Monday Randoms

[maudefindlay]

I noticed that one of DD's thumbnails was longer than her other 9 fingernails this AM. When I asked her about it she smiled and danced that thumb across the kitchen counter while telling me "Oh, that's just my Tallboy."

DS2 is back to school today after missing all last week for pneumonia.

Getting a massage this AM and then going into the city to shop for jeans.

[lavenderblue]

I am still pissed off that someone stole my Solo Stove right out of my yard last week. Unless they have some sort of massive Black Friday sale, I won't be replacing it any time soon and that makes me sad. I loved that thing.

[jackie011]

I’m having a tooth extracted today, complete with anesthesia. I’ve been up for a few hours, mildly freaking out about it. I’ve never had issues and I even had a colonoscopy this year and didn’t feel this anxious about that. Maybe this is just a carry over from last week’s events, too?

[ssmjlm]

We got the inside decorated this weekend and I’m posting a bunch of stuff on buy nothing.

School isn’t out today (which is odd we’re in the largest military area) so once E got on the bus, I walked the dog, then grocery shopping and stopping by my parents.

I need to sand and fill in the trim on our attic access from the new hvac. It’s finally cool enough to have the access door open. Of course now I don’t want to do it, but I need to.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

I'm at the adolescent specialist with Lucy (16) talking about getting an IUD. Fuck all these women, white women especially, who voted for him. I hope you get a giant zit on family picture day.

[cville]

Petty: If you are on a video call with more than ~10 people and need to drop off for whatever reason, you do not need to pop that message in the chat. Unless you're leading the meeting or midsentence with a response No.One.Cares.

Serious: Getting through the day involves me whispering to myself "Biden is still president" 900x/hour

[shauni27]

Nov 11, 2024 8:23:07 GMT -5 lavenderblue said:

I am still pissed off that someone stole my Solo Stove right out of my yard last week. Unless they have some sort of massive Black Friday sale, I won't be replacing it any time soon and that makes me sad. I loved that thing.

this is probably a dumb question, but could you file a claim with your insurance to get reimbursed? I have personal property insurance and I am pretty sure it would cover this, but maybe I am wrong?

[hermione]

Kid brag post! She had to create something from the medieval times for school. It’s a huge part of her social studies grade and is due at the end of this week. She chose Excalibur and I am super proud of her! Her dad helped with some cutting and I helped with the laces on the hilt. Her dad also helped with the first coat of spray paint on the rock. The rest is all her. I know some other kids' parents are…doing a lot more so I hope her grade reflects her actual effort.

[lavenderblue]

Nov 11, 2024 9:19:26 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

Nov 11, 2024 8:23:07 GMT -5 lavenderblue said:

I am still pissed off that someone stole my Solo Stove right out of my yard last week. Unless they have some sort of massive Black Friday sale, I won't be replacing it any time soon and that makes me sad. I loved that thing.

this is probably a dumb question, but could you file a claim with your insurance to get reimbursed? I have personal property insurance and I am pretty sure it would cover this, but maybe I am wrong?

I have a deductible and unfortunately the value of the Solo does not exceed that so I'm pretty much SOL. 

[meanie]

We decorated the tree and most of my other decor is out, I got have been upgrading a lot of my decor so I need to get a few more pieces after this season but it's so nice having the tree lights on. I am outvoted 3 to 1 in the light color so I am always trying to sneak and change them to white 😂

DD also decorated her room, which she is super in to this year. Now DS also wants a small tree for his room so I'm on the hunt for something cheap.

[dish2501]

lavenderblue those people suck. That is incredibly ballsy.

I’ve completely stuck my head in the sand on reading anything that Tuesday’s results. I’m appalled by the outcome but unfortunately not surprised. But I’ve seen a lot of social media gloating, and it is gross. Hope you fuckers enjoy the tariffs. Thanks for screwing us all.

I got a chemical peel last week. It was the no downtime one, so I just have a bit of peeling but my skin is so thirsty!

[candreco]

I have lost all forward momentum. After months of limited downtime, and especially this past week, staying in bed past 8am (lol sob that this feels late) and sitting on the porch with coffee for an hour feels like luxury. Grateful to have this day off.

