This fucking cold. I slept like crap (again) and woke up with a headache. There’s probably snow on the roads and it’s supposed to snow throughout the day today, which is going to make for a shitty commute. I’m already over it and I haven’t even gotten out of bed yet. Lol
I have two more sections to study today for this exam on Tuesday. I need to just push through and get it done. I’m looking forward to passing it and putting this behind me. I don’t really have any interest in taking the third and final level (and won’t be eligible to do so for another couple of years anyway), so I won’t have to think about this again for awhile.
isabel, I slept like crap, too, so you have my commiseration. I'm on my second cold of the year and sleeping with a stuffy nose, so not sleeping. I woke up and thought, "Take the day off." But no, I'm working.
Post by Leeham Rimes on Feb 3, 2020 8:11:08 GMT -5
I’m working out today for the first time since we got hit with the stomach virus, twice.
It’s gonna suuuuuuuuuck.
We’re almost done with the old place, I have to putty some nail holes and we’re done. I’m paying for their cleaning service bc I don’t have the energy to clean that place.
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
We actually got invited to a Super Bowl party this year and it was such a great time. It was a lot of my H's friends which I was fine with, because they are all great guys, and honestly, I don't really have any friends where we live. I had a great time and the food was amazing. I also really enjoyed the commercials and the half time show. Everyone at the party I was at enjoyed the half time show as well, and I was really surprised by some of the reactions that I was seeing on social media afterwards.
I slept under a weighted blanket last night, and I slept like a rock. I'm not one to toss and turn really, but do occasionally, and I woke up this morning in the exact same position I fell asleep in. I think I need to get a bigger/heavier one though, I don't think it was quite heavy enough, and kind of wish it was a bit wider as well.
I keep forgetting that this is a leap year and was very confused when I flipped my work calendar to February this morning.
It's going to be a long day. Full day at work, race to a Brownie meeting right after school, then a PTA board meeting right after that. My car has so many bags/boxes of crap for all of it since I'm not going to get to go home before any of this. And we didn't do any laundry over the weekend, so at least some of that needs to get done tonight too. SO glad DH is actually in town this week to share the load.
My mom got a lifetime achievement award from a professional group she's part of this weekend, and the kids and I contributed a short video to the presentation of it. Apparently it made people cry!
I leave tomorrow for my Iceland solo trip. As excited as I am, I'm also a little terrified to be on my own.
Have fun! Iceland was my favourite trip ever
I cannot concentrate on work. I write a sentence.... browse amazon....write a sentence...check facebook...write a sentence...now I'm here. It's going to be a loooooooong day.
The second part of DS's bed finally came yesterday afternoon and someone from Pottery Barn called Saturday and gave me another $100 discount off the bed. DS loved sleeping in his new bed although we a bit confused with seeing his crib in the nursery. He finally slept through the night without waking up at 5 am yelling for "daddy". Hopefully this continues lol.
He threw up a bunch in the evening before bed and couldnt even keep down any water. He was fine inbetween but then would throw up out of no where. He woke up this morning acting fine but DH is home with him today just in case. The plan is to talk to my manager and let her know I am pregnant today. I wanted to tell her last week but she worked from home most days and is off the rest of the week. If she doesnt come in today and works from home I am going to have to tell her over instant messenger.
Sarah Mclachlan was absolutely amazing! It was just her, her piano, guitar and her back up singer who played the cello. If you can catch her short tour, I highly recommend it. She sounded amazing as usual!
Post by amandakisser on Feb 3, 2020 9:45:24 GMT -5
We went to a Super Bowl party last night as well. I watched not one second of the game, commercials, or halftime show. I really hate football lol.
I had three drinks last night and I slept like shiiiiit. I usually drink one night a week because lately even two drinks make my sleep awful. I've stayed away from wine all together and had vodka because it's usually fine for me. Might be all the dairy I ate, too, not sure, but I'm exhausted today. I decided to work remotely - and by the looks of my coworkers' Slack statuses, I'm not the only one lol.
I started my first real week of YNAB and, despite having a decent chunk of cash in my checking account, I have earmarked it all for something else and I feel really great knowing how much I ACTUALLY have to spend. It's...not much, lol, but I feel really relaxed knowing I've taken care of everything else.
