Monday Randoms

[Bad Dingo]

I just was influenced by FB to order Calm Strips.  I ordered a lot.  I guess I'm kind of stressed out...

That dash cam thread was really stressing me out so I need to stop opening it.  So many crazy drivers out there.

[candreco]

I'm WFH today, so dropped the kids off at their schools, decided to go get gas right after since I could do the Costco gas station before the store opened and not have to wait in line. Realized that there were a couple of things I needed to grab and hey, WalMart is right next door so I went in there for that stuff, even though I really hate shopping there. And oh look, I forgot there was a McDonald's in here and an egg mcmuffin sounds really good. 45 minutes later I'm finally home and feeling like the give a mouse a cookie book.

Dropped something off at DS's soccer coach's house over the weekend, and he has a Trump sign in his yard :/ I'm not super shocked, but he generally comes off as a kind, welcoming person so it was disappointing to see. Definitely going to make sure the Harris-Walz sticker on my water bottle is showing when I take DS to practice this week.

[pandorica]

H has been having a lot of back pain recently, which is unusual for him and he doesn't know how to deal. Last night he woke me up at midnight that his back hurt and he didn't know what to do. This is the man cold version of back pain! As someone with chronic back pain and who has thrown their back out a couple of times, I can't imagine ever waking him up at night to tell him about it. And then in my half asleep state he told me I'm never sympathetic enough when he doesn't feel good. OK buddy.

I got him meds and a pain patch thing and made him sleep in the recliner to help take some pressure off, which seems to have helped since he didn't complain at all this morning.

I'm tired.

[Bad Dingo]

OMG, pandorica, I'd be LIVID! Do not mess with my sleep.

[ssmjlm]

We went shopping yesterday and I wish my kid realized how lucky she is. She wanted almost no part of shopping and was so whiny. I can remember at her age just wanting my mom to take me shopping and it rarely happened because my sister always came along and then would ruin the trip and I would just crawl into myself as the fat sister, so I stopped going.


I did find a dress that was final sale because someone had ripped the strap trying it on. I know either myself or my mom can sew it back, so I got a $180 dress for $22 after tax! And it has pockets! It will be perfect for our cruise and next summer.

[bears]

I keep on forgetting that red wine occasionally fucks up my sleep. Last night I had a glass of wine... Went to sleep around 10 and woke up for the day at 1 am. Today will be rough.

[pandorica]

Oct 21, 2024 8:18:52 GMT -5 Bad Dingo said:

OMG, pandorica, I'd be LIVID! Do not mess with my sleep.

Especially since he has been sick for weeks and keeps waking me up with his coughing, I'm so tired! That's finally maybe over, and I thought I was free to sleep

[beerlover]

Blah, Monday after a fun weekend is always hard. It's going to be 80 degrees out though and we have our town's Halloween parade tonight which is always fun because we go with friends. DS always gets a TON of candy from all the different fire companies and other organizations throwing it out.

[jamie.1022]

I broke my foot over the weekend. I’m currently trying to find an orthopedist who can see me earlier than next week. This is my first broken bone ever. And tomorrow is my birthday….weeeee!

[mrsukyankee]

jamie.1022, boo. What a birthday present. Hope you can find someone to help.

I gave my presentation on Confidence and Imposter Syndrome today to about 20 students. It went well. I did accidentally skip a slide but it was fine (I used it as part of my talk around the anxiety about making mistakes, so it worked for me). And a lot of people are very happy I've gotten the promotion as they like working with me. Yay!

[lavenderblue]

I went to my newphew's birthday party on Saturday which was fun. I always love getting together with my family. When I got there my niece showed me that she got me my very own gluten free pizza because she wanted to make sure that I had something to eat. I actually cried because I was so touched, no one ever thinks of me for family events and I usually just end up eating chips and fruit because the main is never anything that I can eat (Gluten Free).

[litebright]

Today is such a mess, house-wise. Our well pump started dying last week and we need to replace it before it goes out completely and we have no water to the house. Right now we lose pressure randomly and have to reset the pump multiple times a day. This replacement involves not just a new pump but replacing the pipe innards that it hangs on, 600 feet down. The crew is here and it will take all day, during which I don't have water. DH filled buckets and the basement tub with water, I put hand sanitizer in the bathrooms; it feels slightly apocalyptic.

