Wednesday randoms

[wildrice]

Aug 21, 2024 9:19:55 GMT -5 lilypad1126 said:

What is with this new trend of doctors offices and pharmacies calling me from random numbers that don't come up on caller id as the place of business, and asking ME to confirm my date of birth and my mailing address to them? This has happened at least 5 times over the last 2 weeks. Today it was a doctor's office and the woman calling said "Hi my name is Sarah and I'm calling from your doctor's office. Can I speak with Lilypad? Oh this is Lilypad? Great, can you tell me your birthdate and address so I can confirm it's you?"

What? No, I'm not giving some random person who literally said "I'm calling from your doctor's office" my info. She finally told WHICH doctor she was calling from (after she said, well if you want to know what I'm calling about, either give me your info or COME IN PERSON so we can verify it's you) so then I was like, Oh, yeah, I saw that doc and you can just close my account, I'm not coming back. But even that wasn't enough, she STILL wanted me to confirm my info. I finally said, listen, my insurance doesn't cover the procedure I need the way you want to bill it. So I'm not going through with it at your office. I've already spoken to 3 different people there and asked them to close my file.

But she was SHOCKED that I wouldn't just divulge my PII over the phone. What the heck?!

Honestly this sounds like a scam, so I'm glad you refused!

[emilyinchile]

If you guy's haven't seen Georgia's roll call from the DNC last night, you need to: youtu.be/B9MNFAidb_4

[heygrey]

Aug 21, 2024 9:30:30 GMT -5 mysteriouswife said:

I do not understand fights in the crowds at sporting events. I want to know what the involved think the next day(s) after. Are they proud? embarrassed?

Random thoughts brought to you by a MLB fight this week.

I assume they are drunk.

I hope they are appropriately embarrassed the next day, but I bet a few of them just have another tale in the good ol' boys club. 

[wildrice]

I stayed up way too late watching the DNC last night. Why don't they start earlier? Ending at nearly midnight seems way too late! I'm impressed Obama still could give an energetic and coherent speech at 10pm - I would be yawning by then, lol.

I am trying to figure out my plans for fall. My H finally agreed to taking a relaxing vacation at some point this fall, so I need to figure out when and details for that. We also need to see my family at some point for one of the holidays, or at least around those times. And my girls trip to meet up with one of my BFFs is likely not going to work out due to scheduling, so I may just fly to see her at her home instead. One of my best college friends lives less than an hour from her, so although my BFF can't travel some weekends due to other plans, I can just hang out with my other friend while she's busy. Once again I'm salty about the fact that my people live all over the place - I love going places but do I really want to go to Texas and Michigan this fall for the umpteenth time? No, but I want to see the people who live those places...

[heygrey]

I put on the Youtube video of the DNC roll call this morning. My poor Canadian child keeps asking "so is she president now?" and I have to keep explaining the process of American politics and that this is just the Democrats formally saying they support Kamala as their candidate. He's very interested in the process, but does not understand why there are so many months before the actual election.

[silva]

After returning from Milwaukee for the Harris/Walz rally, I'm super tired! We got there around 4:30 and it took over 2 hours to get into the venue! I thought they would cut off the entrance due to being at capacity, but we made it in! By the time we got in, they streamed the DNC roll call. It stopped halfway through, and then Gov. Walz spoke on stage. He delivered. He has this perfect way to get people fired up and laugh! After he was done, they resumed the roll call and it was so fun to watch. I couldn't wait to hear which song Wisconsin would get and Jump Around by House of Pain was perfect since that's THE song they play during the 5th quarter at our UW Badger games. DD and I danced in our seats, and the place exploded when Lil Jon came on! Once the roll call was done, Harris came out with Walz and accepted the nomination! She did her small speech to the DNC, and once that was done, she went into her speech in Milwaukee. So inspiring!

I'll say the excitement was contagious! So glad my daughter and I were able to witness this moment. Thankfully, we listened to both Obama speeches while driving home. I don't think I feel asleep until 3 am from all the excitement.

I need a nap.

[charlatti]

Aug 21, 2024 7:01:41 GMT -5 bbdoll said:

I have been super nauseous every morning for the last week or so. A couple of times, I threw up a little. I am NOT pregnant. I can't figure out why I keep feeling like this. Anyone ever experience this? It's miserable.

Do you have any seasonal allergy issues? Sometimes allergies or sinus drainage will lead to stomach issues for me.

