Post by underwaterrhymes on Jun 23, 2022 7:00:53 GMT -5
My sister and her family made it home! Her company had to help extract them to the airport, but she spent most of yesterday at an airport hotel, boarded the plane last night at 1 AM, and is on the ground in Florida headed home. Whew. I don’t think she personally was ever in real danger, but it’s a relief to have her back in the States.
Hoping for relief for the indigenous groups in Ecuador who need help. ❤️
I survived the hike with my coworker yesterday, but I was an absolute sweaty disaster by the time we were done an hour later. At the end she was like “let me know if you want to do this every week!” Lol, lady, it is summer in Philadelphia. I sweat from the humidity alone. No, I do not want to do this every week. Call me in October. It was a good workout, and it was nice to get to know her a bit though.
My mom called me last night to tell me that they found a spot on her mammogram yesterday, and that they did the biopsy immediately. She had breast cancer previously and she’s been cancer free for almost 10 years now. If this is cancer again I don’t know how she’s going to handle it. She should find out the results today or tomorrow. I’m hopeful, but I just don’t have a good feeling. I am praying it’s benign…or just nothing. Ughhhhhhhhh.
That is wonderful news underwaterrhymes. Sending good vibes that your Mom's biopsy comes back negative arielroux.
I have so many meetings this week. I am not used to having such a full calendar. I need to get better about prioritizing my work so that I can actually get stuff done between meetings.
I'm going to the shore this weekend to celebrate my birthday. I can't wait to eat my body weight in crabs and raw seafood
Great news underwaterrhymes! My bff and I got our nails done Sunday and tried out a new Vietnamese restaurant. I ordered a Vietnamese iced coffee and was in love. I was at an Asian supermarket Tuesday and saw a box of sweetened condensed milk with a picture of iced coffee and writing in Vietnamese so I bought it. I sent a pic to my NAIL lady (who is from Vietnam) and asked her if that is what I use. She sent this 😂😂😂:
arielroux, I liked your post before I got to the second paragraph. I am glad the hike went well and 100% am with you on the humidity and being a sweaty mess. But I am sorry your mom's health is in question. I hope it ends up being nothing! My mom had breast cancer too so I totally understand the feelings you must be having about it.
arielroux , I liked your post before I got to the second paragraph. I am glad the hike went well and 100% am with you on the humidity and being a sweaty mess. But I am sorry your mom's health is in question. I hope it ends up being nothing! My mom had breast cancer too so I totally understand the feelings you must be having about it.
Lol, I didn’t judge your like! And thank you for the commiseration. I’m just on pins and needles over here waiting for her to call me. I hope for her sake she gets the results today. I know she’s not handling the waiting very well (understandably).
@@ my ADHD 10 yo DS1 is really struggling right now. We switched him from Vyvanse to Concerta about a year ago and it was a good move at first -- his appetite increased and we had a good run at school up until spring break. I thought we had landed on the right med and now I'm not sure at all. He's also on Intuniv and has been for years. His primary struggle is impulsivity/emotional regulation.
The last three months have been SO hard, the end of the school year was a mess but we just white knuckled our way through it. I was hoping summer break would bring relief, but he was sent home from sleep away camp two days in last week and even swim team, which was SO good for him last summer, is also not helping. He completely melted down at the meet last night and this was a night where he did great swimming.
I recently started Lexapro and it's been so incredibly great for me, without being a doctor myself, I can see so much of his overreaction and response coming from anxiety. I have him set up to meet with a doctor at the ADHD center at the children's hospital to start some DBT based session at the end of July and I called and set up a med check appointment with pedi for next week. Has anyone had a child in a similar situation that benefited from adding a SSRI at this age? Maybe he just needs to increase the dose on his current meds? I hate that all of this is such a shot in the dark.
I think I'm just going to pull him from everything for the next week and just let him reset a bit. This part of parenting is so hard.
Post by followyourarrow on Jun 23, 2022 8:27:25 GMT -5
I went to a local bookstore yesterday and it was kinda sad. They had so few books, like my personal collection has more books than they had for sale. They had none of the new releases I was looking for. They did have a nice local section, so I picked up a couple of books from there. I don't know if I should order through them and try to support them that way, or if I should give up and order online through my old bookstore that ships. I really try to support indie bookstores vs Amazon or B&N.
Today is my 40th birthday and I’m feeling kind of blah. Not about the age, but I wish I was doing more to celebrate. I’m working and then going to my parent’s for dinner. I do have a spa day with bff planned, so looking forward to that. H’a 40th is tomorrow, so we’re going out to dinner tomorrow night to celebrate both. Just feels kind of…anti-climatic, I guess.
