Post by emilyinchile on Jan 22, 2024 9:41:25 GMT -5
It was 77 degrees in L's room at 6 am, after having all of the windows open all night long. I can do hot summer days, but when it doesn't cool down at night it's so unpleasant - and stresses me out because global warming.
emilyinchile - yeah that's one of the terrible things about summer here (TX). There's a long stretch where it never goes below 80 degrees and it's just relentless.
Post by Patsy Baloney on Jan 22, 2024 9:50:53 GMT -5
We are completely closed, school and work for me, today because of ice. Thankfully no imminent threat to power because it’s mostly frozen on the ground. My H has an out-of-town conference later this week and could not be convinced to stay home. He slid all the way into work. Sigh, whatever man.
E-learning is so strange. My daughter did a full year of home instruction during Covid, but one e-learning day 4 years later is now the worst thing everrrrr.
I have my first work trip in like 4 years tomorrow and it's like I've never flown before in my life. At least DH is a trooper with my 1 million scenarios and pondering ideas.
I slept absolutely terribly last night and got less than 4 hrs of actual sleep which means I’m in a terrible mood today. It’s not going to be a good day.
No school today for the kids - icy roads with more snow/ice expected this morning. The temp should increase around midday and roads should start to clear.
Today was supposed to be an in-office day for me today. Our office is open, but we're encourage to work from home so, uh, hell yeah. Trying to decide if I want to go in for the afternoon just to get my "in office credit" or if I want to go in on Wednesday. (I don't want to go in either day; I prefer WFH for sure).
I made DS a hoodie using a new, free pattern. It turned out so great and he loves it. It was kind of tedious bc it's colorblocked and has a lot of other construction detail, but he was so happy about it now I want to make him another one!
Post by gerberdaisy on Jan 22, 2024 10:10:39 GMT -5
We are so exhausted this morning. This is week three of skiing all day Saturday and Sunday and just not having enough time to recover for Monday morning. Also didn't help with having family over both weekends to watch football. I need a better plan, just feel that we can't handle another month or two of this!
Post by RoxMonster on Jan 22, 2024 10:14:37 GMT -5
Everything here is a sheet of ice and most everything shut down (schools, trash collection, city busses, etc). I’m supposed to work in office tomorrow so we’ll see how the roads are.
I also have a two-day offsite event Wed/Thurs. I haven’t worked outside my home since Dec 5 and am not ready for wearing a real bra and hard pants all day for 3 days this week lol.
Post by lavenderblue on Jan 22, 2024 10:18:44 GMT -5
I've been on a mission to update things in my house since exH moved out. I have painted and gotten new furniture in 3 bedrooms, I converted the 4th bedroom in to a home office, and did a mini-remodel in the main bathroom. All that I have left to do on the second floor is replace the doors. This weekend I started on my kitchen. I'm painting the cabinets and getting a new countertop and new backsplash. I've done all of the work myself for everything (don't worry, I've turned off the power when doing electrical work) and will be doing all of the work in the kitchen except for actually installing the countertops. I can't wait to be done because I'm tired LOL
I took the bus to work today, which I didn't realize was even an option until recently so this was my first time. It took me maybe 15-20 minutes more than driving, but the bus itself was very comfortable and it was nice not to have to be the driver. I don't think I'll switch completely to taking it because of the extra time, but it's nice to know it's a good option for days my H and I both need to be in the office (we share a car).
I can't wait for it to warm up later this week - the snow was pretty last week, but now it's just becoming an annoyance and I'm ready for it to go away. I do not miss living in a place where this was how it was for months on end.
I bought tickets to Ireland, we're going in April. We have a sitter coming on Thursday to see if she will work for house and dog sitting. I can't believe it's really happening. We're going to a family party that was canceled when Covid started so it's a long time coming. It will be our son's first flight! We traveled a lot when we were childless, but I haven't flown in 14 or 15 years now. I literally don't know how to do it!
Post by hbomdiggity on Jan 22, 2024 10:28:00 GMT -5
I am also traveling for work this week. I purchased a new blazer that was due to arrive Monday last week, but with the ice storm has been unable to deliver (ups has it at the local hub). Will it arrive today???
This weather continues to fuck up my Monos exchange lol
I have a blessedly light meeting day today at work. I was supposed to be meeting my old internship manager for lunch to catch up and kind of network, but she had to reschedule. I'm not too upset because it's almost freezing and rainy here so not going outside sounds pretty good to me.
I have a much better outlook this week. THe temps are going to be above freezing. I think my kids will go to school all week. I might finally be able to get into a normal routine.
I bought tickets to Ireland, we're going in April. We have a sitter coming on Thursday to see if she will work for house and dog sitting. I can't believe it's really happening. We're going to a family party that was canceled when Covid started so it's a long time coming. It will be our son's first flight! We traveled a lot when we were childless, but I haven't flown in 14 or 15 years now. I literally don't know how to do it!
I am bringing DD for spring break! SO excited…. counting the days 🍀
Post by midwestmama on Jan 22, 2024 10:48:45 GMT -5
One of my direct reports let me know over the weekend that she had to have an urgent surgery, and she will be out for 2 weeks. I am hoping she is ok and recovery goes well, but this is our busy time of the year and it's hard to have my one full-time experienced employee out for a couple of weeks. (I have one other senior-level team member who is a full-time employee, but his time is currently split between my team and another team, as he is supporting this other team as a developmental assignment.) I have been in my manager role for about 2.5 years now, and still not one day have I had a full team, between leaves of absence (long leaves for European employees) and this developmental assignment for my one team member. This is the part of being a people leader that is not my favorite.
