Post by snapoutofit on Jul 11, 2024 6:18:40 GMT -5
I’m starting today off with something that brought me such joy yesterday: DS (15 in 10 days!!!) had a baseball game last night. All the kids on both teams were great, chatting at the bases, telling each other ‘good hit’ or ‘good catch’ throughout the whole game. We ended up winning by 10 runs. Parents and coaches were great too. It’s a competitive league but a summer one so a little more laid back. Our pitcher said if he walked anyone he’d do 3 laps around the perimeter of the field. By the end of the last lap he was gassed and ALL the kids on both teams were at our dugout cheering him on and it ended up in a massive pig pile LOL. ANYWAY, we talk about kid sports a lot here and there are a lot of problems in youth sports. Bit last night was great.
I've been sleeping weird this week. I can fall asleep no problem, but wake up around 3 to go the bathroom, then can't fall back asleep until 330/4.
Today I think DH left for work at 5am? So that didn't help either.
So basically broken up sleep from 3-6 when my alarm went off and my back hurts. I am WFH today because I have to take my kid to dance intensive, so I need to dig out my heating pad.
Post by donutsmakemegonuts on Jul 11, 2024 7:06:28 GMT -5
I have been in my new role at work officially for 4 days and I am having trouble remembering that I can't possibly know everything about how to do the job and it's stressing me out. I have not been sleeping great and I'm worried that this is what my future is going to look like until I retire. That is not realistic, I know that, but I can't tell me brain that for some reason.
Also, I woke up from a dead sleep last night with a charley horse in my calf which was not fun. I never get them in my calves, I have only ever gotten them in my feet. My calf is sore still.
Post by followyourarrow on Jul 11, 2024 7:59:06 GMT -5
I think I finally picked out a wedding dress. I'm going to order one from JJ's House online. Should I trust myself to take my measurements or should I go to the seamstress I'll use for alterations and have her do measurements?
My mammogram found a small mass, so I had an ultrasound this morning.
I’m so glad I don’t need a biopsy, so great news! But they wouldn’t share what they thought it might be and said I need to come back in 6 months to track growth and then determine next steps. So although it’s good news, I still feel uneasy. I’m assuming this is typical, right?
I think I finally picked out a wedding dress. I'm going to order one from JJ's House online. Should I trust myself to take my measurements or should I go to the seamstress I'll use for alterations and have her do measurements?
Ask the seamstress! If not you’ll stress that you did it right til you get it. Just get it done by someone who knows!
I think I finally picked out a wedding dress. I'm going to order one from JJ's House online. Should I trust myself to take my measurements or should I go to the seamstress I'll use for alterations and have her do measurements?
I think I finally picked out a wedding dress. I'm going to order one from JJ's House online. Should I trust myself to take my measurements or should I go to the seamstress I'll use for alterations and have her do measurements?
Seamstress. Unless you're experienced (e.g., you sew clothes for yourself), it's hard to accurately measure your own body.
A lady on the bus this morning stripped down to her skivvies, pulled a new dress out of her backpack, and put it on. On a crowded rush hour bus! It was so bizarre. She seemed normal and like this was no big deal. I think my years working from home have me soft because I was across from her all "oh my word..."
We are driving to Maine to pick up DS2 from his overnight camp. I’m so proud he made it through! He apparently has over 40 mosquito bites though omg
DS1 leaves Saturday morning for a college program in North Carolina and we have done nothing in terms of looking at a packing list or figuring out what he needs to do for it. I feel like we are totally whinging this.
Also I’m so sick of the high humidity we have been having here in Boston. I live in the northeast for a reason and one of them is to not be experiencing tropical levels of heat and humidity. It’s just unbearable here lately.
Also I’m so sick of the high humidity we have been having here in Boston. I live in the northeast for a reason and one of them is to not be experiencing tropical levels of heat and humidity. It’s just unbearable here lately.
Agreed, its unbearable. I am disgustingly sweaty by the time I get to my office every morning from the walking/T commute.
shortstax, I do not have an answer but hugs. I would be uneasy about it, too. followyourarrow, post a picture or link for the dress! we want to see it!
Also I’m so sick of the high humidity we have been having here in Boston. I live in the northeast for a reason and one of them is to not be experiencing tropical levels of heat and humidity. It’s just unbearable here lately.
Agreed, its unbearable. I am disgustingly sweaty by the time I get to my office every morning from the walking/T commute.
