I did our taxes last night. Had a minor freak out for maybe 30 minutes as the tax software said we owed over $20k before I realized that I misplaced a decimal point in our withholding, and we’re actually getting a small refund. On one hand, our mortgage interest was high enough that we itemized for the first time in forever. On the other hand, we paid so much in interest that we barely made a dent in our principal.
C’s soccer team has a make-up game today. Games are usually Sundays, and most of the kids can’t make a Saturday game, so I’m not even sure we’ll have enough people to play. They also just added another makeup game next Saturday and it’s at the exact same time as one of the boy’s birthday party (which is timed to occur during an MLS game for the kids to watch), and most of the attendees are on the team….so unless they change the time of the game, or the hosts change the party, there won’t be enough boys next Saturday either.
Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Mar 16, 2024 7:00:14 GMT -5
I can’t find my glasses. They fell off my nightstand (I’m blaming the cats. They’ve been goofy with the nice weather we’ve been having). Jinkies, I feel like Velma
Post by expectantsteelerfan on Mar 16, 2024 7:07:42 GMT -5
We leave in a week for a spring break trip, and my anxiety decided now is the time to kick in about it. I realized that although I requested boarding for the dogs when I took them to the boarder in person back in Jan., I never got a confirmation email, so now I'm worried it like didn't go through. They don't open till 10 so I have to wait a bit to call and confirm. I also realized we haven't booked parking at the airport yet (which isn't a big deal), but dh usually does that for us, and he's still asleep, so I need to remember to ask him to do that when he gets up.
My mom is having surgery for her breast cancer on Thurs. I'm mainly worrying about that, so I haven't really been thinking about this trip. I'm glad she's having it ASAP, but I feel weird about leaving right after her surgery. I will be the one taking her to the hospital and bringing her home, and then she has a friend staying with her overnight the 1st night, and she doesn't think she'll need much help beyond that. She thinks she'll be driving herself places after 2 days. I'm worried she's being overly optimistic. But she knew about our trip before she booked the surgery, we offered to cancel and she told us not to, the doctor told her she could wait to have the surgery if she wanted (and the head of the department is out of town as well and they offered her to wait for him to be back to have him do the surgery), but she wanted to book it and get it over with. So we are where we are.
I have an unexplained, very sore, incredibly swollen lymph node in my neck and I am considering performing experimental surgery on myself except my knives are all too dull.
I hate this time of year because of the wardrobe changes. Any suggestions for where I could live year round in a crew neck sweatshirt and leggings?
We are going to a coffee shop concert tonight for a family member. I have massive embarrassment for performers (like same feeling as watching the Scott's Tots episode) that aren't famous. It has nothing to do with talent. Idk. I don't even drink and I'm suddenly very sad I can't even have a glass of wine at this place.
Post by mrsukyankee on Mar 16, 2024 7:45:26 GMT -5
We're heading to a friends house - they are hosting us, another couple and a single friend. We do this at least every 6 months where someone will host a gathering. It's fun. We're going to go out for Turkish followed by going to a comedy show/drinks. Breakfast in the late morning and then we'll head home and pick up the dog from the dog sitter.
Amazon packages my laundry detergent in the same box as the dog biscuits. I’ll let you decide how that worked out with no packing material.
Then target put a dress and swimsuit in a too small box with some cereal and no bags. Thankfully I was super gentle opening it. And the dress looks like they grabbed it off the floor.
And Atlanta airport is the 7th circle of hell, so my flight was over a hour late and we didn’t get home until midnight. DH asked if work would pay for me to park for my April trip.
I haven't slept since I posted in the randoms yesterday 😭 My flight was fine but it landed at 2am home time so it was weird trying to sleep before that, plus I suck at sleeping on planes. I hate the first day of trips after overnight flights - I always feel so off with weird eating and lack of sleep. It's only 2pm here so a long time until bed.
I am already feeling a little peopled out, but I hope that's just being tired. Everyone is nice but there are a few personalities that I can imagine grating on me. Sadly two of them are my roommates lol
A couple years ago, while volunteering as a poll worker, I met a widow who's lived in my town for 45 or 50 years. We've maintained a casual friendship and have hung out for coffee/breakfast three times and exchange text messages very infrequently.
She called me last night when I was picking up my kids. I was racing DD1 to karate, went from there to grocery shop, picked her up, made dinner, and fell asleep while putting her to bed. Just listened to the VM, and my friend wanted me to call her last night, though she did say everything is fine. I feel bad, because I've hoped we'll get to know each other better and I want her to be comfortable asking for my help. That said, I often take longer than this to listen to a voicemail. I can't decide whether I should feel guilty.
Anyway, I called her back, left a VM, and texted. I hope I can still help with whatever she needs.
