I was up for the day before 4am with a cranky, teething baby. Then, at the gym, I managed to give myself a bloody nose. Annnnd, I left my bag (and wallet) there. I want to say things can only get better from here.
But, my H is going out of town this weekend with friends, leaving me to solo parent for 3 days. Heaven help me.
We have a baby shower tomorrow and swim class on Sunday. The remainder of the weekend will be me deep breathing and trying to keep my patience in check.
Well, we'll probably go to the library tomorrow. I'm eager to get rid of the Berenstain bear books. DNW DS to keep asking if we can get a new baby too, lol. And we'll probably make some cookies, but other than that I've got nothing.
It's probably for the best, we need a quiet weekend.
Tomorrow DS has a basketball game at 9. Then we have a short time before DH leaves for a bowling tournament all afternoon and his bowling league at night. I'm going to take the kids to hang out with him while he's at his bowling league and then come home and clean and relax.
Sunday is church and then small group and Christmas program practice in the evening. I'll probably relax for some of the afternoon and then prep for the week, since DH is traveling Monday-Friday.
Horseback riding lessons followed by Friendsgiving. Which could be awesome, or just exhausting. Ours are the only kids. I think I'll just bring the tablets and not care about screen time limits so that DH and I can actually socialize. I usually try to avoid bringing tablets to parties, but I just want to chat with my friends!
Then Sunday we have zero plans! I need to buy a Christmas tree for work and do a few crafty ornament things, but otherwise we're just hanging out.
DS's sleep is killing me. He was up from 12-2. Thankfully I'm off today! DD has school so sending DS to daycare. Coming home to enjoy a day alone in my house. Cleaning, purging, making soup and muffins, crafting, reading and I'm sure napping! Might be a little ambitious for only 7 hours alone.
Tomorrow morning is gymnastics and then meeting our other new tenant. Yay for not having to pay two mortgages this month! No other plans. I'm sure we'll end up outside playing in the snow.
Tonight is my wine and appetizers party. I have 10-40 women coming. Who knows. My house isn't as clean as I would like, but I haven't been home all week. I'm trying not to freak out. Thankfully Dh bought a new table for me this week so I will have enough space and set up a fire pit and wood outside to hang around. He keeps telling me I need dice and cards to give people something to do. The wine and eating is the activity for the night, and a lot of yakking.
Ds is going on his first overnight school trip without me tonight. I am freaking out about that. I was tossing an almost empty tube of toothpaste at him as he walked out the door.
Since Ds is gone and Dh is working, Saturday is girls shopping day for me and Dd. Pizza for lunch, Christmas shopping, getting her outfit, and ending the day with froyo.
Post by erinshelley21 on Nov 3, 2017 8:31:36 GMT -5
Tonight it's just the kids and me since DH is at work. We'll be eating leftovers and pretend decorating for Christmas since DS is obsessed with that right now. I should have dressed him as Buddy the Elf for Halloween. I'll fold at least 3 loads of laundry after they go to bed.
Tomorrow I'm going shopping with the women in DH's family for family picture outfits. I've become the official planner and that's kind of fun and also kind of frustrating. There is a fish fry tomorrow that DH wants to go to. Not really conducive to 21 day fix but I can deal for one meal.
DH works on Sunday. The kids and I will go run errands down by my mom so she can come with us. I need to exchange a shirt at a boutique and then also do an exchange at Old Navy since I went shopping there yesterday and there is a 50% off sale for cardholders Saturday and Sunday. The cashier said they allow people to come in and price adjust so that's nice.
Post by supertrooper1 on Nov 3, 2017 8:42:58 GMT -5
We woke up to a couple of inches of snow this morning. DH had to wake me up at 4:30 on my day off just to the me he was going to start watching the news to see if school had been cancelled, even though he knows they don't make the call until 6. He then tried to build a fire and must have opened and closed the fireplace a hundred times which is on the other side of the wall from our bedroom. So I'm tired and annoyed.
Yesterday and today are my weekend days. I was able to fit in a pedicure in between my counseling and dermatology appointments yesterday. My dermatologist showed me pictures of my forehead when I first started going there and I had forgotten how bad my acne was and now I just have fading acne spots.
It's going to be bad....tomorrow we have swim lessons, and then are driving about an hour to MIL's for FIL's birthday. Then on Sunday, we have church, tickets to the local hockey team, and then I fly out for work. I'm going to try to leave work early today to pack for my trip (because I won't have time during the weekend and to try and buy food).
Post by justcheckingin73 on Nov 3, 2017 9:03:56 GMT -5
Tonight we are going to a fundraiser. Usually I’d be excited to get out, especially since it’s open bar, but I have a run tomorrow so I’ll drink a couple and then be the DD.
