Thank goodness it is Friday. For anyone who is interested, I wanted to update on what I posted on yesterday (my dilemma with telling DH that I had gotten towed). I DID tell him late last night, once I had finished with all the kid activities and he was winding down at work. It went MUCH better than I thought it would, I guess. The thing he was most upset over was that I didn't call him right when it happened because he wanted to help. Then I felt even worse about myself, sigh. My first instinct was to call him of course, but I was just frazzled in the moment and also on a deadline to run a errand and get back to work for an important meeting.
Post by liverandonions on Dec 6, 2019 10:05:21 GMT -5
I had a breakdown this morning. I leave monday for a week long work trip. Since we moved to Texas my husband has done very little to help with the kids in the morning. While he's normally awesome while I'm away I'm worried this trip will be rough. I'm missing my son's first ever Holiday performance at his preschool, and my daughter's holiday party. She took her earrings out yesterday and today we couldn't get one back in, she was crying because it hurt and I was sorry to hurt her, but also pissed that she took her earrings out. I'm just overwhelmed.
DH and I are headed to the airport, time to go home and back to reality. We had so much fun AND had a pretty productive time work-wise here in New Orleans. Saw lots of old friends, made some good connections, ate delicious food, and went to some really interesting party venues.
I cannot get warm in my office. I'm already dressed in jeans and a sweater. I have a blanket on my lap and another sweater over my shoulders. My hands and neck and ears are so cold, but the only thing I have left to put on is my heavy winter coat. I'm going to get some hot tea and see if that helps.
I have zero plans this weekend, but desperately need to finish decorating for Christmas.
soccermama I'm glad that you told him and that he wasn't upset. Don't feel bad about not calling him immediately for help, though. I hope he said that in a supportive way and not in an angry way. I would have just handled it myself too.
I am very glad it is Friday. I don't have much planned this weekend - some errands tomorrow and likely going to the local Christmas market tomorrow night. Sunday I will likely stay at home. My H has some jobs to apply to and a research project he's working on wrapping up, so he doesn't want to do much. I feel like I have a decent amount of phone calls I need to catch up on (social calls) and stuff around the house that having a weekend mostly at home is probably not a bad idea.
I got my berry colored Rothys in the mail last night. They are less purple than I expected, but I actually like them a lot. I think they will go with a lot of winter outfits. I'm glad I got on the Rothys bandwagon... I feel like I've had issues with shoes and shoe shopping my whole life and it's so nice to be able to order shoes that reliably fit and don't fall apart and are stocked in my size.
I'm so beat. We went to the Stars game last night for H's management team's holiday outing. It was fun, but I was driving us and two of his coworkers, traffic sucked getting down there and out of the city, we didn't get home until after 11pm. and it's just all in the midst of finals which are stressing me the fuck out. Who knew school would be so stressful? LOL rhetorical question, of course I knew, but I just didn't remember what really stress felt like. I'm physically beat. Just two more in class finals to go and one take home. I just need to push through these next 6 days and then it will be (temporarily) over. Thank you for coming to my motivational speech to myself.
On a high note, my new metallic navy Rothy Chelseas should arrive today! And we're going to see Dear Evan Hansen tomorrow night (I can barely get excited about due to the aforementioned stress, but I know it will be fun).
I have another cold. Since having kids I seriously have 1 cold after another, I am so tired of not feeling well. I take elderberry at the first sign and use a neti pot twice a day. I'm beginning to wonder if this is normal or if I should see an ENT.
Of course everyone else in the house sneezes twice and it's over. It lasts for me for weeks.
And we're going to see Dear Evan Hansen tomorrow night (I can barely get excited about due to the aforementioned stress, but I know it will be fun).
Take Kleenex.
There was much sniffing, and sobbing throughout the theatre. The man next to me was sobbing, the guy behind me said that he used his sleeve in the absence of tissues, and the woman and her husband who sit next to him brought everyone napkins from the bar after intermission. I had a tissue or two that I found in the bottom of my purse, but not enough to share.
I had a breakdown this morning. I leave monday for a week long work trip. Since we moved to Texas my husband has done very little to help with the kids in the morning. While he's normally awesome while I'm away I'm worried this trip will be rough. I'm missing my son's first ever Holiday performance at his preschool, and my daughter's holiday party. She took her earrings out yesterday and today we couldn't get one back in, she was crying because it hurt and I was sorry to hurt her, but also pissed that she took her earrings out. I'm just overwhelmed.
Were you able to get it back in? I find that letting them soak in the bath with warm water helps open it up. Also, I will dip the post of the earring in Vaseline or neosporin and it makes it slide through easier.
Post by amandakisser on Dec 6, 2019 10:40:56 GMT -5
I'm waiting on ONE thing that I need to approve before I leave today, and then I'll be all set for vacation next week, woohoo! I enjoy planning for vacations so much that by the time the day actually gets here it's almost a let down because then I have no more planning to do lol. So I started planning our NEXT vacation last night.
