Post by maudefindlay on Sept 26, 2023 8:55:27 GMT -5
Doing a bunch of cooking this AM for easy dinners this week. Need to do some work on our flower beds and fit in a walk before afternoon homework and drive kids to all the places starts. Also pulling everything from our linen cabinet and sorting, purging, and organizing in bins. That may carry over till tomorrow.
We had Oktoberfest last night for mug club members at our brewery in town, which has no food. They encouraged people to bring food if they wanted (don't get me started on how lame I think it is that I paid $$$ for a mug club membership and they can't even provide food at events), but no one did besides me and 2 others, so I didn't really eat. I didn't even drink that much and got a buzz on quickly for some reason, which led to poor eating choices (Sheetz fried appetizer sampler) at 9pm, lol. And then I didn't sleep great and was up for an hour or so in the middle of the night. Plus its rainy and dark, so I just feel gross and tired all around.
Today is a busy day! Lots of work to do, plus packing and getting ready to leave tonight. I'm flying to TX to visit my parents/sister's family, and my flight leaves at 8:30pm which SUCKS but at least it means I don't have to use any of my precious vacation time. I am working from "home" tomorrow and Thursday, and then I took Friday off. Tomorrow night my sister and mom and I are going to see P!nk, which should be really fun. I don't come back until early Monday morning, so it's kind of a long time away! But it will be really nice. I haven't seen my parents since May and my niece and nephew since last Christmas, so I'm really looking forward to having some time with them - I am sure I'm going to be startled with how much they have grown in 9 months!
I just know I'm going to be exhausted all week though. I am getting kind of old for late night/early morning flights when there isn't time to recover afterwards. I don't regret taking the job at my organization at all, except when it comes to PTO flexibility. At least it is not a problem to work remotely, but I wish I could have just taken the next 3 days off instead of being up late tonight/tomorrow night and then having to work at 8am the following day!
I somehow managed to eat 35g of fiber yesterday and my sensitive GI system cannot handle it. If I were at home I would be curled up in a ball on the floor in pain, but I'm in the office and that is probably frowned upon. I seriously need to consider seeing if my GI doctor will write me a note so that I can work from home full time. Days like this are seriously rough, especially since my commute when I go in the city is 1+ hr each way with really no place to stop for a bathroom emergency.
Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Sept 26, 2023 9:25:09 GMT -5
I’m teaching from home today, kind of, but really I’m just going around the house with a trash bag and throwing junk out. I’m gonna sneak it off to the dump before I get David at school so as to destroy the evidence.
Post by starburst604 on Sept 26, 2023 9:25:25 GMT -5
So last night our dog (almost 2 y/o lab) bit my hand and I'm kind of shaken by it. He has this blanket that he likes to drag around and sometimes he chews it, rips pieces and will swallow them if we let him, so I was taking the blanket away from him. I was on the couch and he was on the floor by me and I reached down and I was half watching TV too so I don't really know how I went about it but as I was taking the blanket he just bit my hand hard. It didn't break the skin but it didn't feel good and I can still see the teeth indents today. We had him since he was 10 weeks and I haven't seen an ounce of aggression or resource guarding in him before this. I kind of freaked out. I yelled at him and put the blanket in another room and shut the door. I'm his PERSON so this was just really upsetting and today I'm having a hard time being around him and it's really bumming me out.
Post by buckeyegirl on Sept 26, 2023 9:28:03 GMT -5
So many doctors. I turned 40 and everything went down hill. I went to the doctors for knee pain and an X Ray yesterday and he called for an MRI stat. So this morning I dragged my 7 year old with me to an 8:20 appt for an MRI. I took the kid because he is already home today and tomorrow because he has to have a colonoscopy and endoscopy tomorrow. Today is prep day! We've already made jello jigglers, eaten some popsicles and watched movies. This might be a long day!
My cleaning lady, who usually comes at 2pm, just showed up at 10am and my house still looked like a bomb went off. I just did a 20 minute sprint picking up the worst of it but its still so messy and I feel terrible.
We're on Week 4 of pre-K and the teacher still has to peel DD off my like I'm sending her off to the electric chair every morning. It's brutal.
