Happy Monday!

[twinmomma]

Ready for another week? How was the weekend for everyone? 

[twinmomma]

The sun is shining here, so that's a major win! It makes me want to open all the windows and air the house out, but it's only 30 degrees, so I will not be doing that.

Remember how I said I was finally feeling better on Friday? Joke's on me. By Sunday my congestion had turned into sinus infection status and I have double pink eye. I look like Quasimodo and am just a gross mess. My right eye looks like I was punched in the face, it's so swollen. Yesterday I was a whiny mess because it hurt so bad. I think DH was ready to kill me. Today it doesn't hurt as much, but it's still super swollen so I can't work much since staring at the screen is rough.

I'm supposed to have an appointment to meet my new PCP this afternoon, so I need to see if they want me to do that or reschedule. I'm finally changing practices after like fifteen years. I loved my old doctor, but loathed everything else about the practice itself. When she left, I decided it was time for me to move on and find a new place. Hopefully I like this new one!

[librarychica]

We had a wonderful Saturday and a meh Sunday. H is still recovering so I took the youngest for kayaking trip Saturday morning on the chain of lakes in a fancy part of town. We were on the water over 4 hours and she had such a great time! It was perfect kayak weather — 55-65, sunny, glass-calm. She’s never been on a longer trip with just me and I’m so proud of how she did. DD1 had a friend’s birthday that evening and had a wonderful time.

Sunday DD2 was in an awful mood, H was still kind of sick but also wanted to get chores in the garage done so we all were roped into that. The kids road bikes.

DD2,9, has been such a handful lately. I thought it was her 12yo sister who was supposed to be giving me fits? DD2 argues with everyone about everything, is either on top of the world or in the depths of despair, is very demanding of emotional attention and support…. I think she stole her sister’s mood swings. I am very tired. H and I got in a fight over how to handle her this morning and now are not speaking to one another. Fun start to the week.

[rere]

Great weekend. The weather was nice enough to run outside both days, I haven't been able to do that since sometime before Christmas.

Our fundraiser was a lot of fun, we didn't win anything, but oh well. We got in late so Sunday was pretty low key with some meal prep.

Another week of meetings, but no real deadlines on anything, so not super stressful.

Dh is having anxiety because there have been guys in the plant are being very vocal with frustrations with management, so they are sending someone from the main office and have chosen DH to talk to them. Problem being, he doesn't work in the plant. He's in the office, so doesn't have their same frustration. So not a great spokesman, but was picked because he's not a hot head. I have gathered some data on salaries and trends over the last several years thar he can use, but he really doesn't know what they want.

[k3am]

I was dumb (or brilliant) and killed a few hours at the hotel bar with all the other stranded folks. It was actually a pretty night considering the circumstances, but between the wine and the storm outside being so loud, sleep didn’t happen.

I’m just killing time and refreshing my flight status until I get ready and will avoid packing as long as possible…

[dglvrk2]

k3am, my in-laws are stranded at SFO because of the storms. I imagine they did the same thing you did, killed time at the hotel bar Good luck getting out today.

librarychica, waverly turned me onto the Ask Lisa podcasts. She talks about puberty beginning with door slamming, not boobs and periods. I'm here with you in solidarity. DD1 is 12.5. the last 18 months have been a rollercoaster. She still has mood swings, but they seem to be leveling out (knock on wood!). Annnndddd.....just as she seems more even keel, her ten year old sister is bumping up her argumentative and stubborn tendencies. Fun times.

My sister goes in for her first of two surgeries in a few hours. I did not travel with the family to the surgery. It's just the first step in a long recovery, but a big one. I'll be waiting for news all day.

It's a snow day here. We got a combination of rain and snow last night. Roads are gnarly and winds are really high. I'm going to catch up on some work and possibly ski for a few hours since I can work from home today.

This week will be....this week. I am leading what I hope to be a good all-day meeting tomorrow. DD1 has the last of her volleyball games for the season tomorrow and Thursday. My sister will likely come home from her surgery on Friday. I'm just taking things day by day.

[k3am]

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The dumb part was drinking more wine than I should have. But I’m an introvert by nature and it doubles as social lubricant. And I like wine. And the bartender was overly generous by the end of the night.

[polecat8]

I'm coming off of a stressful and busy last two weeks.
I've been swamped with work and taekwondo events. Then my brother had surgery last week to repair a herniated disc in his neck. While I knew he would be ok, it was the first time I walked into the hospital where my Dad had open heart surgery and eventually passed. I worked from the hospital to keep my mind busy and to lower my anxiety. My brother is doing well now and I proved to myself that I could get through another piece of my grief.
On Saturday, I judged a science competition and then I was able to come home and relax. Yesterday we went to the grocery store and generally hung around the house. I was glad to have some lazy time. So I exercised, watched a movie, and fell asleep on the couch for a bit.
The weather will be gorgeous all week (50s and brilliantly sunny) so I believe the groundhog was right about Spring coming early.
I got a summons for jury duty in two weeks. It is for federal grand jury so I'll be on call for two weeks and I have a deadline for work at the end of the month along with taekwondo belt testing, so it's not the greatest timing. I just had jury duty last May for local civic court and wasn't selected, but I had to sit all day at the court house before they figured it out. I'm hoping for quick and painless this time around.

[mae0111]

We had a pretty good weekend! Friday afternoon I picked up DD2 and 3 of her friends at school and brought them back to our house for a few hours. They hung out, had snacks, did karaoke, and made posters to cheer on the girls varsity basketball team that evening at their school. I drove them back a few hours later, and then DH picked up both kids after the social/pep rally/game.

