I slept 2 hours past my pain meds time so I’m counting that as improvement but it does mean I am up for the day at 4:30am apparently. Ugh.
DS got a text from his friend about playing basketball. It’s currently 5:30 am. Why is he getting a text at 5:30am? Presumably basketball is after school and they will see each other on the bus and lunch. Y’all have 10 more hours to plan to play basketball.
I get my bandages off Wednesday. I cannot wait. They are literally the most annoying things ever at this point. Very restrictive and heavy. I’m counting down. 2 more days!
Sleeping past your pain meds is great progress, waverly! Glad you're feeling better!
We went to an open house on Saturday. One acre of land and gorgeous wraparound porch were selling points. Ancient farmhouse built in the 1800s with lots of quirks, not so much. We're going to pass on that one.
On Sunday I got a bunch of homework done in the morning then we took the kids to the roller skating rink in the afternoon. The girls have been begging to go and it was in the next town over from the friend of a friend Superbowl party we were invited to, so we figured why not. The kids did great! When we got there beau and I joked about the over/under on his son crying from frustration in 5 minutes. But he actually didn't cry the entire time! He did great! Major growth for him to try a physical activity that's brand new and hard to do. Me, on the other hand, not so great. I fell the first lap around and my wrist is still killing me today. I'll probably go grab a brace at CVS later to see if that helps. Typing is not super comfortable.
Then, it turns out beau had the town wrong for the Superbowl party. It was actually over an hour away. So we bailed on that, grabbed gas station snacks on the way home, and watched football in bed as a family. The kids had the puppy bowl on in the living room, we had the game on in the bedroom, and it was super chill. Way better than the party!
The girls went to bed after the halftime show. Beau's son stayed in our bed with us until the game was over because he refuses to go to bed alone. He kept complaining about how tired he was and beau kept telling him he was free to go to bed whenever he wanted, but he would have to go on his own because we were watching the game. I was really impressed that beau set that boundary and stuck to it! His son did not take us up on it and just laid with us until the game was over. This morning he's trying to tell us how tired he is and how he may need to stay home from school or be tardy and we're just ignoring him. That's mom's deal, not ours!
waverly, I'm glad to hear that you're on the mend!
Weekend was good! DD2 had foot skills Friday afternoon while I was with DD1 while she got an MRI. Still waiting to hear from the dr. Then DD1's team played at 830pm 25 mins away on Friday night, so it was a later night. She had a TOTAL meltdown before we left because she couldn't find her AirPods, so she was screaming at me accusing me of leaving them at the MRI place... they were under her bed... So I went to the game with an epic migraine.
Saturday DD2 had indoor soccer at the same facility at 7am, then basketball at 850. Both kids had friends over, and I made pizza dough and did a million loads of laundry while the kids all hung out. I drove one friend home that lives about 30 mins away, then DH and I went out to dinner.
I set the expectation with both kids that tomorrow would be a quiet day because we'd done a ton of running around over the past several weeks. Even with COVID, I think I had one down day while DH ran around like a nut. While we were at dinner, DD1 texted a million times trying to make all these plans that involved me driving for hours to get her where she wanted to go. So I said no - I was only taking DD2 to soccer practice and that was it.
So DD1 made it her life's mission to make everybody miserable yesterday because we wouldn't do what she wanted. But I held my ground. I took a nice long walk while DD2 was at soccer practice (and DD1 made it about how I NEVER stay to watch her practices... OMG I RUN YOUR PRACTICES OF COURSE I'M THERE), I finished the laundry, tried to pick up the house, and started making our Super Bowl munchies. We made pizzas with the dough I made, and I made buffalo chicken dip. I don't know how, but after my weight being down a few lbs, I was up FIVE POUNDS this morning. Back to salads!!
Oh, and we won our superbowl squares! I bought a couple of squares to support our softball league - the needed new field grooming equipment and they try to keep the registration fees really low, so they have to fundraise for anything extra like this. I already gave the winnings back to the league, but it was fun to win!
I won $2800 at the reverse raffle, so a good weekend. Actually DH was the last one standing, but anyway, we won. We donated $500. I have no idea the protocolon that kind of thing.
I have a big strategy meeting today. My head is clogged and I hope I don't sound bad because our director is pretty uptight about any symptoms even if it's not Covid. I can't cancel every time my ears are clogged or I'd never get anything done.
rere , that's awesome! Congrats! And donating $500 was perfect.
My winnings were only $250 so I just gave it back. DD1 loves to play and the people are working so hard to keep the league afloat while keeping costs low.
