Friday!!

[mae0111]

How was the week? What's up this weekend?

[mae0111]

My high school friends are supposed to come over with kids for swimming and pizza, but it's raining right now. I'm hoping it clears up soon.

We are getting hit with a hurricane on Sunday, so we will spend tomorrow preparing as best we can. Camping stuff was dumped in the garage so we need to put it away so that we can put our cars inside. Then hopefully hanging out by the pool before the storm on Sunday. I'd really like to go out with DH, as we haven't had a date night in well over a month, but I don't think any of our sitters are available. Boo.

[twinmomma]

Going to be a low key weekend around here I think.

I'm going to spend tonight building my new sit to stand desk when it arrives. I can't wait!

Tomorrow, as long as the rain holds, the girls and I are going to the amusement park in town the second they open. We have season passes and there's a roller coaster they've been dying to try all summer, but the lines are always too long when we go. So we made a plan to be there for "rope drop" and get right in line for just that one ride. Hopefully we can do it a couple times in a row and then bounce before the crowds start. That's the extent of our plans because of the hurricane weather coming in.

[madringal]

This week has been rough. DH broke his knee and tore his ACL, surgery will be in about a week. Kids started back to school, sports are picking back up, and my DH is essentially worthless to us in terms of drop offs, pick ups, etc. He can't even walk to get the kids off the bus down the street. Thankfully, we both WFH, but I am exhausted already and we have AT LEAST 6 weeks of this ahead of us.

[dglvrk2]

Aug 20, 2021 9:48:11 GMT -5 madringal said:

This week has been rough. DH broke his knee and tore his ACL, surgery will be in about a week. Kids started back to school, sports are picking back up, and my DH is essentially worthless to us in terms of drop offs, pick ups, etc. He can't even walk to get the kids off the bus down the street. Thankfully, we both WFH, but I am exhausted already and we have AT LEAST 6 weeks of this ahead of us.

Hang in there! Hopefully your H has an easy, predictable recovery.can you get some help with kid transportation etc from neighbors or your kids' friends' parents?

[186momx]

Canning tomatoes is the only thing planned for the weekend.

I want some quiet weekends before school starts as September is going to be crazy.

[sandandsea]

We are surviving the first week of school. My kindergartener cried and clung the first day because he was scared the teachers would be mean. Of course we had told him 78 million times how nice they were. Once the teacher came over and talked to him, he was okay and later said he had an awesome day and went in the room first and happily the second day.

Our race trailer was egged last night so we had to add one more thing to our to do list. We are still recovering from vacation and I have two more loads of laundry left to fold. Work is crazy. We have a race this weekend so we are extra busy. I need to get groceries at some point but will wait until Monday now because of the race. And the air quality sucks and the sun is red/orange because of the fires. I want to go back to vacation or at least bed.

[mae0111]

madringal - I’m so sorry to hear it. I hope he has a quick recovery, and I wish you lots of luck for the next few weeks!! DH tore his Achilles a few years back and it was really tough. Hopefully you can enlist teammmate parent help for some stuff!!

[rere]

Aug 20, 2021 11:00:35 GMT -5 186momx said:

Canning tomatoes is the only thing planned for the weekend.

I want some quiet weekends before school starts as September is going to be crazy.

Unfortunately that is my Sunday plan as well. I thought I was done, but went to the garden last night and had over a bucket full.

We are camping this weekend. Dd and her friends have free tickets to the adjoining waterpark. Dh is being difficult. When this came up, he said he would go. Now he's gripping and trying to get out of it. I'd soon he would stay home, because his attitude has already brought me down. We are camping with good friends and I wouldn't know what to tell them without him looking like an asshole, and I would have to agree.

[k3am]

Headed down to my mom’s today.. hold me.

