Last week, I was complaining about being utterly exhausted, and my hip aching for no reason. The hip thing was bothering me so bad, because it was hurting where I had a bone marrow biopsy 17 years ago. A spot that hasn’t bothered me in 16.5 years, and so it didn’t make sense. First thing that pops up in my googling is a pub med article about damage to the sacroiliac joint from the biopsy that can cause inflammation years later. Fuck me sideways. At least I’m not crazy! I ordered a sacroiliac stabilizing belt, and tried to replicate it with an ace bandage until the real one shows up. And dammit, it helps. Not dammit because it’s helping, but dammit that must really be the problem (I have a doctor appointment to confirm, but not til next week).
Also, out townhouse goes on the market this week!!! H has been there for the past 3 weeks fixing it up and it looks awesome! I think he painted 95% of surfaces. Including the sidewalk, but not two closets. I’m going to tonight for the final spit and Polish for pictures tomorrow!
We are on vacation in the Outer Banks! We got in around 9pm last night so I have no idea what the scenery looks like yet. Our VRBO is cute though. I wish it had outdoor space, but it was very affordable and everything is brand new so it's really clean and comfortable. We only booked it 6 weeks or so ago so we were lucky to get it at all. We are heading to the beach once my H is done showering.
Yesterday's soccer match was a heartbreaker. We stopped along our drive down here to watch the game, and England's loss on penalties in the last second of the game was so disappointing. My H (who is English) hasn't stopped talking about it since, so I feel bad for him!
I've been on vacation since July 1 and get the USPS emails. We have someone using our address for both hospital bills and now a letter from the IRS. We built, so this isn't a previous owner. My credit karma through my bank looks ok. DH has a credit freeze from our refi last year and fraud, but he's going to check during his lunch break. Other than return to sender, I'm not sure there's anything else we can do. All of our held mail gets delivered today.
Speaking of vacations… I’m off next week. We were originally supposed to go to Yellowstone, but cancelled for a plethora of reasons, only 25% pandemic. Well, maybe higher because the costs were way up for pandemic reasons 😂
But, it’s now a staycatation. Im torn, we could use the week to do some paint, unpacking, and organizing damage from the move. Which was my initial plan. But now I’m thinking of actually treating it like a vacation and spending the days doing the shit we never do because of weekend crowds, like go to the National arboretum. I guess it depends on how the weather hold up. It’s been relatively cool this summer, so if it stays under 95 next week (unlikely - July 20-23 is when we usually get our hottest days 100+), I think I want to explore. And them it seems weird I am talking about exploring when I have been in this general area for 20 years 😂😂
rubytue it's the 12th today. Normally I wouldn't even notice cause who knows what the date is anymore? However, a family birthday is the 15th, which isn't until Thursday.
I'm sorry about your hip. I hope your dr appt yields good solutions for you.
I was on vacation last week. I do not want to work. I like my job, but I just...don't wanna.
In unrelated randoms, I'm friends on Facebook with on of my favorite law school professors. I adore her. She is kind and also a complete and utter brainiac. The kind of scary smart person who, due to kindness, never makes you feel like you have no idea what the hell you're talking about, but then 15 minutes after the conversation is over you realize how much she pushed forward your thinking.
Anyway, thanks to FB I now know she's also a gardening nerd, teases her spouse about his affectations about wine, and refuses to join Twitter because it's "too complicated." It's so funny as a totally grown adult I'm still shocked into realizing that people I know are three dimensional.
Post by eponinepontmercy on Jul 12, 2021 9:31:23 GMT -5
We're putting an offer in on a house. I saw it Friday and loved it so DH went this morning and agreed. Now we just have to trust our realtor to put together a good offer and that it doesn't appraise for too much less than the price.
I was on vacation last week. I do not want to work. I like my job, but I just...don't wanna.
Ditto. And I'm still new-ish and figuring out my job and feeling a tiny bit in over my head so I'm even less motivated to get back to that feeling lol. I'm also going into the office tomorrow. It's part of the voluntary re-entry before the full re-entry in September. When I signed up I was like, "It will be good to ease back into a routine of going in." but now I just...won't wanna. I'll probably only go 1 day a week until the real re-entry.
rubytue, probably a good call to skip Yellowstone. It's been INSANELY crowded this year. We were just in Red Lodge and didn't even go into the park because we saw pictures of lines of cars waiting to get in.
rubytue it's the 12th today. Normally I wouldn't even notice cause who knows what the date is anymore? However, a family birthday is the 15th, which isn't until Thursday.
I'm sorry about your hip. I hope your dr appt yields good solutions for you.