Had a nice day off with the kids yesterday, did some local sightseeing and went out to lunch. Felt pretty rested and recharged after last week's work insanity.
And then it took me nearly an hour to get to work, a ton of parking was coned off for an event so it took awhile to find a spot, and had a small bitch session w/ a coworker; now I've lost pretty much all motivation. Feeling very Monday on this Tuesday morning....
I thought today was going to be fun - we're picking up the twins early for their cake smash photo session (their birthday is next week!!). Then I woke up to a very sick cat (couldn't get her an appointment until this afternoon) and my dad is in the hospital. So now I'm going to be a ball of stress and anxiety all day. Yayyyy!
Post by mysteriouswife on Sept 26, 2023 9:51:59 GMT -5
Can I start over? It took 1.5 hours to get to work. My soda exploded all over me and my desk. Our coffee machine is down. Our boss brought in coffee from a local spot. I go to pour it and it exploded all over me. I look a hot mess. Both ky shoes are stained and my shirt is filthy now. I just want to go home and start over
Post by followyourarrow on Sept 26, 2023 9:52:46 GMT -5
I close on the house on Friday! I excited and I want to cry because I don't know WTF I'm doing. I know I just need to hire people for the work I don't know how to do, but even that seems hard, like how do you find someone and how do you know if they'll be good?
FI decided to take 4 weeks off to help with the house, which will save us a ton of money in painters, repair people, etc. But, he's never owned a house and only knows how to fix some things. Youtube?
Also, I regret not getting a breakfast biscuit or kolache for breakfast. My protein shake just didn't do it this morning.
Post by fangoriagurkel on Sept 26, 2023 10:10:33 GMT -5
I’m getting my flu shot this afternoon! I don’t remember any after effects last year past like one day of tiredness, so fingers crossed this year is the same!
I’m teaching from home today, kind of, but really I’m just going around the house with a trash bag and throwing junk out. I’m gonna sneak it off to the dump before I get David at school so as to destroy the evidence.
Post by midwestmama on Sept 26, 2023 10:44:02 GMT -5
So much work to do, and there is never enough time. Can I please just win the lottery so I can retire already? (ETA I think I'm getting burnt out. I'm a manager, so I have to do work plus manage people, and I have never had a full team in the over 2 years I've been in this job. I'm in the process of hiring a temporary person, but it will take time to train them and get them up-to-speed, so that's an additional thing that will be added to my plate, even if it's just for a short time.)
DS has an away football game today, and it's an hour each way. There is a chance of a thunderstorm, but I'm hoping we don't get a storm or any weather that will delay the game.
My job has been so exhausting lately. My SO was up with me until nearly 1 am helping me finish a project in a software he’s more familiar with. Thank god for him, but gd it I’m tired. And I feel terrible he’s losing sleep over too.
Dh starts his new job on 10/9. I am so excited about this job and so excited that he found something so quickly (he was laid off at the end of June). The pay is the same that he was making here but the cost of living in the new town is so low that it is equivalent to about a 25% raise. The people are kind, the town seems like a much better fit for our family, and all the good things. The downside- DH will be living 1500 miles away June. Ugh! We have two kids in high school, one freshman and one senior, another in middle school, and the youngest in 4th grade. The senior is finishing his associates degree along with his high school diploma. I can’t move the oldest until he’s done with his associates and I really don’t want to move the freshman and potentially mess up her grades. There are also no houses for sale right now within our parameters so it’s sort of moot anyway. The realtor said spring is our best bet for finding a house. It will all be fine but taking care of four kids, a dog, and a house alone seems daunting. Add on to it that I will have to prepare everything for moving and sell the house, all while going to school myself. I feel like Ross on Friends where he does the high-pitched “I’m fine!”
