Friday! March 1 Edition

[dglvrk2]

It's already March?
How did the week go?
What are your plans for the weekend?

[rere]

Working from home today. Dh got all of his stuff to work from home, so I am using his set up downstairs since I never really had a dedicated set up. I have an 86 inch TV and fireplace, but I also gave him free reign to decorate in a deal to get the basement finished years ago. Big mistake. The decor is very sporty and rustc.

Dd is coming home today. We are hanging out tonight and tomorrow shopping for her trip.

Tomorrow we have a dress as your favorite decade dance. I'm thinking everyone will do 80s and 90s, which are my favorite, but I've done it several times. I have an old shirt of my grandmother's, a fringe leather vest, bellbottoms and a leather headband, so I'm doing 60s. Dh has some old acid wash jeans and some gaudy sports t-shirt, and he kept his old cowboy boots and bomber jacket, so whatever decade he thinks that is.

[dglvrk2]

rere,I'm *guessing* your H will be 80's/early 90's rural Washington or Oregon? Based on my experience in these parts....

[rere]

Mar 1, 2024 9:24:05 GMT -5 dglvrk2 said:

rere,I'm *guessing* your H will be 80's/early 90's rural Washington or Oregon? Based on my experience in these parts....

Close. By the time he gets himself together, I'm guessing 80s/90s Midwesterner/Southerner. If only he had to to grow his mullet back. I'm not sure it would be as glorious as it once was.

[mae0111]

Another busy week! It was the last week of the trimester so both kids got slammed with homework, projects, and tests. DD2 did not handle it well. It was a trying week, but we made it!

Tonight I'm taking DH out for a nice dinner for a belated birthday celebration. Tomorrow is DD2's friend birthday party at a splatter paint place. She's so excited! She requested no gifts, but rather donations to an animal shelter (cash on in-kind, brought to the party, and we will drop off). I think she's more excited about that than anything else. Then she has an indoor soccer game later that evening.

Sunday should be quiet - just errands and catching up around the house and prepping for another busy week. Next week is their last week before their 2 week break, and I know there's just a lot going on.

[twinmomma]

The girls are still sick in bed with fevers, coughs, and sore throats. I'm taking them for strep and flu tests today just to rule those out. Home covid tests were negative. They're supposed to switch back to their dad's tonight, but I'm waiting to hear from him on if he wants to do that or just keep them here.

If the girls are here, it'll be a quiet weekend just taking care of them and doing chores.

If the girls aren't here, then I'll go help DH at a dinner party he's catering for his mom tomorrow. I can't do much in the way of cooking, but I can help with food prep and plating and keep him company in the kitchen.

[polecat8]

DD and DS1 have been sick all week missing various days of school, including today. DH just took them to the doctor and they both have strep and flu B. That means DH will likely get strep any minute now. DH gets strep at the drop of a hat and gets really sick from it, so he will be going to urgent care as soon as he spikes a fever. DS2 has a runny nose but no fever so he went to school today. I'm feeling ok, but run down (which could be due to anything) so I hope I don't get sick. DD is supposed to go to a dance with her friend tonight and we have a taekwondo tournament at our school tomorrow. I don't think either are happening for us. Instead we will be resting and trying to keep our germs to ourselves.

[dglvrk2]

Mar 1, 2024 9:34:02 GMT -5 rere said:

Mar 1, 2024 9:24:05 GMT -5 dglvrk2 said:

rere ,I'm *guessing* your H will be 80's/early 90's rural Washington or Oregon? Based on my experience in these parts....

Close. By the time he gets himself together, I'm guessing 80s/90s Midwesterner/Southerner. If only he had to to grow his mullet back. I'm not sure it would be as glorious as it once was.

Oh!  Rural Midwest! Even better! I grew in a rather mullet-heavy town and admire any nice person who once had a mullet.

[librarychica]

Goodness so many germs in this thread. I hope everyone feels better!

I woke up with a headache this morning. Hormonal, my period is around the corner, but annoying. A shower and some meds and I feel better but I’m having trouble focusing.

