We had a super busy weekend. Then DH woke up in the middle of the night with a stomach issue. He’s hoping it’s something he ate. Me too.
This is our last week before Spring Break. We might try to drive somewhere close by for a couple of days. Mostly though we just all need some rest. We are tired. All four of us.
This week we have a meeting where our whole department comes in town. So I will be really busy. It’s not a great week for it. DH has DS’s first tee ball practice, but it might rain. That may mean we have no practice before our first game, which feels disastrous. A few of the kids have never played before.
Well the local newspaper just reminded me that I agreed months ago to write an article for them due Wednesday, so I guess that is what I will be doing today, since I have class Wednesday that I haven't planned for yet. Other than that a pretty normal week. Our agency is submitting documentation for accreditation by Thursday. I turned my stuff in a month ago, but it seems that the powers that be thrive on a tight deadline and are just now reviewing. I don't thrive on a tight deadline, so I am hoping they don't send things down for revision at the last minute, because they pulled that stuff already Friday.
Post by librarychica on Mar 2, 2020 10:01:27 GMT -5
I am in a mood today. I was also in a serious mood yesterday. We had nothing planned except a target run and I just wanted to be left one to clean and organize. Nope! This did not happen. I snapped at my kids, I tried not to snap at H because I know he is tired after all his traveling but, dude, but I am sure he knows I was pissed. I yelled at the dog. I yelled at inanimate objects.
Today will be a better day.
This should be a steady but not insane week at work. Lots of good, high-focus projects on the calendar. I am going to really try to reconnect with the kids in the evenings after the shitshow that was yesterday.
It was a long weekend. Our contractor ghosted us after ripping out our kitchen, has. It been in touch with us or any of the subcontractors, and hasn’t shown up for a week. Someone saw him out and about, so he’s not dead, so that’s good I guess. But he never ordered our new window, which is a different, nonstandard size than the current one and the whole kitchen was designed around it. We think we have someone to take over the job, but the window order is weeks out, and the project is at a standstill. He owes us thousands of dollars.
We had to pick up our tile order since he never did, and I injured my back moving the boxes of tile on Saturday.
We are lucky that we have enough in cash reserves to move forward while we engage an attorney to get the money back.
On the plus side, DD1 has been an absolute delight lately. She’s helpful, does what we ask, helps her sister. I’m feeling so hopeful right now.
Also DD2 went to a birthday party on Saturday and the family we’ve been at odds with all year also attended. The mom was visibly uncomfortable and moved away from the group of moms when I joined the conversation, which was great with me! So it wasn’t as stressful as I thought it would be, and I had fun chatting with everyone. Another positive
Post by mustardseed2007 on Mar 2, 2020 10:41:00 GMT -5
We had a really full weekend.
Saturday DD got to go to the zoo with a 3 other kids and the 4 preschool and the Kindergarten teachers. She was so excited to go and had a total blast. DS was super excited to hang out at a museum near the zoo with an old friend of his. So overall it was a great day.
Sunday the kids each went over to someone else's house for a playdate and DS and i went out to brunch for our anniversary. We had planned on going out to dinner but we put that on hold since we had a boil water ban. Luckily that's now been lifted.
Thursday DS' piano teacher asked me to go to school during his lesson (he gets his lessons after school during after school enrichment). Somehow toting both kids around the school that day we left behind DD's nap mat, water bottle and we have totally lost DS' piano book. What a pain! Obviously I'm horrible at dealing with the kids and all their luggage. I guess a side effect of me asking them to carry some of their own stuff??
We had a nice weekend. We went to a minor league hockey game on Saturday with some friends, and yesterday was just a "get stuff done" day around the house followed by dinner with friends.
DH ordered some garage storage stuff he needed my help installing. I spent about 10 minutes on it with him, and finally told him the project was at a standstill and he needed to either find a handy friend to help him or pay someone to do it. I don't think our marriage would have survived. Not that I couldn't help him, but for a smart man, he was being stupid. He couldn't get it through his head that what he was trying to install was 2x8 feet. For some reason, he kept thinking it was 4x8, but acting like I was an idiot for trying to point out that it wasn't. He was wanting to mount it in areas where we wouldn't be able to access half of the storage, or where if we utilized the feature where we hang stuff from it, it would literally be hitting my car. The whole reason we bought it was to provide out of the way storage and hopefully help us organize the mess of bikes, scooters, strollers, etc. that we have going on. (And yikes, that's a lot of words about storage.)
