I'm going from MD to SC this Friday-Monday to canvass for Elizabeth Warren. Roadtripping and staying with 6 people I've never met before. I think I'm crazy.
I'm also feeling really guilty about leaving dd. And my mom didn't help. She was like, well who will watch dd? Um, her other parent maybe?
Bernadine don't feel bad (easier said than done, I know). That's amazing and what a good example you are setting for your DD - not to mention you are working for a better future for her. She will be fine, and I bet you'll make fast friends with the other people. Anytime I've traveled with a group of people I don't know, it sounds terrifying but then you bond quickly.
I have so much anxiety over making appointments, but I'm almost out of birth control so I had to woman up and make my annual physical appointment with my PCP. Except last year she moved to another office so that gave me more anxiety about calling. I called and had to leave a message. I hate when I get myself all hyped up to do a thing and then don't actually accomplish it, lol.
I've been obsessed with Ira Wolf recently. I hope she does a US tour when she finishes her UK one.
I'm obviously a deadline person. I've been procrastinating on stuff at work that wasn't really urgent, and knocked off a bunch of it in less than two hours this morning, but only because I'm going to be offsite most of tomorrow, and then I've got jury duty at least Wednesday, maybe longer, and didn't want to leave the tasks open while I'm out. So dumb.
This week is packed, but it's got a three day weekend at the end to look forward to! Plus I put a lot of time into getting food prepped for the week, making sure various bags were packed and tasks for meetings were done, so I'm not feeling terribly overwhelmed.
Bernadine , that's awesome! Don't feel guilty, and your mom is being a jerk about it.
My sister donated her eggs to a friend, and they have a baby that is going on a year old as a result. We are all visiting "home" this summer and my sister texted yesterday that the baby's mom said they'd love us to stop by and meet the baby if we are interested.
Honestly, I'm really not. I don't know her friend and I'm not really a baby/kid person - I love my other sister's kids so much, but they are more than her biological material, they are our family. I don't really feel like this other baby is my family, though my egg-donor sister is its godmother and involved in its life and I think my mom feels some attachment to it too. I think it's absolutely wonderful that my sister gave this gift to her friend but I am not super comfortable with where exactly the line is between our family and the baby's actual family. I guess I think it's nice that they are welcoming and open to involvement but I feel like that's overstepping for us if I'm being totally honest (aside from my sister, who is obviously close to this friend anyway). If this was a friend we all knew and were close to before the baby came along maybe I'd feel differently, but I don't really see this as a reason to suddenly try to build a relationship with her. My sister is 5 years younger than me so I honestly don't even know if I've ever met this friend. If I did she would have been like 12 years old at the time.
Also it's unlikely we are going to be in town for more than 2-4 days and fitting in another visit with someone I don't know really isn't appealing to me. But if the rest of my family goes I feel like it would be weird for me not to.
I had a really rough weekend. I took Friday off to try and have a "me" day. Except I'm now volunteering at the elementary school for the afternoon. @tw: The PE teacher lost her son tragically a couple weeks ago, so basically the PTA is running the Heart Event Friday and there's no way I'm not spending the day helping b/c the kids deserve to still have this event.
Soooo, I'm debating asking for the afternoon off from my boss. But then I feel bad, but I'm just so drained.
wildrice, I would feel the same way. Good for them that everyone is happy to maintain close ties, but that feels awkward as fuck as someone who is kind of an outsider to the whole thing.
I just had a coworker decline a meeting I set up because "she can't get sick." It's because I have a cold. Except, she's in the office today and I'm not the only person here who has some run of the mill sniffles. She's a bit BEC for me, so I'm sure that's coloring things, but Jesus. Maybe don't come into the office if you are going to avoid contact with everyone.
Bernadine don't feel bad (easier said than done, I know). That's amazing and what a good example you are setting for your DD - not to mention you are working for a better future for her. She will be fine, and I bet you'll make fast friends with the other people. Anytime I've traveled with a group of people I don't know, it sounds terrifying but then you bond quickly.
K started coughing and sneezing a little last night. At about 5 this morning she had a fever, not really high just 100.7, so I kept her home. Right now, it dropped to 99.8. I am debating taking her in to get checked out. I know Flu you see higher temps, but wonder how quickly that happens and if it always happens right away for everyone.
