We have contracted the plague. DH didn’t leave bed from Friday at 2pm until Saturday evening, when he ate some chicken pot pie and went back to bed. DD1 woke up with a fever Saturday morning. DD2 and I gore 1/2 way to school this morning before she asked me to turn around and let her go back to bed. He spent 1/2 of yesterday on the couch and 1/2 in bed.
So I’m home with 2 sick kids and my head is filling up. I have a call with a potential client at noon today, and DH can’t step in with the kids because he’s got work stuff himself. And I’m feeling certain that I will NOT be able to spend 3 days in bed when this hits me full force, like all the other people in my house...
Good weekend. Out to eat with the family Friday. Saturday, we ran some errands and went to a friend's house just to hang out and cook wings. Sunday, I got to spend most of the day relaxing and cooking, which was nice.
DS has developed DD's cold. She was just getting over it this weekend. I have a packed week. Maybe 2 late nights depending on if one of my reports is going to make it in this week. His MIL died, but he is determined to sit on a panel for an event Tuesday night. I told him I would cover if we needed, so I am waiting to hear the arrangements. Thursday, I am speaking at a parent event at DD and DS's school. There's a taco bar, so I feel like that is some consolation. It all works out since I am not working Friday to take DD 2 hours away for his doctor appointment.
Dropping my taxes off today!!! I want my refund to bolster my savings back up. My house is 17 years old, and if my saving drop below a certain level, then my fear of everything going out at once is worse. DH told me he will be getting about $500 extra next week to do with what I please. I have had my eye on one of those mattresses that they deliver in a box to your house Wayfair, but now, I think all money is going to braces.
Post by covergirl82 on Feb 10, 2020 9:18:59 GMT -5
Ugh, so sorry, mae0111! Hope you are all feeling better soon!
Weekend was good, but busy. I feel like I need one more day with some time to actually relax.
DD had a great time at the daddy-daughter dance on Friday.
Saturday (her birthday) we were gone from 8:15 - 5:00 to go to a waterpark for her birthday (she brought one friend; this was instead of a friend birthday). They had a great time. After we dropped the friend off, the four of us went to dinner and then home to have cake. (She had opened her gifts first thing in the morning, which is our tradition. We got her the AG Doll of the Year and some accessories, an LOL doll car, and a small sewing machine.) I had a total mom fail, because I got her an "8" birthday candle instead of a "9". I guess I just can't accept how old she is!
Sunday was church in the morning, then I went right from church to get groceries. Mid-afternoon I had to take DD to Odyssey of the Mind practice, and then we had small group.
We had snow yesterday (about 4"), and the way it was snowing, the kids were really hoping for a snow day (we have not had a single snow day yet), so DS was grumpy this morning when I woke him up to tell him that he had to go to school.
mae0111, I'm sorry! That's what hit me last week and it was awful. Definitely try to take time to rest if you get it. I tried to do too much too soon and was miserable.
I deep cleaned the whole house on Saturday. It needed it after I was sick all week and now I feel like I have my life back in order. Spent Saturday night with beau. Went to Boston to see Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick in a play with my BFF on Sunday afternoon and it was amazing! Then grabbed dinner and a movie with beau in the evening. Poor guy is so stressed. His new restaurant is opening any day now and he's freaking out about everything that has to get done. All of a sudden last night he confessed that he's afraid I'm going to get sick of his crazy work schedule and leave him. So I had to talk him off that ledge and remind him that I'm disappearing for 2 weeks for a work trip soon and am equally busy and it is what it is and we'll figure it out. But realistically, we may not see each other for like a month at this point, unless we get fit in a get together with the kids. It does suck, but I also feel like it comes with the territory of two busy professionals who have to juggle kid schedules too.
Dropping my taxes off today!!! I want my refund to bolster my savings back up. My house is 17 years old, and if my saving drop below a certain level, then my fear of everything going out at once is worse.
LOL My house is over 80 years old! I just embrace that there is always something in some state of falling apart and try not to think about it too much.
Dropping my taxes off today!!! I want my refund to bolster my savings back up. My house is 17 years old, and if my saving drop below a certain level, then my fear of everything going out at once is worse.