😂😂😂 well, it’s still the week of 7/15
and TR,, the potential crowds were one reason. So I guess pandemic is actually most of the reason, but not virus avoidance, more the results of the pandemic. The best rental car I found was $1200. And we have to pay two mortgages in August. Hopefully just August. We also had to do a last minute (in May) switcheroo on some night when out cabin reservation was canceled for shared bathroom. And the resulting hotels were $$$ and required us to bounce around too much. So basically, this vacation we have been planning since 2019 was causing me much more stress than a vacation should. So I canceled.
I was on vacation last week. I do not want to work. I like my job, but I just...don't wanna.
Same here.
I wish I had enough vacation time and the right logistics to take off a solid two weeks. I wonder if at some point I'd get bored with time off and feel really motivated and refreshed to be back to work. But a week is not enough to get me to that point.
I am already feeling panicked that summer feels almost over ugh.
This summer especially has been so happy and carefree. I don't want it to end. I know it isn't the end of summer. I know it is only July. But now I am feeling even more pressure to do all the things!
wildrice, we watched it too and it was sad. But I am just furious right now with the racist english fans. You know if they had won, the black players would have been heroes. But because they lost, they are spewing their racist hate all over the place.
Post by Poeticxpassion on Jul 12, 2021 10:37:16 GMT -5
We have been visiting my parents in Florida for the last 3 weeks. It's been great but I'm so ready to go back to Colorado. I'm just hoping for no more 100 degree days. It's been hotter in Colorado than Florida some days!
Last week, I was complaining about being utterly exhausted, and my hip aching for no reason. The hip thing was bothering me so bad, because it was hurting where I had a bone marrow biopsy 17 years ago. A spot that hasn’t bothered me in 16.5 years, and so it didn’t make sense. First thing that pops up in my googling is a pub med article about damage to the sacroiliac joint from the biopsy that can cause inflammation years later. Fuck me sideways. At least I’m not crazy! I ordered a sacroiliac stabilizing belt, and tried to replicate it with an ace bandage until the real one shows up. And dammit, it helps. Not dammit because it’s helping, but dammit that must really be the problem (I have a doctor appointment to confirm, but not til next week).
Also, out townhouse goes on the market this week!!! H has been there for the past 3 weeks fixing it up and it looks awesome! I think he painted 95% of surfaces. Including the sidewalk, but not two closets. I’m going to tonight for the final spit and Polish for pictures tomorrow!
#notadoctor but i had SI joint pain while i was training for a marathon and it is rough. i have no idea if this is relevant to you, but just in case it is, i found a non-"woo" chiropractor who got my joint realigned. so i promise i did read and i know you had a biopsy there, but in case it's related to a disfunction in the joint itself, there is hope for fast relief - i hope there is in your case.
Last week, I was complaining about being utterly exhausted, and my hip aching for no reason. The hip thing was bothering me so bad, because it was hurting where I had a bone marrow biopsy 17 years ago. A spot that hasn’t bothered me in 16.5 years, and so it didn’t make sense. First thing that pops up in my googling is a pub med article about damage to the sacroiliac joint from the biopsy that can cause inflammation years later. Fuck me sideways. At least I’m not crazy! I ordered a sacroiliac stabilizing belt, and tried to replicate it with an ace bandage until the real one shows up. And dammit, it helps. Not dammit because it’s helping, but dammit that must really be the problem (I have a doctor appointment to confirm, but not til next week).
Also, out townhouse goes on the market this week!!! H has been there for the past 3 weeks fixing it up and it looks awesome! I think he painted 95% of surfaces. Including the sidewalk, but not two closets. I’m going to tonight for the final spit and Polish for pictures tomorrow!
#notadoctor but i had SI joint pain while i was training for a marathon and it is rough. i have no idea if this is relevant to you, but just in case it is, i found a non-"woo" chiropractor who got my joint realigned. so i promise i did read and i know you had a biopsy there, but in case it's related to a disfunction in the joint itself, there is hope for fast relief - i hope there is in your case.
Oooo. That is fascinating. How did you find a non-woo chiropractor? I’d be willing to try that, but I’m stuck on the woo part. I did some deep Google dives yesterday and found some stretches on what turned out to be a chiropractor site, but it was non-woo enough i barely noticed.
and yeah, even if it is biopsy related, realigning could help. I think I fucked it up biking, because it’s never bothered me before, but started after a bike ride.
As we get closer to moving, I find myself getting more and more "what the fuck are we doing?" about it. I know that's normal, but sweet Jesus, what we are doing *is* a little crazy.
