Is It Friday?

[mae0111]

I think it's Friday...  How was the week? What's up this weekend?

[twinmomma]

It is 100% Friday!
This felt like the longest week. I'm just wiped out. Wednesday is my in office day and I had an after work event to attend on top of it, so I was gone from 7 AM to 8 PM and just haven't recovered from that. Plus, first week of summer camp and swim team so we were just way busier than we have been.

Beau and I are going to a first birthday party on Sunday. I love buying books as kid gifts and had to make sure to restrain myself when ordering for this one. I was getting all nostalgic for all the board books and just kept hitting add to cart.

This morning beau asked if I want to go to Home Goods and Home Sense with him tonight because he needs help buying decor for work events. Um, twist my arm! That's my favorite hobby!

[mommyatty]

We are on vacation. Fun fact: So long as it’s not in a glass container, you can walk around Savannah with alcohol. DH is looking at real estate, lol.

We had a mechanical delay of an hour and a half yesterday, but other than that, it was a smooth and easy trip. We ate dinner last night at Lady and Sons, which is Paula Deen’s restaurant, and omg, it was so good. Even DS ate the food and said it was good, and that kid doesn’t eat anything. DD got pot roast, which is maybe her fav food in the world. Because it’s all you can eat, family style, she got to eat a ton. That kid can put away a quarter of a cow, so I don’t know how she’s still st freaking skinny. Then we swam at the hotel, which was DS’s fav part of the entire day.

[mae0111]

It's been a long week here, too. The kids and DH got home from their trip on Monday, and I feel like we're still not fully unpacked.

The kids are still struggling with their To Do lists. Every night they come to me with a proposal/presentation regarding why they should not have to do their lists the next day. I'm hoping that it stops, but DD1 is leaving Sunday for camp, so we'll go through this adjustment period again when she gets back.

I'm trying to wrap up a few things for work this morning, and hoping to take some time off this afternoon. Tomorrow we're hoping to spend a family day by the pool. DH will probably work in the morning, so I'll do laundry and things like that. I might invite my parents over for dinner to see DD1 before she leaves, but I'm not sure. The kids really want to go to a parade here in town, but I just feel like being with a ton of people is not the best idea for DD1 before she goes to sleepaway camp. It only takes one sneeze from a COVID + person in the crowd to wreck her summer.

Sunday DH and I will drive DD1 to camp 2.5-3 hours away. Once we're there, we'll have to hang out for an hour to wait for her COVID test to come back. We'll stop at a little town on the ocean on the way back and have lunch, and take our time on the way home. DD2 will spend the day with my mom.

Next week DH is traveling, DD1 will be away, and DD2 is going to an awesome camp with her BFF from school. It's at a fun place with mini golf, go karts, a few other little outdoor rides, bumper cars, laser tag, an arcade, bouncy houses, etc. They also have 8 basketball courts and 2 full-size indoor turf fields. So they do allll the activities, arts and crafts, sports... she went for a 1/2 day last week and was SO MAD AT ME for picking her up early. So she should be totally worn out, hopefully making an easier week for me.

[twinmomma]

And now I'm just crying and unable to focus on anything at work with the Roe v Wade news that just came down. There are no words.

[polecat8]

twinmomma , I just saw it too. I am heartbroken and angry for all women in this country.


And also - F all of those extreme right wing Republicans.

I encourage everyone to vote this November!  Let's get the right people in office!

[polecat8]

I passed my taekwondo test yesterday! But I am exhausted now, so I'm taking a half-day vacation from work.
Tomorrow, DS1 and I will receive our new taekwondo belts. Then we will come home and help my brother finish my deck.
The rest of the weekend will be used to clean up this house so we can prepare for our annual birthdays celebration next weekend.

[sandandsea]

This weekend is all fun for the kiddos. Today they have their field trip movie day at summer camp. It’s ds2s first field trip and first time riding a bus and they’re going to watch Lightyear. Ds’s bday party is tomorrow morning and a lot of his friends will make it so that’s good. We are meeting friends at the pool this evening to swim and cool off a bit. The boys don’t know it yet so it will be a surprise when I pick them up. I still have to make cupcakes for DSs party but am taking some time off this afternoon to do so. Sunday I’m hoping to relax at home and get the house tidy again and laundry done.

[sdlaura]

We made it almost through our week with no toddler daycare with a couple of morning babysitters plus his afternoon nap. Please please let daycare provider feel well enough to watch the kids next week.

I think I'm going to take the kids to the county fair tomorrow - I bought an entry/parking/ride ticket package and we need to use it before we leave on vacation in a week. DH hates crowds but I'm going to try to convince him to come for a couple hours and then take the toddler home for nap while I stay with the older kids. I don't think that's too much to ask Tomorrow night it's my friend's birthday and they have Padres season tickets, so we're having a triple date to the Padres game, which should be fun.

