Post by blondemoment123 on Jan 8, 2024 7:10:23 GMT -5
I've been wide awake since 3am. Insomnia sucks. I accidentally went a little heavy handed on my blush this morning, but I'm just going to rock it because I'm too tired to care lol.
I got a message on fb messenger trying to sell me MLM crap. The message though started Hey___________!
Like they copied and pasted the script but didn’t realize they were supposed to put the person’s name where the ______ is. Not that I was going to bite anyway but you can’t be bothered to type my name, no thanks lol.
I could not get out of bed this morning. It was just warm and comfortable. But I also needed a shower, so I had to drag myself out eventually.
I've been wearing my hair curly and I still think it's more work than when I blow dry it straight. But whatever, I'm WFH today/tomorrow so few will see me anyway. I do like shocking people who don't realize my hair is naturally curly.
Today is my first day back at work since before Christmas. I might cry.
Don't cry! Me too, first day since Dec. 20. So far I have managed to kill an hour with hellos, giving out the chocolates I brought back, getting caught up on what everyone's been up to and getting rid of notifications for now-irrelevant Slack messages. I think the next hour will be dedicated to getting through my inbox and writing up a to do list based on that. Then it'll be time for a snack.
I was weirdly nervous this morning though, like first day of school jitters.
I woke up at 3:45 and wasn't able to fall back asleep. I seem to sleep worse on nights when I have to get up for work in the morning, so I think I was dreading working today. It's going to be a long day. I recently looked into symptoms of burnout, and I seem to have a lot of the symptoms. I wonder if burnout would be covered by short-term disability if diagnosed by a doctor.
Today was the first day back to school for my kids. They were not excited about going back to school.
I did make some progress on decluttering and organizing over the weekend, so I feel good about that. I have a few bags and boxes to drop off for donation.
Well it's definitely Monday. Everything was going fairly smoothly and then of course my tire pressure light came on 12 minutes from work. I'll go actually check tire pressures later this morning and add air if I need to, but dang it. Normally either DH would be home and we'd have a second car for stuff, or if he's OOT odds are he'd have gotten a ride to the airport and I'd have his as a backup, but of course he ended up driving and parking there yesterday with all of the flight delay uncertainty, so his car isn't available.
I am really not mentally prepared for this level of adulting today.
It is such a Monday. Spent all weekend skiing with the kids and am just tired today. Not so much from skiing, just all the work involved with it. Gym was hard this morning, kids don't want to wake up, I'm going to have to schedule a nap in today.
Snow day here, I was so excited to bring the kids to school after a very long 2+ week break.
I watched on our security camera what looked like a town truck whack into our brand new basketball hoop. I really hope the hoop didn't get bent or H is going to lose his mind (I will too, that thing was a beast to assemble).
Well it's definitely Monday. Everything was going fairly smoothly and then of course my tire pressure light came on 12 minutes from work. I'll go actually check tire pressures later this morning and add air if I need to, but dang it. Normally either DH would be home and we'd have a second car for stuff, or if he's OOT odds are he'd have gotten a ride to the airport and I'd have his as a backup, but of course he ended up driving and parking there yesterday with all of the flight delay uncertainty, so his car isn't available.
I am really not mentally prepared for this level of adulting today.
Maybe the cold? I swear DH's last truck's spare tire would always go off when it got close to freezing.
Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Jan 8, 2024 8:21:06 GMT -5
Add me to the list of tired folks. Joey was awake from 2/4 this morning. Just awake, saying “ma? Ma? MA!” Go back to bed! And naturally I overslept, so instead of driving Lucy to the bus, I had to take her all the way to school. Luckily H is home in the morning now, so he could drive David. And Joey was indignant at having to ride with me. Paybacks are a bitch, bubs.
Well it's definitely Monday. Everything was going fairly smoothly and then of course my tire pressure light came on 12 minutes from work. I'll go actually check tire pressures later this morning and add air if I need to, but dang it. Normally either DH would be home and we'd have a second car for stuff, or if he's OOT odds are he'd have gotten a ride to the airport and I'd have his as a backup, but of course he ended up driving and parking there yesterday with all of the flight delay uncertainty, so his car isn't available.
I am really not mentally prepared for this level of adulting today.
Maybe the cold? I swear DH's last truck's spare tire would always go off when it got close to freezing.
