Monday vents and celebrations

[akafred]

Speaking of wild children and weird paint in new houses:

Our house has very high ceilings. I think typically 11' where they aren't open to upstairs or frayed or whatever. DD's room has a vaulted ceiling that is 8' in one spot and slopes up to 11', and there is a plant shelf around the 9' mark over the opposite wall where the closet is. The previous owners painted one wall and the ceiling pink. DD wanted to keep it for whatever reason. Ok.

Yesterday she climbed onto the plant shelf. Seriously. Climbed the highboy dresser and then used the closet doors to boost her up there.. And found that the plant shelf had these words painted on it in pink paint: "Little Girl Head." I am resisting the urge to text the former owner with a giant WTF.

[HeartofCheese]

I love your life, akafred. I wonder if they had a little girl head up there... Was it fancy, i.e., professionally done or stenciled? Or was it freehanded?

[akafred]

Aug 28, 2017 11:35:35 GMT -5 HeartofCheese said:

I love your life, akafred. I wonder if they had a little girl head up there... Was it fancy, i.e., professionally done or stenciled? Or was it freehanded?

Lol no, it looked like they dipped their finger in the ceiling paint and wrote it with their finger. C took a video and didn't get the whole thing in the camera but here is a screen shot of "girl head".



Also

This is not the first plant shelf she has dabbed upon.

[justcheckingin73]

You have all of my sympathies twinmomma and akafred!

I hope all goes well today k3am.

Vent: Although I fell asleep quickly, I woke up around 12:30/1:00 and started thinking about random, insignificant things and ended up not falling asleep until after 3am. It was a 3 cup of coffee day.

Celebration: My boss gave my Friday off and told me not to record it. I changed my hours from 6-3 in May but more often than not I end up working past that. She has noticed although I told her honestly that sometimes I feel like I'm not productive enough so I make up for it. She wasn't having it and said take the long weekend. I'm so freaking excited!

[k3am]

Thoroughly uneventful surgery. We're home, he's hungry, and I don't think he'll give us any downtime. He is discovering all kinds of new sounds he can make now, which is pretty funny to listen to.

It was a good mini-preview of next week. I will be dressing for the artic vs. summer. It was freaking freezing in there!

[186momx]

k3am , I'm glad you are home and this surgery was uneventful.

akafred , twinmomma I'm sorry, your vents make my vent regarding DD seem so silly

Vent 1: DD has decided she needs to wear makeup. She is 6 not 16 or even 12 even though she is acting like a teen. I keep telling her no she is 6 and she doesn't need it as she is beautiful just the way she is and I wouldn't change at thing. Her latest argument to wear makeup is that if she has to go back to school then she needs the makeup so she can look different and then maybe the other kids might like her because then she will be pretty. I'm at a loss and keep reiterating that she is beautiful, smart, funny just the way she is.

Vent 2: My back is killing me. It hurts to sleep and to sit at work. I didn't make it out on the water Sunday as I couldn't move from the Saturday adventures. I have lots of driving this week so DD can have a sleepover play date with my brother who lives an hour away plus meet the teacher and I will need to can tomatoes again before Friday. I really hope I fail my re-exam big time on Friday so my chiro can tell the insurance company that no I'm not better when I actually live life but if I sit and be a princess everything is okay. I hate being a princess!

[twinmomma]

186momx, I'm so sorry your DD feels that way! I think it was on this board at some point in time, but I remember hearing that a good way to explain make up is that it's not to make you prettier or look different, as much as it's like playing dress up for grown ups. Just for fun, not to change you. Poor kid.

[xctsclrx]

k3am, yay glad everything went okay. Good luck for next week.

Vent: I am working on getting certified in a database. The courses are set up so that you have to retake every quiz for each different sub category. I have take the navigation quiz 7 times so far and will have to take it 32 more times. Some course have 20+ quizzes and some only have 5. It is frustrating that the system can't tell when I have finished a course.

[xctsclrx]

186momx, could you try the approach of: Would you rather have a lot of friends that only like you because you get to wear make up, or a few friends who like you for who you are?

If she wants to look different maybe a hair cut or new outfit?

[erinshelley21]

Aug 28, 2017 10:40:38 GMT -5 akafred said:

Aug 28, 2017 10:17:57 GMT -5 erinshelley21 said:

akafred , your DD is my niece that I wrote about in Open Letters last week. MIL and SIL could probably tell the exact same stories.
Good luck k3am !

Vent: DH is cranky for some reason and it's annoying. My computer keeps freezing so I'm sure it's about to die. I've had it for 6 years so I guess I shouldn't be surprised when it happens.
Celebration: My kids both slept all night. In their own beds and not on me or next to me.

erinshelley21 , IIRC your niece has undiagnosed ADHD? Yeah. Well it is dx but the meds thing is a whole other nightmare.

Yes, I am like 99% sure she does.

[leap]

Vent: Yesterday after grocery shopping with both kids - during which DD2's foot was run over by a shopping cart and we stood in line to check out for 15 minutes - my car wouldn't start. A friend picked us up and I got the car fixed this morning, but what a huge PITA.