Sunday is a laser tag bday party for one of DS1's friends. It was also supposed to be the end of season party for DD's all-star softball team, but the family that was going to host has COVID. It seems like half the team goes on vacation soon, so we'll see if there ends up being a party. I also need to get all the boys haircuts before vacation.

ETA - feeling glad to live in a very blue state now with the Roe v Wade decision. Having had a late-term (21 week) abortion of a much wanted baby, for a terminal diagnosis, I would like to shout my story from the rooftops as why abortions should be a medical decision between women/couples and their doctors. It would have served absolutely no one to make me carry that baby to term. 

[k3am]

Skating today, skating tomorrow, a birthday party, hopefully a mani pedi, and taking the kids shopping. DH will drive out to his parents on Saturday and spend the night. Then on Sunday he'll drive them and I'll drive the kids down for family vacation... hold me.

[mommyatty]

We are moving to a blue state. Probably Maryland. I won’t stay somewhere my daughter doesn’t have control over her own body.

[rere]

I started at home, then my internet went down. Then my tablet wasn't picking up the cell data, so now I am at work after lunch with mom and the kids.

Dh and Ds are going to buy a car for Ds later this afternoon. He is like a dog with a bone and is bouncing off the walls.

I am hoping to have a low key weekend. Last weekend was busy, next weekend is the 4th, so I just want to chill. Dd said between work, camp, and going to an amusement park for her birthday, she wants to sleep and not socialize. Ds will probably be out with friends before he goes back. So Dh and I may cook, do some house tours at a parade of homes, and get some walks in.

[waverly]

I am at work, but had a lunch with 4 of my former co-workers. That was fun.

I texted my friend about meeting up outdoors and heard nothing back, so I guess that is the answer. It's sad that Covid ruined our friendship.

DH is giving up his lease on his Tesla so he doesn't go over miles, so he is going to get the new car on Saturday. It's a bit of a drive away, so he'll be gone all day. The rest of us have a baptism party to go to.

Sunday we are doing whatever, and Monday we leave for vacation as long as our administrative stuff gets done.

[sdlaura]

mommyatty, DH and I grew up in Maryland, me near Annapolis and him closer to DC. Now my family is all in Ellicott City, which they love. It's a nice place to live.

[186momx]

DD and I went and paddle our SUPs at 9:30 this morning. We missed the crowds, the wind, and now have some quiet time before DD has her last Friday practice of the summer.
DD wants to go ride but her allergies are killing her so unless we do another early morning I just don't know. She is showering now as her eyes are puffed up and her nose is dripping from this morning. I cut our errands short as she was just miserable.

[marie]

My company announced that it will cover travel expenses when necessary for medical treatment. It listed a few examples of said treatment, the first being REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.

[supertrooper1]

mommyatty, I love Savannah! Be careful with your "to-go" cups from Wet Willies if it's still there (super strong drinks)! And Savanah Candy Company is a must.

DS started the day off by having to use a scrub brush around the outside of the house after he smeared mud all over. My landlord is my next door neighbor and I can imagine he was fuming at how bad the house looked if he had seen it. Work has been crazy busy but I did have a nice conversation with my new permanent supervisor today. I spent 3 days training with her in Philadelphia when I was brand new 3 years ago and she is so incredibly knowledgeable about our job and has a lot of common sense which is unfortunately rare in the government. I'm glad she was promoted.

DS goes to his dad's tonight. The weather is supposed to finally be warm and hit 80 degrees for the first time this year. Beau and I are planning to hit a local ORV park tomorrow morning with our bikes. Sunday is his DIL's baby shower that I'm going to while he'll probably chop some firewood for camping. We might go see Top Gun if time permits. Next week will be our 3rd anniversary of when we started dating. In some ways I can't believe we've been together so long and other times it still seems brand new.

[mustardseed2007]

Somehow knowing it was coming didn't make anything better. Our AG let his employees go home mid day to "celebrate" the decision. It just makes me sick. There are so many vulnerable people here in our state who can't move, I feel bad thinking about moving when my kids are currently safe because we have built a safe community around them and if DD needs it, we can travel to get her services. However, if either of my kids turned out to be trans I would definitely move. And we have to see how much worse it's going to get.

I'm going to get together with a friend this weekend. Just DD and her oldest son and I. This is the friend whose son is severely ADHD - the one that I was really surprised to learn that was his only diagnosis because his behavior is pretty extreme. DS does not like hanging out with him at all, so I actually think that it will be good for DD to be with just the two of them, no siblings.

[waverly]

I’m so sorry everyone. I live in a blue state, but I know the laws will only be good until they vote a Republican governor into office. I’m sad for myself and my daughter and mostly for women that have no options. I’m also scared of other cases including birth control.

Yesterdays baptism party was way over the top in a good way. It exposed my kids to other cultures, and I got to practice my Spanish listening skills. Some of them spoke English, so that made it easier too.