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.
I'm back in the office and have never been so happy about it. I'm so glad my kids are all back in school/daycare and we're back in a routine! This break was way too long and chaotic. Everyone thrives on activity and getting out of the house, so there was very little relaxing involved (by 10am Christmas morning DD1 was like "so what are we doing today? I want to go somewhere 🫠).
Post by wanderlustmom on Jan 2, 2024 10:13:08 GMT -5
cville , happy birthday! I remember feeling in high school that anyone over 40 was so old! I'll be 50 this year and I'm also conflicted between feeling really old and really young.
First day of dry January done and I really enjoyed my sleep. Also the hill on my walk today was not as hard as it usually is. I made a ginger lemon grapefruit mocktail last night for DD and I and it was better than any I'd ever had at a bar. Had to get the mixture ready the day before and let it sit in fridge. Tonight DD and I are having raspberry lime simple syrup mocktails. We make them in a shaker with a martini glass and everything. That's part of the trick for me. I'm actually sober curious and turning 50 in October so if I can do this--I might try no drinking for all of 2024. But don't listen to me too much yet--I love wine and I'm always overly optimistic. But it helps that DH and a lot of my friends don't drink anymore anyway. The biggest test will be coming home from a long day of clients (mental health counselor) and going to nice dinners on the weekends.
Speaking of, I go back to work today and have a long day. So ready to get a shower and put on a real outfit. DD and I always like going back, don't like too much unstructured time and I'll probably work until my late 70s. DH and DS don't want to go back to work and school and could chill at the house ALL OF THE TIME.
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.
I'm working, but I also worked last Thursday/Friday. My H started his new job today, but he's still at home for today at least - not sure about the rest of the week. We are both sick, so that's fun. He's actually going to go to urgent care tonight because it's been 10 days at this point and that seems like too long to still be feeling yucky. I am not that bad, more just kind of tired and a bit stuffy than SICK. I'd love to crawl back into bed, but I don't want to start off the year using my limited PTO for this.
To build on jane6672...My parents are not happy because I booked a hotel for when we visit them in February. My sister and her daughter will be there, plus me and MH and our two kids. It seems like a lot for a 2 bedroom (+ Florida room with a pull out couch)/2 bath townhouse.
MH and I may leave the kids with my parents as a "compromise."
Post by honeydew1894 on Jan 2, 2024 10:47:34 GMT -5
DH and the kids are back today, but I have one more day alone at home! I need to take down the tree, fold a million baskets of laundry, and walk the dogs but plan to chill otherwise.
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.
I am back to intermediate fasting, and it killed me waiting until 9 am to make breakfast lololol. I can't even imagine what 6 pm is going to feel like tonight when I am done eating. Sigh
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.
To build on jane6672...My parents are not happy because I booked a hotel for when we visit them in February. My sister and her daughter will be there, plus me and MH and our two kids. It seems like a lot for a 2 bedroom (+ Florida room with a pull out couch)/2 bath townhouse.
MH and I may leave the kids with my parents as a "compromise."
Well a kid-free hotel stay sounds like the perfect compromise!
I’m going to the dentist today for my 6 month and I am really hoping I get complimented on my flossing, as I’ve been diligent bordering on obsessed.
Update: even before I revealed my aggressive flossing routine my dentist remarked that my mouth was one of the cleanest he’d even seen 💪🏼 and for the first time IN MY ENTIRE LIFE not a drop of blood was shed during my cleaning. Flossing. Who knew? 🤣
Back at work. We switched health insurance to my employer and I went to see if our orthodontist was covered and discovered that our daughter is not listed as having any health insurance at all.
Trying to research a hotel to stay in for 3 months is not fun. For every good review there is a bad one. I was hoping to stick with one of two brands we typically stay at, so I could save the points for a fall trip.
I mean, if something went truly wrong, I could switch.
Post by mrsukyankee on Jan 2, 2024 11:51:42 GMT -5
I'm back at work but today was WFH. I had 3 of my 4 appointments show up and set up two for tomorrow in the office - I'll also be doing a LOT of admin.
I was trying to figure out the HR system so I could see how much leave I had left for this year (we run 1 Oct to 30 Sept). It seemed like a lot left. Then I saw that they carried over 6.5 days for me. Holy moly. That will be a lovely week in Germany covered for Oktoberfest!
We're all back to school/work today. DS was miserable this morning. H's computer wouldn't connect to the internet (we both work from home) and I came down to my desk and there was cat puke on my chair. Thankfully I saw it before I sat down. We got DS a new computer/gaming chair for Christmas, so his old one came in handy while waiting for the seat to dry.
