I'm guessing the SS has a mobile deployment station and this is parked next to it so the agents don't have to go inside the CC to use the facilities all the time. I imagine the mobile unit has a bathroom but it's probably too small to accommodate the output volume for an extended duration.
DD started K-4 at the elementary school today. She's gone to daycare/preschool since birth, but it seems to be hitting me hard today.
The like was for staring, not that you're sad.
@angryharpy I'm sorry you had such a traumatic delivery but glad everything else is going well. Welcome to mommy vision where your darling is the bestest in all the world.
MIL took DS1 (6yo) to the spy museum in DC yesterday. He's too young for it but whatever, she really wanted to do it. We asked him how he liked D.C. "Loved it. They have a great pizza place". My NY raised husband has clearly failed our kids.
DS2 continues to wear his old gym uniform daily so it looks like I never change his clothes. I give almost zero shits about it. Almost.
It's times like these I love that the internet never forgets. Oh you wanted 15 minutes of fame for your revisit self. I hope your 43 yo self appreciates that google search result.
Of course Becky will have spawned a few mini racists by then so whatever.
My fave was the 19yo biology major who voted for Trump partly because she didn't want a president being investigated by the FBI.
Congratulations moron, your prize is we all lose.
I'm starting a DeploraBOWL with some friends. Fantasy Football version of administration departures. We tossed the idea around a few months ago but I was crazy busy with work. I'm in a lull now so I got the google doc set up and we're working out the rules. I have all the admin covered I think but don't know where to draw the line with Trump circle people.
I'm not a teaching expat but my sister is and their community is pretty small (and it tends to be Joe American was teaching in ABC country for a bit, then he did a stint in XYZ country, and now he's here). I'm sending this to her but she's on vacation so I won't have her response for a bit.
I don't think I've ever had a PSL. I was looking at Halloween stuff in Pinterest and it seems to be an off year for inspiration. Fitting.
Oh and here are the best. I texted H the other day that's it's almost pumpkin muffin season.
I'm having issues with the staff of "Dunking Donuts" being sticklers about grammar but not about the official start of fall. That's not how us nerds work.
Roundworms suck. Dog is three days away from the second round of treatments and is having issues again. Starting a second round of antibiotics tonight. It's been a shitty day. Ba dum dum.
2.5 weeks before school starts. 2.5 weeks before school starts. 2.5 weeks before school starts. 2.5 weeks before school starts........
Liking in commiseration.
H is home today as are the kids for the portion of the eclipse we get. Camp is over so now it's 2.5 weeks (with DS2 only 2 weeks with DS1) for me to figure out how to occupy / who can watch my kids. I think MIL is taking the bulk of this week and my mom is doing next week.
And this is so lame but my mom is taking the kids to DC for a few days next week and when I told H he said "Great, I can work late!" So I'm declaring it me-cation week and organizing happy hours those nights he's working late.
And poundcake - that is so scary. I hope everyone is feeling better soon.
Thank you all! I just subscribed to Barkbox and will be upping the exercise (I need it too) and I sent a bunch of suggestions to H (he tends to do the pet store trips).
Recently adopted dog is chewing everything (pillows, blankets, carpets) and we can't seem to find the right combo of toys to keep her occupied. We're working with a trainer and will start crate training but I need to keep her busy.
The lease on H's car is expiring. I was against him leasing from the start. He now realizes my issues were valid and he made a mistake. And he's lost the paperwork (hoping it's at his office - he's off today but on his way to his office to search after searching the house top to bottom).
He's been annoying me lately with little things and this is just the icing on a shit cake.
He gets - to borrow Eclairs phrase - enginerdy about things. Like he's a numbers genius and yet I'm all "Hey, not to state the obvious but you should do X, Y and Z" and I just want to step in and handle everything for him so his cluelessness doesn't cost us more money. But I don't have a business degree so what do I know?
Best to everyone going through health stuff. I hope everyone heals well and there is no puking.
