Thank you, Internet! I was able to figure out why my new phone wasn't pairing with my CR-V, so now I'm a happy girl again. AND I adulted and finished my taxes (they owe me $$, so gimme!). I still have to do my mother's taxes, but I don't have all her forms yet.
And now I'm going to take my lazy ass to the sofa and relax.
You don't happen to have a Pixel 7, do you? If you do, how did you fix it? Mine will pair with my Civic, but I have to redo it every couple of days (or less) because it doesn't remember the pairing. I don't have this issue with my other bluetooth devices and it's super annoying! It's definitely not my car since it worked great with my previous phones.
The fundraiser event that I was at last night ended up being very nice. I hung out with one of my coworkers pretty much all evening and she's cool so it was more fun than I expected it to be. We wear masks at work and most people were not wearing them last night, so it was kind of awkward running into people - everyone was like "is that you?" since most people haven't seen me in person (nor have I seen them) without a mask. I felt bad about one person because she was like "do you know who I am" and I had to admit that I didn't, lol. It also doesn't help that work is super casual and this event was not, so a lot of the women were wearing different makeup too. I am not great at facial recognition to begin with so this has been really challenging!
It has been 10 years today since I found out my XH was cheating on me and I told him that I wanted a divorce. What a crazy day that was, but this is probably one of the most significant anniversaries in my life because it really was such a turning point for me. That relationship was bad and held me back in so many ways that I didn't fully understand until it was over. I am so, so thankful that I reached my breaking point and said I was done. My life has been so good since he has not been in it!
It's also an easy date to remember because it's my parents' anniversary. 46 years today! They were just 18 year old babies when they married.
I slept in and am still really tired. Sitting here trying to wake up with coffee. I should really start getting some things done, but I can’t stop yawning.
DS2 threw up this morning, but he made it to the toilet and hasn’t thrown up since. He’s acting totally fine. DH thinks maybe post-nasal trip. I hope so because I leave tomorrow and it would suck for H to have to take care of a kid with a stomach bug.
Most of these hikes I’m planning on doing next week get really crowded, so the conventional wisdom is to go early. I might make that happen one morning, but otherwise I foresee myself catching up on sleep.
I'm frustrated because I had asked for each grade to give me their top 3 books for read across america so we can buy them to donate for PTA.
The admin coordinating asked each teacher to give her 3 books. Some gave options, some gave nothing.
So I can't really figure out the best way to consolidate by grade to be able to buy books for each grade class. Also, the focus was on diversity books for us to buy and most of these are not, which whatever.
I just don't really want to go back and make more work, but I'm not sure where the messaging got lost. This is the same thing we did last year, but our PTA teacher rep coordinated, not the VP of the school.
I had an interaction with an unhoused person this morning. I was loading groceries into the trunk as he walked by, and I didn't really hear what he said but it clicked as I was closing the trunk. He was already walking away, but I had a $5 so I called after him to wait.
He said, "Thank you for investing."
I got in my car and cried.
This country is failing so many people.
Fuck capitalism. In the ear. With a rusty fucking fork.
Thank you, Internet! I was able to figure out why my new phone wasn't pairing with my CR-V, so now I'm a happy girl again. AND I adulted and finished my taxes (they owe me $$, so gimme!). I still have to do my mother's taxes, but I don't have all her forms yet.
And now I'm going to take my lazy ass to the sofa and relax.
You don't happen to have a Pixel 7, do you? If you do, how did you fix it? Mine will pair with my Civic, but I have to redo it every couple of days (or less) because it doesn't remember the pairing. I don't have this issue with my other bluetooth devices and it's super annoying! It's definitely not my car since it worked great with my previous phones.
I have a pixel 6 and it disconnects from my Honda all the time. I like the Honda interface in general but the constant struggle to connect drives me nuts. I'm curious if it's a pixel issue or a Honda issue.
We are also in the unusually cold temps, -11 at 7am when I walked the dog. Thankfully the wind has died down though. Last night I went out with friends and just the walk from car to restaurant was brutal. We had tickets to see 80 For Brady after, but the movie theater had lost power so that didn’t happen.
It was a good night still, one of the group is having her double mastectomy/DIEP flap reconstruction on Tuesday so we gifted her some stuff like a mastectomy pillow and robe (great suggestions from here!). She had bought nothing like this already so she was grateful. She also loved the candle that said “I wish I could take your pain and give it to someone we hate”.
