Well I don’t think my Amazon package via UPS is coming today. I’ll have to chat Amazon to either cancel the whole thing or re-route to our home address. We own our beach house, but we can’t have packages sitting for 2 weeks until we get back.
So much for that new curl cream I was going to try.
Post by starburst604 on Jul 5, 2024 8:32:23 GMT -5
I’m on day 8 of living in the new house and my first floor is in pretty good shape. The bedrooms upstairs are another story, I’m going to put in some work on that this morning before my dad comes at noon to see the house and go to lunch.
So far I like living here. It’s very close to everything in town that I frequent and it’s quiet. I found myself happy dancing in my kitchen yesterday while prepping a salad to bring to a cookout. I don’t think I’ve done that in a long time. I’m getting in a good routine with walking the dogs after being used to just letting them out in the yard. Routine is good for me.
Yesterday, I took the dogs on a walk down a trail behind the complex and discovered that it is an old train bridge and further down the bridge goes over a pond and I saw someone fishing on the banks. I can’t wait to show this to DD, she just loves to fish and will be thrilled to be able to walk back there and do that. I feel myself finally relaxing after living in survival mode for so long. STBX can’t just waltz into this house. I’ve been purposely avoiding driving by the old house, but forgot yesterday when I was driving home from Orange Theory. It actually wasn’t so terrible.
I took the day off today, which I basically never do anymore when I don't have plans (too limited vacation time). I think I'm going to go to Ikea in a little while and look at storage shelves. I also need to go to Costco. I am thinking about also buying paint to finally paint our 3rd bathroom. The lower level of our house - a walkout basement - is our least used space so I haven't prioritized making it nice, but I might want to actually use it more if it wasn't kind of a mess! So the shelving and painting might help get me there.
My dog is scared of fireworks so he is tired today and passed out in my lap. I felt so bad for him last night, he just looks pathetic and trembles. My last dog was also scared of fireworks but would bark his head off, so I am glad this one doesn't do that - but his sad face and cowering is almost worse because it breaks my heart! At least around here fireworks seem to be mostly limited to the actual 4th so hopefully we are done for the year.
I've been working with someone way more anxious than me and it's really taking a toll. She has a pressing need to micromanage everything and is obsessive about the potential for layoffs. I really need to strategize our 1:1s because she can get too mired in details (and clogs my inbox with the same) and gloom.
I'm a hard worker but I'm just not able/willing to obsess about work to this degree. It's so unhealthy and unnecessary.
Post by followyourarrow on Jul 5, 2024 8:54:04 GMT -5
I've been focusing on getting a little walk in and it's starting to feel good and like me time. Yesterday I went to Planet Fitness to walk because my little walking pad at home is dying a slow death I think. I took the extra 10 minutes and used one of the massage chairs there and it was so lovely.
Wednesday my boss and his boss were fighting and put me in the middle. Thankfully they are both off today, so I'm hoping for peace and quiet.
Last night I gave the two anxious dogs calming treats. One dog was basically super high and slept on a pillow all evening and night. The other one, the meds didn't do a thing for.
H and I took today off. The weather is nice and we’re going to visit a winery we’ve never been to about 40 min away and have lunch in the nearby town for a little day trip.
I'm so tired. But happy that Labour won the election. Home from work and relaxing on the couch while listening to pounding rain in the background (it's a gross day in London). On the way home, I had to teach a few tourists to stand on the right on the tube - the station closest to work is a very busy tourist station and people just don't pay attention to what they are doing or what is stated on signs around them. They'll learn (I'm nice and say excuse me and explain...some people will just barge into them).
Post by prettypitties on Jul 5, 2024 9:05:39 GMT -5
FI and I both have today off. I'm getting a manicure, then running a couple errands before we tackle our project of the day - cleaning out our screened-in porch.
Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Jul 5, 2024 9:17:41 GMT -5
I’m so bummed out. H’s brother and his family are here visiting (they live in KS, we are in PHL). Tonight they’re going to see a friend of ours that we basically only see when BIL is in town. So like, one every year or two. But since H works second shift now, I’m not going to go. Not in deference to him, LOL, just bc of it’s just me and the kids, I know David will be hanging on me, bored as hell, and Joey is a maniac in general. Friends also have a pool that those two bozos will want to go in. I wouldn’t get to socialize at all with them, and there’s no one to watch them for me tonight, as our usual sitters are busy.
We're off today. I'm just kind of cleaning up from the fourth and need to take a walk + workout. I think my mom is coming down later and we'll take DS to the pool for awhile, and then she plans on watching him tonight so H and I can go out.
