Post by notoriousmeg on Aug 30, 2019 5:33:19 GMT -5
Good morning ladies. I couldn’t sleep so got up early to work out and am sitting in bed with coffee waiting for DS to wake up. I have to take him for bloodwork at 8:00, and the poor kid is terrified. I promised to take him to breakfast after the bloodwork since he has to fast until then. After that I’m hoping to run some errands before H gets home from his week long biz trip.
Post by Leeham Rimes on Aug 30, 2019 5:39:08 GMT -5
This stupid hurricane is ruining everything. H can’t work bc there’s no gas to drive. So, if he can’t work through all this bs (damn storm isn’t even supposed to be here til Monday) , we’re losing $5k in income. That. Is. So awesome.
Stupid Florida. Stupid hurricane. WHY DO I LIVE HERE?!
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
I have been doing intermittent fasting for a week and it is surprisingly easy. I follow the 16:8 schedule. I am way less hungry, stay full between meals etc. mornings are the toughest and I have to push through my hunger a bit. Otherwise it feels less restrictive than any other “diet” I have tried.
I also have a Tendonitis injury or stress fracture in my ankle area from pushing too hard in workouts. I am suppose to have my x ray read this AM. Hopefully I am not in a boot by the end of the day!
We are gong to my dad’s house this weekend. It would have been my parents 40th wedding anniversary and he seems to be feeling down. So I know it will be emotionally draining for me as I often serve as his counselor/main listener. At least there will be wine.
I am just totally freaked out by this storm. Right now it is projected to make a landfall basically in my city. As I remind my H we insure two roofs with huge deductibles, my parents are in farming. A huge hurricane is more than just an inconvenience. The longer it takes to get to us the more concerned I feel about our supplies and the whole thing. The year Irma hit it was not a direct hit on us and it was still over a week without power and school for the kids. I want to just leave and head for my fil’s in PA. I would need to pack extra gas to get myself out of Florida and H is saying no.
I have a pretty bad back (multiple herniated discs, annular tear, hematomas on my spine) and while most days the pain/discomfort is minor, I'm currently having a flare up of sorts. It hurts to do anything, but sitting is worst of all. It's been 3 days now and I'm just done. Eff me.
We're going to my Dad's tomorrow for a BBQ. H is riding his bike there because he's currently in training for the MS Ride (100 miles) which means I'll be stuck in the car with 4 kids for an hour. Not that they misbehave, they just won't talk to me because they'll be on their phones. It's going to be a boring drive.
I am just totally freaked out by this storm. Right now it is projected to make a landfall basically in my city. As I remind my H we insure two roofs with huge deductibles, my parents are in farming. A huge hurricane is more than just an inconvenience. The longer it takes to get to us the more concerned I feel about our supplies and the whole thing. The year Irma hit it was not a direct hit on us and it was still over a week without power and school for the kids. I want to just leave and head for my fil’s in PA. I would need to pack extra gas to get myself out of Florida and H is saying no.
I’m in Orlando and it’s looking—-ugly for us as well. In 2017 we were without power for about 3 weeks. I can’t even stay at my parents bc of my dad. Ugh.
H wanted to get out of Florida but we have nowhere to go and I was t about to get stuck on the highway. Besides we have a cat and a dog, what the hell would we do with them?
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
I’ve been in my industry for 17 years and have only worked for two companies. It’s kind of rare as people on my side of the industry move around (for bigger, better opportunities). I was at a convention last week and a woman asked me in a judge mental voice why I’ve been with my company for so long. In other words, why haven’t I moved on to bigger, better ($$) opportunities.
I was honest with her and told her that my company has been so amazing to me and I am treated very well for my hard work. I don’t have any interest in leaving anytime soon.
It didn’t feel good to be judged for this and I was then paranoid that others are thinking the same thing about me.
I've had a very stressful week at work. Today, I have barely anything on my to-do list. I'm hoping to sneak out early and make a long weekend even longer. I need a break.
I'll be stuck in the car with 4 kids for an hour. Not that they misbehave, they just won't talk to me because they'll be on their phones. It's going to be a boring drive.
This sounds wonderful! My children never stop talking in the car!
