Post by blondemoment123 on Jul 28, 2023 9:20:59 GMT -5
I had a presentation at work this morning so I used my curling wand for the first time in ages. I burned the crap out of my thumb, but my hair looks good!
My mom arranged for my brother to watch DS tomorrow so we can see the Barbie movie. She even got us matching Barbie shirts for the occasion.
Post by followyourarrow on Jul 28, 2023 9:31:40 GMT -5
BF and his boat are unexpectedly at the dock this weekend and it's only 2 hours from here. I'm trying desperately to find a last minute puppy sitter so I can go see him on his time off. We only have 20 days left until he's off for a couple of weeks, so it's not the end of the world if it doesn't work out, but it would be nice.
Post by fluffycookie on Jul 28, 2023 9:41:35 GMT -5
Last night wasn't the disaster I was expecting. DS new girlfriend was very sweet. My dad and stepmother ended up not coming because the weather was crazy, but she got to meet my stepbrother and niece who were there.
I got my bonus recently and splurged and bought myself this bag. I like that it has a handle. I am not one that spends a lot of money on myself so this was a back and forth should I or shouldn't I purchase. I hope I love it.
I saw Barbie last night and it was great. The theatre was sold out and it was just such a fun and positive environment. I haven't had a movie theatre experience like that since Harry Potter.
Post by starburst604 on Jul 28, 2023 9:44:14 GMT -5
I just had an X-ray of my foot and am waiting for the doctor to call me in. Fingers crossed nothing is broken!
I’ve posted before about my FIL and his overlong stays at our house. He flew up the other day to attend a good friend’s funeral services and asked if he could stay tonight and tomorrow and we were fine with that. When I told DD last night that he’s staying she goes “he is? Wasn’t he JUST here?! Mom, I love Grampy in my heart, I do. But he just talks SOOOO MUCH.” I cracked up because that hits the nail right on the head. He’s a nice man but the talking is downright exhausting!
I partly mange a group email box at a large corporation. Probably 2-3 times a day I reply to emails and say we aren’t the correct contact unfortunately. I am so annoyed when they reply asking who is the correct one? Like, if I knew I would have told you in my reply, and it not my job to figure it out for you!
I went to my coworkers retirement party yesterday. When I got there I realized that I matched the party theme. The balloons and decorations were purple, gold, and white which were the exact colors in the shirt that I was wearing, so that was fun
I had no desire to see the Barbie movie when it came out, but now seeing all of the reviews, I think I might take DD to see it this weekend. Shockingly, DS doesn't want to go with us LOL
I had a presentation at work this morning so I used my curling wand for the first time in ages. I burned the crap out of my thumb, but my hair looks good!
My mom arranged for my brother to watch DS tomorrow so we can see the Barbie movie. She even got us matching Barbie shirts for the occasion.
Liking for the movie date with your mom and your hair looking good...not the burned thumb!
We finally got our chicken coop finished enough to move the chickens into it and it's been fun watching them explore and figure out their new space. It's not huge, but much bigger than they are used to. H got a video baby monitor that was on clearance the other day, so I am now sitting in the store watching my chickens. I am officially the crazy chicken lady! Ha!
Oldest kid moves to the dorms in a few weeks, and I am not ready. They got their dorm assignment yesterday and it was supposed to have information about their roommate, but that part was blank, so they emailed housing to see if that means they won't have a roommate or if that was an accident. I'll be sad if they don't have a roommate. That's a huge part of the college experience. Hopefully that gets resolved soon.
Post by midwestmama on Jul 28, 2023 9:48:13 GMT -5
I am annoyed at Dick's Sporting Goods. I went to their website last night to order DS a pair of football pants (so that he has 2 pair), and all they had available were the "2020" version (it showed the "2023" version as out of stock). Apparently, I should have waited, because this morning the 2023 version are showing as in stock and available to ship.
This weekend I need to go through the school supplies we have on hand, and then figure out what we still need to buy for the new school year. I can't believe school starts in only 3 weeks. It feels like the summer flew by.
I saw Barbie last night and it was great. The theatre was sold out and it was just such a fun and positive environment. I haven't had a movie theatre experience like that since Harry Potter.
