Thursday randoms

[gummybear]

I have been accepted into a CHEESE FOCUS GROUP and not only will there be discussion about my favorite food I will be getting paid for it!

I also read the employee handbook for my retail job and realized that at 10 years of service, as long as I’m over 50 I get my discount for all brands for my entire lifetime when I “retire”. I’m almost at 6 years service and I’m 47 so that’s pretty soon!

[dontlook]

Going to the MN state fair today. I’m so excited to eat and drink all the things!

[ssmjlm]

My kid's riding teacher said there is a horse lease coming up in November and since my mom is the one who took her yesterday now it's all I've been hearing about from the both of them and I feel like my mom is going to lease this horse for my kid and I have no clue what that actuall entails. She will get a discount on lessons, LOL, well I guess that's nice.


MS open house was chaos. My kid knows where to go, but wow, the school is setup completly differently from where I grew up.

[deadwing]

Aug 22, 2024 6:57:12 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

My kid's riding teacher said there is a horse lease coming up in November and since my mom is the one who took her yesterday now it's all I've been hearing about from the both of them and I feel like my mom is going to lease this horse for my kid and I have no clue what that actuall entails. She will get a discount on lessons, LOL, well I guess that's nice.


MS open house was chaos. My kid knows where to go, but wow, the school is setup completly differently from where I grew up.

Leasing a horse is kind of like owning one, but with less responsibility.  If it's a full lease, your kid would be able to ride the horse whenever she wants.  If it's a partial lease, you would have access to ride on certain days/times.  You probably wouldn't be obligated to pay for shoeing, vet care, etc but that's something to ask about.  You may or may not need to have your own saddle (and make sure it fits the horse properly).

[ssmjlm]

deadwing, she was already considering her own saddle for Christmas, so of course, why not get a horse to go along with it.

[lavenderblue]

I received a message in FB Messenger yesterday (technically I received it last month but just saw it yesterday) from exH2 (former) girlfriend that he was with while living with me and up until March of this year. Trying to decide if I want to go down that road. I know that it was really actually helpful for me to talk to his first wife (we've become friends LOL) about things and it helped me realize that I wasn't alone and I wasn't crazy and so I'm sure that it would actually help this girl to find closure to talk to me, but it's still awkward as heck.

[NewGirlNic]

Aug 22, 2024 6:51:03 GMT -5 gummybear said:

I have been accepted into a CHEESE FOCUS GROUP and not only will there be discussion about my favorite food I will be getting paid for it!

What?! I want that! 

[midwestmama]

DD's 8th grade schedule came out yesterday. I asked DS if he knew anything about the teachers, and he said he thought he heard that her math teacher was horrible. If it was DS, I wouldn't be as worried, because math comes so easy to him, but I'm wondering if I need to step in and contact the counselor on this one for DD, as math is a challenge for her. DD has made great progress in math the last few years due to great teachers, and I would hate for her to lose all of that progress.

[W.T.Faulkner]

I just started back at work after a summer off. My father-in-law died last week, and I'm so glad I had the summer to be at home and make things easier as we drove back and forth from the hospital for the last six weeks or so.

[candreco]

I'm WFH today, really needed the extra hour of sleep after the last couple of days with DS's wrist. Really just want to sit and watch DNC speeches with a cup of coffee, but I guess I should actually work.

Definitely going to catch up on laundry though.

[NewGirlNic]

DS has Covid. Started feeling crummy Tuesday afternoon and woke up yesterday with a fever. So far H and I are fine (fingers crossed). I really hope H doesn't get it, he's had it twice and each time he was so sick. I hope I don't get it either, as I've not had it so no clue how I'd be. But I've managed to not get infected both times H had it and 1 time DS had it previously. Hoping I have some kind of super immunity to it, LOL. I guess it's good DS has it now and will have some antibodies when he goes back to school in a couple weeks. 

We have no plans this weekend, so that's also a plus. Just tickets to the AAA baseball game, but my work has season tickets, so it's not a big deal. Hopefully we can get to a game in early September, as we haven't been to a game yet this year and we usually go to quite a few. 

[deadwing]

Aug 22, 2024 7:31:26 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

deadwing , she was already considering her own saddle for Christmas, so of course, why not get a horse to go along with it.

