Monday Celevents

[mommyatty]

Celevent: (can’t decide if it’s a celebration or a vent) Yesterday the high was 80. Today it was 42 and raining buckets when I left my house. High today is supposed to be in the 40s. I love the chill but couldn’t it come on more gradually? And without all the rain?

Celebration: I got to wear my fav cardigan to the office without feeling silly. It’s kind of fluffy-ish. Definitely looks like fall.

Also we took the kids to a musical yesterday. Their first live performance. They did really well. DS got a little antsy toward the end, but they used good theater manners. I was proud of them.

[2chatter]

Celevent is perfect - my kids combined have had 6 soccer games. The season started in August. That’s how much it has rained here. The free time and the fact that DS isn’t missing anything due to his broken arm can’t be beat, though.

[ilovelucyvv]

Oct 15, 2018 9:38:57 GMT -5 2chatter said:

Celevent is perfect - my kids combined have had 6 soccer games. The season started in August. That’s how much it has rained here. The free time and the fact that DS isn’t missing anything due to his broken arm can’t be beat, though.

Prior to this past weekend, my DD had only 1 soccer game, which is totally crazy.  She played two this weekend so now she is up to 3.  And I thought this past Spring was unusually rainy.

[rere]

Same weather here. Last Wednesday it was 89 degrees. This weekend rainy and highs in the 50s.

Pretty low key weekend. DS spend most of the time in the woods preparing for hunting season. DH dropped him off down the road on the way to work and I am picking him up in my pink housecoat hoping that I don't have to see anyone.

Saturday I gave DD a lesson in my grandmothers homemade spaghetti and meatballs after church and then just chilled. I think I may be going into hibernation mode because I was sleeping around 9 to 9 1/2 hrs a night.

Celebrate. I played my first volleyball of the season last night. 2 hours of continuous play, I thought I would be sore today, but so far so good.

Celebrate. Our only night home tonight as a family so we are going to cook a big pot of chili and hang out together. This is the kids favorite meal.

Vent - the rest of the week I have PTO, conformation meetings for DD, basketball for DS and DH will be working until around 7:30 each night, so it is all me.

Vent - With the weather, I have to hit the treadmill this week. I am going to try intervals of 3 minutes walking, 3 minutes full sprint. Someone - who has more money than me and has a trainer - told me this would improve my time.

[erinshelley21]

Celevent: I got a new car on Saturday! Celebrating that it is pretty, we got a great deal on it and our trade-in, and it's pretty Venting that it took 2 hours from the time we said we wanted it to us walking out the door despite us having financing already in place. Insurance also went up a little bit but not a lot.

Vent: DH is sulking about work. This happens every 4-6 weeks. Last FD it was every rotation, so having some time between rough patches is nice but I'm getting tired of the cycle. This FD is having a staffing issue that the town powers that be don't really care about. Well, as the wife at home, I give a lot of shit that my husband is the only member of the dept on station. Their reasoning for not always filling the open spot with another full time guy is "they will probably be okay" with having a PT come in for part of a shift. Oh.

He mentioned last night he thinks he is depressed and I suggested that he go talk to a therapist. He is open to the idea but also feeling that initial ashamed feeling that men tend to feel when they get to this point. It all stemmed from me kind of rudely saying something along the lines of "it would be nice to see him happy about something since that's something I rarely get" and he was hurt. I apologized for the harshness, but told him it was true. He never shows any sort of happy emotion, he doesn't get excited about anything, and is never satisfied with anything. Example: he doesn't want to build a house next to his mom because her house is already in the best spot. She has over 10 acres. There's got to be at least 2 other spots in her parcel that is good for building a house. I'm fine with people wanting the best of the best, but there comes a point where only wanting the best will hold you back and I think that's starting to negatively affect him.

[covergirl82]

We had a pretty good weekend, but busy. Last Friday was my day off, but it was filled with a school fundraiser walk for half the morning, then most of the afternoon was spent at appointments for the kids because they had a half day.

Saturday DS had a football game at noon (they lost again ) and then we left right after that to go put our trailer in storage 1.5 hours away. We did stop on the way home at an apple farm that has all kinds of fun outdoor activities (farm animals, apple canons, pedal carts, giant bouncy pillows, etc.), so that was fun. Sunday was church and then each of the kids had a friend over for part of the afternoon, and I worked on some cleaning and organizing and also made muffins for DS's school snack for the week.

It's been somewhat of a quiet day, so I've been trying to go through my email inbox and file emails that I didn't have time to file during our busy time (which just ended).

[mellym]

I'm in a funk from not being able to do anything and having sick kiddos. DH took the older girls to the movies, playground, pumpkin walk at school, etc while I stayed home all weekend trying to stay off my foot. I'm sad to miss all the fun. DD3 now has the stomach flu after being sick all last week.

I got to work today and as I'm getting on my scooter I realized that I never changed my shoes. I'm wearing my house slipper-shoe at work. They have fur on them and everything.

