TGIF

ei34

Couldn’t help the early post, just wanted to make sure TK was still up and running. No chill and proud lol.

I have a hair cut and color later this morning, I really need it so I’m excited. Woke up to a text from my sitter saying she can’t watch the kids, so they’ll come with me and hopefully behave? One of my cousin’s has a baby being baptized tomorrow (I’m the godmother ☺️) and hoping for stbxh to take the kids on Sunday. Whether he takes them or not I’m hoping for a quiet day. What does everyone else have planned? 

ei34

Oh and could someone more tech-savvy than me
set up some sort of TK backup plan, on Reddit or somewhere? (I barely know what i’m asking for but somewhere to convene if TK is acting up.)

banana468

I HAVE to take the kids for new sneakers tonight.  Chiquito's have holes in them and Chiquita's are looking beat.  School starts Monday so....I'm two days ahead?  The weather is looking rough tonight so my thought was do it tonight and then over the weekend we can do outdoor stuff. 

We have no plans but I'm sure MIL and FIL will want to see the kids and hear from them how vacation went.    

mrsconn23

We have no set plans this weekend and I am so happy about that.  Costco run tonight means sleeping in tomorrow and Sunday.  Woohoo. 

We do need to start prepping for Labor Day weekend and our camping trip, but we can also do stuff next week.  Thankfully DH got the garage cleaned out last weekend, so it will be so much easier to have our camping stuff stay organized. 

We put DefConn in a wrestling academy so he can condition before next season and learn some techniques that they don't have time for in practice.  He's loving it and I think it's really helping boost his confidence overall. Yay. 

I'm so ready for fall after Labor Day and it's supposed to tease us next week by cooling off and then right back to the high 80's the week after.  Booo.  

Casadena

It felt almost cold this morning at 72 degrees instead of the 90 it's been at 730am the last couple days AND it's cloudy - can't beat that. We have a totally free weekend so i'm sure we'll be filling it up with something, maybe the zoo, the park, the library, out to lunch, etc. 

Hoping today is quiet, but i just got a meeting put on my calendar this morning so we'll see if it's anything big. Planning to mow later to get my exercise in and ease my disgust for playing/patio sitting near long grass (snakes, mice, bug, who knows what could be hiding in there). 

and i fully agree with @ei34 - would love to get something "offline' set up for contact in case this ever goes away!

CharmedPam

Now we’re all in fear the boards can go down any day! I do remember it going down for awhile before too. The boards probably aren’t a priority for them.
@banana468 most schools around here started this week or last. Lucky you for having it next week.

Tommorow’s my 21st + ____ birthday. I have a meetup scheduled for most of the day but then spending the night alone. Sunday is national cinema day, so maybe I’ll catch a show then. I don’t have many meetups scheduled because the main organizer switched jobs and has no money till her first paycheck on the 31st. She wasn’t adding many events in August.  The guy I was talking to felt promising at first, since we liked so many fall/halloweeny stuff. I was hoping my September and October would have filled up fast, but too bad we didn’t jive as far as pace was going.
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VarunaTT

Every allergen in my body is inflamed right now.  Mold is still high (it's been high every day this month), and trees, weeds, and grasses are all "moderate".  I just don't feel good.  These shots have been helping, b/c usually I'm be full misery right now, but it's still not fun.  Also I slept wrong last night and have a terrible shoulder kink.  I think I need to replace my side-sleeping pillow, it's just gotten old.

OH, we were not online while all of this went down.  I went in and took the ADHD test.  It was the Qb test, which is freaking pattern recognition.  So, I scored high on hyperactivity (I had a song running through my head the entire time and was boucing along in my chair), but the other two, impulsivity and something else I can never remember, were "perfect".  I was like....YOU TOLD ME I HAD OCD AND GAVE ME A PATTERN RECOGNITION TEST.  Also, I have mad coping skills, which I have pointed out to them before and I gamed the test pretty quickly.  It's just that the coping skills are also wearing me out.  Anyway, they prescribed me modafinil.  The first three days I took it, I felt like I was losing my mind.  I was so hyper, it was like I was vibrating in my chair, along with headaches, GI upset, and some insomnia.  Those have all finally simmered down except for the headaches and insomnia.  It does seem to help with focus, so I'm hoping this really starts to help me with things and the other effects will also lessen.  The place I went to is not someplace I intend to stay at, so I also need to get my PCP to follow the modafinil and get set up with a better provider for therapy.

No big plans for the weekend, which is nice.  I'm hoping to catch up on this sleep deficit.  I've crashed at 830 the last two nights and slept through the night.  The new kitty is finally simmering down at night and sleeping with me now, so that's helping too.  I hope everyone has a good weekend.

levioosa

I had the absolute worst day yesterday and I don’t anticipate today being much better. They are incorrectly scheduling me all over the place. Yesterday I had back to back new patients in limited established care patient slots. The last patient of the day and I got into an argument for something that is not my responsibility, and today someone put patients in imaginary 5 minute slots. 

