How is the week starting off? Hopefully it's a good one for everyone. I feel like we all need it.
I completely re-arranged my home office over the weekend and it feels really good to be sitting in a space that's purposefully designed for work. I'm in such a better head space. I even put on a sundress and earrings today.
The room I use was a craft/sewing room that I crammed a home office into, then crammed home schooling into, plus it was kind of a random catch-all room. I cleaned out all the junk and put it away. Also fit all my fabric and sewing supplies into the small closet in here so it's accessible but not visible. I was able to keep out 2 of my 6 machines - one working antique one that I can display on the bookshelves behind me as "decor" and one for day to day use if I ever want to work on a project. My brain just hasn't been in a sewing place lately, so it's not a great loss to pack it all up right now.
I even made a quick trip to Target to pick up a few things to dress it up a little. My first trip out just "for fun" to a store since this all started! It was totally stressful and not the most relaxing Target wandering. I was in and out and avoiding people left and right, but it still feels good to have a new lamp and some new pens and notebooks. I'm a simple girl. lol
Today is my first day back at work after DH and I spent a few days in a cabin in the woods by ourselves for a few days to celebrate our birthdays and anniversary. We had such a good time. It was so relaxing. We would hike for a few hours, have some lunch, take a nap, and do whatever we felt like doing. We even went to a restaurant for the first time since March! We spent the weekend detoxing the kids from Pappy's rules and catching up with work and school emails. Now it's back to the daily grind!
Trying to enjoy the last three weeks before summer break is officially over. I'm really worried about going back to school because our district plan for school starting back is legit insane and going to cause teachers ten times more work. I'm already exhausted just thinking about it! I'm going to try to get motivated to try to organize some areas of my house before school starts back so that can be done and so I can get rid of clutter. My home office and the guest room closet are my primary targets. I honestly shudder thinking about going through the office closet and the guest room closet! I need to find some organization things for my office closet like shelving/cabinets/something I can't really think of the correct wording for to help kick off the organization. Any ideas? Hope you all have a fabulous week!
Well Monday is coming in hot. There was a huge uptick in cases over the week. I was going to send an email that I was back, but I see there is no need since my phone began ringing at 8.
I have such a vacation hangover. It was such a nice trip for the most part that I am sad to be back to work . I moved my office back into the kitchen for today. It I bright and yellow with a big windows and French doors. I figured I needed all the light I can get to get through the day.
We swam in our pool both days of the weekend with our friends and I took the kids to the beach yesterday afternoon. Our friends were right about the beach - it was too crowded for my liking - but I still think we were able to keep at least 6 feet of distance, more where we were sitting, and honestly I don’t worry too much about a completely outdoor space with a breeze where we only get close to people in passing.
We finally got our final tax bill saturday. Despite both claiming zero exemptions and that we’re single so that max taxes get withheld, and making a giant estimated payment already, we had to write another big check. DH had put together a spreadsheet though and estimated it, so we knew it was coming - he just hoped maybe he’d done something wrong and it might be less
I need to take care of a bunch of work stuff I had been putting off today. Baby had a great night of sleep last night, so I’m feeling good. I can’t believe he’ll be 2 months on Wednesday!
We came home Friday from our beach vacation. We were able to have a few good conversations, and DH has agreed to go to counseling with me. So now I've just got to research and find someone for us.
Saturday we continued with laundry and unpacking. DD2 and I ran errands for my parents, who threw a small baby shower for my sister yesterday. Then DH, DD2 and I swam for a while. It was nice to be quiet for a little while.
Yesterday we had my sister's baby shower. It was super hot out, but most people stayed outside and remained 6 feet from anyone that wasn't part of their circle. We served food carefully wearing masks and gloves. I am totally exhausted from all of the running around, and I did something to my knee yesterday as well.
I discovered a huge bulls eye bug bite on the back of DD2's leg last night. It's not any better today, so we are heading to the dr shortly.
Well April has finally arrived in my office. For the love of god clients it is July we don't work weekends and if we do we sure don't want to deal with people or phone calls. 2 dozen v-mails this morning all from 4pm Friday to 7am today. Ugh
I had an informational interview this morning with a company that’s been trying to recruit me for about 3 years. It went really well, maybe because I was very relaxed about it. I really think I would be a good fit both culturally and experience-wise. What felt really weird was they kept talking about someone coming into a “senior leader” role. I feel like such a peon at my company. So the fact that they look at me as someone who would come in at a high level of leadership feels so good. Odd but good.
And mae0111, omg! He agreed to counseling? That’s huge. I’m glad for you.
DD’s Zoom birthday was a big hit. She enjoyed it and I think her friends did too. I can’t believe she’s 8. And going into 3rd grade.