Yesterday we were on our boat from about 9-5. We had a great time overall, all of our "lake friends" were out so it was just a big, fun party. With one exception. We co-own our boat with another family and almost always go out together. We do not have a boat slip so we have to tow the boat in/out at a launch each time. We always have drinks but keep it reasonable because obviously we have to drive back and put the boat away etc. Well, the husband of the other couple got absolutely smashed yesterday and was a completely obnoxious dick, and him and his wife were fighting and it was just really trashy (especially in front of my son and their daughter). And since he was so drunk, he was out of the equation for helping put the boat away and he's usually the one to drive it back up on the trailer. It was just really annoying and I am not impressed w/ adults who can't hold their alcohol, lol. He did apologize this morning, so that's something. This hasn't happened in 4 years of us going out though, so hopefully it's a one-off situation.
We're expecting temps in the 40C (100F+) range starting this weekend and well into next week. I'm going to spend the day updating our room by room photos, possession lists, and prepping evacuation stuff. Normally I have it done well before July, but we've had a cool, rainy spring so it hasn't hit my priority list. I'm starting to feel some kind of way about summer and maybe need to talk to my doctor about situational anxiety. The sunrise looked a little bit weird this morning, like it does when there is smoke in the air, and I lost it.
I slept over 8 hours last night! I even slept through stupid fireworks which most years I don't. Downside, I woke up to DS(8) poking my face at 7am while I was dreaming so now I'm dragging.
heygrey I will say my lexapro helps immensely with the dread and awful ruminating I used to have from when the wildfires started to when they stopped (anywhere from 2-5 months every year).
The temps in my area are expected to hit 100 and then stay in the 100+ range for over a week. I need to make sure all my wildfire prep stuff is done because we are in the thick of wildfires which show no signs of stopping or slowing down due to our drought, the wind and our high temps.
Post by SusanBAnthony on Jul 5, 2024 9:41:22 GMT -5
A VP at work is so annoying about rescheduling meetings. VP is 4 promotions higher than me so obviously I can't do much about it.
He will schedule a meeting 2 or 3 days out that is semi urgent. I will reschedule other stuff to accommodate. The morning of he pushes the meeting out a week.
A week goes by and the morning of (today) he pushes it out again.
Repeat 2 or 3 times for every meeting. By the time we actually meet, it's usually no longer relevant. Drives me nuts but he's a VP so 🤷♀️
I’m on day 3 post op and feel pretty good! I didn’t set an alarm overnight to take pain meds and can stand up straight. I had ribs for dinner last night with zero issues after two months of a basically no-fat diet and they were amazing, lol. The cleaner is coming today so I’m going to run errands (with my H driving) while she’s here then probably take a nap.
heygrey I will say my lexapro helps immensely with the dread and awful ruminating I used to have from when the wildfires started to when they stopped (anywhere from 2-5 months every year).
The temps in my area are expected to hit 100 and then stay in the 100+ range for over a week. I need to make sure all my wildfire prep stuff is done because we are in the thick of wildfires which show no signs of stopping or slowing down due to our drought, the wind and our high temps.
Thanks! I need to make an appointment to renew other prescriptions, I will ask about anxiety meds too.
I think you and I actually live pretty close to each other, just opposite sides of the border. You've described your general area before which is south of me and when we talk about weather we almost always have the same forecast.
Last summer really put me over the edge with wildfires. We've had them close to town and we've evacuated several times in the 14 years we've lived here, but losing 200 houses in a matter of days? Everyone knows someone who lost their house. It also really highlighted how arbitrarily the fires burn properties. The embers were so hot and carried so far in the wind that they were able to land on a roof and start a new fire. (Embers blew ~2 miles over a lake and burned 5 houses in two separate areas on the opposite side of the lake from the main fire!) When we returned home after evacuation there were palm sized chunks of burned debris in our yard. Some looked like piece of bark, some looked like wood from a structure. We were ~1 mile from the fire line so they had to travel at least that far.
I set out today to order the tiles for my bathrooms - the upstairs bathroom has to be redone (leaking into the kitchen) and I'm planning to do the downstairs bathroom too. However, the tile shop is closed all weekend, something I didn't know until I was in their parking lot thinking, "Huh, they're looking pretty dark." Now that I'm finally making some decisions, I want to get moving on the project, so it's a bit of a letdown that I have to wait for this step.
Post by expectantsteelerfan on Jul 5, 2024 10:40:01 GMT -5
I had planned to run a bunch of errands today, but right after I was getting cleaned up after working out, ALL the neighborhood kids showed up at our door, and now DD and ds are outside playing with them on our driveway. It's rare that everyone plays nicely together, so I don't have the heart to send the neighbors home and make DD and ds come inside (I don't mind leaving them home, but I don't let them play outside if no one is home in case they start fighting or someone gets hurt). We have dog grooming appts at 2:30 so I will still do that, but I know I'm not going to want to bring the dogs home and then go back out for errands after.
Post by maudefindlay on Jul 5, 2024 10:44:22 GMT -5
expectantsteelerfan it's hard to switch gears, but good idea to let the kids plat and skip errands when you can. Hope you sit down and relax with a cold drink.
heygrey I will say my lexapro helps immensely with the dread and awful ruminating I used to have from when the wildfires started to when they stopped (anywhere from 2-5 months every year).