Separately, the tile guy is here working on the fireplace stone facing in the main bedroom, and we had to make sure he has enough water to do his cutting and mixing of mortar.

I am already very over the comings & goings for our renovation/repair project, and today is that level x2 at least. It is really hard to focus on WFH amid all of this.

[macmars45]

Last week I slept one night and then woke up with my neck hurting. It's getting more tight and I'm going to look into getting a massage asap.

ETA: just scheduled a massage for Saturday morning.

[Susie]

I miss my doggo who passed away on 10/7, but I'm also enjoying spending more time and doing more things with my younger doggo.  She was nearly 12 and he is 1.5, so there was a pretty big age gap.  

He is 75 lb., energetic, and excitable, so he requires my full attention out in public; taking both wasn't a great plan.  She had historical dibs on the daily walk to the bus stop with the kids, he got yard play.  But I didn't take them places much, because if I didn't take her she got mad... and if I did, I didn't have enough bandwidth to work on his manners.

Now he comes to the bus stop daily, and I've started taking him to the park during DD's XC practices.  He gets carsick so he hates the car.  Having a 5 minute car ride (too short to get sick) that goes someplace fun (not the vet) where he gets walks and treatos is good for him.  We're working through this.



I still need to go pick up her ashes from the vet though.  I've been dragging my feet on that for a week.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Oct 21, 2024 7:42:25 GMT -5 Bad Dingo said:

I just was influenced by FB to order Calm Strips.  I ordered a lot.  I guess I'm kind of stressed out...

That dash cam thread was really stressing me out so I need to stop opening it.  So many crazy drivers out there.

Awe, I ordered these a few years ago.  I do really love mine (it's on my Kindle and I fidget with it while reading, which I do a lot of).  But I would have shared that I regret ordering as many as I did.  I ordered different patterns for ds, DD and me, and at this point I don't care/remember what the patterns are, I've literally only used 2 of them and each kid used 1, and I believe I lost the rest of them.  

[expectantsteelerfan]

Oct 21, 2024 8:35:47 GMT -5 pandorica said:

Oct 21, 2024 8:18:52 GMT -5 Bad Dingo said:

OMG, pandorica , I'd be LIVID! Do not mess with my sleep.

Especially since he has been sick for weeks and keeps waking me up with his coughing, I'm so tired! That's finally maybe over, and I thought I was free to sleep

Could his back pain be from pulling a muscle from coughing?  I've definitely done that before.

But I feel you on the ridiculousness of being accused of not being sympathetic enough when being woken up because of a partner's back pain.  I would not have been pleasant in that situation.  

[expectantsteelerfan]

Oct 21, 2024 9:09:42 GMT -5 jamie.1022 said:

I broke my foot over the weekend. I’m currently trying to find an orthopedist who can see me earlier than next week. This is my first broken bone ever. And tomorrow is my birthday….weeeee!

We are birthday twins, mine is tomorrow too!  

Last year I broke my elbow right before my birthday.  It was not fun, so I feel your pain.  The year before, I had to leave a family trip early by myself because I had bronchitis and spent my birthday in bed.  

Tomorrow I start the day taking DD to a concussion appt. follow up.  Still not fun, but preferable to the past 2 years.  

[rubytue]

((( Susie )))

It is such a gorgeous fall day. Yesterday was too, so we walked to the fall festival at the entrance to our street. I was telling H that there should be candidates there, because campaign season community event. There was only one, the incumbent for school board. She stopped me and asked if I knew how I was voting, I told her my neighbor has a sign for her, so I looked her up and saw she was not Moms for Liberty, and that was enough for me. Lol She chuckled at high fived me.

We have two things we should do before winter. One is repairing our front door. It’s 50 years old, but leaks and sticks like no one has touched it in 49 years. Most places I have out to look at it want to replace it, to the tune of $12k. I finally found a guy who will take it down, replace some hinges and weatherstripping (not the foam sticky kind) and redo the center seal (it’s a double door). For $1700. H is ranting it’s too much. Like, you’ve had three years to do something, you’ve tried, and we still had a quilt hanging over it last winter to reduce the wind. Let me do this! Please. On the one hand, I love that his construction experience means we generally don’t pay for home improvement or repairs. So let’s take that savings and just do it.