My sister in law and her 5 kids are visiting this weekend so it will be a bit of chaos. Good chaos, but I’m ramping up for it. DD1 has her first-ever school dance tonight so hopefully that goes well. We are taking the older girls to a musical for one of their birthdays Saturday and leaving H with DD2 and the younger cousins. I have no idea when SIL and the kids are arriving — tonight? Tomorrow morning? So if they’re not here this evening I’ll take DD2 out to dinner and run some errands together. H has his monthly D&D game.

DD2 had a bit of a meltdown last night about her piano practice/the gall of having a lesson Saturday morning when her cousins MIGHT BE HERE. So I put her to bed early and I woke up to the sound of piano this morning so it seems she’s over it. She loves the piano and it’s such a balance to keep her loving it while also requiring that she actually prepare for lessons. Her teacher is not strict at all but he does require some homework so she cannot only play what she wants to play. RN all she wants to play is a simplified version of the theme from Jurassic Park!

[waverly]

My week was so crappy. I'm hoping the weekend gets better. We still have 4 games (2 games a day) but it is the last weekend of BB. DS only has 1 indoor soccer game left after this weekend.

[dglvrk2]

librarychica, Your SIL sounds like my sister. It's hard to make definite plans with her. We have a lot of fun, all the cousins get along etc. And there's some good chaos when she, her four sons and her 150 pound dog (with the energy of, like, six "normal" dogs) show up at my house

I'm glad this week is winding to an end. I facilitated a few all-day professional development sessions for work. They, generally, went well. Everyone walked away with applicable knowledge and I learned about a few holes in programs that I can help mend. H's work is nuts...another ball of wax. The Ds had good weeks at school.

We are in the midst of a blizzard here. The Ds have a snow day and I'm WFH. I'd love to get out and snowshoe if the winds die down and visibility improve.

This blizzard is forecasted to last through tomorrow night. All of our weekend plans - open gym for DD1 and girl scout cookie sales for DD2 - were cancelled. I'm going to give the girls each a short list of chores to complete today. Our house isn't messy, but there are a few reorganization tasks they could do.

[sdlaura]

twinmomma good idea to get strep tests since that’s really going around - we’ve had strep twice in the last year, with very different symptoms. We never get flu tests though since I haven’t given my kids meds for the flu ever anyway.

I’m boarding a flight for a day work trip up to k3am’s neck of the woods. This afternoon DS2 has a baseball game and then tonight DD has a flag football game.

Tomorrow morning each kid has an activity - DS1 has a baseball game, DS2 has an arena soccer game, DD has a softball game, and DS3 has a preschool classmate’s birthday party. Luckily they’re slightly spread out time-wise so DH can cover the two older kids and I can cover the two younger kids. I asked DH if I can book a babysitter for tomorrow night and he wasn’t into the idea but I might do it anyway. I feel like we’ll all get home at 1 pm tomorrow and then I’ll get annoyed at wasting a free afternoon and evening.

Sunday DD has two softball games - this tournament has been rescheduled twice for rain. And now we may have a bit more rain again this weekend. People are so funny here about canceling things for the smallest amount of rain because they’re worried about the fields.

[soccermama]

I can't believe its March 1st already! I am ready for spring, even though it was a fairly mild winter imo.

I am exhausted. From work, DH work schedule (he's gone 24 hrs shifts), my kids schedules. And we have an all-weekend VBall tournament ahead. Sheesh. We had a big computer training at work this morning and now I'm taking the afternoon off. (Still at work now, but hope to leave soon!) Big plans to go shopping even though I"m really too tired. Boo. Hopefully get some sleep tonight!

[supertrooper1]

Beau is picking up his grandson from school today to spend the weekend with us and DS comes home from his dad's. I got my Costco trip out of the way last night. We're trying to figure out something to do with the boys on Saturday since it's supposed to be rainy again. Sunday is my dad's birthday, so we'll drive to my parents for dinner. He has requested that I make his favorite pasta salad. We'll also drop off Beau's grandson either before or after dinner.

