Weekend Plans

[kimberlybb]

What does everyone have planned this weekend? We are leaving today to spend the weekend at my in-laws. My sister-in-law and her family are also coming. I’m really excited to see her! We both like to run and end up logging a lot of miles at the in-laws since it is the only time we get to talk without kid interruptions. I’m hoping we get back at a decent time on Sunday so I have time to clean, do laundry, and get lunches made for the week.

[sunbutter]

Nothing much and I am over the moon about it.
We may go to the art museum on Saturday and we have a morning play date at the park on Sunday.

[rere]

Saturday, my brother and sister in law have brought their camper to the beach. We plan on staying with them and spending the night before we head back. Looking forward to seeing them since we only see them about once a year, but am nervous about sleeping in a camper after my luxurious bed in the condo.

Sunday - 1000 hour car trip home with 2 kids. Slight exaggeration.

[saraml13]

Nothing really planned for tomorrow. The weather is supposed to be nice, so we will probably go to the farmers' market and work on the yard.

On Sunday, we're going to my sister's house to celebrate my dad's birthday. My sister is now in the 3rd trimester and has given me the go-ahead to start bringing over baby stuff, so I'm sorting out newborn clothes for her.

[sandandsea]

I fly home from Israel tonight and will spend the weekend recovering from the time change and doing fun things with the boys and my parents (in town watching the boys)! I have no idea what they've planned but I'm excited to see them. Then I'll be solo parenting next week until dh gets back on Saturday.

[2chatter]

We have a free evening.

Tomorrow DD returns from my university, where she's at a sports camp. She has Biofeedback in the afternoon. Her sister has a bday party.

I have to pack Middle for camp M-F and the rest of us for vacation - we leave next Friday and I have done nothing. Today I hope to wrap the car surprises.

Saturday morning I try for the FOURTH time to have a mammogram. I really hope it happens.

[mommyatty]

Welp, we spent yesterday evening in the ER seeing if DD needed stitches for a deep cut on her hand. Luckily they could glue it because DD was completely freaked out by the very word "stitches". She can't get it wet for 24 hours, and today at camp was water play. So she's staying with MIL (who was responsible for the cut btw... who leaves a frigging glass bowl full of sea shells on the edge of a bathtub and then bathes two kids in that bathtub and doesn't expect either kid to decide sea shells would be fun in the tub???), while DS goes to camp.

We are spending the weekend making sure DD doesn't use her hand too much and mostly hanging out at home. I'm hoping it doesn't rain so we can spend time in the pool.

[twinmomma]

I think we'll finally buy our new grill and do some kind of cookout with it. We're also going to do the amusement park trip that we owe our kids from their birthday, which was in May. Whoops. Weather is supposed to be great and we have no other plans this weekend, which is lovely! And the amusement park takes zero effort, since it's like 2 minutes from our house.

[akafred]

This is our (hopefully) last weekend with two houses. We close Monday morning (please please). So I'm sure we'll be doing last minute moving of small incidentals and touch up painting. And new house is still an absolute wreck so we need to be taking care of that. If I were smart and rich I would buy some cube organizers and start getting organized. But I am dumb and broke so...

Tonight I pick my daughter and her 3 friends up from camp. Love these kids. They are 13, 12, and 8. The big boys are generally sweethearts. Their mom has a doctor appointment so hopefully I can entertain them for an hour or so until they are ready to go home. May take them swimming...I think they will have their suits from camp. Otherwise who knows what they will do to my house!

[billie]

Sorry about your DD mommyatty

[k3am]

mommyatty, hope your DD recovers quickly. There's nothing worse than getting in the way of a kid and water play.

[k3am]

We're swimming at a DC friend's house tomorrow and heading to the kiddie amusement park on Sunday.

Exciting times at the k3am household.

[erinshelley21]

Tonight is rummage prepping at my brother's house and DH is at work so I'll have to bring both kids and get nothing done.

Tomorrow is the rummage. We also have a birthday party for one of my BFF's kids. DH will spend the entire day mowing so I'm sure I'll have to bring both kids to the rummage.

DH works Sunday also. I'll be on my own to do grocery pick up and take the kids to my mom's work picnic. It's at 3pm and an hour away. My patience will be shot by the time I get home.

[justcheckingin73]

DH told me yesterday that we're spending the weekend at our friend's lake house. Typically this is something we look forward to but considering all of the travel I did in June, I was looking forward to a weekend of sleeping in my own bed, especially since next weekend we are going to my in laws for the weekend (a 6 hour drive). I was irate when he told me (I was not expecting it - I was expecting we'd go some time in August) and I'm sucking it up but I'm not over it.

Introverts unite?? Am I just being a bitch or can you see my side? I don't think he ever truly gets it. I told him that I need time to mentally prepare and just prepare in general. I had to start laundry last night - something I planned to do on the weekend. I have to pack - AGAIN! Sleep in someone else's bed and then get home on Sunday, rush around and then I'm back at it on Monday at 6 am. And I can't even look forward to next weekend since I'll once again be packing and staying in a twin bed at the in laws (by myself but still - too small!), getting back on Sunday. Rinse and repeat. UGH!

