My supervisor is requiring that I do a self-evaluation. In the past, they’ve been optional and I’ve never done it. It’s due today, and of course I’ve put it off until the last minute. Ugh.
I found an organization with a website with lots of advise for parenting kids with ADHD, but now I can’t remember what it was called. I know it wasn’t ADDitude. Any other thoughts? I also can’t remember if it was recommended here. Yay for my own ADHD, lol.
A broke her ankle yesterday. ☹️ I feel so bad for her. She was at my niece’s gymnastics party and stepped on a piece of equipment and rolled it. I took her to the ER last night and the splinted it, but we have to follow up with an orthopedic doctor.
OPM finally gave the go ahead to agencies to hold potential shutdown meetings this afternoon.
:record scratch: hold on - I’ve never worked in govt at any level, not just fed. But are you saying you weren’t allowed to PLAN for the shutdown until the last weekday afternoon? That probably blows my mind more than any other facet of this shitshow.
But also I came in to see if anyone knows anything about that fire alarm. Keeping an open mind until I see some facts but false alarms are baaad bad. Does anyone else have info?
Oh, no, my upper level management had been planning for about two weeks, kudos to them. We just weren’t allowed to have formal discussions with employees until OPM gave the go ahead.
I can't bring myself to care. Let the chips fall. People will start complaining and Congress will have to do something.
When people aren't getting their checks and the contractors can't get paid because no on is there to approve their invoices, someone will have to take action. That's what happened in 1996 when suddenly people were pissed no social security checks were being mailed out (of course now it's direct deposit).
Fine, give me a few days paid vacation w/o burning leave.
I talked to dd’s teacher yesterday, and she’s doing just fine! Doesn’t seem distracted and isn’t distracting kids around her. Such a relief that the meds seem to be helping.
I’m also prepared for a shutdown. I have a few projects to get done.
Post by Bernadine on Sept 26, 2023 15:20:06 GMT -5
Dss wants a floating bed. Somehow, it turned into me and him building it together. I’ve found a plan he likes, priced it out, asked my dad if we could borrow his mitre saw. Looks like dss and I are building a bed this weekend! I can’t wait, I think it will be a great experience for us!
I just asked, they don't know. Apparently all of our PDs are different, but the same number. Which ties to a whole other issue.
Yes, that’s is weird, lol, but a furlough decision isn’t necessarily based on PD, it should be based on workload. Each agency should have a list of excepted workloads, that would continue in the case of a shutdown. Non-excepted workloads would stop. Excepted workloads are staffed as minimally as possible.
I had our newest baby 11 days ago! He’s amazing. It felt so surreal to hold him in my arms and see this tiny human after all we went through to get him. And beautifully - he was born on 13/09 at 8:39 am weighing 3.93 kgs. My first miscarriage was September 3 and my second was November 9. It all felt so symbolic with the 3s and 9s.
My recovery has been going well. I’ve really focused on resting this time and taking my time to get back to things. Today was his first venture out of the house and we went for brunch. It was easy and nice. Breastfeeding has been tough as I’m confident he has ties but Thursday is his appointment with the pediatric dentist.
My intuition was right all along and i can’t believe I have 3 boys. 😅 my grocery bill will never recover. 😂😂 he is definitely our last one so I guess I’ll get a girl dog next. 🤣 but finally I understand what it means when people say you’ll know when you’re done. He made me feel like we are now complete and this was a missing piece of our family.
So, because my sister is pregnant, I figured it would be a good way to start the sex conversations with 7 yo dd. I told her that the man puts his penis in the woman’s vagina and she was like, why did you tell me that? Don’t talk about it. Lol.
Post by Bernadine on Sept 22, 2023 13:35:38 GMT -5
Ugh. Dd has an ADHD med check next week, her first, so I emailed the teacher to find out how she’s been doing. Instead of just emailing me back, the teacher asked if she could give me a call next week. So now I get to stress about that until I talk to her. 😭
Dd is home sick today. I told her this morning I had a lot of cleaning to do. She just asked me, “when are you going to start cleaning?” Lol, lay off me girl, it’s Monday!
Today is my birthday! I am so happy with life right now and it’s been a great weekend so far. Yesterday we went hiking, had lunch at my favourite brewery, played backyard baseball with our neighbours, and then sat around our fire pit looking at the stars. Today we’ll see a couple friends, H is making pumpkin ravioli for dinner, and we just get to chill together. I feel so full right now.