DD2 and I are going to see the HS spring musical after lunch, and I'm pumped. They do such a great job.
Post by wanderingback on Mar 16, 2024 8:23:43 GMT -5
My mom is in town so yay for someone making us dinner and babysitting.
My partner wanted to go out last night but it was 11pm by the time he mentioned it and I was in my pajamas. I thought about rallying but promptly went to bed. I don’t know if he ended up going out so am waiting for him to wake up and ask!
Today we’re gonna do an escape room and then something else. Maybe I won’t get in my pajamas tonight so we can go out tonight
It’s 9:20 and our daughter is still asleep, wahoo!
I got a massage yesterday, it was fabulous! Then I went and got my new midlife crisis piercings done…I love them! I cannot stop looking at my ear. The flat cartilage piercing hurt like 2/10. But OMG, the mid-helix, or auricle, or whatever people call it. Lord in heaven above. That was NOT FUN. She literally had to give me an ice pack to hold against my chest after that one because I got so hot from the adrenaline and pain, lol. Still worth it. Obsessed.
Today I get to put together Adirondack chairs and I’m going to try to enjoy the last day of nice weather before temps in the 40s return this coming week.
I picked up my new family ring from the jewelers yesterday and I can't stop looking at it. So sparkly and pretty. <3
I over scheduled myself for today and I'm annoyed. I want to do all the things but there just won't be time. Walking my twin sister's dumb dogs with her will probably be what I have to drop. Hopefully she's available tomorrow too.
ETA: my H wants a plum tree so badly. I grew up with fruit trees, including a plum tree and they are a lot of work just picking up fallen fruit. Plus the fallen fruit gets gross and becomes a haven for bugs. I think I have to give in. Ugh. I told H he has to pick up fruit on their schedule, not his own because if you wait too long it gets gross and buggy and you really don't want to do it. (I know it'll be a few years before it grows fruit, but I'm a planner.)
We have what should hopefully be a very low key weekend ahead of us. The last three weeks have been utter insanity and I need a break.
Taking DS2 to a play date today and DS1 to a birthday party tomorrow. Aside from that, just our normal weekend stuff to get done and we ended up tackling most of the laundry Thursday since everyone was out of clothes from not doing laundry last weekend.
Winnie got her last round of shots yesterday, so we can take her on a walk this weekend. I’m hoping it warms up enough to start melting off some of this snow. We have a ridiculous amount of it.
I’m feeling anxious about our state tax return. We’re supposed to get a big refund because of an EV tax credit. Sent in all the paperwork, but haven’t gotten anything yet. It was kind of a weird process between TurboTax and needing to mail stuff, so I’m freaked out that something got messed up.
Edit: omg I just checked YNAB and our state refund posted! Hooray! 🎉
I have an unexplained, very sore, incredibly swollen lymph node in my neck and I am considering performing experimental surgery on myself except my knives are all too dull.
OK I never read randoms bc you people write too much I nod out but this leapt out at me, I too have a knob on my neck as of 2 days ago, is yours on the back? Wtf is it, cancer, a giant zit , or are you sure it's a lymph node. What about a muscle tension bump or whatever. Mine is only sore because I keep poking at it.
Post by emilyinchile on Mar 16, 2024 9:02:34 GMT -5
Last night was the second night in a row that I couldn't fall asleep because I was thinking about every little detail of wedding stuff. Yes, I do need to figure out the vans for the non-Chilean guests, but since I already contacted companies and am waiting for their answers, maybe we could not worry about this at midnight, brain?
Also second night in a row Lucas yelled out in his sleep. Last night it was something very mundane (I remembered earlier but can't now), the night before it was dinosaurs. I asked him about it in the morning, and he told me about a whole dino dream. Love the creativity and brain activity, but shhhhh.
Post by lilypad1126 on Mar 16, 2024 9:04:25 GMT -5
After an awful travel day yesterday, I finally made it home around 10:30pm. Every time I fly thru Dallas, I regret my life choices, haha.
I have no idea what I’m going to do today. It’s been such a busy couple weeks I don’t even know if I’m going to find the energy to work out today. I may just sit on the couch, read my book, and nap. At some point this weekend I need to find time to go to autozone and get new wipers. But even that seems like too much people-ing today.
I have an unexplained, very sore, incredibly swollen lymph node in my neck and I am considering performing experimental surgery on myself except my knives are all too dull.
OK I never read randoms bc you people write too much I nod out but this leapt out at me, I too have a knob on my neck as of 2 days ago, is yours on the back? Wtf is it, cancer, a giant zit , or are you sure it's a lymph node. What about a muscle tension bump or whatever. Mine is only sore because I keep poking at it.
Mine is on the front/side. I have diagnosed myself with several forms of cancer. HTH!
sproctopus Something tells me we are at polar ends of the anxiety spectrum 😂. Urgent care maybe?
