Back to Monday.

[mae0111]

How was the weekend?  What's up this week?

[rere]

A fun, late night at a college bar, makes for a very unproductive Saturday. Our friend that was with us, delusionally thought he was also going to a frat party. The college kids, friends of Ds, were hyping him up. No, you almost 50 yr old, we are going back to the hotel to sleep. But the band was awesome.

Got out a little for the Super Bowl Sunday, but watched the actual game and halftime at home.

Should be an interesting week. Lots of meetings and former boss is on a rampage about something, so I'll just set back and watch.

[mae0111]

Our weekend was quieter than planned. DD2 woke up with a low fever on Saturday morning, so we ended up skipping basketball and soccer. I went for a 4.5 mile walk, and my only other plan was driving DD1 to and from a birthday party 30 mins away. She ended up getting a ride home, so DH, DD2 and I watched a movie together while DD1 was at her party.

Yesterday I got up early and went for a 4 mile walk with my neighbor, then just did a ton of laundry and did some cooking. DD1 went to a friend's house and DD2 was still not feeling great, so she worked quietly on a school art project and just hung out. We watched the superbowl for a while - what a great game! We stopped watching at the end of the 3rd, and I was hoping SF would pull it off... oh well!

This week will be a little busy but not terrible. A few extra appointments, but a few cancellations, so it should all be fine.

[waverly]

DS had an unusually social weekend. The indoor soccer place was closed this weekend, no idea why, but no games were scheduled for either kid.

DS had 2 BB games, a birthday party, and went with his BB team to a college game. DD and I went to his games. Then we all went to a Super Bowl party.

Still grieving my uncle.  My mom had an episode on Saturday where she told my sister she was drunk and it was noon.  So sister, having just survived all the drama with the aunt, tapped me in on that one.  Apparently mom had an allergic reaction to Pepto Bismal, and also was dehydrated.  I don't know if she was actually drunk then, so not sure what is happening with that, but she does drink to fall asleep due to severe insomnia, and that is bad.  So we are trying to get her into therapy to manage her anxiety and also get her a sleep study.  

[sdlaura]

I'm starting out this week in not a great mood. Last night I sent DH and my two older kids to my friends' super bowl party and I stayed home and watched the game with my Mom and my two little boys. And the boys were just in rare form and fighting with each other more than normal. I ended up taking them to the playground mid-game to get energy out and missed the halftime show. Then today was cleaning lady day, which meant having to straighten the house up a lot last night, and also I'm on an interview panel for our firm's new Director of HR, and my Boston colleagues scheduled me for an interview this morning much earlier than I normally would have gotten to the office. DS2 was the first one up and woke me up earlier than I wanted to get up by telling me that the puppy pooped in the kitchen, because DS2 let her out of her crate but didn't take her outside. Not a great way to start the day. Ugh. But I realized these are all total first world/high class annoyances in the scheme of things.

Tomorrow I head to Santa Fe, NM for a dinner tomorrow night and two client meetings Wednesday. So I need to get all the kids' Valentine's Day stuff together today. Then we go on a snow trip this weekend with friends. I'm looking forward to the trip itself, but before we go I need to get a ton of work done, pick up the snowboards, get out all the cold weather/snow stuff and make sure it's the right sizes for the kids (since we only wear it once a year), get everything ready for the puppy to stay with a friend of mine and drop her off half an hour away, get everything ready for DS3 to stay with my parents for the weekend, etc etc. It will be a week But once I get there it will hopefully be fun and mildly relaxing!

[186momx]

Where was the weekend? DD and I went to the acro tumbling match Saturday night. Parking was a nightmare, so I parked where I always park when I went to school which is on the opposite side of campus. DD found it very nerve racking to be walking between buildings and in alley ways at 6:15pm. Match was interesting as we were supporting the away team and had 1/3 of the stands filled with HPU fans. HPU lost the match after the final rotation but it was very interesting to see the mix of gymnastics, acro, and cheer and to see how powerfully strong these ladies were. Afterwards we walked back through the heart of campus which wasn't as scary even though it was 9:30. DD got pretty nervous walking pass the college bars though.

Saturday DD and I spent a good 2 hours cleaning up the house and just picking up and dealing with all the clutter in the common areas. I was so pissed when I got home from work Sunday to find the kitchen table full of random crap and the living room with piles of stuff. It was 100% DH but I was annoyed that it couldn't say clean for even 24hrs. I made some bread and cooked a yummy dinner of salmon, carrots, and pasta.

