This is a dumb thing to whine about with weather and politics posing actual risks to people's lives, but I am so damn tired today. DH and I went to a baseball game last night since our (his) favorite team was in town, and OF COURSE they managed to let go of the lead late in the game so it was tied and went to extra innings. It was only one extra inning, but a combined TEN runs were scored so it took forever and we didn't get home until 11. My sad six hours of sleep before getting up for work this morning was not enough.
Luckily today is my birthday so I got my gigantic coffee for free at Starbucks, but now that's worn off and I just want to nap.
This is why IMO baseball is the absolute worst. 1. Why do you need 7 innings? 3 is plenty. 2. Just let it end in a tie, we've already been tortured 7 times.
I have never watched a baseball game. I'm not really a sports person. But the length of baseball games is a huge turn off.
For the longest time, I assumed the phrase seventh inning stretch referred to the feeling of time dilation because you were so ridiculously bored by the 7th inning.
Back from vacation and back to reality. Yesterday I worked 13 hours and today I am so sad that I am not somehow independently wealthy and living on a beach somewhere.
Also it feels like summer is almost over but the kids have only been out of school for 2 weeks. How?
what would someone do with a day off and child care available the same day? This is a unicorn day for me. I'm Tring to decide what to do with myself.
This was me a couple weeks ago! I ended up getting a manicure and haircut, then parked my ass at the pool for a while and read a book. If it hadn't been amazing pool weather that day, I'd have started binge watching a show that I can't watch with the kids around and pick up something for lunch that I love but don't get for myself often because my kids will bug me for it.
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.
While I don't doubt the annoyance, I wanted to add that my bff's dh's actual job right now is programming and testing drones. He works in research and development in the computer science dept. of a very prestigious university, and his whole team has spent entire days flying and testing drones lately, and they are submitting a paper on their findings this week. I have no idea where they are 'sanctioned' to fly the drones, but the university is in a city so I'm guessing they aren't out in the middle of nowhere doing it. I guarantee they aren't spying on any people they happen to see while they are flying them.
I know the chance of the drone you are seeing being flown by a professional doing research like that is slim, but wouldn't that be better than some rando. at least?
This one literally stopped and hovered over me. It was cruising pretty fast from the trees and just stopped. It was super creepy.
ETA: Also to add, that sounds like a cool job. My 15yo son is super into his computer science classes and lives coding ad ways to do that for a living. He'd probably live that job. lol
This one literally stopped and hovered over me. It was cruising pretty fast from the trees and just stopped. It was super creepy.
ETA: Also to add, that sounds like a cool job. My 15yo son is super into his computer science classes and lives coding ad ways to do that for a living. He'd probably live that job. lol
I feel like it’s following you!!! Give it the bird next time, lol.
Today, my MIL announced that she is not going to her neighbor’s 4th of July party on Thursday (in 2 days).
And promptly asked me and H to come over.
I declined.
She then promptly asked me “why not?? why not come over for the whole day and sit in her living room or sit on her back deck?” We can have steaks.
Look, lady. You didn’t care what I was doing when you had plans. It’s a day off from work for me. H and I were delighted to plan some where local, outdoors, and near water. SINCE YOU HAD PLANS, we are already coming over Wednesday night for a BBQ (we are bringing the food).
On Thursday, I’m running DD back and forth for her work shift - 30 minutes away from your place. On top of everything else, I am not jumping at the chance for back-to-back days at your place + two 1-hour round trips to get DD to/from work.
This is why IMO baseball is the absolute worst. 1. Why do you need 7 innings? 3 is plenty. 2. Just let it end in a tie, we've already been tortured 7 times.
Major League Baseball is 9 innings
Even worse, omg, no amount of beer makes this fun.
Post by UMaineTeach on Jul 2, 2024 17:00:37 GMT -5
Since having a kid, H and I have no friends.
Due to COVID no one at my kid’s childcare had birthday parties to get to know anyone, until now that they are all turning 5 and moving to Kindergarten in different towns across two counties. So, my kid has no friends.
We visit my parents most of the summer, where we don’t know any kids her age. She spends the whole day relying on people over 40 to be playmates.
She has started to break my heart about it. Sitting in the back seat talking to herself today, she just kept saying, “I wish for friends. I wish for friends”
solidarity. I hate drones and I feel like they don't bother anyone else while I have a passionate hate for them lol. Theyre creepy though! I esp hate being at the beach with my young kids in bathing suits and a drone is just hovering over top of you. I'm getting irritated now just thinking about it.
One day a drone came zooming out of nowhere and hit my 2yr old right in the face knocking her down. I was LIVID and they're lucky I didn't snap it in half. She still has a scar on her face from it.