[pinkdutchtulips]

We move in 9 days   I'm packing like crazy around work. 

Miss R had her first appt in a month- 6 weeks w her therapist (we were gone most of July and she was sick the first 2 wks of August) and it did not go well. She's regressed and her devil may care, I don't care if what I do ripples out and effects my parent attitude is back. When she's like this, she's dangerous. If I tell her not to do something (like have people over when I'm not home), she'll have friends over who get loud, and rowdy, and pregame BEFORE they come over.  J and I have tickets for a concert on Friday (my bday) and its her last weekend here before the move. We have the option to spend the night at a friend's house close to the concert. Note, option, bc if we're away all night she'll throw a 'going away party'. The last time she had a 'gathering' I got a call from my apt manager about residents complaining about the rowdiness, rudeness, inappropriate behavior of her friends. Its completely lost on her that I am ultimately responsible for all of this. Every time I go over the 'rules' with her - no drinking, no being loud, quiet hours start at 10p, be considerate of our neighbors, etc. I'm tempted to have the PD do w welfare check on her just to see if she's throwing a party or not. If she's throwing a party, we'll come home. 

Another concern I have is that she's stated on multiple occasions that she plans on making everyone's lives miserable bc I'm moving her away from her friends. The majority of her friends are NOT good influences and I get the strong feeling that most are just using her for Uber rides and DoorDash. Part of the move is for a fresh start for her - new school, new friends - bc where we are now ... it's not good. Its going to be a bumpy adjustment. Thank god J is level headed when I'm an emotional mess. 

[sadlebred]

I got my severance package yesterday. No surprises except they counted 19 years tenure instead of 18, so that was good. I'm having hand surgery #2 next Monday. I'm going to try not to take Tuesday as well since they will pay for any unused vacation (I'm out of sick time, see heart surgery). The first hand still hurts a bit, but the PA says it's healing well.

[sadlebred]

Aug 21, 2024 9:53:48 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

If you guy's haven't seen Georgia's roll call from the DNC last night, you need to: youtu.be/B9MNFAidb_4

It was so ATL!!!

[bbdoll]

Aug 21, 2024 11:13:22 GMT -5 charlatti said:

Aug 21, 2024 7:01:41 GMT -5 bbdoll said:

I have been super nauseous every morning for the last week or so. A couple of times, I threw up a little. I am NOT pregnant. I can't figure out why I keep feeling like this. Anyone ever experience this? It's miserable.

Do you have any seasonal allergy issues? Sometimes allergies or sinus drainage will lead to stomach issues for me.

I do have allergies that I've never had before.  I've only started experiencing them in the last few years.

[candreco]

Aug 21, 2024 9:41:35 GMT -5 osulori said:

Aug 21, 2024 7:24:26 GMT -5 candreco said:

Made it to the second day of school before getting a call from the nurse, DS fell awkwardly on his wrist at recess and unfortunately has a compression fracture A good friend in the neighborhood is PT who specializes in hands/wrists, so she assessed it for us after school yesterday and told us to get it x-rayed at urgent care. They then referred us to the orthopedist she actually works for, so she pulled some strings and got us in basically first thing this morning.

I am so sad for him, he was so excited to start soccer next week and that's likely to be limited participation, and the temporary splint makes using a computer mouse really hard so gaming was kind of a no-go last night, so it was like his two favorite things were taken away from him. We'll see what the ortho says this morning, but we're hoping treatment is relatively quick and the cast/brace/whatever isn't too uncomfortable/inconvenient. At least he's a lefty so it's not his dominant hand?

If it helps at all, my son has had a couple soccer teammates end up with broken wrists over the course of the last two soccer seasons and once they had a cast on the ortho doc was okay with soccer.  They had to get creative with wrapping the cast during practices and games but it was doable.  Fingers crossed for good news at the ortho doc!

Doc said not even practice, doesn't want him to trip or instinctively use his arm to block.  But it's only casted for four weeks, so he'll only miss the first few weeks of the season.  I might talk to our PT friend too and see what she would do, since she knows both the medical side and the team sport perspective.  I have to think there are some drills he could still do.

[Roc A Bee]

I turn 40 on Sunday, and we are going to my favorite beach town Friday through Sunday. I only have today and tomorrow of work to get through, but time is standing still.

Then Monday I took off to get a headspa treatment. I cannot wait!

