Friday again!

[mae0111]

We made it!  This week was a blur.  How was it?  What's up for the weekend?

[mae0111]

It was a long week, full of conflicting activities and lots of racing around! DD2 had practice Mon and Tues, game on Wed. DD1 had a game last night, another one this afternoon. Both kids had therapy on Tuesday, which I managed from the car at soccer practice for DD2.

I'm taking a 1/2 day and meeting my mom for lunch this afternoon. Then I'll pick up DD2 and bring her home before racing to DD1's last school softball game (away, unfortunately). Then we'll race home and go to Arts night at the school. DD2 submitted a short for the film festival, so she really wants to go. DD1 refused to submit anything, so she doesn't want to go.

Tomorrow DD1 plays softball early, then DD2 has a soccer game about 30 mins away in the early afternoon. Then DH and I are going out to dinner for Mother's Day. Sunday DD2 plays soccer mid-morning, and then who knows? I'll probably try to see my mom if I can.

[rere]

Ready to be over. We have a promo video at our clinic across the street this afternoonthat somehow I'min charge of. Yesterday I went over there and they put new locks on most of the doors that need a fob, which I didn't have. 2 clerks assured me they didn't have the capability to let me in, HR and their supervisor assured me they did. It better be addressed today. I'm getting less patient with the shenanigans at this place.


We're taking dd to dinner to celebrate her grades tonight. Tomorrow we need to do some shopping for Mother's Day. I'm not sure what else we'll get into.

Sunday, we'll have to make the rounds for Mother's day, including the event my mom insists on having that has nothing to do with Mother's day. I guess I'll drop her present there and stay 20 minutes, because this really isn't something I'm interested in. I'd like to make it home by 3 or so. I want to get my walk in and have some relaxation outside. Dh and dd are making me dinner, probably steak or grilled chicken and peppers and mushrooms.

[librarychica]

This was a looooooooong week. We got some answers on our dog. She most likely has IVDD, which is not great. We cannot confirm for sure without a CT and a vet neurologist but she is a breed it’s not uncommon in and pretty much everything else was eliminated. The good news is it appears to be in early stages and by starting her on maintenance meds and lifestyle changes now we should be able to still give her a very good chance at a long, comfortable life with full use of her legs.

So yeah, my dog takes back supplements now.

OTOH, I may need back supplements too from all the dog lifting. She’s moving around better but I still carry her out for the first pee of the day while she limbers up in the morning and H was yelling at me “ass to grass! Lift with your legs, library, FFS you are going to break yourself and then who would fuss over the dog?”

Who indeed, H? It is my birthday today and he won’t even be home tonight so I think he owes me a back rub.

Last night we were out late so I expected a lot of whining this morning but it was minimal. DD2 had a piano recital and DD1’s field trip bus broke down and there was a ton of scrambling. DD1 was convinced that H would be mad at her for being “the reason you missed DD2’s recital!” and required much reassurance. First, H is rarely mad at anyone and is basically immune to most anxiety (unlike me who sometimes snaps out of sheer worked-up-ness) and 2) she didn’t sabotage the school bus? But we all reunited for pizza and it was fine.

this weekend is kind of busy. Tomorrow the girls are going to an event at the library, I’m taking DD2 to a birthday party that is one of those invite everyone plus family parties so it’ll be huge and we will be there for the duration — should be fun but it’ll also be 90+ degrees. Sunday H is taking the girls to see his family for Mother’s Day. My mom and I are boycotting all family Mother’s Day events where we inevitably end up cooking somehow in favor of going out for Mexican and margaritas and then going swimming. I am looking forward to that. I rarely get to spend time with my mom without the girls or my brother or something causing us to be distracted. We will probably let dad go swimming too, maybe he can also join us for Mexican. No one else though — go away — we will be back to Momming Monday.

[mommyatty]

I’ve been out of town this week since Tuesday. DD’s Fine Arts night is tonight. I am supposed to land at 6:00 and she’s supposed to be at school at 7:00 to do her drama performance. She said she doesn’t care if I miss it because she has a really small role, two of the girls can’t remember their lines (including the lead) half the kids haven’t brought their costumes even though they were supposed to a week ago, and she’s just utterly over it. It’s the drama class performance for 6th graders, so just everyone who signed up for the class, not like an after school activity or anything.

