My DD and I made cake pops yesterday and OMG they are so good. I love that we have time together to do things like this now. The pandemic sucks in so many ways, I'm really trying to focus on the positive things.
In complete contrast to my above statement, my husband has grown a quarantine beard and it's so awful. I hate it. He really seems to like it and has no plans to shave.
DS is going for his psychoeducational testing today. It seems like so many tests in just a few hours. And then I'm trying to organize his neurologist appointments. Kids are so freaking stressful.
Post by followyourarrow on Oct 21, 2020 8:19:44 GMT -5
I don't have a pantry and very little space in my kitchen, so I use an Ikea rolling cart to store pantry type items. It's worked but looking at it every day, multiple times per day, has driven me crazy, it looks so disorganized. I'm finally going to replace it with a microwave type cart that I can put baskets on, then hide the pantry items in the baskets. It will buy me a little extra counter space too.
Isabel's post from yesterday makes me want to redo my living room too!
I'm in a Facebook group and one of the posts has devolved into an argument over the use of ETA, apparently, it should only ever be used to mean "estimated time of arrival" and anyone who uses it to mean "edited to add" is a dumb American. So that's fun.
My son is 12 and the attitude is out of bounds, I don't even know how to handle it anymore. And then when he gets in trouble here, he goes running to his Dad and it's just a hot mess. He was getting talked to this morning about something and he decided to just start ignoring my H and I while we were talking to him and just went on with his business like we weren't even talking to him. Please tell me I'm not alone with this pre-teen attitude! I never had to deal with this with my DD.
We ripped up the carpet to put in new laminate floors and there is apparently a hump in our LR floor that is like 1/2" higher than the rest of the floor. So now, my H needs to cut out the subfloor there so we can fix the hump, so that's going to set us back a few days. Ugh.
calamity , my H hasn't had a haircut since Feb 14 It is...not a good look. But whatever, it's not my hair.
I'm about to head out to do some poll greeting this morning for a couple of hours. They have Biden and Harris cutouts people can take pictures with lol. Hopefully that will distract me from waiting for the last fellowship rejection call/email.
H had a recruiter contact him about a job in St. Petersburg, FL and while I wouldn't be strictly opposed to moving there, I'm having a hard time being "yay, good for you!" after this nonsense, lol.
Our final group projects all of a sudden feel very imminent (is that redundant?) and I feel behind and I hate that.
My absentee ballot is approved and being prepared for mailing! DH tried to early vote on Monday and the line was at least 3 hours long, but the line for in-person absente ballot drop off was relatively short so we requested those instead.
I have meetings at 10, 11, 12:30, and 1:30 today. I'm not sure exactly when I'm supposed to get any actual work done....
Post by amandakisser on Oct 21, 2020 9:30:10 GMT -5
I'm going to town hall to vote early - it's the first year my state has ever had early in person voting so I'm really excited and hopeful that a lot of people take advantage. I live in a small town (technically a village) and I've NEVER waited more than 3 minutes to vote so early voting isn't necessary, but I just want to get it over with so I can spend election day at home with some edibles lol.
It's pretty dreary today, and pretty humid. I'm somehow more motivated than usual right now. Maybe because I know there's nothing nicer waiting for me outside?
I am struggling with random anxiety lately, and it's so annoying. I had to give a 10 minute presentation for my class last night, and I got super anxious during the middle of it, like my voice was wavering and I was struggling to keep my train of thought. This is a new thing for me and I HATE it, especially since presenting is a huge part of my job. I wasn't even nervous about the presentation, so WTF, brain. I think it is partly anxiety around the idea that I might have an anxiety attack. I was super bummed afterward. I mean realistically it probably went fine, but it's likely that I lost a few points for not making my points as clearly as I had planned and I did go over a few minutes in length (partly because I paused to "cough" and take a drink of water and try to compose myself). I wish it was recorded so I could see what they saw.
We are going to Shenandoah National Park this weekend and I can't wait. I think it's going to be really pretty and I'm definitely ready to get out of this house together for a couple of days. I may want to think about some other places to go in the winter for similar things. We did a beach trip last month and it was really good for us both. It would be nice if we could go somewhere for a weekend at least every couple of months, just to get out of the rut of sitting at home in front of our computers.
I had a good doc visit yesterday, the NP took me seriously and was so easy to work with. I got home early, read a little bit outside, and now it's all gone to hell. I've done like one thing at work today because personal calls are in coming in left and right. I cried on the phone with someone about a therapy referral (going back to last night's post they don't make enough money) and I got in a fight with DH. He's racing to the vet because they close early. I have to make at least one more personal call about my dad before I can sit in a 2 hour meeting. At least I'm still in my PJ's.