Bernadine, happy birthday! You are exactly 2 weeks younger than me, and I feel you on the anticlimax! I hope you have a fun day anyway, and enjoy your joint celebration tomorrow!
I posted in the randoms late last night, my H tested positive for COVID last night. Ugh. So far he's doing ok, feeling pretty crappy but not severely ill or anything. I am fine, I tested negative last night and today I have a little bit of a scratchy throat but that happens frequently anyway so I'm not sure if it's even related. We are more or less trying to stay apart, but we have been together pretty much 24/7 for the last several days anyway so I'm not sure it even matters at this point. We are supposed to meet up with friends over the 4th of July weekend so I am just crossing everything that he's back to 100% by then and that if I get COVID, it happens soon so we can still go.
I made blueberry muffins for breakfast this morning and they were really good. I wish muffins were healthier, because they are so easy to just throw together quickly and make a nice alternative option for breakfast!
Happy Birthday @bernadine! My 40th also felt anti-climactic so I understand your feelings. I hope you enjoy what you do have planned, and maybe try to take some time for yourself to do whatever YOU want.
Trying to decide if I should keep reading Where the Crawdads Sing or pass it along to a friend. It got lots of praise, but it just seems flat to me so far.
Trying to decide if I should keep reading Where the Crawdads Sing or pass it along to a friend. It got lots of praise, but it just seems flat to me so far.
I read a lot and rarely quit a book before the end, but I did not finish where the crawdads sing. It was not my style at all. I decided life was too short to force myself to keep up with it.
Bernadine, It took a bit for me to get into that book but I was so glad I stuck it out because I ended up loving it. BUT it's ok to just quit if you're not enjoying it and just watch the movie
Trying to decide if I should keep reading Where the Crawdads Sing or pass it along to a friend. It got lots of praise, but it just seems flat to me so far.
I enjoyed the book, but I have two friends who absolutely HATED it. So I’d say give it a pass if you’re not feeling it.
My birthday is next weekend, and I'm already taking the Friday off to use my spa gift card from LAST year, and trying to figure out what I want to do on my actual birthday. Part of me wants to go with kayaking and a brewery, part of me wants fancy brunch. All of that in one day seems like too much effort though.
And then DH's birthday is a week and a half later and we'll be OOT, so his is definitely going to be an out to dinner plan.
Announced my engagement to my family. My sister and her pastor husband have let me know I’m “entering into an adulterous relationship” because divorce is never allowed and I’ll be cheating on my ex-h by getting married again 🤔🤔
They’re very “concerned” that I’m headed for hell.
I knew they weren’t happy about my divorce, and they really weren’t happy that I have the audacity to be happy after a divorce, but I didn’t realize that whole hot mess was their stance.
My family will all be together for my younger brothers wedding in 2 weeks, so this should be fun!
I went to a local bookstore yesterday and it was kinda sad. They had so few books, like my personal collection has more books than they had for sale. They had none of the new releases I was looking for. They did have a nice local section, so I picked up a couple of books from there. I don't know if I should order through them and try to support them that way, or if I should give up and order online through my old bookstore that ships. I really try to support indie bookstores vs Amazon or B&N.
There is an indie bookstore in my town, and while I think they have a decent selection, if they don't happen to have a book I'm looking for, they are always happy to order it. Is that an option with your local bookstore? When I order through mine, typically it arrives in a few days. I like to support local shops when I can (which it sound like you do too).
Post by midwestmama on Jun 23, 2022 9:51:02 GMT -5
Happy birthday, Bernadine! My 40th was yesterday. Very anti-climactic, but I didn't really want a big party or anything. I went and got a massage on Monday and tonight I'm going to the NKOTB concert with my sister as a shared b-day for us (her b-day is next week). We're also going to Pigeon Forge, TN next week on vacation, and I've heard local pottery is a big thing there, so I might pick up a pottery piece for my birthday.
jane6672, wow, that is some complete bullshit right there! I never understand why people have to judge or care so much about other people's lives. It is none of their business! Congratulations! Just ignore them (easier said than done) and know that we are happy for you!
I went to my dr office to get blood drawn early this morning. I'll be back next week for my appt and another blood draw. Later this morning I'm taking DS(6) to his follow up appt for his ASD diagnosis last July. It was supposed to be 6 months after but they were short staffed so putting it off until summer break was fine with me.
Post by maudefindlay on Jun 23, 2022 10:01:40 GMT -5
jane6672 Congratulations! I would take that as a cue to not invite them to the wedding. Why can't we all just tolerate our differences? People that use their religion to "save" others suck. You are doing nothing wrong, absolutely, it's them. These type of people always try to impose on others about family/marriage/sexuality and swear all sin is the same....but never do they bring that same energy to other sins like guns/killing.