Grey Monday

[mae0111]

It's a cold, damp, grey Monday here... how was the weekend?  What's up this week?

[rere]

Nice weekend. We watched the game Saturday. Sunday the inlaws wanted us to come by for dinner. Dh turned them down thankfully. I can do during the week or lunch, but Sunday night is our reset for the week. We usually cook several things to meal prep for the week, straighten the house, maybe even do things like a a hair mask or faceial masks and generally unwind watching trash tv.

A pretty calm week work wise. I have a later meeting this afternoon, so I get home a bit later. But for the most part hopefully get some things off my list. I've has 4 60-100 page strategic planning, community assessment type reports that fell behind during Covid that I have caught up in the last year. The performance management report is the last one and due thus spring, so I need to get started.

[sandandsea]

My weekend was nice but a little weird. I went to the city to see a Cirque show with friends Friday night and it was amazing. When I got home at 11:15pm two police were outside my house with lights on, then I saw the dead deer they had moved to the side of the road. I pulled in our driveway and saw blood all over our front (artificial) lawn and sidewalk so I told Dh (had seen the deer but not the lawn) and we spent the next hour and a half cleaning the yard.

The next morning Dh took the boys to the track and the fish and wildlife people came and asked if I knew about it and if there was an arrow in it. They were giddy to have a “real” case but I highly doubt anyone was illegally bow hunting in our very suburban area. And there were no arrows. It looked like a coyote attack to us which is much more plausible.

The rest of the weekend was chill with cleaning inside and outside, laundry, and watching the niners game.

Ds1 has a math test today so we studied for that this weekend and I know it means today will be rough. Only a few more months of this class. The rest of the week should be normal except ds1 and Dh leave Thursday night for a race next weekend while ds2 and I stay home.

[mae0111]

We were supposed to get this medium rain/snow storm last night and all day today. 3-6 inches of super wet snow expected. I woke up to... wet grass and pavement. Not a flake of snow stuck to the ground. Worst snowstorm ever.

The weekend was pretty good. Friday DD2 and I hung out after school while DD1 was at a school basketball game. Saturday DD2 had a basketball game while DD1 went to a friend's house. Sunday both kids were supposed to go to friends' houses, but DD2's friends' mom got sick so I ended up having her friend at our house while DD1 went to her friend's house.

Today the kids are home and we had student-led parent/advisor conferences. The process was really interesting and informative. We don't get a lot of feedback like that from our kids, and I was really impressed with the way they went about it.

I am absolutely worn out today. I was exhausted yesterday and didn't really do a ton, and I went to bed at 930 last night. I woke up around 6 and was still utterly exhausted. I don't know if I'm getting sick or if it's just the time in my cycle, but my arms and legs ache and I can barely stay up. I've already had 2 cups of tea so far. I have to get through my work day, couples therapy with DH, and I have to drive DD1 and her buddies to a movie later. Ugh I just want to sleep...

[twinmomma]

We had a busy weekend but it was all good. Friday night was DS's friend party and it went really well. They all had a lot of fun and it was so nice to see him in the middle of a group of friends. We also finally met his step dad and he seems like a super nice guy. DH and I were both joking that it's going to be harder to dislike him now. We were hoping some of the parents would hang around at the house for cake and visiting so we could get to know them, but they all dropped off the kids instead. I get it, drop off parties are amazing. But we also want to make parent friends with these people! It's so tricky to be the "other" house, in the other town when all these other moms are SAHMs that all live near each other.

Sunday we went out to lunch in the city and took the kids to an escape room place that they love. Lunch was great! It was a ramen place and the girls were trying all the different stuff and loving it.

Today is my annual review. I'm sure it'll go well. I'm curious to see if/what I get for a raise this year!

[waverly]

We had a game Sat and Sun. Sunday night we had friends over to watch the Lions game. Ugh disappointing that they lost.

I'm going to stop trying to call everyone neighbors because that is confusing here due to the spots of neighbor drama here and there.

The last 3 nights I had woken up at 5:30 am feeling absolutely terrible, so I was super excited that I slept until 7:30 today and skipped that annoyance. I think it was because I was fighting off DD's cold, but could have been anxiety over having the friends over which really there was no reason to be anxious except maybe because I was consciously distancing myself from them. The guys relationship was always more solid than the girls and the mom seems to piss me off once a year.  But all went well probably because we didn't make any plans for the kids for the future, which is where things go awry when we try to coordinate sports team and Cub Scout/ Girl Scout stuff.  

[librarychica]

DD1 and I were knocked out with Covid pretty much from Friday until last night. Well I was knocked out. Poor DD was sick for a day, now feels fine, and is stuck on one side of the house with her feverish mother. We are thing to keep DD2 healthy for her school play. She’s the lead and she will be heartbroken if she has to miss it. So far she and H test negative.

Attempting to get some work done today while also attempting to not talk to anyone at all.

Someone replied to an email/report I asked for their feedback on in OCTOBER and then again in November asking for clarification. My friend, we have all moved on.

[k3am]

No gray here. Enough sun that I can barely see my monitor even with the lousy excuse for "window shades" down in my office. We're supposed to be in the 70's.

We saw a couple walking into our favorite breakfast place yesterday wearing Lions gear. DS quietly shook his head and I heard him mutter "that's just wrong" under his breath and I may never be the same.

