It’s nearly 8am and both kids are still asleep. It’s some kind of mountain vacation miracle!
DH and I got two ski sessions in with DS1 yesterday. Omg, you guys. He was incredible. I’m so freaking proud. We did 5 runs off the little bunny hill lift in the morning. In the afternoon, we decided to take him up the main lift on a run that’s at least as long as those 5 combined. He was linking turns, slowing himself down, following me the whole way down. He loved it! Last night when I told him we’re going home this morning he said, “awww, I want to go on the big lift with you and daddy again!” With my new salary, we’re seriously considering buying a condo up here. It would be so nice to have a place to go year round, and I think we can probably break even renting it out when we’re not here.
We’re headed back home this morning once we get things packed up. We have laundry and grocery shopping to do, and I need to figure out some meal options for the week that don’t require a ton of prep because I just don’t have time for that today.
Truly random, I was just scrolling through Twitter and Dan Levy liked a tweet of Lil Nas X that was him crashing a wedding at Disney World and in the video was one of my good friends, lol.
I’m some sort of glutton. The tree guy strung me along on Friday and never showed up. Rescheduled for Saturday and never showed up. Rescheduled for today, and even though he texted 5 minutes before his scheduled arrival time to say he was almost here, he’s now 40 minutes late. Wtf
I woke up today with a wicked headache that still hasn’t gone away. I need to clean but I just can’t get it up to get off of my couch.
Post by killercupcake on Feb 23, 2020 10:48:34 GMT -5
W.T.Faulkner, I shouldn’t be surprised because this sort of thing has been going on since I was a kid. She’ll be incredibly vindictive and hurtful, then will act like nothing happened and be completely baffled by me not being warm toward her. There’s been a few times where she legitimately doesn’t seem to remember what happened. Like she blacked out.
But Jesus. I am tired. You know that saying about going to therapy to deal with people who won’t go to therapy? That’s me. I need to go to therapy already.
I’m some sort of glutton. The tree guy strung me along on Friday and never showed up. Rescheduled for Saturday and never showed up. Rescheduled for today, and even though he texted 5 minutes before his scheduled arrival time to say he was almost here, he’s now 40 minutes late. Wtf
I woke up today with a wicked headache that still hasn’t gone away. I need to clean but I just can’t get it up to get off of my couch.
I’m some sort of glutton. The tree guy strung me along on Friday and never showed up. Rescheduled for Saturday and never showed up. Rescheduled for today, and even though he texted 5 minutes before his scheduled arrival time to say he was almost here, he’s now 40 minutes late. Wtf
I woke up today with a wicked headache that still hasn’t gone away. I need to clean but I just can’t get it up to get off of my couch.
Don't use this guy. It should not be this hard. There is no way you will have a good experience with the actual work.
Post by killercupcake on Feb 23, 2020 13:38:07 GMT -5
cville, I’m just flabbergasted by the whole thing. Her boundaries have always been a little loose, and I’ve been really good about asserting mine, but this just shocked me. I literally don’t even know where to go from here. Part of me wants to ask my H to step in. I haven’t ever asked him to because it’s my mom, but I think she’ll actually listen to him and respect him more than me.
She of course was texting me this morning like nothing happened. I just gave her one word responses.
killercupcake I have boundary issues with my mom too. I think they got even worse with the introduction of DD. I’ve been seeing a therapist for a few months now and it’s really helped me to assert myself with both of my parents. It’s even more complicated when they’re the go-to backup caregivers. I think sometimes that can make then think their input/involvement is welcome when it’s not. Maybe it’s similar in your circumstances. Things have gotten better for me, I hope the same for you.
Post by killercupcake on Feb 23, 2020 14:10:26 GMT -5
meowmaps, that sounds very similar to my situation.
When we sold our house and were waiting to move into our new one, we stayed with them and my mom basically refused to follow my wishes when it came to parenting. I was finally like “Can I parent my own goddamn son? Can you let me do that?” She backed off for a bit but still tosses in little jabs every now and then.
meowmaps, that sounds very similar to my situation.
When we sold our house and were waiting to move into our new one, we stayed with them and my mom basically refused to follow my wishes when it came to parenting. I was finally like “Can I parent my own goddamn son? Can you let me do that?” She backed off for a bit but still tosses in little jabs every now and then.
I think we’re living parallel lives! We had to live with my parents for 9 weeks last summer and I thought I was going to lose my mind. They acted like I didn’t take care of my kid by myself before we lived with them. I had to convince them it was nap time or time for a bottle, etc. because how could I possibly know my kid’s schedule/habits, you know? Therapy helped me to work through the anger and resentment. Moving into our own space and the passage of time also helped immensely.
meowmaps, that sounds very similar to my situation.
When we sold our house and were waiting to move into our new one, we stayed with them and my mom basically refused to follow my wishes when it came to parenting. I was finally like “Can I parent my own goddamn son? Can you let me do that?” She backed off for a bit but still tosses in little jabs every now and then.
I think we’re living parallel lives! We had to live with my parents for 9 weeks last summer and I thought I was going to lose my mind. They acted like I didn’t take care of my kid by myself before we lived with them. I had to convince them it was nap time or time for a bottle, etc. because how could I possibly know my kid’s schedule/habits, you know? Therapy helped me to work through the anger and resentment. Moving into our own space and the passage of time also helped immensely.
