Anyways, part TWERK, part product recommendation. I think I've spent the last 4 years bugging you guys about trying to find the perfect black flat that's also comfortable for my finicky feet. I found it... the elusive white whale. I can't speak highly enough about my Rothy's. I've already ordered a second pair in navy. A third may be in my cart.
(Well.... almost perfect. Not as "cute" as I'd like, and the price is steeper than I'd usually pay for something relatively plain)
Anything you'd like to share with the class this fine Thursday?
Post by supertrooper1 on Sept 5, 2019 12:49:53 GMT -5
Beau had me book our trip to Hawaii but left it up to me to pick the room, even though he's stayed at the resort many times. I booked an ocean view room but didn't know which tower. He originally had booked but cancelled his trip with his sons in the "fancy" tower with separate amenities, so now I feel like I'm downgrading his trip. He keeps saying it's fine since we won't be in the room much and it's Hawaii after all. I need to decide if I'm going to spend an extra $700 to upgrade to the fancier tower or not. All of the towers look nice and this is definitely a FWP.
As of yesterday DD has 40 in her 3rd grade class. Her teacher had the two new kids sit in a couple absent kid desks as she has to figure out how to squeeze more desks into her room. Still no reply back from the district from my email last Thursday.
Something happened with my Class Dojo account and DD now can't message Mrs. J. I swear the world ended last night in DD's mind.
As of yesterday DD has 40 in her 3rd grade class. Her teacher had the two new kids sit in a couple absent kid desks as she has to figure out how to squeeze more desks into her room. Still no reply back from the district from my email last Thursday.
Something happened with my Class Dojo account and DD now can't message Mrs. J. I swear the world ended last night in DD's mind.
Is there a district policy on how long they have to reply? Here it is 48 hours, I’m assuming excluding weekends. That’s ridiculous.
Post by traveltheworld on Sept 5, 2019 14:34:59 GMT -5
My DDOT: I was talking with some friends yesterday and one of them mentioned how his son has a little girl friend now and it's so cute. His son is in Grade 6. I didn't know the whole dating/girls thing starts so young! DS is in grade 2, and I'm not ready for him to have a girlfriend in 4 years!!! The years are going by way too fast.
Other DDOT: This morning I woke up to DS and DD playing dress up. DD (4) had put DS in a super cute outfit and put gel in his hair. He looked awesome. He let her do it in exchange for her agreeing to play chess with him. I find it both endearing and amusing that DS has now taught DD how to play chess, Catan, checkers, reversi, and Caracassone so that he has someone to play with.
librarychica, in the past I've gotten a response in 24 hours. I'm going to go down to the district office tomorrow to try and talk to someone in person. I'm hoping to catch the principle in the morning when I drop DD off but from past experience I know that is a slight chance.
traveltheworld, my first "boyfriend" was in 6th grade. We held hands and he bought me nachos. It lasted for like two weeks. All that to say.. 6th grade boyfriends are nothing new. The scary part is one of my elementary school BFF's ended up marrying her 6th grade boyfriend. She's been with the same man for 26 years and is only 36.
186momx, That seems like a lot. The public schools here have about 20, and ours has 5 classes of each grade. I remember stuff like that in the district I went to, which didn't have a whole lot of money (every student now gets a free lunch, and the schools were failing and now under state control). But assuming something like that isn't happening and is not prevalent throughout the school, I would be hunting down the principal to see what is going on.
Day 2 of homework and DD1 has had 2 tantrums. She had one worksheet tonight (4th grade). If she spent 15 minutes on it, the results would have been great. Even 10 mins would have produced something solid. She spent 5. It looks like my 1st grader completed it.
So, I said it’s up to her if she wants to turn it in, but no electronics if she’s not going to try. That resulted in a lot of stuff getting thrown at me.
My DDOT: I was talking with some friends yesterday and one of them mentioned how his son has a little girl friend now and it's so cute. His son is in Grade 6. I didn't know the whole dating/girls thing starts so young! DS is in grade 2, and I'm not ready for him to have a girlfriend in 4 years!!! The years are going by way too fast.
I think we talked bf/gf in 5-6 grade when I was a kids so this seems normal. Some kids in ds’s 1st grade class last year were talking boyfriends/girlfriends complete with play dates.
As of yesterday DD has 40 in her 3rd grade class. Her teacher had the two new kids sit in a couple absent kid desks as she has to figure out how to squeeze more desks into her room.
This is crazy. Is this even okay with the fire code? I can’t imagine 40 desks in one room. I would show up and demand appts with the principal, assistant principal, superintendent, etc. this seems unacceptable.