I walked into my barre class the other day and ran into some friends . They were all “did you already exercise/run here??” No. No I was literally just outside for a few minutes and was already a sweaty gross mess
I think so-- the same thing happened to me and no one seemed all that concerned about it. I had a mammogram where a mass was found, then after 6 months an ultrasound where they determined I didn't need a biopsy. At one year I'll have an ultrasound instead of a "regular" mammogram and if nothing's changed I'll be back on a regular schedule again. They showed me where to feel the lump so I can keep checking it in between mammograms.
We got the invitation for SIL's wedding (actually a hand-fasting and commitment ceremony) yesterday, which was a link to a 2-minute video, with a note to "remember you can screenshot if you need to save the details!" Maybe this belongs in the realizing you're old thread, but why not just send an evite? or put the text in the email? I'm not hard over on paper invites, but this just seems so bizarre to me. And the dress code is "comfortable forest casual" but they'd like men to wear green shirts and brown pants, and women to wear off-white or beige dresses or skirts. There's no formal reception, they're having a bbq & nature walk, and from what we've heard they're basically counting on guests helping with food prep, running the grill, etc.
In the end it's their wedding and I truly believe it should be what they want it to be. We'll of course be supportive and do everything we can to help out, but yiiiiiiikes. I'm thinking back to how much vocal disapproval we got from DH's grandma on having our wedding in my Presbyterian church instead of a Catholic ceremony, and man she must be rolling over in her grave.
Post by mysteriouswife on Jul 11, 2024 8:29:07 GMT -5
shortstax it’s normal for a 6 month follow-up. They will probably have you redo the mammogram sooner than the recommended time frame too. I have no personal experience, but my close friend is going through the same thing. The spot has been monitored for a few years. No change. They said it’s likely a cyst.
Yes, in my experience. I just finished 2 years of 6-month diagnostic mammograms and ultrasounds to monitor what they thought was either a cyst or just an area of density. It never led to any further testing. Six months ago, the u/s technician couldn't even find it, so they released me from ultrasounds. I had my follow-up mammogram last week, and they said the area of density was there but unchanged over the last 2 years, so I'm back to annual screenings (for now).
Post by fluffycookie on Jul 11, 2024 8:30:40 GMT -5
So I don't have covid, the cellulitis infection I had two months ago is back - in the same exact spot. I am going in later to be seen for antibiotics. The symptoms were the same last time - two days of feeling crummy - body aches, hot sweaty/cold chills and then developing the infection. I noticed the area was tender this morning and looked and sure enough its back. Argh! We're supposed to leave on Sunday to go to the beach for two days.
scm1011, devonpow, shauni27, agreed on the heat/humidity situation. I am very much a cold weather person. I can usually enjoy sitting outside and reading in the evenings when the weather is warm, but the humidity is too much even for that. I feel like I'm short changing my dogs on their walks/outside time lately.
I woke up with an awful headache this morning. I mowed the lawn last evening and apparently didn't rehydrate well afterwards. Ugh. Feeling better now, but waking up with a headache is the worst!
I'm having friends for dinner Saturday, which I would usually host outside... every time I check the forecast it looks worse and worse. The temp is dipping, but the chance of rain is rising and the humidity will be sky high. Fall cannot come soon enough!
I think I finally picked out a wedding dress. I'm going to order one from JJ's House online. Should I trust myself to take my measurements or should I go to the seamstress I'll use for alterations and have her do measurements?
I would get the measurements from a seamstress. It can be difficult to measure oneself accurately. Also, I want to see the dress!
shortstax , I do not have an answer but hugs. I would be uneasy about it, too. followyourarrow , post a picture or link for the dress! we want to see it!
A lady on the bus this morning stripped down to her skivvies, pulled a new dress out of her backpack, and put it on. On a crowded rush hour bus! It was so bizarre. She seemed normal and like this was no big deal. I think my years working from home have me soft because I was across from her all "oh my word..."
Post by midwestmama on Jul 11, 2024 9:06:49 GMT -5
snapoutofit, I love hearing that!! My DS and your DS almost share a birthday - my DS turns 15 on the 19th. My DS also plays baseball and we've encountered some bad teams (any combo of coaches, parents, and players), so I love hearing such a positive experience and collective sportsmanship.