Mine does too, whenever there’s a dramatic shift in temperature. I always check it, and it’s usually just a little bit off. But definitely check, candreco
I woke up yesterday feeling like I finally had energy back after being sick, so I put away our Christmas decorations and ran some errands in the afternoon. I feel a lot more organized and ready to take on the week after doing meal planning and getting the house in order - I hope that translates to a productive week! I got a few things done last week but I was dragging a lot.
My H is on his second week at his new job, and the whining about having to go into the office is already getting old lol. To be fair, for whatever reason during interviewing he was led to believe that he would only have to go in 2 days a week, but last week his supervisor told him the agency rules were 3 days. So it's a little different than what he thought he was signing up for. Still, I hope he just gets used to it and it becomes less of a big deal. It's going to be really annoying if we have to start out with negativity on every day he goes in.
I had a great weekend which included bumping into a bunch of the kids' classmates at the local sledding hotspot. I was bummed though because a lot of them were talking about leaving our city in the next few years because of the schools/violence and I was a bit taken aback. We plan to stay for the long haul and I'm sad that the little community I've built will be temporary. In related news, you're never allowed to move tiki lol.
Post by maudefindlay on Jan 8, 2024 8:54:27 GMT -5
Kids' first day back to school and the morning went easily, DD was nervous going back, but even said she didn't have a reason to be and would be fine when she saw her friends.
I'm having a surgery tomorrow AM, fairly minor as surgeries go, but still nervous and using today to get us all organized and prepped as there will be a bit of a recovery period. I thought DH was working today and then off the rest of the week, but he is off today too. That was a nice surprise and he is doing all the kid shuttling today giving me lots more time to do all the stuff.
I got a lot done over the weekend, especially yesterday, and I'm so tired today because of it. The biggest project was cleaning the cat bathroom and switching out all the boxes and litter. That is a beast of a chore 😑 feels really good to have it done, though. I keep wandering back in to admire my handiwork 😅
The only other big thing I want to do before going back to work is deep clean the fish tank. This is another heavy lift for me, so I don't do it nearly as often as I should 😬
I'm running out of things to do, and I'm off work through Wednesday. Maybe I'll try baking bread or something 🤔
So. Bored.
ETA: I could also clean the oven. The weather is supposed to be crappy tomorrow, so that might help me kill a few hours trapped in the house. *sigh*
Well it's definitely Monday. Everything was going fairly smoothly and then of course my tire pressure light came on 12 minutes from work. I'll go actually check tire pressures later this morning and add air if I need to, but dang it. Normally either DH would be home and we'd have a second car for stuff, or if he's OOT odds are he'd have gotten a ride to the airport and I'd have his as a backup, but of course he ended up driving and parking there yesterday with all of the flight delay uncertainty, so his car isn't available.
I am really not mentally prepared for this level of adulting today.
Maybe the cold? I swear DH's last truck's spare tire would always go off when it got close to freezing.
Our previous vehicle, a GMC Terrain, had one tire that would always do this in the cold and we'd have to put air in it every few weeks. We had the tires removed and resealed and everything but it still happened. I think it had something to do with the aluminum rims.
Today was supposed to be DS’ first day back at school, but it’s a snow day with the strong possibility of another one tomorrow. This kid may never resume a normal sleep schedule! I tried to wake him up, saw the whites of his eyes, and then he rolled over back to sleep. I can’t blame him! I have to go in to work, though, despite the weather. Fingers crossed it isn’t too scary driving home tonight!
This morning I had a sad run because everyone has taken down their Christmas lights and it just seemed way too dark and depressing.
This afternoon I have a lot of coordination stuff for pickup with the kids...and of course DD texted me from the bus stop this morning to tell me her battery is low. Hopefully my instructions were clear enough this morning and we'll reconnect around 5.
Maybe the cold? I swear DH's last truck's spare tire would always go off when it got close to freezing.
Mine does too, whenever there’s a dramatic shift in temperature. I always check it, and it’s usually just a little bit off. But definitely check, candreco
The tire pressure/temperature connection is a whole thing - "Big changes between high and low temperatures ... can trigger an alert on your dashboard..." (https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-safety/tire-pressure-warning-light-just-came-on-what-to-do-a4533815120/.) candreco, if you have your owner's manual, they should have a section where you can try to turn that light off. If there is a real issue, it won't turn off (or will come back on). If it was just temperature, it'll stay off.
