Monday

[mommyatty]

I saw a post yesterday on Facebook that said, “Next week is so exhausting,” and I feel that in my bones. I leave on a business trip today. I haven’t even packed since I ran around like a madwoman all weekend. Among my expected things, DD forgot that this Wednesday the field hockey team is exchanging boo baskets. Since I’m out of town Monday and Tuesday, her choices were go to Target after dinner last night or rely on her dad to buy stuff for a tween popular girl who does beauty pageants. She chose to go to Target after dinner, lol.

Wednesday DS has a field trip. His teachers wanted either me or DH to attend since DS can get overwhelmed with his autism and just requires extra attention. So I’m actually coming home a day early from my trip to attend that. Wednesday afternoon is DD’s last school field hockey game of the season. Thursday is Halloween. Friday I feel like we have something but I have no earthly idea what it is right now.

[mae0111]

OMG that's a lot mommyatty... good luck!!

We had a busy weekend, but fun! DD2's rec soccer team won their first game of the season, knocking the #1 seeded team out of the playoffs. Now she plays next Saturday morning. It was so, so awesome to see the look on the kids' faces. Then a big win for their club soccer team on Saturday afternoon.

At the club soccer game, DH was talking to a bunch of dads, and one of them recommended a new restaurant nearby. So DH and I snuck out for a nice dinner that evening. We haven't been out in a month, so it was nice to catch up a bit.

Sunday DD2 had another club game about 45 mins away, and they were missing 5 players. The other team scored 2 quick goals in the first 5 mins, but they battled and held them and ended up losing 2-1. I definitely thought it was going to be a double-digit, but they found their footing and adjusted.

This week is busy, but keeps shifting... I'm a planner and that's difficult for me... practice for DD2 shifted tonight, town rec practices shifted, one of DD2's games for school soccer this week was pulled from the schedule, apparently DD1 has a 1/2 day on Friday and there has been zero communication to parents (kids were told and DD1 forwarded me the email). Trick or treating Thursday, DD2 has a school dance on Friday, then 3 soccer games and a tryout over the weekend.

DD2 has had several kids approach her about trick or treating. Middle school girls are rough. These kids are coming to DD2 because their "friends" have told them they can't go with them. I'm sad that it's happening, but I'm proud of DD2 that these kids know that she'll welcome them. So I think we'll wind up with a pretty big group of kids trick or treating this year.

[polecat8]

I survived my taekwondo tournament! I was competing a rank above mine and half of the women in my ring had district or state champion titles from their areas. My goal was to do my best and not get kicked in the head during sparring and I accomplished that! As soon as my last sparring match was over, I just started crying because I couldn't believe that I finished the tournament. I'm proud of myself for getting out there, but my nerves are shot!
Tuesday is belt testing for DS1 and me.
I think we will carve pumpkins on Wednesday and ToT is on Thursday. I usually teach at the university on Thursday evenings, but my awesome co-instructor is covering for me. DS1 and DS2 don't have school on Friday, but DD does. I think DH will take the boys to breakfast with his dad.
Work has been crazy as we are working towards a deadline. I'm hoping we get testing wrapped up before my family goes to Italy in less than 4 weeks!

[mae0111]

polecat8, congratulations!!! That's awesome!!

[dglvrk2]

We had a really nice weekend. Friday was nuts at work. I drank a stiff Moscow Mule while watching a moving with DD2 that evening and passed out by 9 pm. Saturday, our family went on an amazing fall colors and Alpine lakes hike. We had dinner with my parents on our way home. (Parents are relocating to my sister's town, which is about 45 minutes away from mine while she undergoes cancer treatment, so they're closer to me than they've been for nearly 30 years!) Sunday, I ran in the morning, did a crazy amount of wood hauling, stacking and otherwise preparing our home for a storm that's supposed to be coming in today....The girls carved pumpkins last night. They look great!

It's only 6 am Monday as I write this and I cannot wait for the week to be over. It will start out chill. H will be out of town through Wednesday night. Work today will be....interesting. THe rest of the week should be mellow on that front. DD1 has a band concert Wednesday. Thursday is one of my least favorite days of the year, so I'm already eager for Friday morning. Friday, I'm leading two professional development workshops and it's my birthday, so.....it needs to get here.

[waverly]

I made a major error in scheduling, so I will try to solve that today and hopefully my staff don't hate me for it. Update: solved

DH is traveling for Halloween, and he is the literal worst for doing that because he used to all the time when the kids were young and it was terrible. It should be better this year, but still. This is a completely voluntary non work related trip. I should have told him to go Friday-Sunday, but he wanted to go to the kids soccer games. I will make him take DD to her night game Friday night because he is traveling Wed-Fri afternoon.