DD is attempting to cook a whole chicken in the oven tonight. I love that she loves to cook and that she is okay with cooking one night a week. She isn't a huge fan of touching raw meat so fingers crossed things go okay. I will be at my acupuncture appointment so won't even be able to assist over the phone.

[dglvrk2]

My weekend ended better than it started, sort of... Today I'm a bit disregarded...

Saturday morning, the Ds and I skied together. It was a bluebird day and the Ds are skiing very well. They're also fighting -for lack of better words - very well. Between 8 am and 3 pm Saturday, when they were not skiing, they were fighting over the dumbest of things.

H and I had a few exchanges Saturday the made it clear we're not seeing eye to eye. He also made an insensitive remark about my work last week that I haven't completely processed, so....I need to deal.

DD1 and I left town to visit my sister in the hospital, her family and my parents Saturday afternoon.

My sister is recovering very slowly, but as expected, from brain surgery. She's very much bed bound while regaining her motor and verbal skills. She may leave the ICU today for a rehab center. I'm waiting to hear from my family.

My dad is as strong as ever, but my mom is a nervous wreck. DD1 was an angel this weekend, being patient with my mom and engaging with everyone. She was helpful without being asked etc.

We left my family late yesterday afternoon after a good day with my sister and parents, a nice lunch and a beautiful walk. My heart was full .

H was driving to the big city where my sister is receiving treatment as he has meetings there this week. He had DD2 with him. We met for dinner about half way between the city and our town. Since I'm solo parenting most of this week, I thought a family dinner would be a good time to go over plans to make sure our next few days would run smoothly. H seemed more interested in his phone than listening to plans, which perturbed me. I feel like every time he leaves town, I have to really pull out all the strings to make our weeks run smoothly. However, when I go out of town, which is not much, it's still on me to make sure they're week at home goes well. I'm feeling unappreciated, especially since he rarely acknowledges what I do when he goes out of town.

DD1 woke up in a very grouchy mood, complaining she didn't want to go to school. By the time I got her to school, she seemed to turn it around. But between my sister being so sick, H not getting it, and her, I'm just not as happy as I want to be.

[dglvrk2]

Feb 12, 2024 11:12:16 GMT -5 waverly said:

DS had an unusually social weekend. The indoor soccer place was closed this weekend, no idea why, but no games were scheduled for either kid.

DS had 2 BB games, a birthday party, and went with his BB team to a college game. DD and I went to his games. Then we all went to a Super Bowl party.

Still grieving my uncle.  My mom had an episode on Saturday where she told my sister she was drunk and it was noon.  So sister, having just survived all the drama with the aunt, tapped me in on that one.  Apparently mom had an allergic reaction to Pepto Bismal, and also was dehydrated.  I don't know if she was actually drunk then, so not sure what is happening with that, but she does drink to fall asleep due to severe insomnia, and that is bad.  So we are trying to get her into therapy to manage her anxiety and also get her a sleep study.  

Oh my! Seems like you're the rock for your family right now. They're lucky to have you be so centered. I hope you can take time for yourself and have friends/family you can go to when you need them. <3

[madringal]

Mondays without a job are so much better than Mondays with one.

The weekend was spent in Indy for the HS state meet, DD1 and her team did fantastic, but we are all exhausted. Very glad my kids are all at school and I can just be lazy in a quiet house today.

[mommyatty]

I had an okay weekend. I’m still ready to scream because DD’s school hasn’t made a decision about DS yet. He’s falling farther and farther behind while they wait for something from his old school that the old school says they already sent. I’m so annoyed. And frustrated.

My BFF’s husband has been having medical issues. He’s been to the ER three times in the past week or two. Yesterday they went to a different ER than the first two times and got a diagnosis at least. And lots of meds. I guess his diabetes (that he doesn’t control worth a crap) has caused nerve damage that’s causing his digestive system to basically just… stop. Stop moving food and liquid through, stop absorbing nutrients, stop getting rid of waste. He was in tons of pain. But I guess the dr yesterday got the right meds and now he’s finally doing better, but she said this is going to be a long road. And is going to require he actually control his diabetes better.

I’m on another business trip. I’ve very tired of traveling right now. It’s been a lot, and I’m over it.

[twinmomma]

Monday hit me like a ton of bricks! I've been in 6 hours straight of meetings in the office when normally I'd be working from home. I leave here and head to a doctor's appointment, so it's a marathon day! I can't wait to get home and relax with DH.

