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.
This is my DD with bees. I can't tell you how many nights I've been woken up to her screaming "THE BEES! THE BEES!!!". She wakes up and swears her room is swarming with bees. It breaks my heart.
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.
We are driving to Indianapolis and I have been obsessively checking the forecast. Such a roller coaster, but some people on a FB group I am in have posted pics / videos of even cloudy experiences and it’s still really something to experience.
Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Apr 4, 2024 8:59:40 GMT -5
David’s school sent out an email YESTERDAY about, oh wow, we didn’t realize the eclipse was happening AT DISMISSAL TIME so if you want to, you can pick your kid up at 1:00. I get home at 1:30ish so now I’m going to scramble to get him home. Also ordered eclipse glasses for us. Lucy’s school hasn’t said anything at all about it, but she is in high school so they’re a little more apt to follow the directions. I guess?
Our 19 year old niece came to stay for 4 days yesterday. We haven't seen her in 4.5 years! My twin sister babysat DS last night so we could take her out to dinner and chat uninterrupted for a few hours. It's been so fun so far.
I got my hair cut (my usual every 7 week cut for my pixie bob) and colored yesterday as well. I got blonde and red highlights and love it. My dark brown hair is so boring now that I've gotten used to other colors.
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.
I think sometimes when someone is a no show at work, they will contact their emergency contact after they are unable to get ahold of the person. I know when my H's supervisor was in jail a few years ago this is how they tracked that down so I assume it works the same for a death!
You also can be proactive and leave that sort of instruction for in case of your death, though I am assuming not everyone actually does this.
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.
Would you be open to medication? My daughter was like this with ants. Therapy helped some, but Zoloft is what really made the difference.
My son is very anxious. Like, maybe clinically so. Like me. And his sister. And both grandmothers, an uncle, an aunt, and one grandfather.
It's creating a lot of challenges for him. He's this very sweet, very smart kid who just acts like an asshat monster sometimes because he's internally freaking and expresses it poorly.
I am feeling very much like our genes are shitty and I doomed my kids. Sigh.
I'm handling it REALLY WELL of course. #breezy #totallychill #definitelynotcrying
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.
Would you be open to medication? My daughter was like this with ants. Therapy helped some, but Zoloft is what really made the difference.
I would (I take Wellbutrin myself) but I need to talk to her ped. She’s already on Focalin, so I just want to be sure it’s ok. She just had a full neuro-psych evaluation in January and they did not recommend medicating for anxiety just yet. I think right now she’s also a little idle. She chose not to run track this spring and she’s a bit stir crazy. She does MUCH better (sleep, anxiety) when she’s consistently active but we don’t want to be drill sergeants, you know? She enjoys running and the best way to ruin that is to force her to do it. She’s not quite able to make the connection between her activity level and mental wellness just yet.
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.
I used to think a lot about this when I was single and living alone. What if I slip getting out of the shower and break my neck? How long before someone finds me? Will my cat be nibbling on me by then? In my case I think my work would have sounded the alarm when I didn't show and was non-responsive. We are a small business and were pretty informal for a long time, and that is what made me compile an emergency contact list that I update and send out anytime we hire someone new! Also I was also super careful getting out of the shower lol.
Which brings me to, now that I'm divorcing I suppose I need to update my emergency contact.
Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Apr 4, 2024 9:18:04 GMT -5
cville yes omg I feel like I doomed my kids. One autistic, one clinical anxious with OCD tendencies (just like me) and a speech delayed baby. And of course my obsessive compulsive mind won’t stop til I figure out what I did to cause their challenges.
I’m taking a virtual class today and for next five weeks and while I don’t think I have to be on camera, I’m not sure. I had thought they’d send out some info on that but if they did, I didn’t receive it.
I don’t have good place to prop up my iPad to see me, see the class and do the work at the same time. If it was nice weather I could go outside and use the long table there but it’s chilly, damp and possibly will be raining. It did say it wasn’t a two camera required class so hopefully that means I don’t need to be on screen at all?
cville, same. DS(8 later this month) is autistic and mostly likely has adhd (we're on the wait list for diagnosis). He's already showing signs of anxiety which goes back generations in my family. H has undiagnosed depression. He's in therapy so I hope the end result of that is diagnosis and meds.
