Week of 11/6

[katespade]

Let's chat.

[katespade]

Quiet week here. Not much going on at all.

I have one last tattoo session on Friday, to do final touch-ups on my sleeve before we call it officially done. H also might go elk hunting this weekend. I'm still trying to decide if I want to go with him. Neither of us filled our deer tags, but I still have a bear tag that's good until 12/31 so I might just let him go for an elk on his own.

Other than that, work and the gym are the only things on my schedule.

[katespade]

Also, I haven't slept through the night in days. I've just been laying awake for hours, just staring at the insides of my eyelids. I feel like I'm about to go out of my mind.

[bk1]

Normal stuff - music class, storytime plus I want to fit in a trip to the children's museum.

Lots of cleaning and preparing for C's first birthday. I need to order a cake too.


I really want to get my hair cut and colored. Hoping to set up MIL to babysit so I can get that done this week or next.

[pooh8402]

DH is out of town until Friday evening. Boooo. Thank goodness for family to take overnights with E so I can work.

Today I have a hair appointment. Touching up my roots and bringing my highlights back up.
Wednesday is my med teaching appointment for IVF.
Thursday I have a appointment with my audiologist for a new hearing aid! Woohoo! Hoping a new one works better for me.

[pooh8402]

Nov 6, 2017 9:13:57 GMT -5 katespade said:

Also, I haven't slept through the night in days. I've just been laying awake for hours, just staring at the insides of my eyelids. I feel like I'm about to go out of my mind.

Me too! I think I got 45 minutes of sleep last night. Currently on my second coffee.

[estrellita]

We have a new system at work and it's annoying me just like every other "upgrade" they've made lately. It's 10 steps backwards! Ugh. So, dealing with that today.

Appointment Wed.

Off Fri. Might get my hair cut and some errands.

This weekend planning on going to my parents. I want my mom to help me make some freezer meals I was going to do it this past weekend but the roads were so terrible, I'm glad I didn't!

[awick14]

katespade- I hope you start sleeping better soon.

bk1- I can't believe C is turning 1 soon. (I can't believe DD is 10 months!)

pooh8402-I hope the new hearing aids work better for you.

suzv- it's kicking my ass too. I slept for 2 hrs yesterday morning when DD slept. (I fell asleep watching tv with dh. I didn't realize I had slept until DD wanted to be fed and dh was waking me up.)

estrellita- I hope the roads are better so you can get some freezer meals made.

This week is my first week back to work. (Not including the courses I've been taking for work.) I am nervous, I'm sure I will be fine but I feel like I've forgotten everything. I voiced my opinion to my supervisor and he was very understanding and he was able to get approval to allow my first 4 shifts to be the third paramedic on shift. (Normally only 2 per shift but I'll be the third person to ease back into it.)

[luv2rn4fun]

Good luck this week awick14!

bk1- I cannot believe C is already 1!! Hope the party planning goes well!

suzv- I feel ya friend. L is a mess with the time change and I am dragging big time (doesn't help that his sleep has been bad for almost 3 weeks now). I am so tired I forgot my groceries at the store this morning and started the keurig without the coffee pod inside (we use the reuseable so it just put out hot water).

Today: I walked the boys to the grocery store for 2 items for dinner. Forgot said items so am walking back down once L is awake. Will walk the boys to Starbucks this afternoon.

Tuesday: Costco after PM naps

Thursday: trying to plan a Disneyland day with my BFF, her mom, and kiddos.

Wednesday and Friday: chores

No plans for the weekend so far. Probably church on Sunday, normal taking C to the park while L naps.

[MrsMB]

Good luck awick14 !!!!!

Same ole same ole jam packed schedule at work. I had a dentist appointment today..and that went well. DH goes to Dallas Thursday night-Sunday. My parents are coming up to help me with the kids on Friday. So nervous about Thursday night alone though because....

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Pretty sure I'm seeing a 2-year molar come through for L. Oh, boy. Sleep has started to get crappy and she's been acting like it....

[luv2rn4fun]

MrsMB- you've got this friend! Prayers Thursday night and the rest of your weekend goes well!

[HoneySpider]

We just got home from my parents' house, I didn't get much work done today which means cramming a lot into the next few days. I have to grade my students' final research papers this week which is always time consuming. Worst week of the course.

On Saturday we're going to the Navy football game which I'm excited about! We've never been to a game there and it will be R's first football game.

[estrellita]

I can't have a drink so I made H go get me some ice cream. That's the kind of day I'm having! Hoping the rest of the week turns out better than today!

[grover]

good luck this week awick14!

HoneySpider, I'm in the same boat- was out of town all weekend and got no grading done. Now I have a ton of grading this week.

BIL is now married to a wonderful woman so I have my first SIL! Wedding was beautiful, A was well behaved (we were worried, because she was the only kid there under 12), and H and I both got to enjoy ourselves.

I feel like I'm struggling with work right now and keeping it together. Being a full-time working mom is hard, and is made more stressful with being the household breadwinner.

[MrsMB]

Apparently, I'm 13 years old again. Had to go run to Walgreen's for pads. OMG, y'all...I almost had to wear my work fleece around my waist. Good grief. CLOSE CALL! These PP periods after lil man are nowhere what they were after my DD.

[awick14]

MrsMB- I'm terrified that when mine comes back this will be their situation I'll be dealing with.