Saturday DD2 had a basketball game, and then she had a friend over for a few hours. DD1 couldn't find anyone to hang out with so we played some cards and she just hung out. DH and I went out for dinner for the first time since like mid-December, and we broke our Dry January... it was anticlimactic, but we had a nice time together.

Sunday I met my high school friends for brunch at a nice outdoor shopping area. 2 left right after brunch and one friend and I hung out, walked, and shopped for a bit. Then DH and I took the dog for a long-ish walk and I made dinner. The kids kept trying to rope me in to organizing plans with their friends, but I told them that I was not going to be chained to my phone making plans for them while I was out with my friends, something I do like twice a year.

Today was a tough morning in our house. DD2 has alllll the attitude when it comes to DD1, and I'm getting really sick of it. librarychica, I hear you about the 9/10 emotions/attitude. It's getting infuriating, and I'm also completely worn out between the two kids. We now have to reinstate our morning schedule so that they can't be in the same room at the same time. There has been an issue with one or both kids for the past few weeks in the morning, between DD1 refusing to get ready for school because she "doesn't feel like it" and DD2 monopolizing the bathroom for no reason. Ugh.

[sandandsea]

Dh and ds made it home around midnight because of delays. Ds2 and I had a quiet weekend, ran errands Saturday , picked up the house , went to a movie and relaxed at home during the storm on Sunday. It’s still raining and there are downed trees and branches everywhere but thankfully the wind has died off.

[cjcouple]

It was good. Like many others, the sun was shining but cold. I didn't care though. I still got my pup out for some walks. I just bundled up and let the sun shine on my face for a while and it was great!!

Not as much housework accomplished as I wish but it'll be here so....

[k3am]

3/4 that should have left already today have been cancelled. Fingers crossed I don’t end up at another hotel tonight.

[sdlaura]

I'm glad a lot of people had some needed sun We did too, before our SoCal rain this week (though we're not super impacted like a lot of areas of CA).

We had a good weekend - lots of sports. Kids had fun and my parents got to see them play, and DH and I got to see some of our favorite sports parent friends. There was a little end of season party for DD's basketball team which was fun.

Then last night, I'm not sure why, but my little boys slept like crap. DS2 woke me up at like 11 pm right after I went to sleep to ask for water. DS3 was running around screaming at 3 am. No obvious thing wrong but he woke DS2 up and the dog. So had to take her out. Then either DS2 or DS3, who share a room, were up and down for the next 1.5 hours wanting to go to the bathroom or needing water or whatever. Then my alarm was set for 5:50 am to go to 6:05 OrangeTheory, since that's the only time I could workout today, and you can't cancel that without getting charged. So I got very little sleep. But I did have a good workout and as I'm stretching at the end, my friend who was there said "is that sign for you?" There was a "Laura's 500th class" sign. It was for me and they made me take a picture with it

[supertrooper1]

Beau came home sick on Friday with whatever I had the weekend before but worse. He's not the man-cold type, so I knew it really hit him. He stayed home and slept Saturday while I took DS to visit my parents. Beau was a little better Sunday but didn't feel like going anywhere, and neither did DS, so we stayed home. We got outside to fly drones for a bit, but mostly just lounged around.

I'm really hoping for a slow work week since last week was so busy. Wednesday we'll have a special evening for DS for an early Valentine's since he'll be with his dad next week. I have heart shaped pasta and red and white Rice Krispies for a treat.

[waverly]

In-laws visited. Friday night we exchanged Christmas presents (delayed because they had Covid). They got me a souvenir from a Broadway Show that they went to which I thought was strange because I wasn't with them, so the meaning of the present was completely lost on me. Plus they kind of presented it as tickets but instead it was a gag gift. I totally wasn't planning on tickets it was just the way they talked about it plus they included the play bill. And they gave DH a t shirt that was 2 sizes too big for him.

Saturday, the kids had 3 games. I had to shuttle the in-laws to 2 of them because DH was assistant coach for the last game and the times overlapped. And I was getting annoyed that I cooked breakfast and had to figure out lunch. I'm basically a princess who wants DH to figure out all food related stuff lets be honest. This is because he wants be in control and is picky.  We went to a nice dinner that night which I also figured out.  Inlaws wanted a place they had never been before, and I wanted easy, so I won that battle because I didn't want more driving after all the games. 

Sunday, they popped by for a minute before they headed out of town, and then we went to DS's BB game.

I am leaving tomorrow to visit my uncle who is dying. I have to drive 3.5 hours to the hotel then an hour to visit him and an hour back. Any tips for staying awake in the car? 5.5 hours of driving is really pushing my limits. Plus the last hour, I will probably be upset driving back to the hotel.

[186momx]

DD and I had a good girls weekend. The weather was amazing. I updated gymnastics over in the sports thread. Got home about 7 last night. DH said he did house chores all day Saturday. I had an empty dishwasher, a full sink of dirty dishes, and DH still had his laundry to deal with. I have no idea what house chores he spent all his time doing and will be playing catch up all week on household stuff. DD said she would make pizza dough after school today so we could have pizza tonight.

Today is a Monday. Ran out of coffee at work, Dad had to go home and help mom deal with computer tech problems, my payroll program has lost its ability to multiply correctly but I did finally get through to be told tech support will hopefully get back to me by Friday. The office is quieter than I expected which seems to be a good thing.

Busy week between work and extras. My acupuncture appointment isn't today but Friday and I could really use it today.