Weekend randoms

[wineandcheese]

My mom just backed out on going to the winery with me. My friend is coming so I won't be alone.

Later I want to try and make a low fat carrot cake. I hope it's good. I just won't tell H it's low fat until after he eats it 😉

Now H might be coming home tonight. I hope so. He got home at 10:30 last night and was upset when I went to bed at 11. I was literally falling asleep as he talked lol.

One more random. We got a computer! I am going to try and set it up later. It was the fire houses so I have to clear everything out.

[katespade]

My legs hurt so bad. Stupid cardio. lol.

I committed to a mud run in July, and I'm worried that I won't have enough time to prepare for it. Cardio is just not my thing. But I have a big group of friends who are doing it, so I don't want to finish with a super embarrassing time.

[grover]

I'm bored, and sitting at MILs. She's cleaning, h is napping (I was too but apparently it's my turn to get up with the baby, even though I do it every night?), The other guest are all out. I would go downtown, but the stroller is too big to lug in the stores by myself and it's a little chilly out and baby has no socks or the warm stroller blanket (I only remembered two really thin swaddle blankets).

The internet's out, there's no TV with on demand (and while I could watch a video on the TV in our room, were in the teeny tiny room so h would be woken up and such a joy then, and the small library collection they used to have has disappeared. I'm afraid to ask bc I'm guessing MIL threw them out after FIL passed.

I'm stuck here til after lunch tomorrow.

[katespade]

Apr 22, 2017 12:39:15 GMT -5 grover said:

h is napping (I was too but apparently it's my turn to get up with the baby, even though I do it every night?)

I would shut that shit down so fast. Why are you the only one handling MOTN? AND he thinks you still have to take turns during the day, too? Heeeeeeeeeell no.

[estrellita]

Apr 22, 2017 12:45:00 GMT -5 katespade said:

Apr 22, 2017 12:39:15 GMT -5 grover said:

h is napping (I was too but apparently it's my turn to get up with the baby, even though I do it every night?)

I would shut that shit down so fast. Why are you the only one handling MOTN? AND he thinks you still have to take turns during the day, too? Heeeeeeeeeell no.

Yes! You need rest. This was a struggle with H and I because he had to go back to work after a week. But it's also not fair I was with him all day AND getting up at night. It's exhausting! Can you trade nights? That's what we did after I went back to work.

[grover]

Apr 22, 2017 12:45:00 GMT -5 katespade said:

Apr 22, 2017 12:39:15 GMT -5 grover said:

h is napping (I was too but apparently it's my turn to get up with the baby, even though I do it every night?)

I would shut that shit down so fast. Why are you the only one handling MOTN? AND he thinks you still have to take turns during the day, too? Heeeeeeeeeell no.

He's gone 13 hour days while I'm taking an unpaid extended maternity leave. I can nap easier than him, and normally when he has interrupted sleep it manifests into digestive issues that make him unhelpful for the entire day. (Been like that since I met him in college). He takes her from the second he walks in the door and deals with her and cooking dinner for us, as well as takes her Friday night through Sunday bedtime. And he takes her are 4 am - he leaves at 6:30 am. Normally the overnight shift isn't bad, because she was only waking up at 2:30 am and 5 am. Just the last two nights she has been waking up what seems like every hour to eat.

I think I'm just annoyed moreso that we we're stuck in the tiny room. If we were given the suite we normally had, we would have had room for the pack n play and he would have been able to get up to get her without waking me up. MIL wants us to stay in this room again over memorial day (and have us get the suite only when she closes down for other guests) but I shut that shit down over breakfast this morning. We don't need the suite but I need a room where I'm not confined in bed between the baby and H and have room for the pack n play.

[bk1]

DH has been working in a relatives restaurant the past few weeks. Long hours.. 12-13 hours 6 days a week, but thankfully the hours are going down to more like 55-60 a week now. Anyway - point being my mom, grandma, me and the girls had lunch there today. DH even got to sit down with us for a minute! 

I need to go grocery shopping today... but I don't want to. BFF made a quick trip to town today so she might be stopping by with her son. That would be a great excuse to not grocery shop! I've been feeling off and it would be great to see her today. 

[katespade]

grover - That makes more sense. That's a really sucky situation to be in. I'm glad that you were able to stand up for yourself with your MIL for future visits.

[grover]

katespade plus I keep having to remind myself that this is our first visit out here since FIL passed. So I'm sure he's feeling all the feels about that too.

[awick14]

grover that's so hard. I hope the rest of the trip goes quickly.

DH and I spent a nice day together. We went to the farmers market, started getting our trailer ready for our camping trip next weekend, and we did some stuff at the house before going out to dinner.

Now I'm getting DD to fall asleep and then we are going to cuddle up on the couch and watch tv or a movie.

Tomorrow we are going to move our trailer into our driveway, change the tires, as we bought new ones, and take a load of stuff to the dump.

[grover]

Both I and baby have bad gas pains tonight.

Also, dog sitter texted, even though H was working in yard on Thursday, sometime between then and this afternoon a rabbit made a nest. Max found the nest and got one of the babies . This means that we now have to walk the dogs on a leash out front for the next 3-4 weeks. (Really only Max, since Moo ignores them and they are behind chicken wire, but then moo gets sad if we walk max and not him.)

[amaranth]

Well H is gone I hate when he leaves. It's not even his physical absence that is so hard (because really during the week we don't see him that much) but he isn't very accessible or communicative while traveling. The time difference alone has him asleep while we live our day, whereas I'm used to us texting alot all day. It feels so mentally isolating when he is gone, even though we have plans every day.

[katespade]

Big hugs, amaranth. How long is he gone?

[amaranth]

Apr 23, 2017 12:34:27 GMT -5 katespade said:

Big hugs, amaranth. How long is he gone?

15 days

[wineandcheese]

amaranth sending big hugs!

[luv2rn4fun]

((Hugs)) amaranth. I hope the time goes by faster than you expect and you get some time to connect with your DH. I can relate to the isolation...DH just started his new job so no more talking or texting throughout the day. We wake at the same time but DH is busy do his thing. He's gone all day and maybe home in time for me to go to bed (him too). He's home on weekends but it's been crazy between Easter last weekend and a house leak this weekend, along with my aunt and uncle coming over.

[luv2rn4fun]

It has been a decent weekend...great visit with my aunt and uncle (my dad came too to help with the couch, always great seeing him), a nice long walk with C this morning, and then I took him on an adventure walk this afternoon (where he walks vs being in the stroller). I put the boys to bed and went to Starbucks to read a book for my dads business. I am enjoying using my brain and learning how to help him market his business via social media! It's also kept me pretty busy which has been good...apparently the way I am dealing with my moms death is by avoiding it (not really because she is constantly on my mind but being busy keeps me from letting go and actually grieving...it hasn't truly hit me, probably my body's way of protecting me because my family really needs me strong right now with DH not being home).

Speaking of, one of my highlights for this weekend was when we came back from our walk this afternoon I saw a bunny again. It literally ran right past us and into our backyard as we came home. It was totally my mom reminding me that she is always with us. Oh, and when I went grocery shopping I heard a song on the radio that totally makes me think of her and makes me emotional.