Post by basilosaurus on Apr 3, 2024 21:20:22 GMT -5
I'm at the airport stupidly early because once again I slept like shit. There was a high pitch beeping regularly going off at irregular intervals all night plus reception let their phone ring and ring.
So I'm tired, cranky, hungry and about to be over caffeinated. There has to be some sort of portmanteau for this.
At least it's consistently rated one of the best airports in the world. I'd rather sit here over than obnoxious chirp
I can't sleep. The wind woke me up and now I just keep replaying the meeting where my coworker and I told our boss that our other coworker can't keep treating us like his therapist. He needs professional help. It had to be said, but there are many ways it could go badly from here. Heavy thoughts for the middle of the night.
DD2 is an anxious kid with ADHD. Her latest hyper fixation is bugs. Last night she woke us up in the middle of the night because she was convinced she had fleas. It sounds funny but it’s really wearing on us. Every week it’s something different. Fleas, bed bugs, termites, carpet beetles, ticks, tapeworm etc. she had stopped therapy but I’m going to get her going again.
Post by Leeham Rimes on Apr 4, 2024 7:02:27 GMT -5
I totally thought today was Friday. Oof.
We made the decision to pull Wesley out of school and homeschool him. He’s going to start the second half of 5th grade over again bc I I don’t think he’s really learned anything since January.
We got his most recent report card two days ago. There were notes of “missing work” and “below grade level” which was news to me as far as I knew in the grade book he had caught up all the missing work (that was entered 7 days before quarter end, some assignments over 2 months old)
Then there was a standardized test sent home where he got a zero. A literal zero. No note from the teacher or anything. Just the result. I’ve met with them in the past and they just blame him for not paying attention or trying. He’s got adhd and we cannot get him medicated bc of the shortage, so difficultly paying attention is all our problems! I have him with a therapist and a tutor spending $1000/mo trying to help him but unfortunately his school isn’t in a place to help those who need extra assistance.
I can’t just let him drown, barely get by and then hope for success in middle school. It’s hard having a kid that learns differently, im sad for him too bc he feels like he can’t do anything right at school.
Im sad but excited to build up his confidence and show him that he’s incredibly smart and capable.
I need ham like water Like breath, like rain I need ham like mercy From Heaven's gate Sometimes ham salad or casserole or ham that’s free range, all natural I need ham
I need ham like water Like breath, like rain I need ham like mercy From Heaven's gate Sometimes ham salad or casserole or ham that’s free range, all natural I need ham
It looks like DH might be rotating off the bridge removal for a day or two and be home for our anniversary tomorrow evening. I guess I should see if he wants to go out, otherwise we're celebrating with pizza at home with the kids lol
I'm generally liking my new role at work, but man my brain feels full by Thursday mornings. It's been so long since I had to put this much mental energy into work.
Morbid thought inspired by what's going on with my coworker... how does work find out when someone dies? Particularly a single person. I imagine a spouse would know something about their partner's employer/boss. I doubt anyone in my life knows the name of the company I work for, much less which contacts in my phone are work related.
Morbid thought inspired by what's going on with my coworker... how does work find out when someone dies? Particularly a single person. I imagine a spouse would know something about their partner's employer/boss. I doubt anyone in my life knows the name of the company I work for, much less which contacts in my phone are work related.
Police Dept or Funeral home may notify the employer. I know funeral homes deal with social security stuff, so that may go back to the employer.
Also, I am short and have a short torso. I tried on something last night that was cropped on me. So my brain is like "WTF are the taller people wearing if this cropped on me?"
Morbid thought inspired by what's going on with my coworker... how does work find out when someone dies? Particularly a single person. I imagine a spouse would know something about their partner's employer/boss. I doubt anyone in my life knows the name of the company I work for, much less which contacts in my phone are work related.
Police Dept or Funeral home may notify the employer. I know funeral homes deal with social security stuff, so that may go back to the employer.
This makes so much sense. My dad was a police officer... I don't know why I didn't make that connection on my own.
Morbid thought inspired by what's going on with my coworker... how does work find out when someone dies? Particularly a single person. I imagine a spouse would know something about their partner's employer/boss. I doubt anyone in my life knows the name of the company I work for, much less which contacts in my phone are work related.
Usually people have an emergency contact that they have to give their employer. So for example, a friend of mine didn't show up to work. Her work contacted me and asked what was going on. I had to track her down (she was luckily not dead!). But I assume work would call the emergency contact when the person didn't show and someone would figure it out.
But also sometimes they may never know and just wind up firing the person for being no show.
DD2 is an anxious kid with ADHD. Her latest hyper fixation is bugs. Last night she woke us up in the middle of the night because she was convinced she had fleas. It sounds funny but it’s really wearing on us. Every week it’s something different. Fleas, bed bugs, termites, carpet beetles, ticks, tapeworm etc. she had stopped therapy but I’m going to get her going again.
That does not sound funny. I’m so sorry you and her are dealing with that. I hope therapy helps and her anxiety improves. Poor thing!
I am taking a compound glp-1 for weight loss. I just injected my 4th shot yesterday. I have had a really good experience so far and I have responded well with weight loss. Last night for the first time I felt nausea and it kept me up late. The fun newness of these meds have worn off and now I am like wtf am I doing to my life lol. It will pass. I think these medications are freaking amazing. But I will go down with a fight for anyone who says taking them is the easy way out of weight loss. You have to be so disciplined and careful. Absolutely not easy.
