Got into a huge fight with my teen this morning about not wanting to go to school. He has allergies and I just thought he was being dramatic and sent him to school.
The nursed called (worried about covid) so I asked if they could test him. Never in a million years did I actually think it would come back positive.
Post by wanderingback on May 7, 2024 8:32:55 GMT -5
I’m doing daycare pick up and drop off all week cause my partner is working out of town.
This morning after I woke our 18 month up and we were sitting on the bed in her room she said "hug" and leaned in to cuddle and then said "I love you!" 🥰 It was so cute. She’s never said I love you before. My cold dead heart about melted! This age is so fun.
Got into a huge fight with my teen this morning about not wanting to go to school. He has allergies and I just thought he was being dramatic and sent him to school.
The nursed called (worried about covid) so I asked if they could test him. Never in a million years did I actually think it would come back positive.
Damn. And now I feel bad.
I’m sorry about your lousy morning. I hate fighting with my kid and definitely get the mom guilt. They can definitely be dramatic and it’s hard to tell the difference sometimes( a lot of the time)! We are nearing what we refer to “the pollening” here in MA and if my kid was trying to get out of school because he didn’t feel good I’d absolutely think it was the allergies!
snapoutofit, and he's already missed a lot of school already this year so he really needs to be there. It does make me feel better that I'm not alone in just sending him during allergy season.
- Last Friday at work a customer attempted suicide in one of our public restrooms. It was a terrible ordeal for all involved including my staff and me. My staff were rock stars and I truly believe saved a life that day. ETA: I deleted this sentence because it read like I was unsympathetic and I am most definitely not.
- I had to fire an employee last month for time card fraud. She now claims we are badmouthing her to potential employers (we have spoken to exactly one potential employer and only confirmed her employment dates).
- I tweaked my back getting out of bed this morning and the muscle pain and stiffness are getting progressively worse. I want to go home but I know laying in bed is probably the worst thing I can do.
Basically I'm just struggling and whining about a lot of things.
I’m doing daycare pick up and drop off all week cause my partner is working out of town.
This morning after I woke our 18 month up and we were sitting on the bed in her room she said "hug" and leaned in to cuddle and then said "I love you!" 🥰 It was so cute. She’s never said I love you before. My cold dead heart about melted! This age is so fun.
Every time you post her age, I am in shock. In my head, you had her like a week ago, lol.
I did not dress warm enough for how chilly it is in my office this morning :/ This time of year we have bigger temp swings and it's hard to have one outfit work all day so I just turned on my little heater. ALSO - I honestly HATE all of my clothes right now, I feel like nothing fits right or is comfortable for some reason. And the stuff I tolerate is in the hamper because I'm behind on laundry through no ones fault but my own & the fact that I could have done it this weekend but chose to sit on my butt instead.
My kid and I were sad this morning on the way to school and work because they took away the Taylor Swift station on Sirius. I mean come on if John Mayer can have his own station Taylor can too!!
I cleared out a bunch of emails from my Inbox this morning and it feels so nice to have the number smaller!! If I accomplish nothing else today it'll be ok LOL
I’m doing daycare pick up and drop off all week cause my partner is working out of town.
This morning after I woke our 18 month up and we were sitting on the bed in her room she said "hug" and leaned in to cuddle and then said "I love you!" 🥰 It was so cute. She’s never said I love you before. My cold dead heart about melted! This age is so fun.
Every time you post her age, I am in shock. In my head, you had her like a week ago, lol.
My kid and I were sad this morning on the way to school and work because they took away the Taylor Swift station on Sirius. I mean come on if John Mayer can have his own station Taylor can too!!
Ha - I have to run some errands later and I'm preemptively sad about this!
I have a jam packed day, including a couple interviews for our open positions that I'm dreading. I have to do first round interviews with my colleague and she's just .... not great at interviews. I would like to get some folks hired so we can stop the madness.
Post by followyourarrow on May 7, 2024 8:57:03 GMT -5
hermione, I'm sorry, what an awful situation. I hope you and your team have resources to help during this time.