I'm going to stop by DD1's book fair today because she's attending with the other 1st grade class (they go during their library time and she goes to library on Mondays...when we will be away). I volunteered at it last year so she was insistent that I go this year, so I figure I should since she wants it so badly. Other than that, I plan on going to the gym and then getting a mani/pedi after work tonight.
Soooo happy it's Friday! I'm working from home and had a slew of conference calls already. No big plans this weekend. Hopefully put up Christmas decorations since I didn't get to it last weekend. I also need to clean out my closet. It looks like a tornado came through it - so much stuff that I don't wear anymore. I just need to pack it up and go to Goodwill.
Post by Patsy Baloney on Dec 6, 2019 10:50:11 GMT -5
I'm heading into my finals week on Monday, so I'm hoping to get my last project for one of my classes done tonight or tomorrow night and have the rest of the weekend to brush up on my tax law. Budget and finance have never been my things, but learning the math/processes has been super fun for me. I got a 99 on the midterm, so I'm hoping to crush the final. After this semester, I'll just have my capstone left! The light at the end of the grad school tunnel is so bright. I work at a university, and this is one of my massively busy times, the end of the semester can't come soon enough!
DD and DS are staying with my mom this Saturday night so H and I can get Christmas stuff finished up. I have CPR and first aid training for Girl Scouts on Saturday morning, so I'm dropping the kids off with her. My H is so excited to have the house all to himself for a morning, lucky duck! I have a feeling I'm going to come home to him in his underwear on the couch with 5 hours of video games clocked and 900 empty soda cans strewn about.
I had a breakdown this morning. I leave monday for a week long work trip. Since we moved to Texas my husband has done very little to help with the kids in the morning. While he's normally awesome while I'm away I'm worried this trip will be rough. I'm missing my son's first ever Holiday performance at his preschool, and my daughter's holiday party. She took her earrings out yesterday and today we couldn't get one back in, she was crying because it hurt and I was sorry to hurt her, but also pissed that she took her earrings out. I'm just overwhelmed.
Were you able to get it back in? I find that letting them soak in the bath with warm water helps open it up. Also, I will dip the post of the earring in Vaseline or neosporin and it makes it slide through easier.
No we got one in but not the other. I did try Neosporin because it's a little infected because she sleeps in cheap earrings all the time which I keep telling her to stop, but she's stubborn. My sister thinks maybe it's just swollen and to let it heal a few days and try again.
I'm so glad it's Friday and I have no plans for the weekend. This week is kicking my butt. DS1 was home sick Monday. DS2 was home sick on Wed and then I had to pick up DS2 from daycare with a fever yesterday (I feel so bad but he was acting fine with no fever in the AM!). No school for DS1 today (teacher professional day the week after thanksgiving!) and DS2 is home again. I'm working this morning while DH stays home with them but need go home around noon so DH can go to an appointment.
This has been my first week at a new, part time, work from home job. I love it so far. I'm a little worried about money (gross income is the same, but I'm a contracter vs. actual employee, plus I'm very very nervous about what our health insurance will cost through my H's employer). BUT, I have so much less stress that I feel like a new person.
I was unhappy in my last job from day 1, and I stayed for 4 years. My whole personality changed for the worse. I'm hoping that the new job will be the change that I need.
I need to complain about our never-ending bedroom furniture saga. H declared that our old mattress was hurting his back and has been sleeping in the guest room. After months of indecision we finally decided and ordered a king bed frame and mattress. Wayfair delivered a broken bed frame, so I had to reschedule delivery of the mattress. That was supposed to be yesterday and H was so looking forward to it.
Our mattress was already at the delivery company’s Atlanta warehouse so all they needed to do was hold it there for a couple days and then bring it to our house. I took off yesterday afternoon to receive the scheduled delivery. It never showed up, and after two hours on the phone with Purple and their delivery vendor I found out they sent our mattress from Atlanta back to Ohio and then back to Atlanta again and the soonest they can deliver is Sunday. What a mess 🤬
I was coughing so hard this morning that I somehow messed my neck up. So that’s how my morning is going.
Ds3 is in 1st grade. The room moms send out a signup genius thing for all the parties for parent volunteers to either come in and help or send in food. A lot of times, by the time I see the email, most of the spots are taken, but sometimes I’ve sent in food. The one thing I’ve never wanted to sign up for is to be in charge of the craft (coming up with one, bringing supplies and leading the kids doing it) because I’m just not that good at crafts (or dealing with other people’s kids tbh).
One of the room moms texted me to see if I wanted to do the craft for the Christmas party. I responded that I’d rather not, that I’m just not that crafty, but if they couldn’t find anyone else, I could try to come up with something. Idk why I said that part. I guess I just didn’t want to sound like a jerk. And of course, it left her open to respond the way she did, that the craft spot is mine if I want it, to just let her know. She said she asked me because they kept having the same parents volunteer and they wanted to see some new faces. Someone else is already signed up for this online, so I’m hoping I will not come off horrible if I still decline.
