Dear Beau's Ex, You have got to be kidding me. For the duration of this quarantine you've fought beau every step of the way. You wouldn't even let him bring his son to his own apartment because it was "too risky" originally! You were pissed that he was still seeing me, you make snide remarks about the kids getting to play together, you make passive aggressive comments in front of beau's son about safety concerns... And now you spring on us that you're taking him on a PLANE to a state that is currently pausing re-opening because of an increase in cases?! That is some total selfish BS. I'm having a hard time biting my tongue on this one, but I will for beau's sake. Signed, Ready to go Momma bear for a kid that's not even mine
Dear arthritis compression gloves, Whoa. You are a game changer. Starting my day off with you means my hand pain isn't at a 10 by the time I'm logging off at the end of the day. Just wish you came in a more neutral color to disguise you when I'm on video calls a little more. Fingerless black gloves is an interesting fashion look in the middle of summer. Signed, I talk with my hands
Please stop getting up before 6:30, letting the cat out of his room, bringing him upstairs, and encouraging him to “wake up mommy.” I’m awake and lounging. And I don’t start being a mom until 7 am. Give me my few minutes of morning me time!
I AM SO CONFUSED I WANT TO CRY. I'm hoping that today's WebEx brings some sort of clarity. There are two spaces for DD's grade in the private school we'd send her to. We'd be committing to close to $20k for the year, and $2k as a non-refundable deposit just to reserve the space. If we have to do it... we have to do it. Your "distance learning" sounds like worse than nothing, but the health department's guidance yesterday makes it sound like there's a good chance we'll be in class. So now I.. just.. don't.. know.
Signed, Not cut out for this.
PS It's only the future of 30,000 kids on the line. And the sanity of their parents.
Dear work,
I am... not doing well. With anything at this point. I went from being slow to being busier than I've been in YEARS.. which would be okay normally, but on top of everything else is rough.
Signed, I need to take a mental health year.
Dear WP,
I've had the song "I'm not okay" stuck in my head for two days now. Think it's a sign?
k3am, sdlaura, Honestly I feel like at this point I just want them to make a damn decision, announce it, and move on. I know that's not possible. And I realize that I'm VERY lucky that I can just work from home and limp this situation along indefinitely and many families don't have that option. But how are we supposed to try to figure out anything if it's a constant moving target with no clarity? All this back and forth and multiple options for every district are just making things worse. Of course, it's much too much to ask for any guidance at the federal level to try and make sure school districts everywhere are prepared. That's just crazy talk, I guess. Every option sucks, so at some point we have to just pick one and figure out how to make it work, right?
We still won't hear anything on the school front until August. It's insanity. It did come out yesterday that some other districts in the state are moving the start date UP to mid August so they can have a good start to the school year in person. I don't believe ours will go that route since they aren't even having discussions with the public until August.
Dear Boss,
I appreciated the time yesterday and the one on one talk. However, the one item that keeps coming up in my head is how you told me I still need to make time for personal development right now. We had to navigate remote working, middle of an ERP conversion and a pandemic.
My head might explode
Dear DH,
No, I don't want to try to pack up and leave early for the cottage tonight. It's going to be a billion degrees and there's no AC, still need to do all the shopping and packing yet. Let's sleep in the AC one more night, pack everything up and head out early tomorrow. Also, can you get me your shopping list pronto!?
Dear People Today is the day that the governor has declared you must wear a mask in public. So that means the post office, my office, the groomer, and everywhere else. Those are the 3 places I've been so far and with multiple people not wearing a mask. This isn't political this is trying to slow the rapidly growing COVID cases so we don't have to go back to SIP. Business owner who is tired of being parrot
Dear DH No we aren't going to leave Thursday night late to go visit friends. I have to work all day Thursday, DD has practice late, and our friends have to work at least a half day on Friday. Meaning we can leave Friday morning. Wifey who does all the packing and such not
Dear Police officers We keep reporting the loud music that the neighbors are playing all freaking night long. Could you just stake out our area so you can catch them in the act because they have great sonar about shutting if off 10 minutes before you arrive. The deep loud boom boom boom is causing no one to sleep. Sign tired tax paying citizen PS the house is in foreclosure and the homeowner is in jail so the people living there are the "girlfriend and pals"
Its nice that I have become so damn essential. I don't do my old job at all. I can't give back my new one, because I guess I do it so well, event though we hired 11 contact tracers. Now you tell me that you need me to write a grant, on COVID testing, something I have never done, experienced or even heard of until 3 months ago, because I am the only one with enough experience to write a grant, except the epi, who is swamped. The person whose job this probably is, is on vacation. Guess what, so am I after tomorrow. So I will dump my calendar today and tomorrow, push all cases to staff, and do what I can do, and then it is up to someone else. If I am so #$#@ing essential, maybe I need a bigger seat at the table. Because I am sure someone knew about this weeks ago, not just 3 days before it was due, so if I was going to get stuck with it, I could have already started.