Your own saddle is a good thing to have if you're serious about riding.  I imagine a decent saddle is A LOT more expensive now than the last time I bought one (20ish years ago)...

[noodleoo]

DD1 had surgery on Monday. She seemed to be doing really well at first, but yesterday she was so lethargic, no appetite, and seemed pretty unhappy all day. She said she isn't in pain the the incision site looks fine, no fever. I think she was bored and lonely since her sister was at daycare and my work has been so busy, I coudln't really play with her all day. She woke up today and was being all sad and pathetic again, but H convinced her to go to summer camp (it is at DD2's daycare) and once she decided she wanted to go, she totally perked up! I told her to take it easy and if she doesn't feel well, she can call us to come get her at any time. But I really think she just needs to get active and have some playtime and hopefully she will start eating and feel better. I'm so relieved.

And selfishly, we were on vacation last week so I haven't had a day with no kids home in 2 weeks and I'm excited for the break.

[sofamonkey]

ssmjlm
Um, excuse me, but I’ve looked and I don’t see an update about the bananas game. How was it?!

[gummybear]

Aug 22, 2024 7:44:35 GMT -5 NewGirlNic said:

Aug 22, 2024 6:51:03 GMT -5 gummybear said:

I have been accepted into a CHEESE FOCUS GROUP and not only will there be discussion about my favorite food I will be getting paid for it!

What?! I want that! 

It’s exciting right? Whether or not I will be sent actual cheese as part of the discussion remains to be seen. I will update 🤣

[ssmjlm]

Aug 22, 2024 8:17:36 GMT -5 sofamonkey said:

ssmjlm
Um, excuse me, but I’ve looked and I don’t see an update about the bananas game. How was it?!

Loads of fun! They do a great job of keeping the game moving and keeping everyone entertained. My kid loved it and asked if we could go to another game.

My only wish was that you could pay more for maybe better-ish seats? We had good seats, but I would have definitely paid another $10-15 if it got us just a little closer.

[mccallister84]

Aug 22, 2024 7:48:15 GMT -5 midwestmama said:

DD's 8th grade schedule came out yesterday. I asked DS if he knew anything about the teachers, and he said he thought he heard that her math teacher was horrible. If it was DS, I wouldn't be as worried, because math comes so easy to him, but I'm wondering if I need to step in and contact the counselor on this one for DD, as math is a challenge for her. DD has made great progress in math the last few years due to great teachers, and I would hate for her to lose all of that progress.

I really wish people wouldn’t do this.

[isabel]

Aug 22, 2024 6:55:09 GMT -5 dontlook said:

Going to the MN state fair today. I’m so excited to eat and drink all the things!

Report back! I want to go someday.

[beerlover]

I've been trying to reschedule a Teledoc therapy appointment for next week (I have a work conflict) for like 5 days now. I've tried Firefox, Chrome, Edge, and also the app on my iPhone and every time I hit confirm on the Reschedule button I get a "server error." I don't get it. I figured others would have this issue and it would get fixed, but nada - like, is no one else reporting this issue? It's so fucking annoying that I am going to need to CALL IN to fix something that should be be so easy.

[wildrice]

I am going to Jodi Picoult's book tour stop tonight. I am looking forward to it! It was something I bought a ticket for without even seeing if anyone wanted to go with me, so I'm going alone - I'm not sure if anyone I'm friends with locally reads her books but if I am, we've never talked about it lol. I don't really know what to expect, since I've never been to an event like this for a bigger author. Coincidentally, my local bookstore is hosting a book club next week and invited the author to come, so I'm going to two author events in a week - despite having never been to a single one in the past! (unless you count Michelle Obama which was more like a giant event so not really the same thing).

My poor sister is still in the hospital. Not sure if she will be released today or what. She's been there since Saturday night so I am sure she's beyond ready to come home.

[jinkies]

ssmjlm as a fellow horse mom, Godspeed with the lease. I think this is in our near future also.

Right now DD is working at her barn for extra riding time, and honestly it works out to be a lot of the benefits of leasing without paying for it. But she's pretty possessive about "her" horse and I'm pretty sure that if they ever offer the chance to make him exclusive to DD she will be all over it.

[bbdoll]

wildrice - I love Jodi Picoult. She is my absolute favorite author. That's so cool that you're going to get to meet her!

