I couldn't for the life of me figure out why there wasn't as much traffic this morning. As I got closer to work I see all the flags and it dawns on me that is it Columbus/Indigenous People day. DD still has school and I'm still working.
How was everyone's weekends? Who isn't working today?
We are working and have school today. FIL passed away very early Sunday morning so DH is there with his mom. Missing school is really hard for DS1 so I stayed home so they could continue to go to school and we may fly down this weekend or wait for the funeral. We are all heartbroken but thankful he didn’t have to suffer long.
Ds1 also has soccer tryouts this week but from what I hear it’s nearly impossible for 6th graders to make the middle school team so I’m not holding my breath.
I'm having a Monday Monday. Everyone I need to call are closed due to the holiday so I feel like I'm just sitting here being frustrated and spinning my wheels.
Friday I was out for the count with a migraine but was able to pull it together to take DD to practice, cook dinner and pick DD up. Saturday woke up feeling pretty good and spent 90% of the day outside doing yardwork. I slept like crap Saturday night and woke up Sunday not feeling great. DH thinks that headaches and feeling off aren't reasons to not get stuff done so I was once again outside. I wimped out by about 2 and was pretty sick by 7. Slept better last night and woke up with just the dregs of a headache which are now full-blown headache misery but no migraine symptoms. It doesn't help that we went from sunny and 80 to 60 and rainy so the air pressure is wreaking havoc on my head. I have so much to do but I'm not really getting anything accomplished because of tech issues.
DD doesn't like to be outside for long periods of time. She just really dislikes it and especially when DH wants her to be outside doing what he likes/wants to do. Yard work isn't a 12yr old favorite thing to do. I felt like I was constantly playing buffer and telling DH to leave DD alone and let her relax and chill inside with her book. I don't know how many times DH told me DD was lazy because she was reading instead of helping to yard work.
We had a busy weekend. I worked in the office on Friday and came home with a migraine. I rushed around to clean up, and then my parents came over for pizza and cake to celebrate DD1's birthday. They typically leave by 8, but this time stayed until almost 10, so getting DD2 up for an 8am soccer game was tough on Saturday morning.
DD2 left her 8am game early to make it to her first tournament game of the season. We were done with soccer for the day by 1030, so the dog and I went on a long walk, then I ran some errands both with and without the kids.
Sunday DH went to watch the Patriots lose again while I went to DD2's tournament. Raced home, picked up DD1, and went to my parents' for my dad's birthday. He was so happy to have us and my sister's limited local family (3 of 4 kids are away at college/law school). He's having surgery next week and I'm a little nervous about it, so I was glad to spend some time with him yesterday. It's just a knee replacement, but he's 75 and has never tolerated sedation well, so it's always a little nerve-wracking when they have to put him under.
Kids are off today, fighting per usual. Dh and I are working. I've had a headache since I woke up yesterday and I just can't seem to shake it. It's making it tough to focus. I may wrap up early today...
I’m off, DH is working (earning a floating day), kids are at school.
We bought a new (used) car Friday and I’m annoyed my insurance place is closed so I can’t get coverage for it. It’s also the only reason I knew I was off today. I WFH and forgot about the holiday, oops!
I'm working from home most of this week. My boss is on Vacation and most of my meetings are canceled since half the town is on fall break.
I've been fairly productive today. I've finished 2 PowerPoint presentations and shampoo my upstairs living room, hallway and couches during my lunch. My plan is to work from home this week and do a couple of rooms a day. I'm finally using the carpet shampooer I got for Christmas.
I sent dd back with 2 gallon bags of chili and 1 of chicken noodle, so hopefully she and her roommates are set for food this week.
Post by supertrooper1 on Oct 9, 2023 15:54:00 GMT -5
I’m off today. So far I’ve made a trip to an out of the way grocery store for a new energy drink I wanted to try and got a pedicure. I’m waiting for my eyebrow wax appointment and then it will be time for the gym.
The weekend was good. Saturday, Beau and I went for a ride and saw some pretty fall colors. The weather was great. We then tried a new food truck that was really good at a brewery. Sunday I went and watched him install a door at his brother’s shop. He ordered the wrong piece of glass for the top so unfortunately he didn’t get it done.