The temps in my area are expected to hit 100 and then stay in the 100+ range for over a week. I need to make sure all my wildfire prep stuff is done because we are in the thick of wildfires which show no signs of stopping or slowing down due to our drought, the wind and our high temps.
Thanks! I need to make an appointment to renew other prescriptions, I will ask about anxiety meds too.
I think you and I actually live pretty close to each other, just opposite sides of the border. You've described your general area before which is south of me and when we talk about weather we almost always have the same forecast.
Last summer really put me over the edge with wildfires. We've had them close to town and we've evacuated several times in the 14 years we've lived here, but losing 200 houses in a matter of days? Everyone knows someone who lost their house. It also really highlighted how arbitrarily the fires burn properties. The embers were so hot and carried so far in the wind that they were able to land on a roof and start a new fire. (Embers blew ~2 miles over a lake and burned 5 houses in two separate areas on the opposite side of the lake from the main fire!) When we returned home after evacuation there were palm sized chunks of burned debris in our yard. Some looked like piece of bark, some looked like wood from a structure. We were ~1 mile from the fire line so they had to travel at least that far.
The town where my parents have their second home (they are retired so they’re there 30-40% of the time, and we are there for weekends and school breaks) burned recently. We went up a few days ago to assess and it was so strange seeing a street of houses that were fine, then 1-2 burned, and then more fine houses. Or the other way, most of a street burned and one house still standing?
Thankfully our street made it but the fire was so so close.
Post by karinothing on Jul 5, 2024 10:53:54 GMT -5
We are getting both upstairs bathrooms remodeled and demo started yesterday. I underestimated how much of a disaster my house would be lol. The cats have been locked up in a room all day very annoyed. One of them just escaped and it took me nearly 20 minutes to capture him again. Also I hate going downstairs to pee at night. DISLIKE
I'm working today. It's fine, because it's super quiet and my vacation starts next week. DD is headed to camp for a week and DH works so vacation will likely be a staycation.
Our 4th was ok. Went to a friend's party but it rained on and off so we left early and started The Acolyte series on Disney.
Post by Leeham Rimes on Jul 5, 2024 10:55:14 GMT -5
All of my dog walks canceled on me so my day opened up. I'm definitely not mad b/c it's so damn hot outside. oy. I keep thinking today is Monday but it's Friday. Between summer break and 4th July, my sense of time is all messed up. We're all battling some sort of summer illness, which is weird b/c where did we get sick from, we really haven't gone anywhere
I need ham like water Like breath, like rain I need ham like mercy From Heaven's gate Sometimes ham salad or casserole or ham that’s free range, all natural I need ham
Post by arehopsveggies on Jul 5, 2024 10:56:44 GMT -5
I start my last class of my masters today. I’m so close but I feel like I’ve run out of steam. College is making me stupid, I can’t hold any other information in my head.
My kids asked to go hiking today. What they usually mean by hiking is running around wild while I sit and read so I think that sounds like a good plan. DH wants us out of the house so he can clean.
My little guy is off to sleepaway camp tomorrow for 3 weeks and I am so excited! He's the 3rd generation in my family to attend and he's super excited and I am so giddy!! WEEEEEE.
In the car on the way back from "glamping" in a Getaway cabin. Our dogs have been an anxious mess the entire time, partially because they are super pampered, but mostly because 1) they hate the car, 2) assholes were shooting off what sounded like mortar shells over our site for hours until 3) a huge thunderstorm moved in 😂. No more adventures for them, I think.
Off today here too. DD and I went to Target this morning to get her and DS stuff they needed next week while they stay with DH's parents, now I need to get my workout in before I take them and DD's friend to the pool.
DH is installing an aftermarket A/V system in my car so I have Android Auto in there as part of my birthday present. Fingers crossed it goes well without messing up my dashboard 🤞🏼
heygrey I will say my lexapro helps immensely with the dread and awful ruminating I used to have from when the wildfires started to when they stopped (anywhere from 2-5 months every year).
The temps in my area are expected to hit 100 and then stay in the 100+ range for over a week. I need to make sure all my wildfire prep stuff is done because we are in the thick of wildfires which show no signs of stopping or slowing down due to our drought, the wind and our high temps.
Thanks! I need to make an appointment to renew other prescriptions, I will ask about anxiety meds too.
I think you and I actually live pretty close to each other, just opposite sides of the border. You've described your general area before which is south of me and when we talk about weather we almost always have the same forecast.
I'm in central WA state so if by pretty close you mean 5+ hours away from British Columbia, then yes. I do tend to have the same weather as you. I live in a semi desert with all four seasons.
I’m off today, so the kids and I headed to the next state for a big playground and the beach. We are going to a hot dog restaurant and for ice cream. Lake Michigan has rip tide, which always make me nervous. I’ll be on high alert and need my ice cream reward.