Post by ginandjucie24 on Feb 10, 2020 10:52:30 GMT -5
For the first time in forever I woke up refreshed and with energy. I got all three bathrooms cleaned, and the last two loads of last two loads of laundry done, got DD (3) dressed and fed and Did a small sticker activity with her for 30 minutes. I haven’t felt like this in months. I wonder if the infection in my tooth that I had removed was zapping my energy.
I have a virtual appointment with my pcp tomorrow to go over bloodwork results. I have never done a virtual appointment so this will be cool.
We got DS signed up for swimming lessons. His first one will be this coming Sunday. I am excited for him.
I’m on an endless loop talking about my poor sweet dog. She was hospitalized Saturday afternoon, released last night but not doing well again this morning. She’s so sad and lethargic, I’m heartbroken looking at her. We go to the vet again this afternoon and are waiting on the results of some tests still to see if there is an underlying condition that’s causing this.
I’m the meantime this is just a complete shit time for this to happen. DH works in Florida during the week - he changed his ticket so he doesn’t leave until tomorrow now, but it’s so hard when she’s sick and he’s gone (I don’t drive and she weighs 50 pounds - getting her to appointments can be challenging, plus figuring out kids and dog scheduling together is a mess), I’m on a committee that has three long evening meetings this week I cannot miss and I’m worried about the babysitter being able to manage kids plus sick dog. Plus we were supposed to start boarding her Friday so we could leave early Saturday for Florida - I can’t see that happening now. So that means next week (February break) we will be here with no plans or camps, no friends around, and with DH gone. I won’t want to take the kids on any fun excursions because I won’t want to leave millie alone too long. Plus the trip was to see my dad and I miss him
Obviously the biggest concern is our girl and making sure she is ok, but’s it’s a lot of shit on top of that too. 2020 has not been off to a great start for a myriad of reasons, and this is just not helping.
I woke up this morning not feeling well. I decided to power through it since I was just out sick for 2 days 2 weeks ago. Got to the office and had to close my eyes in the car for 15 minutes before coming in. I still don't feel great, but it's just an overall feeling of crappiness, so I'm probably just overly tired and not actually sick.
When I tried to turn on my electric blanket this morning it wouldn't turn on and I wanted to cry. Thankfully the plug was just loose.
My house is a freaking disaster. H was like zero help this weekend because he had his own stuff going on and since we didn't have any kids, pretty much nothing got done. I was able to fold some laundry sitting down, and I emptied the dishwasher sitting down and just put all of the stuff on the counter, but nothing else got done. I never bought any groceries because I can't carry them. I tried to get a gallon of milk on Friday and could barely make it out of the store, the added weight threw off my gait. I'm wfh tomorrow so I think I'm just going to schedule a grocery delivery for the bare minimums. In the meantime, my kids might be having Ramen for dinner tonight. Or maybe cereal since I did get milk
I’m taking just Ds1 on a trip to see family & do a day in NYC. It will be so much fun to spend quality 1 on 1 time with him but I feel guilty I’m not taking Ds2 so my mom is going to take him to the lake house for a few days. Maybe I can explain it to Ds2 by calling this a “kindergarten trip”...
Another total random, I have started looking at condos to move to this summer, and one popped up today that is absolutely perfect IMO. It's so cute with a ton of natural light, I like the layout, etc. Even their paint colors and fixtures are totally my style so we really wouldn't need to do anything but move in. It's too early though! Why am I torturing myself? My lease isn't up until July so the earliest we realistically could close is May, and I'd really prefer June so we aren't paying for an expensive empty apartment. There is not a ton on the market right now so the chances of 90-120 days until closing are pretty slim, especially since we can't do things like pay cash or pay above market value or whatever else constitutes a strong offer. And it's too early to be pre-approved for closing in June, so we aren't even able to move on anything.
I guess it's good to know what sorts of things are in the market, though, at least? Hopefully something else perfect will pop up.
I’m taking just Ds1 on a trip to see family & do a day in NYC. It will be so much fun to spend quality 1 on 1 time with him but I feel guilty I’m not taking Ds2 so my mom is going to take him to the lake house for a few days. Maybe I can explain it to Ds2 by calling this a “kindergarten trip”...
