I’m off today because I worked yesterday. I’m bad at day offs though because I spend too much time doing chores and not enough time having fun. Laundry is currently exploding because we kept moving it along instead of actually folding it. DH cut himself so I had to throw in a white load real quick to get blood off his shirt. Kids are riding the bus home today.
I tried to sign up for the new aftercare but they want us to pay monthly. So basically they want $700 for us to start in August. With the old company they let us pay the registration fee then we paid for the week before. I don’t see why I need to pay for August while only in February. Also they acted like the monthly rate is pro-rated, but I think they already pro rated it and then divided it by month so if that’s true parents are going to be angry.
I worked from home on Friday. My cold turned into no voice and I just needed a day without office distractions. The no voice escalated into a fever all weekend and generally feeling like death. Of course, I had the kids this weekend so didn't get to rest much. Working from home again today because I just can't kick the fever. It keeps creeping back up as the day goes on if I don't take medicine. This is a major production week at work for my trip and I feel terrible that I'm not in the office helping. But I don't want to infect everyone.
Post by librarychica on Feb 3, 2020 10:03:38 GMT -5
Our mail was stolen and someone activated H’s new credit card, opened up another and there are a bunch of flags on his credit report. He’s supposed to start an international trip crack of dawn tomorrow. Great timing!
Also our new babysitter appears wedded to her cell phone. Like she is staring at it while I am speaking to her. Put it away, lady. I don’t know that this is going to last.
DD2’s preschool continues to not give me the paperwork I ask for. The same paperwork I need every year.
Oh and DD1 is sick again.
I’m in a mood today. A mood. I’m going to quit life and move my family to the woods any moment now.
Well this weekend was a bit of a bust. I wanted to relax on Saturday, but my microwave whet completely out and DS's truck decided to break down. I found a new microwave at Lowes for $70 off and it fit what I needed and DH put it in last night.
The truck however is still broken. DH as the day off today to deal with it. If he can't do anything with it, he can't get back to it until the weekend. We can cover some things by switching up between my car and his truck with DS, but he needs to be at school early 2 days, and he has to be able to get back and forth from the college campus for his college class. If it is not fixed by next week we are sunk. We really need to step up our search for a back up car. We are looking for an older Corolla or Civic that in a couple of years, we can hand off to DD. But it would help us for now, because DS's truck is junk in my book. How I let DS and DH take over this fixing of an old truck nonsense, I will never know, but that horse left the barn way before I realized what was going on. We have twice what is in it that it is worth. But DS still thinks it is the greatest thing ever. I want to turn it in to our local car lot for their cash for trash deal.
I did have fun yesterday at a Super Bowl party. However, being out on a Sunday night has me all out of sorts today. Plus, I take DD for her orthodontist consult. That should throw another blow to the budget.
On Friday, we had a movie night with the kids. Since we are going to Disney in July, we decided to go watch one movie a week. This week, we started with Monsters Inc. The kids are begging for Toy Story next Friday. On Saturday, I judged a science competition in the morning and afternoon. For dinner, we went to my parents' place to meet up with my cousins and their new baby. On Sunday, I did a 10 mile run in the beautiful sunshine. Then we went grocery shopping and helped DS1 with his star student questionnaire and pictures. He's so excited that he gets to be the star student for the week. I'm not entirely sure what it entails, but he gets to share his favorite book and some pictures of him and his family and most importantly (according to him), he gets to be the line leader. Today I am working from home since DS2 has a doctor's appointment and our van is in the shop. DS2 is really having problems with constipation and Miralax is not helping clear him out. I'd love to get out for a run today - it will be 60 degrees and sunny! But we'll have to see when the van will be ready...
Post by librarychica on Feb 3, 2020 10:35:21 GMT -5
Oh I had a lovely weekend. Gorgeous weather, lots of outside time, friend brought over her new pup to play with. Must focus on all that during this disaster of a Monday. 😉
Post by supertrooper1 on Feb 3, 2020 11:04:44 GMT -5
DS was sick all weekend so we stayed home. It's a half day of school today and he's coughing a lot, so I'm trying to decide if I should send him or keep him home.
