Finally Friday

[supertrooper1]

Plans, randoms, FFFC?

[librarychica]

I am having a rough day so I’m going to put it all here and try to improve upon it.

It’s the anniversary of a mass shooting here. Every year I remember and am shaken by it. My family will have moment of silence over dinner for the poor souls killed and their families.

Our local health department says coronavirus is making a comeback here. Someone close to us with an immune deficiency was diagnosed yesterday. She is very sick but the doctors say she should recover. I am worried for her and petty-mad that my kids may not even get to camp (one week to go!) before we are shut down again. Come on, people, stop throwing block parties!

Corporate says most if not all of my team is home for the very long haul and i don’t think I’ll be traveling to see my team members at other work sites until January. It makes sense to keep us out of the way of the people who have to be there, I appreciate their caution, but I didn’t expect to spend half of my first year as the boss managing from dining room. It adds a new level of challenge.

This afternoon I think the girls and I will make a foray to the garden center and plant some flowers.

[supertrooper1]

I'm sorry you're having a rough day librarychica.

[supertrooper1]

Today, DS is having his classroom goodbye meetings even though school isn't officially over until next Friday. I'll drop him off at his dad's after the last meeting and then head to beau's. We plan on going out to dinner for the first time since things have opened up in our area. Then he's going to show me how to change my oil in my bike. We have my first group ride planned for tomorrow if the weather isn't too bad. His son, brother and cousins will be there and I'm a little nervous since they're experienced riders. But beau says he and his son mapped out the easier trails at the ORV park we're going to and no one is worried about being slowed down by my inexperience.

[mustardseed2007]

librarychica, huuugs.

I've got my lap top set up in a beach front beach house. I can see my kids playing with DH on the beach. The beach is very crowded. From a bird's eye view I can see that they are distanced but frequently people are walking by. There's a jogger who has run right next to DD twice now when she has a huge area where she could go around. It's just annoying. I'm glad my kids are having fun though.

At the same time being in a house that isn't mine is making me feel squicky and nervous. We booked this trip when numbers were low. I wouldn't book it today. Not to mention that I went over everything with Clorox wipes and the whole kitchen was grimy. I'm not normally a germaphobe but I guess I'm turning into one.

[rere]

librarychica, sorry you are having a rough day.

My dog was on the losing end of a skunk last night, so that is fun. My garage smells. When DS gets up I am sending him for tomato juice.

I am the on call person this weekend, so I will be traveling with my laptop everywhere. DD still has the ACT in the morning, so dropping her off, going for a run, and going into the office until she is done. Mom wants us to come over for dinner Saturday night. DH is working, so pretty low key.

I am getting nervous about vacation. I just want to walk in the woods and creeks, so hopefully we can just do takeout and pizza for food. I really need to get away. I haven't had a full day off in months. I can't really take a day at home, because I work here now and the phone and computer would still go nuts.

[twinmomma]

I'm sorry librarychica. I hope tomorrow's a better day for you!

I have no kids this weekend, so I have a laundry list of chores to get done around here. Trim hedges, organize the office and pack away the home school supplies, give the playroom a once over, toss some junk in the basement... I have very high hopes for my productivity. Let's see if I can live up to it.

Tomorrow beau is going to look at a house with a realtor and I'm joining him for the showing. He's trying to plan for when his lease is up in the fall and get an idea of options on the market in town. Things sell here quickly, so there's no chance he'd get that specific house, but wants to start the hunting process now since there's so little inventory and get a relationship going with a good realtor.

Random: I started paying someone to mow my lawn this year and it is the best feeling ever. My yard is tiny, it doesn't take long to mow it. But man, it's a chore I hate doing and can never seem to squeeze into daylight hours between work and kids. Paying someone $30 to do it for me is the best!

[186momx]

Dad and I are both burnt out at work and the office still acting like early March instead of mid June is totally not helping. He wanted to switch job duties all last week and it last 24 hours before we went back to our normal stuff. He was so frustrated and annoyed answering the phone and payrolls coming in at off times and having to keep email open and checking it constantly. We both need vacation time and I think after July 15th I'm just marking us each off 1 day each week for the rest of the summer. Thinking week 1 dad gets Thursday off and I get Monday and then week 2 dad gets Monday and I get Thursday so we each end up with super long weekends. He also refuses to get he technology to WFH because it isn't secure and safe enough because of the sensitive data we have. I really need to point out all the other accounting firms, loan companies, bankers, government agencies are WFH so it should be doable for us. Part of it is that he doesn't like to WFH and can't seem to focus or be productive when home. I don't mind it for short spurts but wouldn't do it all the time plus DD leaves me alone better when we are at the office vs at home.

DD turned 9 yesterday. She is acting full on teenager this week, lots of mood shifts and emotions.

Today DD had the dentist and they pulled out the tooth that was dangling so tooth fairy tonight. The dog sees the vet hopefully at 1:20. I have no hopes that she will willingly go into the vet office with a staff member while I stay in the car. Vet is a friend of ours so if worse case comes she may be up to doing the exam in the grassy area. Weekend is supposed to be gray gloomy 60s and rain so just planning on puttering around the house. Sunday we are doing dinner at mom's for DD's b-day and Costco is doing smaller cakes so DD choose that after seeing then Wednesday night when we were shopping so I need to run and get a cake Sunday. My sister picked me up Harry Potter plates from the party store in her town which is the big surprise for DD.

[sdlaura]

I’m sorry librarychica. People are freaking out here that cases went up 30%. It sounds shocking, but they went from 56 to 74 and there are still no deaths. I think it’s mostly the result of more testing. Apparently new cases have been traced to private gatherings at homes and not from businesses.

