Getting up this morning wasn't a problem, but I sure am dragging now that I am up.
Why is it every time I want to buy something, it feels like I'm searching for a unicorn? I am so damn picky and what I want doesn't seem to exist on-line or the mall. All I want is a swim cover up that is a full zip terry cloth (preferably with a hood) that comes to mid-thigh. I essentially want to dress myself like I dressed my kids as toddlers for the pool.
Getting up this morning wasn't a problem, but I sure am dragging now that I am up.
Why is it every time I want to buy something, it feels like I'm searching for a unicorn? I am so damn picky and what I want doesn't seem to exist on-line or the mall. All I want is a swim cover up that is a full zip terry cloth (preferably with a hood) that comes to mid-thigh. I essentially want to dress myself like I dressed my kids as toddlers for the pool.
Drawstring instead of a zipper, but it has a hood.
My son had his first date this weekend. He was positively beaming when I picked him up, and said they'd made plans to hang out again next weekend. Last night he made me listen to the song Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol-- it was giving me such young-love vibes. It's so sweet to see him so happy.
I am catching up on Abbott Elementary while I work this morning, and Ava just told Jeanine that "just because you got a round face like the teletubbies sun baby, doesn't mean the world revolves around you." I cannot stop laughing about it.
We got over 16inches of snow this weekend with another forecasted 10" coming later this week. I'm so over it. My road wasn't plowed when I left for work this AM.
They are hiring someone that has 3 years of experience into a senior role. Umm, what message are you sending if the team they will be leading will be the one training them? This is going to hinder retention.
I have someone trying to put someone into a training for new employees. The employee isn't new, they transferred from another office. This is the same training I just had 3 people come back from and tell me it wasn't worth it. Also, they spent 1/2 day on the travel system. The same travel system everyone had to use to book the travel to come to the class. Is anyone paying attention to the words coming out of their mouth?
Post by countthestars on Mar 13, 2023 9:05:21 GMT -5
We're expecting 12-18" of snow tonight and I'm not super excited about it. If we have another snow day (which seems inevitable), we roll to the next week of summer, which is Juneteenth, so we'll go back for one half day on a Tuesday after a long weekend.
Surprisingly, the kids and I all made it out of the house on time this morning, but I basically dragged everyone through the morning routine on autopilot and now that I'm at my desk my brain will not engage. Bare minimum Monday it is!
This week is at least pretty empty of evening commitments. DS turns 10 on Saturday, so I do need to make sure I've got everything ready for that. I can't believe my baby is hitting double digits
We got home 2 hrs late yesterday from vacation. H got sick like the 3rd day in. Normally H is not the least bit quiet when other people are sleeping even though he thinks he is. Now imagine him with a congested head (can’t hear), coughing and getting up every few hours stuck in a hotel room. He’s lucky he isn’t dead. He also will take Advil for any ache he might have like it’s no big deal but for some reason he thinks he should stop after 3 days because it’s bad for him. Yeah, like I said, he’s lucky to be alive after this last week.
I am not usually a complainer about switching for daylight savings time but it has Kicked My Ass this year. My job gives me a flexible work start/end and I started a FULL one hour later than usual today. No amount of ‘hustle’ or ‘rallying’ helped at all.
This week is Spring Break and I spent the entire weekend shuttling my kids around to fun things for them. Friday night we saw Avatar. Saturday I took them to a different pool to swim. Sunday we went to see the Harlem Globetrotters and to dinner. I’m tired of driving and feel poor! DS1 asked if we could go skiing today and I said no, I’m doing nothing today.
If you have to sprain your ankle at a child sporting event, I recommend football over swimming any day. Lots of ice bags readily available and lots of large strong coaches/fathers to carry you to the car. Yeah, that was my Sunday
I should not have scheduled new hire orientation for the day after the time change! It's always hard for me to get to the office by 8:30 anyway (I work from home most days so don't have an hour commute) so between getting up and hour early AND the extra hour from the time change, it seemed so early.
I don't know how I used to go into the office every day. I am stressed this week because I am going in 3x, I am ushering one evening, attending class another, and have a professional development thing on Saturday. Plus I have to turn in grades this week and do an assignment for the class I'm taking. I'm already exhausted thinking of all of that. I can't believe I used to leave my house 5-7 times every week!
We were at a friend's until about 7pm last night, and it's a 25 min drive home, and DS (6) fell asleep in the car. So then he wasn't tired at bedtime and H and me ended up going to sleep before him. I wasn't stressed about it since today is a teacher in-service day and he was just going to his before/after care place for the day. But I logged onto work around 7:30 and his door was still shut, so I figured I'd let him sleep a bit and run him in there when he woke up. He didn't come out, and I finally went downstairs to make coffee and found him asleep on the couch, lol. I guess he was there all night, he wasn't sure. I shut off the TV/Internet at 11 so I know he wasn't doing that. I told him I prefer he doesn't do that again and he was like "why though?" IDK kid, because you have a comfy bed you should be sleeping in?
Last week I just felt really overwhelmed and kind of stressed/depressed. I feel a lot better at the start of this week, so I am hoping that continues.
Still too early in the day (at almost noon) to know how this day/week is going to go. I was productive over the weekend and hoping to keep it up this week also.
I don’t have a lot of good things happening for me right now, but I did wake up this morning down 10lbs in 4 weeks. It helps that the stress and anxiety kill my appetite, but it is what it is. I still have a lot of weight to lose, but it’s a start.
I have been sick for almost 2 weeks and am so over it. I slept until 10 this morning, and only woke up bc my kids came in and said they were hungry. Woops. They are off for a teacher work day which worked out well with the time change.
Post by gerberdaisy on Mar 13, 2023 11:11:32 GMT -5
My dog has been waking up at 5:30 every since daylight savings time ended in the fall, it was like she never switched. I have been hoping and praying that with the start of DST she would go back to 6:30. Nope 5:30 on the dot, damn dog
fernweh-I am praying so hard for the sellers to accept the other person's offer instead of yours because not only you and your family does not deserve it, I do not want you and your family to get it, you and your family are better off living in your current shitty house instead of the cottage
Following last week's randoms, I have revisited my thoughts on feeling like some people are putting their pronouns everywhere in performative fashion. Upon reexamination, it's one person who eats crackers for me who I don't trust for other reasons who I think is being performative. I was viewing everyone else through that lens. Which is unfair.
Also. Being annoying and/or a slacktivist happens to all of us sometimes. I don't think this person is hurting anyone with her actions. She might even be helping.
So, I'm now rejecting my former thoughts. I hope everyone goes forth and identifies pronouns as they see fit and without concern for how it's perceived by anyone else.
Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Mar 13, 2023 11:24:06 GMT -5
The time changes never really affected my two older kids. They’re both night owls like their father, so it was no big deal for them to wake up an hour earlier bc I was already up. But man, Joey lost his gotdamn mind- woke up at 6:30 yeasrrdat, took a 30 minute nap when his usual is 2 hours ish, fell asleep at dinner and woke up at 10pm. Um sir? H let him up til around 1 or so, I don’t even know.
The weekend was lowkey and I got a bunch of things done at home that I had been putting off. We went to Longwood Gardens yesterday; I love it there so much, it's always different and I love their orchid room. Plus, it was way less crowded than the Flower Show would be.
Going to the doctor in an hour to see what is going on with my clavicle. Pretty sure it is fractured again.
I am doing a pre-algebra class this session because 1) math has always been my nemesis and 2) it has been over 20 years since I have done any kind of real algebra and so far it is going well. I really like the professor.
And, I am avoiding my growing mountain of laundry. :/