Saturday Randoms

[mrsukyankee]

Vent ahead...

Overall, my husband is a good human and I enjoy his company and love him, and yet there are some things that drive me mental. He did one today. Just now, I offered to make him tea. He's very particular about his tea, so I brought the milk and sugar into the living room. He had a fit. Don't make it in here. Don't make it if you don't know how I like it. Now I might as well just make it myself. And I blew up at him because he fucked up a nice gesture from me. I brought the tea making stuff to him so I could make sure to make it how he wanted, and because it wasn't done in the 'right place' in the 'right way', he had to have a hissy fit. So now, I've left him with his tea and the stuff to make it the way he wants and I'll never offer to make it for him again. Yes, I had a hissy fit right back at him. Asshole.

Vent over

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[mention]mrsukyankee [/mention] wtf is his problem? Offering to make tea for someone is a nice, low key gesture. He doesn’t get to dictate where you make it. And if he doesn’t like the amount of milk and sugar you add, then he should just make his own damn tea to begin with. And if bringing the milk and sugar to the drinker is good enough for fancy restaurants, it’s good enough for him. FFS. I’m sorry you had to deal with that.

I’m sitting here drinking MY tea (black, because I can’t handle tea white ones anymore), with a cat snuggled on my lap. I have a handful of errands to do today, then we’re going to a basketball game tonight.

[maudefindlay]

Team MrsUK, wtf MrUK?

DS1 has his last bball game today and we are celebrating with Blizzards after. Tonight we are watching our college alma mater play their rival in bball.

Trying to plan a weekend away with 2 friends. One is anti Uber, so I'm looking for a place that is all walkable so no one has to be a DD, but is located centrally for all, but has a hotel that is nice. Not so easy.

We got appointments to get the kids their new passports and decided not to travel internationally on their current ones. Still debating going away for a few days over spring break in 2 weeks. I'd like to go to Chicago, but it's a crapshoot if it will be freezing there then or more mild. So not sure if we go there or somewhere else or stay home and do day trips.

[Bernadine]

Oh, I’d be really pissy about that!

I’m sitting here almost tearing up over how supportive the ML community can be. I’m so lucky to have you all.

[eb777888]

mrsukyankee, I'm sorry. I would have reacted the same way. That's a weird thing to have a fit about. I hope he apologizes.

I'm up early this morning. I'm never up at 6am on a Saturday. I'm about to do a bike ride then get my hair done. After that, taking David to get new clothes. He's grown out of everything and needs all new clothes, but especially pants and shorts. He's so sweet, when I told him my H had a track day so today would be a good day to go clothes shopping he asked if we can have one of our mother/son days. I love that he still wants to hang out with us. I really, really hope that doesn't change.

Yesterday I had lunch with my dad and it went surprisingly well. He actually said he regrets a lot of decisions he made when I was a teenager and he doesn't know why he was so rigid/controlling/horrible to me. And he complimented my parenting, which he always does, but I was impressed he said everything that he did. The boomers in my life do not apologize, ever. So it was refreshing.

[Bernadine]

I got my heart rate monitor and put it on Thursday evening and it’s so annoying. It’s like a stick on one and it keeps pulling at my chest, especially when I lay down.

[rubytue]

So I guess it’s a common menopause thing to wake up at 3, 4, 5 am? My insomnia issue have always been falling asleep, not staying asleep. I guess it’s a thing now 😫

[starburst604]

mrsukyankee sorry your weekend started like that. Is there something else bothering him?

We got home from vacation last night and haven’t even opened the suitcases yet. Our first floor hardwood was redone while we were gone, I love how it looks but the smell is getting to me. All our furniture is still in the garage and we’ll move the basics back in today, but some stuff is going into storage since we’re getting prepped to put this on the market. I’m kind of enjoying this very minimalist space right now!

[mrsukyankee]

Feb 25, 2023 9:07:09 GMT -5 rubytue said:

So I guess it’s a common menopause thing to wake up at 3, 4, 5 am? My insomnia issue have always been falling asleep, not staying asleep. I guess it’s a thing now 😫

Unfortunately, yes. Once I started HRT, it did help quite a bit.


Okay, so the worst part of the tea thing? He never even drank it. He left the tea, sugar & milk sitting there. So, eventually, I grabbed it all and threw the wasted tea out. What a freaking baby. I think this is where his only child, Indian son, light of my life thing, can sometimes come through. He's normally not that much of a brat but boy is he acting it today. I'm going to give him some space and hope he apologies later on. If he doesn't I will have words.

starburst604, most likely something from work (as he's on there right now) as well as not sleeping as well as he'd like.

[mrsukyankee]

starburst604, floors look great!

[RoxMonster]

mrsukyankee I would be pissed too about that. How annoying.

We're going to a home show today, hoping to find a new lawn care company and get some info about replacing our laminate floors. Tonight we're checking out a pub's new expanded space and listening to a Dave Matthews cover band.

[devonpow]

It was February break for schools here this last week so we have been in Arizona on vacation, which is lovely. DS1 and I have been playing pickle ball at the resort every day. I usually work out every day (strength and the peloton, or running) but obviously pickle ball is using some weird muscles in my legs I haven’t worked in a while lol. It’s not a challenging sport but I’m sore!

We fly home tonight and it’s freezing at home in Boston. Should be fun waiting for our Uber with no cold weather gear.

[icedcoffee]

Kids are at Saturday school so I’m treating myself to a Pistachio Foam Cold Brew. OMG. I was skeptical but yum!!!

[beerlover]

icedcoffee, I haven't had the cold brew but I am obsessed with the pistachio latte!

