Post by traveltheworld on Jun 28, 2018 11:32:11 GMT -5
It's Thursday right?
Random non-important updates:
1. DS's birthday party seems to be coming along nicely. So far we have 14 kids RSVP'ed. We are doing a Lego race car party, and me, being the obsessive perfectionist that I am, has spent the last few nights sorting through all the lego and making sure that we have enough pieces for everyone to build and have started stressing that the kids won't have fun. We also have a lot of girls coming. I know this is very gender-stereotyping of me, but girls like legos too right?? No one would get bored right??
2. We are pulling DD out of her DC for the summer and she'll be going to a new pre-school for the fall, so I wrote notes to the moms of 3 of the little girls that she mentions a lot to see if they want to set up a play date. So far 2 have responded (yay!). But now I realize um...I have no time for a play date. I don't mind doing it on weekends but it seems the other families don't want to (understandable).
3. Looks like my book club is not doing well. We had 8 ladies for our April meeting, and so far only 2 seem like they want to do the July meeting. I'm bummed. I really liked everyone.
Post by covergirl82 on Jun 28, 2018 11:54:30 GMT -5
1. DS's birthday party is in about 3 weeks. I only have 4 kids who have RSVP'd out of 12 that were invited. I'm starting to panic a little bit. In the next few days, I'm going to email the moms that we haven't heard from to see if their son can come. Summer birthday parties are stressful. Now I understand why I didn't really have them as a kid.
2. I'm on vacation next week, so if you don't hear from me, I hope everyone has a great 4th of July!
DD has done really well in her 1st month of Express and has impressed Coach A on few things. She also has gotten noticeably better at a few of the skills she had going in and has picked up a few new skills that were thrown at her at the beginning of the month. She was so proud to show me her valdez which is a fancy way to get into bridge.
DH is still moody and being an overall PITA. He got beat up playing paintball and is bummed out that DD and I had a fun weekend without him and can't wait for him to go off and play again. He hasn't mentioned his grandma or her funeral yet and came home from therapy Tuesday night in a worse mood than the day before.
traveltheworld, yes girls like legos but I would say you are making race cars or they can make anything they want. We painted rocks for DD's party and the boys choose not to and they entertained themselves with making up a game with balls and some rackets.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Jun 28, 2018 12:29:40 GMT -5
traveltheworld, my girl might make a car or she might make something else. I think it's a great party idea, my DS would be aaaaaaaaaaaaaaallll over that.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Jun 28, 2018 12:33:43 GMT -5
DS had his dyslexia testing. Off hand, the psychologist said she was super excited about all of his progress. She said once she adds it all up she'll be able to tell us how far behind he still is (I suspect he's still behind) but she said she was very encouraged.
My remaining concern is that his psychologist has a way of being super stoked by DS and all his skills...and then say "oh yeah, he's profoundly behind on reading...but isn't it AWESOME how advanced he is on other stuff??"
Um yes...but he's 5 and doesn't know his alphabet. At all. (Not knowing his alphabet was the last test, now he can read so...who knows).
Post by supertrooper1 on Jun 28, 2018 12:55:24 GMT -5
I applied for the sister agency job. I think I'm too old, but the application was confusing because one question asked if I had my 37th birthday and another one asked if I would still be 37 by the time the job closed. So I'll wait and see if I get rejected based on my age.
DH and I had a nice dinner out for our anniversary. We've been doing better lately. We still sleep in separate bedrooms, but so far that seems to be the key to getting along better.
Now that I'm done with the 75 guest party at my house last weekend, I'm throwing a bday party for DD this Saturday. 13 kids and not sure how many parents. Should be so much easier! A few families will be invited to stay afterwards and hang out on the patio.
It's a Rockin' Rocks and Gems party. The mobile gem lab will arrive in a trailer and the miners will be given a yellow construction hat and will sluice for rocks and if they are lucky, a shark tooth. Then DD will break open a geode. Then they will eat pizza and a geode cake. The goodie bags (buckets) are filled with: Ring pops, plastic gems, rock candy, a pencil with an ice pick topper, mini magnifying glasses, and pop rocks. The colors at the party are jewel tones-bright blues, greens and purples.
I applied for the sister agency job. I think I'm too old, but the application was confusing because one question asked if I had my 37th birthday and another one asked if I would still be 37 by the time the job closed. So I'll wait and see if I get rejected based on my age.
How/why do they do this? Does 37 vs 36 vs 38 matter somehow? I can’t imagine asking age on an application.
My MIL is still in the hospital. She is in quarantine due to something the dr found in her urine sample (FIL doesn't remember what). After that cleared up, she got another UTI with a different strain of bacteria. Yesterday she had her belly tapped to remove fluid. No word on what caused that yet. Dr also sent bloodwork off to the Mayo Clinic to detect if she has a certain blood cancer. If she has it, it is most likely terminal. We're still waiting for the results.
DH is starting to have the hard conversations with FIL about quality of life and heroic measures. It is better to determine the actions to take now rather than trying to make them under stress.
I applied for the sister agency job. I think I'm too old, but the application was confusing because one question asked if I had my 37th birthday and another one asked if I would still be 37 by the time the job closed. So I'll wait and see if I get rejected based on my age.
How/why do they do this? Does 37 vs 36 vs 38 matter somehow? I can’t imagine asking age on an application.
It's a law enforcement agency with a mandatory retirement of 57. That way you have 20 years in before retirement.
