It’s Tuesday but kinda Monday?

[mommyatty]

How was everyone’s weekend?

[mommyatty]

Ours was really good. DS seems much less depressed. He’s having short-lived bouts of sadness, and the past few days he gets in bed with me about 30 minutes after I put him to bed, and he wants to fall asleep with me. Last night I sent him back to his own bed because he had only been in there about 15 minutes. I felt terrible about it.

DD and I went shopping on Saturday for vacation clothes for her. Monday we (DD and I) took MIL shopping for vacation clothes. She tends to want to wear jeans all the time, and a couple of trips ago she got heat exhaustion. So we make it a prerequisite to her going with us that she wear weather appropriate clothes. Dresses, shorts, capris. But no panty hose and no jeans. But after all that shopping now guess who still doesn’t have vacation clothes? This girl! I did find a cute pair of denim shorts at Loft though.

[twinmomma]

Our weekend was great! Three day weekends make me feel like being a working parent is manageable. There's actually some time to relax and get all the chores and responsibilities out of the way.

The girls had their birthday party on Sunday and it was perfect! They had a ton of fun with their friends and ran themselves ragged with laser tag and arcade games. I always forget how much paying to have a party somewhere else is totally worth it. It's been a few years since we've been able to do that due to COVID. And beau's son showed up! His mom and grandma brought him. I find it so weird that everything they do with him is a full family affair where grandma tags along. I mean, I guess because she lives with them it's like another parent? She's pleasant enough and treats my girls well when they're around so it's whatever. All that to say - we had my exh and his fiancee, beau's ex and his ex MIL, beau, and I all hanging out. Exh and fiancee just kept wandering off on their own, not socializing. They actually missed the cake part. *eyeroll* Everyone was very civil and nice to each other - except for the grandma who was making comments to me and beau about exh's fiancee and how young she is. But I was definitely exhausted by the time we got home.

Yesterday the girls and I did a deep clean of their room and rearranged a bunch of stuff. It looks so much better now! They have loft beds, so we cleaned up underneath each one and added some fairy lights to make them hang outs. Purged a TON of stuffed animals, which is a small miracle. Since they didn't use their closet for clothes, we took everything out and turned it into American Girl doll world with all the furniture and stuff set up in there. It all came together really well and uses the space they have in a much better way.

[mae0111]

We had a good weekend! DD2 had a soccer tournament that took up most of Sat and Sun. In between games the kids swam and saw friends, DH worked and did some electrical work on his new travel trailer.

Yesterday we had my parents over to swim and cook out. We hadn't really seen them in a while so it was nice. But they are getting wackier with their right-wing conspiracies. DH drank way to much so that was embarrassing. He remembers nothing.

The kids are off today as well, then a 1/2 day tomorrow. I'm going to try to get some work in both days. DD1 is playing softball tonight and there's this weird back-door front moving in. An hour ago it was 76 degrees outside, now it's 62 degrees. So it will be chilly at the field tonight. DD2 has soccer tryouts for her current club tomorrow. Thursday DD2 stays after school for a fun movie activity with her teacher until 630, and DD1 has basketball. Then DD1 has her last basketball tournament this weekend starting possibly on Friday evening, softball Saturday morning, and DD2 has her last soccer game Sunday morning.

Mom guilt - the kids have Field Day on Friday. I always try to volunteer for stuff like this. I promised myself that going back to work wouldn't interfere with my ability to do these things. With today off and tomorrow's 1/2 day and a 1/2 day the previous Friday... I just can't take another day/half day to volunteer. DH volunteers for nothing and has no guilt.

[rere]

I am annoyed on this Tuesday. Dh and I walked, mowed grass, tilled the garden and picked up beams from My Great grandmother's 100+ year old house. Then we finally sit down to grill, had some brie, brussel sprouts going, none of which we got to enjoy. Right about time to eat, the wife of one of his coworkers called and said she needs help, her Dh is leaving her and about to drive drunk. So we head over there. Now this particular couple seem to have much more drama in this phase of life than I am used to. I am happy to help people, but if your life is full of drama nonsense, don't come near mine. Of course DH is nicer than me, but he's confused by drama also. We didn't get to sleep until 11.

At least we only have 3 days until we head to Panama City for the week.

But, Dh applied for a new job. Somewhat more money, but a much better schedule and quality of life. We are trying not to get our hopes up, but that doesn't seem possible.