This weekend is busy. Tomorrow DS is selling things at his school’s craft show. The money goes to charity. Then DD has a birthday party for a boy in her friend group. Sunday I really just want to crash and clean my house. I’m quite certain that won’t happen. I’ll end up cooking because the family eats out every night when I’m out of town so they’ve all had everything anyone is willing to eat and will be snippy about food. Oh and DD has field hockey practice Sunday, so we have that too.

[twinmomma]

I'm crawling over the finish line today.

We ended up having to go to Boston to Children's Hospital on Wednesday per her doctor and spent the night there. Got home at bed time last night. They were amazing, I could cry with how well they took care of DD2. They ran all the tests, gave her more fluids and medicine, and were just so communicative and caring with everything they did. Night and day difference from our local ER. It's definitely taught me to just drive the extra 20 minutes to get to the legit hospital if we ever run into issues again. At this point, we've ruled out all the things and have settled on the diagnosis that her lymph nodes were fighting an infection and it escalated into borderline abscess, which is why it has made her so, so sick for so long. It sounds like we caught it just in time at this point. She's on high doses of antibiotics and home resting. We're pumping her full of fluids and feeding her whatever she will eat because she's lost a bunch of weight. The doctors told us for the next few days, whatever she says she wants, just roll with it to make sure she gets calories in. It's been such a whirlwind.

If she's feeling up to it tomorrow, I'm going to take the girls to get permanent jewelry bracelets for an early birthday gift. I had booked the appointment before all this illness started. I think we'll be able to pull it off and it's low key enough that it will get her out of the house and a change of scenery to break up her day.

Mother's Day will just be laying low around the house. It's not supposed to be great weather, but if rain holds off then hopefully we can grill and relax on the deck, even if it is in sweatshirts around the fire pit.

[mae0111]

twinmomma, I'm so glad that you got some answers, and that DD2 is on the mend! I hope she progresses quickly from here!

[rere]

@twinmomma great news. I remember when I took ds to the ER as a baby. They shockingly had no idea what to do with a baby. Couldn't get a blood draw, diagnosed him with pneumonia, which he didn't have. Took our pediatrician to come in and straighten everything out. Glad she's on the mend!

[186momx]

I started my morning at 3am with the fire alarm going off and evacuating our hotel room for 90 minutes. I swear the fire alarm was a tech device alarm going off. My dad slept through it and after 15 minutes I figured it out when the fire truck pulled and then had to wake him up. Now sitting in 7 hour class on real estate tax situations. The result was and AC unit exploded and caused lots of smoke in room 202. We are in 621.

Weather is amazing yesterday was 82 on the Oregon coast with not a ton of wind! Today is supposed to be the same.

DD is doing a great job being in charge while I'm gone. Between her and I DH is following directions. I don't know which one of us have texted him with reminders more.

[sdlaura]

DH and I went away last night for his birthday (well, we also have my birthday, Mother’s Day, and our 15-year wedding anniversary this month, so I guess it was sort of for all of those things). We had a babysitter stay overnight with the kids and it seemed to go fine. I’m squeezing in a couple hours by the pool now before we have to leave to get home by 4 pm for kids’ sports. It was fun to stay at a nice hotel not for work and not with kids - but too short

This afternoon DD has a 3:15 basketball game, 6 pm softball tournament game, and 8:30 flag football playoff game. DS2 has a 5 pm baseball game.

Tomorrow we have DS3’s bday party at 10 am at a gymnastics place with his preschool classmates. I can’t believe my baby is turning 4. It’s been 12 years now that we’ve always had a kid 3 or under. It’s a whole new era for us. Then we have two pool parties at noon - one for DS1’s end of baseball season and one for a birthday for a friend of DS2. DH and I will divide and conquer. Then DD has another softball tournament game at 6. They’re in a pool of four teams and i expect that it will be just our luck for them to end up as the 3-seed that has to play at 8 am Sunday (with 7 am arrival, leaving the house at 6:30). So it may be an early start to my Mother’s Day. We’ll see