I got so much done yesterday, but today I have zero motivation. I want to eat a cookie cake and read a book, sadly none of that is an option. Finn, our rescue doodle, cut his paw pad yesterday, my kitchen floor looked like a crime scene. Thankfully the cut was very minor and after a quick call to the vet, I put some cream on it and wrapped it with vet wrap. He was way more dramatic about me wrapping his foot than he was the cut. This reminded me that I really need to get a pet first aid kit to keep in the car, because the puppies go for rides with us pretty often.
Tornado sirens went off at 4:23 this morning. Fortunately, we just had a line of heavy rain go through, and no tornadic activity, but damn that was shitty timing. My alarm was going off like, one hour later. I never did get fully back to sleep. DD woke up and was heading downstairs to the basement - I stopped her and had her come into our room until it cleared. DS didn't wake up at all. When I told him about it at breakfast he got a shocked look. I told him not to worry - I'd have gotten him up if it got real.
Only 33 days until DD and I leave for Japan!! We have a meeting tonight to get more info along with our trip shirts and tour backpacks.
I did not dress warm enough for how chilly it is in my office this morning :/ This time of year we have bigger temp swings and it's hard to have one outfit work all day so I just turned on my little heater. ALSO - I honestly HATE all of my clothes right now, I feel like nothing fits right or is comfortable for some reason. And the stuff I tolerate is in the hamper because I'm behind on laundry through no ones fault but my own & the fact that I could have done it this weekend but chose to sit on my butt instead.
My office is the same way. It's going to be close 80 degrees today, but I'm sitting in my office, in a sweater, with my little heater running. It's ridiculous how cold they keep these offices!
DH is traveling, the kids have a million activities in opposite directions, I have never been busier than I am at work right now, and now I've also been pulled into a client-facing MLB game tomorrow night after I'm presenting to the group tomorrow afternoon.
I would want to attend, it's good face time with executives within my division, but of all days.
I'd have to get one of my parents to help run the kids around beyond what I've already worked out with other parents. My dad has already told me his dog has a vet appointment at 6:30 when I previously asked about help with normal kid activity running around tomorrow. He's retired, WHY he can't take his dog in during the workday, I will never know. Our area is supposed to get a lot of severe weather both tonight and tomorrow night though, so I'm choosing to just ignore it all for now and hope everything ends up rained out and I get to stay home, reading a book.
Parenting a pre-teen may break me. Parenting a pre-teen with undiagnosed and untreated ADHD WILL break me. Big Kid has been nothing but a challenge lately, and every time we try to get to the bottom of it we uncover more evidence of ADHD. Fortunately her 12 year well visit was yesterday and we laid it all on the table for her doctor, who referred us to their psych practitioner and he has an opening at the end of the month to start the diagnosis process. I've suspected AHDH for months, thought H would disagree but when I laid it out for him with the specific things she does he was open to at least talking about it. After the past few weeks he's just as convinced as I am.
My kid and I were sad this morning on the way to school and work because they took away the Taylor Swift station on Sirius. I mean come on if John Mayer can have his own station Taylor can too!!
No! We just discovered this over the weekend! DD1 is going to be so upset.
My kid and I were sad this morning on the way to school and work because they took away the Taylor Swift station on Sirius. I mean come on if John Mayer can have his own station Taylor can too!!
No! We just discovered this over the weekend! DD1 is going to be so upset.
Aww man! I have been listening to this since it came on! Bummer.
Something bit my eyelid while I was sleeping so I woke up looking like Quasimodo. I only had children's liquid allergy medicine and now I feel bad because I tell the kids it tastes great and omg barf....it's so nasty!
Post by lavenderblue on May 7, 2024 9:24:13 GMT -5
I don't know what is wrong with me, but I have become incapable of waking up on time in the morning. I use to stay up until midnight if not later just watching tv and get up in time to leave my house by 6am. Now, I go to bed, lights out, around 10:30 most nights and can't drag myself out of bed when my alarm goes off at 6:30.
[My kid and I were sad this morning on the way to school and work because they took away the Taylor Swift station on Sirius. I mean come on if John Mayer can have his own station Taylor can too!!