[dish2501]

Apparently there are some mites that eat the 17 year cicadas’ shells, and they bite people. The cicadas have been gone for more than a month, but the mites are here now. I’m getting devoured. It’s so gross! And itchy. My DH said last time in 2007, he remembers getting chewed up but he’s not getting it this time. I hope they leave soon!

My DS1 started middle school and he’s struggling. Changing classes and getting to/from his locker is stressing him out. He’s easily distracted but smart, and this may be what pushes us into ADHD testing. My poor buddy.

[spindle92]

Today's hospital annoyance - why do I have to pay for parking in their ramp?
Today is day 15 of being here and I am too scared to figure out the amount I've paid.

We do not pay for parking in the ramp at the VA hospital, where I take my dad. Uuggh.

sorry for the rant.

[underwaterrhymes]

Aug 21, 2024 7:40:49 GMT -5 wanderingback said:

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My partner was with our daughter all day yesterday. He ended up taking her "back to school" shopping and got her the cutest boots and sneakers! I’m all about snagging stuff on buy nothing but these are so cute. I actually don’t know her shoe size cause he takes care of shoes, so I’m glad he got it all taken care of!

Kids shoe sizes are so confusing. My husband also handles the shoes usually and it’s so appreciated because I’m all like 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ if anyone asks what size shoes they wear.

[underwaterrhymes]

Aug 21, 2024 10:59:17 GMT -5 silva said:

After returning from Milwaukee for the Harris/Walz rally, I'm super tired! We got there around 4:30 and it took over 2 hours to get into the venue! I thought they would cut off the entrance due to being at capacity, but we made it in! By the time we got in, they streamed the DNC roll call. It stopped halfway through, and then Gov. Walz spoke on stage. He delivered. He has this perfect way to get people fired up and laugh! After he was done, they resumed the roll call and it was so fun to watch. I couldn't wait to hear which song Wisconsin would get and Jump Around by House of Pain was perfect since that's THE song they play during the 5th quarter at our UW Badger games. DD and I danced in our seats, and the place exploded when Lil Jon came on! Once the roll call was done, Harris came out with Walz and accepted the nomination! She did her small speech to the DNC, and once that was done, she went into her speech in Milwaukee. So inspiring!

I'll say the excitement was contagious! So glad my daughter and I were able to witness this moment. Thankfully, we listened to both Obama speeches while driving home. I don't think I feel asleep until 3 am from all the excitement.

I need a nap.

LOL. Same. I posted pics on CE&P. I wanted to bring my kids but I was worried they’d be bored, but it was so much fun, I think they would have had a blast.

[bittybomb]

Aug 21, 2024 7:01:41 GMT -5 bbdoll said:

I have been super nauseous every morning for the last week or so. A couple of times, I threw up a little. I am NOT pregnant. I can't figure out why I keep feeling like this. Anyone ever experience this? It's miserable.

This is very random, but we have a ductless mini split AC in our back family room, which also houses my 100% wfh husband's office in the corner.  Around April he felt like it was not getting as cool as it should so had the repair guy to come and give it some more Freon.  Our dog then got hurt and needed surgery and needed to be crated and our dog has my husband wrapped around his tiny paw so my husband was sleeping in the backroom with the dog from end of May onward for weeks.

By July he called the repair guy back because the repair guy said to call back in a couple months or so if we didn't notice a huge change.  During that time my husband started waking up every morning feeling lightheaded and nauseous.  He also started Mounjaro in April and had just increased his dose, so he felt it was probably related to that.  I am a supreme nervous nelly so he did not tell me any of this was going on because I would have gone down the google rabbit hole and be convinced my husband was dying. 

Turns out our mini ductless system had a Freon leak in the main unit, and the repair guy said while it wouldn't kill anyone, it would definitely cause headaches, queasiness and maybe some vomiting.  He immediately disconnected the unit and within two days, my husband was feeling much better.

[wanderingback]

Aug 21, 2024 8:23:49 GMT -5 maudefindlay said:

followyourarrow hope it's just something like you need to boost your vitamin C and not a real difficult fix.

wanderingback my Dad always took me shopping, even for homecoming and prom gowns. He owned a furniture store and was good at choosing fabrics and coordinating patterns which translated well to clothes, he has great taste. I remember the women in the dress stores eating it up that there was this big tall man with his southern accent telling his daughter "I think we can do better" "Now that's more like it, that's in style, this is what we're looking for!". So sweet your partner is also ignoring the "norms" and just jumping in and doing whatever your DD needs.