LOL My house is over 80 years old! I just embrace that there is always something in some state of falling apart and try not to think about it too much.
It's not a rational fear. Like when we booked Vegas. It came out of savings. Usually, vacation is paid for with the tax refund. So I was all, what if the air conditioner, furnace, hot water heater, dryer, washer and truck all break down between December and February?? What will we do because we used non vacation money for vacation?? So far just the microwave has went down during that time period. Knock on wood.
I have been home sick with the flu since Thursday, when I tested positive for influenza A. I had been sick as a dog for a week before I finally went in to be seen. I have never been so sick in my life. I am finally feeling better today, so I am back to work for at least the morning. Thankfully, no one else in my family seems to have gotten it. So fingers crossed it stays that way.
Oh, and I have to terminate an employee today. Happy Monday.
Ugh. It’s Monday-ing hard here. We have a standing meeting on Monday afternoons. There’s an Outlook invitation that was first dated in 2014. Whenever the call in number or passcode or whatever changes, our admin just updates the old invitation. She will also use the old invitation if she needs to move it to another day of the week. For the last week, another employee and I get reminders of old meetings over and over again. Our help desk said the meeting invitation was corrupted, so our admin needed to delete it and start over. Like I’ve gotten 7 reminders of last Monday’s meeting so far this morning. Last week I told Admin what the problem, was. She sent the same gd invitation out again instead of creating a new one. I sent her and our VP a message this morning saying we needed a whole new invitation. So she sent the same gd old one again. Then I walked to her desk and told her that she needed to copy the old information into a new invitation and send it out. You would think I had asked her tear down our building by hand and rebuild it across the street. Honestly, she is so incompetent and lazy. Luckily she’s finally retiring this year.
We had a good weekend ish. DS lost his hearing aid boot for his FM system, and we had to look everywhere for it. Can't find it anywhere.
Friday night was date night dinner and a movie. We say Knives Out which ended up being good, but I wasn't sure for a while. 2 basketball games on Saturday and mom's night out wine tasting Sat night. Sunday was Disney on Ice which was really good. I am glad I forced DH to go. However, we feel behind on our weekend chores because we were so busy. I still need to iron on about a million GS patches. Maybe I will just buy the sticky paper stuff.
Feel better mae0111, and madringal. The flu has been rough this year.
mommyatty and madringal, your Monday sounds terrible. I have a bunch of little stuff to do and lots of complainers, but otherwise I guess it will be an OK Monday.
I forgot to say how our weekend was. Three birthday parties in two days. It was crazy. I’m ready for “invite the whole class” parties to stop and I’m bribing DD with a trip instead of a party. We are thinking dude ranch since the boys in our family “never want to smell horse poop or cow poop again”. That’s a direct quote from my 5 year old. DH said they would have a spa weekend while we went to a ranch. We are all about ignoring gender norms in our family. Lol.
I had a shitty weekend. Saturday night I got up to use the bathroom and on the way back, no idea what happened, but I was on the ground. DH came in and tried to help me up and I passed out again. Couldn't really work up the motivation to be scared or worried, just told him I thought I'd like to lay on the floor for a while (and then bitched that our tiles weren't cold like they're supposed to be.. stupid new radiant floors.. we didn't consider that when we remodeled.) Finally got up and we called the advice line who made me an appointment for the morning and said if it happens again to go to the ER.
Next morning DH dropped me off at the doctor and took the kids to his parents, and I got chastised by the doctor for not going straight to the ER. YOUR PEOPLE TOLD ME IT WASN'T NECESSARY, LADY. Spent the day getting an EKG, lab work (TWO HOURS WAITING), chest xray, and then laying on the couch not moving for the rest of the day. No answers and a lot of "it could have been.. XYZ's."
My hip and back hurt, I think I somehow sprained a finger, and I don't think DH is ever going to recover, the poor guy was terrified.
I'm at work today because I've been sick forever - I took Thursday and Friday as sick days, and one day the week before. Can't beat whatever I've got. My coworker is still on leave, my boss is in NYC, and the guy who is helping us out 50% of the time is not a good substitute. so.. le sigh.