Someone walks their two yappy dogs past our house nearly every morning in the 5am hour. The dogs always get set off by something and bark the entire way past our house. It wakes me up every single time. I don’t want to be that person, but I’m considering posting on Nextdoor. It’s very irritating to be woken daily by yapping dogs. What are they even barking at!? There are no return barks from other dogs.
This stupid hurricane is ruining everything. H can’t work bc there’s no gas to drive. So, if he can’t work through all this bs (damn storm isn’t even supposed to be here til Monday) , we’re losing $5k in income. That. Is. So awesome.
Stupid Florida. Stupid hurricane. WHY DO I LIVE HERE?!
I hope he can find gas soon. My H just said to tell you that he just got gas at the Mobil station near us (434@ I-4)... because it would be so easy for your H to just pop over in am traffic to get some before they run out again?
They apparently just got a delivery. He didn't have to wait to fill up, but it took him a very long time to get out "because, people are stupid." He said that there were lines or out of gas signs at every other station. That station had been empty on his way out, but was open on the way home so he stopped.
This stupid hurricane has interfered with our normal errands. He had thought about getting gas the other day when he was out but decided to wait and go to the bank at the same time, closer to the weekend, since we weren't doing anything before then. Just like I had waited to go to the grocery store until I could pick up prescriptions so that I could get everything done at one time.
Post by lolalolalola on Aug 30, 2019 7:27:15 GMT -5
I’m sorry to read about the hurricane ladies :-(
My random is that we are supposed to go camping tonight but it’s 70% chance of rain so I think we are going to bail. I hate tenting in the rain. DD2 is super disappointed.
I’m off work today for the long weekend, but C is in school and H is working, so I have the day to myself. PTA training this morning, then....:haircut? Pedicure? I need to organize the office but that should only take an hour or so.
Has anyone else had issues with the Tapatalk app removing their subscribed boards? It’s kind of annoying and I can’t figure out how to fix it. It just brings me to the full page instead of being able to click on my bookmarked ones.
ETA: Ah, I fixed it! It somehow subscribed me to every board. I had to unsubscribe from all the ones I don’t visit.
My office is moving into a new building that is going to have like 1000 people working there! I’m not even exaggerating. It’s nuts to me that we are all in one building. And now the Supervisors and even managers are going to be in cubicles.
I’m afraid the no pressure and really good working environment is going to change.
I hope the hurricane ends up being less severe than predicted. I'll be thinking of the Florida ladies over the next several days.
I'm so glad it's Friday, a 3 day weekend, and we're not traveling anywhere. I almost never take time off when we're not traveling, so it's pretty rare to have that bonus day to just do whatever. We have lunch plans with friends tomorrow, watching the first football game of the season at home tomorrow night, and I'm meeting another friend at a fancy small plate brunch place on Sunday. And that's all that's planned, so I also hope to get my house cleaned up and do some relaxing. I probably won't leave the house on Monday. It should be a fun weekend.
Post by cabbagecabbage on Aug 30, 2019 8:35:29 GMT -5
I'm semi annoyed. My dear friend who knows I'm broke just emailed to ask if I wanted to buy a $20 or $50 raffle ticket to support her fifth grader's travel tackle football team. They live in a land of palatial mansions. There are thousands of causes I'd support before concussions for rich boys but I'll feel like a jerk. I'm letting that one sit on read for a while.
I'm semi annoyed. My dear friend who knows I'm broke just emailed to ask if I wanted to buy a $20 or $50 raffle ticket to support her fifth grader's travel tackle football team. They live in a land of palatial mansions. There are thousands of causes I'd support before concussions for rich boys but I'll feel like a jerk. I'm letting that one sit on read for a while.
Truly, my response would be "lol no." But I'm very anti-football, especially for kids. Money aside, this is never a "cause" I would support.
Post by liverandonions on Aug 30, 2019 8:38:36 GMT -5
My baby is 4 today! He's been SUCH a shit lately, and yet so funny at the same time. This week he was actually pretty good so I was hopeful for age 4, and then last night erased all that.
Another random. I've shared a commute with my H for most of the last 5 years. It was great because it meant we could stick with 1 car, and sometimes it was nice to have extra time to chat (though we have plenty of that at home anyway). We are NOT commuting together anymore and I kind of like it, lol. I've been able to catch up on phone calls with people and listen to audio books, so I feel like my commute time is much more productive. My commute is only 30-40 minutes so it's actually kind of nice to have that time set aside for those things.
