It's Monday again!

[mae0111]

End of daylight savings Monday... how are you feeling?

[rere]

The kids both had a great weekend both in their element. Dd had an amazing time at Taylor Swift and Ds described the Nascar race as amazing.

Dh and I had a ball at the concert. We were front and center dancing and singing the entire time. Our feet and ears were a little worse for wear Sunday, but other than that, Sunday was good.

Should be a good week. I get to meet with some high school kids this morning which is fun. They are wanting to start a mental health club. I'm off tomorrow for election day. My big plan is to vote and clean carpets. I'm also off Friday because Ds flies in Thursday night.

[mae0111]

It was a super busy weekend, but fun! After ToTing on Thursday evening, DD2 had a few friends over after school on Friday to hang out before a school dance. A lot of kids at her school commute a fair distance to school (some can be over a hour), so I often wind up with kids at the house in between school ending and the event starting. DD1 also had a friend over.

DD2 had 2 soccer games on Saturday, and she played so, so hard and so, so well. Expected loss on the first game, but they played so much better than I expected, and the team that beat them ended up winning the championship. Big win at the second game, and she had the game of her life. She was so proud of herself, and I was so happy to see such a big smile. DH and I went out to dinner Saturday night, just to catch up after a crazy week.

Sunday DD2 had a her last club game of the season, and had a friend over after (which was more of a babysitting favor for a friend), then she had a ton of homework to finish. DD1, after weeks of really great behavior, had several small tantrums and a big meltdown on Sunday. She had a couple of pretty unreasonable requests, I said no, and she lost it. I was sad about it, especially after I went so far out of my way for her to have a nice couple of days with friends before a crazy weekend. Those meltdowns always take a lot out of me and DH, so it was a bummer of a way to end a nice weekend.

This week will be much quieter than it has been. Club and town soccer are done, and only one more school soccer game left. I'm ready for the break, being able to cook a nice dinner while not in a sprint to get to the next place, and maybe have a weekend day free...

[librarychica]

It’s been a Monday already! DD1 has to dress in like business formal (but not really — the middle school version) on Mondays her “formal meetings” as part of a leadership class she takes. Kid hates all kinds of dress clothes and has one dress she pretty much always wears. Today her period started and she had to change, ended up going to school in a pair of black cargo pants, a sleeveless white polo and one of my cardigans. She was not thrilled with this outfit and concerned her teacher wouldn’t credit her for it, but I figure if she explains the sitch it’ll be fine. Plus DD1 is very into her “look” so any teacher who knows her even a bit knows that it killed her to go to school in her mom’s cardigan.

DD2 tried to tell her she looked nice and DD1 snapped hard at her so I had to get on her about that, but then life smoothed out and everyone was on time. H is out of town and mornings are usually his responsibility so if everyone gets where they’re going on time I consider it a win.

I get home, start work, and promptly managed to lock myself out of all my accounts.

Anyway! We had a nice weekend. Pretty chill. DD2 had a birthday party and H and I went out Saturday. He left for his trip yesterday morning so it’s just the girls and I this week.

[waverly]

We are all just hanging on by a thread here at work. Saturday the early voting lines were the entire lenghth of the building and then outside onto the sidewalk. The building is pretty long, so those are some long lines. We are just tired of all the extra people and their complaints.

2 more days. I'm so tired that I literally just want to stay in my house and not see anyone and go for walks. DH took DD to her soccer game Friday night and they all froze. Saturday the kids both had soccer games at the same time, so I didn't get to see them both only DD. Sunday, DH and DD ran a 5K, I was supposed to go but stayed in bed still fighting this cold and an eye twitch and I started my period. I'm not feeling things right now obviously.

Oh and I have parent teacher conference tonight which means meeting with 10 teachers over a period of 2.5 hours.  I'm tired just thinking about it.  

[mommyatty]

It was a weird weekend, mainly because everyone is sick. DS has walking pneumonia, DD has a sinus infection, I have an unknown illness, and DH had a headache yesterday he could not shake. So Saturday we tried to take DS to esports, which was a bust for reasons I put in the extracurricular thread. DD didn’t feel like trying to do parkour with snot coming out of her nose uncontrollably, and DS declared parkour “just isn’t the same without” his sister. So we skipped that. I told DD she couldn’t do a 3 hr field hockey practice while sick.

We were supposed to go to a Diwali party Sunday and I completely flubbed the time. So we got there as the party was wrapping up and couldn’t find anywhere to park, so we all just went home. Which was probably for the best because see paragraph 1, above, lol. We were not really in party shape.

Our cat is at the vet this morning for dental work. We were pretty sure he needed one tooth pulled. He needs three pulled, including both upper canines, so he’s going to look really funny after this. Our poor boy. But I think the teeth have been hurting, so I hope he will feel better.

[twinmomma]

We made it through our busy weekend by the skin of our teeth. Mainly because of DS. He was mopey, whining, and difficult at every single event/activity we had. DH and I both had to speak to him multiple times to get it together, be polite, and stop making everyone else miserable because he was acting like a spoiled brat. Dh was *this close* to yanking him from his BFF's birthday party on Saturday and taking him home. But that would have been super awkward for everyone and not fair to the girls, so he just made him take a time out to get it together.

DH and I had a big talk about it this morning. Part of it is spoiled brat behavior (thanks mom). But I truly think part of it is that he gets freaked out and anxious in social situations and then melts down. He doesn't know how to insert himself into a group of kids and join in. So if the group is "ignoring him" because he isn't getting involved and is standing on the fringe, then he gets upset. Yet again, I recommended that DH reach out to the teacher and guidance about it. He refuses to talk to guidance, but said he may bring it up at conferences this week. It's a maddening cycle to watch when there are actions and solutions that could be taken.

