Holiday open letters

[186momx]

WPs
Let the craziness begin.  

I have Thursday through next Monday off and it will be busy long weekend.  


Dear Winter weather
Can the weather modules please be wrong. 
Icy storm doesn't sound fun
me

[twinmomma]

Dear work,
THANK YOU! First, thanks for the amazing annual bonus. I knew it was coming, but it's always a shock to me to hear the actual dollar amount each year. And even more so - thank you for offering to send beau and I on our own trip whenever we want instead of tacking him onto the end of my crazy work week! We are definitely going to take you up on it! We've never been on a trip together.
Happy holidays and thanks!
Grateful employee

Dear self,
How the heck did you fall stepping out your front door and so badly hurt your knee? Could you be more of a klutz? It's days until Christmas!
Signed,
Me

Dear WP,
I fell HARD on my knee. I thought I was doing ok and would just end up with a bruise. But as the day has gone on, it's getting more and more painful. I can't fully straighten it or fully bend it and putting weight on it hurts. I had a crazy busy day at work running around packing gifts all day at the office so I've had zero chance to ice and elevate or do anything to help it. I'm leaning towards swinging by urgent care on my way home to make sure I don't need an xray or something. Would you bother? Or do I wait it out for a day or two?
Signed,
Super Klutz

[k3am]

twinmomma, I'd go get it checked out. I managed to break my foot just stepping off a step wrong. I did both kid drop offs, made it to work, and decided to go to urgent care. They ordered an x-ray after telling me it was likely just bruised or sprained because people with a broken leg or foot don't just walk into urgent care. Unless they're me.

Dear Kaiser,

While I appreciate the speed of getting lab results back, I really don't apprecaite getting ABNORMAL lab results back with no commentary, followed by a request to bring DS back in for additional tests. So if someone could pleaaaaaaase respond and provide some color, it would be great. Because the things I've googled so far are really flipping scary.

Signed,
Worry wart.

[waverly]

Dear family. I love you, but... 1. My mom said I am not coming for Dec 30-Jan 1, and then a week ago says she is. 2. In-laws just announced they are coming for that weekend, and 3. SIL also just announced she is coming (remember the 3 phone calls and 20 text messages where we still didn't know what was happening? Although in hindsight that could have been DH.) They are all poor communicators. Anyway, so I have like 6 people coming and everyone told me with a week notice. We also have theater tickets because no one said they were coming. I guess I should plan a family birthday party for DD?

[k3am]

Kaiser called back and the news is bad. We’re checking him into the hospital as soon as a bed opens up and will be there at least through Christmas. I don’t even know how to explain this to a 6 year old.

[186momx]

k3am, crap. I was really hoping Dr Google was freaking you out for no reason. Keep us posted and giant hugs to all of you.

[twinmomma]

k3am Oh no! I am so sorry!

[twinmomma]

Im on crutches for the next few days. No obvious fracture but maybe a ligament. Ugh.

[supertrooper1]

k3am , I'm sorry! Hoping for a speedy recovery!

[mommyatty]

k3am, I am so sorry. I hope everything is okay soon.

[vasc]

k3am I saw your updates on ML. Big hugs to you. I hope you get clarity soon.

[callmekd]

k3am thinking of you!!

[mae0111]

Oh no k3am. I’m sorry. I hope everything is ok.

Maybe you could write a note to Santa explaining the situation and ask him to come later? Because my kids would be way more focused in that than any health issue.

ETA I just saw your update on ML. I hope they are wrong. I hope this isn’t creepy but you’re all in my prayers.

[k3am]

Dec 21, 2022 22:33:58 GMT -5 mae0111 said:

Oh no k3am. I’m sorry. I hope everything is ok.

Maybe you could write a note to Santa explaining the situation and ask him to come later? Because my kids would be way more focused in that than any health issue.

ETA I just saw your update on ML. I hope they are wrong. I hope this isn’t creepy but you’re all in my prayers.

He and DD both already know that Santa will come on Christmas as normal but our family won’t be celebrating until he’s home. They both seem okay with it.

[sandandsea]

Dec 21, 2022 22:39:23 GMT -5 k3am said:

Dec 21, 2022 22:33:58 GMT -5 mae0111 said:

Oh no k3am. I’m sorry. I hope everything is ok.

Maybe you could write a note to Santa explaining the situation and ask him to come later? Because my kids would be way more focused in that than any health issue.

ETA I just saw your update on ML. I hope they are wrong. I hope this isn’t creepy but you’re all in my prayers.

He and DD both already know that Santa will come on Christmas as normal but our family won’t be celebrating until he’s home. They both seem okay with it.