Due to COVID no one at my kid’s childcare had birthday parties to get to know anyone, until now that they are all turning 5 and moving to Kindergarten in different towns across two counties. So, my kid has no friends.
We visit my parents most of the summer, where we don’t know any kids her age. She spends the whole day relying on people over 40 to be playmates.
She has started to break my heart about it. Sitting in the back seat talking to herself today, she just kept saying, “I wish for friends. I wish for friends”
I don’t know what to do.
Can you join a meet up/playgroup? Or maybe do a 1-2x a week MDO or camp?
I would also take her to kid places - playgrounds, indoor play areas, pool, etc. She needs those opportunities to see peers.
Due to COVID no one at my kid’s childcare had birthday parties to get to know anyone, until now that they are all turning 5 and moving to Kindergarten in different towns across two counties. So, my kid has no friends.
We visit my parents most of the summer, where we don’t know any kids her age. She spends the whole day relying on people over 40 to be playmates.
She has started to break my heart about it. Sitting in the back seat talking to herself today, she just kept saying, “I wish for friends. I wish for friends”
I don’t know what to do.
I’m so sorry. I feel like the last person to give advice because H and I don’t have friends either, but my kids are school age and *they* have friends. If you can make it through the summer, she is about to enter the ideal environment for making new friends— kindergarten. Sometimes there are meetups before hand (wasn’t the case for my kids, but my current neighborhood does it) where the parents and kids starting to the local elementary school get together before school starts. Hang in there.
Farmhouse Fixer is charming. I want to move to the Massachusetts countryside. I actively disliked New Kids but adore Jon Knight on this show. He's a sincere, hammy, sap.
Due to COVID no one at my kid’s childcare had birthday parties to get to know anyone, until now that they are all turning 5 and moving to Kindergarten in different towns across two counties. So, my kid has no friends.
We visit my parents most of the summer, where we don’t know any kids her age. She spends the whole day relying on people over 40 to be playmates.
She has started to break my heart about it. Sitting in the back seat talking to herself today, she just kept saying, “I wish for friends. I wish for friends”
I don’t know what to do.
I would have your parents stalk their Next Door and public library pages for playdate notices. Do the same in your area when you're not at your parents' house. Go to story hour. See what the local bookstore/toy store/Little Gym offer. My parents and sister have had to be so aggressive with peer-to-peer opportunities for my 4 year old nephew because he's never been in daycare and has only done 1/2 day preschool in the last year. It can take some work, but there are definitely opportunities out in your community for kids to connect with one another over the summer.
Due to COVID no one at my kid’s childcare had birthday parties to get to know anyone, until now that they are all turning 5 and moving to Kindergarten in different towns across two counties. So, my kid has no friends.
We visit my parents most of the summer, where we don’t know any kids her age. She spends the whole day relying on people over 40 to be playmates.
She has started to break my heart about it. Sitting in the back seat talking to herself today, she just kept saying, “I wish for friends. I wish for friends”
I don’t know what to do.
Hold on for a few months! I think kindergarten will be a game changer. But you could also go to a play place or park and let her make “friends” naturally.
Post by underwaterrhymes on Jul 2, 2024 20:07:23 GMT -5
UMaineTeach ❤️❤️❤️ Awwww. Kindergarten is a big game changer. Hang in there. (My friends mostly live all over, but the friends I have met locally I either met through GBCN or through my kids’ friends. In fact, my best friend other than H is the mom of the best friend to my oldest child.)
Farmhouse Fixer is charming. I want to move to the Massachusetts countryside. I actively disliked New Kids but adore Jon Knight on this show. He's a sincere, hammy, sap.
Oooh, thanks for this.
I like that they reference back to the floor plan overlay every time they switch rooms so you can stay oriented.
Due to COVID no one at my kid’s childcare had birthday parties to get to know anyone, until now that they are all turning 5 and moving to Kindergarten in different towns across two counties. So, my kid has no friends.
We visit my parents most of the summer, where we don’t know any kids her age. She spends the whole day relying on people over 40 to be playmates.
She has started to break my heart about it. Sitting in the back seat talking to herself today, she just kept saying, “I wish for friends. I wish for friends”
I don’t know what to do.
I guess it depends on the culture of the daycare but we def have not made any friends at daycare. We drop off the kids and leave so never see anyone and as far as I know birthday parties aren’t a thing.
Anyway, all our new friends with kids came from other places. Either just random meet ups on the playground or local family and mom groups. I’m sure she’ll make friends in elementary school but if you want to be more intentional are there playgrounds or other play spaces for kids or family events/groups that you all could join?
At many of the libraries here they do story time and open play time in the children’s section for families to get to know each other also.