I can't bring myself to care. Let the chips fall. People will start complaining and Congress will have to do something.
When people aren't getting their checks and the contractors can't get paid because no on is there to approve their invoices, someone will have to take action. That's what happened in 1996 when suddenly people were pissed no social security checks were being mailed out (of course now it's direct deposit).
Fine, give me a few days paid vacation w/o burning leave.
I talked to dd’s teacher yesterday, and she’s doing just fine! Doesn’t seem distracted and isn’t distracting kids around her. Such a relief that the meds seem to be helping.
I’m also prepared for a shutdown. I have a few projects to get done.
Post by Bernadine on Sept 26, 2023 15:20:06 GMT -5
Dss wants a floating bed. Somehow, it turned into me and him building it together. I’ve found a plan he likes, priced it out, asked my dad if we could borrow his mitre saw. Looks like dss and I are building a bed this weekend! I can’t wait, I think it will be a great experience for us!
I just asked, they don't know. Apparently all of our PDs are different, but the same number. Which ties to a whole other issue.
Yes, that’s is weird, lol, but a furlough decision isn’t necessarily based on PD, it should be based on workload. Each agency should have a list of excepted workloads, that would continue in the case of a shutdown. Non-excepted workloads would stop. Excepted workloads are staffed as minimally as possible.
I had our newest baby 11 days ago! He’s amazing. It felt so surreal to hold him in my arms and see this tiny human after all we went through to get him. And beautifully - he was born on 13/09 at 8:39 am weighing 3.93 kgs. My first miscarriage was September 3 and my second was November 9. It all felt so symbolic with the 3s and 9s.
My recovery has been going well. I’ve really focused on resting this time and taking my time to get back to things. Today was his first venture out of the house and we went for brunch. It was easy and nice. Breastfeeding has been tough as I’m confident he has ties but Thursday is his appointment with the pediatric dentist.
My intuition was right all along and i can’t believe I have 3 boys. 😅 my grocery bill will never recover. 😂😂 he is definitely our last one so I guess I’ll get a girl dog next. 🤣 but finally I understand what it means when people say you’ll know when you’re done. He made me feel like we are now complete and this was a missing piece of our family.
So, because my sister is pregnant, I figured it would be a good way to start the sex conversations with 7 yo dd. I told her that the man puts his penis in the woman’s vagina and she was like, why did you tell me that? Don’t talk about it. Lol.
Post by Bernadine on Sept 22, 2023 13:35:38 GMT -5
Ugh. Dd has an ADHD med check next week, her first, so I emailed the teacher to find out how she’s been doing. Instead of just emailing me back, the teacher asked if she could give me a call next week. So now I get to stress about that until I talk to her. 😭
Dd is home sick today. I told her this morning I had a lot of cleaning to do. She just asked me, “when are you going to start cleaning?” Lol, lay off me girl, it’s Monday!
Today is my birthday! I am so happy with life right now and it’s been a great weekend so far. Yesterday we went hiking, had lunch at my favourite brewery, played backyard baseball with our neighbours, and then sat around our fire pit looking at the stars. Today we’ll see a couple friends, H is making pumpkin ravioli for dinner, and we just get to chill together. I feel so full right now.
I’m getting into it with a Board of Ed member for my county on Facebook over book bans. Our local Moms for Liberty chapter is VERY active and vocal, and he’s just repeating every one of their talking points. I hate him.
Speaking of BTSN, I usually go while H stays home with the kids (DD1 is in 3rd so can't stay home alone, plus the 4 year old). H mentioned wanting to come, but we'd have to hire a babysitter for it and I'm being cheap and not wanting to spend $50 on it. Is that mean? I handle everything for the school anyway, but I feel kind of bad he wants to meet the teachers and stuff. We could switch but I really want to go too. I almost prefer when they did it virtually so we could both participate.
No kids allowed? I think the only thing school related kids don't go to are PTO meetings here.
We definitely had kids at our BTS night. I was lucky that I could leave dd with A, but I wouldn’t judge anyone for bringing their kids!
H is driving home today from Boulder where he stayed over the last two nights with friends. It’s a 13 hour drive. Does everyone have fully thought out plans (like, step by step down to conversations and phone calls) of what they’d do if he got in an accident along the way or is that anxiety? Lol
I do this for basically every possible scenario in life. Well, bad scenario. Lol, is that not normal?
So, I do professional organizing on the side and have been working with a hoarder for almost a year now. We do one three hour session pretty much weekly. It’s verrrrrrry slow going, and she’s still buying more than she should, but we are making progress.
I absolutely agree that a mental health professional should be the place you start. It will take some work, you’d probably have to call around to find someone who has specifically dealt with hoarders before.
My car. I should have gotten it when I was originally looking at cars last year. Even though the transaction was shitty, I’m so happy to have it now, it’s a great fit for our family.