He also cannot understand that I need downtime. He thinks I'll just eventually get over it and I'm sure I'll have a good time and that will "prove" that I'm just overreacting or something. But he doesn't put together my bad moods, my constantly being tired and how it all connects to me not getting downtime.

Sorry - that turned into a vent.

TL;DR - going to our friends lake house for the weekend

[mommyatty]

justcheckingin73 - No, you aren't being unreasonable. Downtime is a necessity.

[olenka]

After the last two weekends of travel and festival insanity, I am up to not a damn thing. Thankfully.

We may go raspberry picking, but that's about it.

[olenka]

And yes justcheckingin73 you need downtime!

[saraml13]

Jul 7, 2017 11:10:07 GMT -5 justcheckingin73 said:

DH told me yesterday that we're spending the weekend at our friend's lake house. Typically this is something we look forward to but considering all of the travel I did in June, I was looking forward to a weekend of sleeping in my own bed, especially since next weekend we are going to my in laws for the weekend (a 6 hour drive). I was irate when he told me (I was not expecting it - I was expecting we'd go some time in August) and I'm sucking it up but I'm not over it.

Introverts unite?? Am I just being a bitch or can you see my side? I don't think he ever truly gets it. I told him that I need time to mentally prepare and just prepare in general. I had to start laundry last night - something I planned to do on the weekend. I have to pack - AGAIN! Sleep in someone else's bed and then get home on Sunday, rush around and then I'm back at it on Monday at 6 am. And I can't even look forward to next weekend since I'll once again be packing and staying in a twin bed at the in laws (by myself but still - too small!), getting back on Sunday. Rinse and repeat. UGH!

He also cannot understand that I need downtime. He thinks I'll just eventually get over it and I'm sure I'll have a good time and that will "prove" that I'm just overreacting or something. But he doesn't put together my bad moods, my constantly being tired and how it all connects to me not getting downtime.

Sorry - that turned into a vent.

TL;DR - going to our friends lake house for the weekend

We go through the same thing a lot. DH likes to be spontaneous, and I...don't.  He doesn't understand why I would want to make weekend plans before Thursday night.  Partly it's that he's more social than I am, and partly it's that he is clueless to all the logistics that go into even a short trip with kids.

And ditto to the part where if I have a good time, it just proves that he was right and everything worked out fine.

[justcheckingin73]

Jul 7, 2017 11:39:02 GMT -5 saraml13 said:

Jul 7, 2017 11:10:07 GMT -5 justcheckingin73 said:

DH told me yesterday that we're spending the weekend at our friend's lake house. Typically this is something we look forward to but considering all of the travel I did in June, I was looking forward to a weekend of sleeping in my own bed, especially since next weekend we are going to my in laws for the weekend (a 6 hour drive). I was irate when he told me (I was not expecting it - I was expecting we'd go some time in August) and I'm sucking it up but I'm not over it.

Introverts unite?? Am I just being a bitch or can you see my side? I don't think he ever truly gets it. I told him that I need time to mentally prepare and just prepare in general. I had to start laundry last night - something I planned to do on the weekend. I have to pack - AGAIN! Sleep in someone else's bed and then get home on Sunday, rush around and then I'm back at it on Monday at 6 am. And I can't even look forward to next weekend since I'll once again be packing and staying in a twin bed at the in laws (by myself but still - too small!), getting back on Sunday. Rinse and repeat. UGH!

He also cannot understand that I need downtime. He thinks I'll just eventually get over it and I'm sure I'll have a good time and that will "prove" that I'm just overreacting or something. But he doesn't put together my bad moods, my constantly being tired and how it all connects to me not getting downtime.

Sorry - that turned into a vent.

TL;DR - going to our friends lake house for the weekend

We go through the same thing a lot. DH likes to be spontaneous, and I...don't.  He doesn't understand why I would want to make weekend plans before Thursday night.  Partly it's that he's more social than I am, and partly it's that he is clueless to all the logistics that go into even a short trip with kids.

And ditto to the part where if I have a good time, it just proves that he was right and everything worked out fine.

Yup. Sounds very similar. My kids are older but it was so exhausting when the kids were little and I organized everything. I can certainly empathize with you.

It's just so frustrating. I think we've been busier than normal this whole year and it doesn't show signs of slowing down so I think I'm desperately holding onto these weekends that are free. 

[saraml13]

Jul 7, 2017 11:44:21 GMT -5 justcheckingin73 said:

Jul 7, 2017 11:39:02 GMT -5 saraml13 said:

We go through the same thing a lot. DH likes to be spontaneous, and I...don't.  He doesn't understand why I would want to make weekend plans before Thursday night.  Partly it's that he's more social than I am, and partly it's that he is clueless to all the logistics that go into even a short trip with kids.

And ditto to the part where if I have a good time, it just proves that he was right and everything worked out fine.

Yup. Sounds very similar. My kids are older but it was so exhausting when the kids were little and I organized everything. I can certainly empathize with you.

