Post by Leeham Rimes on Feb 28, 2019 6:10:11 GMT -5
I am TIRED. H had to get up early and I woke up when he did, 3:30 AM. Not his fault, i just am a light sleeper I guess especially when I don't feel well.
But, plus side, I'm already almost done with laundry and cleaned the entire kitchen area. I may need an IV of coffee to get me through the day.
I need ham like water Like breath, like rain I need ham like mercy From Heaven's gate Sometimes ham salad or casserole or ham that’s free range, all natural I need ham
Some houses better come on this weekend because there are literally 3 in our preferred area that are not under contract right now. Ugh. I’m having some regret right now.
I also am tired, though I can happily say that neither the dog or the kids woke me up last night.
DS1 had an epic fucking meltdown about DS2 picking up the bath bomb in the bathtub last night. It resulted in him being removed from the tub before he wanted to be and then he spent the next half hour screaming and crying, which he was still doing when I put him in bed. At the time, I was so pissed I couldn’t see straight. Now I’m sad that I can’t talk to him about it when I’m calmer. Parenting kind of sucks.
I signed up for a consult with a nutritional therapist. She claims she works with women with hormonal-related problems and fixes them with nutrition and lifestyle modifications. It sounds super woo, but also she got pregnant after 7 years of infertility by doing the stuff she does with clients to herself, so maybe she knows what she's talking about? IDK, but if I can alleviate painful periods and heavy bleeding without birth control, then I'll eat what she tells me to eat lol.
ETA: She doesn't claim to fix problems. Those are my words, not hers.
Post by notoriousmeg on Feb 28, 2019 7:46:08 GMT -5
I’m heading in to day 2 of a work offsite. I am crazy busy, so being out of the office for 2 days is not ideal. On top of that DS spiked a fever last night and isn’t feeling well (mostly lethargic with now a low grade fever). I would have loved to stay home to snuggle with him. H is working from home this morning, and our nanny will take great care of him, but I would still rather it was me staying with him.
We got a dusting of snow last night and the sidewalks in our city are sheets of ice which made the walk to the bus stop challenging.
At least it’s Thursday, and we have no plans this weekend. I cannot wait!
wambam nutritionists have no regulated training. They usually are just making stuff up as they go with no idea if it’s safe or healthy.
Can you see a Registered Dietician which is regulated and requires a masters degree? They’d be able to actually safely help create a safe eating plan for your specific situation
Leeham Rimes ugh same. Not quite as early, but H was up around 4:45 and I never really fell asleep again after that. And he normally drives me to work but today I had to actually clean off my car myself and then park/walk in which didn't help. At least I made it into the office early and scored a free birthday bagel on my way!
Now to decide if it's worth the 10 minute walk to get my free DD coffee or power through the day without...
I had a ridiculous dream that seemed to last forever about arguing with a new worker at my local Dunkin Donuts because she didn't have my order memorized. I'm not sure what this says about me and the amount of Dunkin Donuts coffee I consume.
I was having pretty frequent heart palpitations this summer and fall. Since I have gone low(er) carb and really cut down on my alcohol I haven't had a single one. I mentioned it anyway at my yearly with my GP and she did an EKG just for the heck of it. That came back abnormal. So today I have a heart echo. I am kind of freaking out! I hope everything is OK and it was just a false reading.
I need ham like water Like breath, like rain I need ham like mercy From Heaven's gate Sometimes ham salad or casserole or ham that’s free range, all natural I need ham
As for me, i am keeping K home one more day. She only went up to 100.5 once yesterday and then dropped back to 99.5 without meds and within an hour. I feel she is on the mend and one more day resting will help her. This means dropping her off at my mom's before going to teach my class.
Oh and I am finally teaching an endurance day, which is a lot of time in the saddle, but i think this will be good.
@@ Got a note home yesterday that my kid was buying ice cream w/o us knowing and then not eating her lunch. So I locked down her account and we had a discussion about lying and not buying junk food. I also showed her that I can see what she buys and that her account is meals only now.
We also talked about packing lunch and that she would be taking over responsibility for it with our help. Honestly I told her she can take whatever she wants, but if she asks for PBJ, then she needs to eat it. And that I was no longer buying $$ uncrustables for awhile.
We got a bit of snow overnight so it was an interesting drive in. I am only in the office until noon again but I have a ton of errands to get out of the way once I get out. Then I will hopefully get home in time for H to get off work so we can take the kids on a snowy hike. It's already so much warmer today than it has been the last few days.
Back in September at my sister's wedding my aunt congratulated me on my pregnancy and asked when I was due. I was....not pregnant.
Now I am though and I need to travel home this weekend for a funeral and she'll be there. I'm 16 weeks so it's super obvious. This is going to be so awkward. LOL I called my mom last night panicked because I thought my mom told her the news last month when I told her she could share, but she didn't. I really didn't want to have to be the one to tell her. I'm still so embarrassed that everyone at my sister's wedding thought I was pregnant when in reality I was just fat. BLAH.
