In today's version of "all our devices are listening/connected"...
Last night in my basement I took at peloton yoga class in Spanish. It was accidental, didn't realize it was in Spanish then decided to stick with it. Well right now, on my work computer, upstairs, all my ads here are in Spanish.
Other than that, H and I are going to Tremblant for a ski weekend tomorrow and I'm so excited! Mainly to not have my dog wake me up at 5:30 and no whining kids for three days. Haven't been there since I was kid, curious whats changed.
So apparently my doc sent in a new prescription yesterday, but no one ever called. So I sent another message in the portal basically saying this level of communication was unacceptable and could someone please contact me this afternoon as I'm in a closed door meeting this morning.
Like, we're at a week of this nonsense.
Also, I think the dog has a UTI, so DH got a sample this morning. She woke us at 11:30 and 1:30 to go out last night and at 1:30 she kept trying to pee. But this morning, seems ok. I told DH to just drop off the sample anyway.
And finally, we have an Industry conference today. I really hate how they have it setup on Teams live. You can't see anyone so you're just talking to your computer with no feedback.
I ventured onto the city data forums and will not be back. What an extremely unpleasant experience.
We leave for spring break on Saturday and I haven't done anything to get ready besides clean the house. So I really should get on packing and getting snacks at the store!
I am trying to plan out our summer. DS was supposed to hear back about two camps he applied to on Monday. Then they changed it to Tuesday, then Wednesday, and now today they updated it to say Friday. Plus I'm hearing informally that one of the ones he applied to doesn't follow the national schedule anyway and doesn't slot the kids until April.
Meanwhile my DD is refusing to engage in any conversation about what camps to go to, other than to say she only wants to go to camps with her one friend. Her whole scout troop is doing a week of sleep away camp together and she is refusing to commit.
I don't even have words for how much I hate coordinating summer schedules.
I woke up at midnight to register my son for summer camp. I realize this is insane, but this was one of the few all-day, non-religious options near us. The site wouldn’t let me register him because he’s not old enough today - even though he will be old enough at time of attendance. I emailed for assistance, but of course now it’s all full. Ughhhhh.
Summer camp is so stressful! Luckily we got into 2 of the ones we wanted, but now hoping and praying we get into the main one we need next Monday. Its just absolute insanity its this hard to have my kids watched for the summer while we work.
Along those lines, we recently got a beta fish that we named Turks (beta) and Caicos (mystery snail). So.many.ads for Turks and Caicos now.
Ooh, the snails are bad! Apparently they propagate out of control. My friend got a beta and had a snail problem! I don't know the details, but google because apparently they can become a big problem!
This is my last summer of figuring out week to week summer camps. Can't say I am sad about it lol. Thankfully our kid likes our after school program the best. He just goes to that all summer. It really makes the process so much easier. His friends are there. It makes it very streamlined.
I am feeling very blah about work lately. Unmotived. Uninspired. But then that makes me feel crappy about myself. Also we sticking to a very strict budget this month which means I can't distract myself with little treats or projects. SIGH, just me here with my thoughts. :-)
I’m so glad/lucky that the summer camp we use doesn’t fill up! Although I did register early this year, which saves us $30/week.
I’m going into the office this afternoon because I have to get a new badge. I have an organizing job right after, so I’m just going to stay in the office. It’s going to be SO weird. I’m just wearing leggings and a nicer tunic, because no one else will be there. I’m debating even putting on makeup, lol.
It is weird how many dreams I have about moving. Apparently my subconscious is dealing with some trauma around moving so many times and about relocating due to my H's career - I must dream about this at least twice a month. Usually it's something like my H has taken a job in a town in the middle of the country (Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma have all been on rotation...) and I have to move and follow him. Last night we were moving somewhere with my parents and sisters, which in some ways YAY but I was also stressed about packing, sad to leave my carefully chosen painted walls, etc. We are NOT MOVING in real life, and my H and I are very much on the same page about this! So IDK why my subconscious keeps wanting to stress me out, lol.
Tonight I'm supposed to go to this event at a brewery called "skip the small talk", which is kind of like speed dating for non-romantic reasons and you get prompts to talk about bigger topics. It sounds intriguing, but I'm feeling overloaded with work this week and not really into doing something tonight. I have an assignment due tomorrow that I need to spend at least another hour or two on so I'm not really sure when I'm going to do it. It relates heavily to work so I probably could do it during work hours... but I also have actual work to do during those hours!
When did travel costs go completely bananas? My H and I unexpectedly have a week sans kids in July, and we can’t seem to fly anywhere in the US for under $575 pp or internationally for under $1,000. I know it’s peak travel season, but yikes. That doesn’t even address the hotels, which are like $250/night+ for anything remotely decent, or totally sold out.
I am thinking of trying one of those “surprise me” vacation services because I’m kind of over trying to price a zillion things out.
