PDQ: I work all week and my youngest is going back to his daycare center for the first time since March. Now, he is a school ager. He will wear a mask.
The other two are with me but they are nowhere near as hard (11, 9). I have PD each morning from 9-12 and they are pretty technical and very useful, so I need to be able to concentrate and take notes etc. The afternoons are filled with consults with peers, meetings, parent appointments, some administrative tasks, and student appointments. I am also getting a new school so I’ll be connecting with them.
I also have two appointments-one for my son whose sealant popped off and was rescheduled from March, and one for me at my surgeon that has been rescheduled a number of times. I’ll make my way to Kohl’s for some things I need to get in person, and make a return for Amazon there.
Not including my runs outside, this is the 4th time I have had a break from my 4 year old since March. I had H take two days off of work-one so I could clean out my office at a school I’m no longer assigned to, and one day I flipped out and told him I needed to get work done and he needed to take a day off, and I went into our central office and got like 3 days worth of work done. Btw
Another time, I went to a friends house for an evening.
Behavior wise though...my little guy has improved so much you guys. I am silently taking credit. I have taught him so many skills. I have counseled him, basically! I have disciplined him. I have remained consistent and gone about it so many things in the right way for him, and no one can take that away from me or insult that away. I know he wouldn’t be where he is now without me being the one to parent him. I know it will be a huge adjustment for him to return to daycare, but given where he left off I am really hoping that daycare says WOW he has really grown.
campermom, You should feel proud and take credit! We all know it's your hard work and no one else's that has paid off. Good luck this week! I've been thinking of you.
mommyatty Did you ever figure out testing? How are you feeling?
I'm having a lot of feels this week. My birthday is this week, which is a weird/tough day for me. ExH told me about the affair and left that day. It was a mess. Combine that with AOC's recent speech about how having daughters doesn't make you a good man and it's been hitting me hard. ExH is a scumbug who fancies himself a good man because he's raising two daughters. Complete disregard for how inappropriate and scummy his behavior is in regards to who he's engaged to and how it came about. And on top of that, I'm in quarantine. Blech.
I'm just living in a world of West Wing binging, soup, and tea.
This is going to be a tough week. Cases are high. I paid $1600 in May so my staff and I could do a virtual training this week. It looks like a wasted since I at least will be working cases. Bes8case scenario is I have my laptop for cases and have the training on my tablet and can catch most of it. Whi would have thought in May with hiring I dont know how many tracers, I couldn't do a training?
twinmomma- I didn’t but my symptoms cleared up with allergy meds, so I’m feeling confident it’s just my stupid allergies. I’m worried they are going to trigger a sinus infection, and the symptoms of a sinus infection are so close to Covid that I’m pretty sure I’ll end up quarantined.
mommyatty, I'm glad you think it's just allergies! I hope you don't end up quarantined. Can they give you anything now to help keep the sinus infection at bay?
One has been out drinking and hanging out at bars- I am annoyed with him because he exposed my MIL and now our visit is cancelled.
The other one decided to go back to church and hosting youth groups again, I am worried about him. He is not in the best health (30, but doesn't eat well and smokes), but more worried for my FIL, they spend a lot of time together and he is in his 70s and in really bad health.
twinmomma- I didn’t but my symptoms cleared up with allergy meds, so I’m feeling confident it’s just my stupid allergies. I’m worried they are going to trigger a sinus infection, and the symptoms of a sinus infection are so close to Covid that I’m pretty sure I’ll end up quarantined.
After going to a campground where people were noncompliant with masks in close proximity and not social distancing, I got tested on Thursday for a having a sore throat for 6 days (still do). I got negative results yesterday. I hope you get results soon and feel better!
twinmomma wow I didn’t realize that was the circumstances of him telling you...on your birthday??!! Wow. Also, I can relate to those feelings about my H after AOC. I asked him to watch it and he just sneered. He doesn’t like her. I said, please watch it for (our daughters name)’s sake.
Something tells me Mrs Yoho could tell the public whether she’s been called that name by him. She knows.
campermom, I'm so glad there have been improvements... my DD1 is really testing in new and exciting ways. If we don't reinforce every rule every day, she will break a rule with a flippant "But you didn't say that TODAY"... she's in trouble a lot.
Last week was exhausting. DD1 had of neuropsych testing. The Dr was awesome, spent over 5 hours with her. She told me that she has a very good idea of how DD1's brain works, and that I will receive a different report than the one I received from a different neuropsych. I'm excited to see the results.
DD2 has been very tired and weepy. I'm assuming it's the Lyme and the antibiotics. She's all done taking the meds, so hoping for some improvement.
The weekend was great. DH and I had some really good quality time together. I also took the kids to the beach near my parents' house, and DH stayed home. He worked and then sat by the pool and read by himself. He has honestly not had time like that since February, and his mood had improved dramatically. We had our neighbors over yesterday to grill and swim since it was 95 degrees. The kids all had fun, and it was nice to interact with other adults.
This week will be extremely hot, so I'm hoping we can get to the beach at some point. I have some work to do, but I'm hoping that I can just do a little this week, then focus when the kids are in camp next week and camping the week after. Both kids are exhausted and are not in great moods today. DD1 was sobbing when I came back from the grocery store this morning because she was convinced that she had camp today... she did not...
twinmomma wow I didn’t realize that was the circumstances of him telling you...on your birthday??!! Wow. Also, I can relate to those feelings about my H after AOC. I asked him to watch it and he just sneered. He doesn’t like her. I said, please watch it for (our daughters name)’s sake.
Something tells me Mrs Yoho could tell the public whether she’s been called that name by him. She knows.