H and I are seriously considering moving from the Seattle area to eastern WA state. We've lived here for 10.5+ years. Even though I was born & raised in eastern WA it is scaring the crap out of me and stressing me out. And like a dumb dumb I volunteered for some new commitments instead of pulling back from my current ones. I'm going to talk to one of them today or tomorrow. Maybe jumping in with both feet right now isn't the best fit for my life. Also, I woke up from a bad dream at 4:30am and did not go back to sleep. So I need all the coffee!
My boss took off today b/c of the superbowl which means it should be fairly quiet. I have a new employee starting today and it was kind of a shitshow b/c our admin is also out, but I basically told her today is a free day to just get setup and paperwork started.
I'm trying to figure out what to get the front office staff and the nurse for helping with E so much with the cast. I'm thinking a huge edible arrangement and then a nice gift card for the nurse. Then also something for her teacher for being awesome as well.
And then a ginormous bouquet of flowers for my mom to say thank you also. Because I'm not sure how we will repay her basically living with us for almost a month and taking a huge burden off our shoulders. I will be SO SO glad when they are living here.
I feel so rich this week! My old apartment sent me my deposit refund check today, I’m getting my tax refund Wednesday, and then I’m getting my relocation reimbursement on Friday. Plus I’m getting my paycheck Friday.
isabel Probably a dumb YNAB question... most of those checks will go straight to my E-Fund. Is there any reason that I need to code it to TBB and then budget the amount to my E-Fund, or can I just initially code it straight to my E-Fund? The app only shows the budgeted/available columns so I kind of enjoy how coding it straight to the account makes it obvious that I haven’t budgeted anything to my E-Fund this month.
I am dragging today. I can't seem to kick this cough that I've had for 2 weeks, and I've been pretty run down from it too. I don't feel SICK, just a little under the weather. But I'm tired of it. We ate junk for dinner last night with the Super Bowl and went to bed late-ish so that didn't help.
I am going to need to figure out how to manage my time now that I'm back to school. I had 4 different things going on this weekend and it was too much to really get any significant reading or work done. I'm second guessing this grad school thing a little, lol. I like my life having freedom to do stuff. I am hoping this degree will lead to more money eventually, I guess, which is a different sort of freedom perhaps.
I have to get a mole removed this afternoon and I'm not excited. I had one removed in October and it hurt a lot more than I expected. I think it was the positioning (my armpit) more than anything, though, so hopefully this one won't be as bad. I don't know which mole is even going to be removed so I can't say for sure. Since the one removed in October was questionable, they want to take another and make sure it's all ok. I have probably 100 or more moles so they have a lot to pick from.
13 years ago today I kicked xh out of my house. Best decision I ever made. I can't imagine where we would be if I had stayed with him. It seems like a lifetime ago, but also like it was just yesterday. Dd hasn't talked to xh in about 4 months because he has a really bad habit of opening his mouth and she was in such a fragile place mentally that she needed to distance herself from him. He got his new flame pregnant in July so she is slowly starting to talk to him again because she is afraid he won't let her see her sister if she keeps him cut out.
I need to clean the bathroom and vacuum today. Ds has 4h after school and dd has basketball practice right after school today. No plans otherwise.
We went to a free crawfish boil at a semi-local lodge yesterday for their 1 year anniversary with 3 other families, then to a Superbowl party at one of their houses with all the same families. It was fun and nice to get out. We don't do those kinds of things often enough.
Post by lightbulbsun on Feb 3, 2020 10:41:13 GMT -5
I went skiing on Saturday, and I decided to eat whatever I wanted since I was burning so many calories. I had a quesadilla and beer for lunch, an ice cream afternoon snack, and a big margarita with dinner. I guess my body has gotten used to not eating much dairy or sugar, because I had a stomachache most of the day Sunday and got a headache as I was drinking the margarita on Sat night. I feel better this morning, but I guess I'll have to be careful about binging like that again!
I got in a 15 min HIIT workout this morning. I really do not like exercising in the morning, but my H decided he wants to do the bike in the mornings before he starts the workday (when he isn't traveling he WFH). I thought I would be supportive and join him this morning. Yeah, I still don't like working out in the morning. LOL
Post by Patsy Baloney on Feb 3, 2020 12:34:20 GMT -5
DD's lip is soooooooooo swollen from her scooter crash. She was her usual bubbly self this morning, but cried while she brushed her teeth. Poor thing. I sent a note to school asking her teacher to please feel free to send her to the nurse if she started hurting, because I'm just not sure I made the right decision sending her today.