SO's daughter and I saw it last night too; it was really good!
I partly mange a group email box at a large corporation. Probably 2-3 times a day I reply to emails and say we aren’t the correct contact unfortunately. I am so annoyed when they reply asking who is the correct one? Like, if I knew I would have told you in my reply, and it not my job to figure it out for you!
Ugh
You should have some customer service area you can transfer to.
I have a mammogram today at noon. Yipee! I am going to take a shower in a few minutes - I wasn't sure about showering before work and then not putting on lotion/deodorant for several hours. It's supposed to be like 97 today! This is just an annual screening so I'm expecting everything to be normal.
My sister is coming to visit on Sunday (and my BIL). I am excited! This is their first visit since we've lived here and they've never been to Maryland at all. They are only here a few days so they won't be able to see everything I'd want to show them, but hopefully now that their kids are getting a little older they will be able to come back more frequently. I realized I was being such an oldest sister the other day when I was looking up metro schedules and stuff to try to figure out how to get them to their hotel in DC (they are staying downtown for 2 nights and then staying here for 2 nights). She's 38 and used to take public transit in Chicago daily, I'm pretty sure they can figure out without my help lol.
This week I started incorporating strength training back into my workouts. I had been doing strictly cardio, but I feel like I need change it up. Clearly, I hadn't used my weights in a while because now I'm struggling to go up and down the stairs; I'm SO sore. Foam rolling helps a little, and I'm sure it will be better in a day or two. But right now: OW.
I'm going to a Board & Brush workshop tomorrow with a friend I haven't seen in SO long. I can't wait to see her. We wanted to go to a brewery afterwards in town that has a rooftop bar, but it's so stinkin' hot still that we may just stick to inside. Either way, should be fun!
H and I might go the zoo on Sunday. Then I have 2 meal trains to cook for. So many new babies in our neighborhood and I always sign up for the meal train.
We go away tomorrow (which is also my DS's bday so yay!), today is creeping by. I have a ton left to do for packing and getting the house ready, packing the car, etc. I really should have taken today off too, but at least I WFH.
Minor rant but we found out last night that the hotel we are staying at charges $25 a day for parking! We are already paying a lot for just 3 days, so while the extra $75 isn't going to kill us it is super annoying to be nickle and dimed. We didn't see the "fine print" because our friend booked all the rooms.
Post by followyourarrow on Jul 28, 2023 10:26:50 GMT -5
We've decided to take the puppy to the hotel with us. Send good thoughts lol. She's an 8 month old labradoodle mix and she's a lot. I foresee lots of walks tomorrow.
Our oldest (and best lol) dog is getting some teeth pulled today and I’m nervous! Hopefully she will be fine but anything where they have to get put under stresses me out. At least we can bring her home tonight!
I’m making her some chicken so she can have a nice soft meal when she comes back. She was very disgusted not to be able to eat breakfast this morning.
I just got home from errands after dropping E at volleyball camp and now have to go back out and pick her up. Unfortunately I had food, so I had to come home to put it away.
Then my pcp wants to do a video appt at 1:30 for my gastro issues. Hoping it isn’t a waste of time and she listens. Otherwise I’ll just keep the late august appt with the other provider. (At my annual she went on and on about her life updates and brushed off stuff as weight related, which she had never done before.)
My girls are in theater camp and have a show today. I'm excited and looking forward to it, AND I wish more camps would respect the fact that most people send their children to camp so they can work, which is tough when you then ask me to come during my work day to see a performance!!
When people say, "Come swimming anytime!" I don't take that at face value. I would never ask to use someone's pool, and maybe that's odd of me, but I just can't do it. But H has a close friend with a pool who's told us to come use it anytime, and his family is away this week. He specifically told H we should go over this week, and I'm somehow more comfortable with this since they can't possibly feel obligated to entertain us, and we can't interrupt other plans of theirs. I just asked H if we can go tonight. So excited!
Post by arehopsveggies on Jul 28, 2023 10:54:23 GMT -5
My mom found a bunch of old savings bonds of mine, so I guess I need to figure out what to do with those. My last name AND her last name are both different since then, so I hope that doesn’t matter?