PDQ:
I found out today by private call that my boss is no longer with my office. I have some feelings. I had a feeling that it was going to happen since they were out unexpectedly for 30 days, but now I wonder (as I shouldn't) if it was their choice to leave? Apparently they cleaned out of their office last night after everyone left. Sadly there are some potential good things with this (organization, escalating), but I like them as a person, and felt good taking this job to work with them. I felt like they helped me grow and saw potential. I'm sure they'll still recommend me in the future...but it's just so weird, can I even say goodbye or is that awkward if it wasn't their choice to leave ya know?
wildrice, We went to Shenandoah this weekend and it was beautiful. It was pretty crowded and the Ranger said this weekend would be the busiest. We started at Thornton Gap and drive up to Front Royal. There was an insane line through Front Royal to get into the park! My advice is to go early!
wildrice , We went to Shenandoah this weekend and it was beautiful. It was pretty crowded and the Ranger said this weekend would be the busiest. We started at Thornton Gap and drive up to Front Royal. There was an insane line through Front Royal to get into the park! My advice is to go early!
Yikes, thanks! We are driving in on Friday and I was thinking we'd drive Skyline drive that day, but we won't be arriving until around 10-11am at the earliest since we'll be driving from home. Maybe we should leave earlier. It's only a 2 hour drive from here so it's not like we can't get there earlier, we're just not in the habit of doing anything before 9am anymore lol.
It looks like the property where we're staying has some hiking trails and pretty views, so I guess if it's too insane we can hang out there more. I definitely want to spend the bulk of our time in the park, though! That's the one frustrating thing about national parks - they are always so busy!
calamity , my H hasn't had a haircut since Feb 14 It is...not a good look. But whatever, it's not my hair.
I'm about to head out to do some poll greeting this morning for a couple of hours. They have Biden and Harris cutouts people can take pictures with lol. Hopefully that will distract me from waiting for the last fellowship rejection call/email.
H had a recruiter contact him about a job in St. Petersburg, FL and while I wouldn't be strictly opposed to moving there, I'm having a hard time being "yay, good for you!" after this nonsense, lol.
Our final group projects all of a sudden feel very imminent (is that redundant?) and I feel behind and I hate that.
Wait did you hear from Delaware??
No, I’m just assuming I didn’t get it. I’m guessing they’re waiting for the person to accept before sending rejections. But I’m a pessimist lol.
In complete contrast to my above statement, my husband has grown a quarantine beard and it's so awful. I hate it. He really seems to like it and has no plans to shave.
My H keeps growing a beard and then shaving it off in a cycle of of not wanting to shave and then shaving when the beard starts to bother him. I don't really mind it, but in a hilarious turn of events it really annoys his cat. She likes to climb up on his chest and hang out with a paw on his face, but she hates the way his beard feels, so she's taken to keeping her paw under his chin, and periodically slapping him with a little paw flick. LMAO!!
This week is rough. H and I have been having issues. He told me on Monday that he had gotten his own place and was moving out. I feel relieved, sad, and optimistic at the same time. I have a certification test to take today that I don't feel 100% confidant about. My quarterly review is this week where I need to be selling myself for a manager promotion and I'm so distracted. @@@ DS2 has not been sleeping well. Over it all.
My broken ankle leg is visibly shrinking. It is disturbing.
Today is supposed to be 80 degrees here and then by Monday, we have a chance of snow. I miss the monotony of the gloomy Seattle Fall.
It's amazing how fast an injured body part starts to lose muscle tone. Are you healing well otherwise?
We've definitely entered the gloom, and are currently having a random fall thunderstorm. It's also supposed to get ridiculously cold this weekend.
Thanks for asking. I'm not 100% sure. I know the incisions are healing up well. I mean, that's what my H, the nurse, and the surgeon said. I didn't look. I have to be in the cast for another 2.5 weeks and then they will x-ray and if everything is right (which the surgeon said "it will be"), I will go into a boot. Then, eventually, they will go back in and remove some of the 12 screws, and, from what I hear, the recovery kind of starts over from that. I feel okay, though. Not comfortable, but not taking any pain meds, prescription or otherwise, most of the time.
I miss the gloom so much. It is hard to be a native and then move and have it be sunny and 80 at the end of October. It's kind of gross. You should have to wear so much over-stuff on Halloween that no one even knows what your costume is, not be able to go out in short sleeves. Pshh...it's all wrong.
Post by mysteriouswife on Oct 21, 2020 14:01:23 GMT -5
Ugh... Graduation is canceled.
I’m so heartbroken for H. We will still celebrate and make it a big deal. He’s never walked or had a support system. We had friends flying in and that canceled weeks ago. We thought we would at least walk and have the kids cheering him on.