Can I go home yet? I've been at work for a little over two hours, and I just don't wanna anymore. Normally I'd be annoyed about a solid block of meetings this afternoon, but today I'm happy to be able to just show up and keep a chair warm.
DH has been just unable to stay awake in the evenings lately, I think due to just being worn out from some chronic pain issues. I'm trying to be sympathetic, but damn it's hard to not be resentful when I'm the one picking up the slack. Yesterday evening, he basically napped for two hours, while I got DS ready for bed, picked DD up from her GS meeting, finished tidying the kitchen, and did the dog's last walk of the night, all of which he would normally have done. I don't mind the extra stuff occasionally, but this is happening more frequently/regularly and without even a "hey, I am wiped tonight, can you help me out?" I don't know what the answer is, but the current situation just isn't sustainable.
I dreamed about being around a bunch of people sick with a stomach bug and really bad cold. My subconscious is mentally preparing me for whatever germs H brings home from his work trip today.
Camp stuff starts around April 1 this year. Her dance studio hasn't even posted summer camps yet (if she wants to do one).
I'm being one of "those people" and planning to mostly pawn her off on the grandparents. They can come over and hang with her at the pool and my mom will take her to camps that are during banker hours.
It's so hard to register for our county park summer camps too. They do some really good special ones. My son loved their Hunger Games camp last year and I was happy to be able to get him in again. I wasn't even able to log in 10 before registration started because the system was so busy. Everything is usually booked up by 10 minutes after. Our town had rec camp last year that he really liked and I hope I don't have any trouble registering for that. It used to be that you had to go pick them up when it rained and it was 9-2 I think. Now it's 9-4 with before and aftercare available and none of that drop everything and come pick them up nonsense. Here most summer camps are for families that don't work in the summer.
Post by blondemoment123 on Mar 8, 2023 10:12:43 GMT -5
I didn't realize until I got to work this morning that my yellow shirt has random blue stains on it. I'm assuming it somehow got washed with jeans. Ugh.
I woke up at midnight to register my son for summer camp. I realize this is insane, but this was one of the few all-day, non-religious options near us. The site wouldn’t let me register him because he’s not old enough today - even though he will be old enough at time of attendance. I emailed for assistance, but of course now it’s all full. Ughhhhh.
I didn't realize until I got to work this morning that my yellow shirt has random blue sscreening stains on it. I'm assuming it somehow got washed with jeans. Ugh.
Do you use liquid fabric softener? I have had that happen with clothes when I did. If it is that, I pretty sure it will come out in the wash.
Classes start this week, agh! This reminds me that I really, really need to get on meds for my ADHD. I cannot find the paper work from the second screening I had done (though why she won't take my diagnosis at 8 annoys me. It has not changed. It has never been managed.)
Post by midwestmama on Mar 8, 2023 11:13:43 GMT -5
krystee, totally agree on travel costs. We used to like to go to Mackinaw City/Mackinac Island for a long weekend in the summer, but post-COVID, it's been at least double the price, if not more. (And we don't have to fly to get there, just drive.) If we want to stay at a hotel on the island, it's around $350/night, plus ferry tickets, and food on the island is more expensive. A 3-day weekend there is usually around $1,000 now, so DH and I decided to stop going as an annual long weekend. Even if we stayed in the city, it would run around $800 for a 3-day weekend; a decent hotel is $250/night, where in the past it was $100-$150/night.
midwestmama it’s so funny that you say that because Mackinac Island was going to be our backup, less expensive trip because we can drive, and then we started looking up prices and were kind of shocked!
It's so hard to register for our county park summer camps too. They do some really good special ones. My son loved their Hunger Games camp last year and I was happy to be able to get him in again.
What...uhhh...do they do at Hunger Games camp? Pretend to kill each other? lol
Post by mysteriouswife on Mar 8, 2023 11:28:54 GMT -5
I was halfway down the stairs on my way to work when I heard a seal barking from DS room. Mom panic set in. h had a mandatory meeting he needed to lead at 10. My laptop was at the office. I rush back up the stairs wake H and explain what’s going on. We move things around and game plan. All of this took place at 645 before coffee. DS is home with flu like symptoms but negative for Covid. I ran to grab my laptop and back home for my 915 zoom meeting. I feel like a superhero! If this doesn’t sum up parents in the workplace I don’t know what does.
If one more person today asks me a question that's pretend legal because in reality they don't want to take responsibility for their own obligations, I will lose my shit.
Are Costco velvet hangers any good? I’m not opposed to paying more elsewhere. Right now I just have random various plastic hangers.
I don't know about Costco but Amazon often has a warehouse deal for them, making them super cheap, and the ones I have from them have held up well. I replaced my entire closet of plastic hangers with velvet ones and have a mix from TJ Maxx, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Amazon, and I can't tell the difference from any of them, and Amazon was the best deal.