[donutsmakemegonuts]

My cousin died on Tuesday morning after a battle with colon cancer. He was only 41. I am devastated. I knew he had not been doing well the past few weeks and I reached out to him via Instagram messages because we would always be sending funny memes and videos back and forth. I told him that I heard he was struggling and that I was thinking of him, but he never read it. He passed in his sleep after being put on hospice. I thought I was processing it well until my aunt posted his obituary on Facebook this morning and now I can't stop crying. My heart hurts.

[eddy]

My baby just went to junior high orientation. I got a good cry out after he left, so I think I am good to go now. :-) The beginning of school year makes me so melancholy for the passage of time. 

Also the beginning of the school year is my renewed sense of getting organized. I have meal plans for my meal plans. We have a new family calendar system. We are ready to operate at a very high level for at least a couple weeks lol. 

Also my oldest is a junior which brings out the feelings. And he has a new girlfriend who is spending a lot of time with. I think it is lovely and totally appropriate. But I can't help but feel as if I am losing him lol. He is never home and soon he is going to leave me forever.


ANYWAYS, love the beginning of the school year. It is great for my emotional state. :-)

[underwaterrhymes]

(((donutsmakemegonuts)))

[marie]

I was just checking out at Kohl’s and there was a Mom and Dad with a toddler behind me… she picked up a bag of caramel popcorn and asked what it was, they said “oh, that is a very, very spicy snack. Then she picked up a bag of marshmallows and asked what that was… dog treats! They said it was only food for dogs 😆 genius!

[heygrey]

Aug 22, 2024 7:48:15 GMT -5 midwestmama said:

DD's 8th grade schedule came out yesterday. I asked DS if he knew anything about the teachers, and he said he thought he heard that her math teacher was horrible. If it was DS, I wouldn't be as worried, because math comes so easy to him, but I'm wondering if I need to step in and contact the counselor on this one for DD, as math is a challenge for her. DD has made great progress in math the last few years due to great teachers, and I would hate for her to lose all of that progress.

She hasn't started school and hasn't even met this teacher yet? Definitely do not contact the school. 

Kids evaluation of what makes a good/bad/horrible teacher are notoriously off. If she starts the class and things aren't going well, reach out to the counselor. Or better yet, give her some skills to advocate for herself first, THEN step in if it isn't resolved.

[sometimesrunner]

Aug 22, 2024 7:40:32 GMT -5 lavenderblue said:

I received a message in FB Messenger yesterday (technically I received it last month but just saw it yesterday) from exH2 (former) girlfriend that he was with while living with me and up until March of this year. Trying to decide if I want to go down that road. I know that it was really actually helpful for me to talk to his first wife (we've become friends LOL) about things and it helped me realize that I wasn't alone and I wasn't crazy and so I'm sure that it would actually help this girl to find closure to talk to me, but it's still awkward as heck.

I read an article the other day about a woman who is now friends with two ex-wives of her ex-husband. They're all friends now (well, not the ex-h, just the wives). That you could be you!

[TR]

(((donutsmakemegonuts))) I’m so sorry for your loss. I lost a close cousin to cancer a few years ago and I still cry about it now and then.

[rubytue]

Aug 22, 2024 8:59:40 GMT -5 wildrice said:

I am going to Jodi Picoult's book tour stop tonight. I am looking forward to it! It was something I bought a ticket for without even seeing if anyone wanted to go with me, so I'm going alone - I'm not sure if anyone I'm friends with locally reads her books but if I am, we've never talked about it lol. I don't really know what to expect, since I've never been to an event like this for a bigger author. Coincidentally, my local bookstore is hosting a book club next week and invited the author to come, so I'm going to two author events in a week - despite having never been to a single one in the past! (unless you count Michelle Obama which was more like a giant event so not really the same thing).

Oooo.  *Checks ticket availability (3 left)* *assess sinus congestion* 

I want to say I’m in. I love Jodi Picoult (or, I was really into her for about 10 years, but honestly got a bit bored with her). My father really liked her books, too. That was a weird discovery when I found some of her books at his house lol

But… it’s ragweed season, and I was on three planes in 36 hours. And despite some OTC meds, I think all the congestion got shoved into my ears. And I feel something is brewing. *knocks wood* it’s just a sinus infection (I get them a lot from flying). But with the travel, it could be something infectious and it’ll take a few days to sort out the difference.