There is a school pool party tonight and I’m torn because my kids want to go, my little one still needs me to get IN with him, but I’m not excited about school families seeing me in a swimsuit. (Not about my body or my size or anything, just that I try to be professional and I have weird 1990s modesty rules in my subconscious)
Pilsy, I'm the same re: friends with pools. We have a close friend who just bought a new house with a great pool. And she's definitely said we could use it anytime, but I would never do that. And today is GORGEOUS and the perfect day for swimming, and I'm trying to figure out how to send her a hidden message to invite our friend group over lol.
Don’t tell people they can use your pool anytime. Seriously, people. Even adults who are great swimmers can drown if things go sideways.
DH swam in the lane next to a man every morning who died last year (he skipped that morning and unfairly blames himself and thinks it might have gone differently if he’d been there). And he isn’t the only athletic, strong swimmer adult I’ve ‘known’ who died swimming in a pool.
We have no camps for the last week of summer. However, our city’s park and rec just announced a “bonus week” for the week we need and registration opens at 12:30pm today.
There’s 44 spots that will probably fill up in 10 seconds, so wish me luck! 🤣
Pilsy , I'm the same re: friends with pools. We have a close friend who just bought a new house with a great pool. And she's definitely said we could use it anytime, but I would never do that. And today is GORGEOUS and the perfect day for swimming, and I'm trying to figure out how to send her a hidden message to invite our friend group over lol.
We have 2 sets of friends in town with great pools and when we were talking about getting our own, one of them was like like oh who needs a pool when you can use ours anytime?! Well, we've been invited over exactly twice to use said pool since school ended. When DD got the cast on her wrist last week I even said to the mom in a text when she asked how she was doing "she's sad to miss soccer camp this week but at least she can swim in her cast!", HOPING that they'd invite us over for a swim one day so DD could both swim and see her BFF. NOPE. She was home and bored all week and it was too hot to go outside and do anything. That's when I was like THAT'S IT, WE'RE GETTING A POOL. Texted the pool guy and asked for the contract. I will never again wait around for a pool invite, AND if I tell people my pool is always open to them I will mean it and keep inviting them.
Minor rant but we found out last night that the hotel we are staying at charges $25 a day for parking! We are already paying a lot for just 3 days, so while the extra $75 isn't going to kill us it is super annoying to be nickle and dimed. We didn't see the "fine print" because our friend booked all the rooms.
You don't want to know how much we're paying per night for parking at our hotel in downtown Seattle. I'm honestly kind of annoyed with DH because we don't even need the car until we leave on Monday, but he booked it with points and getting it when we arrived was "free."
BUT, I am so dang excited to be back in Seattle! I used to come here for work often, but it's been years. Even my hair likes the west coast better!
Post by maudefindlay on Jul 28, 2023 11:27:02 GMT -5
Pilsy my like is for you being excited to swim, not the work and camp scheduling headaches.
blondemoment123 I'm so happy someone took the initiative and made all the plans including childcare for you. I hope your Mom does something fun like that again soon.
We've been gone and busy so much this week I had a ton of errands and grocery pick ups to do this AM. The kitchen lunch rush is over, now putting up laundry and then catching up on And Just Like That. We know who DD's teacher will be, but tonight the school will post class lists on the school doors and I will go take pictures for her so she knows who is in her room and which rooms her friends are in. Very important info!
This is related to the UO thread but is a question: do ADHD meds help if the diagnosis is incorrect? That is, if someone self-diagnoses and is able to get the rX, will they feel like the meds are working for those issues?
Post by starburst604 on Jul 28, 2023 11:31:29 GMT -5
Not only is it Friday, but my foot has no fracture and no boot needed! He said to keep icing and taking Advil and the pain should ease up over 2-4 weeks, then advance exercise as tolerated. I was able to ride the Peloton without pain this morning as long as I stayed in the saddle so I’ll keep doing that.
Also the patio is done! Can’t wait to put out the new furniture tonight and I just ordered some Adirondack chairs for around the fire pit. I don’t think we’ll be using that until it cools down some though.