It's only because Effexor has made me void of emotion. I've already been to urgent care, had it imaged by ultrasound and a full blood panel drawn all between 8am and 10am yesterday. Prior to that, I resolved it was likely malignant squamous cell carcinoma or lymphoma (my brain really vibes with the latter). Sound more similar now? 😂
I slept until 8:30 today which never happens. I can't believe I slept that late. It's going to be decently nice here today so we're doing a hike and then taking the dog for a walk. I also have to pick up my prescription sunglasses that are in and look for a trellis for our backyard.
sproctopus Something tells me we are at polar ends of the anxiety spectrum 😂. Urgent care maybe?
It's only because Effexor has made me void of emotion. I've already been to urgent care, had it imaged by ultrasound and a full blood panel drawn all between 8am and 10am yesterday. Prior to that, I resolved it was likely malignant squamous cell carcinoma or lymphoma (my brain really vibes with the latter). Sound more similar now? 😂
You are just like me! I had a weird swollen lymph node behind my ear a few weeks ago and figured I was probably going to die, but it went away already. Hope yours is the same!
Post by underwaterrhymes on Mar 16, 2024 9:34:04 GMT -5
sproctopus - I hope you get positive answers soon.
I have multiple enlarged lymph nodes in my neck that I spiraled over last year. Was super convinced it was lymphoma because I have had them for a while. A few of them are round with no fatty hilum and were labeled as suspicious in my imaging reports, but I had a needle biopsy followed by an excisional biopsy and it was benign.
My exact results were “Sections reveal a lymph node with many secondary reactive follicles and focal nodular paracortical hyperplasia with some sinus histiocytosis. Section A2 is evaluated using a panel of immunohistochemical markers which confirms the intact immune architecture and focal nodular paracortical hyperplasia with some dermatopathic-like change. The overall features are consistent with a reactive lymph node, mixed pattern.”
Long way of saying not malignant.
But that was a year ago and they’re still hanging out in my neck and so periodically I google to find out why I seem to these permanently enlarged lymph nodes.
sproctopus - I hope you get positive answers soon.
I have multiple enlarged lymph nodes in my neck that I spiraled over last year. Was super convinced it was lymphoma because I have had them for a while. A few of them are round with no fatty hilum and were labeled as suspicious in my imaging reports, but I had a needle biopsy followed by an excisional biopsy and it was benign.
My exact results were “Sections reveal a lymph node with many secondary reactive follicles and focal nodular paracortical hyperplasia with some sinus histiocytosis. Section A2 is evaluated using a panel of immunohistochemical markers which confirms the intact immune architecture and focal nodular paracortical hyperplasia with some dermatopathic-like change. The overall features are consistent with a reactive lymph node, mixed pattern.”
Long way of saying not malignant.
But that was a year ago and they’re still hanging out in my neck and so periodically I google to find out why I seem to these permanently enlarged lymph nodes.
It’s great fun.
Wanna come over and play surgery? 😂
The results are all normal and they've just diagnosed it as reactive lymph node 😳 It happened to me before too-- the week the world shut down for the pandemic. So, very likely I have superpowers stored in this lymph node that indicate impending doom.
Why does a 10 am eye appointment on Saturday sound perfectly reasonable while booking on a weekday and absurdly early when it rolls around and I need to get an earlier-than-normal shower and do my hair?
After said eye appointment (for Kid 1 who somehow slipped on the perfectly dry kitchen floor last week and demolished their glasses) we need to pick up two baby gifts, grab lunch somewhere, and go to archery lessons. DS 2 needs to do a long run for his half-marathon training, but it's super windy right now and I'm planning to play chicken with the clock in the hopes that the wind will die down by mid-afternoon. We have tickets to see the inaugural game of our new NWSL team at 5:30 and want to get to the stadium early to have fun with the opening day activities, so I can't push it too long.
No other fun plans this weekend except maybe a long walk with my mom tomorrow. I want the kids to go through their closets and try on last summer's shorts and t-shirts to see what we need to buy before our trip to Florida in two weeks. DS 2 in particular has grown a ton this year, and I know he's going to need new everything. It would be so nice if he'd agree to wear his older sibling's outgrown stuff, but their styles are complete opposites and it's just not worth the fight.
I have an unexplained, very sore, incredibly swollen lymph node in my neck and I am considering performing experimental surgery on myself except my knives are all too dull.
You can get sterilized disposable scalpel on Amazon pretty cheap. I always have a few on hand.
I have an unexplained, very sore, incredibly swollen lymph node in my neck and I am considering performing experimental surgery on myself except my knives are all too dull.
You can get sterilized disposable scalpel on Amazon pretty cheap. I always have a few on hand.