I’m excited that we actually got some stuff done this weekend in addition to sports and hosting some people for the super bowl. Valentines are ready for school for all four kids, and we got the kids sized and reserved their skis and snowboards for our trip to the snow this weekend - I’ll pick everything up Friday morning before we leave midday.
DD had a super exciting soccer game Saturday. Her team was down 4-2 and she was the goalie. Her team scored 3 goals to make it 5-4, then in the last 15 seconds it looked like the other team was going to score, but DD made an incredible save. I feel like one team ends up dominating most of the games we watch, so it was fun to have it close.
... I need to get covid so I can be home for a week with a good excuse to do nothing. I've reached that point of life. I'd totally be okay with isolating in my room and feeling like crud.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Feb 13, 2023 13:40:23 GMT -5
We had a good weekend. Ds and I saw the musical Chicago. It’s raunchy so I felt a little funny taking him but he has been listening to the music a lot and I love that musical so I just did it. There were some other kids his age there so I’m voting it’s ok bc it’s culture.
Sunday we had a superbowl party but DD was sick so she and I stayed home and we binged Wednesday. It’s such a great show.
This upcoming weekend I have that black tie event plus a funeral plus our whole family is going to see a Percy Jackson and the Lightening Theif play, so it was nice that it was low key.
Post by sandandsea on Feb 13, 2023 14:10:12 GMT -5
Ds1 is still testing positive so he’s home again today. He’s felt fine for days but can’t go to school even though he’s on day 7. School says he can go back on Friday (after day 11) even if he’s still testing positive.
I feel cruddy and am on day 3. I wish I could call in sick and just lay in bed for a week. Instead I’m still working and doing all the things.
I finally got a new laptop for the new company last Friday. Now we can send emails and chat with each other on Teams. However, we can't link new company's laptops to our servers and computers from old company (which are coming with us to new company). So now I have two computers running next to each other for the foreseeable future until new company can figure out how to link everything together. On Saturday, I went to planning for a science competition that hasn't been held since 2020. It was nice to see those people again. On Sunday, DH and I forced the kids outside to enjoy the beautiful sunny day. We hiked around a lake and it pretty muddy. Luckily, no one fell, but shoes and pants were caked in mud. We started with 2 kids (DS1 and DS2) whining and ended up with everyone laughing and having a good time, so I call it a win. This evening, DD and I are going to high school curriculum night so she can figure out what classes to take next year. I can't believe my baby will be in high school next year!
Ugh. Tonight is supposed to be our Valentine's Day since beau has to work tomorrow. And he's in a SUPER pissy mood because he had a meeting with his lawyer for the decree updates this afternoon. I get it, he HATES conflict and dealing with this stuff and anytime it comes up he's in a bad mood. But why schedule it for right before what was supposed to be our date night?! So now I'm annoyed and he's pissy. Hopefully we can both get over it and still have a good evening.
Its a busy Monday. I was hoping to post a picture of DD's pyramid cake, but I think I need to download taptalk to make it work. Desktop version says it is too big. Cake turned out and was delivered to school today. I also made a slideshow of pictures proving DD made the cake and not me and DD sent it to her teacher.
We are "supposed" to get valley snow. Meaning everyone wants to come today or Wednesday and no one wants to come tomorrow. Oh well if the snow doesn't show we will have a quiet work day at least.
mommyatty yes, you’re right, I should be more empathetic about it. Thank you for the reality check. I was just really looking forward to the specific plans we had for tonight. We’ve been talking about it all week and he sprang the lawyer meeting update on me this morning. If we have to postpone, so be it. I will get over it.
Post by librarychica on Feb 13, 2023 17:27:54 GMT -5
The weekend was fine. Saturday was quiet, Sunday we were out of town for the day.
We got home from extended family visiting too late to really watch the Super Bowl but it was fine. The nice thing about modern technology is I finished a book during the drives between rounds of small talk with all the relatives. Thanks Libby app.
It’s funny, when H and I started dating his family wasn’t very fond of me. I’m younger, mouthy, his dad hated my politics, his grandma implied that I was grabby and his sister outright said I was a gold digger. Now his other siblings have spent the last decade plus maxing out the drama while we have had a quiet and happy marriage, his dad is hugging me and thanking me for bringing the kids to see them when we visit and the grandma waves me over to sit with her at lunch. The best revenge is a life well-lived after all.
Today’s work has been insane. Just insanity all around. I am just sitting here now trying to figure out what to finish first. It is going to be a long few weeks. I did get all my travel for the spring booked!
mommyatty yes, you’re right, I should be more empathetic about it. Thank you for the reality check. I was just really looking forward to the specific plans we had for tonight. We’ve been talking about it all week and he sprang the lawyer meeting update on me this morning. If we have to postpone, so be it. I will get over it.
