It’s Friday

[campermom]

What’s up with everyone?

[rere]

I'm working from home half the day and then cleaning. 3 weeks of on the go with the kids, and my house is suffering.

The weekend is up in the air. Ds is staying till tomorrow. He has really enjoyed being home. He's going out with friends, but we will probably hang out till he leaves, since his going out time coincides with my chilling in bed time.

We'll see him off in the morning, so I can't really think about plans until after that.

Dd on the other hand has orientation fir nursing school today and an all campus dance tonight, so living her best life.

[polecat8]

Work has been pretty slow the last two weeks since I don't have any software to test (I keep finding issues with it ). But I have everything ready for my class that I start teaching next Thursday.
The boys and I have haircuts at 3 and then we'll probably get some dinner somewhere.
Tomorrow morning I will teach taekwondo. On Sunday, my mom wants to take all of the grandkids out to breakfast since it is the last weekend before school starts. I'm not sure if I want to tag along or enjoy some quiet time at home. I've been going full speed the last two weeks with university, family, and taekwondo stuff and my body and mind are starting to complain. It's time for some self care before the crazy school year starts. That usually means laying in bed and watching Grey's Anatomy.

[mae0111]

We are at our beach house for the weekend. Squeezing out every last drop of summer. The dog and I went for a 2 mile walk this morning. DH and I are working today, but I might try to take the kids to the beach or something later. Tomorrow I'm hoping we can spend the day at the beach. The weather and the tides look perfect! Not sure what else we have planned. The yard here needs some love - Dh and I spent a few hours working on it late yesterday afternoon but there are a lot of dead plants and bushes that we need to pull out. Maybe we'll do that? Very exciting!

[dglvrk2]

It's been a wild ride of two weeks here. DD1 and I returned from our travels to the PNW nearly two weeks ago. Poor kid got COVID at camp and was not feeling well for a couple of days after her return. She's better, but has been experiencing a lot of anxiety about returning to school, to the point where she wanted to - and had plans in place to - switch schools for a hot minute last week. She's decided to stay at her school (the only other option for public schools in our area would be a huge inconvenience, so thank goodness....), but yesterday, many emotions came up again. She went to the school for a student council meeting. It was good to see some of the kids, but some feelings from last year resurfaced.

She's also vacillating about her commitment to volleyball. She enjoys playing the game, but doesn't see herself as a good player. (Honestly, she is dedicated, but not by nature a great player. Her natural abilities shine in spiriting and mountain biking, two sports she really doesn't like...) This is hard for me as someone who got through middle and high school because of sports. I really need to step back. I wish she finds balance of sports that come easily to her and she enjoys. She fortunately has this with music.

DD2 and H return tomorrow from their amazing trip to Fiji! They will be tired and grumpy as they return to reality, so I'm bracing myself for this.

I'm delaying getting ready for a big work day. I've been working from home more this week to help DD1 with her anxiety, so it's one of the few full days in the office for me.

This weekend, DD1 and I are going to a friend's BBQ, cleaning the house and enjoying a few more moments of calm before H and DD2 return.

[librarychica]

I’m so glad it’s Friday! Much quieter weekend this weekend. It’s going to be hot and rainy. The girls want to go swim at the Y so we will try and get there one morning before the afternoon storms start. I am also going to do some yardwork since it’ll be overcast. DDs have skating class and we might stay after for open skate.

Tonight H has d&d and the girls are having some friends over. Maybe I’ll order pizza, maybe I’ll cook, idk. Planning for a quiet evening.

[mommyatty]

DS has two activities tomorrow, ninja and his esports practice. He really wants to try out a parkour gym, but they only have two options for your trial class. One is late on a weeknight. The other conflicts with his esports practices on Saturdays. I need to call and see if there’s any way around that.

DD has nothing. I can’t wait until her club field hockey starts. That gives her something on Sundays.

I have an appointment to get my hair color touched up tomorrow. I’ve started doing that so I don’t have to do a full color and hair cut quite as often. I like it, but I also think my hair is getting too long, so I may cut it shorter and go back to more frequent haircuts. I don’t know. Hair is hard.