Vent 2: DH is working on a remote fire with almost no cell phone coverage so I haven't actually talked to him since last Thursday. My birthday is next Monday and he will likely still be on that fire. He's been on a lot of fires this summer, which is good because more $$ but also bad because we've hardly seen him. I'm over this year's season and ready for things to slow down.

[mellym]

akafred, she is a little ninja! So creepy about the writing.

k3am, glad everything went well and recovery is going smoothly.

Vent - No new Game of Thrones for another year.

Celebration - Just found out DD1's teacher assignment and it's the teacher we wanted and we got the bus route and time. Last year, the kids on our street had to walk to the main road to get on the bus. I called last week to request that they pick up at our houses this year since we have one in K and another house has twins in 4K. Happy to hear they're picking up at our driveways.

[thatsfancy]

k3am glad to hear everything went well today!

Vent: DS1's tuition is going up for the Pre-K program. I thought it was going to stay the same.

Celebration: I've made some really awesome mom friends recently. Our kids get along, our husbands get along. We have shared interests. We did a girls overnight a few weeks ago and it was so much fun.

[supertrooper1]

Aug 28, 2017 11:01:53 GMT -5 2chatter said:

supertrooper1 the paint thing especially is crazy!! Did you hunt for things the same size or larger to cover or could you match the paint?

She left a bunch of garbage, but in the garbage was a half can of paint that was the wall color. Luckily it was in the bedroom so it could be put off for a while and visitors wouldn't see it. 

[supertrooper1]

Celebration: DS was awesome at the dentist this morning. I was nervous because his only other time was 2 years ago at a different dentist and it was horrible. They weren't able to get x rays today because he gagged on the plastic thing, but he didn't get upset or scared. He made everyone laugh by telling them he was going to be a bus driver at 14 and then he would be a dentist when he grew up.

[2chatter]

Vent - DD called at 5 and asked if I was planning to attend the volleyball parent meeting. The one I didn't know about. This is the same child who asked for a red tshirt at 7PM last night - required for practice. Idk what has happened to her but the trend better change.

So we had pork chops and fruit - because I had to turn off the oven to run up. The kids were playing next door and the mom let them stay. Other parents were later than I was - but seriously - why now???

[campermom]

Gaaaaahhhh work. Don't get me wrong I love what I do, love the people I work with, I think I'm good at it and I love getting paid.


But I'd rather be by the pool.

Edit: hope surgery went well k3am and I love that picture akafred!

[mae0111]

A weird vent/random... I started making dinner tonight - heated up a rotisserie chicken, then salads for DH and me, and various cut up veggies for the kids. Lots of washing and peeling and chopping. DH decides, at that moment, that the filter for the dehumidifier needed to be cleaned. In a sink. And not in the slop sink in the basement, which is made for such filthy jobs. Nope. HAD TO be done in the kitchen sink, where I am washing lettuce and peeling carrots. I can't remember exactly what I said to him, but it was reeeeeaaaaally snarky and he left quickly, without rinsing the disgusting filter.

Making friends all over the place today...

[judyblume14]

campermom, I feel exactly the same about work/pool...

[twinmomma]

Just dropped off my KINDERGARTENERS! And then proceeded to cry the whole way to work. I'm so nervous for them! I think DD2 might freak out when they have to separate after recess.

[twinmomma]

Crap guys. I might be a bad mom. The school had sent home a note saying that if your kid needs it, you're welcome to hang around and walk them to their classroom after recess. We didn't do that, we just brought them to before care so that we could set the expectation for what the routine would be right off the bat. The letter didn't make it sound like a big deal. But I just saw photos from other parents on Facebook, and they're all hanging out and bringing their kids into class. Glad I had the orphan kids... Ugh.

[mellym]

twinmomma, congratulations on getting them this far! I'm going to be a wreck when it's my turn next Tuesday. Did you end up doing separate classes? And I don't think it's a big deal that they went from before care - you are setting up their routine and a much easier drop off on them by starting with recess.

[twinmomma]

mellym, We did go with separate classes! Their preschool and pre-k teacher both strongly recommended it, and seeing their growing frustration with just being known as "The Twins" made it feel like the right decision. DD1 is fine with it, DD2 clams up and won't talk about it whenever it comes up in conversation. But, DD2 got the more outgoing, bubbly teacher, so I'm sure she'll be fine once she gets settled. It's just such a huge change for all of us!

[billie]

Don't feel bad twinmomma! I'm sure they were fine.

[akafred]

I had a rough night with DD and got into work today to find an email from my horse's barn owner saying it is time to have the vet put him down. He is old, has lost a lot of weight this summer (unusual for summer), and recently his hips have been bothering him a lot and he's off his feed. He is quite old, but I will miss him so much.

Now I wait for a call from DD's doctor to talk about why she was talking about suicide yesterday and see if we need to adjust meds (probably).

[judyblume14]

Good luck today, saraml13!

[judyblume14]

Oh my God, akafred - that's really scary about C. I hope you get everything adjusted.

[twinmomma]

akafred, Sending you lots of strength today. I hope your DD is ok!

[mommyatty]

Jeez, akafred, what a terrible day you are having. I'm sorry. Both of those things suck. Hoping you get C's medicine fixed. Poor girl. Poor mom.

[erinshelley21]

akafred thinking of you as you deal with both things.