I had a double mastectomy 2 days ago with implant reconstruction. It’s brutal. I can’t even imagine the added DIEP flap. One of the things nobody mentioned is an electric or battery powered toothbrush, if she doesn’t have one. I gave mine to my son when he got his braces (replaceable head, of course) a few months ago and just thought about getting a new one last week. It wasn’t in anticipation of my mastectomy, it was just coincidence. It is absolutely the one thing I’ve said to myself, “thank god I have this.” It hurts so much to lift my arms, I can kind just hold it snd lower my head down to the toothbrush. It really has helped me feel better to be able to brush my teeth myself.
(I’m doing really well, surgery went better than i could have hoped for with a really positive outcome. This sounds like a “woe is me” post but it’s really not. I could not be happier for the outcome. Happy thoughts for your friend”
I am pregnant (3rd pregnancy in 6 months so my confidence level isn’t great yet about being/staying pregnant) and the morning sickness (actually all day sickness) is brutal. I’ve felt like I’m on the edge of puking for the last 4 hours. Ugh.
You don't happen to have a Pixel 7, do you? If you do, how did you fix it? Mine will pair with my Civic, but I have to redo it every couple of days (or less) because it doesn't remember the pairing. I don't have this issue with my other bluetooth devices and it's super annoying! It's definitely not my car since it worked great with my previous phones.
I have a pixel 6 and it disconnects from my Honda all the time. I like the Honda interface in general but the constant struggle to connect drives me nuts. I'm curious if it's a pixel issue or a Honda issue.
Interesting. I had a pixel 6 for a year and never had that issue! It's just been since I upgraded. I wonder if there was an update to the pixel software that caused a change? It is super annoying. It only takes a couple of minutes to delete it and pair it again, but I sometimes forget before I start driving and then I'm out of luck.
I had an interaction with an unhoused person this morning. I was loading groceries into the trunk as he walked by, and I didn't really hear what he said but it clicked as I was closing the trunk. He was already walking away, but I had a $5 so I called after him to wait.
He said, "Thank you for investing."
I got in my car and cried.
This country is failing so many people.
Fuck capitalism. In the ear. With a rusty fucking fork.
Agreed. Homelessness is a policy choice. Our policies around social supports are just awful.
Post by mysteriouswife on Feb 5, 2023 12:47:35 GMT -5
Two of my friends and I went to a casino type place last night. I hit the jackpot on a penny slot. The best part of the night was being gifted an 8x10 photo of my best friend from 2nd grade. I came home and placed it in the shelf with my kids photos. Now I wait to see how long anyone notices.
Everyone needs a friend like mine. She is the best
I realized last night while adjusting some things on our travel spreadsheet that I totally forgot to account for the expense of getting to/from the airports, hotels, and train stations while we are in Europe. I put the cost of a Lyft to/from our house to the airport locally, but spaced on the costs while actually on our trip.
Doh! It's probably not going to completely break our budget, but it is likely going to push us to the edge.
It doesn't help that don't have real numbers, because I have absolutely no idea how much we are going to spend on food, and so I just threw in a random placeholder.
I guess one good thing about being fired is I can now move faster in getting my mom moved into an assisted living. And that is what I'm doing. We found a place and my mom liked it so we put a hold on it and I need to move my mom in by Feb 20th! Talk about overwhelming because she currently lives 2 hours away.
I have so much to do. And while my brother is offering to help, I honestly feel like I'm doing this alone. My mom has so much stuff and she isn't one to let stuff go. And the home said to make it feel like her home as much as possible, but said to limit the amount of clothing she needs. so I'm trying to process this today and need to get ready to hit the ground running tomorrow.
silva we did this for my grandma a few years ago. If you know exactly how big her unit is that will be helpful in knowing what furniture to bring and what needs to be donated. For clothes we only brought with her what she wears on a regular basis (including a few dressier things for holidays). Everything else was donated. We did all of cleaning out the house after we moved her out, but she has dementia so that made sense for her specific situation. Also we were moving her across town, not 2 hours away.
Thank you to those that showed me some support yesterday! ❤️ I was able to log off the internet and spend the day celebrating our first born. Never in a million years did I think teaching would become this, but I still love my actual job, my school, and the kids I work with each day. I have to have hope it will turn around!