Oh I don’t think you’re lacking empathy at all! But I’m so happy to hear he actually met with the lawyer. It seems like that took a whole lot of nonsense from the ex to finally get him to move. Here’s hoping you guys can get some better clarity and side rails around her bs.
DS’s teacher told the class today that she’s leaving. And now it’s real to him and he’s a hot mess. She sent us a message that he didn’t take it well and would probably go see the counselor. Aaaand… the counselor wasn’t there today. Wtf. I think they should have made sure she was there before dropping that bomb on them.
So he was still crying when he came home. He left for his acting class, but I envision a lot of tears tonight.
... I need to get covid so I can be home for a week with a good excuse to do nothing. I've reached that point of life. I'd totally be okay with isolating in my room and feeling like crud.
I thought this too. Until it happened and I wasn’t able to just isolate in my room. Life kept going and I just had to do everything I always did while feeling like crud.
... I need to get covid so I can be home for a week with a good excuse to do nothing. I've reached that point of life. I'd totally be okay with isolating in my room and feeling like crud.
I thought this too. Until it happened and I wasn’t able to just isolate in my room. Life kept going and I just had to do everything I always did while feeling like crud.
Yup the kids got it first so I couldn’t isolate anyway. Also the 4 days of body aches were more painful then my surgery which has been more taxing than expected, but at least is just one area rather than my entire body hurting.
This conversation reminds me of a time pre-Covid when I actually thought being in a medically induced coma sounded amazing. Just for like two weeks. Just so I didn’t have to talk to anyone or do anything with zero guilt.
This conversation reminds me of a time pre-Covid when I actually thought being in a medically induced coma sounded amazing. Just for like two weeks. Just so I didn’t have to talk to anyone or do anything with zero guilt.
When I wasn’t sleeping during the infant stage I decided that jail would be more restful. I needed a plan to commit a crime but I didn’t have much imagination due to the lack of sleep. So unfortunately, no crimes were committed.
Then I watched Orange is the New Black and I decided that sleeping in jail didn’t look as restful as I thought. I think they sleep with the lights on etc. But probably still more restful than having a baby!
Post by librarychica on Feb 14, 2023 11:32:58 GMT -5
I gave my husband a card and a Reese’s heart just because I happened to have seen a card a few weeks ago and thought it suitable, and I was buying classroom valentines yesterday anyway grabbed the Reese’s. We don’t usually celebrate things like Valentine’s.
His eyes got real big and he blurts “oh do we do this now?! I don’t have anything for you!" and I am still cracking up over the look on his face.
I gave my husband a card and a Reese’s heart just because I happened to have seen a card a few weeks ago and thought it suitable, and I was buying classroom valentines yesterday anyway grabbed the Reese’s. We don’t usually celebrate things like Valentine’s.
His eyes got real big and he blurts “oh do we do this now?! I don’t have anything for you!" and I am still cracking up over the look on his face.
LOL Beau had the same reaction!
I found a card that said life is a road trip and wrote a note about how I can't wait to spend 16 hours in a Uhaul with him inside since he's so salty about this furniture moving trip we're going on. I thought it was hilarious, he was panicked that I got him something.
I gave my husband a card and a Reese’s heart just because I happened to have seen a card a few weeks ago and thought it suitable, and I was buying classroom valentines yesterday anyway grabbed the Reese’s. We don’t usually celebrate things like Valentine’s.
His eyes got real big and he blurts “oh do we do this now?! I don’t have anything for you!" and I am still cracking up over the look on his face.
LOL Beau had the same reaction!
I found a card that said life is a road trip and wrote a note about how I can't wait to spend 16 hours in a Uhaul with him inside since he's so salty about this furniture moving trip we're going on. I thought it was hilarious, he was panicked that I got him something.
I get DH a card every year. I don't think he's ever gotten me one. I cared for a little while, and really don't anymore. I find the most ridiculous card I can every year.
So he had the same look of panic when I presented him with his card.
I'm dumb and can't post a photo, but the card was Pennywise the Clown (Tim Curry's version) holding a heart-shaped balloon while waving. Super romantic.
DH and I do exchange cards, because he knows I like cards. I'm so thrilled about the puns in the valentines day card I got for DH. It says "I have loved you a lawn, lawn time, yet every day I love you....a little mower" and has a pic of a lawn mower
Post by librarychica on Feb 14, 2023 15:01:02 GMT -5
sdlaura, that’s amazing and I love it. The card I got H this year simply said “I wish for you to be my weighted blanket” and the I wrote a sappy message inside.
He just texted me the following poem, which I am sure he found somewhere .
Caffeine is good Liquor is better I’d like to unbutton Your cardigan sweater