Good grief 6 tickets to Savannah Bananas for over 2k? What?!
Is this part of the lottery or resale?
I entered to get into the lottery, but haven't heard yet.
Their website says no more chances to buy tickets for 2024, so it's all resale. That is a crazy mark up from $35 original given the cheapest I saw for their local to me appearance were $300.
Post by underwaterrhymes on Apr 4, 2024 9:31:37 GMT -5
cville - both of my kids have anxiety. (My younger child is just now starting to show signs, but my older kid has been in therapy and on lexapro for some time.) It’s tough, but give yourself so much grace. I really think that our generation was just advised to suck it up and we have so many more tools available to help our kids now.
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.
Liking because we had a common experience and I feel that deeply.
gummybear, has her doc done a strep titer? This is how my daughter's PANDAS started.
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
David’s school sent out an email YESTERDAY about, oh wow, we didn’t realize the eclipse was happening AT DISMISSAL TIME so if you want to, you can pick your kid up at 1:00. I get home at 1:30ish so now I’m going to scramble to get him home. Also ordered eclipse glasses for us. Lucy’s school hasn’t said anything at all about it, but she is in high school so they’re a little more apt to follow the directions. I guess?
Spoiler: They are not. There is no one dumber than a teenager when it comes to risky behavior. (we have also received no info from the high school, including whether they are having sports.)
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
I entered to get into the lottery, but haven't heard yet.
Their website says no more chances to buy tickets for 2024, so it's all resale. That is a crazy mark up from $35 original given the cheapest I saw for their local to me appearance were $300.
Ok that is weird because no one has heard about the lottery for our area. Oh well, guess I'll see what I can find out.
cville same. It’s excruciating to see and I try so hard to respond to her in ways I know are beneficial. I can’t properly articulate the feeling I get - it’s like looking in a mirror and on one hand I completely empathize and understand how and why she acts and feels like she does, and I try so hard to offer healthy solutions bc I know I never had that. But at the same time I get so frustrated bc I’m emotionally mature enough to navigate it. But I’m also sad bc I see myself and I’m acutely aware that no one helped me and I grew up with such a messed up self-worth and I don’t want that for her and we’re trying so hard and it’s still happening so is it nature or nurture? Because the nature is winning and then I get frustrated and hate myself for burdening her.
Yesterday we went to a funeral for H's Aunt. She was the last (and oldest) of the 7 siblings on his Dad's side so everyone was talking about what a party they must be having now that they're all together again - personally I love to hear things like that. H's cousin made mention of how we should all work harder to make sure the younger family members hear all the great stories. It was a nice service and you can't beat a good church lady funeral luncheon in the midwest LOL
We've been so busy the last couple of weeks with no real end in sight and I'm just tired...
erbear she has not. She hadn’t had strep in a few years but has in the past and has also had Scarlett fever. Can it lie dormant? It sounds very frightening.
Their website says no more chances to buy tickets for 2024, so it's all resale. That is a crazy mark up from $35 original given the cheapest I saw for their local to me appearance were $300.
Ok that is weird because no one has heard about the lottery for our area. Oh well, guess I'll see what I can find out.
It might depend on where you are seeing them? I joined the lottery for Philly and I know those tickets aren't on sale yet.
erbear she has not. She hadn’t had strep in a few years but has in the past and has also had Scarlett fever. Can it lie dormant? It sounds very frightening.
When my DD was tested, they said she had had strep 8-10 weeks before. We never knew -- no fever, no sore throat.
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
erbear she has not. She hadn’t had strep in a few years but has in the past and has also had Scarlett fever. Can it lie dormant? It sounds very frightening.
When my DD was tested, they said she had had strep 8-10 weeks before. We never knew -- no fever, no sore throat.
This is how my son gets strep. Which is why he always, always gives it to me. I experience it very, very differently.
Wes got all his difficulties from me so that feels awesome. I want to throat punch the entirety of the American education system. It feels like it sets people up for failure. we have trillions for war but education? Eh, nah. Not important.
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 don't mean for this to be critical, I'm truly just asking - Is it common in your field to keep moving forward with a second interview process if you've already accepted an offer from a first place? In my world that is highly frowned upon and would be bridge-burning if I peaced out on the first place.