I feel better knowing it’s not just me. Lol I think we were there for about 6 weeks and I legitimately didn’t think I would make it to our closing date.
I feel like those people saying fire the tree guy have never actually dealt with tree guys. They are the worst at sticking to a schedule. Or remembering their jobs. That’s coming from both dealing with for a house and for my townhouse HOA. We (the HOA) are on our third tree company in 2 years.
isabel how old is your little one? Mine is 4.5 and he has been skiing a number of times. I took him yesterday alone and he worked more on his pizza but he’s still unable to stop when he needs to. His edgie wedgie are off now but he is still in a harness, it might be a while before I’m comfortable taking that off. It’s amazing how far he can come in one session though. I have a lot of tricks up my sleeve, but he can only take 3-4 runs before we take a break.
I have 4 avocados perfectly ripe, and H is out of town tonight. Hell yes I’m having chips and guacamole for dinner!
This sounds amazing!
It was everything, and more!
i did make a side of black beans and rice. It felt more... mealish?
Now I have to do Sunday chores, like putting the trash out. And I haven’t changed out of PJs all day. Well, my neighbors can laugh at my penguin PJs. Zero fucks I give.
So mid January we took my car to the shop because it had a super funny smell and we knew something else needed fixing for sure. Honestly I forget what we knew the original problem was at this point. Our initial quote was $700 to fix whatever was leaking. Ok cool do that. Then once that was fixed they discovered something else. It was over $500 or something. Fine do it. Then it was thing after thing. Finally 3 weeks later we got my car back. The total was $1500 or so for everything they did. New battery, inspection, fixing my driver's side window, and tons of stuff. They gave us a random discount because they had the car for so long and because we take all of our cars there for repairs as much as possible, because we like and trust them. Then we take it somewhere else for new tires. And of course there's more things wrong at the tire place that the other place didn't even look for. DH chooses to just fix the major necessary things for now. The end of this story is approximately $2500 in repairs in the past month on my old ass high mileage car (12 years old, 165k+ miles) Which we most likely wouldn't have done if we had realized it would have ended up being so much, instead we would have sucked it up and bought a new car. Still, car should be good right?? I'm driving to a friend's house today and the check engine light comes on. And yes, my gas cap is perfectly tightened. Are you kidding me?? DH is like we are just selling this thing to CarMax now lol. So frustrating.
I feel like those people saying fire the tree guy have never actually dealt with tree guys. They are the worst at sticking to a schedule. Or remembering their jobs. That’s coming from both dealing with for a house and for my townhouse HOA. We (the HOA) are on our third tree company in 2 years.
I feel like the this about the tree guys I have dealt with, unless it is a crisis, like the tree is on or in my house, which has happened 3 times, at 3 different houses, but otherwise, they are like, maybe I will show, maybe I will give you an insane quote, or maybe I will give you a good one, depending on something I am not aware of. I had some tree guys do some work for me this week, at a house I am not living in, and they said they would come on Monday, they came on Saturday. I didn't even think to worry, and I paid them in advance in cash. I just took pictures of exactly what I wanted done, and my house, so they wouldn't go to the wrong one, and sent them to them, so we are all clear on what is suppose to be happening. They sent me back pictures when they were done, so I knew they had done, as ask.
I have seen tree guys do some crazy things, like cut trees in the river, underwater, with a chainsaw, while fully clothed, with their very well trained dog by their side, and climb 100 feet into the air and cut off all the branches on a tree, then the top, all the way down, dropping each piece in between houses that are 14 feet apart. I think they are courageous in a way I could never be. It is a special skill set, I appreciate.
Post by Patsy Baloney on Feb 23, 2020 17:18:52 GMT -5
I had my Girl Scout troop over to my house for an unofficial meeting this afternoon so we could start on our World Thinking Day projects (our council celebration is next weekend). They made a great poster about China, and next week we’re going to make pineapple buns and SWAPS that say “China” with red and yellow beads to give out at the event.
We had so much freaking fun. The day was beautiful, so once we finished with today’s projects, we went outside and played hungry fox and red light green light until parents came.
I really feel like I missed my calling in working with children, but I’m so happy to have this volunteer opportunity. I’ve always toyed with forming another troop, and I think I might do it once I finish my masters program in May, since I’ll have a little extra time. They are just so much fun, and I feel like it has really made me a better, less cynical person.
I feel like those people saying fire the tree guy have never actually dealt with tree guys. They are the worst at sticking to a schedule. Or remembering their jobs. That’s coming from both dealing with for a house and for my townhouse HOA. We (the HOA) are on our third tree company in 2 years.
I’ve used 4. She hasn’t even hired him yet. I stand by my recommendation to move on.
imojoebunny, yup. That sounds like the ones I’ve dealt with. The one I use at my rental house was good the first two times, but this last time, it was crazy. It was like pulling teeth to get him to show up. And the guy that was supposed to take care of our ash tree tissue with the HOA would just show up when he was sober, chop down a few trees, and disappear for 6 weeks. But the president wouldn’t let me fire him until it was 3 months of ignoring us.
Post by blondemoment123 on Feb 23, 2020 18:47:03 GMT -5
DS was such a handful today. Running away in the grocery store, throwing things, etc. But the best part was when he reached into my shirt while in line at the deli and announced “those mommy boobies”.