Also found a huge smear of blood on my coat this morning that I didn't see in all the craziness yesterday
In other good news, DS had his 9 month well visit today and was referred to as a "back-breaker" by the nurse. You don't get to the 88th weight percentile without breakin' some backs! I'm going to have one really buff arm by the time this kid learns to walk.
Post by killercupcake on Feb 3, 2020 13:09:37 GMT -5
Since I caught DSs cold, I stayed home again today. But so did H and DS. H is running errands and thankfully DS seems to be on the upswing now so we’re just sitting on the couch watching Sesame Street. But holy hell my head hurts.
Post by litskispeciality on Feb 3, 2020 13:11:57 GMT -5
I was all off my game today. Left late, arrived late to an event, and I only had one beer last night. I'm so off schedule an unmotivated I don't know how I'll focus until the end of the day.
Complete first world problem...but I'm really grossed out...I got Wendy's today and my sandwich had a rubber glove in it. Thank goodness I saw it before I bit into it, but I took it into work. I'll call so they know but ewww.
I helped my dad buy a new mattress this morning which I was dreading. It went okay! My mom normally does/did all the major purchases so he hadn’t done anything like this before. Oy. Anyway, I found a bed that will be the correct height for my mom when she comes home from rehab and that he liked. He was excited because when he went in by himself they had quoted him a higher price than we ended up paying.
In other news, it’s like 65° today and I am this close to setting up my hammock and getting some reading done vs working.
isabel Probably a dumb YNAB question... most of those checks will go straight to my E-Fund. Is there any reason that I need to code it to TBB and then budget the amount to my E-Fund, or can I just initially code it straight to my E-Fund? The app only shows the budgeted/available columns so I kind of enjoy how coding it straight to the account makes it obvious that I haven’t budgeted anything to my E-Fund this month.
I usually change savings deposits to deposit directly into the savings budget category instead of the TBB account and then budgeting them manually. I.e., you pre-enter the deposit in your checking account and change the category to Efund instead of TBB or once the deposit downloads into YNAB you change the category to Efund instead of TBB. Does that make sense?
I feel so rich this week! My old apartment sent me my deposit refund check today, I’m getting my tax refund Wednesday, and then I’m getting my relocation reimbursement on Friday. Plus I’m getting my paycheck Friday.
isabel Probably a dumb YNAB question... most of those checks will go straight to my E-Fund. Is there any reason that I need to code it to TBB and then budget the amount to my E-Fund, or can I just initially code it straight to my E-Fund? The app only shows the budgeted/available columns so I kind of enjoy how coding it straight to the account makes it obvious that I haven’t budgeted anything to my E-Fund this month.
It’s up to you. There’s no reason why you can code it directly there.
In the future, should you get credits from any of those payees, YNAB will automatically assume you want it budgeted to the efund category.
I tend to do that as well for smaller things, like a work reimbursement will go directly to my reimbursement category. But for all the bonus money and tax refund we have coming in right now, I’m sending them all to TBB and then distributing. For whatever reason, it just makes more sense in my head to allocate it from TBB, rather than crediting to a specific category as it that was the sole intent of the transaction to begin with.
Omg. I just parked in the parking garage at my dermatologist, and some lady in a truck came flying around the corner in the garage and ran into my car head on. Thankfully i saw her first and laid on my horn, but it took her longer to stop than it even should have. She thankfully did hit her brakes so it ended up just tapping my bumper and there is no damage. I just told her to pay attention next time, lol. I am second guessing if I should have collected her info but I seriously cant see any damage.
She had an unlit cigarette in her hand so I am guessing she was paying more attention to that. She is lucky i wasnt walking!
Post by litskispeciality on Feb 3, 2020 16:28:53 GMT -5
Going back to the leggings again...are there black leggings that are considered work appropriate? I saw three different women wearing them today with nice knee high black boots. I should just ask, but I wonder if they're trying to push boundaries? That would be so much easier as I have a hard time finding pants that fit, but I think I'd get written up...