Our kiddos know that Santa “just knows” when we are celebrating at home (never on the 25th) and magically arrives at just the right time every year because magic.

[k3am]

There’s a possibility someone in the lab misread his initial results and identified an abnormal cell as a blast. A blast is the indicator for leukemia. He might just have mono… so more blood work, they’re going to retest a third time, some other testing and a mono test. And he may get to avoid the bone marrow biopsy.

I want off this rollercoaster, but I’ll be ecstatic if he has mono.

[rere]

k3am thinking of you guys!! I am pulling for mono!

[rere]

Dear whatever,

Can we not have Dh sick? He takes it worse than anyone. And can someone convince him to go to the doctor before 3 today when the snow and -35 windchill is supposed to hit.

Signed, trying to keep perspective/positive among all other things

[mustardseed2007]

k3am, PRAYING FOR MONO! I had mono when I was a kid about his age too. Lets be that!

[mustardseed2007]

Dear NYC,

I loved hanging out in your town! Merry Christmas to everyone who actually lives there!

Signed,
Tourist

Dear DD,
I hope you love the drums we just picked up from a neighbor! I hope you stick with it and get on the drum line in high school...not me living through my kids.

Signed,
Mom with earplugs

[k3am]

We’re home! He’s decided he’d rather stay home today and neither DH or I can work up a real reason to make him go. It’s the last day of the semester, a short day, and we’re exhausted.

[traveltheworld]

k3am, sorry to hear. Thinking of you

[mommyatty]

k3am, I am so glad you guys are home. I hope you get a diagnosis soon and your poor kiddo can get better.

[186momx]

So glad you guys are home k3am.
No guilt on not sending DS to school he hasa roller-coaster of a week.

Dear everyone
Stop canceling and closing stuff early because we might get bad weather. The meteorologist are wrong most of the time.
DD and I really needed her to go to practice today.
Me who now needs to wrap with her home

[mae0111]

Dear DD1 -

You are literally still in the process of getting over what I’m pretty sure was flu. Aches, chills, fevers, now a terrible cough. You missed school on Monday. Your color is still bad. You’re still wiped out.

So no, I don’t think a sleepover with the girls in your class is a good idea tonight. You’re still fighting this virus. Norovirus, flu, RSV, colds, COVID, and a million other things are going around. You eat like crap, take no multivitamins, and are relying on a steroid inhaler to open up your lungs right now.

Let’s get through Christmas. Then you can have a sleepover. But tonight?? What a terrible idea.

Meanest Mommy Ever

[polecat8]

Dear WPs,
I am so glad to be done with work until Jan 3rd. Things have been crazy since Thanksgiving with household illness, my dad's surgery and recovery while supporting my mom, end of semester grading, and big work changes.
When I go back to work in Jan, it will be with a new company because my division was sold to them. Benefits are awesome but I don't know what the new company culture will be like. I hope everyone will be cool.
Signed,
I plan on doing nothing during break except relaxing

Dear DD and DS1,
I am so proud of you guys! All of us have been fighting illness for the past two months. No one is back to 100% yet, but we all killed it at taekwondo belt testing last night! You powered through that 1 hour to give it your best shot. Now let's celebrate tonight because we all earned it!

Dear DH,
Thank you x1 million for helping clean up the nastiest of body functions lately! We somehow made it through the worst even though we didn't feel great. Also thank you for sitting with sick kids at home while I helped my parents. I really appreciate it!

[mommyatty]

Dear WPs,

This year I came to the conclusion that I’m really the only one who actually cares about Christmas stuff. So I run myself ragged every year to give my kids the kind of Christmas I always wished I had when I was a child. So this year, I’m doing the stuff I really love and frankly giving myself the Christmas I want now. Our elves have gone days without moving because I’m over staging fun stuff that gets looked at for a second and gets an “oh.” We did Christmas lights because I have always wanted them and DS actually asked for them this year. The kids helped do the lights and we had a lot of fun. We have made the cookies we really like to eat, which means none with frosting. No fancy Christmas cookies. Just a bunch with chocolate kisses and peanut butter cups and even some plain old chocolate chip cookies.

Most of my kids’ big stuff they got early. Santa isn’t bringing all that much in part because my kids wouldn’t tell me what the hell they want. DD asked for a notebook ffs. A notebook. DS asked for Lego. DS just asked me if next year they should do their lists earlier next year and I about lost my shit. I have tried to get lists for them for weeks. Basically since Thanksgiving.

So I love Christmas and I feel like slowly I’m learning to be more sane about it. I’m trying a lot less hard this year.

Happy Holidays,
Mommyatty