[MrsMB]

Nov 7, 2017 11:56:39 GMT -5 awick14 said:

MrsMB - I'm terrified that when mine comes back this will be their situation I'll be dealing with.

Mine were so predictable prior to DD and after DD. Maybe something about having a boy threw it off??? (LOL I know that's not really why...but still!) 

[bk1]

@@ and vents


C was up a lot last night. I didn't even really get to start sleeping until after 2am. I'm burnt out from DH working so many hours. I'm frustrated that I'm not getting help from the mom's but my mom is the solo caretaker of my grandma so she just can't keep the girls right now and my MIL has been helping BIL for the past few weeks everyday so she just hasn't had time. I really want to ask one of them to help but I also feel guilty. Ugh, I know we couldn't afford preschool so it wasn't even an option but I wish I enrolled G just so I could at least get a bit of a break. 

[MrsMB]

((bk1)) Stay at home Moms work really hard. Maybe mention to them that you could use the help when they get the chance? Maybe being on their radar might help you feel better that help is on the way?

[christy082]

Quiet week here for the most part. Today and tomorrow are my cleaning days. Thursday and Friday I work. Thursday evening my former coworkers and I are getting dinner (we're all at the same company just different units/teams now). Will be nice to catch up.

Daylight savings time has been kicking our butts here too. I think C is finally adjusted. She's getting over a cold/mild croup too.

[estrellita]

bk1 *hugs* little ones are so exhausting, even on a good day. I definitely couldn't be a SAHM! Are there any free/cheap preschools in your area or daycares that allow drop in care? It might be worth the cost to drop them off for the day just to rest or get something done if that's an available option. Does your H take the kids when he gets home so you get a little time alone? I get he works a lot, but so do you, just in a different way. Even if he can give you an hour or two a day of uninterrupted time to take a relaxing bath, a nap, do whatever. I hope you're able to get a break soon!

[luv2rn4fun]

MrsMB- ((hugs)). Maybe you are onto something because mine are horrible now too (even worse than after C). Hope they level out for you soon.

bk1- ((hugs)) friend. I hope you get a break soon. I feel ya...we have no help and DH isn't one to give me solo time either when he's home (he helps but if I want me time it usually happens when the boys are asleep outside of an errand or shower here or there). L has been up a lot for the past 3 weeks so I am feeling it big time.

christy082- I hope C is finally adjusted. My C did ok with the time change but L has been a mess. I think today is finally back to normal.

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C is sick again🙁 I think he might have croup. One or both boys have been sick every day for the past month. I am so ready for our house to be healthy again.

I was out of cough medicine (Zarbees, honey and melatonin) so had to run to Walmart. We were right there so we did a quick Costco run too. Boys are napping but C pooped and is now coughing a lot. I hope he goes back to sleep because he really needs it and I need the break.

[MrsMB]

((luv2rn4fun))

[luv2rn4fun]

Thank you ewall and MrsMB!

ewall- did you end up telling your DH? I am not one to keep quiet on this kind of thing, it annoys me too much. Hopefully he will make it up to you and you get an extra workout in soon! ((Hugs))

Oh, what kind of car did you get? Your job sounds like it has some good perks! Are you liking it better? Ever think of leaving (I know you considered it at one point)? Are you still traveling a lot?

[MrsMB]

ewall I did the same thing with a rental car once

[luv2rn4fun]

ewall- that is a lot of miles! I can't even imagine. I am glad things are mostly going well and praying that the director leaving doesn't affect things too much!

[awick14]

((bk1)) ((luv2rn4fun))

MrsMB- maybe it's a second kid thing? I don't know, mine was worse after each loss, I hope that trend doesn't keep going.

ewall- I hate when things are going well at work and then someone leaves and everything falls apart. I hope when your director leaves you get a good person in that role.

[bk1]

((luv2rn4fun)) I hope your week gets better and everyone in your house can be healthy!!

estrellita The preschools run the school year. I will be enrolling her for next fall - maybe next summer as well. We'll see what life is like at that point. DH actually does awesome trying to help. He leaves before we are awake and gets home a little before the girl's bedtimes. He helps with all of that and has been trying to give me a couple hours out of the house on Sunday (his only day off). This last Sunday I declined getting out because I knew he needed the rest so I took the majority parenting load and let him play games on his computer and get some work done. While I'm glad I did it because he needed it, I am just feeling not having a break in a couple weeks. 


Today MIL is joining us at the Children's Museum. We always enjoy going so it should be a fun day.

[pooh8402]

I had an appointment with my audiologist today to try new hearing aids. I'm demoing one now for the next couple weeks to see if I like it. Fx it works better for me than the last one!

[katespade]

I'm working on figuring out if we can afford a mini-vacation in January. I know we shouldn't, because all of our money should be going toward our kitchen remodel, but it's our ten year dating anniversary and we've both already scheduled the time off for it... We were in the process of planning a bigger trip, but we definitely can't afford that now so we're considering our options.

We're thinking about a mini road trip to some of the places we've talked about visiting over the past ten years, but have never gotten around to for one reason or another. We made a list, and it looks like we could make it all happen in a three day, two night trip. We would still probably be looking at around $500 in expenses, though, which seems like a lot to spend right now.

Ugh. I don't know what to do.