[k3am]

sdlaura , I effectively work in the airport now. The new office building is right on the other side of the freeway, and when I was walking on the trail (before the size of homeless encampments exploded and made it unsafe) I'd basically walk right through it. Alas, neighbor on the PD who was always warning me not to walk on the trail was right and after seeing something truly despicable and the city not being able/willing to do anything about it when I called to report it, I have since taken to walking in a parking  garage by the office out of self-preservation.

[dglvrk2]

Mar 1, 2024 11:22:38 GMT -5 waverly said:

My week was so crappy. I'm hoping the weekend gets better. We still have 4 games (2 games a day) but it is the last weekend of BB. DS only has 1 indoor soccer game left after this weekend.

Hugs, waverly
I hope things calm down and turn around some this weekend.

[rere]

k3am we used to walk the 3 blocks around our office during lunch or break. But the homeless or unsafe foot traffic around our office exploded in the last years. It may be the homeless emergency shelter a couple of doors down or a variety of things. It's good in a way, because this is a population we serve, so they can get to us. But if you are the first one in, usually me, or last one at night, it can be sketch at times. We found people in the bushes, sleeping set ups inder a pinic table, a few people having conversations with themselves on the sidewalk.

So we walk in circles around the large conference room if we want a walking break.

[mae0111]

Quick stupid vent...

DD2's birthday party is tomorrow. It's about 25-30 mins away. She has been to several other parties at the same mall at different spots - trampoline, bowling, etc. - and DH and I juggle to make it work.

She invited 11 friends.

5 people claimed that they never got the evite, even though I sent from my phone and I selected their contact information that I've been using for years and sent via text. Those same people responded when the automated reminder went out.

Several people have asked me for a ride. Like... today. My car is full between party stuff and other kids that asked in advance. The only way I can fit more kids is to take a second car. I have also found that these same people asking for rides have kind of been taking advantage of me a lot recently for rides to sports/games/etc. But if I say no, DD2 will be sad that her friends won't be there.

Ugh. I hate birthday parties.

[k3am]

rere, they did send out someone from the city when I called and said that the encampment had set itself on fire. And of course, they put the fire out, they suggest people move, and they let them stay there... in a burnt out encampment. Totally safe.

They cleared out the encampment a while ago. It look them about 10 huge dumpsters, and within days.. it started filling back up. The original groups there mostly kept to themselves, would say hi if they happened to be out, and it was okay enough. The replacement of that encampment is not okay. I watched one of them repeatedly kick and severely hurt (if not kill) one of their dogs. They had at least 4-5 living with them, but of course, that's not something officials will intervene with. Anyone who will do something like that to their own pet is not someone I will risk being near.

At some point CA has to realize that the current approach isn't helping.

[sdlaura]

k3am I have run on that trail when I spend the night sometimes and there are definitely some dodgy areas. Headed back to the airport from my meeting on first street

I’m really spoiled when it comes to lunchtime workouts. If any of you have ever been to the flower fields in Carlsbad near San Diego, my office is in one of the buildings above them and there’s a really pretty path with an ocean view. I can jog to the beach if I have time, about a mile and a half away.

[k3am]

sdlaura, DH's building connects to the building next to it and the rooftop is a freaking PARK overlooking a nature preserve and the SF Bay. I just tried pulling it up on google maps and couldn't find it. Because it doesn't even look like a building. You can walk for like 2 miles on top of the buildings and feel like you're communing with nature and I don't understand why he doesn't live up there. But he doesn't really believe in walking... meanwhile if I don't walk for 40+ minutes a day, my brain starts doing funny things...

[waverly]

k3am, it really has gotten crazy there with that issue. I don't know how the policies differ state to state, but I had always assumed that Chicago was just generally less desirable because of the winter. I know Chicago is trying to deal with other adjacent issues that also could result in homeless and that has been challenging.

[twinmomma]

The girls both have the flu and strep. So pray for me. I leave for my giant annual work trip/event in one week.