Our weekend was busy! The girls had 2 friends sleep over on Friday night. On Saturday morning they all begged me to take them to the trampoline place, so I did to get them out of the house and burn some energy. I'm not sure how they had the energy to do it since they stayed up until 2 AM! The parents of the sleepover friends met us at the trampoline park with their other kids so we all go to sit and visit for a couple hours while the kids ran around, which was a really nice treat. Then everyone finally went home and we all crashed hard with naps and movie time.

I feel like DH and I had a step-parenting breakthrough discussion this weekend. It finally dawned on me that we both go into parenting discussions about the three kids on high alert, with our guards up, and ready to fight because that's what we deal with when we have to coparent with our exes. We both realized that the two of us are on the same team and we don't have to come in hot to each other. It was such light bulb moment to say that out loud and acknowledge it that way. It also blows my mind that we are healthy enough to have those conversations. I always feel so mature and well adjusted afterwards. LOL

[supertrooper1]

The weekend was pretty good. Saturday, Beau and I decided to check out a new offroad vehicle park. We knew it was small and geared towards beginners but we still had fun. It only took us about 30 minutes to ride the main trails, even with some snow slowing us down. We found a few more advanced trails and ended up spending about 3 hours riding. It would be a good place for me to keep practicing the basics, but I'm not sure it's worth the drive. It took us almost 3 hours to get home due to ski and tourism traffic. Sunday morning, we met Beau's family for breakfast and then came home to eat too much and watch the game.

[sandandsea]

This weekend we cleaned and emptied the garage to get new garage doors today. They’re in the middle of it now and I think I’m really liking them but haven’t gone out to really gawk yet.
Ds1 had a friend over for the Super Bowl so I think that’s going to become a tradition. I had a work trip scheduled in March that just got postponed which is good because ds1 and Dh were going to be OOT and leaving about 6 hours before I got back to town so ds2 would have been here without a parent in state while at school which should have been okay but it’s scary to rely on flights and ask friends to be a backup in case there are issues. I feel better knowing it’s postponed.

Everyone is recovering from the game yesterday so all of my meetings today have kinda been downers but there’s always next year.

[librarychica]

Oh my goodness this weekend was much busier than I expected. One of DD2’s friend’s mom’s called me Saturday morning and she’d been called into work but could I take her DD to the school fair? Of course I could, but then DD and I’s “stop by” turned into 4 hours of 3rd graders running wild. DD1 wanted to come study at the library while I took my quilling class after, which was also fine, but then she wanted to go to the hobby store for some crafts and H and DD2 wanted to go too, and then we were out so let’s get dinner, oh, we need to drop by the grocery store to get stuff for family potluck sunday …..

The whole weekend was like that. We didn't get home from my inlaws until almost 10 sunday. Today my work plan was derailed by support calls and directors curious about things, then kids dentist appointment. DD2 did make spaghetti and salad for dinner though. I love having each girl cook one night. Are we slways eating tacos or spaghetti? So far. Are they not great at cleaning up? Well neither is H. I'll still take it.

Also I was super moody all weekend. I annoyed myself, I annoyed my family. I spent an hour pulling weeds this evening and now I feel great? I guess I just needed some exercise.

[mae0111]

We had a really rough night. DD1 had a complete meltdown because she decided TONIGHT that she needed valentines RIGHY NOW and we needed to drop everything and take her to pick them out.

She is 14.5. I didn’t think for one second that she would want to hand out valentines. She never mentioned it before tonight. I’ve gone to a bunch of stores lately. DD2 finished hers in like January. She saw them and never mentioned anything.

We can’t go tomorrow because we are expecting up to a foot of snow quickly and I don’t feel comfortable driving in it.

I suggested that she make some. She made a birthday card over the weekend that was amazing - she is so talented! I offered her Valentines Blow Pops that I had, along with some candy I just bought. I had done valentine bags left over from recent years. I told her to make brownies or cookies during the snow day.

But that was after a lot of screaming. A LOT. From both of us. It was awful and I feel terrible.

And I will spend tomorrow refereeing since they have a snow day.

Ugh.

[dglvrk2]

mae0111, sending you hugs and a virtual glass of your favorite beverage. Meltdowns like this are so rough. DD1 has had her share and I come out more wrecked than she does. Can you take some time for yourself tonight to decompress? Will you get any time to yourself tomorrow?