ETA - I'm also feeling all the things about the election. My manicure this week is a range of blue colors, different on each nail. Is it the most professional look for a conference this week? No. But is it my tiny, silly way of showing my beliefs in a stuffy environment in Texas? Yes. 

[k3am]

I spent the weekend cleaning/organizing and beginning packing. I found a ton of rat droppings in the upper shelves in the garage.. I’m very optimistic it was an area we missed with the prior infestation and not something new, but I guess we’ll be finding out soon.

We should have a start date locked in by Wednesday, I hope? We could theoretically start the end of this week, but I will/wont be upset if it pushes out to next week - I’d love the extra time to pack, but DH leaves Sunday for a work trip, so he wouldn’t be particularly helpful.

I spent the night up with anxiety second guessing our choice of contractor. I’d feel this way with ANY contractor, I’m sure. He has no reviews. No online presence. But then again, NONE of the contractors the designer referred us to do. They don’t advertise, they only do work on a referral basis. We saw three properties that he’s done (one in progress), and they are GORGEOUS. Two of them had owners present that were more than happy to spend a half hour each telling us how much they love the company.

The good news is, I helped narrow down the choices but let DH make the contractor decision, so if it goes wrong, I can blame him. 🤭

[sdlaura]

I am loving the time change. My parents had my two little boys for a sleepover at their condo Saturday night, so for the first time since having kids 12+ years ago, I really got to take advantage of the extra hour of sleep without little kids still waking up at the crack of dawn. I actually slept 10 hours Saturday night. I can't remember the last time that happened. I woke up after 8 hours, didn't get up right away, and then woke up two hours later. It was amazing Also it was nice that it was easier to get everyone out of the house this morning and myself ready for work. Of course, I will not love the time change when it gets dark super early later. My office does have an ocean view, so at least I get to see some pretty sunsets over the ocean when it gets dark early and I'm in the office still.

The weekend was good. We had a combined 11 sports activities/mostly games, a birthday party, and the elementary school fall festival. All went pretty well.

I can't believe it's November already. I really want to get motivated to get holiday gifts taken care of early, since we leave on our big trip 12/19. I need to finish up all the small planning stuff for that (booking activities and airport transfers and stuff). We also host my whole family for Thanksgiving week, so I need to book all the stuff we do with my sister's family (kids surf lessons, turkey trot race, etc.) and plan food for 18 people for the day itself. We host a big group every year so at least we sort of have it down.

[polecat8]

The weekend was good. DH and I helped my uncle move on Saturday and then I had to work Sunday.
Today I am trying to get as much work done as I can. My vacation to Italy is 18 days away but I'm not sure I'll be able to wrap up this project before I go. I'll be gone for 2 weeks and all work on this project will stop if I'm not here.
Tomorrow I am working the election polls here in PA. I'm not sure if it will be really busy since a lot of people took advantage of mail ballots. I just hope everything goes smoothly at my site. If not, I have no problem calling the constable/police to handle it!

[supertrooper1]

I'm working in the dark this morning hoping my laptop battery holds out until my power comes back on. It's super stormy and windy and power is out everywhere.

The weekend was ok. I woke up with a migraine Saturday for the 2nd day in a row. It gave us a slow start to the day and by the time I felt like doing anything, it was too late to go riding. It would have been a slippery, wet mess anyway. We ended up just going out to dinner. We didn't do much Sunday either and mostly watched football.

[186momx]

DD went to bed at 7:30 last night and that was after an hour of her forcing herself to stay awake. She was up and awake and moving this morning and seemed to be in a good mood which is the opposite of a normal Monday.

Saturday was meet day. Sunday DD and I did a lot of cleaning, meal prepping, and DD got out some Christmas decorations after she did a deep clean in the living room hunting for the candle lighter. DH got pissed when I flat out told him hovering over either of us trying to help us wasn't helpful and he needed to pick his own cleaning project area. He choose to go hide in the garage all day watching the garage TV and doing his intarsia wood working stuff.

It's the beginning of the month. I expected my email to be full of payrolls and it isn't so I'm spending my day waiting.

[186momx]

Anyone else dragging this afternoon? It isn't even 3 and I'm falling asleep at my desk. DD's tumbling private got cancelled tonight and I'm so glad I don't have to go out at 7:30pm.

[sdlaura]

186momx I woke up before 6 and went out for a long run, since I was up and had time before work. I am also now at my desk getting very tired at not even 3 pm I'm meeting friends for dinner tonight and it will be hard to stay awake!

[mae0111]

Today turned into a Monday Tuesday... I woke up early and in a great mood. Took the dog for a nice walk, then came home to wake up the kids for school... and then things took a turn...

They fought about the following: the dog, location of book backs, who got to ride shotgun, where the other one was sitting in the back seat, the position of the front passenger's seat... I finally got out of the car in the driveway and let them fight without me. Both kids have been super crabby this week and really lashing out at each other and me.

So as I pulled up to school, I told them that I hope that every single person that they interacted with today treated them the way that they treat each other and me.

The silence was deafening. I hope it makes them think a little.

[mommyatty]

mae0111- my favorite thing to say to jerks is “I hope you have exactly the day you deserve.” The responses are hilarious. They can’t lash out without admitting they’ve acted badly.