Today is our last day of distance learning - next week is technically the last week of school but we’ll just be returning stuff and picking up other stuff. Both kids had zoom class parties today and they were really cute. I made a slideshow as the kindergarten co room parent. They also made ice cream in a bag, told jokes, and played bingo.

DS2 turns 3 on Sunday! We’ll have my parents and our friends and their 3 kids over to swim and have lunch and cupcakes. I’m setting up a separate dining table for our friends and we’re planning to distance still. We got a piñata so the kids will be thrilled. I need to buy candy for it.

Otherwise we got our newborn and family photos and I love them. So I’m excited to design our birth announcement.

[waverly]

This makes sense sdlaura, if they are inside the home, hugging, not wearing masks. It’s different than co-workers trying to avoid each other, masked at work.

[sdlaura]

rere my dog had a skunk run in years ago. I believe we used peroxide/detergent/baking soda - I think I recall that tomato juice was better for people and peroxide for dogs.

[mommyatty]

We have a fairly busy weekend. At least, COVID-busy. We are supposed to go meet the cats we might adopt some time on Saturday. It would be freaking awesome if they would GIVE ME A TIME. Assuming we adopt them, we need to go get stuff for them. The kids are sleeping over at their grandma’s Saturday night so DH and I can have alone time. Our 23rd anniversary is Sunday. We will be going to a birthday parade for a girl in DS’s class.

Then on Monday, DH is taking the kids to swim with a school friend who is really suffering with social isolation. She’s rather an odd duck usually, with hard to control ADHD and some sensitivity issues that led them to test her to see if she was on the spectrum recently. She’s not. But even her mom who is a pediatrician wonders if they’ll get a dx at some point. DD and DS both get along well with her, so her dad reached out to DH with the saddest “please help but if you’re not comfortable it’s okay, but OMG please help” text today. He’s a SAHD too, so he and DH are pretty good buddies.

[waverly]

We are having our first (entirely outdoors) playdate in 3 months. I can't believe we finally made it here. Nothing planned this weekend though. We had to say no to a huge pool party. If they were just having us, it would be fine but it sounds like they are inviting everyone they know. Too soon for that.

Good news though, cases have dropped to the 500's today.

[mae0111]

librarychica - I hope your day improved.

The kids finished up school today, so right after DD2’s last zoom I took the kids to the beach. No one was listening while I was trying to prep, they colored themselves completely with markers and were running around the house like lunatics. So when we got to my parents, DD2 didn’t have her swimsuit. They live in this little seaside village, many shops are still closed, so I had to drive to the next town to find a place that had a pair of shorts that she could wear to the beach (she just wore a sundress on the way down).

Tomorrow we are having our electrical service updated, so power is being cut at 8am. I’m meeting a friend and her kids at a playground since they just opened back up, then we have a birthday parade, then going back to my parents for a while. We will probably go to the beach, but it will be too cold to swim, so maybe just walking and looking for creatures.

Sunday DD2 was supposed to have tryouts for a club soccer team, but they called today to say she’s on and not to come to tryouts because they’re limiting the number of kids. So now we’re free!

[librarychica]

Thanks all, I’m feeling better this evening. Some good, tiring yard work got me out of my head. Y’all have a nice weekend!

[mae0111]

So... if you were told that your power was being shut off at “8am SHARP”, what time would you expect to lose power? Because in my house, it meant “7:20, just as you’re hopping in the shower”. So with no power, the electric on-demand water heater doesn’t work. Cold shower.

DH was incredulous as to why I was annoyed.

[waverly]

Jun 13, 2020 6:51:19 GMT -5 mae0111 said:

So... if you were told that your power was being shut off at “8am SHARP”, what time would you expect to lose power? Because in my house, it meant “7:20, just as you’re hopping in the shower”. So with no power, the electric on-demand water heater doesn’t work. Cold shower.

DH was incredulous as to why I was annoyed.

In our house that means DH schedules home improvement appointments with vendors and doesn’t tell me. Then he gets all mad that no one answers the door or he isn’t here because he never writes down the time of the appointment or tells anyone it is happening.

[mommyatty]

Well, the shelter people never emailed us, so we went to Petsmart today and found the very sweetest cat. He’s now ours. We tried leaving him in the laundry room, but he cried so pitifully that we let him out. He’s roaming the house, playing with the kids, and just purring like there’s nowhere he would rather be.

Edited to add: Petsmart adoption of a cat from our city’s shelter.

[sdlaura]

What’s his name mommyatty? Do you have a picture?

[mommyatty]

His name is Jack. But we may change in to Jake because Jack was DH’s dad’s name.

[mommyatty]

Here he is hanging out in the laundry room.

[sdlaura]

mommyatty very cute!!

[shakinros]

Awwww he’s so cute!

[mommyatty]

Thanks, guys. He is the biggest lover. Looking at his paperwork, it looks like he was neutered and got his rabies shot in mid-May from the animal shelter. Then he was owner-surrendered a month later. So I’m not sure if it was an adoption gone wrong in a month or if they just got the low cost services but had him longer. Either way, I can’t imagine anyone giving up this guy. The only problems we see so far are that he has no kitchen manners. He tries to jump on the table and counters. And he seems to be very clingy. Like after 9 hours of not having used the litter box, I took him in there, let him eat (which he only does if you stand with him), and then put him in the box and stood there while he did his business. It was so weird. I’ve never seen a clingy cat.

My kids are spending the night with their grandma. I think he misses them. DD had a hard time deciding to leave him.

[mustardseed2007]

mommyatty, OMG mommy atty what a sweetheart!