But also, can you please mark the roof leak so I can call back the roofers.

[pandorica]

Oct 21, 2024 9:47:20 GMT -5 expectantsteelerfan said:

Oct 21, 2024 8:35:47 GMT -5 pandorica said:

Especially since he has been sick for weeks and keeps waking me up with his coughing, I'm so tired! That's finally maybe over, and I thought I was free to sleep

Could his back pain be from pulling a muscle from coughing?  I've definitely done that before.

But I feel you on the ridiculousness of being accused of not being sympathetic enough when being woken up because of a partner's back pain.  I would not have been pleasant in that situation.  

I really think that's probably what has happened. It came on after days of bad coughing (+ a long car drive that worsened it). I think it will definitely get better with time, he just needs to chill out and let me sleep 😅

[midwestmama]

Hugs, Susie.

I feel like I got some things accomplished over the weekend - I cleaned out the inside of the fridge, including washing shelves and bins. I also vacuumed and cleaned the interior of my car - the weather was beautiful yesterday, and it was probably my last chance to clean it in nice weather before the weather starts to turn more towards winter. I also got a few other chores done, plus taking DD to the mall Saturday afternoon to get a few clothes, and the usual weekend grocery shopping trip on Sunday afternoon.

[wildrice]

It was such a nice weekend, and I don't feel like working today! It's still beautiful out. I did get a longer extension cord for my laptop so I can sit outside and still plug in indoors, so I may do that at some point today.

I have blown way too much money this month - we had OOT guests twice, and I spent so much on food, drinks, parking, and on unnecessary purchases at the places we went. It was fun and thankfully not OVER budget, but also makes me want to just stay home for the rest of the month. Which is mostly the plan, though I am going out to dinner with a coworker tomorrow night. But otherwise I think I'm ready for some healthy food and some rest anyway.

[spindle92]

My dad just tested positive for Covid.

I cannot handle much more.

[spindle92]

I'm also VERY salty about last night's WNBA finals game.
Worst officiating ever.

[expectantsteelerfan]

I just noticed DD forgot her lunch today. I COULD take it to school for her, but she also has money in her acct. to buy. It would be inconvenient to take it to her, but she also specifically hasn't been buying this year because she claims the lines are all too long and she doesn't have enough time to eat when she buys. I texted her, but she hasn't seen it yet. Blah.

[gretchenindisguise]

The store was out of my usual oat milk I use in my coffee, so I got a creamer to add instead. It is sickenly sweet and I feel like I ruined my coffee this morning 😩

L and I were at her theater company until 12 last night. It was closing night but she wasn't even in the show. Lol. She loves them and I hung out with one of the moms so it was fine, but this added with my terrible coffee isn't making today the best Monday.

[pinkdutchtulips]

Where do I begin ... the part where I'm retouching bases with out of state residential facilities? the part where J called the cops on her last night? the fact that I've hit my enough point w her and her BS?

all of which was started by my refusal to toast 2 bagels for her bc I was making dinner. a dinner she was adamantly refusing to eat bc ewww lettuce wraps (like they have at the cheesecake factory) and wanted me to stop what I was doing to make her 2 bagels and deliver them to her bedroom. i simply told her she can make her own bagels. WWIII erupted.

[maudefindlay]

I'm doing prep for the 2nd time this month for colon evaluation. My colonoscopy earlier this month was only able to be partially completed. The doctor said my abdominal muscles were too tight and my anatomy is longer than usual and partially twisted, so I'm getting a barium colon xr tomorrow AM. Pretty much the same prep, I will be awake for this one though, fun!

[bex1973]

((( pinkdutchtulips )))

[mofongo]

Oct 21, 2024 10:57:59 GMT -5 maudefindlay said:

I'm doing prep for the 2nd time this month for colon evaluation. My colonoscopy earlier this month was only able to be partially completed. The doctor said my abdominal muscles were too tight and my anatomy is longer than usual and partially twisted, so I'm getting a barium colon xr tomorrow AM. Pretty much the same prep, I will be awake for this one though, fun!

OMG, I’m so sorry, how bizarre! I had mine last month, and due to our ages colonoscopies have been a hot topic this year with my friends. I’m actually waiting for the call to go pick up a friend from hers this am!

[mofongo]

((pinkdutchtulips)) ((Susie))