When I turned 10, my mom told me she would take me anywhere I wanted to go. I asked to go to Paris to see the Mona Lisa, so that's what we did. When my sister turned 10, she made the same deal with her and they went to Ohio to visit family. (These choices are so indicative of our personalities. lol) Anyway, I think she and I both remember these trips with just our mom as really special and neither of us felt left out because my sister knew she would get her turn and I knew I had already had mine.
Post by litskispeciality on Feb 10, 2020 12:43:43 GMT -5
I'm trying really hard to break my habit of touching my face all day for acne, and flu reasons. It's so hard.
I'm having trouble getting into Overdrive. I'm pretty sure my library card expired...which I wouldn't care if I wasn't JUST as the Library a week ago. Could you not have told me so I could renew while I was there? Trying to build up a bunch of holds to keep up on my progress.
TMI.... One of the few things I miss about being on the pill is knowing when I'll get my period. I think I've found time for a weekend away, but I want to make sure I won't have my period. Thankfully I've been pretty regular, but counting out another two or three months it's too much what if that doesn't stick for me.
We're getting our septic tank pumped this morning, and the sound the truck is making is super irritating (somehow both a low grumbly machine sound, and a high pitched whine) and it's good that this is usually a pretty fast job, because it's definitely a sound that could trigger a migraine in me.
My in-laws (MIL and SIL) are coming tomorrow and they are going to be here forever (at least until Saturday morning, but probably more likely Sunday morning, and that is TOO LONG) for my MIL's medical appointments and because my H's birthday is on Sunday. Before they get here tomorrow evening I need to go to the grocery store and Costco, as well as clean the entire house. I also have no freaking clue what we'll be eating for dinner tonight, but I at least have dinners planned for the time they are here.
I haven’t spoken to my mother in several years and her sister, my aunt whom I barely know, but friended me on FB put a message which said “Everyone wish my sister X a Happy Birthday” and something must have been said because a post below was “how ungrateful not to wish their mother a happy birthday” Go ahead, keep spreading lies...and you wonder why I cut your ass off. It amazes me how narcissistic some people can be and they’ll tell their “story” to any one and every one.
So I finally made my doctors appointment and the woman taking my appointment said she’d ask, but the new doctor may not write me a one month refill for my bcp. What? I’ve been going to that office since we moved here so they can see on my chart that I’ve had this same prescription for years, is there really some big risk in writing me a one month refill before seeing me?
Post by litskispeciality on Feb 10, 2020 13:49:53 GMT -5
Speaking of cookies, I need a local GS hookup. Eventually we get cookie booths, but I love to help people I know first because in my day I had to walk door to door in the snow lol. I'm in that weird window where the 400 GS's I knew have stopped.
Post by Patsy Baloney on Feb 10, 2020 13:54:50 GMT -5
litskispeciality, I hear you - even though I'm a troop leader and my daughter sells, I still buy from the wagon-toting scouts out in the shitty weather, because I did the saaaame thing way back when. We walked around in snow/rain this weekend and had several people say, "Well, I bought some at the store, but I could always use a few more!" Made my daughter's day. Booths are great, but they really do kill the door-to-door aspect.
So, k has flu A. If your kids took tamiflu did they have bad reactions? I want her to eat a little something with it, but food is also making her tummy feel a little off due to the fever
A dad at DS2's daycare was picked up by ICE on his way to drop his daughter off last week and is now in a detainment facility 5+ hours away. Our amazing tiny community raised over $40k in less than a day to help his family and with his legal expenses. I am so heartbroken for him and his family. I've known others affected by this administration's immigration policies but this one is hitting me really hard.
cleo29, DS, almost 9, has tested positive for influenza four times over the years. Three times he had tamiflu with vomiting being the major side effect. The fourth time, I think last year maybe, we could not get him to take it for love or money, because he remembered the vomiting. I broke down crying, tried crazy types of bribery, threats, but he would.not do it. It was only kind of still in the window to take it anyway, so we gave up. He recovered just as quickly as he had the times with tamiflu but I do think there is value in taking it if you are early in the window. I think some kids have reported having psychological effects but that was not a problem for us.