I had a weekend. I'm not sure I'd call it a good weekend. Friday we got the news that the school was backtracking it's plan of having in person class this fall and it's left me in the dumps. I tried to pretend like I was okay with everything on Saturday, and yesterday DH's parents "stopped by" to "deliver some sausage" that apparently was urgent enough that they needed to drive 3 hours round trip. I did not get enough notice to psyche myself up for their visit. After they left, I sent DH with the kids to swim at a friends and just moped on the couch for more hours than I want to admit.
I forced myself through my normal workout this morning and even though I wasn't really feeling it, I did 100% of the advanced moves and it felt.. easy. It was.. weird.
I'm not sure what the week will bring, but I'm sure nothing good.
Post by supertrooper1 on Jul 13, 2020 12:17:18 GMT -5
I went riding with beau and his cousins on Saturday. It was fun except that his 15 year old cousin's bike broke down a few minutes into our first trail, so she and her dad went home. She's such a good kid and it's nice to not be the only girl riding. I'm slowly getting better at not "whiskey throttling" my bike to the point of crashing. We went out to dinner with beau's mom and brother for beau's birthday Saturday night. Sunday was a lazy morning and then we went to the same 15 year old cousin's birthday party outdoor bbq.
Work is starting off slow today and I hope it stays that way. I need a break from the last few weeks of craziness.
I'm sorry k3am, I was thinking we would be able to do 5 day in person school, but cases are rising again. On our best day we were in the 400's. We were steady in the 600-800's a day and now we are in the 900-1000 a day. Ugh. I don't know if the answer is to go back to phase 3, or what.
Our democrat governor (and I added that because they seem to be more strict) and health department are "concerned" but have no plans to walk us back a phase right now. All our other stats are still much better than they were in April (hospital admissions, ICU, beds, Ventilators, positivity rate etc.). But it is concerning.
I know there is debate about a second wave because it's really the first wave, but the second wave comes when we re-open, so for our state only I am claiming it is our second wave.
I’m going to have to put myself back on a news diet. We are screwed in Texas. So screwed. And I’m not sleeping again because I’m spiraling.
Plus now my kids keep asking about school and I have zero answers for them. And I’m really not sure I’ll send them in person even if our school opens until we have 14 days with cases falling and our hospitals aren’t bursting at the seams.
Post by soccermama on Jul 13, 2020 13:50:17 GMT -5
I am also depressed in thinking that we will not have in-person school at all this fall (that is DH's strong opinion). My kids are going to be so extremely bummed too, DD was excited to be starting a new/middle school.
I am really going to have to rally myself up so that I can be more positive around them. I was feeling so negative about the whole situation back in the spring (have been a little better this summer) but they are going to be disappointed if school does not go back in-person.
twinmomma we have plans to re-org our home office/guest room too. it was thrown together so quickly and it's not a great long term workspace. glad to hear you are enjoying your new space.
I had a great weekend - it was just us as a family at home and I loved it. The glorified kiddie pool in our backyard has been amazing. DH and I went out for a date night - car hop diner and bike ride. It was wonderful to connect with just the two of us again and get outside while staying safe.
I'm really starting to spiral with the increased cases around the nation, lack of leadership, and thoughts around school. Also, not knowing what to tell people at work as we start seeing people come into contact and being on a 2 week quarantine. I don't want to adult anymore.
Thank you all for the good wishes. I’m spiraling about the Lyme a little. My dad has had it twice and, to my knowledge, has recovered completely. My very good friend got it almost 10 years ago, and it continues to be debilitating for her. It was not caught early for her, no bulls eye, and they didn’t figure it out until she was hospitalized for a 105° fever, Bell’s palsy, and many other issues. She has short term memory loss and Lyme- related arthritis. She had been a SVP at a huge national bank by age 35, and now she’s too mentally foggy to work. So I swung negative here.
I’m relieved about DH. His attitude has changed in a big way after some very productive and respectful conversations. We have a long way to go but I’m hopeful.
rere- he’s slowly coming around, but yeah. He’s a moron. At least now we have a mask order. I heard this morning he’s threatening another complete shutdown if people don’t start acting like adults.
mae0111, I'm so sorry about the lyme! At least you caught it early and are getting her started on meds right away. That should help her recover more easily. I'm glad he agree to counseling though, that's huge! I hope it goes well for you.
Solidarity to all those struggling with masks/no masks and reopenings. Our state has flung the doors open, reopened everything, and masks are barely required in certain places like private businesses. Our school board meeting will review the plan for reopening tomorrow and last we heard, they're going to require masks for everyone and go back full time in person. Our town is full of so many anti-mask wackadoos that they're certainly not going to teach their kids to be respectful and wear masks during the school day. If anything, they'll be actively promoting and fighting that the kids NOT wear masks, which is going to make it all even more of a nightmare.
k3am , We are actually in Phase 4, but I feel like the phases are not universal across the states. coronavirus.illinois.gov/s/restore-illinois-introduction (just look at the chart half way down). I feel like they sort of cheated by saying that complete lockdown was phase 1 and mostly locked down was phase 2. So any kind of opening started in Phase 3.