It's just so frustrating. I think we've been busier than normal this whole year and it doesn't show signs of slowing down so I think I'm desperately holding onto these weekends that are free. 

Yeah, I hear you on the weekends, too.  This summer is crazy for us.  Both sets of grandparents have lake houses in SW Michigan, so we do a fair amount of weekend getaways.  But this summer between holidays, weddings, vacations, and family parties, we have almost no free weekends.  I don't know how I'd manage this summer if I were actually working.  I feel like a full time travel coordinator.

[2chatter]

justcheckingin73 - have you read Quiet? Excellent, fast read - and I would have DH read it too. Our GT lead gave it to me to better relate to my oldest. Has also helped at work (I manage instructional designers and editors, some of whom are full on introverts and others are like me
and are extroverts who still need recharge time).

Would he do laundry and pack? (Laughs?)

[twinmomma]

justcheckingin73, I'm right there with you! I actually had to explain to DH recently that I just desperately need quiet, alone time and space in order to feel normal and recharge. He wasn't understanding that at night, I will spend time with him. But also need at least a half hour to just decompress alone to mentally recharge.

[justcheckingin73]

Jul 7, 2017 12:03:23 GMT -5 2chatter said:

justcheckingin73 - have you read Quiet? Excellent, fast read - and I would have DH read it too. Our GT lead gave it to me to better relate to my oldest. Has also helped at work (I manage instructional designers and editors, some of whom are full on introverts and others are like me
and are extroverts who still need recharge time).

Would he do laundry and pack? (Laughs?)

I have not. Is that Susan Cain? If so, I follow her on FB. I should just get the book and read it while he watches the kids. Lol. He actually went to Target last night to get supplies for the weekend but I have to pack it all up and meet him there. He has a client near their lake house who he is meeting with today. On the plus side, this client owns a Mexican restaurant where we will be dining and where this chick will be drinking a top shelf margarita. 

[2chatter]

It is Susan Cain - I'll have to check her out on FB. Yes to just getting it - ha! And cheers!

I am packing DD for camp this week and then we pick her up from camp and go to Florida. I'm...overwhelmed by two full weeks of clothes - over thinking it. I think we will drop dirty camp clothes at home then leave because camp clothes (can be lost) and vacation clothes (cute) are zero overlap. Ugh.

[mae0111]

justcheckingin73, I totally hear you. I'm an introvert, and I had people at our house all weekend. Not staying here, but like a revolving door of guests. Dh didn't understand why I didn't want to sit and talk with him for 3 hours after people left on Tuesday night. Nope. I want silence for an hour, then bed.

We are leaving tomorrow for a week-long beach vacation. DD1 has swimmer's ear and strep, and it hit her like a ton of bricks. Poor kid. Luckily there's lots of other things to do there, so we'll still have fun even if we need to stay away from the beach for the first few days.

[sweetptater]

justcheckingin73, +1 for me too. DH does.not.get.it. Even when we stay home he's inviting people over left and right. He doesn't understand that I need alone time to recharge or else I feel like I'm going to have an anxiety attack.

I've actually started getting up at 5am even on mornings I don't work out just to have some alone time before he and the kids get up. I need quiet time.

2chatter, I love that book. Such a good read.

[campermom]

Saturday: Gym and DS1 and I are checking out a second fencing club option. He is loving this and has given a lot of thought to it and is willing to give up basketball and baseball (or lacrosse-he wasn't sure). We have a one sport per kid at a time rule, and he is willing to give up everything else next year.

Saturday night we are getting a sitter. My work friends and I and spouses are meeting up at an indoor trampoline park where will have our first "practice" session for the Warrior Dash we are doing in August. This indoor place has a ninja warrior course. It should be hysterical. Then we are heading next door to the alehouse for dinner!

Sunday: Pedicure with my mom (her Mother's Day present) and I'm bringing the big kids to graduation party with a pool.

I've been off for a few weeks but next week I work all week and the big kids go to camp and the baby goes back to daycare. No one gets sick, got it?? $$$ lol!

[traveltheworld]

My DH finished his exam today. Wohoo!!! Finally, no solo parenting until the next course, which isn't for another 4 weeks. Just the thought of not having to do bedtime for two kids by myself is making me giddy. I have such small dreams.

But in terms of real plans, DH will be taking DS to a wood-working workshop tomorrow morning, then we have outdoor soccer for both kids, then Sunday our nanny is going to baby-sit for us so that DH and I can hang out for the afternoon, go for a long bike ride, explore the city a bit more, have a super lazy afternoon nap, and then have a nice dinner at a fancy restaurant.

[thatsfancy]

I've been solo parenting for the last week and a half and have one more week to go until DH returns. Weekend plans are to run errands, attempt to pick up the house and keep my kids entertained!

[rere]

justcheckingin73 I feel your pain, as I type this in my condo. My suitcase has been out the entire month of June and now into July. I am in desperate need of normal in my own house. I have had a great time on these trips, but when I get home, the suitcase is going downstairs for a while. Dh is working the next couple of weekends, and you will not be able to blast me out of my house.