[twinmomma]

I'm dragging today. I stayed up to watch the entirety of the DNC and Kamala's speech last night, which was very late for this East coast girl who usually goes to bed by 9. I was so amped up I didn't fall asleep until around midnight, then I woke up at 4 AM because our fan was making a weird noise. My alarm was set to go off at 5 anyway, so I was basically up for the day at that point. The girls and I had to drive an hour to the airport at 6 AM for our Global Entry "interviews" then drive an hour home. The interview was just fingerprinting each of us and took about 3 minutes. I took a power nap when we got home before logging on to work for the rest of the day.

DH is working tonight so the kids and I are just hanging out. Tomorrow we have back to school haircuts and sneaker shopping on the schedule. And on Sunday one of DH's friends is going to stop by with his family. He's in town from out of state, so it will be nice to see them.

No real updates or progress on the restaurant front. DH is a ball of stress and doesn't want to talk about it too much since there's nothing I can do about it. So I'm trying to be supportive while also honoring his request that I just act like everything is normal since that's what he wants.

[erbear]

This has been the lazy week for me. I haven’t been feeling great so I haven’t really done anything. It’s my last real week of summer because I go back to school next week, boo. My older daughter had preseason so I’ve driven her back-and-forth a few times, I worked to my classroom a little bit, but mostly I’ve just lays around. I read eight books. I’m headed to the beach this weekend with some friends so that should be fun but back to work next week, which I’m super bummed about.

[twinmomma]

I have another leader at work that is the absolute definition of a white boomer who is constantly disrespectful and rude to me in our meetings. And these are meetings in front of other people! It's been so bad that there have been times that other leaders have reached afterwards to apologize for his behavior. He has raised his voice to me, he has refused to work on any project I ask for, and has told me I'm wrong on multiple occasions. I've talked it through with my boss before and he knows how frustrated I am by it, but hasn't really had any advice beyond just "fight back" which I already do. I have never just taken it, but the behavior hasn't stopped because this guy obviously just doesn't respect me in any way. The bad behavior happened again yesterday and I finally lost it. Today I emailed my boss and disrespectful guy's boss and point blank asked them what they want me to do going forward, because his behavior is unacceptable and I'm over it. I also told them that I reported the behavior to our ombudsman because I'm sick of it. I hope they actually take some action now.

[supertrooper1]

I'm ready for the weekend. I've had some frustrating issues at work this week that led me to have a lower level of tolerance outside of work. Little things that DS and Beau did drove me nuts and they really shouldn't have. Plus it was a bit of a challenge changing up our routine and schedule to get DS to camp each day this week.

We're headed east of the mountains with our trailer and bikes after I drop off DS at his dad's tonight. I'm taking Monday off so we can avoid the Sunday traffic coming back. I thought we'd be avoiding the rain, but the forecast changed and it might rain during the day tomorrow. My mom asked if we would pick up some boxes of peaches and pears for her to can so we'll do that Monday along with stopping at a potential job for Beau on our way home.

[sdlaura]

We have another pretty open weekend before all the fall sports really get going, and I’m loving the change of pace from all our normal craziness.

Tomorrow one of DS1’s friends is spending several hours with us while his mom takes his sister to an event. I got tickets to Despicable Me 4 for them, me, DD and DS2.

Sunday afternoon DD has a softball practice with her new team and then everyone is going out to dinner to get to know each other. I got a babysitter for our two younger boys and DS1 can decide if he wants to go out with us or stay home with them.

Something bit me on my forehead Tuesday and it’s causing me issues. A spider, I think? I have a big itchy welt, which luckily I can cover with my hair when it’s down. But it has woken me up at night because it’s been throbbing, and my eye on that side is also puffy. I’ve been putting antibiotic ointment on it and figure I’ll give it the weekend before getting it checked out professionally if it’s still an issue. It’s super annoying!

[callmekd]

Flying home after a week of vacation in San Diego. And omg the fighting between my kids all week. 🤬

[dglvrk2]

Aug 23, 2024 17:23:04 GMT -5 callmekd said:

Flying home after a week of vacation in San Diego. And omg the fighting between my kids all week. 🤬

Some of these away games are vacations....others are simply parenting in other locations. I'm with you!