Thinking of everyone in Florida. I remember all too well what this is like. I feel like these are the some of the worst days because you are as prepared as you can be but it's not actually happening yet. You all probably have heard this a million times but as a former hurricane reporter, I can't turn the instinct to inform off. I think I saw someone say water was hard to find; if you have bathtubs, don't forget to fill them before the storm. I was also always a big fan of stocking up on apples, because when the electricity is off for weeks, they keep and fresh food tastes amazing.
I'm trying to work from home today with my baby, because we're cobbling together care until her full time daycare spot opens in November. It is... Not going well. Cranky baby who only wants to be held, and not at my computer. Looks like I'll be making time up this weekend on vacation.
We were away basically all of August and just got back last night - today now sucks with all the catch up I need to do on life, plus all the PTO stuff I need to do (school starts next week). I just finished inputting all the meetings i have for PTO plus my board volunteer work and the next 9 months are looking - not fun, lol.
Also my first world problem of the day is that we are having some renovation work one on the house that they started while we were away. Part includes some great built ins in the laundry room which I’m super excited by but I have about 1,000 loads of laundry to do today and I can’t get in to the laundry room. Also they are putting new stone work in two of our fireplaces and our gas insert is now sitting inconveniently in the middle of our living room and likely won’t be moved until next week some time.
Plus of the day - both kids including the 7 year old who is normally up by 7 are still asleep! Thanks jet lag!
I'm semi annoyed. My dear friend who knows I'm broke just emailed to ask if I wanted to buy a $20 or $50 raffle ticket to support her fifth grader's travel tackle football team. They live in a land of palatial mansions. There are thousands of causes I'd support before concussions for rich boys but I'll feel like a jerk. I'm letting that one sit on read for a while.
Just say no! I used to contribute to my friends kids fundraisers and then noticed, they never contributed to my kids. So now I just say no and I also don’t ask other people. Life is expensive enough without subsidizing McMansion kids’ brain injury ball.
Last Edit: Aug 30, 2019 8:56:35 GMT -5 by Leeham Rimes
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
I'm semi annoyed. My dear friend who knows I'm broke just emailed to ask if I wanted to buy a $20 or $50 raffle ticket to support her fifth grader's travel tackle football team. They live in a land of palatial mansions. There are thousands of causes I'd support before concussions for rich boys but I'll feel like a jerk. I'm letting that one sit on read for a while.
Truly, my response would be "lol no." But I'm very anti-football, especially for kids. Money aside, this is never a "cause" I would support.
This 100% And how is the cheapest ticket $20? That's crazy. Most I see are like $1-5
I almost hate that we have SO MUCH WARNING about hurricanes now- we're all readiness fatigued by the time the stupid storm shows up! We're pretty set for emergency food/water/gas, thanks to Irma and Matthew, we know our way around our hurricane panels like pros. We checked the generator out and it's ready to go, we will just have to worry about securing the looser fence panels and our gates.
It would be really, really nice if it fizzled out, though.
We had a school board meeting on Wednesday, and during public comments- our chairman and (interim) super were TALKING. Full on "whispering" in the back. It was SO RUDE- and I like the two of them, so it was disappointing, too! So, I sent them an email- and surprisingly, they both replied (these two famously don't reply to emails).
The chairman was satisfyingly shamed(lol)- it was a great reply. The super- he was kind of a dick. I hate it when I hold people in esteem and they disappoint me!
Post by georgeharrison on Aug 30, 2019 9:10:04 GMT -5
I am so tired. I am getting plenty of sleep, but I just want a day off where I can sleep. Like where all the chores are done and the errands are run and everything is just fine at home and I can just lay in bed all day. Unfortunately, we have a busy weekend planned. That was foolish.
Tonight, we are going to an outdoor concert, but it has been raining - a lot. It's supposed to stop raining by then, but we have grass "seats," so I'm not sure how that's going to work out.
Truly, my response would be "lol no." But I'm very anti-football, especially for kids. Money aside, this is never a "cause" I would support.
This 100% And how is the cheapest ticket $20? That's crazy. Most I see are like $1-5
Right? Last year I gave $5 for some football ticket with which I obviously never won anything. I bought that one begrudgingly but it was five dollars. Twenty is a lot to me even if I'm in support or neutral about a cause.