I am in a terrible mood today and I'm trying to steer clear of my annoying family. DD1 (14) has had several major meltdowns over the past week or so, the last one was Sunday night and I'm still reeling a little. I know teenagers can be pretty self-centered, and DD1 is not neurotypical, but she has a totally warped view of the world and her place in it. It's very woe-is-me, and her "concrete" examples of us not caring about her (big example - no one comes to watch me at sports) are patently false (since starting sports, she has been on 20 teams, and DH and/or I have attended EVERY SINGLE game... I've coached more than half of the teams she's been on). There are many other examples like this - all false. It's like she has rewritten her life. It's exhausting.
Dh and I got into a text fight this morning because we are both stretched really thin and we both feel like the other is kind of taking advantage and putting the other last. I started it because I thought he was being a dumbass and I feel terrible about all of it. I still think he was being a dumbass, but I should have handled it differently.
I'm hiding in my office. I'm very grateful that I don't have any meetings or calls today.
Post by wanderlustmom on Sept 26, 2023 11:42:19 GMT -5
We’ve been at the beach since Saturday and this is a great time to come. It’s still warm but not humid and so peaceful. Today we have our first storm so I’m sitting under cover hoping I can go back to the ocean to read my book. But not for awhile since I’m still hearing thunder
Post by mysteriouswife on Sept 26, 2023 11:54:15 GMT -5
There is nothing worse than sticky feet. I am going on lunch to buy a pair of flip flops from the dollar store. Dress code and professionalism be damned. My shirt is stained why not add a pair of cheap flip flops to the mix
[mention]starburst604 [/mention] - I’m so sorry. Our almost 3 year old Aussie bit me last week and I’m still reeling. He had snarled at our DD which has NEVER happened (like he lets her crawl all over him all the time) and when I separated him he snapped and got two of my fingers really badly.
Hopefully this is a one off for y’all. It really does mess you up.
Post by 7costanza on Sept 26, 2023 12:26:59 GMT -5
I unloaded on my dad a bit last night about his apparent lack of care and attention to my family and it felt really, really good. I’ve been walking on eggshells around him for 15 years since my parents divorced and I’m sick of it. He was a terrible dad and he’s a terrible grandpa, and now he’s trying to guilt me into depositing money into accounts he set up for my boys and which I have no access to (he refuses to add me as an authorized user.) I feel so much lighter today without this bank account thing hanging over my head!
I unloaded on my dad a bit last night about his apparent lack of care and attention to my family and it felt really, really good. I’ve been walking on eggshells around him for 15 years since my parents divorced and I’m sick of it. He was a terrible dad and he’s a terrible grandpa, and now he’s trying to guilt me into depositing money into accounts he set up for my boys and which I have no access to (he refuses to add me as an authorized user.) I feel so much lighter today without this bank account thing hanging over my head!
I'm glad you feel better.
Why in the world would anyone set up a bank account for children that way? Can he open accounts in your kids name without your permission? That seems shady!
followyourarrow I don't think they actually publish it anymore, but the Home Depot 1-2-3 book was amazing when I was first starting out and learning how to do things on my own. I did find a copy on Amazon a.co/d/876pHhY
Post by blondemoment123 on Sept 26, 2023 12:36:05 GMT -5
I gave zero f's and DS and I had dinner in the living room last night. I walk away for a second and my cat had taken off with an entire chicken drumstick! I had to chase her down and pry it from her mouth.
I unloaded on my dad a bit last night about his apparent lack of care and attention to my family and it felt really, really good. I’ve been walking on eggshells around him for 15 years since my parents divorced and I’m sick of it. He was a terrible dad and he’s a terrible grandpa, and now he’s trying to guilt me into depositing money into accounts he set up for my boys and which I have no access to (he refuses to add me as an authorized user.) I feel so much lighter today without this bank account thing hanging over my head!
I'm glad you feel better.
Why in the world would anyone set up a bank account for children that way? Can he open accounts in your kids name without your permission? That seems shady!
He set them up with my knowledge when they were born (although I never signed anything), my understanding was that he would be depositing money into them himself. We definitely don’t need the money so I figured it would be a nice little bonus for them at some point in the future and makes him feel good, so what’s the harm. For some reason he has not added anything after the initial deposits, and maybe one other time for my 10 yo. The kicker is that he told me one account has $20 and the other $45 so it’s not worth anyone’s time to maintain them.