[mustardseed2007]

It felt like we were such a bums this weekend although it was a pretty full weekend. Thursday was our last day of school and we had a pool party. Friday DS had a birthday party then Saturday DD had a birthday party (that seemed to have no end). The kids had swim lessons and a playdate.

But the highlight was that we picked up a baby kitten that DH decided he wanted. The dogs are being fairly ok about it but we're still keeping them separate. They are just reacting to this tiny kitten a lot more than they do to our full grown cats. Our big dog is a little too interested. Like I can't tell if she wants to mother the kitten or eat her....but the dog was content to lay her head in my lap while I was holding the kitten...but the dog doesn't normally do that either so....

[186momx]

I'm working a very short week because the dog is having surgery tomorrow and she tends to have very bad reactions after the facts (uncontrolled bowels or vomiting or both).
Weekend was blah. The weather was crap and the whole time away I was sitting around reading, coloring, or playing games I was thinking about all the stuff I could have gotten done at home. It was nice to just chill but 3 days worth cooped up inside was too much for me.
I have a set of clients that are being PITA they need all this extra stuff to close on their new house. They asked us last Wednesday late in the day. I dropped other stuff to work on them but she is now demanding XYZ and I'm swamped with payrolls as it is end/beginning of the month. I don't get why loan people always ask for stuff and want it 3 days before asking. Her stress shouldn't be my stress and I should have to work over time. The loan guys want P&L and BS for May by Friday which isn't doable at all.

[librarychica]

It’s definitely a Monday kind of Tuesday. My brain doesn’t want to kick into gear.

Good weekend, though. Last night was the first night the kids slept at home since last Wednesday. Thursday and Friday they stayed with my parents, Saturday I picked them up and DD1 spent a few hours at a friends house, then H took them with him to spend a couple of days at his parents and they didn’t get home until last night. Which meant I had two whole days by myself. I did a whole lot of not much.

4 days until we leave for the beach!

[supertrooper1]

Saturday morning Beau and I were getting ready to go riding from our campsite when I got a call that ex-H and DS has been in a car accident. DS was fine and they were taking him in the ambulance with ex-H to the hospital since I couldn't get there quickly. I was an hour and a half away from the hospital. So I rushed down the mountain and ended up spending the day with DS, waiting for ex-H to be discharged since he didn't want to give up his parenting time. I was so relieved that DS wasn't hurt and happy to spend a few extra hours with him. I just wish I could have taken him back to the campsite for the weekend with me.

By the time I got back, it was dinner time and Beau's cousins ended up camping with us after all. There went my quiet weekend with Beau. Sunday was rainy so we waited around the campfire until it cleared enough to go riding. We were only on our second trail when I found a deep mud puddle to crash into and get myself soaked in cold muddy water. I didn't have a second set of boots so I had to wear plastic bags on my feet to keep from getting my feet soaked when we went back out riding.

I like Beau's cousins but only in small doses. Beau ended up cooking the whole weekend for all 8 of us and we hadn't planned on feeding them since they originally said they weren't coming. I feel like I need another long weekend.

[sdlaura]

Our weekend was all softball plus a triple date Friday night, which was really fun! 3-day weekends are great, but I'm not a big fan of 4-day weeks - I feel like I can't fit in everything that needs to get done during the week.

[waverly]

Friday night I was all alone which was so great! Saturday I was in no rush to meet up because they were working on the ABNB house. I finally got there around 7. So much work, you guys. So much. I’m exhausted. It’s almost done ish. I really need this thing to rent because DH spent a lot on furnishings. The house it’s self wasn’t that expensive, and his other rental house is covering the mortgage on both places but I’d like to recoup the other costs. Oh and the furniture was mid priced not the cheapest but definitely not high end. I’m sure it’s still more than I want to know. It’s very pretty and the lake is great too. Very nice area.

[erbear]

I had a tough time bringing myself to leave the beach last night, so we didn’t leave until 6 and it’s a 3.5 hour drive with traffic. Whoops. Everyone was a little tired today and I totally forgot about DD1’s math placement test today so she didn’t review. She doesn’t need to be in enriched math, right? Le sigh.

6.5 more days!

[sandandsea]

We had a good weekend. Dh and Ds had a race sat/sun and then Dh and I had to work yesterday but a friend (and ds2s bff’s mom) offered to pick the boys up for a play date and fed them lunch. So they had a blast and dh and I got most of our work done.

Today definitely feels like a Monday though.