[librarychica]

I had a 30 minute check in at work that turned into a 90 minute debugging session and while I was very helpful I was not expecting my last task of the day to go that long!

Fed kids, one friend is home and the other will be picked up soon and then I’m putting on my pajamas and pouting a gin&tonic. Sheesh! What a Friday.

[librarychica]

Good for you, twinmomma! If they know enough to apologize than they know enough to take action.

[mae0111]

sdlaura - if it’s starting to bother your eye, I’d get to urgent care. Both of my kids have gotten cellulitis from bug bites. Dd2 got it right near her eye and we were very close to IV abx because they were so concerned about ocular cellulitis. Good luck!!!

[macmars45]

DS(8) had a haircut this morning and a play date this afternoon. The play date went great; they played together SO well!
A coworker friend came over this afternoon and built an ikea dresser for me. I bought that dresser in May and have been waiting for H to put it together since then. He put my dresser together right away but has put building the dresser for him on the back burner.

*putting furniture together is a two handed operation so therefore I can't do it myself

[waverly]

I had a conference yesterday. Last night I went out for drinks with DH and took DD to a carnival. DH constantly wants to go out for drinks and honestly I’m a bit over it. I think he’s more needy because of work stuff. Anyway, I’ve been exploring NA beer and more mock tails because I don’t feel like alcohol. I’m tired or I have to drive or I just don’t feel like dealing with feeling tipsy. I usually only have one and my tolerance is low, so it hits me hard sometimes.

The carnival was so fun. I’m glad I went but DD didn’t want to leave so we didn’t get home until after 10. Tonight I have a concert and should be really fun. I went with the decaf coffee too. I need a nap!

[sdlaura]

mae0111 that’s terrifying!

[sdlaura]

So mae0111 I did end up going to my local Dr clinic…and you’ll never guess what it is!

Not a spider bite - I have shingles!

Now waiting at the hospital urgent care because they want to make sure it hasn’t impacted my eye.

My family and close friends had been urging me to go to the doctor - but you mentioning some specific scary thing that it could cause was what really spurred me to go in tonight - so thank you internet stranger 🤣

[dglvrk2]

Wow!!
sdlaura, I hope you have a a mild case and quick recovery. Poor thing!

[waverly]

I didn’t realize that shingles would come that close to the eye. I’m glad you got it checked out sdlaura.

[sdlaura]

waverly apparently it’s pretty common. Today my left eye is basically swollen shut 😭 But doctors said my eyeball itself is fine.

[waverly]

Aug 25, 2024 10:46:45 GMT -5 sdlaura said:

waverly apparently it’s pretty common. Today my left eye is basically swollen shut 😭 But doctors said my eyeball itself is fine.

That’s awful. I definitely feel like the should lower the age on the shingles vaccine.

[sdlaura]

waverly I agree. Apparently it’s less than $400 out of pocket, but you can’t get it until you’re 50 unless you have a major immunocompromising condition like HIV or cancer. I feel like everyone born before like 1985, who didn’t get the chicken pox vaccine, should be able to get the shingles vaccine. Because this sucks and from what I’ve read, I have a pretty mild case so far.

[mae0111]

sdlaura, omg that's crazy!! I hope you're feeling OK! I hope you caught it early enough that you're not super uncomfortable.

[rere]

Aug 25, 2024 12:07:34 GMT -5 sdlaura said:

waverly I agree. Apparently it’s less than $400 out of pocket, but you can’t get it until you’re 50 unless you have a major immunocompromising condition like HIV or cancer. I feel like everyone born before like 1985, who didn’t get the chicken pox vaccine, should be able to get the shingles vaccine. Because this sucks and from what I’ve read, I have a pretty mild case so far.

I hade them in my mid 30s. They say stress can bring it on, and this was a particularly bad time when dad was sick. But in younger patients it's more mild. I took and antiviral medication, and it basically was just a few bumps. I thought it was poison ivy.

[sdlaura]

Thanks all. If I had caught it earlier it could have been more mild I’m sure. But half my face is pretty blistery, my eye is nearly swollen shut, and I have a lot of pain in my head/face. So it’s been pretty gnarly even as a young, healthy person. I really wish it was in a body area somewhere other than my head and face! So I am very supportive of earlier vaccination for this.