I feel dumb stressing about this because it’s just a stupid craft, but it’s already a stressful time of year and I’ve never been a Pinterest kind of mom, and I hate talking in front of people, even if they’re only 6 year olds. Which is why I DIDNT SIGN UP for this! I think I might respond that I’m going to skip this time, but I’ll make sure to sign up for something the next party. Does that sound okay? Or is there a better way to respond? Or am I a horrible mom for not sucking it up and doing the darn craft?
We're going out to lunch today and I can't wait. I practically dream about the grouper Reuben sandwich at this restaurant, so they better have it. We're really going to pick up prescriptions for one of the pups from a compounding pharmacy that is a few doors down from the restaurant, but figured that we should take advantage.
I really hope that the strroids that the pup is going to be taking will boost her appetite...it has really become a struggle to get her to eat anything. Since she won't let us give her pills either, all of her meds are by syringe now, and it is already a struggle to get her to take that consistantly. I know that I should be patient with her, that she obviously isn't well, but it is often frustrating and overwhelming. This morning my frustration got the best of me, although she seemed to have not been phased by anything. I guess that's a good thing, but it doesn't make me feel any less frustrated/ overwhelmed by all of it.
It’s my day off. DH still hasn’t apologized about the whole work shutdown thing so this week has sucked. I was explaining to E last night all the stuff I have to get done and even she said “mommy that’s a lot.” I know kid, I know.
I got some holiday shopping done this morning. I’m picking up E early from school and meeting a friend and her mom at Christmas Town. Let’s hope my kid isn’t a total asshole.
I was coughing so hard this morning that I somehow messed my neck up. So that’s how my morning is going.
Ds3 is in 1st grade. The room moms send out a signup genius thing for all the parties for parent volunteers to either come in and help or send in food. A lot of times, by the time I see the email, most of the spots are taken, but sometimes I’ve sent in food. The one thing I’ve never wanted to sign up for is to be in charge of the craft (coming up with one, bringing supplies and leading the kids doing it) because I’m just not that good at crafts (or dealing with other people’s kids tbh).
One of the room moms texted me to see if I wanted to do the craft for the Christmas party. I responded that I’d rather not, that I’m just not that crafty, but if they couldn’t find anyone else, I could try to come up with something. Idk why I said that part. I guess I just didn’t want to sound like a jerk. And of course, it left her open to respond the way she did, that the craft spot is mine if I want it, to just let her know. She said she asked me because they kept having the same parents volunteer and they wanted to see some new faces. Someone else is already signed up for this online, so I’m hoping I will not come off horrible if I still decline.
I feel dumb stressing about this because it’s just a stupid craft, but it’s already a stressful time of year and I’ve never been a Pinterest kind of mom, and I hate talking in front of people, even if they’re only 6 year olds. Which is why I DIDNT SIGN UP for this! I think I might respond that I’m going to skip this time, but I’ll make sure to sign up for something the next party. Does that sound okay? Or is there a better way to respond? Or am I a horrible mom for not sucking it up and doing the darn craft?
Don’t stress about it. Don’t do it if you don’t want. Someone else is already signed up
I was coughing so hard this morning that I somehow messed my neck up. So that’s how my morning is going.
Ds3 is in 1st grade. The room moms send out a signup genius thing for all the parties for parent volunteers to either come in and help or send in food. A lot of times, by the time I see the email, most of the spots are taken, but sometimes I’ve sent in food. The one thing I’ve never wanted to sign up for is to be in charge of the craft (coming up with one, bringing supplies and leading the kids doing it) because I’m just not that good at crafts (or dealing with other people’s kids tbh).
One of the room moms texted me to see if I wanted to do the craft for the Christmas party. I responded that I’d rather not, that I’m just not that crafty, but if they couldn’t find anyone else, I could try to come up with something. Idk why I said that part. I guess I just didn’t want to sound like a jerk. And of course, it left her open to respond the way she did, that the craft spot is mine if I want it, to just let her know. She said she asked me because they kept having the same parents volunteer and they wanted to see some new faces. Someone else is already signed up for this online, so I’m hoping I will not come off horrible if I still decline.
I feel dumb stressing about this because it’s just a stupid craft, but it’s already a stressful time of year and I’ve never been a Pinterest kind of mom, and I hate talking in front of people, even if they’re only 6 year olds. Which is why I DIDNT SIGN UP for this! I think I might respond that I’m going to skip this time, but I’ll make sure to sign up for something the next party. Does that sound okay? Or is there a better way to respond? Or am I a horrible mom for not sucking it up and doing the darn craft?
Say it won’t work for you. Don’t be guilted into it! I hate doing crafts, there’s no chance in hell I would ever run them.