes longer and only had to worry about getting myself ready and out the door and didn't have to do school drop off. H worked yesterday and flexed his holiday to today so he's on kid duty today and they have a whole list of things they plan to do.
Really need to get back on track with eating better, it's a total wheels off the tracks thing over the break and I felt it when I put on work clothes this morning LOL
I took today off so I can go out to lunch with a friend. We're meeting here before going to the restaurant so I'm cleaning. I just folded a load of laundry and found a mystery pair of underwear. I live alone, I haven't had an overnight guest in years. They're the style I wear, but not the particular brand I've been buying for the last 5ish years, so it's possible they're an old pair? But if so, where have they been hiding all this time? I'm so confused.
Weirdly, I have today off but back tomorrow. I think I picked u another virus at some point because I'm having awful coughing fits. DH got me a ton of meds and I'm just going to try to sleep it off today.
Kids are back to school (except DS who spiked a 105 fever yesterday).
*TW poop*
I went to the gym and H called saying he woke up to DS yelling from the toilet for someone to help him, because *for some reason* there was poop on the floor. I am soooo sorry I wasn't home to help, it's really unfortunate.
We are still in Vegas and ran all over the place yesterday with more in the works today. We head to LA tomorrow. We are creating some really awesome memories, but, man, I’m wiped out. 😂
Today is my birthday. I'm 47. I feel simultaneously 26 and 96. I'm tele"working" and enjoying peace because my kids are avoiding the office.
My daughter told me over the weekend she's going to have a DNR added to her medical files at 50 because if you have to be resuscitated after that it's "no way to live" and she'll "have had a good long life." 💀😱🤯
Happy birthday!
My birthday is this month too, and I share the day with my great-great-uncle (my great-grandmother's younger brother), who will be 105 this year. He's still physically and mentally active, lives independently, and enjoys a good quality of life. He is my aging #goals.
Back at work today, but I worked 3 days last week, so it doesn't feel too jarring. And end of 2023 me was pretty productive, so today should be pretty quiet/easy. YAY!
H is still in bed - he woke up in the middle of the night with a terrible sinus headache/migraine, so I'm glad he's still sleeping it off. Plus, that means it's super quiet in my house and even though I am working, I love these quiet mornings.
We have 2 more days of H’s family being in town, I’m exhausted.
And these last two days because there was a snafu with the original accommodation plan, there will be 7 guests (2 adults, 5 kids) staying in our apartment.