We had a great weekend. And if it’s not bad enough that it’s over, I have my performance review today and then half an hour later I have to present an audit finding to our Exec Team, including our very prickly CEO who asks a lot of detailed questions.
Boo, Monday! You suck!
Then tomorrow I leave for a meeting out of town. The meeting is on Wednesday, so I’m having dinner with a colleague Tuesday night.
Vacation starts today! I need to get up, get moving, packed, etc. and a mani pedi... decided I’m doing that too!
DS ate a handful of BM Beachglass paint Saturday night. Poison control said it’s NBD. He puked around midnight and had teal poop in the morning and seems no worse for the wear.
Working today. Taking a sick day tomorrow to get both kid's physicals and do some back to school shopping. Wednesday, I am taking my two and my brother's 3 to the water park. Insanity. Thursday and Friday I have a training on suicide prevention, which will not help my down in the dumps mood these days.
Well, DH and I officially decided to separate. It's been a brutal weekend and I'm "home sick" today just trying to stop crying and get my act together. I've barely eaten and barely slept. Both of us know that deep down it's for the best, but I've only known adult life with him here and it's really sad/scary to imagine it without him, regardless of how bad things are when we're together. I'm really hopeful that we can have an amicable split and that our lives will indeed get better when we are apart and not constantly on edge and arguing. But damn. This sucks. A lot.
The smoke moved in overnight into the valley from all the fires raging out west. We woke the eerie orange glow. As of now you can't smell it which is a good thing as the office stinks so we need to air it out. We turn off the AC to the office when we are gone over the weekend and this morning it is very stuff and has that old water smell, yuck.
Weekend was good. Had a dinner play date with an old family friend. Her youngest and my DD are the same age like 4 days apart. My friends girls go to the Japanese immersion school. Well her 7 year is majorly struggling and is now repeating 1st grade at an English only school. When she was tested for her IEP she tested at below 5% for all subjects. I feel so bad especially when DD wanted to finish reading the chapter she was on in her Magic Tree House book before starting playdate Saturday. Any idea how I can explain to DD why her friend isn't going to 2nd grade like she is?
Post by justcheckingin73 on Jul 30, 2018 10:19:35 GMT -5
rere , I’m sorry you’re down in the dumps. I saw your post in the weekend update and I do the same thing to myself. Hope you can pull yourself out of the funk you’re in.
twinmomma , I’m so sorry. I have no experience with that but I wish you the best and hope that things can go as smoothly as possible for you. ETA - my wording is weird - I just meant I wanted to offer anecdotes to help ease your mind. Hugs.
twinmomma, I am so sorry. I think this may be one of those things that will be very hard to go through, but once you are out the other side, you will be better for it.
Post by covergirl82 on Jul 30, 2018 10:36:00 GMT -5
Weekend was pretty good. The kids and I went on our planned day trip on Saturday. It started at 7:30 with our drive to where my parents grew up and we arrived at the blueberry farm around 9:00. We each filled a small bucket (although I had to help DD a little) and of course ate some as we picked. Fresh Michigan blueberries are the best. Then went to the cottage for lunch with my parents. Then we went mini golfing and then to get ice cream. It was a bit to cold to go swimming, so we skipped going to the beach.
Sunday DD and I went to church and DH took DS to the travel baseball tryouts. I would think we'd find out in the next few weeks which team he makes.
I just need to get through this week and then I'm on vacation next week! DH is talking about planning a weekend camping trip for him and the kids, so I'm hoping he follows through on that. I'd love a weekend to clean, work on decluttering/organizing, getting take-out, and binge watching Netflix/Hulu.
Saturday, we went to a birthday party for one of DS1's friends. Then we went shopping at Kohls to use my Kohls cash only to get more Kohls cash...So now I have to figure out what to buy with it in the next week.
On Sunday, we went to FIL's again to help him declutter. He is so overwhelmed because there is so much stuff. MIL was such a hoarder and she bought so much stuff that she put them into serious debt! We managed to find 300+ purses and wallets. Some of them still had price tags on them for $200! Then we found multiple envelopes of cash hidden among them. So DH had to look in every wallet and purse to make sure there was nothing in them. SIL and I went through 10 big boxes of makeup and hair products. There was a lot of Bare Minerals stuff that wasn't even opened. Luckily, SIL's friend teaches at a beauty vo-tech and took the hair stuff while her daughter took the makeup for her bridal boutique business (she's a makeup tech). We threw out about 4 garbage bags worth of stuff too, but it doesn't look like we made much progress.
This week, we'll be getting ready for vacation on Sunday. I feel like we have done zero planning since we were so tied up with MIL's passing.
Post by supertrooper1 on Jul 30, 2018 12:28:02 GMT -5
Yesterday was my parents' 50th anniversary party. It went well and we had enough food for 3 times as many people. About 50 people showed up, despite mid 90's temps, which is hot for the PNW. We had tents and shade under their 100 year old linden tree. I think everyone had a good time and my parents enjoyed themselves. My SIL and my parents' neighbor were a huge help.
Vent: I pushed myself too hard yesterday to the point of having heat stoke symptoms. I thought I had been drinking enough water. After a lot of water this morning and some toast, I'm starting to feel better.
Sitting in the ER. My h thinks he had another stroke. He cannot use his right hand at all. The last stroke left him with no feeling from the elbow down on the right but he could use it. Now nothing. They did a cat scan and they dont think he did but now they are trying to figure out what else it could be. Boo Monday indeed.
Thanks everyone. Even though I feel terrible, I also do feel at peace with the decision. I think it will be better for all of us, but it's going to be a bumpy ride. I basically support DH - his salary is so low, we're not sure where he's going to end up or how he'll be able to deal with sharing custody. I'm sure it will all work out as we investigate more.
Vent: I took DH's truck into service this morning because I work close enough to get a free shuttle to and from work. I get there and ask what number I need to call for the ride back and he says, on Thursday? This completely explains my life and DH's lack of planning and attention to detail. I originally asked when he made the appointment when it would be done because they're doing body work and his response was that it would only take like a day. So here I am stranded without a vehicle for four days and his problem became mine to fix. Thankfully, work had a fleet car available for me to use for the week but I had to move some schedules around since it was so last minute.
They wanted to admit my husband to do an MRI and for monitoring but he refused so now we are at the neurologist and has discovered that he should have stayed due to the wait list for an MRI. If you are in house you can get it the same day. Of course, he didn't listen to me.
I am on Day 8 of a continuous headache. It has alternated between sinus, tension, and migraine, but has been with me every single day. I’ve tried caffeine, water, sleep, Advil, allergy meds... nothing. Any advice?
I’m sorry twinmomma. That is a lot to go through. I hope you are able to eat and get some sleep. Hugs
We are in vacation this week. Camping went well except all the gear so much gear and packing etc.
I’m having spotting and cramps and lightning stabs of pain so now I am thinking I have pelvic inflammatory disease. . I probably don’t but it’s messing with my brain.