Post by supertrooper1 on Mar 2, 2020 11:33:09 GMT -5
It was a good weekend but seemed too short. Saturday DS and I checked out the new play place in our area and had lunch there. We then stopped by to see beau at his work before heading to the grocery store. Sunday was my dad's birthday dinner. My 83 year old aunt was there and it amazes me that she still works two days a week plus runs a small trucking company.
Post by supertrooper1 on Mar 2, 2020 11:35:06 GMT -5
mae0111, that sucks about your contractor ghosting you! My parents just won a small claims court case against a contractor they hired for a small job on their barn. He wasn't licensed or bonded and they're not sure how they're going to get their money. Luckily they're only out a couple thousand dollars.
Monday hit hard with my inbox full of coronavirus freak out emails from my trip people. And a constant stream of people coming by my desk to ask "So, what are you doing about that?" Hmm.. Not sure. Did I get a new job at the CDC over the weekend and no one told me? I'm googling the same news articles and travel advisories you are! So basically, I'm exhausted, grumpy, stressed, and getting a headache and it's not even lunch time yet. It doesn't help that I'm spread way too thin and totally overwhelmed personally leading up to when I fly out too. There's so much to cram in each night this week before I leave that I don't know how I'm going to manage getting it all done. The weekend was good though. Beau's new place is amazing and did really well, busy all weekend!
I got my bonus information today.. paying out at max percentage possible. "Supposedly" they are working on additional stock options. And all talk of a promotion has somehow dropped off the radar since we're no longer hiring anyone new.
I am still without support staff, and my remaining operations person has no backup, with no ETA on when my other colleague comes back. So that's fun. The remaining ops scheduled for a 3 week vacation in May and if they even hint at making her cancel, I will lose my shit. If we don't have someone by April, I'll 100% stop all new business/revenue generating activities so that I can cross train in her role (causing huge segregation of duties issues) to make sure that we're able to at least function for our existing clientele.
Post by covergirl82 on Mar 2, 2020 12:26:11 GMT -5
Weekend was too short, even though we didn't have a lot planned. I got one thing completed from my to-do list, and that was going through DD's dresser and closet and cleaning out clothes that don't fit and assessing if she has enough clothes for spring break. I was just exhausted for some reason and took a short nap both Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I'll have to do the cleaning chores from my list during the evenings this week. Next weekend I'll have to tackle DS's dresser and closet.
Sunday the weather was gorgeous for March 1 in MI. It got up to about 50 degrees and was sunny. We all went outside for a while; I did 6 laps of our street (so probably around 1.5 miles total) at a brisk walk. I'm going to try to do that a couple nights a week when the weather is nice. It's so much nicer to walk outside than on the treadmill.
Post by greenmonkey1 on Mar 2, 2020 12:49:47 GMT -5
mae0111 It really stinks your contractor ghosted. I hope you are able to get the project back on track and your money refunded.
DH (self-employed) moved offices this week and the movers ghosted on the second day. They came about 2-hours late on Friday saying they had to finish a job from the day prior due to the snow. Plausible excuse, it did snow basically all day and I can see that slowing down a move. So at 5 o'clock (I think they started at 2 pm) they decided they were done for the day, leaving DH's filing cabinets in the building's stairwell, boxes on landings, and DH's desk in front of the building secretary's desk. On top of that, they hadn't brought the right equipment to move the heaviest stuff, including DH's leased copier, so they left that and a few other items at DH's old office. They said they would finish the job Sunday morning. Guess who never showed up? Thankfully DH's parents have a neighbor who owns some sort of junk hauling franchise and neighbor man calls one of his guys to come help. Then this guy knows someone who moves copiers. So random junk hauler and a copier mover guy come and help DH finish the move.
Now DH needs to figure out how to get his money back because he paid upfront. The moving company first said they called and couldn't get an answer Saturday to confirm the Sunday time. But they cannot tell him what number they called and they certainly didn't call DH. Then they said it was DH's responsibility to call Saturday to confirm the move. Except they have no Saturday hours so I'm not sure who he would have called. It's a mess.
twinmomma, the like as for beau's restaurant opening. I'm sorry everyone thinks you work at the CDC now and have all the answers
Having Saturday off was really nice. DD and I had fun with her teammates and moms at the college meet. I don't really feel rested after my day off but I also don't feel like I'm dragging butt either. Sunday I not only took DD to work with me but the dog too and I was shocked that they both let me work all day and entertained themselves.