Anyway--my mom told her yesterday so we should be good, but it's still embarrassing.
I am working from home. I am keeping J home. He ran a fever all last weekend and stayed home on Monday. I am certain he has bronchitis. He went to school on Tuesday and Wednesday but is so run down. He had a rough night last night. He actually is still sleeping, which is completely unheard of. I went up to check on him and make sure he is still breathing lol. He is 11 years old and I still can't enjoy the unicorn days of him sleeping in. ha
I rarely can stay home from work during this time of year, but today is one of those magical days that I could make it happen. I already went to the gym and I am looking forward to working in comfy clothes. It is also frigid outside and now I don't have to go back out in it.
Good friends of ours have been casually looking to move locally, and our neighborhood is one they've been looking in. They're planning to put an offer tomorrow on a house in another neighborhood that's relatively far away from us, and I'm secretly hoping it falls through because a house across the street from us has a "coming soon" sign on it and I would LOVE to have them so close.
I need to say something to some friends about their drinking. It’s been bad for awhile 😔 DH and I believe they are both (husband/wife) functioning alcoholics but It’s been impacting their health and is starting to impact their relationships. This guy is like DHs brother and I am really close to the wife half too so I’m not sure how to handle this...
They have both been hospitalized (1 on their honeymoon) for health issues related to their drinking. I kind of thought that would shock them but they don’t believe drinking is the actual issue and it must be something else. So we either watch them hurt themselves until they hit their bottom, say something and risk losing a 20 year friendship or just step back as friends.
I signed up for a consult with a nutritional therapist. She claims she works with women with hormonal-related problems and fixes them with nutrition and lifestyle modifications. It sounds super woo, but also she got pregnant after 7 years of infertility by doing the stuff she does with clients to herself, so maybe she knows what she's talking about? IDK, but if I can alleviate painful periods and heavy bleeding without birth control, then I'll eat what she tells me to eat lol.
ETA: She doesn't claim to fix problems. Those are my words, not hers.
I'm a Nutritional Therapist, I can't help but wonder if we studied the same program. I don't specialize in Female Hormones myself, but our basic training does go in to this quite a good bit. Hormones can definitely be addressed through nutrition. I'd also recommend looking in to Dr. Jolene Brighten. She might be considered woo as well, but her entire practice is focused on female hormone issues and she has a lot of great information on her website. Good luck!
I had mentioned last week about my brothers inability to ever respond to a text message. We were trying to arrange dates to go see a show in the city with myself/H, Mom/Dad, and bro/gf. I sent a text that I was basically available 8 out of the 10 days that the show is in town. My brother finally responded, a week freaking later, that the only two dates that he is available are the two dates that I'm not. I swear he does this crap on purpose. I just responded and bowed out of the planning. I'm over trying to do anything with my brother. Plus, I don't like his gf so I guess it's as good of an excuse as any to get out of spending any unnecessary time with her.
Scratch that- H brought up a good point that I should take J to quickcare so he can get an inhaler. So I DO have to go out into the coldness. Oh well, hopefully it helps the poor kid. He is tough because he has a high tolerance for pain so he has to get really sick for us to be like "Oh should we intervene and do something." I always feel like a crap parent because I feel like I let illness go too long with him.
I have been in this weird state of malaise since Saturday with a sort of sore throat/sort of sore ear/feeling very run down/very mild stomach issues/swollen neck lymph node. My stomach FINALLY feels better today, but now my head/face/throat feel worse than ever. Whyyyy and what is happening? Does not help that I slept with my teeth clenched last night and so both rows of teeth on my right side are aching.
I am supposed to go to the movies on Sunday with my sister. She wants to see the re-released extended A Star is Born, and her birthday is Saturday so it'll be my treat. H has been asking me to watch it with him and I have been putting it off mostly because by the time we get to watch anything it's late and we're old and tired, but I am going to try to watch it tonight or tomorrow so I don't have to listen to him complain forever. That this is A Thing is beyond irritating, but no matter how many times I point out that he acts like kind of a douchey weirdo in these scenarios, nothing changes. ANNOYING.
I need ham like water Like breath, like rain I need ham like mercy From Heaven's gate Sometimes ham salad or casserole or ham that’s free range, all natural I need ham
It is a really dreary day today. I’d much rather be home on the couch reading Educated which I just got from the library. Once I finish this I will be halfway to my reading goal for the year already! I may adjust it up once we find out what’s happening with a move vs. school. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to read for fun as much once I started school.
Speaking of, I’ll need to find a new library, too, if we move.
H's stupid idiot brother who's been driving him crazy by not returning his calls/messages/etc. for a month (including when their mum was hospitalized for 5 days) has once again reappeared with dramatic reasons for being out of touch. Turns out he found a lump on his testicle. How the fuck that prevents you from answering a message for a month, I have no clue.
I'm sick and tired that he's constantly disappointing H, who gets hurt, then systematically ends up feeling sorry for him because of some drama. Last week H was thisclose from cutting him out of his life and BAM! testicle lump and we're right back to caring about poor him.