Post by erinshelley21 on Jun 28, 2018 14:05:17 GMT -5
I just made my last overnight trip for work! So far my brother has been a lot more pleasant to travel with now that his baby is here and he's had a couple months of the new gig under his belt. I'm still applying for jobs here and there even though I have a job I could go too. Our neighbors are selling their house. Our good neighbors. It's making me want to get out even quicker than we are planning but also kind of glad someone else is trying to leave before we are so we can see if there is anyone on earth that would buy a house in our neighborhood.
DD's birthday party was a success!! It started off rainy, but cleared off be the time everyone got there and they had a solid 3 hours of swim time at the lake. They then came home and wanted to head to the creek, so off they went in bathing suits and mud boots. When they got back, they started spraying off with the water hose. They asked if that could be their shower, so I handed them shampoo, conditioner, and soap and said have at it.
My "homemade" ice-cream cake was a hit, and it is DD's favorite. They watched scary movies and stayed up until 2 - from what she said, I went to bed. When I got up at 5:30 to work out, they were spread out on mattresses and couches all over the basement.
I may have accidently sold DH's old truck. He was planning on taking some time to clean it up, and he will be working all next week, then we head to vacation, so we don't really have time to do all the paperwork needed. However, I saw on FB someone was wanting to buy a truck, so I sent him a picture of ours, and he wants to look at it. I'm not sure if I can do the title transfer and all that without DH, I wasn't with him when he bought it, so it is not in my name.
DS has worked for our neighbor in his lumber yard this week. I got the nicest text telling me what a good kid he is and that he is a hard worker, so he may use him more. This would be a sweet gig for DS. He could work here and there, but this guy would be very understanding about the extra curricular during the school year.
After 1 bag of lime, 2 bags of fertilizer, 2 bags of organic plant food, and cutting down 4 trees, my garden actually does not look pathetic, which is a change from 3 weeks ago. I picked a cucumber and pepper last night and it looks like there will be plenty more along with the squash and tomatoes. We want to enter some of it at the county fair in July, because DS gets credit for school.
traveltheworld - two things from DS’ 6th Birthday LEGO Party. 1) there were three kids who lacked the manual dexterity to do legos, a possibility that hadn’t even occurred to me. They brought out tubs of Duplos for them. 2) the ramp for “racing” and “crashing” the cars was the big draw - if you can make a ramp, you will entertain them for hours.
My big update is...life is definitely easier when DH travels. Maybe I will feel differently during the school year, if he can pick up from stuff or drop people off places, but so far, he’s generally home too late to be useful, so all we get is him ranting about work, complaining about dinner or he gets fast good to which the kids object, and a blanket on the couch when a kid gets up to go to the bathroom and leaves it there for 72 seconds or he makes bedtime run behind so he can see the kids. I sleep so much better with him out of town. I hate this. But it is for sure, absolutely true.
Post by justcheckingin73 on Jun 28, 2018 14:39:11 GMT -5
traveltheworld, maybe it’s because of the summer? The book club might perk up again when fall rolls around.
A couple of months ago, I complained about a neighbor who I don’t know that well inviting herself and her son over to swim along with her DD who DS plays with. Well they were on vacation for a week (I gathered this from FB) and then we were on vacation and so far her dd has not come over to play at all. The paranoid side of me thinks she read that post or someone she knows read that post because it had just enough info that someone in the know could figure it out. The other part of me thinks I’m crazy but either way I don’t care because it’s been relatively quiet around here and DS has not once asked to play with her. He’s just getting way too much tablet time.
We’re getting our 1st floor carpeting taken out and hardwood put in and getting our kitchen remodeled this summer. I have no idea how this is going to work with me WFH since my desk is on the 1st floor. Plus we have to do some major packing/moving of things including a 35 year old hutch that my Dad built for my grandma and I took ownership of when she died. It’s completely out of style and my parents both told me to get rid of it but the sentimental side of me is having a hard time with that. I think it’s time for it to go because I don’t have the time or energy to refinish it.
Post by traveltheworld on Jun 28, 2018 14:41:43 GMT -5
2chatter, good point! I haven't even thought of that. We have lots of Duplos, so I'll make sure we put some out. We are making a ramp. I went a little over-board with Pinterest, so DH is making this pretty professional looking ramp. I'm pretty excited.
I also sleep better when DH isn't in the bed or house. I sleep like crap the nights he goes to bed before me or at the same time. Like I lay there and stew while when I go to bed alone I'm out within a few minutes.
traveltheworld, hope your book club picks back up in September it seems like everything drops off once summer hits and everyone adds extra stuff to their plates.
I'm sorry polecat8, hopefully your FIL will listen to DH and the doctors figure out what is really going on with your MIL.
Post by supertrooper1 on Jun 28, 2018 15:43:05 GMT -5
RSVP question for you all....
The RSVP's are coming in for my parents' anniversary party. I put my cell number and asked people to call or text. The texts are easy to do a quick response. Should I call back everyone that leaves a message that I received their RSVP? Or will they assume that I got the message?
The RSVP's are coming in for my parents' anniversary party. I put my cell number and asked people to call or text. The texts are easy to do a quick response. Should I call back everyone that leaves a message that I received their RSVP? Or will they assume that I got the message?
I am lazy plus I would assume people got my message, so I wouldn’t call back unless I was an overachiever which I am not.
I am sooo tired from my vacation. 3 more days left. 1 day of sightseeing and two more travel days. At least we are doing less walking but just in general DH is pushing me hard. I almost prefer beach vacations with kids- almost. It is nice to be without kids but I am getting my to the point that I want to be home and will need a vacation from my vacation or go back to work to relax.
He had a revelation or maybe us, so a new car is back on the table. We had decided against it 4 months ago but the other car is not going to last more than a year longer. So that is good but stressful because DH wants it ASAP and we are thousands of miles from home.