Thursday Things

[bk1]

How are all of you beautiful ladies doing today?


Nothing has really gone as planned this week. Not terrible or anything just plans keep changing. DH will now be helping his brother this morning and we won't get the family time we had planned. He isn't really happy about the situation but his mother asked so he is going to do it. Oh well.

[grover]

A did really well at the airport last night for the honor flight celebration. The flight was late, and a lot of people would stop and talk at her. She slept for a five hour chunk, but it was while the parade was happening, We got home at 1:20 am.

. I'm gonna go nap myself- my throat is sore and bot sure if it's from allergies, a cold, or last night or what.

[Blue Moon]

I am home alone, drinking coffee. I'm so relieved. B is better and at daycare, H is at work, and I am still pregnant. I'm about to take a long walk and might attempt some freezer meals this afternoon.

[luv2rn4fun]

bk1- so sorry friend. I know how much you look forward to your family time.

suzv- ((hugs)). Teething babies are the worst (well, and sick babies). Sorry you aren't looking forward to your first Mothers Day weekend...I would feel the same way if it were my MIL visiting. I hope you can get out and do something that you want to do, maybe even some time just to yourself. Good luck today with the rain.

Horrible night here, again (I think this is night 5). I don't know what L's problem is (teeth, regression). Just last week he would sleep til 2ish and then up for the day 5:30/6...he is in bed 5:45-6:15ish so this is ok). Now he is up no later than 1:30, sometimes as early as 10:30, and basically cries on and off all night long. i think it's teeth since it seems his bottom two are close. We just switched pediatrician (forced to because of insurance change) and I really wish I could email his doctor and get advice without having to make an appointment. I will probably ride it out over the weekend and then decide if he still isn't sleeping well.

I have two window companies coming today so our day revolves around naps and appointments. Need to find time to make dinner, clean a bathroom, and maybe do a workout during nap time.

[Blue Moon]

luv2rn4fun ugh, sorry about the rough night. If you think it's teething, does L respond to Motrin at all? How is his demeanor during the day?

[wanderingenough]

I'm hitting a wall with a colleague at work. He is giving me the hardest time. His emails are rude. He is curt on the phone for no reason, so I know I'm not misreading the emails. Here is where it gets extra tricky. I'd really like to get promoted, but it would mean potentially having to work with him a lot more. All I can figure is he either doesn't like me because I'm woman, thinks I'm dumb, or doesn't like me because I'm young. I don't know. I asked my friend/coworker and she said he was so rude to her in a meeting once that his employee came and apologized on his behalf after. So I'm leaning toward younger and/or female. However, I'm not the type to just let someone continue to be rude to me--especially when he isn't my boss. Ahhh. What do I do?

[luv2rn4fun]

suzv- ((hugs)). Hope the appointment goes well and J starts sleeping better soon!

Blue Moon- I gave Tylenol a couple nights ago and he was still up a lot. I haven't tried Motrin yet because I haven't taken the time to look up the dosage for him. He is fine during the day, sometimes a little fussier but mostly as happy as can be and naps are the same (good, not much of a fight). Could be developmental as well (wants to crawl so badly) or needing to drop to 2 naps (7.5 months, which is when C dropped as well, but C was refusing the third nap...L doesn't but it's also only 20 min most days).

[luv2rn4fun]

wanderingenough- I would likely talk to my direct manager or go to HR. I would also be hesitant to take a promotion working more with this person until you are sure you can have a better working relationship. Otherwise he has the potential to make your work days he'll and I am not sure it would be worth it for me. ((Hugs))

[katespade]

wanderingenough - That's such a tough situation to be in. Ugh. I would start by talking to your direct manager. You might phrase it as asking for feedback on how to create a better collaborative relationship with your CW. That way, it can't be turned around as you being overly sensitive or something, especially if the issue is that he doesn't work well with women.

[estrellita]

I really wanted to stay home today but I had to bring E in to DC and I have an appointment later today so it's pointless for me to go home and come back. I'm hoping if I mention it maybe they can do something even though it's unrelated to the reason for my appointment. I don't want to have to make another appointment if I'm already going to the doctor!

[wanderingenough]

katespade - That's pretty much what my H said. Also I know my boss (also male) doesn't like this guy either, so at least I don't have to worry about him siding with him.

[amaranth]

The weather is nice! Hooray! I bet grover is enjoying it too after the past few weeks.


To update from yesterday, my H and I made a project calendar for the next 6 weeks to hopefully accomplish the main renovation and home upkeep goals. He was totally receptive and agreed with my timeline

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S is 14 months and I'm starting to think about weaning. I don't really want to because we both love it, but I have a conference in Sept that she needs to be completely weaned by, so for now my goal is to be totally done by mid August. That seems doable, I think. She's only at 5x per day now.

[grover]

amaranth, this weather needs to stay! We're planning a family walk with the dogs tonight after H gets home.

[wineandcheese]

H is away for the night for I'm making myself a gourmet dinner. Chicken nuggets and fries.

I'm hoping to get some sleep tonight. I haven't been sleeping at all lately. I may give in and take a sleeping pill just to hopefully get a few hours.

[melsamoony]

I woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. I had an overly emotional conversation in a public space with a clinic director which I later had to applogize for and was overall crabby.

2 glasses of wine and some time with my H and DS have fixed my mood. Hopefully tomorrow goes better.

[amaranth]

I wish proboards had the emotion reaction buttons like Facebook. I want to laugh and cry at the correct posts without quoting just to say "lol"

[luv2rn4fun]

One of the window companies provided a quote of $80k (or $62k today only) to replace our windows LOL. I know we have a lot of windows and it's a big job but definitely not worthy of an amazing kitchen remodel or one of the boys' college tuitions! Thankfully another company is much lower and almost close to what we are willing to spend. Two more companies are coming tomorrow.

[estrellita]

WOW luv2rn4fun we didn't even pay a tenth of that for ours (7 windows, 2 double and the rest single, we have more we didn't do because some are newer and the playroom/porch will cost that alone..)! How many windows do you have?

[luv2rn4fun]

May 11, 2017 21:13:39 GMT -5 estrellita said:

WOW luv2rn4fun we didn't even pay a tenth of that for ours (7 windows, 2 double and the rest single, we have more we didn't do because some are newer and the playroom/porch will cost that alone..)! How many windows do you have?

A LOT! 25 windows, 2 sliders, and another slider that we want to make French doors. We will be doing double pain for all. We also have some very unique designs/big windows (one is a trapezoid and another is an 8' window).

[bk1]

That's a lot of windows but still!!!! I can't imagine spending 80k on windows. If DH made that much in a year it would be life changing for us.

[luv2rn4fun]

May 11, 2017 21:34:08 GMT -5 bk1 said:

That's a lot of windows but still!!!! I can't imagine spending 80k on windows. If DH made that much in a year it would be life changing for us.

Yeah, no way could we afford to pay that for windows! Not even close...I mean maybe if we saved for a couple more years and didn't do anything else to the house, then maybe we could. But that would be stupid if us since we won't even get back the money if we spend $15k on windows. I would much rather put the money towards our kitchen remodel, which could easily cost $50-60k since we now want to tear down walls (possibly load bearing) and add in windows, which would mean a sunset view in the kitchen.