I'm supposed to be off for the next few days. And yet, here I am, logged into my computer trying to triage a major website issue. Yay 2020! The girls had their bff sleep over last night and they stayed up til midnight. Then beau got up at 6 to go to work. I'm exhausted. Not sure if I can hang til midnight again tonight.
We are going to visit puppies shortly. If all goes well we will bring one home some time in mid-January. Kids still have no idea.
I'm still working with one client, just heard from a second that he's working out some legal matters relating to starting up his business, and will be in touch in a few weeks. It would be a nice little job and I'd make a little money, which would be nice.
DH's business was up 20% over last year. I continue to be amazed at how well he's able to manage everything. His focus has been totally lacking with regard to everything around the house and with our family, but his business focus is on point. He's been billing 70 hour weeks consistently all year. He's got to be totally worn out, but he keeps plugging.
I mentioned a few times that DD1 was applying to a $$$$ private school that we felt was well-equipped to handle her learning differences, but also had just a lot more opportunities for her in general. About a week before Christmas, she broke down crying and begged me not to make her go. I was shocked. She has been talking about going there for years, because she always went to camp there in the summer. She said she is so happy where she is now that the one girl that caused all the trouble is gone, and that she doesn't want to leave. So, maybe we will try again for high school.
Post by librarychica on Dec 31, 2020 9:46:14 GMT -5
My dad is getting his covid vaccine down the street from my house today! It happened very fast. My parents had assumed he would’ve come after teachers and grocery store clerks and etc. and that maybe even my mom would get hers first (she has a preexisting condition) but Florida suddenly went “old people shots!” and my mom went online thinking of course all the appointments would be filled but they were not and so he is going. I think he would’ve preferred to wait until my mom could get one (she’s quite a bit younger) but to quote my mom “they’ve reserved shots for health care workers and low-income seniors and you can’t do anything about the governor’s priority list. Some old guy is going to get it, may as well be you.”
Anyway that’s the excitement for the day. I’m going to make appetizer dinner and will probably be in bed well before midnight. I woke up with a headache this morning so it may be a 9pm NYE for me.
Post by librarychica on Dec 31, 2020 9:50:45 GMT -5
Oh! And my 5yos school (Private) has rolled to parental pressure about their increased testing/quarantining/travel requirements. I am displeased. Stop going on out of state and international trips, fellow parents and now suspected plague carriers!
Honestly I kind of agree with the old people shots idea since they are most likely to be in the hospital and overwhelm the facilities.
We are still doing long term care and medical workers here. I wish they would just open it to the general public of old people shots because I think it’s creating a bottleneck. The hospitals and pharmacies are doing the those two populations so I feel like the health department could be doing the general public then.
The nanny is here today so I anticipate long drives with DH complaining. He’s the emotive type so he has to get it off his chest but I will suggest he try to find someone that works with his insurance. His last therapist doesn’t work with his new insurance. He tried Better Health but all the therapists said they only want to text. I guess it’s like the gig economy for therapists so it’s like extra on top of their own practice so they don’t want to do actual sessions just texting. But it’s always the same themes and I have nothing new or helpful to add.
It will be a low key NYE here. We’ll meet some friends in the park to take socially distanced NYE photos and do a shot of fireball (ew but it’s somehow tradition that none of us can explain) - we’ve never spent NYE apart since having kids! Can’t ruin the streak. We’ll close out with dinner and game night with the neighbors.
My sister bailing means that tomorrow, I can clean all the things like I usually spend 1/1 doing.
Post by sandandsea on Dec 31, 2020 10:19:15 GMT -5
We are hanging at home and will order in dinner then celebrate at 9pm with the east coast and go to bed! I like these years where the kids are young and don’t stay up til Midnight.
DD1 is home with us today. I’m working but my H is off. Having a fancy dinner and then a 7pm NYE zoom party put on by our children’s museum.
Tomorrow we are doing a drive through winter lights event. Otherwise chilling - building legos, playing with other new Christmas toys and reading (me).
