Hump Day

[minion]

Yes! I love short weeks.
So I love my new job and all the freedom I have and all the things I've been able to teach myself how to do. Then there's the down side. Vibes for that.

madDawg228 - ALL THE WINE VIBES for your MILs visit!
@aellasbeth - Did you hear back on the job last night? Fingers crossed for you. I'm glad you got your stuff back, what was the hold up?
georgeharrison - What do you have planned for Tman this summer?
@lauralynne - Are you going to Burien car show on Father's Day? Now, I wanna do pole. It sounds so awesome, except I'm weaksauce with no upper body strength.
@ksta- did you end up reading the email from the ex-bff.
sotally tober - Do you have a pic of the house you love?

[Kahala]

Morning! Its been a while since I've posted, Life has gotten better at work and in balancing everything out. We have a friend visiting from home for a week which is been nice. Overall things of been pretty calm in my life which I'm super thankful for and hoping it holds out.

Had a doctors appointment yesterday and found out I can switch to baby friendly meds which means we can start trying in the fall yay!

[georgeharrison]

minion, you are so great for doing this check in. Who remembers when UW use to be so great about the check-ins? Miss that ho bag!

and Kahala, happy to see you. GL on the upcoming TTC. That's very exciting.

Tman is doing camps for the summer. He will go to THREE weeks of overnight camps. I hate that, but it's good for him. I will be taking two whole weeks off, and then he will be in day camps for the rest of the summer. He's not excited about that, but we are donig a compromise. He is doing partial weeks, which are three days and I will be working four days. He will get one day home those weeks by himself. I'm nervous about that, but he's turning 11, and is pretty responsible. I am more concerned that he won't get out of his pjs and there will be chips all over the house than I am of him burning the house down or anything. And it's only five weeks, I think, so that's not too bad. I'm trying to justify it to deter the flaming.

Tman got to ride in the front of the Malibu today for the first time and he wouldn't stop playing with all the buttons!

He had a disasterous day at school yesterday. We use the Class Dojo thing, so I can monitor his bahaviour via the app, and I could tell it was a sucky one. He ended up bringing home a "Training Report" for continuously talking out of turn and being off task. Ugh. He has 7 more days after today and he's having a VERY difficult time keeping it together. Additionally, he got heat sick yesterday and struggled to get his homework done before barfing his brains out. After that, though, he seeemd to be much better.

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Nothing yet on the job front. I am hoping to hear today!

And you should try it minion. Its so amazing! And you dont NEED a lot of upper body strength! I didn't. Everyone starts somewhere!!! Its totally changed my life!

[madDawg228]

minion, thanks for the wine vibes! Vibes for the bad job side to vanish!
Kahala, it's good to "see" you again
georgeharrison, Tman is growing up, but I totally understand the hesitation. I hope you end up pleasantly surprised when you come back home on those days.

MIL is flying in tonight. It shouldn't be bad, but I'm PTSD-ish from past visits and invasive/judgey comments. My anxiety is pretty high already from work (we're short-staffed one more person for the next week+), and I just want to bury myself in bed for 24+ hours and be alone. But it's the first day of June (May went by way too fast!) and it's nice out, so I hope to have a moment or two of enjoyment.

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Guys, i got the offer!!!! I start satuday!

[dana86]

Late check in as I've been trying to get things done but its slow going with 3 monsters running around. who knew ? lol Nothing exciting though, I need to get some garden stuff done during nap and figure out how to stop some random cat from digging in my tower beds every night kicking the bark all over.

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Woo @aellasbeth! But...Saturday? What's the job/work like and your schedule?

Thanks for asking minion. I actually went and C&Ped all pertinent convos from the past month over FB messenger into a document and was kind of perusing and as I did so, it confirmed for me how off-base she's been. With that assurance, I read her email and it was much nicer in tone, she has calmed down a bit and admits that maybe I wasn't aware what all the setting I changed on FB did (I didn't, I just saw it, changed it, and went to sleep planning to look more the next day). She is starting to take ownership of some of her behavior. I didn't reply and this morning she wrote a very short sentence that she misses me and is crying and doesn't know what went wrong. I just replied that I am taking my time in responding to her because what outcome I want from this situation will dictate how I write that email and frankly, right now I'm just not sure what that desired outcome is. I'm tired and feeling rather numb toward the whole situation and don't want to reply just based off those instincts - which is to craft a very pointed response to everything leveled against me backed up with screenshots to support...but that is kind of a damaging way to respond if I want to continue any relationship so I'm just waiting.

Started counting calories again yesterday, which made dinner hard because we seriously have hardly anything in the house to eat - nothing fresh anyway, just some rando cannned goods. I have class tonight which means I have little control over the pure calorie count of dinner and usually need a small soda to stay awake so I know I'll go over today. But i'm going to start making a concerted effort at least. I need my clothes to fit better, I can't wear half my closet, I can't buy new clothes because my measurements are putting me in this weird no-man's land now where I'm too small for plus-size but slightly too large for most of the largest sizes at the store. WTH?

@ georgeharrison I understand your hesitation but I think it will be okay. I started staying home alone at times from age..6? Now before i get flames for that, I was an insanely well-behaved child who basically spent that time playing in our fenced in yard, at the neighbors, or doing artwork or reading. Plus, at that young of an age, my dad was at work (at our church literally only 2 blocks away). I was an actual latchkey kid I think starting 2nd grade, but again my mom's school where she taught was only 4 blocks away. So I think 11 should be fine with how responsible he is. Yeah, he might do the jammie all day thing once or twice or maybe get chips everywhere, but he's a kid and that's acceptable kid "misbehaving" in my book!

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I will be a business office assistant at a 24 hr nursing facility. So yeah Saturday it will be ok.

[mkate710]

Sending all the mother in law visit vibes madDawg228. May it not involve the two day hangover that my MIL's last visit did...