You need to get this $%^# pandemic under control. You are about to ruin everything.
Signed-
Get it together
Dear School-
I need a plan now. This is not new. We've known about Covid since January.
Signed- Impatient and stressed
third!
Ditto. I first thought, we are the United States, surely we've got the resources, knowledge to get out ahead of this. I should have known better since I work in Public Health and we've been gutted for years. Now, not only are we not ahead, we are in horrible shape compare to other countries, not even, close to getting it together.
rere, the messaging we kept getting was work with your local health department except they closed their office and were nowhere to be found. Radio silence.
If that’s not their role then stop telling us we are supposed to work with them and just tell us all advice will come from the state level (and mostly too late to be helpful at the beginning).
I can’t get into the federal response which has mostly been a disaster.
waverly, That's weird. I work for a local health department and we are pretty much around the clock. I am working from home, but everything is remote and my office is tied to my cell phone, so that means calls during dinner, at 8 pm, 7 am, etc.. Overall, we have done well here with the virus, but our other jobs, tobacco, suicide, drug prevention, diabetes control, health screenings, etc.. all also need to get done. Since 2008 and the downturn, we have all had to carry several programs over 7 counties, which puts us pretty thin anyway. Our budget has never rebounded. It's like once they cut us that lean, they just thought, well they are still standing it, so why fund them. Then something happens like a pandemic or dramatic increase in overdoses, or kids passing out at school vaping who know what and everyone is screaming WHERE IS PUBLIC HEALTH!!! We are just over here twiddling our thumbs.... and writing every grant on the planet, and educating on diabetes, smoking, bullying, safe sleep, regulating childcare, inspecting restaurants, doing pap smears, handing out needles, health screening.... with pretty much no staff.
rere, I’m sure they are working hard around the clock on things I don’t see. I just thought they would have guidance for local community leaders like the press kept reporting.
rere , I’m sure they are working hard around the clock on things I don’t see. I just thought they would have guidance for local community leaders like the press kept reporting.
They should. I am not sure what state you are in because everyone is different, but half the time my staff an I are looking over reopening plans, sports plan, mitigation strategies, etc... Questions from freaked out people who's brother knows someone, who talked to someone, whos sister may have tested positive....
FF Thursday Confession: over 2 weeks ago, my kids had their first and only play date. The mom of these kids is a pediatrician. On Day 13 after contact, I emailed her to let her know we were all still symptom free and to thank her for the play date. She said both kids had sore throats and she was wheezy. (She has a lung condition so wheezy is pretty normal for her.) She was being tested for Covid bc she’s a doctor. I quietly freaked out. Even though symptoms for her family started almost 2 weeks after we saw them. And we had no symptoms.
Now I’m wondering if we can do the play date for DD’s birthday with the other friend whose dad is a surgeon. I’m still thinking yes, but it’s scary.
rere- even if they were full blown carriers, the fact that we had gone 2 weeks with no symptoms really should have been enough to put my mind at ease. Now we are 19 days out. Lol. We are all fine.
I just invited my BFF and her family over to swim this weekend. She has a son who is older than our kids but the three play together really well. We can be outside, 6 ft apart, in the shade and the kids can swim.
Post by traveltheworld on Jul 2, 2020 14:32:23 GMT -5
mommyatty, I think I posted that one of the moms we've been hanging out with came down with a sore throat. She got tested. We were a bit freaked out, so I know how you feel. But the test came back negative.
Dear Son,
How is that you can solve complicated pre-calculus problems and yet struggle to put on clothes every morning? I already know the answer to this question, but still, it would be nice if once in a while, you could come downstairs properly dressed. This morning your shirt was inside out AND backwards. You need 1 shirt + 1 pair of pants. It's not that hard. Really, it is not.
Signed, Amused/resigned that our 8 year old still can't get dressed properly
mommyatty we’ve been socializing with our BFF family in our backyard. Adults distancing, kids playing together, families eating at separate tables. BFF family has another good friend family locally and we and good friends always both invite BFF family for holidays and they have to choose. But the mom of the good friend family is an ICU nurse, and they have older kids who are statistically more likely to spread the virus, so BFF family picked us to spend the 4th with due to lower exposure risk. I appreciate that the other mom is doing heroic work, but I’m glad we have someone to hang out with for the holiday.