Monday moans and musings

[bullygirl979]

How was everyone's weekend? Share some random musings with the class.

[spindle92]

I DROVE TO WORK TODAY!!!!! (yes I am yelling it)

I feel like a 16 year old kid who just got their license and finally gets to drive to school.
My niece went on a "practice run" with me yesterday and gave me a B+ on my readiness to drive. LOL!!

Still in the boot though at work due to all the walking I do but it is getting better.

[bullygirl979]

My moan is that I am so tired! Easter dinner was so good that I didn't sleep well, ha.

I honestly cannot recall what we did Friday night...must not have been noteworthy.

Saturday I picked up my new car (YAHOO!) and then we went and ran errands. Later we went over to my neighbor's house for a happy hour, which was fun. We hosted Easter dinner yesterday. I went for a run and cleaned the house. P smoked some ribs and my mom, brother and nephew came over. Everything was so good that I was stuffed. Meat sweats and sugar overload from dessert = sleepy bullygirl.

[tiramisu]

My weekend was good! I got a pedicure on Saturday and then drove to my parents' house for the rest of the weekend. Yesterday we had waffles for breakfast from my parents' fancy new waffle maker and then we went out to a nice lunch a bit later.

I taught my parents a Positive Discipline parenting tool to try using with my grandma. My mom is flying out this morning to see her again because my grandma is getting a procedure done for her bladder (it's not emptying enough and there's a growth as well).

Overall it was a fairly quiet Easter.

[tiramisu]

Congrats on driving to work spindle92!!!!!!


Hooray for the new car bullygirl979!

[bullygirl979]

spindle92, yahoo for driving to work!!

[bullygirl979]

Oh, and a random musing. We ended up financing the car through the dealership as they had the best rate. They obviously pulled our credit and showed us our scores. We knew we had excellent credit from when we bought the house but our scores raised a bunch since then. It took me back to my first marriage, when my XH got us in to a lot of CC debt. I am so proud of myself that I managed to pay my portion all off, and be much more money/savings conscience since then. It felt good to see that credit score.

[chalupa]

I have a phone interview this afternoon! Crossing my fingers that this position isn't too junior for me (I mean, I don't care if they don't expect less work out of me, as long as I don't have to work for less PAY ). It's an office that would be 20 min from my house, in the opposite direction of downtown, so even if I couldn't WFH, I wouldn't have to deal with traffic.

I kept Saturday low key. Yesterday we went to brunch with M's family, and then the barn, and now we're just counting down the days/hours until vacation. I've got all my clothes and dive gear piled up on the guest bed, ready to be folded and packed.

[doglove]

mags - how did the showings go?

My weekend was basically just playing catch up on errands and getting things done since I was out of town. I had to work Saturday for a little bit, but no big deal. We got a lot of yard debris from storms picked up too.

This coming weekend we’re headed to Charlotte to see Lord huron. I’m super excited about this show and a mini-trip to a new city.

[mags]

Apr 22, 2019 10:26:30 GMT -5 doglove said:

mags - how did the showings go?

My weekend was basically just playing catch up on errands and getting things done since I was out of town. I had to work Saturday for a little bit, but no big deal. We got a lot of yard debris from storms picked up too.

This coming weekend we’re headed to Charlotte to see Lord huron. I’m super excited about this show and a mini-trip to a new city.

Nothing to tell

[SwimDeep]

spindle92, YAY for freedom!!

bullygirl979, YAY for new freedom!!

Random musing: Cars have always been my escape. Ever since I started commuting >by myself< to college. I could listen to my own music. I could talk to myself. I could scream if I wanted to. That time between where I was supposed to be and home is mine. Sometimes I drive fast - Sometimes I slow down. But that time in the car is mine. It's my haven. Even in traffic. If I'm alone in a car, I'm at peace.

[chalupa]

So much for my phone interview being today - the hiring manager is out sick, so phone interview is on WEDNESDAY, woot! LOL

[bullygirl979]

chalupa, GL on your interview!

mags, hopefully you get some good news soon!

[kaneen]

Sending lots of luck for the interview chalupa!

Monday random: I hear this tinkling noise out my back patio so I go out to investigate. The ice cream man was driving down the beach. I seriously wanted to go run after him yelling, "wait up!". Ah, to be a kid again.

My weekend was really good. I ended up spending a lot of time with my parents. I went over to their house on Saturday afternoon so I could go with my Mom to pick out flowers for her garden. Then we went back to her house so I could help her plant. I don't have a garden and never plant so I didn't know what to expect but it was oddly relaxing. Sunday I went to their church with them for Easter and then we went for Easter brunch.

I was supposed to have to be in California today but the meeting got changed to remote. That means no travel for me this week which means TWO FULL WEEKS in a row at home. Yes, I'm shouting that because that almost never happens. I'm actually putting my suitcase away in the closet. Usually I just leave it out because I know I'm going to need it anyway.

[kaneen]

Hope things turn around soon with showings mags! I feel you on the stress of having a home on the market.

[cleo29]

Moan- I think my gallbladder is really not doing great. If I eat anything fried I just feel yucky after. Y'all having to go low-fat is not going to be easy. This sucks.

Wins- we had a great spring break where i took the girls up to visit my aunt and uncle and I got the chance to show them where my mom grew up, the playgrounds I played at when I was their age and we saw Aladdin. then we went to Philly Saturday for one night to celebrate with my sister and her family and that was great.

[bullygirl979]

cleo29, did you have your gallbladder out?

[cleo29]

Apr 23, 2019 7:45:14 GMT -5 bullygirl979 said:

cleo29 , did you have your gallbladder out?

Not yet. I have to get an u/s done this week or next. I have had symptoms since I was pregnant with k who is now 7. I had an u/s done maybe 4 years ago and they saw no stones so declared me ok. This doctor does not agree with that.

[doglove]

Bummer mags.