Saturday DD and I are doing a 5K run. She’s actually running with her XC friends and I’ll be hanging back doing my slow, old lady pace. It’s supposed to rain which is a bummer but hopefully it will keep the crowds down. Then DD has a basketball game in the afternoon. I’ll probably do some grocery shopping later in the day and take down Halloween decorations.
Sunday we have nothing planned so maybe I can start planning for Christmas which I’m not excited about.
We have minor league hockey tickets for tonight (all 4 of us). They were a fundraiser for the kids' school. Tomorrow we have 2 hockey tickets and a sitter (they were given to me by work). So lots of hockey. Also DD1 has dance class this afternoon. Both girls ice skate tomorrow and then they are getting haircuts. I don't think we have anything planned for Sunday.
Last night I was looking at our calendar and realized we do not have a single free weekend day for the rest of the year. Not one! We have birthday parties and Christmas parties and ice shows and the Nutcracker and it just goes on and on. I'm already exhausted just thinking about the next two months.
Post by traveltheworld on Nov 3, 2017 11:01:52 GMT -5
Just the usual kids' activities. I think we are going to send DS and DD to my parents' to sleep over Sunday night so that DH and I can go out for dinner, and/or put together more furniture. Exciting.
DD and I leave for Chicago this afternoon. Excited, but Sunday we land and will go straight to the soccer field so she can play in the final (if her team wins both games tomorrow, which they should).
DS has a camouflage a turkey project and other DD has science fair — Sunday evening will be chaos of homework catch up because this week with Halloween and sports has been insane.
Tonight we are hanging out at home since DS2 is teething and cranky. He has been refusing his rice cereal, but doesn't mind his fruits and veggies if they are cold. He has been drinking a lot of bottles to make up for the lack of cereal. He has also been getting some relief from the frozen teethers, Tylenol, and cuddling. He slept better last night - only 2 wake ups! But he was up for the day at 6am.
Tomorrow, I have a therapy appointment and will pick up materials to run the election polls on Tuesday. I just found out that I may be the only person running my poll location on Tuesday. I'm trying to recruit another person, but no luck so far. It is going to be a long day if I am by myself (6am - 8pm, plus closing paperwork).
We are doing a charity walk tomorrow AM with my company. My group is big but only five people signed up. As of this morning, one had surgery and can't go, one has a kid conflict as can't go, one has a kid with a fever. So that leaves two of us and our families....and I just ate raw chicken from the cafeteria....this ship is sinking fast.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Nov 3, 2017 13:32:41 GMT -5
Tonight: Seat fitting for my bike Tomorrow: Soccer game, soccer pictures, DD gymnastics, DS birthday party. Sunday: Drive over an hour to sit and chill for 4 or 5 hours waiting for my turn in a Triathlon relay. I'm running 13.1 miles. I hope it's not too hot when I start. Obviously nothing else booked for that day. Honestly, on paper my former self would have thought my sunday plans were stupid awful. My current self LOVES relays and I can't wait.
DH is chaperoning a field trip (which is DD's first field trip ever) to a farm today with both of the kids and their school. I can't wait to hear how it went. Although...knowing him he'll be like "it was fine" and that's it.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Nov 3, 2017 14:24:25 GMT -5
Random: Everyone in my office is watching the Astros parade. It's not that I don't think they deserve a nice parade...but I do not get why it's a fun thing to watch.
I questioned the texture of the first few pieces. Like they were just on the verge of being not done but I didn't see true pink. Then the next piece I cut into looked like tuna. It was nuts. My guy at the cafeteria was furious. Someone else was running his station. I felt bad for him but I had to show him. Now at hour six, I'm getting texts from coworkers to see if I've gotten sick yet, lol.
Sat: THE WORKERS ARE COMING!! DH has been creating a huge patio space for us. Which sounds great but It's been...I dk...every waking free moment since this spring. He wrenches his back on it all the time. When he is not at work, he's out there. We never see him.
I kept encouraging him to hire someone and he wouldn't do it. I asked if it was to save money or bc he wanted to create it himself. He said he wasn't sure. I'm SO at the "Throw money at it" stage.
Thank the lord he decided to outsource. This relatively small chunk of change (for a patio) to lay the rest of the bricks will save him like 3 weekends. It is such a no brainer-worth it.
Anyway he is working all this weekend and I'm solo. Again.
Sat: Ill be gone from 9:45-1:30 at fencing/grocery shopping/fencing for my 8 year old. With my two year old in tow-ugh. I've already packed like 8 meals for everyone. I have to send my DD with my parents so she could make her last soccer game.
Sunday: gym to run and food prep.
Random: got an email that Amazon Fresh will no longer be delivering. This totally stinks, but when I tried to place my order for this weekend they were "out" of my regular items so I had to plan to go in person anyway. I'm back to no delivery options in my area. I found one grocery store that does pickup, but it's a 30 min round trip out of the way. For weekends that I'm alone, though, I'll do it bc it will save me time. It will be good to have my H around more now for sure.