Post by traveltheworld on Sept 5, 2019 17:20:46 GMT -5
Well, it's the 3rd day of school and the DS's teacher just called and said she has some serious concerns with his behavior. Apparently he has kicked a kid at recess and stepped on another boy and marked on his work during class (to the point where the other boy's mom emailed the teacher). That's just...great.
Oh my. By next twerk I will be a new me! Tummy tuck w lipo to flanks and abdomen, lipo to inner thigh, and gummy bear implants. The surgery will be about 6.5 hours. I did all my research and I went with the best surgeon I could find.
I’m at the gym right now, leg pressed over 215 lbs and I could have done more if my belly wasn’t in the way. Yesterday I went to put on mascara and realized that each time I do that, I actually plop my stomach into the counter so I can get in nice and close to see. I never knew I did that! I just laughed and thought, Never again!
I have a kidney infection. I went to the doctor (well, the PA) last week and got to pee in a cup. They did the dip test and said no sign of infection but I had blood in my urine and every symptom of a bladder infection, so they gave me antibiotics and sent the sample out for a culture. I finished the antibiotics on Tuesday. On Wednesday they called and said, “Whoopsie-doodle! You do have a really serious kidney infection, but the bacteria are a different kind, so the antibiotic we gave you won’t do anything to it.” My CVS was out of that antibiotic, so I have to go get it tomorrow. In the meantime I’ve moved from lower back pain and cloudy urine to lower back pain, cloudy urine, fever, chills, and now feeling like I’m going to puke. Yay me.
Okay, they didn’t actually say “whoopsie-doodle.” But that’s how it felt. It was an implied whoopsie-doodle.
So DS has been trying to schedule the going to the movies with a girl who is just a "friend" for about 2 weeks. This morning he decides to act like an asshole on he way to school. He tells me to leave him alone he is tired. I said if you are so tired, maybe you don't go to the movies tonight. He said fine, I won't go. Well you wrote your own ticket kid. Unless I get an apology for behavior, he's going to get all kinds of rest at home tonight. I may have told him to just get out in the school drop off line.
So after yesterday’s explosion about homework, DD1 secures her homework... in the guest bathroom. So not the one that she and DD2 use regularly. It stayed there overnight. I was very tempted to let her leave without it, but I decided to be nice... here was the conversation...
Me: Do you have everything? Everything is in your bag? DD1: yes Me: are you sure? Is your homework in there? DD1: yes. I saw my folder. Me: but is your homework in your folder? Who don’t you check? DD1: 🙄 Fiiiiine *dd1 heads to kitchen where her bag is located, grabs a water bottle. Me: I see that you already packed a water bottle... so you don’t need that one... but... is your HOMEWORK in your bag?? You didn’t check. DD1: 🙄🙄 I will bet you TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS that my homework is in my bag... WHERE IS MY HOMEWORK?
DDOT: after 9 months of looking, we finally found a light for our living room. It arrived Thursday and it was hideous... it resembled the pictures, but the finish was shiny silver glass mirror, not gray like it looked online. Returned it in store last night, and the sales person was super adamant we find a new one before leaving. She actually had an employee stand outside and watch our car so we could both look (kids were in the car since we weren’t planning to shop), we showed her a pic of the living room, she picked one out, said “this is the one!” And it was.
And then she proceeded to give us two different discounts and it ended up being over $100 cheaper than the one we returned.
I had a dream this morning that I was carrying leftover hot chicken noodle soup in the back of my SUV. It spilled and was so hot, it caught the carpet in the car on fire. I was going to pull over, but I heard gunshots and saw someone throw something and knock the gun out of the gunman’s hand and then start beating the crap out of him. So then I was worried about them spotting me. All while the flames in the back of the car get bigger and bigger. So yeah, I think I’m feeling overwhelmed by work and life right now. DH’s working hypothesis is I need to stop falling asleep to The Blacklist on Netflix. Okay, it could be that too.
mommyatty , I had 2 weird dreams this weekend. 1. The location of the dream changed all of a sudden. I was looking at my phone and realized that we were at a water park, and I needed to go find the kids. DS was fine, but DD was at the bottom of the pool. I had to pull her out, but she was breathing and fine, but geez- really need to sign back up for the private swim classes stat. She actually can swim, but is a bit shaky.
Dream 2. I was dropping DD off at school, and the school made me come in and sign some forms. When I went back out my car was stolen. It was turned off and locked, but the thief had programmed a key from the dealership I guess to steal it. I looked for it all day, and finally called the cops. I could track the car on my phone, so I guess the thief realized he would be caught and brought me back my car at the end of the day like funny joke ha ha.