Post by erinshelley21 on Feb 10, 2020 11:00:32 GMT -5
+1 to the sick list. My "lingering virus" from f'ing Christmas has blessed me with snot, a sore throat and that tired feeling you get when you're sick. I swear it's a different tired than the usual one. I'm going to try to sweat it out at the gym this afternoon.
Our weekend was okay. I enjoyed my one on one time with DS Saturday. I got some painting done on the stairs too but stayed up way too late doing that. Sunday was rough. DH and I are having a hard time communicating. He thinks he can't win because I get irritated when he does a lot around the house and I get irritated when he does nothing. I told him I'm probably jealous because he is able to balance working M-F and housework/kids/life like it's nothing and I've been trying to figure out how to do it for 6 years. My delivery when asking questions is also unpleasant.
I need to get my crap together and figure out why I'm in such a funk. More sleep didn't help(if you can say that after only a week and a half). My diet and exercise leave a lot to be desired so I need to focus on that. I know eating better and getting to the gym will make me feel great, but I keep making excuses.
k3am , I was going to say weren't you sick recently. Do you have influenza?
Nope. Just a cold that almost went away and then picked up another cold. None of the fever/body aches/chills/etc. First cold was mostly just a chest cough/fatigue and the second is more of the snot variety.
erinshelley21, I think it's him lol. When I ask DH questions, "incorrectly" it's typically that he gets irritated when he is in the middle of a project or he is depressed. It's not actually my delivery. I too get irritated when he does stuff around the house and when he doesn't.
DH mopped the entire first floor and washed all the carpets and did laundry which is great and amazing. But he does it in such a way that entire rooms are destroyed and clean, wet, and dirty laundry are mixed together on the floor. I try to help but it's really hard for me when entire rooms are destroyed for entire days just to get them clean. We finally have it all put back together for the week. So typically I can't do much but avoid the area because it stresses me out which means I am not getting my stuff done and/ or I am not really helping him. There is no communication, this just happens that I wake up or come home and the furniture for one room is in another room. All this work too, and things are still messy because he cleans but doesn't pick up where I pick up, but am not doing in depth mopping. I guess we even each other out.
Post by greenmonkey1 on Feb 10, 2020 13:43:43 GMT -5
k3am I am so sorry to hear about your health scare! Not a medical doctor, but I would ask your doctor about vasovagal syncope or micurition/post-micturition syncope. DH experienced a fainting episode that sound like yours that was identified as one of the above. It was several hours after DH donated blood so he was already a little low on fluids. He went to the bathroom at work and passed out, hitting his head on the wall on the way down and knocking himself out. I was (in)conveniently in Europe for work. DH has had one other episode in the 15-years I've known him and that one had an obvious physically triggering event.
Post by erinshelley21 on Feb 10, 2020 13:45:35 GMT -5
waverly it is partially him and I am to blame too. My brother used to say that I sounded shitty when we worked together. I really dont mean to sound like that. Its probably because I'm tired all the time.
DH "helps" in his own way. Laundry and bathrooms are usually what he helps with but doesnt finish. He is great at putting laundry in the washer and never moving it to the dryer. This will throw off my whole laundry groove. He will also wash just 1-3 things. We are 4 humans and 1 dog. Go find other things to put in there. Now the bathroom. He will wipe down the counter and clean the toilet and deem the entire bathroom clean. No. You didnt wipe down the shower, clean the floor, sweep the dust and dog hair out of the storage shelves.
k3am, I had a similar episode just after DH and I got married. I got up in the middle of the night to pee. I remember waking up to DH dragging me out of the bathroom. I had no clue what happened. So after a few minutes, I told DH to take me to the ER. Except we were living in a new city with no clue where it was (this was the age before smartphones). We did have a map and was able to get to the ER. It turned out that I was on a blood pressure medication to prevent migraines (my PCP at the time swore by it). I also had a UTI which led to my episode. I got antibiotics and stopped taking the other med and I was good as new. Unfortunately, I found out the hard way that I had an unknown allergy to Bactrum. After an IV of benedryl at the urgent care and a switch to another antibiotic, the hives went away. This happened 17+ years ago and to this day, if I spend too much time in the bathroom or drop something in there, DH comes running.