Morbid thought inspired by what's going on with my coworker... how does work find out when someone dies? Particularly a single person. I imagine a spouse would know something about their partner's employer/boss. I doubt anyone in my life knows the name of the company I work for, much less which contacts in my phone are work related.
Have you not given work emergency contacts? Every place I’ve worked I had to give emergency contacts. If someone stops showing up to work or responding to emails/messages then they would contact the emergency contact and/or do a well check.
Morbid thought inspired by what's going on with my coworker... how does work find out when someone dies? Particularly a single person. I imagine a spouse would know something about their partner's employer/boss. I doubt anyone in my life knows the name of the company I work for, much less which contacts in my phone are work related.
Have you not given work emergency contacts? Every place I’ve worked I had to give emergency contacts. If someone stops showing up to work or responding to emails/messages then they would contact the emergency contact and/or do a well check.
I've been here so long, I don't remember if that was something I've had to provide. Probably.
@leeham rimes you are a great mom! Good luck to you and your son!
We are 2 days post-op from DS getting his tonsils and adenoids removed and turbinates shaved down and the poor kid is miserable 😭. I have slept with him the past 2 nights which means I haven’t slept at all. I can’t wait for Friday night when we can just snuggle in the couch and do nothing.
I am waiting to hear back from Magnolia, the director of training said I did great at my trial shift, and to email the vp of ops for further steps, soooooo lets see if that happens today... because sax wants me to come in for onboarding at 4pm today
Have you not given work emergency contacts? Every place I’ve worked I had to give emergency contacts. If someone stops showing up to work or responding to emails/messages then they would contact the emergency contact and/or do a well check.
I've been here so long, I don't remember if that was something I've had to provide. Probably.
Ahh got it. Where I’ve worked it’s been a yearly thing to update paperwork like address, emergency contact, etc.
Post by lavenderblue on Apr 4, 2024 8:18:25 GMT -5
Someone paid for my coffee at Starbucks this morning. I was just going to accept it graciously and move on with my day, but it felt so good that someone did that random act of kindness that I decided to pass it on to the car behind me.
The kittens are so stinking cute. They are tiny, so much smaller than I thought they would be. We have them all set up in my office, but my dogs are going bonkers knowing that they are in there. They'll have their first Vet appointment tomorrow and then will hopefully get their first round of shots so we can start introducing them all.
DD2 is an anxious kid with ADHD. Her latest hyper fixation is bugs. Last night she woke us up in the middle of the night because she was convinced she had fleas. It sounds funny but it’s really wearing on us. Every week it’s something different. Fleas, bed bugs, termites, carpet beetles, ticks, tapeworm etc. she had stopped therapy but I’m going to get her going again.
I feel like I was honestly mildly traumatized by dd's sleep issues. Like, I had trouble sleeping during that period all the time because I was 'on alert' at all times waiting for her to come in and need something, whether she did or not, and it took a WHILE after her not coming in and disrupting our sleep to get past that. And while therapy really helped with DD, it wasn't until she started Zoloft that she really made amazing progress and we were all able to move on from that issue. She still has anxiety, and although she is doing really well (she had a therapy appt. yesterday, I attend them with her most of the time, and the therapist started the appt. asking both of us if there had been any issues that came up since the last appt., and neither of us could think of anything, yay!), there is still plenty to talk about and work on at each therapy appt.
I just need to get through the morning and then I'm getting my hair done. I am just over everything.
I had mine done last night. Always painful to pay for it but it was a boost I really needed right now!
The weather here is obnoxious right now. My cousin texted me this morning, she's going to see the medium Maureen Hancock this evening and a friend had to back out, so she wanted to see if I could go. I figured why not, it will be entertaining if nothing else.
Tomorrow we fly to Texas for our eclipse trip. The weather forecast is not looking great. Tonight I will be running around like crazy trying to get everything ready.
DD2 is an anxious kid with ADHD. Her latest hyper fixation is bugs. Last night she woke us up in the middle of the night because she was convinced she had fleas. It sounds funny but it’s really wearing on us. Every week it’s something different. Fleas, bed bugs, termites, carpet beetles, ticks, tapeworm etc. she had stopped therapy but I’m going to get her going again.
I have one type of bug I am phobic of, and sometimes in the middle of the night I will wake up and it's like they invade my thoughts. As soon as I close my eyes that's all I see. So I just lay there with my eyes open. It's awful.
Post by mysteriouswife on Apr 4, 2024 8:38:13 GMT -5
Looks like several of us are struggling with parenting today. Hugs to those who need it.
DS came home in a very odd mood. He was going from one extreme to the other all night. Lots of panic attacks and anxiety over little things. The next minute he was hyper and unable to stop fidgeting. I emailed his teachers and they were reporting the same behaviors. It was draining. I told my SIL my mom gut was thinking he was getting sick. Sure enough. He was getting ready for school when he started complaining with his stomach. Fever, chills, diarrhea, and nausea.
I have a consult with a new therapist for him today. I suspect she will want to move it to a different day when he’s not around.
I didn’t win PowerBall last night, lol. But I got a mammogram and the tech was surprised I wasn’t also scheduled for an ultrasound due to the density of my breasts. I’m pretty sure I’ll get called back, and then I’m going to be pissed that my high deductible plan makes me pay for ultrasound/additional screening. Trust me that testing is way cheaper than metastatic cancer.
Sorry to those struggling with kid issues. You both sound like you are doing the best for your kids and I hope things turn around for them soon.