Post by supertrooper1 on Oct 29, 2020 11:32:59 GMT -5
I just found out that one of my former crazy coworkers quit after she was presented with a "fit for duty psych eval". She worked in my small office for a year and would go off for no reason on another coworker. This involved screaming and yelling, calling him names, bullying him, doing things like putting boogers on his desk and paperwork, and the list goes on and on. He filed a hostile work environment against her and the fact finder manager was a friend of hers. He ended up having to move offices. I got dragged into the middle because she saw me as a friend of his which meant I was her enemy. She never did anything to me other than talk shit about me behind my back, although I did have a couple of flat tires at work that I often wondered were a result of her. It is assumed that she was showing up to work drunk.
I took Monday off and today is my Friday and the week has seemed to drag by.
Emailed DD's teacher asking for syllabus for November so I could add on stuff to starve off the afternoon boredom. Got an email back saying the district has implemented a new language arts and social studies curriculum so the teachers are using Wednesdays to virtually meet to plan for the following week. Next week is women's rights but after that she has no clue. Ugh
Our food drive was a success! We needed to collect 500 items to get the matching cash donation and we're just under 600! It's been kind of fun that the kids aren't here every single day, since they come back to another pile of stuff to count that people have dropped off. We've also gotten a ton of cash donations and have been able to do a couple trips to fill carts at the grocery store. It's been good math practice for them to work with our "budget" and add up stuff as we shop too. It's been a nice bright spot distraction from politics for me too.
Received an email from our school district this past Monday. We're staying with the hybrid plan through Christmas. Somehow our school district has no student or faculty COVID cases (knock on wood). We're pretty small (<1800 K-12 students) and we've had two cases with contracted custodians who worked 2nd shift. Case are increasing in the county and superintendent warned us that full remote might be in our future if county executives recommend restrictions. The good news is that the district is working on some more interactive lessons for the remote days. My nephew goes to the large city school district. They have been fully remote since August and were supposed to go to a hybrid model next week. According to my SIL, in-school days would consist of sitting in one room the entire day, including lunch, and basically doing their lessons online. So no difference between in-school and remote days. There was a big kerfuffle between the parents, school board, and teachers union so now they are fully remote until January.
In other fun news, I called a plumber today to fix low pressure in the shower and ended up with a new hot water tank because the pilot wouldn't light after he left. He was going to replace the thermocouple, which might not have solved the problem. Our tank is 17 years old and we have the funds, so DH and I just decided to replace it now. Bye bye money!
I've spent the week trying to understand DD1's neuropsych profile, and line up help for her and for us as parents. Her therapist read the report differently, felt that she doesn't have NLVD, but rather has many of the characteristics of NLVD but that it does not rise to the level of that diagnosis. So this makes me feel better, and I feel like we will have more options to get her help.
We've had a largely peaceful couple of weeks here at home, save for a few outbursts with DD1. But so, so much better than what we've seen.
I had a new client sign on with me today. I really love their business, I've been a client since they started at the beginning of the pandemic, and I'm excited to help them market their business more effectively. I still want to kind of move on from this type of work, but I don't know what's next. A little extra cash is fine!
We found out that our claim against our initial contractor that demo'd our kitchen and took off has been rejected by the arbitrator, basically because she's mad at our lawyer. It's entirely unprofessional. She dragged her feet and wouldn't respond to his emails, so our lawyer went over her head to her boss to see if she was even still working there. She kicked our claim with a bunch of bogus reasons listed that didn't even apply... she made several references to a different contractor with the same name, so none of it makes any sense... I'm thoroughly annoyed. He stole almost $15K from us, and I want it back.
DDOT: I’m exhausted. I’ve been trying to work my full job in addition to full days of jury duty. It’s not going well. This morning I dished up a bowl full of peanut butter to send with DS to school.. should have been yogurt. Thankfully DD noticed before it got packed. And then when I was getting ready, I accidentally used black mascara instead of hair mascara to hold down flyaway hairs.. I’m feeling like a genius.
Post by sandandsea on Oct 29, 2020 16:25:47 GMT -5
This week has lasted a million years. DS2 has a runny nose and we have Covid tests scheduled for Friday so he can get a clearance to go back to preschool. I’m getting nothing done.
Oh and Dh gets weekly Covid tests from work and is negative but ds has to have his own for school.
DD figured out how to use voice typing on google docs. This has totally changed her feeling about writing! I pointed out it still misspells words and doesn't do good grammar so she has to go back and fix that before turning things in.
TS Zeta blew through our town this morning, knocking down trees and causing power outages. We are still in the dark over 12 hours later and not likely going to have power restored until tomorrow PM. Kids all over did eLearning, if they had WiFi/power. DD and I are back fo work/school tomorrow while DS gets to stay home with H.
campermom, I'm so proud of you! I know it's not easy and you're juggling so much right now, but you are doing what is best for you and your kids and that is a HUGE deal. You are an amazing mom and strong woman!
It's snowing. I usually plan on costumes that can accommodate warm clothes underneath because snow on Halloween is not unheard of, but totally failed at that this year and went with normal sized leggings and shirts for our DIY costumes. I honestly didn't think trick or treat would really happen when I was buying stuff. My kids are going to be pissed if they have to wear winter coats over their costumes tomorrow.
The kids are dressing up in costumes today for their morning zoom meeting. They are so excited and it makes my heart happy to see their joy. DD1's class is having them turn off videos and give the class clues for their costume and everyone guesses.
We went to the zoo for DD3's birthday this week and it felt so nice to get out and do something again. We were outside the whole time and everyone had to wear masks. It wasn't busy at all either so felt very safe.
I finally found a tutor to help us out because we're drowning in work/virtual school facilitation. The only problem is she's student teaching so can only come for 1-2 hours after school so 5pm. We are going to try it because it has to be better than us trying to teach DD1 writing and phonics after work. She is falling behind and hoping the one on one tutor time will help.
DS2 is sick. He's had a really runny nose since he got home from preschool yesterday. Then he was miserable last night and was up a bunch of times. I'm exhausted and don't know what to do with him. I'm pretty sure it's just a cold since he doesn't have a fever or any of the other symptoms from the CDC list. We have plans for a trunk or treat and regular ToT with my parents tomorrow. And now I'm second guessing everything. Why does 2020 have to suck so bad?
I go home today from my two nights away in the desert with my friends Just checked our Snoo app and it says baby went down by 7 pm and slept 12 hours last night, so DH can’t complain about lack of sleep while I was away!
Also, I’m ready to be done with breastfeeding/pumping forever. Baby will be 6 months in two weeks. Now to start the super fun process of scaling down slowly enough to not be super uncomfortable or get mastitis.
polecat8, kids present weirdly. If he just had a runny nose, I wouldn't think twice about it, but runny nose and miserable? Probably signing up for a brain swab and isolating. Timing sucks, but I'd be cautious. And I'm one of the breezier people about covid.
polecat8, The new swabs aren't quite as deep, just way up in your nose. When I had to take the kids this summer they didn't really flinch when they were sick.
To top off the week I just had to pick up DD because she couldn’t get her costume off to pee and peed her pants. Poor thing! This mom life sure is a glam life.
polecat8 my 3-year-old son had a COVID test a month ago due to possible exposure - and he just giggled. It was fine nt our pediatrician who does many covid tests per day on little kids, and he said most tolerate them well.
Post by sandandsea on Oct 30, 2020 17:58:16 GMT -5
We had the Covid tests today and it wasn’t bad at all so I wouldn’t hesitate to do them again. Ds still just has a runny nose but feels fine and is running around acting totally normal.