We had to have a heart to heart with an employee today about micro-managing and negativity. I thought she was going to be very defensive but it went the other way with tears.

[waverly]

mellym , I had that same convo last week. She was defensive and in tears and seems very unhappy. I feel bad, but she was driving everyone to the exploding point.


Let me know how it goes with your employee. She has improve,d but again very unhappy and still wondering if we will get a resignation. Unfortunately I think she feels her friendships are over with- with everyone.

[mommyatty]

waverly: I just cannot do the “nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I’m gonna eat some worms” game with adults. You are driving everyone nuts. Doesn’t mean they hate you. Means they want you to quit proofreading their stuff you pick up and nose into at the copier. They aren’t your friends first and coworkers second. They are your coworkers first and your friends second. Be a good coworker and the office friendships will follow.

[mustardseed2007]

celevent: we survived our busy weekend.

Training for this 70.3 just took up so much time this weekend. DH ended up handling DD's soccer game, gymnastics and the first half of DS' fall carnival. By the time I showed up he was ready to hand off the kids and disappear inside a cave...with tv and sports. I felt bad.

Next weekend I start my taper though so maybe it'll be a bit more manageable.

[mae0111]

Celevent - Saturday was 45 degrees and raining sideways, and NEITHER SOCCER LEAGUE CANCELED. So stupid. So we made the executive decision to skip both games. I felt a little guilty, but it's kindergarten soccer, not the World Cup.

DD1 wet her bed last night. She hasn't had an accident since the night DD2 was born, 5.5 years ago. I'm pretty worried about it, but I don't think it's time to call the doctor just yet.

We booked a trip to Disney for March. We've never taken the kids. They have a random day off from school and a 1/2 day which will be mostly taken up by a Mass, so we're pulling them out for a long weekend and they'll miss 1.5 days. I haven't been to Disney in years and HOLY CRAP I had no idea how expensive it would be. Flights and rental car were free with points and miles, but just hotels and tickets are insane! It will all be worth it. The kids are going to freak. We're not telling them until we get to the airport. It's going to be really hard to keep it quiet for 5 months.

[186momx]

Celevent: DH got a text from his brother Thursday night saying dad was in the hospital and they couldn't wake him up. The doctors couldn't find anything off and didn't think he would pass that night. We are 2 hours from home and another 3 from his dad. All I did was ask DH who doesn't talk about his parents to me at all if we needed to cut our weekend short and he said no. DH was pretty rude to me about not being on my phone (I was taking pictures) and then DH's phone was blowing up. At least I just used mine for picture taking and everyone left me alone since my entire family knew I was gone for the weekend. I know he was dealing with his dad and not happy about it but I feel like he could have chilled about me being on mine. His dad did wake up for 20 minutes before going back to sleep on Friday and knew the date, name, where he was, etc., so now he is fine. I just with DH would talk to me about what is going on if only to help me adjust to his moods.

Update to school issues: I'm going to find out what steps I need to take for DD to do 3rd grade math. She really got the mutli-digit subtraction page and even showed it to the 3rd grade teacher Thursday who was like wow we haven't started that yet. If we can make this work it might give her enough incentive to want to go to school and do the work and not just check out. I don't think she could test out of 2nd grade completely but maybe I'm wrong.

[phdmomma]

Survived this weekend, DD was super whiny, which may means that she has an ear infection. Although she never seems to tell us....I may take her to get checked.

It's cold, and I'm tired. that's all I really have.

[greenmonkey1]

Celebrate - "Fixed" my furnace yesterday and feeling really accomplished. Really all I did was clean it out and replace the filter (our whole house humidifier sprung a leak and soaked the filter/ductwork), but I feel like a rockstar. Not touching the humidifier though. The HVAC guy is coming this week anyway to give the unit its annual check-up and I figure he can more easily trouble shoot/fix the problem.

Celevent - Apparently the PTO has "selected" me to be the class co-captain. This is after they asked me and I declined. I really don't have time to organize anything - all I want to do is show up and volunteer on my given day(s). But the captain seems in a jam or she is really just ignoring my request to just volunteer. I cannot tell and I'm feeling guilty so I might just end up stepping up. Either way, great introduction to PTO.  But "yay" more time with my kid?! (trying to find the silver lining when all I feel is annoyed).

[mellym]

waverly, will do. It is the same here that she nit picks everything and points out all the problems with our software and her fellow coworkers. She doesn't see it as being negative. I think she is more aware now of how she comes across to others and she did say that she will do better and needs to change how she communicates. I wouldn't be surprised if we get a resignation letter though because her job will be changing from said software that she doesn't want to use.

[polecat8]

Celebrate: After 2.5 weeks of crappy weather, DS1 finally had a soccer game!
Vent: It was 40 degrees and drizzling, so a few of the kids didn't want to play.