H has been very anxious lately. Tbh he’s always anxious but the last few months have been particularly bad. His work is so toxic. He called me yesterday and told me he packed up at work and told them he was going on leave. We had previously talked about that option but it was more of a last resort sort of option so I felt a little blind sided. I know I need to chill and not resent him. He helped support me while I was miserable in school, and we did talk about this option but a little notice would have been nice. His panic attacks went from monthly, to weekly, to multiple times daily. I’m just a little frustrated too because I’ve been telling him for literally the past 7 years to move on to a new job, and now the market is drying up again and he’s at his wits end and we’re no longer on the offense. I also had a panic attack on the way home last night and I couldn’t sleep until 2:30 so today will be extra fun. I just don’t know how much else I can give and I’m so tired of being everyone’s emotional (and sometimes physical and financial) support system. I can’t even escape at work because that’s literally my job too. 

I’m also not even all the way excited about our upcoming trip. My parents are going, which was the plan before dad’s stroke. But now it’s not nearly going to be the same experience and they made plans to stay the entire time. I fucked up by telling them all the days we were going originally. I should have told them we were going for 4 days and last minute we extended but I’m not that smart apparently. I just wanted a few days alone without the responsibility of entertaining people and helping with care. But there’s no way for me to tell my mom “hey, your one vacation you’re getting, I need you to cut it short so I can chill without the family.” And yes, I can avoid them on some days, but I just know the guilt is going to eat at me and it won’t be relaxing. And my mom is sitting there saying she can’t afford gas or groceries right now, and I told her maybe that meant she should cut her trip down by a day or two and save a ton of money (because I can guilt free say that and it’s the literal logical thing to do) but she is set on going the whole time. Being the eldest (and really only) child really fucking blows. 

mrsconn23

((hugs)) @levioosa.  It's all so much.  I'm sorry.  

VarunaTT

Oh @levioosa, I'm so sorry for all of that.  You sound so drained.  Big hugs.  I wish we could do more for you; vent away whenever you need.

banana468

@levioosa please vent away.  You have a lot on your shoulders now to feel like the strong person for everyone.  You get to scream into the "void" that exists here as often as you need! 

CharmedPam

So sorry @levioosa. You absolutely deserve a few days of solitude, just you two. Hope you get it, if not on vaca, maybe soon?

ei34

*hugs* @levioosa that's a lot...complete stress in three separate areas, I'm sorry you're dealing with all three scenarios and wish you had a relaxing vacation to look forward to

levioosa

Thanks everyone. We’ve all had it pretty rough these last few years. Sending good vibes out to the universe for us all. 

ILoveBeachMusic

So glad to hear from everyone. Yes we definitely need a backup plan, but I need explicit instructions LOL!

Varunna I hope you can get some relief from your allergies and a new therapist for ADD. Hugs Levioosa, you have too much going on. You deserve a restful vacation.

Twin grandsons started kindergarten on Wednesday. Originally the school had put them in the same class (even though DD had requested different ones) but it was changed before meet the teacher day on Tuesday. One of them has another set of twins in his class the other has two sets in his class. Those parents didn't want to split their twins up so DD is second guessing herself. I told that every educator I know endorses splitting twins up into different classes. 

I haven't had a lot going on - thank goodness because it has been so dang hot I haven't even wanted to walk from car into a building. The heat is letting up tonight. I have been trying to purge my clothes and being somewhat successful. I bought these gizmos on Amazon that I saw on the Today show for shoes. It is to double your space by stacking shoes. It works but they needed to be assembled which took forever and H using some tool. It wasn't an easy pop in as indicated! Anyway, I definitely have a shoe problem.

This weekend I am doing altar guild at church solo for the first time. I'll set up tomorrow and clean up after church on Sunday. I also have a stretch appointment tomorrow. Looking forward to that,

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ILoveBeachMusic said:

So glad to hear from everyone. Yes we definitely need a backup plan, but I need explicit instructions LOL!

Varunna I hope you can get some relief from your allergies and a new therapist for ADD. Hugs Levioosa, you have too much going on. You deserve a restful vacation.

Twin grandsons started kindergarten on Wednesday. Originally the school had put them in the same class (even though DD had requested different ones) but it was changed before meet the teacher day on Tuesday. One of them has another set of twins in his class the other has two sets in his class. Those parents didn't want to split their twins up so DD is second guessing herself. I told that every educator I know endorses splitting twins up into different classes. 

I haven't had a lot going on - thank goodness because it has been so dang hot I haven't even wanted to walk from car into a building. The heat is letting up tonight. I have been trying to purge my clothes and being somewhat successful. I bought these gizmos on Amazon that I saw on the Today show for shoes. It is to double your space by stacking shoes. It works but they needed to be assembled which took forever and H using some tool. It wasn't an easy pop in as indicated! Anyway, I definitely have a shoe problem.

This weekend I am doing altar guild at church solo for the first time. I'll set up tomorrow and clean up after church on Sunday. I also have a stretch appointment tomorrow. Looking forward to that,

DD has three sets of twins in her class, BG, BG, and BB. One of the BG sets is always in the same class, which I think is more about the mom keeping up with only one homeroom. But I can see where that works for their personalities too. The parents opted to split up the other two sets, which I think is probably also the right move.