It's been a very loooong couple of weeks so I'm happy it's the weekend.
DD1 was supposed to see the ortho for her arm again yesterday, but I got a call Wednesday afternoon to send her for a second MRI. She needed scans on her elbow and wrist, but insurance only approved the elbow... so I was hoping that they would see enough on that scan to cover the wrist. Apparently not, so I canceled the dr and took her in for an MRI at 930 last night. We were both exhausted this morning.
Tonight DD2 has foot skills, but we will be home by 530 and then done for the night.
Tomorrow DD2 has soccer at 7 and basketball at 8, 20 mins apart... so that should be interesting. Then we are done with sports for the weekend! DD2 and I talked about watching the USWNT over the weekend, but I'm sure she will get a better offer :-)
The kids are off next week. I signed them up for basketball camp just to keep them moving, but DD1 can't go. Otherwise no big plans. This break is always boring. We don't ski, but everyone has been saying the conditions are terrible around here anyway - warm and rainy. The kids seem really worn out, so maybe a low-key week is just what they need.
Post by librarychica on Feb 17, 2023 10:49:16 GMT -5
It’s a regular-length weekend here. I don’t get off for Presidents Day and the kids have it as a hurricane makeup day from the storms last fall. We have an unusual amount of plans, though! DD1 and I are volunteer guides for a kayak trip tomorrow morning. DD2 has ukulele lessons, H will handle those. Then we will meet at a friend’s house for a birthday party. Sunday we have lunch with my family. Idk if H is joining us or if he will be working.
I’m really, really looking forward to the kayak trip. This is my favorite time of year and the weather is supposed to be perfect for it. High of 73 and clear.
mae0111 , February seems like such an odd time to have a week off! I hope you have a relaxing one.
It's standard around here. We start in September, get a few days at Thanksgiving, a little over a week at the holidays, a week in Feb, a week in April, and then done in mid- to end of June depending on snow.
I, personally, hate Feb vacation. I feel like they were JUST home for the holidays. I'd much prefer combining Feb and April into a March break, and then getting out earlier in June. I don't like to travel in Feb because the weather is so unpredictable here that I'd be worried about getting out and coming back. So we try to find indoor things to do... rent a basketball court, bowling, indoor mini golf. But with DD1's injury that stuff is out... so maybe lots of movies and friend hang outs!
mae0111, February is always so awkward for us too. I feel like it's the ski trip vacation, but we don't ski and can't afford to take a family of five away for a ski week anyway. We're the week after you for our break. Maybe go to the science museum or something? We try to do those "stay-cation" type places but they're usually pretty crowded.
No long weekend here. Beau and I have a huge list of projects to tackle. I need to rewrite his website for better SEO because his website company totally dropped the ball and is clearly just a branding place, not an actual web agency. He's rewriting his divorce decree to include all the details that he wants spelled out and clarified and using mine as a template for all the things to include. And we plan to continue packing and cleaning out the house.
There's an open house tomorrow that we might stop by. Last night we had another big talk about house budget and what's realistic. I think beau needs a little time to come to terms with the fact that he does not need to, nor should he, pay an exact 50/50 split with me. I was trying to show him on a spreadsheet last night that with what he can contribute, we can split the mortgage itself 50/50 so we build equal equity. But then I'll just pick up more of the utilities and expenses since it doesn't phase me at all and it would stretch him really thin. I know it seems extreme to hash all of these details out, but we're planning on drawing up a contract and pre-nup to ensure neither of us gets screwed, just in case. We've both been there, done that, and want to protect ourselves. But that means he needs to put some of his pride aside and be realistic about what he can afford vs. what I can afford.
A finally low key weekend. I may play volleyball tonight. I have been too tired to play on Fridays, but Dh has acted like he has a man cold, so I may need to escape from the house.
Other than that, we don't have much going on. Dd has a dance marathon Saturday night at school for childhood cancer. The weather is supposed to be decent for February. I am hoping for some time around a fireplace and cooking.
Post by sandandsea on Feb 17, 2023 11:47:56 GMT -5
The kids have ski week next week so no school but Dh and I both work all week. Ds1 has a futsal tournament and ds2 has a soccer tournament this weekend so we’ll be busy. Thankfully we are all COVID free now as I just tested negative this morning!