DD asked her friend if they could trick or treat. They are currently besties, so I hope it wasn't too much of a big ask. So now friends mom is picking DD up, taking her out, providing dinner, and bringing her back home. Amazing.

Still don't know what DS is doing. Hopefully, I can figure out my work schedule so that I can actually take DS and pick him up. Apparently we are at the stage of trick or treating where I just drop him on the side of the road somewhere. J/K, but sorta.

[twinmomma]

DH and I had a solid weekend. We relaxed, went out to dinner, did a charity walk yesterday, and did some chores around the house. I'm just desperately waiting for our new washer to be delivered this afternoon so that I can do all the laundry that's been piling up. I considered going to the laundromat or doing a wash and fold drop off this weekend but it just didn't happen so we've been making it work.

DH's ex has reached peak levels of delulu as the kids say. She took DS away for the weekend to see her husband and she's keeping him out of school today to travel home. DH called her out on it last night yet again that she's negatively impacting DS's ability to make friends and connections because she pulls him from his soccer games and school all the time like this for her travel needs. Her response? He doesn't have any friends because he's just so intellectually above the level of every other kid in his school. No one there is at his level so that's why he has no friends. DH literally laughed in her face at that. She's insane and just saying it to justify her behavior.

I'm kind of dreading Halloween for emotional reasons. Our good friend who passed away over the summer was always such a big part of our trick or treat crew. He loved it just as much as the kids. And we walk by his old house, which is currently for sale, while we're going around the neighborhood. This is our first big event without him here and it's hitting me hard.

[rere]

I'm sitting on my porch drinking coffee waiting for DD to wake up. We are knocking out some appointments for her today since it is fall break. We are also shopping and lunch.

We had a great Halloween party Friday. Lots of little trick or treaters. Saturday we went to dinner and Dd and I stopped to hang out with my friend for a while because it was her birthday.

Sunday, dd and her roommate went to my mom's for lunch. She begged me to go because mom for lack if a better word is crazy. While there, mom stated she could not go to my nieces wedding because of the expense. Understandable. Then says she spent $1500 on her new obsessive hobby. That I told her was another scam don't do it. I look to the ceiling counting to 10 because I'm trying not to blow up in front of dds roommate. Then she keeps popping off and says it's my money. To which I responded then don't ever ask me another damn thing. She then asks if I want to hear about it to which I responded I literally do not. It's time to go.

So the roommate saved her that day. Other than that a very nice weekend.

[186momx]

DD and I had a lovely pajama day yesterday. We dug out the foot bath and gave ourselves mani/pedi's, watched a bunch of brainless TV, and just were sloths. I needed it after being in tax school all day Saturday and DD seemed to enjoy just being a slug.

This week is a normal week with things just at different times which always throws me for the loop. DD has decided to not do anything for Halloween and that we shouldn't even hand out candy and just have a lazy Thursday night. School is having a school wide pj day Friday and she hates those. She never knows what to wear as her pjs aren't school wear. I told her to wear her comfy and leggings.

[sdlaura]

My parents fly in tomorrow, so I'm so excited to have some help. I sent them a picture of our family white board calendar for the week so they can choose what to attend, and they were like "OMG, how do you guys ever handle all this without us?" This week we get to add a work trip for me and Halloween to the existing craziness. Plus DS2's winter basketball practices have started but fall soccer is still going. I'm going to miss DD's flag football playoff game tomorrow because of my work travel, but DH and my parents will be there. It might be her last game, but if they win they play again next week in the championship game.

DD, DS2 and I were gone for 10 hours yesterday for her three softball games (including travel time and 1.5 hours of warm ups). I took DS2 since he's our super high energy kid and DH had just had him solo for many days while on their camping trip. The park where DD played had a nice playground and a skate park, and I brought DS2's scooter for the skate park, so he actually did pretty well with the long day.

I did end up getting a babysitter for Saturday afternoon from 2-5 so DH and I could catch up, and it was so nice to have that. We went on a walk/hike for 1.5 hours then went to our favorite sushi place for a midday meal.

[186momx]

Vent: DD decided to sell cookie dough for the school fundraiser and did all of the selling/money collecting/form filling out on her own. It comes in tomorrow and only adults can pick up. It cannot be picked up by my 8th grader as kids aren't responsible for pick up. Pick up is between 1-3:30. This is why I avoid school fundraisers like the plague. Guess I will be getting off early and pulling her from school early to avoid the school pick up line. No point getting off early to go to school and not get my kid and they don't have a special parking line for pick up you have to be buzzed into school. If I'm going through all the school security, I'm 100% getting my kid and next time she says she will do 100% of the fundraiser work, I'm telling her NO. STUPID FUNDRAISER! Vent over

[waverly]

186momx , that is stupid. We sold mums this year, but at least the pick up is after hours. The mums looked terrible and died quickly since it was so dry. I'm not planning on doing that again next year.