I'm at work waiting for work to come in, ugh. DH is off and home alone. DD came to work today even though she could have stayed home with dad but she was like no he will make me go wander all the stores. She has a zoom workout with her gym sisters at 10.
Stopping at the store on the way home to get stuff for appetizer dinner. DD wants to stay up to midnight which we never do. I told her she could stay up until 9.
I had a nightmare around 3 this morning. DH talked me back in to my white water kayak and I was having a total panic attack on the bank of the river looking at these class 4 rapids and he told the person on the bank to just push me. I woke up with a start and a scream stuck in my throat. I really wanted to wake DH up but didn't. The dog sensed I was upset and climbed into bed to let me cuddle with her. I feel really off this morning.
Post by supertrooper1 on Dec 31, 2020 11:55:03 GMT -5
I'm working today and then beau and I will spend the evening at his house, hopefully with a fire if it's not raining too much. Neither of us felt like cooking so we're doing Costco pulled pork.
TWERK: Beau was having doubts about our relationship that I had no clue about. I thought everything was perfect. This was one of the reasons he wanted to move away. We spent a few days working on things and it feels perfect again.
Post by traveltheworld on Dec 31, 2020 12:27:14 GMT -5
We are driving out for our ski trip today, and I'm super excited. We haven't been anywhere since the summer. Our annual ski trip is the highlight of my winter. We originally had all of our bubble families coming, but everyone cancelled after the case numbers in our area went crazy. We also cancelled our reservation at the ski resort and are staying in a condo off hill instead. It'll be different but I'm still looking to it.
OMG the puppies were so, so cute! I don't know how to post a pic, but I totally would if I could figure it out!
I had a bit of a reaction, which was a bummer. Some congestion, a bit of a skin reaction where one of them nipped and broke the skin. That's pretty common - any sort of nip like that causes like a mosquito-bite-like reaction. But nothing that will stop me from getting a puppy! If all goes well we will bring one home in about 2-3 weeks!
Post by mustardseed2007 on Dec 31, 2020 13:44:20 GMT -5
mae0111, OMG I love my corona Christmas dog, so I do highly recommend it. What are you going to do about your allergies though?
We had a poodle growing up and my dad was allergic and used to take daily allergy shots. Somehow when we had dogs 20 years later he didn't need them though...I have no idea why...
We just had the dog trainer come to work with us and our new dog and discovered that she already knows how to sit, lay down and knows "paw" (shake basically. I guess it's called "paw" now. Who knew?). So it turns out our dog is really smart and we were just really dumb.
mustardseed2007 - so I think 3 things about the allergies. First, I do better with a “hair” dog than a “fur” dog. Most of the litter had curly hair, a couple had a flat-coat fur-like coat. So I probably shouldn’t get one of those.
Second, a Zyrtec daily usually covers me for minor stuff like this. With cats, my reactions a quick and almost anaphylactic, so there’s nothing I can do there. But dogs are better (as long as it’s not a ball of floof).
And with the biting, I assume I deal with that a bit when it’s a puppy and then it’s less of an issue. I didn’t react to anyone licking, which is great. Cat reactions are just saliva in skin for me - a lick results in instant hives.
Oh! And my 5yos school (Private) has rolled to parental pressure about their increased testing/quarantining/travel requirements. I am displeased. Stop going on out of state and international trips, fellow parents and now suspected plague carriers!
🙄🙄🙄😷
Wait, did they get rid of the requirements? One of our neighborhood schools did that Abbas shit hit the fan
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
Oh! And my 5yos school (Private) has rolled to parental pressure about their increased testing/quarantining/travel requirements. I am displeased. Stop going on out of state and international trips, fellow parents and now suspected plague carriers!
🙄🙄🙄😷
Wait, did they get rid of the requirements? One of our neighborhood schools did that Abbas shit hit the fan
They got rid of testing and quarantining requirements. All are now voluntary. They reverted to what the county requires, basically. Which is nothing unless the health department quarantined you.