That is so lovely!

[erbear]

Aug 21, 2024 7:40:49 GMT -5 wanderingback said:

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My partner was with our daughter all day yesterday. He ended up taking her "back to school" shopping and got her the cutest boots and sneakers! I’m all about snagging stuff on buy nothing but these are so cute. I actually don’t know her shoe size cause he takes care of shoes, so I’m glad he got it all taken care of!

Please please please post a pic of her first day outfit. Kids in boots are the cutest!

[wanderingback]

Aug 21, 2024 12:25:55 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Aug 21, 2024 7:40:49 GMT -5 wanderingback said:

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My partner was with our daughter all day yesterday. He ended up taking her "back to school" shopping and got her the cutest boots and sneakers! I’m all about snagging stuff on buy nothing but these are so cute. I actually don’t know her shoe size cause he takes care of shoes, so I’m glad he got it all taken care of!

Kids shoe sizes are so confusing. My husband also handles the shoes usually and it’s so appreciated because I’m all like 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ if anyone asks what size shoes they wear.

Ok glad I’m not the only one! When people post kids shoes on buy nothing I get so confused and it has no meaning.

[mrsukyankee]

Holy moly, bittybomb!

[bittybomb]

Aug 21, 2024 12:58:10 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Holy moly, bittybomb !

I know.  I've now discovered a whole new thing to cause me anxiety, lol.

[Patsy Baloney]

My kindergartener’s teacher ratted on him for scamming second breakfast at school today, lol. She said he’s been saying he’s hungry, so she’s been allowing him to go, even though she knows we eat breakfast at home before school from the info we gave her.

Oh well, I don’t really care. That’s what the lunch money is there for! Makes me laugh that apparently I’m raising a hobbit.

[dancingnancy]

Aug 21, 2024 11:14:42 GMT -5 pinkdutchtulips said:

We move in 9 days   I'm packing like crazy around work. 

Miss R had her first appt in a month- 6 weeks w her therapist (we were gone most of July and she was sick the first 2 wks of August) and it did not go well. She's regressed and her devil may care, I don't care if what I do ripples out and effects my parent attitude is back. When she's like this, she's dangerous. If I tell her not to do something (like have people over when I'm not home), she'll have friends over who get loud, and rowdy, and pregame BEFORE they come over.  J and I have tickets for a concert on Friday (my bday) and it’s her last weekend here before the move. We have the option to spend the night at a friend's house close to the concert. Note, option, bc if we're away all night she'll throw a 'going away party'. The last time she had a 'gathering' I got a call from my apt manager about residents complaining about the rowdiness, rudeness, inappropriate behavior of her friends. Its completely lost on her that I am ultimately responsible for all of this. Every time I go over the 'rules' with her - no drinking, no being loud, quiet hours start at 10p, be considerate of our neighbors, etc. I'm tempted to have the PD do w welfare check on her just to see if she's throwing a party or not. If she's throwing a party, we'll come home. 

Another concern I have is that she's stated on multiple occasions that she plans on making everyone's lives miserable bc I'm moving her away from her friends. The majority of her friends are NOT good influences and I get the strong feeling that most are just using her for Uber rides and DoorDash. Part of the move is for a fresh start for her - new school, new friends - bc where we are now ... it's not good. Its going to be a bumpy adjustment. Thank god J is level headed when I'm an emotional mess. 

Is there an adult that could stay with her? I may be wrong but I thought she was the same age as my DD and I am not ready to leave her alone for over nights.

[Susie]

Aug 21, 2024 9:57:16 GMT -5 wildrice said:

I stayed up way too late watching the DNC last night. Why don't they start earlier? Ending at nearly midnight seems way too late! I'm impressed Obama still could give an energetic and coherent speech at 10pm - I would be yawning by then, lol.

I stayed up to watch Barack's speech to the end, and I regretted it very much this morning when I had to get up to run this AM.  Any time the number of miles I have on the calendar to run exceeds the # of hours of sleep I got, we're in a bad place.

My random:  my dad had a consult for a hip replacement yesterday, and surgery is scheduled for 12/4.  I'm excited for him because this is the first time he's having a significant medical event that is about making his life BETTER, not just surviving.  He's had such mobility limitations recently.  

We're going to take his dog for a month or so while he recovers.  His dog and my younger wilder dog are 1/2 brothers and are <2 months apart in age.  My Sky is going to be so happy!  But I hope my dad's boy does ok being apart from his person.