It’s so weird to me that pre COVID I totally would have gone to work during this latest one. It felt like a small cold (maybe would have even suspected allergies), nothing major or super bad, and not super sick or “sick enough” to stay home. And would have carried on with normal life. Now, I called after after school to send the kids out to the car instead of walking in to sign them out, I wore a mask on the car with my kids (ds2 hasn’t gotten it), and stayed home for a week until I tested negative. Its been a whole culture shift and it feels weird.
My nerd level has reached an all time high. I just built this amazing budget spreadsheet that factors in all my current expenses and income, all beau's current expenses and income, then has a worksheet for testing mortgages to see what we'd each owe with different splits. If we change the monthly mortgage amount, it all auto calculates. I am not usually an excel guru, so I'm feeling all powerful that I made multiple sheets in the same workbook talk to each other and got all the formulas right!
Our kids also are off next week for ski week. The kids will be at camp, DH and I will be at work, and there will be no skiing for our family. I wish we could go ski, but I would never actually attempt to ski during ski week. Tried it once, got the t-shirt, never again. I have zero desire to pay tons to stand in line for 30 mins for every lift.
DH has a volleyball tournament all weekend. DD is grounded from TV and asking friends over.. (if she gets an invite, we'll let her go. Strangely specific punishment, I know, but there are reasons.) Aside from skating tonight and tomorrow morning, we've got nothing planned yet and I'm feeling very ambivalent at the idea of trying to make plans.
ETA: librarychica, in our district, we have one week of school off every six-ish weeks. Fall break, New Year's break, winter break ("ski week"), and spring break.
I let DD stay home today. She has no voice and just seems really down. I called school and said she was sick but really she is just having a stay in bed at home day to read. Sick days mean no TV or electronics and she has to stay in bed but a day full of reading is a vacation to her. Before Covid I would have never let DD out of school for just a scratchy voice but now I would rather her have a quiet day than get really sick.
Tomorrow is my 40th b-day and I have no plans. I may work or I may not. I'm leaning towards sleeping in and then coming in and working a few hours and taking myself out to lunch. If I stay home I will just spend the day cleaning and doing all the house stuff and be bitter about it. DH has made multiple comments about me not needing a cake or anything for my birthday so I would just like to just avoid him.
Sunday my family is having birthday dinner for me with cake. Monday is a busy workday. DD is coming to work with us. My work friend across the street has Monday's off and she is going to pick DD up and let her hang with her for a few hours in the afternoon. I think they are going to sew together, or DD will make her work on her taxes.
Post by librarychica on Feb 17, 2023 12:40:43 GMT -5
We have beautiful weather in February (though tomorrow’s kayak trip was just canceled for high winds) but no extra time off. So we have a 2 week winter break, a week in March, and then are out at the end of May, returning beginning of august.
I wish we had a week off in October or even February. March-July anywhere local is inundated with tourists and I’m glad to see y’all, but it drives the rates up.
186momx, Happy Birthday!!! I definitely vote for taking yourself out to a nice lunch tomorrow. Bring a book, get your favorite foods (appetizers too!). Bring home any leftovers and hide them so you don't have to share with your DH.
186momx, UM WHAT? The only reason you don't need cake for a birthday is if you don't like cake. I agree with mae0111.. treat yourself.
librarychica, I think because we're in CA, we generally don't have to worry about weather related school closures, so we never need to worry about makeup days. Our 1-week off every 6-weeks started based on budget issues andteaher furloughs.. turns out, the teachers really liked that schedule, so the union made it happen. It's a PITA for families with two working parents, but for those that can take advantage of the breaks, it's a nice schedule to have.
k3am, I really like cake. I enjoy DQ ice cream cake a lot but said I don't have to have that as I'm not home enough to eat it all right now. My BFF sent me my b-day present and I can't wait to open it tomorrow!
No ski weeks off here. Spring break is end of March and then we go until 16th of June with only 2 days off. I know so many teachers who wish they could spread out the no school days because the last quarter of school drags.
186momx, go get a DQ cake. Do you have a freezer at work? Keep it there. Eat a little every day until it's gone. Don't share (well maybe with your DD - bring her home a piece - but not with DH!!)