I have had a really stressful few years in my current role at work - between taking on a few global regions and having to learn all about compensation & benefits in 30 countries (with not much time at all to spend on learning), constant reorgs, a very demanding client group (everything is urgent!), a geographic change of the headquarters of one region due to the Russia-Ukraine war, never having a full team, and becoming a new leader with no training (and again, no time to learn), I am stressed out and exhausted. We have to make some changes on the team to cover a long maternity leave in Europe, so my boss told me yesterday an option would be take a non-manager position with US-based compensation responsibility and maybe some global projects, but it would be one grade lower. Based on our pay policies, my pay would only go down about 2%, so essentially I'm only losing a portion of my recent merit increase. I talked with DH last night, and he is supportive of whatever I want to do, so I think I'm going to take the lower position. I think in the end, it will give me a better work-life balance (fewer 6 am & 7 am meetings) and be a bit less stressful.
I started watching America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. I got to the part where they talk about how little they're paid and turned it off. The old timers from decades past were all blah blah it's a privilege as if that's what puts food on the table. Basically saying this is only for rich young beautiful people who don't need an income to pay their bills.
Post by helpshareplease on Jul 11, 2024 9:16:50 GMT -5
@ as well for me today I have finally got my child care shit together and on a regular schedule. It was so nice this morning. I woke up at 6:30 had coffee while dd was still in bed. I got to talk to my best friend for like 45 minutes. DD got up and then the care provider showed up. I had a whole hour to get ready for work. got a shower and a cute dress and matching shoes and jewelry and a little bit of makeup. (I'm usually a jeans and tee-shirt sort of person.) I feel lovely today it's amazing what a little self care can do.
This has been the slowest week ever. H was off Monday and Tuesday and I don't know why I didn't take off as well (we were both off W-F last week). We have no plans this weekend, which might be the only weekend all summer. We might go to a local food festival... but it's going to be hot, so maybe we'll just crash my brothers house and live in the pool.
I was just scrolling on FB and I am shocked at some photos I saw that an old coworker posted. Her daughter graduated from HS and she posted a bunch of pics from her grad party. I was scrolling through because the party looked so nice (I think her sister owns a party planning business so there were cute decorations, balloon displays etc). Anyway- lots of pics of the kids with clear cups filled with beverages. I assumed they were all non alcoholic, because, underage. Then there is a picture of her daughter and a bunch of her friends and the daughter had a White Claw in her hand, her boyfriend had a beer and a few other young looking people had various cans of alcoholic beverages. I cannot imagine not only allowing a bunch of kids to drink underage at my house/party and then posting PHOTO EVIDENCE on social media. Her brother is a state trooper too (and he was in some of the pictures)
Post by lavenderblue on Jul 11, 2024 9:20:02 GMT -5
I had a work dinner last night and definitely should have stopped after one martini. Luckily I wfh today but I had a rough time waking up.
I dropped my car off at the mechanic this morning to have the AC looked at. Yesterday the check engine light came and and I also realized that I needed an oil change. Hopefully this isn't a terribly expensive visit to the shop. This is my commuter car, it's an '06 Honda Accord with only 90k miles, so even though it's old, it's low miles, so I'd like it to last for at least a few more years so that I can pass it on to DS if he ever gets around to getting his license.
A lady on the bus this morning stripped down to her skivvies, pulled a new dress out of her backpack, and put it on. On a crowded rush hour bus! It was so bizarre. She seemed normal and like this was no big deal. I think my years working from home have me soft because I was across from her all "oh my word..."
I don't think you're the problem here hahaha
Haha fair, but I've spent my entire adult life in Boston and NYC and have seen it all. Ten years ago I probably wouldn't have blinked an eye lol.
Post by nancybotwin on Jul 11, 2024 9:25:37 GMT -5
I am off work this week, my kids are all in camps, and I love having time to myself and also the chance to spend more time with my kids. I’m driving DS and DD2’s carpool every morning and picking up DD1 from her dance intensive every afternoon and it’s such a treat. Usually I’m working, I’m rushing to work in the morning with the kids and our nanny is doing pick ups. I wish I could bring some of this leisurely balance into my real life. For now I’m just enjoying it. Yesterday I did a day of shopping and bought some cute pants and shoes; today I’m meeting a friend for lunch at a place I’ve been dying to try and then doing a little more shopping. Tomorrow I’m going to sit on the beach and read my book. I’ve also done a ton of adulting - insurance stuff and doctor stuff and finance stuff. It’s amazing how much you can do when work doesn’t interfere