I've been up since 4:55, apparently Daylight Savings Time threw off my son, so I feel like I am a bundle of stress today. Please accept this vent so all of these thoughts get out of my head!
1. DH and I are going on vacation in a week. It's our first time leaving our son for a week. He is almost 10 months old. My MIL and her sister keep making comments about it. "How can we leave him" "She never left DH until he was 16" etc. We ignored all of those comments (I just got upset because I will miss him terribly, but I think its good for a couple to be a couple too, in addition to being parents) Then they got right into Zika, and what are we going to do? What if we get bit? How much repellent are we taking, etc.
2. We have to move from where we are currently renting around the new year. The plan is to move into MIL's home after renovating it and making it into a mother/daughter type situation (either with a separate entranced space in the home or an accessory apartment for her) The house is going to take a bit of work to get to that point, so we need to find a place until it's livable. MIL suggested all of us moving into a house together. I told DH I'm only ok with that if it's a mother/daughter like our end goal. Blah!
3. My sisters are annoyed with me. My older sister is coming down for Thanksgiving. We are doing dinner as a family on Thursday, and Friday night the three of us with our SOs are going out to dinner as a group. They want to do dinner Wednesday night for my dad's birthday as well. I suggested dessert on thanksgiving. Now they are both annoyed that DH and I have declined three dinners in a row. That's a lot of family time, and DH's best friend will be up for a week between Army locations, so we intend to spend Wednesday night with him. Now my sisters are on to planning every second of Christmas. . . . I am not a planner!
OK, thanks for listening. . . . now back to work! At least it's a short week!