186momx, I think you said your hubs has been diagnosed as on the spectrum. A good friend of ours told me recently she had been diagnosed last year, in her 40s. One of the things she told me helped her marriage is her therapist told her husband absolutely do not hint or beat around the bush. So if he says you don’t need cake, you can say “I don’t need it but I want it anyway. So just like I get you and DD cakes for your birthday, as an adult in this house it is your responsibility to get me a cake for my birthday. I want a (whatever flavor) cake from (whatever place). You will need to pick it up after work.” But he’s never going to intuit that you want it or understand that it’s his job to make it happen.
It's a long weekend for us. DS had the first game of his hockey tournament this morning and I let him stayed home for the rest of the day. He got caught up in piano practice, extra math, and worked on his English essay. It seemed crazy to me that even with skipping school, he was so busy that he didn't get any downtime. My kids are definitely over scheduled. Can't wait till hockey season is over.
DH and I are going to dinner and Jersey Boys tonight and I'm super excited.
This week flew by. I woke up thinking it was Thursday today....
I also woke up on the wrong side of the bed, figuratively. I'm having a bit a "what am I doing with my career" inner crisis, along with trying to manage increasing anxiety in general. I feel like I got to a good place today on my commute home.
We are, now,just chilling tonight, which is a good start to the weekend.
We have ski week next week. We are going out of town, leaving Monday. I need some down time to psych myself up for the trip. When I first got home from work, I told H I wanted a quiet day at home tomorrow....he told me I was being a wet blanket. I've worked or skied bell to bell because that's what *he's* wanted to do for the past 15+ consecutive days. Fortunately he realized that was one of the most unsexy, lame, and otherwise stupid comments quickly. He's been better since!
On the topic of ski every winter DH brings up a ski trip but nothing ever happens. I told him it’s not a priority for me and I’d rather be at the beach. Now I told him I’ll ski for one morning but the rest of the time I’m doing the lodge thing lol. If he wants to do it then he needs to go all the research and book it because I’m not. See- rather be at the beach. The last time we did a ski trip was 11 years ago. Not including day trips but the hills around here are crappy.
I want to move somewhere they have something called “ski week.”
My kids both had Friday off. DS was because of teacher in service and DD had parent teacher conferences. DD got great reports from all of her teachers. She’s really turning it around from being sort of a disorganized mess to using her tools to make sure she’s turning in her assignments. I’m very proud of her.
I think we may have found a good solution to DS’s school dilemma. He is in a school for kids with learning differences. But he’s a twice exceptional kid, and I think they’re really only equipped to deal with the disability and not with the gifted part. So while his testing shows he’s made decent progress this year, he didn’t make great progress. And they seem thrilled he’s testing solidly on grade level. But he’s always tested solidly at or above grade level. I found a small school that only takes kids who are gifted, creative, and talented. It’s super hippy dippy but each kid basically is being tutored in very small groups with tons of breaks to go hang out with animals and act out Shakespeare and just generally learn in creative ways. There are no grades, no homework, and no standardized tests. Most of the kids are dual enrolled in college by the time they are 16. I talked to the head of the school last week and she said it sounds like both of my kids would be good fits. So we are going to go visit.
We’re starting DS on a 3 week gluten elimination diet and I want to cry at the logistics. His (admittedly terrible) diet is generally.. cereal and bread heavy. Doesn’t eat pasta. This is going to be impossible.
We’re starting DS on a 3 week gluten elimination diet and I want to cry at the logistics. His (admittedly terrible) diet is generally.. cereal and bread heavy. Doesn’t eat pasta. This is going to be impossible.
I can send you a list of foods! Beau’s son and I are both gluten free and Beau’s son is super picky. I’ll message you when I get home and can look at all our fave brands.
This is our snow weekend with friends. We’re snowboarding at a small mountain in SoCal and right after we arrived, Tarek el Moussa from Flip or Flop walked right by me with his two older kids. Then like an hour later he and his son ended up right next to us in a lift line. After standing next to him for like 10 minutes, I congratulated him on his new baby. He smiled and said thank you and said he tried to get Heather to come skiing but she decided to stay with the baby. He seemed really nice. It’s just kind of weird that they’re at this dinky mountain on a super crowded weekend.
We’ve made it 9 hours with no gluten. Blackberries for dinner and he’s already crying about not getting to have waffles at our Sunday breakfast place tomorrow. We will probably skip it since there are exactly zero things on the menu he can eat that he likes. This sucks.