Tomorrow I’m covering for 3 people plus another coworker for part of the day. Im not looking forward to how busy it will be but hopefully the rest of the week will be quiet.
My 3 older kids are in school, but the 3-year-old has a teacher in service day today, so his preschool is closed. I had to speak at a local conference. My panel was at 12:50 and I figured I shouldn’t just show up for that, so I went down to catch the end of the pre-lunch panel and then had lunch (I had DS3 till 11 and then turned him over to DH who is WFH).
I should have been good and stayed to network after my panel, but instead I’m heading home to relieve DH and head to DS2’s soccer practice.
Weekend was good! I took the 3 boys to the beach yesterday afternoon and was reminded that I need to do that more often. It’s weird to live normal life a few miles from the beach and sort of forget that it’s there
I have today off, but no one else in my family does. I’ve spent the entire day cleaning/sorting/purging, most of it in DD’s room. It looks so much better but will only last until Friday at the latest. And even that long is only because she leaves for science camp tomorrow and doesn’t get back until Friday.
My oldest is at his first day at a job! He’s working at a restaurant.
My youngest is doing so, so well. We are meeting tomorrow to revise his Behavior Intervention Plan. ExH is coming. He’s literally never been to an IEP meeting in any of the 8 years of any of the kids having one. This is part of a 504 but same point-he never came to anything until this spring. .
I suspect he’s driving the 1.5 hour each way so that we can be in same room. I’ve noticed that ever since his interception of my text messages was severed. Coming to random things like orthodontist appointments, when I used to have to beg him just to help me take the kids and he loved having the power to leave me in the lurch and use up all my sick time…now he wants to come?
sandandsea, I am so sorry. I hope the upcoming days bring peace and love to your family.
Is it migraine season? I thought I felt one coming on this morning. I've taken way more ibuprofen than I should. My coworkers and I like having the lights dim or off in our office and have lamps at our desks for direct light on work. This and my glasses, instead of contacts, were my saving grace today. I had to be in a fully lit room for a couple of hours this afternoon and it nearly did me in. Plus I was anxious because I was in said room to help facilitate a group during a large meeting. Facilitating doesn't come as naturally to me as I'd like, so the stress and looming migraine were a bad combo. Fortunately, my group was great today and we accomplished a lot
The weekend went well. If you read my - uh - rant about my husband not considering my work circumstances as much as I'd like, thank you for your time. I leveled with him yesterday morning, explaining how challenging it is for me to rearrange my work schedule, especially when it's so he can have fun. He apologized. I told him I was totally in support of him going back to our former city to help his mom post-surgery, but that he'd have to make arrangements for other people to take our kids to band practices and bus stops in the mornings when he's gone. He decided it wasn't worth it 😎
This week is typical. The fall weather is fantastic, so I'm hopeful it will be good-typical.
Well I was having a really good Monday until an employee just told me she was leaving. Now I’m trying to get a counter offer together which she probably won’t accept. Damn it.
sandandsea, I’m sorry for your family’s loss. It just sucks and there’s no getting around that.
I was off all of last week and then the office was closed yesterday, so I'm getting myself back into the swing of things today.
DH is doing ok dealing with the loss of his friend. We went away for the weekend to visit my family and go to the fair, so I think that helped distract him a lot versus just staying home. It was a long, crazy week dealing with everything so it was nice to get the change of scenery and relaxing time.
DD1 and I had an interesting conversation this weekend. I think she's basically at the point where she has no use for her dad and if her pet cats weren't at his house, she'd never care about going over there. She straight up asked me if she could just take the bus home to our house instead of his house whenever she wants. I explained that no, dad gets his days and I get my days and she can't just make up her own schedule.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Oct 12, 2023 11:13:15 GMT -5
sandandsea, I'm so sorry for your loss. My dad's funeral was monday -- loosing a beloved parent or in law is just hard and it's hard for the kids. I'm sorry but I am glad your H was able to be there.