TWERKS, Randoms, Updates, Etc.

[186momx]

DD had her well child visit this morning.  No momma bear needed over the allergic reactions.  DD explained what happened each time and her doctor put in an urgent referral to the only allergist in town along with a prescription for EPI Pen just in case.  She also wants her to come in and do a nurse appointment in September for updated covid and flu shots.

DH is still helping the neighbor with her fence, and it isn't going well.  They were able to at least make it, so her dog doesn't need to go out on a leash.  No idea if DH is dealing with fence stuff this weekend or going and playing paintball 3 hours away.  

[k3am]

Tomorrow is my last day and then I’ll be a temporary lady of leisure. I haven’t even bothered putting out any feelers yet.. I think I was pretty burnt out before I started this job and that was 9 years ago. I let my clients know today, which was bittersweet. Some I’m sad to no longer be working with… others, not so much.

[rere]

No real updates. It's our 26th anniversary today. Pretty anticlimactic since we just got back from our 25th trip. We just going out to our favorite pizza place and dd is probably coming along which is fine by us.

[sdlaura]

Took a red eye to Boston last night, did meetings from my hotel room today, and just had dinner with my client I’m trying to retain. Along with my firm’s co-CEO and 3 other coworkers. The client wouldn’t have gone out to an optional dinner with us if they are definitely firing us, right? We have a meeting in my firm’s office here tomorrow at 8:30 am eastern/so 5:30 am my time. I don’t drink coffee, so that’s gonna be rough.

Then tomorrow if all goes well I’ll land back in San Diego at 7:30 pm, then fly out of San Diego to Seattle with my family at 9 am Saturday. I’m reaaallly hoping my flight home is on time tomorrow!

[twinmomma]

I am about to start a full week of vacation! I definitely take time off for work, but it's always a couple days here, a couple days there. I literally can't remember the last time I took a full Monday - Friday off. I cannot wait to just get to hang out with SIL and her family for the week!

[mommyatty]

Today is my last day before vacation. Then I’m off all next week. I can’t wait to be on the beach!

[dglvrk2]

twinmomma Are you traveling solo?
I'm taking a short girls' trip with my two high school besties in October. We are meeting in Vegas. When I first mentioned this to H, he started to say, "The girls and I could come and...." I cut him off with a sharp "NOPE."

This is the Ds' first week of summer vacation. It's going pretty well. They're both in rather intense campus, DD1 for jazz band and DD2 for soccer. By bedtime each night, they're "good tired."

My random thing.....I'm wondering how to approach my H about this: I've been quietly writing a historical fiction piece for about a year and now have about 60,000 words/80 pages of a novel. I've done a lot of reading on the time and place of the story as well. About a month ago, I reached out to a few writing coaches. One put me in touch with two junior editors who say they see a lot of potential with my work. (I'm sure they're looking for $ too....) Multiple consultations with an editor will cost $1000 to $1500 at this point. I think I want to do this, but I'm not confident on how to start the conversation with H. My H is really practical. He doesn't know how much work I've done so far. Do any WPs have suggestions for how to bring this up with him?

[twinmomma]

dglvrk2, LOL nope, complete opposite! SIL, BIL, and their two kids are coming here for a week. They live overseas so we only get to seem them once or twice a year. Plus MIL and other SIL and BIL will be popping in and out. It's going to be chaos, but good chaos. Just lots of family time chilling at the house.

[twinmomma]

I just filed to change my last name! It only took me a year to decide to just bite the bullet and do it since getting married. I decided to hyphenate exh's last name (which is what I use now and matches the girls) and DH's last name. I really want to be connected to DH this way. He thinks it's silly that I feel so passionately about it, but is on board with whatever I want. It feels important to me. And I'll still be connected to the girls this way, which matters to them. I decided the quirky complications of a hyphenated name are worth it.

[sdlaura]

dglvrk2, I can’t imagine my DH not being on board with something like that, that was a passion of mine. I would just tell him I was excited about it and how much it cost. But we’re also in a HCOL area where $1500 is just one week of summer camp for our 3 kids.

DH and I keep our personal money separate still (besides what we combine for expenses). And I recently spent over $10k on a tummy tuck/muscle repair. So obviously there’s a precedent for me spending money on me 🤣

[erbear]

I’m on this great vacation in Scandinavia. I think I might move to Copenhagen — great city, great people, great food. Everyone is happy. I did talk to a group today who is very very worried about the election — genuine fear of a Russian invasion of Denmark is Trump wins. It was sad.

Also I took a digger off my bike and slammed my chin into the pavement. It is so painful and bruised and people are looking at me like I got punched.

[supertrooper1]

Today is the 5th anniversary of Beau and my first date. We used to recreate our first date by going to the same restaurant we went to that night but it sadly closed. We'll have "romantic" sandwiches in the truck tonight as we drive to our favorite camping spot tonight and ride this weekend.

