Post by bluedaisyus on Apr 22, 2013 8:11:25 GMT -5
My weekend was really up and down emotionally. Saturday morning we transfered 2 embryos, and when I woke up from a 3-hour nap I found an edible arrangements basket waiting for me from some friends of mine. Sunday an old friend of mine that has been in a coma since last weekend passed away. I knew it was coming and was able to go to the hospital on Thursday evening to see him and say goodbye, but it still hurts really damn bad.
Knock on wood, this is the second weekend in a row that has felt like a "normal" weekend. After the constant stress and anxiety of Zucchini, and revolving colds, I think we are just basking in our family time right now.
Not that everything is perfect, because Carrot is having some behavior/friendship issues that resulted in L escorting her out of the school dance rather early sat night.
I did some training for my new job & have a practice day Wednesday.
We had a play date with some friends, more bossiness & time outs, but no hitting on Sunday, so that's good. Dinner with my parents.
Friday - L had to work late, traffic was horrible, Carter's allergies were flaring, and I was exhausted - so I put the kids on my bed with a movie and PB&Js for dinner.
Saturday - I had to go to an all day work retreat at a ropes course. It was freezing and I had a bad attitude. Got home in time for a short rest before taking the kids to Parents Night Out. We went to the mall and were leisurely able to look at clothes, went to dinner, and went to the grocery store.
Sunday - L left early to do a training walk. The kids and I had a relaxed morning. I got all of the laundry done, got the kids' birthday invites done, and posted a bunch of stuff to sell on Craigslist and our Multiples group list serve. L convinced me to meet her in Bethesda for lunch. I mowed the lawn and then L took the kids on scootering while I went to return things at Kohls. I was trying stuff on when I got several texts/calls that Carter had fallen and I needed to come get them. I swear, I feel like when I get a second of alone time it is interrupted by something. Got the kids cleaned up and watching a movie while I made a decent dinner (love grilling season!) I fielded e-mails from stupid people from Craigslist (after 6 e-mails with questions that were all answered in the posting, she says we are too far. D'oh. My location is listed in the post. And one guy wanted me to drive half way (45m) to sell the power washer. No thanks.) We tried to watch Django Unchained, but after 45m, I was done and neither of us were going to make it through a 3 hr movie, so we cut our loses and went to bed at 9:30.
Blue, so exciting and sad. I'm sorry your weekend was hard.
My weekend was good, we didn't have have anything planned so it was relaxed, well as relaxed as it could be with two in their terrible two's.
Friday: Struggled with Apple crying/tantruming most of the day, finally realized she had a fever of 102° at dinnertime, felt horrible for not realizing sooner that she was sick. Owl surprised me by eating dinner without a fight, she devoured the mashed sweet potatoes and half of a roasted portobello cap, yay! J drove to LA to pick her Aunt up so I did movie night with the kids, they we're so happy to finally have a movie night.
Saturday: J woke up early to go to a new shoe release thing so I made breakfast for the kids and cleaned. We lifted weights when she got home, I struggled and pushed myself to get through with this annoying cough I have. We hung out at home all day.
Sunday: We met J's brother at the swap meet in the morning, then had brunch with him. Apple had awful behavior during brunch, throwing everything we gave her: plates, sippy cups, crackers, tipping our water cups, screaming, digging her hands into our food; it was bad. We left and I expected to go home to put Apple down for a nap but J took us to her parents house where Apple's meltdown continued. After about and hour I told J we.need.to.leave.NOW and we took Owl and Apple home to nap while the big girls stayed to play with their cousins. J left in the afternoon to take her Aunt home, SIL brought the girls home. Dinner and bedtime for the kids, I stayed up too late watching a movie.
Saturday PBS had ballet and ice skating and then we took a looooong family nap. Our neighbor offered to babysit so DW and I went out to dinner all alone! I ate scalding hot food in perfect peace. Heaven. We did a bit of shopping after and even though I had to buy a baby gift I held it together pretty well.
Sunday we took an impromptu trip to the zoo. We didn't tell the girls where we were going so it was a fun surprise. We had a nice,drama -free family day plus we got to feed the giraffes which was amazing.