I got texts from him every 30 minutes yesterday asking me to confirm I was still okay. He's eased off a bit today, but that's probably because he knows I'm not alone.
twinmomma , I don't think I realized before now that he was a restaurateur! That's neat! Although, yeah...very time consuming and stressful too.
It's very cool! He's super humble about it, but has done really well for himself so far with his other places. I think in a month or two things will calm down with this one. He just has to get through this initial push. He's more of the business manager than the on-site restaurant manager but is doing double duty right now as they open, obviously.
Post by traveltheworld on Feb 10, 2020 15:56:50 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that so many are dealing with colds/flu/sickness. Hope you all feel better soon!
We had an ok weekend. I think I had an eye infection so couldn't wear contacts for the entire weekend. My glasses are very sadly not even close to the right prescription so I walked around in what felt like a fog all weekend. DS was being annoying/obnoxious to his sister and I was just over it.
Post by sandandsea on Feb 10, 2020 17:02:13 GMT -5
k3am I’m so glad you’re okay. How scary!! My mom recently did something similar and had a massive black eye for several weeks from it. She looked awful. I think she landed with her eye on her fist when she hit the floor. The dr did a ton of bloodwork and everything was fine so they attributed it to vasovagal too.
k3am that’s very scary! So glad things seem ok now!
DH and DD camped this weekend so I was with the boys (6 and 2). It was a really nice weekend. I feel like I haven’t been able to organize anything in my house since before thanksgiving, so I was happy to finally be able to get some stuff done.
DS1’s first tball practice of the season was friday afternoon and DS2’s little soccer class was Saturday morning. We baked cookies and made DS1’s valentines for school, and met friends at the school playground Saturday afternoon. Then DD came home and decided she needed a fancy valentines box for her class contest, so I spent yesterday afternoon helping her make a box that looks like a taco.
DH already has a little bit of a doomsday prepper personality and is nervous about the possibility of coronavirus while we’re about to have a fourth kid. He has us stocking the pantry and getting emergency supplies. I feel like that can’t hurt anyway before a new baby and living in the land of fires and earthquakes, so I’m going with it.
mae0111, I really hope you don't catch the plague k3am, I've done the passing out deal a few times in my life. It is always scarier for whoever finds you or hears you fall. If your body still hurts look into seeing a chiropractor. The last two times I've passed out I've really wrecked havoc on my spine.
Weekend was okay. Woke up yesterday with a blinding headache and ended up going back to bed at 9am and DH woke me at 11:30 asking what was for lunch. I ran to the store for Valentines for DD and came home exhausted. Took a mid afternoon shower and just vegged on the couch feeling yuck. No temp, no aches and pains other than a headache but jeez I was tired. So I didn't end up working so took the whole weekend off which feels super weird for tax season. I also know I can't afford to get sick either.
Dog sitting our friends lab was okay. You could tell that A & R were missing M who just passed as their dynamic was off. I know one thing two 10 year old labs are way easier to deal with than a puppy. I don't think I could handle a puppy again but may think about adopting a young adult dog in the next year or two.
Post by covergirl82 on Feb 11, 2020 9:23:42 GMT -5
186momx, we miss our dog too, but we've thought about adopting/rescuing a young adult dog (specifically a German Shepherd) as well in another year or so. I'd like to be able to adopt/rescue a dog the people got as a puppy, but are no longer interested when they get past the "cute puppy stage."
DH already has a little bit of a doomsday prepper personality and is nervous about the possibility of coronavirus while we’re about to have a fourth kid. He has us stocking the pantry and getting emergency supplies. I feel like that can’t hurt anyway before a new baby and living in the land of fires and earthquakes, so I’m going with it.
I may have been a little shocked and embarrassed to discover a box with various can goods, formula, water, etc.. on the top shelf in our basement from when DD was a baby. I was in full anxiety mode and I believe it was the bird flu going around at that time.