DD will be super bummed. I do not know how they decide who gets a channel because I am sure that was one of the most popular channels they ever had. I have Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews stations as my presets and I am sure they don’t get a tenth of what she got. I wonder if she would want a permanent station.
Post by emilyinchile on May 7, 2024 9:43:49 GMT -5
It's raining and cold here, and it feels like in the past couple days winter has truly arrived. I hate it so much, I'm cold all the damn time. The only slight bright side for today is that there was no internet in the office, so we're all WFH, so at least I'm cozy under a blanket. This is also useful because I have a very frustrating thing to do for my boss, and at home no one can see my face or hear me complaining.
Post by emilyinchile on May 7, 2024 9:44:39 GMT -5
Oh also, catching up on some stuff I've read but didn't have a chance to reply to: tacokick sending you lots of love and supportive vibes 1confused1 your coughing fits sound awful and pretty scary. I hope you get some answers and better treatment soon!
I’m doing daycare pick up and drop off all week cause my partner is working out of town.
This morning after I woke our 18 month up and we were sitting on the bed in her room she said "hug" and leaned in to cuddle and then said "I love you!" 🥰 It was so cute. She’s never said I love you before. My cold dead heart about melted! This age is so fun.
Every time you post her age, I am in shock. In my head, you had her like a week ago, lol.
Haha I know. Time is weird! I don’t feel like it has flown by but the huge development that happens during this time makes time seem very weird. She’s such a person now!
Our new pet sitter is coming anytime now to meet our dog (and hopefully our cat, but he will likely hide). I am a little nervous about the situation - I booked through Rover and she has good reviews, but apparently even though I specified "house sitting" in my search, she actually doesn't house sit! She said she'd just leave overnight and come back first thing in the morning, which should be fine since our dog is kenneled overnight anyway. But I am hoping she is planning to be here a lot otherwise - that's kind of what it sounds like? I didn't realize this when I booked a month+ ago, just when I was looking at the booking a few days ago. Otherwise I probably would have gone with someone else, but now it's too late! My dog is pretty clingy and is not used to being home alone much at all since there is almost always one of us here. I am sure he will be fine, but I want to have an actual conversation with her instead of just the text messages we've exchanged.
I am not worried about the cat at all - he is used to us going on vacation and only getting drop in visits, so he'll probably be getting a lot more stimulation than he is used to when we leave!
ETA: and the person didn't show up! She was due here 30 minutes ago. I'm guessing she just forgot, but that doesn't help my confidence
My boss sent me a potential job opportunity, but he's not sure it's remote and I'm not sure it's what I want to do. I also don't have an updated resume with my current temp assignment on there and when I tried to write it last night, my brain was like NOPE.
I'm feeling very snackish today and nothing in my snack drawer is speaking to me. Another department is providing lunch for us today so I'm hoping it's good. I mean of course I'll eat it without complaining because free lunch is free lunch LOL
Our upper leadership is gone at a conference this week. I always elect to go to a more specific conference related to my job so I skip the national one. the perk is NO MEETINGS all week. Like I have my 1:1s with my direct reports. But otherwise I have a fancy free week to just work on projects.
Bonus, it is really nice outside and I am WFH all week.
Post by mrsukyankee on May 7, 2024 10:28:04 GMT -5
I had very little work to do today (exam period so it tends to happen). It was glorious. I had a team meeting for an hour, helped our new therapists for a half hour with a few things and one session. So, I was able to clean my ensuite bathroom, our living room and do some gardening. I also found someone who can do weeding for us and may be able to find a new cleaning service (our current one keeps sending us a new person every single time and I have to show them everything each time while also trying to do work). I feel super productive and it's only 4.30pm.
Post by fluffycookie on May 7, 2024 10:36:09 GMT -5
This is a truly random question for the lawyers. I have been watching the Karen Read trial and on several occasions the judge ask the prosecutor if he would like to object. Is that allowed? Everything about this trial is nuts. It's a murder trial and she keeps telling the defensive to move along with their questioning.