Post by midwestmama on Feb 5, 2023 15:33:28 GMT -5
Saturday was a long, exhausting day. DD had an Odyssey of the Mind practice in the morning, then DH took her and a friend to Dave & Buster's as a birthday outing. While she was at D&B, I got ready for the family birthday party at home (with my parents, my sister, and MIL). Dinner was a total train wreck. We were going to get takeout from Outback, then thought we would just try to go to the restaurant, then found out as we were headed there that the wait was "an hour and growing." So we turned around, and then ordered takeout from a local place. After I got home with the food, my mom accidentally knocked the container with DD's dinner on the floor, and all of the food went all over the floor. So then we ordered her a new meal, went to pick up, and finally ate dinner.
After they all left, MIL showed back up within 10 minutes of when she left. Her car shut off on the next street over, so she literally left her can and ran back in the dark to ask for DH's help in getting it started. Why she didn't just stay in her car and call DH, I'll never know. We're pretty sure she left a reading light on and it drained the battery. Once DH jumped the battery and got her car going, he followed her home (thankfully she only lives 10 minutes away) to make sure she didn't have any more car issues (thankfully she didn't).
chilerellanos, I got one of those a couple of months ago! It was painful, but the swelling went down pretty quickly and it stopped being painful after a couple of days. It went away on its own.
My friend was gonna meet me at her office today to lance it, but it opened and started draining (I’ve been using warm compresses on it like crazy).
I started my period yesterday also, so it’s just a lot of gross this weekend. Lol
silva we did this for my grandma a few years ago. If you know exactly how big her unit is that will be helpful in knowing what furniture to bring and what needs to be donated. For clothes we only brought with her what she wears on a regular basis (including a few dressier things for holidays). Everything else was donated. We did all of cleaning out the house after we moved her out, but she has dementia so that made sense for her specific situation. Also we were moving her across town, not 2 hours away.
Thank you. They sent me the room size specifications and that was helpful already. I was able to determine that her full bedroom set will fit in that designated space.
I will likely have to lie about keeping certain things in storage for her. She's a collector of stuff. I'm talking unopened makeup, jewelry, shoes never worn, not to mention her dvd collection. She likely has hundreds of them, never opened.
chilerellanos , I got one of those a couple of months ago! It was painful, but the swelling went down pretty quickly and it stopped being painful after a couple of days. It went away on its own.
My friend was gonna meet me at her office today to lance it, but it opened and started draining (I’ve been using warm compresses on it like crazy).
I started my period yesterday also, so it’s just a lot of gross this weekend. Lol
I get these from time to time too - they are so gross and SO painful! I'm glad yours is getting better. Usually once they drain they heal pretty fast (IME).
Thank you, Internet! I was able to figure out why my new phone wasn't pairing with my CR-V, so now I'm a happy girl again. AND I adulted and finished my taxes (they owe me $$, so gimme!). I still have to do my mother's taxes, but I don't have all her forms yet.
And now I'm going to take my lazy ass to the sofa and relax.
You don't happen to have a Pixel 7, do you? If you do, how did you fix it? Mine will pair with my Civic, but I have to redo it every couple of days (or less) because it doesn't remember the pairing. I don't have this issue with my other bluetooth devices and it's super annoying! It's definitely not my car since it worked great with my previous phones.
Sorry, no, I have an iPhone 14. My issue is that I had remove the pairing to my old phone first, which I hadn't tried before.
Google was my friend, so if you haven't looked yet, give that a try. Good luck!!!!
Post by SusanBAnthony on Feb 5, 2023 19:00:30 GMT -5
@silva what I have seen is that once the elderly relative is moved into the new place, they kind of move on and forget about a lot of their stuff. Out of sight out of mind.
The friends who been successful with this have moved their parent(s) and then "took care of moving the rest of the stuff" or "we gave it to cousin Sally" or "it's in storage" or whatever, and then they disappear the horde. And try not to bring up any stuff that might result in questions. And pretty quickly it's a non issue. That has mostly been for memory issues so it's obviously different depending on her mental state.
My brother and H surprised me with AirPods for my birthday. I've been wanting better earbuds forever but I never expected this and never would have bought them for myself. I just took them out on a walk and I can see how they are far superior to the $30 random ones I had from Amazon. I was shocked when it started reading my text messages to me in the middle of my walk, lol. Such a nice treat!
I also got myself some Nike air force ones b/c apparently I want to be like all the youth.