My mom is leaving from the town the funeral was in and heading back to my house. She hasn't called anyone to let us know she was leaving, we don't know if she was able to get her GPS working, and she turned off location tracking, so Life360 isn't working anymore and we can't track where she is.
I am home sick today with the cold from hell. Had me laid out most of the weekend too.
DH and I are supposed to fly to Seattle on Sunday but I think we will cancel. My parents were coming up to watch DD and I just feel too worried about coronavirus stuff. There’s no outbreaks near my home or theirs but they’re 70. Also the very remote possibility of being quarantined in a hotel in Seattle while my parents have to stay with DD is... too much.
Post by librarychica on Mar 2, 2020 20:29:32 GMT -5
Spent the evening having dinner with my brother and trying to convince him that he has no control over our mom. She can’t make his work decisions, she can’t make my parenting decisions and neither of us can make her work harder at physical therapy. Adulthood! We are all ping pong balls careening wildly around the universe.
I turn 40 this year and have never needed or worn glasses. I’ve had perfect vision my entire life. My last eye dr appt was 2.5 years ago and I bought some cheap super mild .25 computer screen glasses afterwards that I’ve never worn. Now, I think I need glasses. I’ve been getting awful headaches and have noticed my vision isn’t as perfect as it used to be. Im actually wearing them today to see if it helps. I’m totally bummed about this.
Also these glasses are totally crappy. Note to self - if I actually need glasses I need to buy real, quality glasses.
sandandsea, I am over 40 and am totally rebelling against glasses. I absolutely refuse. Except for the pair of cheaters that I have to keep to read the directions on medication. Plus, I decided to read a little of the Bible each day of lent. I had a little pocket Bible. On the first day, I open and the print was so small, I said what the hell!! Which is not a good way to start. And now I have cheaters for that too.
Post by traveltheworld on Mar 3, 2020 15:09:36 GMT -5
I'm back in the office today after a week off so today is my Monday. I was all fresh and rejuvenated after my vacation and that lasted...well, 2 hours. We are so overwhelmed at work that one lawyer in my department came and cried in my office, and another has such a bad infection that she needs to go to the hospital for IV antibiotics treatment for 2 hours every day, but is still coming into work (and working while the IV is connected to her at the hospital). It's just a bit insane. We have interviews scheduled for next week and I'm trying to convince everyone that it'll be ok soon, but it's falling on deaf ears.
On a brighter note, vacation was great, so I'll hold on to memories of that for as long as I can.
Yeah it’s only on weekdays when I’m staring at my computer all day that it’s bothering me. Ugh. Both of my parents had to get glasses at 40 also so I’m blaming this all on them
I think it’s just eye fatigue. I feel like I can still see just fine.
Post by supertrooper1 on Mar 3, 2020 16:09:12 GMT -5
Today feels like a Monday for me. DS and I were running late this morning even though we both got up earlier than usual. I just got three nasty emails in five minutes from someone that's not even my client, claiming "you people" can't help her. I emailed her Google links a week ago for what she needed, and she's just now getting back to me. She wasn't even sure if she had an email address and had to ask her coworker while we were on the phone last week. I asked a coworker in Texas if he could reach out to her since I didn't think I could keep my cool on the phone with her.
Today was very Monday to me. I had a conversation with the principal which resulted in her screaming “WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME??” Clearly, we are not friends.
Contractor is still MIA, but we have a new, trustworthy (but slow) contractor ready to go. We spoke to a lawyer that specializes in these disputes, and he said that there is a fund run by the state that pays homeowners when licensed contractors abandon jobs, and arbitration finds in favor of the homeowner. If the contractor can’t pay, the state does, and suspends the license of the contractor.
mae0111- “For you to be a #%£$& professional who handles her employees, for one thing.”
I told her that when I managed people, insubordination was grounds for termination. And if I was in her shoes, I would have fired her for gossiping about my daughter to another parent.
It was not well received.
She also told me that although I have 12 documented instances of this kid hitting, kicking, slapping, poking, and verbally bullying DD1, this does not rise to the level of bullying, as there is not an imbalance of power. The school’s (and the state’s) definition of bullying doesn’t mention power anywhere. So she’s just making crap up.