Post by erinshelley21 on Feb 3, 2020 11:15:57 GMT -5
We had a pretty great weekend. DH and I went on a really expensive dinner date. We normally have a Valentine's weekend getaway with a group and aren't going this year (TBD if it isn't happening or we didnt get invited) so we are still ahead. The kids stayed all night with my mom so 8 hours of sleep was glorious.
Saturday we had a shitty breakfast out. A friend's family owns the diner, which is the only reason we go. I don't know if that's enough to keep us around anymore. We picked the kids up from my mom's house. DH took the kids to run a couple errands in town and I FINALLY got our mudroom/playroom organized and functioning. The kids played in it the rest of the night and a lot of the day yesterday.
The kids were both sick yesterday with stomach issues. Thank god something told me Saturday night that we needed to skip church because DS would have pooped his pants in the middle of mass and DD would have puked alllll over the pew. We took it easy all day (kids and DH). I got some laundry done and started painting the white parts of our stairs.
I had my dr appt this morning. My temp was 99.7 and he asked me if I was sick. When I told him no and that I was planning on discussing it, he said he wanted to order bloodwork and run some tests, so I didn't even have to ask. He said he will have the results back tomorrow so now I wait and stay off of Google. I was honest about my stress level being not great as a result of DH's broken arm and the move, but he is pretty used to my stress level being higher than average.
Its Monday and my back is spasming. It is going to be a very long day.
I had a very productive Sunday...cooked a bunch for the week, did all the laundry, trimmed my rose bushes, hung out with DD, snuggled the dog, and annoyed DH because I wouldn't go do anything.
It will be a very long week as the office is open until 6 now.
It was over 70 degrees yesterday and today the high is like 25 and it’s icy and snowing and blah. At least we got to open the windows to air the house out yesterday.
Weekend was good. Kids played well together for long stretches. I got some chores done and spent time with my brothers and their wives and my nieces. It was a pretty chill weekend which I always appreciate. DS made pancakes both mornings (almost totally by himself, with just a little help from me telling him which spoon or cup to use to measure). And he picked up the dog poo in the backyard without even being asked. It’s amazing how he has changed in the 4 months since his adenotonsillectomy.
DS is going to try out jiu-jitsu this week and I’m hoping he likes it. The guy who runs it is supposed to be really good so I’m hoping it goes better than karate with the teen girl who ran the classes who he just ran right over her from the start. He needs someone who won’t let him get away with anything.
Weekend was ok. The kids had their talent show on Friday and did really well. They played a duet together on the piano, and then DD1 played a short piece by Beethoven and pretty much nailed it. I thought that it would kind of put to rest the drama surrounding the show and the other girls leaving her out, but that didn't really happen. The kid that started the whole mess that we were going through in the fall stomped on DD's foot repeatedly, leaving a big red welt. She said that DD took a piece of cardboard that belonged to her. DD said she didn't touch the cardboard, the kid kept hitting her with the cardboard, DD walked away, and the kid ran over to her and stomped on her. Of course, there were not witnesses. I took a photo of DD's foot. So we spent all weekend dealing with that.
Otherwise, we had some good, mellow family time on Saturday including bowling and lunch. Then then both kids had basketball on Sunday.
Post by traveltheworld on Feb 3, 2020 13:32:36 GMT -5
mae0111, I can't believe that happened to your DD, that's outrageous. I'm so sorry.
We had a good weekend; although it was a little depressing to realize that both of my kids don't have great social skills. We always knew DS had issues, but we thought that DD (4.5) was more normal. But we ran into a family at swimming, and they had a sweet little girl (who DD has met on multiple occasions) that kept asking DD to play, and DD just flat out ignored her and tried to swim away from her the whole time.
DH also found out that his contract is not going to be renewed at the end of the month, and the 2 jobs he thought he had solid leads on didn't work out. So he's probably looking at some pretty long term unemployment. I tried to be supportive and told him to think of it as an opportunity to think about what he really wants to do and perhaps pivot to a new area. We technically don't need his income, and honestly I'd be happy for him to just find something he likes to do, and spend more time with the kids.
It was really hot here this weekend, and then this week is supposed to be our coldest of the winter (but here that's like in the 50s).
2-year-old DS2 was adorable at his first soccer class. He came home and immediately went to find our soccer goal and start practicing. 2-year-olds trying to play soccer is pretty hilarious.