[macmars45]

I took DS(8) to his adhd evaluation this morning. At the end of two hours the psychologist gave DS an adhd diagnosis which is unsurprising to H, me and most people who know him. Now H and I decide what meds to try before his follow up appt in August.

[dglvrk2]

Jun 28, 2024 15:15:19 GMT -5 erbear said:

I’m on this great vacation in Scandinavia. I think I might move to Copenhagen — great city, great people, great food. Everyone is happy. I did talk to a group today who is very very worried about the election — genuine fear of a Russian invasion of Denmark is Trump wins. It was sad.

Also I took a digger off my bike and slammed my chin into the pavement. It is so painful and bruised and people are looking at me like I got punched.

Out of fear of Trump, I have considered living abroad on several occasions. Unfortunately, as much of a Democrat as my husband is, he doesn't share my fear or desire to explore other living options. (HELLO,H, your ancestors left Europe because of the threat of dictators. Distant family who did not leave did not survive the WW2. I digress.)

I always thought Denmark would be a decent option, but perhaps not?

[traveltheworld]

The last few months have been tough. Work isn’t going well and life was just stressful overall. I think I’m finally getting a better handle on things and am looking forward to a better summer.

The kids finished school this week. DS has been doing really well both academically and socially. DD, not so much. She doesn’t seem to have any friends and we couldn’t figure out why. Then I went out with a close friend last night whose daughter is in the same class as DD and she told me DD has a reputation at school for always lying about random things and getting very angry when kids call her out on it. That actually tracks. DD does that at home too. I’m really glad my friend told me, so at least now I feel like I have a bit more information to try and help her once I figure out how.

[dglvrk2]

traveltheworld, Hugs!!

I hope the summer gives you some reprieve.

Good for your friend for being honest about daughter's behaviors. Hopefully this information gives you more direction.

There's a podcast, Ask Lisa, that could be helpful. I think she has one specific to dealing with kids not telling the truth. I'll pm you the link if I can find it.

[waverly]

Jun 28, 2024 19:52:15 GMT -5 dglvrk2 said:

Jun 28, 2024 15:15:19 GMT -5 erbear said:

I’m on this great vacation in Scandinavia. I think I might move to Copenhagen — great city, great people, great food. Everyone is happy. I did talk to a group today who is very very worried about the election — genuine fear of a Russian invasion of Denmark is Trump wins. It was sad.

Also I took a digger off my bike and slammed my chin into the pavement. It is so painful and bruised and people are looking at me like I got punched.

Out of fear of Trump, I have considered living abroad on several occasions. Unfortunately, as much of a Democrat as my husband is, he doesn't share my fear or desire to explore other living options. (HELLO,H, your ancestors left Europe because of the threat of dictators. Distant family who did not leave did not survive the WW2. I digress.)

I always thought Denmark would be a decent option, but perhaps not?

I figure if I have to be a refugee (as opposed to moving abroad) I would go to Canada because the border is only a relatively short drive for us.

[waverly]

Things I learned about South Dakota:

There are rattlesnakes! I thought they were too far north for that nonsense. I spotted a cactus. Many decommissioned nuclear missiles and some still active because apparently it’s the shortest distance across the pole to Russia and put in areas that are not very populated because they are targets.

[mae0111]

My new job is going... OK? It's been hard to start something completely new after feeling like I'd reached expert level at my last job. I feel like I'm really slow with learning everything I need to do. I'm finding a lot of holes in processes, and the veterans on the team are pushing back on the new processes I'm trying to put into place. I feel like I'm in a tough spot. I want feedback if they don't agree with what I'm doing, but I don't want them to disagree just because I'm the boss' wife. I feel like that's happening a little bit.

My BIL has been home for a few days - I spoke to him a few days ago and he sounded great. I reached out to my sister yesterday to check in to see how she was doing. She rattled off his schedule for this week, including appointments with the neurosurgeon to discuss his oncology treatment plan going forward. So... apparently the surgeon knew immediately that the tumor was not benign, but they will find out Wednesday exactly what he's facing and what the plan will be.

I haven't told anyone IRL. Not even DH. I just... can't do it yet.

[campermom]

One year anniversary of the anonymous letter being sent to my pool by my ExH, and then finding out he was in my phone. All of this was confirmed while I was on vacation w the kids alone.

I went back to that trip this past week and it was hard for me. Lots of memories, traumatic ones. I pushed through w the support of extended family. My kids are all at dads for 4 days and I have exactly ZERO plans. Im bed rotting today and plan to go to the gym and then work on organizing my house while they are gone—I want to do as much as I can do bring peace to myself.

My child w mental health crisis was discharged from Intensive Outpatient Program which was 9 hours a week of therapeutic services. The neurologist has prescribed antibiotics to treat/rule out pandas. It isn’t presenting in the typical OCD presentation, but a huge exacerbation of the pre-existing DMDD. The huge behavioral shift began Feb 23, almost 10 days after the first round of abx for a positive strep. Tics began April 26. It’s not exactly the typical presentation but at this point I’ll do anything to try to help my child.