On top of a busy weekend and the news about my direct report, DH had a GERD episode last night and couldn't stop hiccupping, and all of his moving around from room-to-room to try to get the hiccupping to stop kept me awake. Sunday I felt like I spent half of my day driving one of the kids somewhere and getting groceries and putting them away, while DH was away all day having fun (he went to the Detroit Lions game with friends), and then he comes home and I can't even get a decent night of sleep.
We were all ready to start booking a trip to Europe over spring break and now my H has to wait for an overdue RFP to see if any important dates conflict. I’m itching to start planning and actually go on this trip. I think I’ll book one of the hotels just so we get a room and then cancel if we can’t go.
It’s raining here and while I’m happy that it’s my wfh day, my dog is going to go stir crazy and whine all day if she’s not getting outside for long walks.
We are so exhausted this morning. This is week three of skiing all day Saturday and Sunday and just not having enough time to recover for Monday morning. Also didn't help with having family over both weekends to watch football. I need a better plan, just feel that we can't handle another month or two of this!
ugh co-signed. I keep doing this to myself and come Sunday evening I am SO.TIRED. I refuse to do two days of all day physical activities next weekend, lol.
I bought tickets to Ireland, we're going in April. We have a sitter coming on Thursday to see if she will work for house and dog sitting. I can't believe it's really happening. We're going to a family party that was canceled when Covid started so it's a long time coming. It will be our son's first flight! We traveled a lot when we were childless, but I haven't flown in 14 or 15 years now. I literally don't know how to do it!
I am bringing DD for spring break! SO excited…. counting the days 🍀
Wow! Do you know where you're going? I've never been there in Spring. I'm guessing it will be chilly rain instead of warm rain. LOL
This was one of those weekends that I will remember forever and that I didn't want to end. My dad had some major health problems in November (he had a massive heart attack that his cardiologist says he never should have walked away from), but he has been getting better and better every day. This weekend, we did a couple of things as a family that left my dad in tears and thanking us for letting him feel alive again. It made coming to work today extremely hard.
The only good thing about today is that DD1 is back in school after a week off between the holiday, snow days, and illness. The bad news is that despite doing everything I could to avoid it, frantically washing towels and pillowcases, conjunctivitis got me anyway. First time in 41 years of life. Are all kindergartners this gross or just mine? We’re trying to figure out if she leans into people’s sneezes and coughs or what. We’re stuck in this never ending loop of two weeks healthy, two weeks unhealthy. Sometimes the unhealthiness lingers for a month when one of us gets a secondary problem like a sinus or ear infection or bronchitis.
I wish I could teleport to a tropical location with bottomless mimosas, a pile of books, and silence minus the sound of crashing waves. Oh, and I’d be completely and utterly alone minus resort staff topping off my drinks and bringing me food. Instead, I’m the staff and must get up to serve the toddler now.
I am bringing DD for spring break! SO excited…. counting the days 🍀
Wow! Do you know where you're going? I've never been there in Spring. I'm guessing it will be chilly rain instead of warm rain. LOL
I know - this will be my first time not going in November/January! We are sticking to the south as that is where I’ve been before and since it will just be us (DD is 15) I don’t want to get too adventurous. Dublin, Kinsale, Dingle and Doolin. How about you?
My guild meeting reminded me why I am glad I don’t work in an office. Normally the meetings are chill. I do the social media and it’s basically a Facebook page I update with our meetings, links to news in the fiber arts world, outreach etc and Instagram where I post pictures of member projects and events.
The goal is to look like an active and lively group (which it is, although small) and attract new members. I give a little update at each meeting.
Why was one woman arguing with me that we should have a Facebook group instead because it’s more useful? She loves her local community group because they tell her when there are road closures and share photos.
We have two in-person meetings a month and 2-3 project based virtual meetups (where people work on projects “together” at home via Zoom) every *week*. How many more ways do we need to share with each other?
She would not let it go until I finally told her she was welcome to set it up herself and send us the link to join. Oh no! She is too busy in retirement to do that! Then zip it, Sally!
This weekend flew by. I feel like I don’t get a chance to ever relax.
Does anyone have the SOREL out and about boot? They are on sale and I ordered them, but then read reviews that they run small. I ordered my normal size and now I’m worried they won’t fit. I had SORELs in the past, but those ran big.
This was one of those weekends that I will remember forever and that I didn't want to end. My dad had some major health problems in November (he had a massive heart attack that his cardiologist says he never should have walked away from), but he has been getting better and better every day. This weekend, we did a couple of things as a family that left my dad in tears and thanking us for letting him feel alive again. It made coming to work today extremely hard.
I just teared up reading this. This is so special. I am glad you family got these moments.
This weekend flew by. I feel like I don’t get a chance to ever relax.
Does anyone have the SOREL out and about boot? They are on sale and I ordered them, but then read reviews that they run small. I ordered my normal size and now I’m worried they won’t fit. I had SORELs in the past, but those ran big.
I’ve found their Out n About line over the years run more true to size than their other lines in all types of their footwear. Maybe people think they run small because the rest are big?
I sincerely hadn't connected how many of my issues are signs of perimenopause until the recent thread here, plus starting to follow a menopause expert on insta.
I have so much shame about it-- extreme brain fog, exhaustion, anger/sadness, weight gain. They have all felt like personal failures for the last few years and learning that they might actually be a medical issues that could potentially be treated is giving me feelings.
I found a new gyn office and have been trying to call them this morning to make an appointment but can't get anyone to pick up. I'm hoping I can get something scheduled soon.