The production of Matilda that DD and I saw Saturday was really long and weird, but she liked her first play experience.
DH and I both really liked the movie 1917 Friday night, and it was good to catch up with girlfriends Saturday night, and our friends who came over for the Super Bowl yesterday. But all the fun weekend stuff means I'm really behind on laundry and it was a challenge to get out of the house this morning.
traveltheworld I just read an article that said the mom of the little boy in your "Let's Do This" meme is suing a politician who's using the meme in his campaign. I guess the politician is a right-wing nut and the Mom understandably doesn't want her son's picture associated with the guy. It's copyrighted as the "success kid" meme
My boss wants me to take over as director when he retires. I don’t really want to. In the spirit of being open minded what does WP think? We are a small public organization with about 40 employees some part time.
Pros- more pay, more prestige, growth
Cons- less flexible, have to work with an elected board (my biggest con), no one to pass the buck to or responsibility. It would all be me. Legal ramifications, elections, pay roll, HR etc.
I have a co-worker that I think would be good at it, and I think she would be a good boss but challenging. My boss prefers to promote from within and thinks if he tells the board hire this one they will do it.
Also DH might be taking on a higher paying role so money is always nice but if he takes the role, it would be a huge raise for him.
I'm in such a "Monday" mood today, blah. I'm so tired. I went to bed too late and then woke up at 5:45 and DH snoring kept me awake basically until my alarm went off.
waverly, that sounds like an exciting opportunity! It also sounds like your current boss has a lot of faith and confidence in you which is great.
However, it sounds like it would be a much "bigger" role especially in terms of responsibility, possibly more hours, etc? I know I would definitely have to take that into consideration before making any changes.
My interview in Phoenix is Thursday. I’m a little nervous. Right now my thoughts are 1) if they can offer me at least 90% of what I make now, it makes sense to move. 2) if it’s a larger pay cut, but they would let me work remotely and not move, I would consider it. 3) Otherwise, I’ll just keep looking. A headhunter reaches out to me last week, and I’m going to take him up on his offer to talk.
Overall, we had a nice weekend. We spent Friday and Saturday evenings hanging out with our new neighbors, and I love it. Our old neighborhood, we had great neighbors - we routinely hung out with various neighbors, wine was had, etc. New neighborhood has been great for the kids - DD always has someone to play with, but the parents have really held back and not been as social as we typically are. The new family that moved in is so far very social, so it's been nice to have relaxing evenings just hanging out where both kids and adults are entertained, and when DS is ready to go to bed, I don't have to haul all of us home.
Yesterday we hosted some friends to watch the game. I realized I'm offiically old when we spent most of the halftime show complaining "how can they bill this as family friendly?!?!" DD was very confused as to why J-Lo was so naked and wearing clothing that barely covered her bottom.
traveltheworld, my DD has done this before when we have run into people at various fun places. I get so frustrated when she won't play with the other kid and I always ask her why after we leave. She always has a good reason on why she didn't want to play on that occasion. I've since worked on better ways to communicate with the other kid especially when the other kid won't take no for an answer.
Friday DD mention a couple girls from school were going to go to open gym and she wanted to stay to play with them. Okay, fine. Little later in the day and she tells me they are coming to open gym to prove to her that she doesn't have friends at the gym and that she makes up having friends and really her teammate have to be horrible because they are her only friends. Kids from school don't show up at open gym and DD was exhausted so we went home. I try talking to DD over the weekend and she is mum. DD breaks down Sunday at the grocery store about the girls from school and how they are mad at her because I won't let her have a sleepover with them and because she doesn't consider them her BFF. I'm tempted to message her teacher but also suggested that DD talk to her teacher about it. These are the only 2 kids she hangs out with at school in her grade. They also go to before/aftercare and they don't hang with DD there. I just told DD that she can have friends from anywhere and they aren't being a good friend if they say bad stuff about people they don't know.
Very late to the party, but I started my new job on Monday. With the kids having just been sick, I was so worried that I'd get sick and wouldn't be able to go on my first day (or two), but so far, I haven't gotten what they had (mild influenza, I think).
I feel like I'm on information overload. It's hard to be the newbie after being at a company for 10 years and knowing a lot and being the "go-to" person. Everyone has been very friendly, so that is good.