I had been to two playgrounds/skate parks by 10 am today. Since having the fourth kid, I have been the one who has to take off whenever all four kids are off, since DH gets overwhelmed more easily. Which is fine - at least he thanked me. He is on deck for the next time half of them are off.
Little boys are napping now, then we have a zoom dance party with some friends’ kids, then another family we used to do the school pod with is coming for outdoor pizza and drinks at 5. Then we’re doing a couple zoom with friends at 8:30. So I don’t even plan to let my kids stay up till 9 to watch the east coast ball drop
I cannot wait to put away the holiday decorations tomorrow.
We had a good long conversation today. We also got take out lunch and froze outside for 2 beers. It was cute outside though. Everyone in winter gear around the fire. Not that we were with people, just observing from afar how Covid has forced us to be outside in the winter.
Wait, did they get rid of the requirements? One of our neighborhood schools did that Abbas shit hit the fan
They got rid of testing and quarantining requirements. All are now voluntary. They reverted to what the county requires, basically. Which is nothing unless the health department quarantined you.
Oof. Sorry. I would be really uncomfortable with that. People are assholes.
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
We had a good long conversation today. We also got take out lunch and froze outside for 2 beers. It was cute outside though. Everyone in winter gear around the fire. Not that we were with people, just observing from afar how Covid has forced us to be outside in the winter.
I kind of hope this sticks. Not that I love being cold but I do like the fire pits and heaters that our restaurants and friends are trying to pull off.
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
Wait, did they get rid of the requirements? One of our neighborhood schools did that Abbas shit hit the fan
They got rid of testing and quarantining requirements. All are now voluntary. They reverted to what the county requires, basically. Which is nothing unless the health department quarantined you.
Our health department is so far behind. We called with our 2 employees presumed positive turned positive and a list of close contacts. They didn’t reach out to ANY close contacts. I was the one quarantining them and releasing them from quarantine. I’ve had no contact tracing training or anything and am now the contact tracer for my departments. I manage about 16 people.
They got rid of testing and quarantining requirements. All are now voluntary. They reverted to what the county requires, basically. Which is nothing unless the health department quarantined you.
Our health department is so far behind. We called with our 2 employees presumed positive turned positive and a list of close contacts. They didn’t reach out to ANY close contacts. I was the one quarantining them and releasing them from quarantine. I’ve had no contact tracing training or anything and am now the contact tracer for my departments. I manage about 16 people.
The only contact tracers that have reached out to us EVER are in Albuquerque where we are required to report, and Tarrant County (Fort Worth area) Texas.
Contact tracing is incredibly far behind and I'm sure with the holidays and increase case load it's going to be much worse now.
Happy New Year, my in laws gave us Covid. The urgent care where we were tested said nothing about contact tracing, just quarantining for 10 days. Which we will totally do. But I think that they are way overwhelmed.
phdmomma - I hope everyone is ok!! That’s really scary.
My uncle passed away last night. He was 86 and in poor health for the past 6 months or so, so this was not entirely unexpected. Two things that hit me the hardest... first, I had to tell my dad. I’m the only one in my family that’s in touch with his family, so I always break the bad news. He was so sad, and it broke my heart.
Second, I’m surprised at how hard it’s hitting me that we can’t attend a wake or a funeral. There is closure there. But COVID rules require that it’s kept very small. So only immediate family. I suspect that they will sneak in one cousin in particular, but there are just too many of us cousins to make any other exceptions.
mae0111, mustardseed2007, I apparently they had symptoms, but hid them and then convinced us all to get together for several days. Now they are getting tested, and all coming back positive. The kids are perky and doing well after a day or two of fever. DH and I do not feel good, not go to the ER bad, but like we have the flu. On the plus side, our isolation period is set to end two days before the kids go back to school in person, so I guess that the timing is good.
A daycare parent has covid. Her kids are negative but I’m curious to know how many people she infected over Christmas as they visited extended family for 4 days.