Relatedly, H wants to spend our last few days here at his mom's or dad's. I had to put my foot down on that. No sir. I want to be where we've been for almost 2 decades. I want to drive the normal route to the airport. I want to sleep in my own bed the night before. That's probably going to cost some time and money, but it's what I need.
Post by picksthemusic on Jul 12, 2021 10:58:19 GMT -5
DH smoked a pork butt on our charcoal grill yesterday, and while it was good, it wasn't fall-apart tender. He's still getting the hang of the whole thing (maintaining proper heat, etc) and I can tell it's bugging him that it wasn't better. I'm trying to find him resources that he can use to help his smoking game.
#notadoctor but i had SI joint pain while i was training for a marathon and it is rough. i have no idea if this is relevant to you, but just in case it is, i found a non-"woo" chiropractor who got my joint realigned. so i promise i did read and i know you had a biopsy there, but in case it's related to a disfunction in the joint itself, there is hope for fast relief - i hope there is in your case.
Oooo. That is fascinating. How did you find a non-woo chiropractor? I’d be willing to try that, but I’m stuck on the woo part. I did some deep Google dives yesterday and found some stretches on what turned out to be a chiropractor site, but it was non-woo enough i barely noticed.
and yeah, even if it is biopsy related, realigning could help. I think I fucked it up biking, because it’s never bothered me before, but started after a bike ride.
i asked for a recommendation from an athletic trainer friend. i think if you search something like "sports medicine chiropractor" that might help weed through them.
I applied for a entry level supervisor job and was immediately rejected because I don't have supervisory experience. Every time this happens I just want to fucking scream.
Not related, I started hormonal birth control to help mitigate perimenopause systems, and I'm so nauseous all the time. I'm trying to wait it out to see if the symptoms quit, but the outlook is looking pretty grim.
We are on vacation in the Outer Banks! We got in around 9pm last night so I have no idea what the scenery looks like yet. Our VRBO is cute though. I wish it had outdoor space, but it was very affordable and everything is brand new so it's really clean and comfortable. We only booked it 6 weeks or so ago so we were lucky to get it at all. We are heading to the beach once my H is done showering.
Yesterday's soccer match was a heartbreaker. We stopped along our drive down here to watch the game, and England's loss on penalties in the last second of the game was so disappointing. My H (who is English) hasn't stopped talking about it since, so I feel bad for him!
I am in the UK with my English husband and it was so heartbreaking, everyone was so excited. And then I woke up and read all the racism and it was like they lost all over again.
I applied for a entry level supervisor job and was immediately rejected because I don't have supervisory experience. Every time this happens I just want to fucking scream.
This is so frustrating. It's like no one has ever heard of "managing up."
DH went back to the office today. While it's nice that I can do noisy cleaning stuff without worrying if it will interfere with work calls/zoom meetings for the first time in almost a year and a half, I already rather miss being able to just hop in the car with him to do lunch or whatever. It's only 10:15 a.m. It's been three whole hours.
I was on vacation last week. I do not want to work. I like my job, but I just...don't wanna.
.rubytue, probably a good call to skip Yellowstone. It's been INSANELY crowded this year. We were just in Red Lodge and didn't even go into the park because we saw pictures of lines of cars waiting to get in.
This makes me nervous for when we go to Acadia in a few weeks. I guess we’ll have to just get to our hiking spots by 8.
We were able to snag a camping site in the park for 3 nights, which I’m really excited about.
I applied for a entry level supervisor job and was immediately rejected because I don't have supervisory experience. Every time this happens I just want to fucking scream.
Not related, I started hormonal birth control to help mitigate perimenopause systems, and I'm so nauseous all the time. I'm trying to wait it out to see if the symptoms quit, but the outlook is looking pretty grim.
Does your job currently allow you to volunteer to lead any projects and "supervise" the efforts of the project team? That is often how we get people to make the leap from individual contributor to manager at our company. We allow project leadership to count toward supervisory experience to help with internal mobility.
I applied for a entry level supervisor job and was immediately rejected because I don't have supervisory experience. Every time this happens I just want to fucking scream.
Not related, I started hormonal birth control to help mitigate perimenopause systems, and I'm so nauseous all the time. I'm trying to wait it out to see if the symptoms quit, but the outlook is looking pretty grim.
Does your job currently allow you to volunteer to lead any projects and "supervise" the efforts of the project team? That is often how we get people to make the leap from individual contributor to manager at our company. We allow project leadership to count toward supervisory experience to help with internal mobility.
No, even though I am project lead on a bunch of stuff and I mentioned that experience in my cover letter. This was a job outside of my company, though. It's been made clear to me both verbally and in writing that my current job could give two shits about internal mobility.