Celebrate: My family braved the cold to head to a pumpkin patch and we had a good time. Afterwards, we warmed up at my parents' place and ordered some pizza.

Vent: I called to schedule my HIDA scan to get my gallbladder checked and the lab told me that the drug that they need for the scan is not available and there's no word on when they will get any. And then I called my Gastro dr to schedule a 6-week follow-up (which he told me to do at my endoscopy), and I can't get in until February. So I guess I'm supposed to suffer until then? Grrr....

[rere]

Now I get a text that PTO is today. It is always Tuesday. Maybe they changed it last meeting, but thanks for the notice since I was coaching your kids during that time. Maybe this is why people don't go. Nope, no, newp, no way, not gonna do it. Not changing family night due to lack of communication.

[ilovelucyvv]

Celevent: MIL was finally release from the hospital yesterday after being in for nearly a week of an extreme case of pink eye. She was being mean to the hospital staff after which they decided it was time for her to go. The "cele" part of this includes that we haven't been anywhere near her or FIL for about 3 weeks, so no exposure, and I am saying we need at least another week apart for her to fully get over it and the germs to subside.

[xctsclrx]

rere, I have an awesome workout from my track/ cross country days to increase speed if you are interested.

celvent: Celebration: I got to sleep in a bit today. Wanted to have breakfast with my kiddos since I was gone all weekend. Vent: Apparently telling DH I was going to breakfast with kiddos before work translated into him not needing to help me with anything that he normally does in the morning and oh also not telling me he wasn't going to do it so I then had to rush all morning to finish everything by myself with a cranky baby this morning.

My kids missed me this weekend. When I got home last night DS ran to be for a hug and was dancing around excited that momma was home. DD would not let me out of her site. She would cry if I left the room. Took forever to put her down since she wanted to cuddle with me all night.

[186momx]

How do none of you have soccer when it is raining? Soccer here is done 99% in the rain and cold. The only time the game gets cancelled is if the field is unplayable but then they just change the field location. We very seldom have t-storms but that is a no brainer and then again game is just called for the 30 minutes before/after and then resume. This is for all soccer tot-big kids. Parents rejoice if they can get 1 game that is dry for either fall or spring soccer. Jeez, DD played t-ball in drizzle and 40s too.

[traveltheworld]

We had a nice weekend. Had the usual slate of activities. We also took DD to see a speech therapist. I was a bit apprehensive about her not willing to talk or not liking it, but she loved it, and asked to go back. It was also comforting to hear that although she has some problems, the therapist considers all of the problems pretty minor and actually said we could wait a few months if we wanted. We'll probably still do it since it'll be covered by insurance and DD seems to really like it.

[rere]

xctsclrx, I would love any pointers or workouts. I am not supper ambitious, but would like to get to a 29 minute 5 k. I am about 2 minutes shy and can't seem to get any faster. I have never been super speedy even as a kid.

[xctsclrx]

rere, Sent you a PM.

[mellym]

186momx, it is the same here. We play in the rain unless there is lightning. Only one game has been cancelled in the two years we've been playing and it's 4, 5 and 6 year olds.

[2chatter]

rere - I improved my time with hill sprints. My stupid femur still hurts so don’t overdo it is my word of warning. It’s cold here, so I am going to try running again. We will see....

And soccer - they won’t play here if the fields have standing water on them. And that’s been all fall. We have had 5 inches in the last day, and that’s been pretty typical. I’ve never seen it this bad. I’m glad because I’m college rugby we determined after a wet tournament that I’m allergicish to fertilizer - which isn’t an issue unless it’s wet and I am rolling around in it. Giant full body welts that were like chemical burns from head to toe. My kids would be miserable like that! And they both end up on the ground a lot (DS because he’s 6 and DD because she’s either fouled or half the size of the other players so they just go through her).

[mustardseed2007]

Yes! Tempo runs did not speed me up half as much as hills, but hills are hard on the body.

[rere]

Oct 15, 2018 15:49:17 GMT -5 xctsclrx said:

rere, Sent you a PM.

Thank you!

[k3am]

I have 3 weeks of needing to do a combination of WFH, DH drop off's, and Uber/Lyft to get to/from work. Today, Uber emailed me a promotional 50% off of 10 trips. This is basically the best news ever. Happy Monday to me!

[sandandsea]

Today is the work deadline so it’s been crazy but my stuff is done. I’m exhausted. I don’t want to go to happy hour.

Ds2 has another ear infection. His third in 2.5 months. We have a follow up with the ent in 2 weeks so we are probably headed for tubes.

I made cute crafts for the upcoming 1st grade Halloween party yesterday. It was fun and I hope the kids like them. Thanks to Pinterest they were easy and cute!

DD the pics as I posted them elsewhere too. So if you know me irl now you have to tell me

[divanerd]

OMG got home today and sun was still out and I think it took me less than 15 mins commute!

Hope this continues to be the case
sandandsea thanks for posting I will copy this. Team Working Mom