To give him the benefit of the doubt... which he doesn't really deserve. I can't stand it when people expect me to appreciate a video/speech/article/whatever just because they did. Especially not when the source is a very political or polarizing person or source. So as much as I agree with what she says, I would also "nope" someone who asked me to watch any AOC video, even if it was one that really resonated with the person requesting it.
twinmomma wow I didn’t realize that was the circumstances of him telling you...on your birthday??!! Wow. Also, I can relate to those feelings about my H after AOC. I asked him to watch it and he just sneered. He doesn’t like her. I said, please watch it for (our daughters name)’s sake.
Something tells me Mrs Yoho could tell the public whether she’s been called that name by him. She knows.
To give him the benefit of the doubt... which he doesn't really deserve. I can't stand it when people expect me to appreciate a video/speech/article/whatever just because they did. Especially not when the source is a very political or polarizing person or source. So as much as I agree with what she says, I would also "nope" someone who asked me to watch any AOC video, even if it was one that really resonated with the person requesting it.Â
campermom , I am not saying that it's okay. I'm saying that you have to know your audience. I think a lot of people like to just shove a link/article/speech/whatever in front of someone's face and expect the recipient to learn and grow from it because they did, and it's just not how a lot of people operate.
From what I read here, YH is a hateful ass. I would not have expected asking him to watch an AOC video to have any impact other than to exacerbate the situation. YH is past the point of subtle nudges working.
I spent half of the weekend re-organizing my grad class. My co-instructor and I decided to teach our class online only. So we are re-working all of our lectures to make them online friendly.
SIL told us yesterday that her kids' school will be online for the first 9 weeks. She is in OH. We still haven't heard anything yet, but there is a school board meeting tomorrow evening. Our city schools were trying to have in-person classes until the teachers' union rejected that idea and want to go online for the first 9 weeks. That school board will vote in early August.
campermom , way to go with the little guy! IDK if he was always like this, but YH has ramped way up to a huge jerk.
twinmomma - He sucks, and telling you on your birthday was particularly sucky.
mommyatty , I hope you don't get a sinus infection. I am sure your doctor could document it as such, but some places quarantine if there is even a runny nose. Well not really quarantine, but you are not allowed to come in with any kind of symptoms.
DH was mopey this weekend. We went to a river which was nice, and had a "date night" which consisted of patio at a brewery and then getting take out where they gave us the wrong order. Sunday was mostly chores and relaxing. It was way too hot to actually be outside even in a pool. The heat index was 105 with humidity.
campermom, I'm sorry. It's so tough to come to terms with it being "done." But, if you're able to come to terms with it on your own (and with your own therapist if it helps) it makes it much easier to disengage and not feed into his awful behavior when he's treating you poorly. I felt like I could finally breathe once I knew it was really done and I wouldn't have to live like that anymore. Sending you so much strength and support.
Post by sandandsea on Jul 27, 2020 11:35:51 GMT -5
It’s our last week of work before our local vacation. It’s going to be chaos. I have 6 projects to get out the door this week, Dh also has a ton of work to do and it’s the last week of summer camp for the boys so we should find out if ds1 is accepted to the private school or not. Oh and we may be buying a new car, if we can get a decent deal, but it kinda just adds to the stress and unknowns right now.
DH has today off and I left DD at home. I'm working alone and it feels really weird not having DD chattering to herself in the background. This is the 2nd day since March 13 that DD hasn't been at work with me.
DH had a 4 day weekend. I'm very happy to be back at work. Friday was passport stuff. Saturday DH decided that we needed to go for a drive to find someplace without people to just chill at instead of staying home. We left at 11 and didn't' get home until 5 and we just rode around in the truck on a gravel road for most of it. Did get out and hike .25 miles to a lake in the middle of no where to find a big ass party of people at. It was 8 miles of gravel road to get to and probably 2 dozen people living the life in tubes and floaties. I got multiple mosquito bites which now have swollen to tea cup saucers of ouch. This was with me covered in bug spray and they went through my clothing. Sunday we took the boats out and paddled. DD went farther this weekend than last and I got braver and did a detour on the way back to the landing to get some alone time in then we spent the afternoon giving the boats and gear a good bath.
Weekend was great - lots of fun and felt productive. We boated and swam all day Saturday with our good friends. The kids had a blast on the water and DH is trying to persuade me to look at cottages. We went for a bike ride Sunday and the older girls got haircuts. They had online check-in and we had to wait outside until it was our turn. We were the only ones in the place that way and masks were mandatory. I had to wait outside while they were getting the haircuts. It felt very safe actually. We spent the afternoon doing yard work. It's really starting to come together and our new patio will be done Tuesday.
This should be a pretty slow week. DH is already making plans for a Tuesday night fire.
Post by traveltheworld on Jul 27, 2020 15:32:27 GMT -5
We had a great weekend. Hung out with my parents on Saturday, mostly just relaxed; then went to the beach yesterday with our two bubble families. I feel somewhat guilty about this, but the pandemic has really benefited us socially. It was hard to get together with people pre-COVID; and for us, who had just moved here not so long ago, it was extra hard as it seemed that everyone already had their own social network. But COVID had allowed us to hang out with the 2 families and we really get along and are now quite close. DD, who is super shy and barely had any friends through preschool, now genuinely thinks she has friends and it just warms my heart.
AirBNB says it was double booked. The host says there was a flood of some sort.
I have been frantically searching for options. We found one, but they have a "hard cap" on number of guests at 8, and we have 10. 5 of which are kids and don't care where they sleep.
AirBNB says it was double booked. The host says there was a flood of some sort.
I have been frantically searching for options. We found one, but they have a "hard cap" on number of guests at 8, and we have 10. 5 of which are kids and don't care where they sleep.
Is there any way to reach out and beg for a pity exception from this one? Send some sad kid faces? I'm sorry. This totally sucks. I know you were looking forward to this.