Tuesday updates

[k3am]

We are officially on Comcast Business and paying twice as much as we were for DSL. It.. does not make a lick of difference to how we do things at home, streaming quality, etc, but it does seem to help my VPN connection, so at least there's that?

Next step, figure out how to get the POS laptop to connect to DH's monitor. I've attempted 2 adapters already, so hopefully third is a charm..

Interestingly enough, we get better speeds on anything connected by wifi than we do on DH's desktop that's hardwired.


ETA: This is the lamest update in the history of updates ever. Wow.

[twinmomma]

This morning beau said our friends were coming at 6 for dinner. Perfect. I work til 4, he works til 5, we have to go pick up the kids, clean the house a bit. A little rushed, but we could make it work.

They just texted me to say "Talked to beau, we'll be over around 4:30 to prep food!"

Um. No. Please, please no. I had this scheduled down to the minute!

[waverly]

FIL is doing OK. They did an endoscopy and today was I think a colonoscopy. I think he is going home tomorrow.

Oh and apparently after buying 15 supplies for the holiday party it was still a bust because I didn’t have plastic cups. WTF. What’s the point of trying?

[traveltheworld]

k3am, we've been struggling with internet connection here. DH has tried various methods, and nothing seems to work. It affects my Microsoft Teams meetings the worst - if I have my video on, then the audio cuts out....which was fine for the first 6 months of WFH, but now I actually want to see people!!

[campermom]

PDQ:

Mediation begins right after break. There’s SO much I want to say about what has developed OMG but I won’t until after.

[mommyatty]

campermom- thinking of you. Hugs.

[k3am]

DS does NOT have covid. Woo woo. DD is now also getting sick. Boohoo.

[waverly]

Apparently FIL is still bleeding. They can’t find the source, and he had to get a transfusion today. Looks like he will be in the hospital for Christmas. DH doesn’t want to make plans to go there, but I have to work on the 26th, so I can’t really go unless I find someone to work, and I have half my staff on vacation so that would be difficult.

[divanerd]

Long time no post..need to finish gift wrapping but watching Home Alone for first time with my son.

Yeh twinmomma

[186momx]

waverly, can your H even see his dad in the hospital? It might make more sense to wait and go when he is back home.

k3am, ugh

It's so weird being at work without DD. It is so quiet. I'm feeling for my brother who is watching her today. She has so many fun things for him to do with her (gingerbread houses, crafts, recorder playing help, science experiments).

DH isn't even speaking to DD or I as of last night when he got home. It is going to be a long long weekend. DD asked me last night why daddy can't just fake it. I'm glad we can escape to my parents house today and tomorrow afternoon.

[waverly]

Only one visitor per day at the hospital. So if DH did go to the hospital and visit his dad then his MIL can’t also go the same day. So yeah, he wouldn’t be as helpful as he would in pre-covid times. It’s so late now I feel like if he does go it would have to be after we open presents on Christmas morning. I can bring kids with me to work or see if the nanny can watch them on the 26th.

[twinmomma]

186momx ta-da!
Nothing fancy, but he's excited!

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[sdlaura]

We also ended up with a kid having a covid test - luckily negative and came back in less than 12 hours.

Yesterday we got a call while DH was already on his way to pickup the big kids from skate camp that DS1 was saying his stomach really hurt. When DH got there, DS1 was doubled over and didn’t want to stand up straight, and his teeth were chattering with chills. He said the pain came on suddenly. So DH was understandably freaked out - his first thought was that it was appendicitis and we needed to head to the ER.

I met him at the pediatrician, who said his stomach felt too soft for it to be appendicitis - but it could just be too early. I guess some kids with COVID present with stomach pain, so they tested him. We went home where I noticed that DS’s pee was orange and his lips were chapped. We hydrated him and he immediately felt better and has been fine ever since. I woke up this morning to the negative PCR result in my inbox.

It was a little bit funny that it’s so hard to get a test sometimes and we ended up with one that I didn’t even want/think we needed. Also I am so thrilled to not be spending Christmas Eve in the hospital with a kid who needed his appendix removed!

[sdlaura]

So awesome twinmomma!

[mae0111]

So we were supposed to have my parents and my sister and family over. We’ve seen them all through COVID, but usually outside. But I knew my parents would try to see all of us, so we figured we would all gather.

My sister called a couple of hours ago to tell me that 2 people in her household had separate COVID exposures, and she found out about both this afternoon. So I’m dividing up our tenderloin roast and meeting her somewhere off the highway so that they can have dinner together. My parents are still coming but now scaling way back... too late since I already bought everything. Planned for 12, will have 6. I’m glad they found out beforehand though.

[mae0111]

twinmomma - awesome - so much better than what you would have found at the mall!