The only “good” news is that my mom forgot that I took her keys away from her. Depending on the day, she either tells me that someone from DMV stole them or that she lost them.. I’m flying down and had planned on using her car while I’m there. My original plan had been to take her out to lunch, but I don’t want her to get suspicious. I told her I was missing a pair of headphones (true, but no chance they’re at her house) and needed to look for them.. so I will DoorDash lunch and search for the headphones and magically find the keys before we need to be at our first appointment. And somehow lose them again when I leave. Because she doesn’t even remember that the neurologist and DMV suspended her license and if she finds them, she will drive…

[waverly]

I'm so happy it is Friday! No real plans this weekend.

My mom will be in town, and I am always so optimistic it will be fun, and then she can't stop talking, commenting and complaining.

But at least DH is gone tonight at his friend's lake house, so I won't have them interacting. I swear I leave them alone for 5 minutes, and my mom already has an issue, and it is really all on her.

Her last issue was he bought stands for our peonies and decided to return them and then she wanted to buy them off him, but then she found them cheaper somewhere else. All this happened in 5 minutes when none of us noticed, but it went on for 2 days. I don't understand... I really don't. There is no way for me to prevent this either because it is so random and out of the blue. It's like she can't handle us just doing our own thing and is always like oh you do it this way (How dare you?!). But yet, I don't live with her and haven't for years, and I am 40, so I don't get the outrage on why I do things differently than her. People do things different and that is OK or better yet, who cares?

Anyway, k3am, good luck with your mom!

[supertrooper1]

I have a massage therapy appointment today for my sore shoulder muscles. I really hope it works because I'm tired of taking muscle relaxers that don't completely get rid of the pain and make me tired. After I drop DS off at his dad's, Beau and I are going camping at a local lake about 40 minutes away. My cousins couldn't use their reservation this weekend so they gave it to us. No cell service and just relaxing is just what I need. Beau's future DIL is having her bridal shower Saturday, so I'll leave our campsite for a couple of hours to go to that. No plans Sunday other than checking out of our campsite and coming home.

Back in April, Beau bought a used toy hauler trailer from his cousin who was going through a divorce. He thought the cousin needed the money and we had thought about buying a trailer. Beau bought it, put some work into it because it was old and needed some parts replaced. We used it once and decided it didn't work for us for lots of reasons and bought a new one instead. Beau kept asking his cousin for the title but he never got it from the guy he got the trailer from (he traded work for the trailer). Fast forward to today, Beau finally got ahold of the original owner who said he has the title somewhere but would meet Beau at the DOL to transfer it and do a lost title, just because he didn't want to go upstairs in his house and look for it. Come to find out, Beau's cousin never contacted the guy about the title because he owes him money. And instead of using the money from the trailer and more money he borrowed from the original trailer guy for his divorce, he bought a car. Hopefully we can finally get the title and sell the trailer we don't want anymore.

[madringal]

mae0111, Yes, thankfully I have the most helpful parents and inlaws ever. But I swear it feels like the mental logistics of organizing everything is harder than actually doing all the things!

[mommyatty]

waverly, my mom has been pissed off for 15 years that I use prescription nose spray for allergies instead of Claritin, which does nothing for me. But she KNOWS Claritin works better. The kicker? She has never had allergies a day in her life. But she heard from her neighbor that Claritin is better. So, solidarity.

[waverly]

mommyatty, well if the neighbor said it, it must be true haha. Yeah it makes no sense, who cares what nose spray you use? At least my mom gets over it in a few days instead of 15 years. Wow, that's a long time.

[polecat8]

This week was busier than usual and of course I tested positive for Covid even though I'm fully vaccinated (tested last Friday, got the results on Tuesday).
So Tuesday was scrambling to figure out what I had to do and what to do for my kids. Luckily for me, my symptoms started right after vacation, so I was able to end my isolation on Wednesday. Also lucky, all of my kids tested negative.
For the rest of the week I dealt with a soccer meeting (I volunteered to coach the U5 academy), prepping for my grad class (which Covid guidelines are changing daily and classes start next Thursday), and work is stupid busy.
But tonight, I'm having my mom over for dinner since it is her birthday. Then I'll probably work all weekend. I feel bad about working because the kids start school on Wednesday and I was hoping to do something fun with them (and completely distanced from anyone). If the weather is nice, we could go on a creek walk, get some ice cream, and stream the new Paw Patrol movie.