DS had a birthday party yesterday that started at 4pm. It was 30 mins from home, so we had to leave RIGHT as the game started. Sports radio on the drive over, and thankfully one of the dads I'm friend with had the game up on his phone. It was pretty hilarious to see the group of 8-9 of us huddled up around a tiny iphone propped up on a ledge. Happy we're going to the Super Bowl, annoyed it's against Taylor and Travis.

[supertrooper1]

There is no end in sight for the grey and rain in our PNW forecast. I'm hoping for a quiet work week, although it's starting off busy because I'm covering for my coworker who has her first day of radiation today after finishing her chemo.

The weekend was pretty good. We ended up at the casino Friday night after dinner with Beau's mom and brother. We agreed to only use the free play we had, and Beau ended up hitting a good jackpot. So that allowed him to justify buying a new gaming computer that he's been wanting for a while. We spent most of Saturday shopping for the computer, which required going to Best Buy twice and two different Costco's because they each only had one of the monitors that he wanted. Sunday we spent most of the day watching football.

[sdlaura]

We have great weather here like k3am . Last Monday was our deluge and people's houses flooded, so I'm glad that's over!

My kids' sports teams did not win any of their six games across three sports this weekend - but they had fun and got exercise and improved. And I enjoyed hanging with the other parents. The kids also had two practices in addition to the six games!

The 50th birthday dinner/party Saturday night ended up being super fun. A lot of parents from DD's new softball team were there, so it was good to get to know them better. But the party organizers had a real bartender making cocktails and OMG they were SO strong. I had 3 cocktails across 4 hours, with some waters mixed in, and I can't remember the last time I got that drunk. We got there at 5 pm, so we were home at like 9:15 pm (very West coast hours for a party), and after I said goodbye to the babysitter, I laid down in bed fully clothed and passed out  The room was totally spinning. I woke at at 2 am and changed and brushed my teeth and took Advil. I dragged myself to my workout class at 8:20 am and was a little worried I might puke, but it actually ended up being a good workout and I think I sweated out whatever was left. But I'm going to be a lot more careful the next time I drink cocktails!

[186momx]

Today started off with dense fog so gray. But the sun is out now and they say it is supposed to be 60. Yesterday was gorgeous but the rain and gray will return tonight and for the rest of the week. At least the snow/rain/high wind storm they were predicting for the week has left the forecast.

Saturday I worked, did the Costco run, got b-day cake, and did b-day family dinner. It was a long day. When we were at Costco I gave DD $$ to go get smoothies while I dealt with insurance stuff at the pharmacy. She came back without smoothies and all flustered. The boy from school J was at the food court and it was busy and she didn't feel safe waiting in the long line with J there. I guess I know why she is asking for so many mental health days at school. I did send a request to the counselor at school to meet with her ASAP and told DD she needed to tell her about Saturday. I wish I had know how bad it had gotten when I was at her IEP meeting Friday because the Vice Principal was at our meeting.

Sunday I did all the household stuff plus made some bread. It was so nice that I was able to air the house out.

IEP update she no longer has it. Her current LA teacher is still allowing her the same supports that were in place (voice typing, computer usage for all writing assignments) and will make a note so her teachers know next year. They assured me that at high school no one will make her write papers on paper and as far as it taking so long that is DD's issue because she is a perfectionist. DD is okay with loosing it right now because school is easy and it gets her out of academic support but then she says she is going to miss her free period. She gets thrown into an elective mid tri-mester today.

[librarychica]

My child. “I’d like to make a Google slide instead of a poster but I can’t get into into my Google slide account and Ms K says she doesn’t know. I tried all my school passwords! It’s been weeks!”

Me “did you ask your father to look at it with you? Or me?”

Child, like this is a crazy idea.” Oh could you do something like that? Ms K couldn’t.”

Me “yes, of course we can help. Ms K has like 25 of you, we just have the one to worry about.”

Internally”YOUR FATHER WRITES SOFTWARE AND I WORK IN IT WHY WON’T YOU ASK FOR COMPUTER HELP OMGWTFBBQ!!!!”

[AdaraMarie]

It is beautiful in Colorado today. We had a lazy weekend but now I need to get it together because I have a ton of things to do at work that are overdue.
The lazy weekend wasn't intentional, I had a lot I should have done, including catching up on work and taking down Christmas decorations.

[vasc]

Great chill weekend for us. Went to a social event Friday night that our kids are usually the only kids at but there were three other kids who came, so that was nice.

Saturday was yoga for me and then chilling around the house. DH rallied the kids to clean the bathrooms. I took a couch nap.

Sunday was another yoga class. In the afternoon I took DS to Old Navy. Both kids have outgrown their pants and have ankles showing so I forked out $$$ for several replacement pair.

Sunday night DH and I went to see “Company” at the local theater. We didn’t care for it and left at intermission.

[erbear]

Weekend was good. We didn't really do much, which was nice.

This week is pretty busy. Our oven broke and of course DD2 decided she wanted to do a cake wars party for her birthday on Saturday, so I need to borrow a friend's oven for a few hours. Sigh. DD2 also has play rehearsal every day this week, and Friday is Black Excellence Night at school so a long evening tacked on at the end of the week.

Braggy brag: Semester ended this week. For all of her struggles (9th grader, ADHD, not much support at school, lots of EF coaching from me at home), DD1 killed it. She got 3 As (in her non-honors classes and electives) and B+/Bs in her 3 honors classes. School isn't easy for her but she did so well!

[callmekd]

My twins are 7 today!

It was also 42 degrees and we have no snow. This is the weirdest winter (Minnesota for reference)