DS1 had his drama camp performance today. He had the largest speaking part (it was a couple scenes from Alice in Wonderland and he was the White Rabbit) and was adorable. Broke character once to mouth "watch this part Mommy" and it wasn't even a part that involved him.
And this is a confession: I've never read / seen Alice in Wonderland.
DS2 is acting out a lot. Like so much I told H we may need to get some family counseling to handle it. I'm not sure if this is normal or if part of it is attention seeking / reaction to DS1 having some special needs.
Meanwhile we had to pull DS1 early from summer camp as some kid was bullying him about his feeding tube. I am getting the story in bits and pieces but he simply refused to go for the past few weeks. Finally today I got a chunk of info and was able to piece it together. The camp refunded us for the last week he's missing but I wish he'd been comfortable coming to us sooner. I could have worked with the camp on it or pulled him/ enrolled him elsewhere sooner and saved a lot of tears.
H made a friend. And I'm happy for him but I feel like we do way too much with that couple now. H wants to do something with them tonight and we just saw them (briefly but that wasn't the intention, it was to spend hours with them) Saturday and I had (group) dinner with the wife last night. I just don't want to be with this couple all he time. I told him to go hang out with the couple tonight and I'd go to a weight watchers meeting with his mom.
Another thing - he texts this guy about doing things before checking with me on any plans I may have. I'm annoyed.
Ehhh...I think a lot of symbols are evolving more rapidly due to social media. Too many people on the right are using OK or similar symbols for it not to mean something. What that something is, I don't know. Maybe the ADL can't prove it yet but I hope they're keeping an eye on it.
Thank you so much! I just came in here looking for real info on Antifa and how to deal with "but both sides were violent". I'm circling back to read this but greatly appreciate this post.
Semi-related. The Hellbent women retired their Maxine Waters award this week as they realized it was wrongheaded - making black aunties do the work for WW. I hope the CM guys can start taking similar feedback and changing.
My dad is making me nuts. He can't hear well (hearing aides should arrive mid-Sept) but he's not letting my sisters and I help him with things so he's getting nowhere fast. He needs another surgery and had a flood in his condo so it's a lot of talking to adjusters/contractors/condo manager. It's just so pointless because he can't understand half of what's being said and yet, he insists on keeping us out of it.
And then he had the nerve last night to come over complaining about how anxious he is due to Trump and it's causing him to lose sleep. I lost it on him. No, Mr 72yo white make getting all your medical paid by either the VA or Medicaid, who didn't vote for either POTUS candidate. I do not want to hear about your anxiety. You could have voted for the only person who could stop Trump but you sat out so sit there in your anxiety. I had to listen to months of you telling me everything will be okay and I'm exaggerating how bad this is. Feel it. Marinate in it. I'm back to being third favorite daughter and that's just fine.
I like El Coronado and stayed there many times. We switched back to the Villa Nova which is right across the street (we go for a family reunion every summer and stayed at the VN for years before kids). It's much cheaper (much more a 50's motel) but it's fine. I just didn't think the El Coronado was worth the money (instead of getting a 2br suite at the EC I get a 1br suite for my family and another studio room for my MIL at the VN).
The balconies at the EC made my H nervous and we couldn't get two suites in close proximity so my kids and my sisters kids were caught a few times roaming the halls trying to get to the other suite (the doors were easy for the kids to open).
Also, you'll be able to access the non-pool facilities at the EC even if you stay at VN. The pool will be closed but the game room will be open.
Thanks for sharing. I haven't been following that blog lately and need to catch up.
The part about young people not identifying as R seems to be besides the point. If they identify as I and still vote for R's and conservatives who forward the same agenda it doesn't make much difference.
I found a foreclosure that would be perfect. We could rehab it, live there a few years and then sell it for a hefty profit. I just ... am not feeling it. I should be. It's logical. It's just so much work.
I'm also annoyed that a stupid Amazon seller is having me return a brand new 6' cable that simply never worked. Just give me back my money. Don't make me ship this $10 item back to you.