[krystee]

I have the stomach bug from hell, and DS2 has Covid. The bright side was that it’s Saturday so H would be able to take care of everything. But he just started puking too. Sigh. He always, always gets sick when I do (I almost never get sick when he gets it first) and it’s always worse. I know I should feel bad for him, but I mostly feel resentment that I can’t ever just be the one who gets to rest and be taken care of!

I was so hoping to run a ton of errands and do a bunch of decluttering and go out for a great breakfast this weekend. Boo.

[mysteriouswife]

DS is sick and H is OOT. We slept in. Now we are debating on me running for donuts or eating cereal. He is adamant he is fine and can go to the science center today. That 101.2 fever and tummy ache says different, sir.

[bears]

At 1:40 am our house alarm went off for no damn reason. We checked all of the doors, which were fine. The dog was prancing around the house, excited (but not particularly disturbed) and the kids slept through the whole thing.

I finished reading Project Hail Mary last night and damn it was such a fun story that I couldn't wait to finish it but didn't want to finish it at the same time. My next book isn't nearly as engaging.

[candreco]

DS is at art class, I've been to TJ's and now am picking up coffee to drink in the car while I read waiting for my regular grocery order to be ready.

I ordered a Nood last night; I swear every time DH is on a long work trip and we hit the three week mark, I impulse buy something like this.

[bears]

Feb 25, 2023 10:34:15 GMT -5 candreco said:

DS is at art class, I've been to TJ's and now am picking up coffee to drink in the car while I read waiting for my regular grocery order to be ready.

I ordered a Nood last night; I swear every time DH is on a long work trip and we hit the three week mark, I impulse buy something like this.

Let me know how this works!  I am really interested in getting something like this for my bikini line. I would do laser hair removal professionally but I'm very uncomfortable with the idea.

[tacokick]

My Kindle Oasis won’t turn on! Doesn’t it know I have six books out from the library I need to get through?

The battery life hasn’t been great but they haven’t come out with a new Oasis in a long time so I was holding out hope. I guess I’ll downgrade to the Paperwhite? 😢

[wildrice]

My sister, who lives in CO, had surgery on Tuesday to get her gallbladder out after 3+ months of extreme pain. The pain is almost completely gone, which is awesome but also so frustrating that they didn't just take it out back in December and save her a couple of months of suffering. Anyway, she also developed gastroparesis along the way and is still struggling to keep anything down. My parents are in Mexico in the middle of nowhere so can't really help with anything, so my mom called this morning and mentioned me possibly going out there. My sister says she doesn't need me to right now but will let me know. So I guess I'm not going? I am kind of concerned about her though if she really can't keep stuff down. She said it's not that much different than normal these days, so maybe nothing newly alarming? She's getting a mobile IV at some point today and hopefully will feel better. I feel bad that she lives so far away. We do have some family in that area but one of my aunts is going through chemo right now and the other is likely out of the country so they aren't able to help.

So for now I'm just at home doing my relaxing weekend stuff, but I guess maybe will drop everything and fly to Denver if anything changes. Ugh. I don't mind helping if she needs it, I just wish she felt better!

[skidunks]

mrsukyankee, that would piss me right off. I love doing things for other people and for someone to throw that back in my face? That would really hurt my feelings.
DS1 popped the air cushion in his Nike tennis shoes and Nike is normally great about warranties on their shoes so we may be going to the outlets to find new shoes after DS2’s basketball game. He also needs new shorts, he wears shorts every day and they are all getting very short. It was -4 the other morning and he left for school in shorts and a hoodie.

[candreco]

Feb 25, 2023 10:37:06 GMT -5 bears said:

Feb 25, 2023 10:34:15 GMT -5 candreco said:

DS is at art class, I've been to TJ's and now am picking up coffee to drink in the car while I read waiting for my regular grocery order to be ready.

I ordered a Nood last night; I swear every time DH is on a long work trip and we hit the three week mark, I impulse buy something like this.

Let me know how this works!  I am really interested in getting something like this for my bikini line. I would do laser hair removal professionally but I'm very uncomfortable with the idea.

I think someone else on here recommended it in an IPL question thread? I'll try to find that.

[Bernadine]

wildrice, I’m so sorry your sister is going through all of that!

[skidunks]

wildrice, gallbladders suck. I’m so sorry your sister is going through that!

[blondemoment123]

DS got a gift card for Build A Bear for Christmas so we're going there today. He'll either love it or be traumatized. 😂

[bears]

Feb 25, 2023 10:40:32 GMT -5 candreco said:

Feb 25, 2023 10:37:06 GMT -5 bears said:

Let me know how this works!  I am really interested in getting something like this for my bikini line. I would do laser hair removal professionally but I'm very uncomfortable with the idea.

I think someone else on here recommended it in an IPL question thread? I'll try to find that.

I saw the Braun recommended there but then got lost in product reviews and overwhelmed, as is typical for me.

[circa1978]

I think we need to get a new car. We live 5 minutes from my mom and since my dad died now take one car to go places. I have a small convertible and DH has a subcommittee SUV that is always a mess. I think we need a midsize SUV with a lot of legroom in the back because DS is already 5'6 and he's 12. We will keep the other two cars. Any suggestions?

[MixedBerryJam]

I saw some fancy donuts on Twitter this morning and i got dressed (without showering) and have googled “fancy donuts near me” and now I’m on a mission.

[ssmjlm]

I need to clean today, but like really don’t want to. Ugh, I just need to put on my music and do it.

If anyone remembers my DH phone saga, hi new phone arrived and after issues then activating it, it’s all good now. It does not do bathrooms, unfortunately, given all the drama.

I got through so much of my todo list yesterday, that I might go to my mom’s this afternoon and scrapbook.