We ended up with about 6" of snow (upstate NY, outside Albany). I work from home, so I swear my snow guy has me at the bottom of his list and doesn't work through the night. It's not usually a problem, though a little annoying. Someone has to be last, though, and I still like having someone else deal with the deeper snows.
As I was going to bed last night, I felt like I’d been off for two weeks, but it had only been 3 days. But I clearly felt like this morning was going to suck. And it did. I think it must be that we had people most of the weekend. Friday, my fencing friends came over for fancy dinner. Saturday, H’s cousins kid and girlfriend were here.
It occurs to me I do not host, like ever. Friday, I was drying some dishes and someone popped in to say they were leaving. I said bye, and T grabbed the stuff out if my hands and whispered to walk them out. Doh! I guess that is what you are supposed to do. I’m just all “lalala you know where the door is.”
I had a great weekend which included bumping into a bunch of the kids' classmates at the local sledding hotspot. I was bummed though because a lot of them were talking about leaving our city in the next few years because of the schools/violence and I was a bit taken aback. We plan to stay for the long haul and I'm sad that the little community I've built will be temporary. In related news, you're never allowed to move tiki lol.
Ugh, this makes me so incensed! There was an influencer on IG this weekend that was talking about a similar scenario in Maryland and she was saying that people that moved further out were "shocked" that the violence didn't magically disappear and then were complaining about moving further out. And she was trying to explain it doesn't matter where you live.
My kids are off at school! I am working from home and plan to get my house into shape at least temporarily because we are getting hit by a big snowstorm tonight lol. And of course they will be home tomorrow.
BUT TODAY, I am alone until 3 pm.
I am doing a whole bunch of health goals this month including no alcohol. It was no big deal this weekend, but the first snowstorm of the year is always a fun time to have drinks and snuggle in. I will just have to make do with my club soda in a fancy glass lol.
I had a great weekend which included bumping into a bunch of the kids' classmates at the local sledding hotspot. I was bummed though because a lot of them were talking about leaving our city in the next few years because of the schools/violence and I was a bit taken aback. We plan to stay for the long haul and I'm sad that the little community I've built will be temporary. In related news, you're never allowed to move tiki lol.
Ugh, this makes me so incensed! There was an influencer on IG this weekend that was talking about a similar scenario in Maryland and she was saying that people that moved further out were "shocked" that the violence didn't magically disappear and then were complaining about moving further out. And she was trying to explain it doesn't matter where you live.
Yeah, I was definitely taken aback because a) I've been here 15 years and have never felt unsafe and b) I've had nothing but positive experiences with the schools (granted I'm only 3 years in). I really like that my kids are in a diverse school system, both culturally and economically, and moving to the near burbs would mean going to school with only rich white kids (which doesn't equal safety).
Also future us are going to be so grateful we took down all of the outside Christmas decorations yesterday. We get hit with snow and then temps drop starting today. And it will probably stay this way for 2 months. I really didn't want to do it yesterday, but I would have hated myself if I left it all out.
I had so much joy putting it all up on a warm November day. Playing Christmas music. So much hope. Now it is January lol.
Post by W.T.Faulkner on Jan 8, 2024 9:31:16 GMT -5
My daughter will turn two on Valentine's Day, and while we always knew we'd stop at two kids, I've felt sad about being done...
...until this week. She's been sick and sleeping like a newborn for more than a week. I'm not strong enough to do this again. I had it in me for exactly two kids, but 35 came at me like a train. My grandmother, who had 7 by the time she was my age, is probably cackling in the afterlife at me but I'm tapping out. OH MY GOD. FUCK THIS. So anyway, thanks, DD, for shutting off that biological clock. Love you.
I’ve been able to catch up on sleep this last week but I have had some absolutely crazy scary dreams which cause me to wake up and then it’s hard to get back to sleep. This weekend I dreamt that I got stuck on the top of a tower or huge building after a woman fell when the ladder broke, then I was snorkeling and a woman got her leg but off by a shark, my H was kissing some other woman…I could go on, but they were all so dramatic.
One of the neat features in my new car (Subaru Ascent) is I can get a real-time read out of the PSI in each tire. Makes it very easy to check if I get an alert if one is way different than the rest.
I am being pulled in two very different directions at work today. I was all excited to tackle a particular high priority project. But of course something else has come up that needs my urgent attention. Argh.