Holiday Monday

[186momx]

Who's working today?  Who's kids have to go to school to make up days?  How was the weekend?

[186momx]

I'm working but we have very few appointments today as we need a day to actual work and not just talk to people. DD has today off but her school district is the only district in our area that doesn't' have school.

Weekend was okay. DH did get me a DQ cake for my birthday yesterday and he cleaned up the kitchen and vacuumed the house while I worked for a while. DD cried when we got home because he cleaned the counters off by pilling it all onto the kitchen table which she had cleaned on Friday. I took Saturday off for gymnastics so I needed to work yesterday so this week won't be as crazy. I have a few mom things to deal with this week too (haircuts, acutherapy for DD and acupuncture for myself, vet for the dog, and normal gymnastics plus a meet this coming Saturday.

[twinmomma]

I'm working. We don't get this holiday off and the kids still have school. I think it's because in our state, school break is next week so they don't give today as a holiday.

I started out the day super ready to go and got a lot done while blasting some Broadway music in my home office. Then I had a lunchtime therapy appointment and have been struggling to get back on track since then. Usually I schedule therapy for the end of the day so I can just veg out after and recover, but my therapist had to shift today's appointment. And of course, we got into some heavy stuff so I'm just in a weird headspace now.

This week should be relatively low key as we head into winter break next week. The kids all have some spirit week stuff going on, but nothing crazy to coordinate. Plus, they're at an age where we tell them the theme and they figure it out themselves now. So nice!

[librarychica]

I am also working today. H and the kids have the day off. He took the girls for DD’s sports physical, to lunch, and to run errands so it’s been fairly quiet here except for my dog barking insanely at the heavy equipment being used on my street. Two weeks of sidewalk and drainage construction and my poor dog has a nervous condition now. We have some folks coming for dinner and work is very frustrating today so I am going to spend my lunch break here shortly angry vacuuming.

[waverly]

Our weekend was lovely because we only had 1 game!! Indoor soccer is on a break for Presidents weekend. Next weekend we have 5 games though, so I will be suffering then. On Sunday, DH and I ignored the kids and booked our SD vacation home, and then we went to the furniture store. We did tons of laundry, so we felt pretty productive. It was nice to get away from the kids for a while, then we came back and DS grilled burgers. Saturday, we had a very leisurely morning then DS's 1 game and then a lazy evening.

It was great because we had the in-laws in town 2 weeks ago plus 4 games, and then last weekend we had 2 games, 2 parties and a college game. So it felt really nice to not have much to do and just do what we want.

I'm working today which is kind of a bummer, but I am taking Friday off becuase I have DS's IEP meeting from 10-11, and I feel like after 11 I am not going to want to drive to work anymore ha ha.

[rere]

I'm working. Yay? Everyone in our house is working today. Dd had a great weekend, but is a little blue going back. I think it's because she's going to the Dominican and not coming home for spring break.

We got to meet some of her new friends and they were super sweet. The local to us students from the university had some of the out of state girls come in with them and they had a hot tub night at one of their parents. They were funny. We are pretty rural, a very small town outside of a smallish city, so they were flabbergasted about the size of properties and that "there are literally trees on BOTH sides of the road."

In other news, we finally got a new mattress. Dd was appalled because she said she loves our bed and drug it into her room and put it on top of her full size mattress. OK kid.

I got to enjoy my brand new mattress for a total of 45 minutes before Dh's snoring sent me to the other rooom.

[mae0111]

My office is closed today, but I'm just doing some housekeeping things - tracking my hours, a few emails, etc. DH's office is open - I like to joke that it's because he has a super mean boss. DH and his team set the holiday schedule, and they all decided that they'd rather have more time off around Thanksgiving and Christmas, so they really don't have any long weekends until Memorial Day.

The kids are off today and tomorrow, but in school for the rest of the week. They are both hanging out with friends from outside of their school today. Tomorrow DD2 has a soccer scrimmage in the middle of the day, so I'll work before and after. Then therapy for both kids. DH is traveling Wed afternoon - Fri night, so I'll probably go into the office on Wednesday to minimize the dog's time alone.

The weekend was tough. Started out fine - I went to DD1's last basketball game even though she still can't play, then I dropped her at my parents' house for a sleepover. DH and DD2 had a Valentine's dinner date. Saturday DD2 had her last basketball game - they got killed by a team that they beat 2 weeks ago - so they're out of the playoffs. Then DH and I went out to dinner.

Sunday the kids got into a HUGE fight over nothing. NOTHING. But they got super rude and personal with each other and with me, so I cancelled all of their plans for the day. DD1 had a lengthy meltdown over it. DH and I sat them down and reiterated the rules, but the whole thing just kind of ruined my day. I'm trying to get across that I will NOT be going ANYWHERE during their 2 week break if they can't get along - I will not be embarrassed in public. The evening ended with me beating myself up about everything and DH not being at all supportive until I finally told him to stop kicking me while I was down.

We also cancelled DD1's piano lessons going forward. It broke my heart to do it, but she was refusing to learn anything that the teacher wanted her to do. She was only picking super easy songs with octave chords for left hand and the teacher was literally just sitting and watching her - because she didn't need any help. The teacher had approached me a few times about it and that she felt bad taking our money to do nothing. We have spoken to DD1 several times but she dug in her heels and refused... so we stopped the lessons. Such a bummer.

[k3am]

Not working and no school. The kids were complete monsters yesterday (stayed up way too late Saturday night!) and we’ve had a home day of them repenting. My house is now clean, baseboards scrubbed, laundry done, and it is very, nice. Even the dog got a bath and blowout and he’s nice and snuggly and smells so good. I felt the need to make focaccia, but I’m pretty sure at this point it will be a failure. But I’m letting it proof and seeing it through vs just dumping everything and hoping it surprises me.

Kids are off school this week and in skateboarding camp, so hoping for the best weather wise.

[k3am]

Update: Focaccia surprised me. The entire thing was devoured. It was a tid bit overcooked and had more crunch than I'd have liked, and plain since my kids would have seen rosemary and cried about it having 'vegetables' on it, but will definitely do it again if I'm stuck at home a whole day with nothing to do.

[186momx]

k3am, my mom got me a Dutch oven to make bread in for Christmas. I hadn't used it and then she got me the bread silicone things for the Dutch oven so I broke down and tried making a loaf in it over the weekend. It tastes okay if you like chewy crust. I have no clue what happened as it was fine when I went to bed. I also found the bottom almost burnt and tough to cut. Let's just say I will be postponing anymore experiments with it until later when I got more time as I found it fiddly and I'm the more dump and go baker.

[sdlaura]

We were in the mountains for the weekend with our friends. We had fun with them but skiing/snowboarding was kind of a mess. Sunday was a beautiful day and the traffic getting to the mountain/into the parking lot of the ski area was insane. Then it was rainy and gross weather Monday, so no traffic or crowds, but we all got so wet. Surprisingly the kids were pretty resilient and all had fun. 6-year-old DS2 proudly announced, with a smile, "this is the coldest I've ever been in my life!" Which makes sense since he lives in SoCal and is only 6

We left the puppy with my friend and DS3 with my parents, and everyone did well and was happy to be reunited yesterday (the kids had Monday and Tuesday off). It is very weird to be starting the work and school week on a Wednesday.