[wildrice]

Aug 21, 2024 13:47:46 GMT -5 Susie said:

Aug 21, 2024 9:57:16 GMT -5 wildrice said:

I stayed up way too late watching the DNC last night. Why don't they start earlier? Ending at nearly midnight seems way too late! I'm impressed Obama still could give an energetic and coherent speech at 10pm - I would be yawning by then, lol.

I stayed up to watch Barack's speech to the end, and I regretted it very much this morning when I had to get up to run this AM.  Any time the number of miles I have on the calendar to run exceeds the # of hours of sleep I got, we're in a bad place.

And there are 2 more nights of this! I don't expect that either night will end earlier. I think they should either start the program earlier or cut down on the number of speeches. I get that the west coast would have difficulty viewing before 5pm, but the east coast has difficult viewing past 11pm! And the earlier stuff is less important for everyone to see, anyway.

[beerlover]

Just got back from my work conference. It was great to see everybody, didn't really learn anything new, the usual lol. Per usual, I feel gross from heavy food and staying up late drinking, but it was fun. I'm probably one of the people that live the closest to where the conference was held, so I got to get home relatively quickly and am just chilling on the couch while most are still driving. I'm catching up on some night 2 of the DNC stuff on Youtube right now. This roll call is amazing lol.

I missed DS's first day of school this morning. I obviously knew and planned for it, and H had it handled, but I was surprisingly more sad this morning about not being there than I thought I would be. Also, the first day of school photo that H took of DS sucks and I plan to retake it this afternoon lol. I'm sure that sounds stupid, but he doesn't have his usual bright, adorable smile in it. I'm sure he will be annoyed about me asking to take another one but oh well. I'm so anxious to hear how his day was. He wasn't super thrilled about going back. He's a kid who would say he "hates school" if you ask him, but does well and fine when he's actually there. I would love if he was a little more excited about it though. His teacher this year is a lot more fun and warm than his 1st grade one was, so I hope that helps!

It has felt VERY fallish here in Central PA the past 2 days. The low temp where my conference was last night was like 42 degrees. Insanity.

[wildrice]

Aug 21, 2024 13:38:46 GMT -5 dancingnancy said:

Aug 21, 2024 11:14:42 GMT -5 pinkdutchtulips said:

We move in 9 days   I'm packing like crazy around work. 

Miss R had her first appt in a month- 6 weeks w her therapist (we were gone most of July and she was sick the first 2 wks of August) and it did not go well. She's regressed and her devil may care, I don't care if what I do ripples out and effects my parent attitude is back. When she's like this, she's dangerous. If I tell her not to do something (like have people over when I'm not home), she'll have friends over who get loud, and rowdy, and pregame BEFORE they come over.  J and I have tickets for a concert on Friday (my bday) and it’s her last weekend here before the move. We have the option to spend the night at a friend's house close to the concert. Note, option, bc if we're away all night she'll throw a 'going away party'. The last time she had a 'gathering' I got a call from my apt manager about residents complaining about the rowdiness, rudeness, inappropriate behavior of her friends. Its completely lost on her that I am ultimately responsible for all of this. Every time I go over the 'rules' with her - no drinking, no being loud, quiet hours start at 10p, be considerate of our neighbors, etc. I'm tempted to have the PD do w welfare check on her just to see if she's throwing a party or not. If she's throwing a party, we'll come home. 

Another concern I have is that she's stated on multiple occasions that she plans on making everyone's lives miserable bc I'm moving her away from her friends. The majority of her friends are NOT good influences and I get the strong feeling that most are just using her for Uber rides and DoorDash. Part of the move is for a fresh start for her - new school, new friends - bc where we are now ... it's not good. Its going to be a bumpy adjustment. Thank god J is level headed when I'm an emotional mess. 

Is there an adult that could stay with her? I may be wrong but I thought she was the same age as my DD and I am not ready to leave her alone for over nights.

Or can she stay at a friend's house? Honestly I don't think letting her be alone that evening at all is setting her up for success - you know she's going to do what you say not to do. I know you don't have a ton of options with her but if there is anyone she can have stay with her or stay elsewhere, you're far more likely to be able to just enjoy yourself at the concert than if you have to deal with her poor behavior during it.

Hopefully the move will be really good for her. 

[beerlover]

emilyinchile, this Lil Jon roll call clip completely turned my whole day around lol. I am grinning ear to ear watching it.