Blue -I am so sorry for your loss. Great big hugs and love to you.
It was a really weird, but good, weekend. We got to visit with bio mom and check on baby blossom. It was so good to snuggle her and see that she's doing just fine. We also went to a bridal shower but didn't know too many people there. Craft projects with the kiddos, cleaned the house, RB's first soccer practice, dance class, went into the office for a bit, ect.
Weirdly exhausting, even though it sound like "not much" on paper. I had a committee meeting on Saturday morning and we took the kids swimming in the afternoon. Lady Baby skipped her afternoon nap and was in a terrible mood, and stayed up fighting sleep until 9:30. We watched the second half of a movie we started on Friday.
Sunday I ran to the grocery store early and made brunch for Jen and my parents. My dad went on to work and after the babies napped my mom went with us up to a tulip farm. It was drizzly but still beautiful, and we had fun in the pick-your-own field. Grabbed a late lunch on the way home, played with grouchy babies until bedtime, and then crashed on the couch.
Post by seattlekari on Apr 22, 2013 12:35:31 GMT -5
Sending hugs to you Blue!
Friday: After work I went to HH with a group from the office. It's always fun to see coworkers let their hair down a bit. After that I drove to A's and we went to late night tapas and drinks at a place down the street.
Saturday: We slept in. Grabbed some coffee and bakery items to go and hit the road for the tulip festival. Spent time wandering the fields and a display garden, snapped a few pics and somehow didn't get rained on. Then we tried out a new brewery in the area and then hit another spot for dinner before driving home.
Sunday: Slept in a bit and then had brunch. Afterwards we walked along a waterfront/marina area as the sun was coming out and we basked in that for a while. We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing at home and then A had to nap to get ready for work last night, so I headed for groceries and back to my place.
Saturday - We went to walmart *gag* and the boys slept almost 2.5 hours while we were out and about. We are in the middle of the 12 week growth spurt so for them to actually nap was amazing. That night M got sick so we just took it easy and watched Hunger Games after the kids went down.
Sunday - We didn't do much. I took Jacob with me to the grocery store as they are too much right now for one person to handle, thankyouverymuch growth spurt, i hate you! Then we washed the dogs and rearranged the living room to give the boys more floor space to play on. As M reminded me, yes I understand they can't scoot around yet but it won't be but several more weeks. Then I started feeling really sick so once we put the boys down, I took a bath and went to bed.
I actually called out of work today not feeling well.
Post by ballandchain on Apr 22, 2013 19:22:51 GMT -5
Friday: Locked in my house all day with my wife per law enforcement lockdown recommendation. Wine: Extra day off with my wife! Whine: Terrified about a terrorist possibly running around in my neighborhood. Had a sleepover with my sister and her dog so she wouldn't have to be in her apartment alone. Got a good night's sleep after said terrorist was apprehended.
Saturday: Left the house! Sweet freedom! Errands and relaxing.
Sunday: Gym, made awesome ham bone soup, walk and shopping with a friend. Dinner with my sisters.
Friday night we went to a Great Big Sea concert that was a birthday present to DW (birthday was months ago, so we've been looking forward). It was fun.
Saturday we did our grocery shopping and errands during the day, relaxed at home, and went out to drinks and dinner with DW's internet friends and didn't end up getting home until about 1am.
Sunday we went to a yummy bagel place and then took DW to get a haircut and then we went to my gym together and did regular cardio and the pool and the sauna. Cheap version of a spa? We never go to the gym together anymore (our gyms are near work) so it was fun. Then we went home and cooked a bunch of food to prepare for a Whole 33 minus 3 attempt. This paragraph stopped sounding like us as soon as you finished the bagels.... look what infertility drives me to do.
Post by rikkiandjulie on Apr 24, 2013 7:48:22 GMT -5
My weekend was great.
Julie came down for a visit. I worked some. We ran errands.
She got a job here, and starts on May 6th! We will be living together by May 4th. We are planning our anniversary as well. We want it to be special after all of this.