On NYE, our television in the living room took a crap. We'd been having issues with it randomly turning on to a blank colored screen and not connecting the cable box, so we had a feeling it was on it's way out. So, yesterday we went and bought a new one and it's huge. H is in love. I think it's too big (we went from a 55" to 65") but we're going to wall mount it, so I'm hoping once it's on the wall I'll feel differently. Also, new tv's are so fancy. We bought a new smart tv for the basement like 3 years ago and this new one is far and away more advanced. Our old tv we couldn't even watch hulu, hbo or apple tv because the apps weren't supported or able to update.
Post by blondemoment123 on Jan 2, 2024 11:56:04 GMT -5
I deleted old posts on IG and FB which led me to Pinterest.
Omg the amount of coral/mint combo outfits I had saved in the early 2010's 😂 And not to mention the chevron and quatrefoil prints. And statement necklaces!
Ok douche, go ahead and call it mud. My husband DID have halitosis. We addressed it after I talked to you girls on here and guess what? Years later, no problem. Mofongo, you're a cunt. Eat shit. ~anonnamus
Post by killercupcake on Jan 2, 2024 12:21:49 GMT -5
We're all back to work and school today. I was not ready.
I finished our bedroom makeover. Well, except for the blinds. I can't find anything I want and will probably have to special order something. And ignore the gray chair. It is also going away.
Back at work today after being off since the 22nd. Not too bad and the office is quiet! I enjoyed being off but was ready to get out of the house. My kids don't go back to school until next Tue. I told DH to drop them off at the rec center this afternoon. Hopefully they will go!
I took today off, DD is back at school. I really needed the motivation of getting her up and ready to get my day moving, I've accomplished very little in the last 2 days. I put some laundry away and now I'm painting, but I'm dreading using the ladder on the stairs. I still need to take the Christmas tree down, but I think I'll tackle that Saturday while DD is at dance.
I've been picking away at rewatching ER on Hulu for a long time and just noticed today that it's expiring in 12 days and I still have like 4 seasons left... I hate when things expire LOL
DH switched jobs about two years ago from a completely toxic unsustainable previous situation and is just not happy. He needs to DO something though, my empathy is officially gone. I've been in shitty/not-ideal work environments and I DID something. He needs to switch jobs or go to a therapist or something.
Objectively, he has a good gig, his management loves him, he's been able to hire his team, and they pay him a TON of money, but it's not meaningful work to him, which, I can't roll my eyes back in my head far enough. He's a 44-year-old engineer who doesn't want to really engineer anymore.. but doesn't really know what else to do and certainly doesn't want to take a pay cut or give up any of the benefits of our life that require his salary.. sooooo, I'm sorry? Something has to give.
It could be so, so much worse than his current situation, I really don't know what he expects at this stage. He has this insane plan of just sucking it up for another 10 years and then retiring super early and I cannot deal with this for another decade, nor will I sacrifice say, the kids' college savings so he can wallow, I have made that abundantly clear.
I've given him so much requested space to figure it out in the last 6 months, shouldering the vast majority of the household bullshit that needs to be equally distributed but hasn't been and I finally snapped this weekend. We still haven't come to any sort of resolution but I am forcing him to actively acknowledge the budget and reality of what it takes to keep our life going.
DS and I are off until the 8th, DH goes back to work tomorrow. I was planning to start taking the Christmas stuff down tomorrow but I got antsy and just finished most of it - everything except the tree is down.
All 3 of us had random cold/flu viruses that lasted most of December. I feel better but get kind of dizzy when I have even one drink so that’s cut into my holiday drinking plans a bit. I stocked up on limes with the plan to make some lovely cosmos over the holidays but I haven’t had a single one.
I’m planning to grill ribs for dinner tonight and make cheesy potatoes and salad for sides - I’m already excited.
Backstory - my parents live in the house I grew up in and all except 1 house is the original families from when I grew up. I should say it's the parents and then the kids come to visit.
So I'm over there this AM and there is a loud knock at the door. It's this very large, burly man and he addresses me as my older sister. I have absolutely no clue who he is but he immediately starts talking about all the people from the neighborhood, and he has freshly baked, warm rolls in his hand to give me. We chit chat a bit and then he leaves.
I still have no clue who the heck he is. My dad was watching this entire interaction from his office window and as soon as I shut the front door I hear him busting out laughing at me. He has no clue who it was either.
I've been picking away at rewatching ER on Hulu for a long time and just noticed today that it's expiring in 12 days and I still have like 4 seasons left... I hate when things expire LOL
Post by basilosaurus on Jan 2, 2024 13:28:34 GMT -5
I'm reading kingolvers demon copperhead (finally! after many months of being in my hold list) and it mentions L7 is code for square.
This is entirely new to me as of today.
I knew about the pre grunge punk girl band, and I thought it was for lesbian 7. I never listened to them, never would have even had any situation where I'd have said this to someone and been teased or at least checked.
I also learned from a movie a few days ago I've been reading cretin in my head incorrectly all these years never having heard anyone say it before I guess.