Alas there is still stuff that needs to be done so I do need to get moving.

[stemmie]

Busy day for me. DS's car is still in the shop, so I have to drop him off for a class he's taking about 30 minutes south of here, then I collect mom 15 minutes north of there and drive her to the retina specialist for her eye injections 45 minutes west of her place, then circle back to collect DS before dropping her off and heading home. Ugh. I see pizza in my future as dinner.

I'm looking forward to Wednesday to finally start the process of getting a crown for the implant I got 7 months ago. I have been missing a front tooth (wearing an Essix retainer) since last December. Every bit of this has been a worst-case scenario from the fractured root to the infection and need for a bone graft.

Mom wants to get a haircut and pedi at 2 different salons. Between her optional surgery and all the pre-op appointments in August/Sept and her 10-day hospitalization for COPD and all the follow-ups for that, girl's going to have to Uber. Mom likes to get her haircut every 4 weeks if I'm free to drive but if she's paying $20 to Uber she can suddenly space it out 8 weeks. She brags to her doctors about how independent she is using Uber. LOL, my niece or I order them for her. 

[konapoppy]

I have a magical day when the kids have care and my husband is in the office. I have some stuff to do but also plan to watch a hallmark movie 🤷🏻‍♀️

[jinkies]

My H and son sent me a job posting that is tailor made for me, but that would be a salary decrease.

I am currently a contractor, working with people all over the world, so I have no set hours and there is no expectation of immediate response due to the drastic time differences. The work is pretty easy and most communication is via email, with only maybe 2-3 meetings/month during normal work hours (a couple others in early morning or evening my time).

H is encouraging me to apply to this new job (which is also fully virtual), and if I get it, keep at least one, if not both, of my contracts in addition to the job.

I'll be honest, I'm tempted.

[glitzy07]

My morning started off on an annoying note. I was leaving the house to bring my 8yo to school and our garage door broke and is stuck closed, with my car trapped inside. My son was freaked about missing school, so I was able to quickly pivot and borrow my BIL’s car to drop him off thankfully.

Of course my husband is out of town and the door is too heavy for me to open manually by myself. I phoned a friend to see if they can at least come over to help get it open to get my car out. Ughhhh.

[shauni27]

lavenderblue, ugh that sucks. I am sorry :/

jinkies, absolutely apply!!

[emilyinchile]

jinkies do it!

glitzy07 ugh I'm sorry, I hope you can free your car! Glad you guys made it to school ok.

We had a rough morning with Cookie. She still sometimes has accidents overnight/early in the morning, plus she's started scratching at the kitchen door (where she sleeps) at like 6:40 if I haven't gotten up and let her out yet. I bought a different brand of pee pads hoping they'd be more absorbent, and not only are they in fact less absorbent, but I stepped in poop. GREAT start to the day. Plus then because I told her off for trying to come back into the kitchen where I was cleaning she was all overwhelmed, so she kept growling at L for things he really wasn't doing wrong, and basically today I am just wondering why on earth I ever thought this was going to be a nice addition to our family.

[mofongo]

We’re in the air, getting close to Houston, then a short flight home. We’ve been in PR for 11 days, it was great:) But I’m ready to see my animals. I honestly could have stayed longer, it really feels like home at this point. Although I’d need to stop eating and drinking like I’m on vacation.

I am just SO profoundly sad about the election, sad and depressed that SO many people can look at him and not see what is obvious to us. I’m not angry or shocked, just so fucking sad. I hope this will turn into an actionable feeling at some point. I know I am preaching to the choir here.

PR was a distraction and they had their own elections going on, so that was an entertaining day. They are a passionate people:))

[holly116]

We had a black tie event Saturday night (that we ended up skipping) and it crept up on me, so no time to order anything online/RTR.

I went out Friday and trying on dresses was enough to motivate me to work out Saturday for real. My body has been seriously out of whack for at least a year/combined with perimenopause. I finally have some energy/motivation back, but damage has been done.

I used to go to in person 60 min Piyo classes all the time when I was a SAHM and even run a few miles before or after. So my memory was that they weren't too bad and I enjoyed them. Stretching and strength.