[erinshelley21]

madringal sending you all of the good super woman vibes during your H's recovery. DH has broken bones twice in the last 7 years. His broken foot required surgery. DS was 6 months old and it was my busy season at work. It about killed me. His broken arm 4 days after we moved into a new house and a week before Christmas felt like a walk in the park.

Use your village and take time to catch your breath every once in a while. Oh and do things to make your life easy, like paper plates and bowls, plastic forks and spoons. Not for every meal, but even one or two meals a day will help you. Your H can fold laundry and help with homework while sitting and laying down.

[erinshelley21]

It's my birthday weekend! Saturday is my actual birthday, but I usually make a big deal about my birthday. DH got called into work and tomorrow is a regular shift day for him, so that was a real bummer. Kids and I ran some errands tonight and got donuts for tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow I have a workout and breakfast planned with my gym girls. MIL is going to keep the kids for a bit so I can go to that. Then we will do lunch with my mom while she watches my brother's kids. I need to get DD some dance shoes too, but other than that I'm hoping for a relaxed day.

Sunday DH will be home and then its grocery pick up, a baby shower and then some sort of birthday celebration with my family. I need to do lots of laundry and prep for the week because DH will he OOT Tues-Fri. I'm already tired thinking about it.

[sdlaura]

We’re recovering from the craziness of the past couple weeks - trip to the east coast, DD’s 9th bday, and first weeks of school for 3 of the 4 kids. Plus that whole work thing

We were supposed to have a date night tonight, but babysitter is also an aesthetician and got a call right before she was supposed to babysit that a client she gave a facial to on Tuesday has a breakthrough infection. Babysitter tested negative on a rapid test but it’s still early since she’s been exposed, so we didn’t want to risk it. Luckily we didn’t have plans with friends so it wasn’t a big deal to cancel.

First week of pre-k went well for DS2, and my big kids seem very happy after their first four days of school. DS1 (2nd grade) just loves his school routine. That’s definitely one reason I was so focused on getting the kids back in in-person school last year. He is so happy to be back in his school routine this week.

Big kids will go to a skateboard session at the Y tomorrow and then DD has softball tournament team tryouts/workout Sunday morning. I’m supposed to get drinks in the neighborhood with my two former pod mom friends after the kids are in bed tomorrow night.

[mommyatty]

DS got a fever yesterday. It went up to 103.8. A friend brought over a Covid test, and it was negative, but omg it was still scary. He spent the night puking, so DH and I didn’t get a lot of sleep. We sent DD to stay with her grandmother so she doesn’t get it. Today is fever is almost gone, but he’s still puking.

And all of this has brought how lucky we are into stark perspective. You can’t get a Covid test around here without waiting for hours in your car. We had one brought to our house. We had access to a teledoc, a pediatric ER doc with 25 years experience who could walk me through what to do now and what symptoms to worry about, and to tell me not to take him to urgent care or the ER because those places are germy and they can’t do more for him than I can do at home. I had two friends I could call who are doctors to get advice before it occurred to me that we have the teledoc.

[k3am]

Well, My flight is delayed and may end up cancelled. Fingers crossed… I can’t spend another night with my mom. One of us will end up in jail.

[sdlaura]

Did you make it home k3am?

[k3am]

sdlaura, I did! I've determined that the worst place possible to sit while your flight is delayed is by the gate agent. It was delayed 3 different times, and I kept hearing her tell people that the incoming flight hadn't left the airport, was having mechanical issues, they had no ETA, and if they had to push it back any further, they'd cancel the flight. No other flights back to San Jose had open seats.. if it had been cancelled, my options would be to stay another night at my mom's or fly into Oakland, arrive at 8:50, and shell out for a huge uber ride. Thankfully, I ended up getting home around 2pm, vs. 11am as expected, so not too terrible, overall.