[sdlaura]

I’m sorry twinmomma, but I’m glad for you that you’ll get antibiotics! They usually make me kids feel better fast.

[sdlaura]

k3am yeah I need a good long workout daily. I can’t exercise for 6 weeks after my tummy tuck Monday and my friends have expressed concern about how I’ll handle it.

[k3am]

Mar 1, 2024 16:22:34 GMT -5 waverly said:

k3am , it really has gotten crazy there with that issue. I don't know how the policies differ state to state, but I had always assumed that Chicago was just generally less desirable because of the winter. I know Chicago is trying to deal with other adjacent issues that also could result in homeless and that has been challenging.

Yep, I think that's one of the issues. We have very favorable weather AND we have very favorable policies towards people in the situation. So.. yes, if you want to be a favorable weather environment with favorable policies, CA is it he place to be. 

[k3am]

Mar 1, 2024 19:05:24 GMT -5 sdlaura said:

k3am yeah I need a good long workout daily. I can’t exercise for 6 weeks after my tummy tuck Monday and my friends have expressed concern about how I’ll handle it.

Right?

I always have the Holderness Family singing in my brain when I leave for a walk... "going on my stress walk.. My stupid mental health walk."

[waverly]

mae0111, I’ve been pretty vocal about hating the whole RSVP situation with parties. Even going as far to structure parties where I don’t really need to know how many kids are coming which is hard to do for places that charge per person.

Asking for rides to the party has never happened to me because everyone knows the host gets there early and their cars of full of stuff. Common sense people.

[campermom]

It was a really busy period at work-I was bringing a lot home which is so hard bc I’m so done at the end of the “second shift”. After I get some work done this weekend I’ll head into a more manageable workload for a while thankfully.

Little DS participated in a science fair and he was SO proud of himself and held himself with confidence. I had lots of family come and watch. His dad didn’t show or even ask about it. School behavior has been challenging lately, so it was good to see him shine. He’s struggling w having such low frustration tolerance and the rigor of 3rd grade is getting tough. His IEP team did the right thing by having special Ed support daily for behavior, they named several alternative learning environments for him to regain composure.

My oldest son is trying out for the high school baseball team this weekend and it’s a large school with a very competitive roster. 48 kids are trying out for JV.

I’m heading into a new sports season with that possible team, his travel team (which would not play until HS season is over), little DS’s baseball rec team, and my daughter was dying to play lacrosse. Karate for little DS is ongoing and can be skipped but is good for him. Practices are all very close by, and I have two parents and a sister willing to help w conflicts. I could get my nephew to help too if needed. My boyfriend helps too if he’s here.

I haven’t had contact w EXH for a few weeks and it was blissful. I did the right thing by not addressing it when he shaved our son’s head. (He had it evened out by my hair lady and is doing better). I had to contact him to see if he was getting the lacrosse emails, which he wasn’t. I sent him the lady’s name and number to get on the list and he responded “I don’t understand, what am I supposed to do with this phone number.” It’s a little desperate for interaction if you ask me.

[186momx]

rere, your H's outfit sounds like what I see people wearing here now (my town seems to be stuck in the 60s)
k3am, Oregon isn't any better for the unhoused. I swear they have more rights than paying taxpayers, homeowners, and business owners. We even have a special city tax to have revenue to feed and clean up after them.

DD had her gymnastics meet yesterday. She had a solid meet and had no falls. This meet tends to be a disaster for due to nerves as it is usually the only in town meet. She seemed to be the teams emotional support doctor and all the pictures I took was of her consoling or talking down a team member. Then comes awards where they excluded her and her coaches saw it. They didn't do anything to fix it but it was noticed by them and a couple other parents.

My uncle leaves on Monday so more family togetherness this weekend. I'm very over people and family right now. My sister is pissed that we haven't finished her taxes yet and doesn't get why she can't jump the line. Mom is pissed because nothing is going to plan. DD is annoyed at everyone and I'm trying very hard to just be quiet and bite my tongue. Wish me luck.