I found a 30 minute one on Youtube and it was good while I was doing it and I felt amazing immediately afterwards. I'm 48 hours out and I'm still sore as hell. Like, I've rolled and massaged my whole body and I'm still feeling it walking up and down stairs.

I'm choosing to be optimistic. If I'm this sore, that means once I get on a roll and manage to do this consecutively without being sore for multiple days after, this could really help me get back in shape.

[scm1011]

Today is DS’ 8th birthday and we finally relented and got him a Nintendo Switch after years of begging. Why is this so hard to figure out?! Nothing makes sense. We can’t figure out 2 player or what the aim of some Mario kart levels are. I feel like we’re in that Zoolander scene where they’re hitting the computer like monkeys.

[sofamonkey]

I joined a declutter group, because of be of my friends comments on a post there showed up in my feed. I’m actually liking it. It’s made me really rethink thing I keep, and that I have too much furniture etc.

However, I don’t have much luck selling items on FB groups. Anyone have tips or tricks? I have 2 leather chairs with ottomans, a bed frame with storage headboard and drawers, and a nice washer dryer (speed queen) that were only getting rid of because we remodeled and are putting in a laundry sink, so we we got a stackable. TIA!

[basilosaurus]

What part of non-refundable do people not get?

A friend is the owner/manager of a very small hotel of the kind that is very common here. A guest stayed half the week reservation and demanded a refund from the 3rd party site for the whole stay because he didn't like that he could see places still under construction (not active, not part of the hotel).

I find out about such bullshittery because I will happily use my native English speaker and professional writing skills to good use and proofread or even compose emails to help my friends.

These 3rd party sites I use often, and they do fill an essential role for these tiny family places, but they also wield a lot of power. I do prefer them to some multinational impersonal hotel, but, there is a personal and financial cost, and I don't like it.

[ssmjlm]

We’re having an evening work holiday party. And I don’t want to shop for a dress I’m going to wear once. Ugh.

[mcppalmbeach]

In my depressive hangover, I decided to start watching Gossip Girl, which I had never seen before. It is really making me miss old school network tv with many episodes per season. I think there is 18 for me to dive into and I’m happy for the distraction!

[beerlover]

Today is a relatively quiet Monday, which is good, because I was off Thursday PM and Friday and needed a day to catch up. I've gotten enough accomplished that I think I can get out for a walk this afternoon.

Tuesdays is when our leaf vac truck comes around, so this evening H and I will be trying to get as many leaves as we can out to the curb before dinner. We've done this the past two Mondays and I am proud of us for not being lazy about this this year. Usually we pay someone to just do a big cleanup at the end of leaf season, but we may not have to.

I kind of feel like the next two weeks are our last ones to really rest and relax before the holiday season begins. I need to try and slow down and enjoy them.

[mcppalmbeach]

Nov 11, 2024 12:41:29 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

We’re having an evening work holiday party. And I don’t want to shop for a dress I’m going to wear once. Ugh.

My H’s work is a small business and every other year they do a more fancy dinner party for staff and guest. In alternating years, they do a casual staff party during the day doing an activity. This was the year for the fancy party and staff voted to do the casual employee only get together and I’m thrilled lol.

[circa1978]

mcppalmbeach Probably a better choice than The Handmaid's Tale, which I am currently binging. I asked DH this morning when I started feeling better after 2016 and he said 2020, so.

[spindle92]

Today is my first day back at work after 14 weeks of caregiving and then getting sick myself.

I'm not even sure there is a desk under this mound of crap.

[tacokick]

Nov 11, 2024 12:55:18 GMT -5 mcppalmbeach said:

In my depressive hangover, I decided to start watching Gossip Girl, which I had never seen before. It is really making me miss old school network tv with many episodes per season. I think there is 18 for me to dive into and I’m happy for the distraction!

I miss long seasons so much.

I wish I didn’t watch so many shows live so I could “discover” something with a ton of seasons now. There are a few but if I didn’t watch it then, I find I am still not interested. I have watched a few shows I was too young for when they came out like Cagney and Lacey and Thirtysomething but they are harder to find streaming.

Enjoy Gossip Girl! XOXO