I am starting early as I cannt get back to sleep after seeing the latest track for Beryl. Wtf a Cat 5 hurricane heading straight for us at start July??? This is scary
And to make it worse, I am supposed to fly to the UK on Friday. My dad has got very ill so while this is a long planned trip, it is also now an urgent one.
OMG. MH has been having really bad back pain for weeks. Yesterday he says, “I have to tell you something and you have to promise you won’t get mad, even though you have nothing to be mad about.” So I say OK. He says, “I got a massage in Chinatown.” Extreme guilt.
He continues by explaining he did his research and they had good reviews from women as well as men and they were all wearing scrubs on the website and they literally had a sign that said, “The only happy ending you get here is leaving pain free” and it was a man who gave him the massage. I was crying laughing the entire conversation was ridiculous. So you got a massage. Just stop there dude!
Post by emilyinchile on Jul 2, 2024 7:11:25 GMT -5
I am sending you alllll the good thoughts jamaicam. I understand the emotions of being far from family and unable to get to them in a crisis. Crazy idea just in case it helps: would it make sense/be possible to fly somewhere else today (Miami comes to mind as a hub with lots of flights) and from there to on to the UK?
I've also been wondering how you guys got on with your son's school selection, but I realize that's not the main issue right now!
OMG. MH has been having really bad back pain for weeks. Yesterday he says, “I have to tell you something and you have to promise you won’t get mad, even though you have nothing to be mad about.” So I say OK. He says, “I got a massage in Chinatown.” Extreme guilt.
He continues by explaining he did his research and they had good reviews from women as well as men and they were all wearing scrubs on the website and they literally had a sign that said, “The only happy ending you get here is leaving pain free” and it was a man who gave him the massage. I was crying laughing the entire conversation was ridiculous. So you got a massage. Just stop there dude!
I love this. 🤣
I’ve been getting Thai massages lately and they have a sign at the desk and in the bathroom:
A really good friend passed away last week (fuck cancer!). She was also a former co-worker and I know several people who would not have heard so I'm letting them know. It isn't intended to be gossipy, I know these people cared about her and would want to know the news, but it just makes me feel like a ghoulish Gladys Kravitz. And again, fuck cancer.
I've been forced back to the office 3-4 days a week starting today for the first time since Covid. I feel so sweaty and gross from the walk to the T, sitting in a stuffy train, and then the walk to the office. I used to do this everyday? Really? What a racket.
[mention]jamaicam [/mention] My thoughts are with you. I went through a category 5 in 2018 and every tropical season, I have flashbacks. Stay safe. The airport reopened here fairly quickly.
scm1011, we are back in the office 3 days a week now (but there is some flexibility to WFH on office days as needed due to personal/family needs, inclement weather, a day full of virtual meetings, etc.), and I agree, what a racket! Tomorrow I have the day off and will be applying to a few fully remote roles, as my work can be done fully remote.
I woke up at 4:30 am and couldn't get back to sleep. Thankfully my workday ends early today as my kids and I have an appointment at 2:30.
My husband just mainlined 4 hours of MSNBC last night. Like barely came up for air. Then this morning he is like, I didn't sleep well last night. GEE I WONDER WHY! Was it four hours of shouting and doom and gloom that did you in?
I am very anti- cable news regardless of their political lean. It isn't good for us to watch it like that. I feel my HR raise the second I hear the shouty voices. Anyways, I am feel smug I was proven right lol. Sit down, watch 30 minutes and then just walk away. Nothing new is going to be revealed, but you will save your sanity.
DS2 and I are heading to my dad's today for the holiday. My sister and her fam are already there. H and DS1 will come tomorrow. I made rice krispie bars at 7 am. Still need to make the required midwest treat of scotcharoos. I am excited to relax on my dad's farm. We only get to see my sis and her family a couple times a year so this will be great.
I am very anti- cable news regardless of their political lean. It isn't good for us to watch it like that. I feel my HR raise the second I hear the shouty voices. Anyways, I am feel smug I was proven right lol. Sit down, watch 30 minutes and then just walk away. Nothing new is going to be revealed, but you will save your sanity.
I was just talking to my mom about this this morning. My dad usually watches a ton of cable news (NOT Fox thankfully) but apparently after the Supreme court ruling yesterday turned it off and said he's not doing it anymore. He didn't watch any more news after that. It drives my mom nuts having it on all the time anyway, so she's glad.
We will occasionally turn on CNN here if something big is going on, but overall I am in agreement here too. We didn't even turn it on yesterday. What's the point?
eddy , I can't bring myself to read/watch the news lately. Between the panicking over Biden's debate performance and the fucking Supreme Court, it makes me too upset. I may need to take a break until after the election.
jamaicam , thinking of you and crossing my fingers you can get out on Friday.
We're headed to Chicago on Thursday to see H's brothers family. It is blowing my mind that we haven't seen them in over 5 years. They had a baby in 2020 and we were supposed to go visit, but then Covid happened. We tried to meet up for a trip last summer but that didn't end up working out either. They're on baby #2 who is almost 2 and their first is 4.5 and we haven't met either of them yet! How does time pass so quickly? The Covid years really messed things up.
The kids and I are flying to visit family this morning and I was so tired when I woke up so early that I forgot to check on flight status. We got to the airport and found out our flight is an hour delayed. I could have slept longer! It actually works out because my sister was supposed to pick us up but she’s having a hectic week and forgot so she scheduled something else before and was probably going to late (my mom normally picks us up).
I’m really looking forward to my hometown 4th of July. A few family members have had a rough few months so I’m hoping us being there cheers them up.
emilyinchile, my office is still open and I have urgent stuff happening here today. Also all flights out are fully booked! Airport would be a mess today. I am hoping it will be reopen - the flight is friday evening and winds should stop here by late wednesday evening. And my son passed for his top choice school so that is great at least! We are supposed to be registering him tomorrow so clearly that isnt happening.
I keep seeing this drone fly over my condo and I have no idea who it belongs to but they clearly can see me. It's very high end and the user seems to have impeccable control. It probably goes quite far from the remote user because my condo is pretty isolated and mostly older people up here (only 28 lived in units - 16 on my side and 12 on other side). It often comes flying over the trees from the woods behind my condo. The houses that way are not close. One evening I was sitting on my deck and just enjoying the night. I had music on low and was just in my own thoughts and looking at the woods when it came over top of the trees but it stopped immediately over me - probably 75 feet up so not far at all and just hovered. It was creepy.
Another night it was hovering near a tree out front when I took my dog out. It had green lights and suddenly the lights shut off when I spotted it and was staring. Part of me wonders if its the police doing drone training - they are about 1/4 mile away and I know they have one but who knows.
Post by wanderingback on Jul 2, 2024 8:47:02 GMT -5
I’m a broken record re: Buy Nothing haha. My partner is right, I might need an intervention But I promise I’m not turning in to a hoarder.
I just scored 3 brand new new balance running tank tops. And a few weeks ago I scored a whole bunch of running tights. Those are the kind of things I hate buying as it seems so wasteful but I workout a lot and even still had some shorts from college 20 years ago haha, so I know I needed new stuff.
Stuff goes so fast since it’s so many people so I check 2-3 times a day to see if I can find stuff
For some reason H scheduled DS2's orthodontist appointment for 7:15 this morning. That time makes a lot of sense during the school year because everyone has someplace else to be after 8:30, but it's July. I'm home now full time, we literally have nothing else better to do on a Tuesday, and we always expected I'd be driving again by now.
Anyway, all of which is to say that I now have to spend the day with a cranky 13 year old who had to get up early and do stuff.