Tuesday

ei34

Back at it.  It's nice to be with students again.  I hope that my kids are having a good first day as well (4th, 4th, and 5th...which is middle school in our district...for them).  Hope everyone had an enjoyable long weekend!

CharmedPam

My weekend was just meh. I didn’t do much.  I did see a bra fitter at this boutique near me but I don’t believe I was sized right. The ones I purchased seem tight.  Granted, I was probably in bigger bands than I should have been (but oh so comfy!) and also, if I want the lift I specified, I have to go back to underwire (I say ‘ugh’ to that).  I spent a lot though.  The rest of the weekend was so-so.  I only had Saturday night with the new guy and then he was off to work Monday night after we had said we’d hang out. He goes out of town for business a lot and I have to ask myself if that’s what I want in a relationship? Because I’m getting dejavu from my ex who had almost the same type of industry and was basically on call.
Look, I’m extremely independent and often busy myself.  I can’t be like “I’m busy this day, this day and this day.  But free these days so you have to be available to me those days”. That’s not fair - especially when a job is involved - but my busy is always a scheduled busy.  His is on a whim most of the time and it’s annoying when plans are made. 

Casadena

Happy first day of school @ei34!

Weekend was nice. Lots of outside time on the farm, H and I got to sneak out to watch a football game and beers, saw some family friends for the first time in a while and just hung out with my family. 

Jumping into a busy week already and am VERY tired. I've been staying up too late reading lately and feel like I'm waking up with a hangover, lol. Need to force myself to be ontime!

MyNameIsNot

Weekend here was good. We went to the lake and the pool and really enjoyed what looks to have been the last of the really hot weather. There are no more 90s in our foreseeable forecast, and I'm optimistic that we're actually getting into the milder fall weather. 

Now that it's a little nicer out, I'm thinking about learning how to play pickleball and joining a league. I need a fun weeknight routine to look forward to. 

VarunaTT

I just puttered around the house and saw a lot of movies.  Deadpool and Wolverine was perfect and I laughed through the entire thing.  Blink Twice is okay, there's a lot that was well done, but there's something that's missing and I can't quite put my finger on it.  I do think it was a script problem, all of the actors were quite good and Zoe Kravitz's direction seemed well done.  It's pretty violent, though not graphic, and be aware of that.  Also watch Argyle, which I did enjoy a lot, though it's not the strongest outing of that type of movie.  Otherwise, I worked on my new crotchet project.  That's a helluva learning curve, but I think I'm slowly getting the hang of it.

Otherwise, SSDD.  Going to see the aunts this weekend and hoping that it's warm enough for a last hurrah at their pool.

short+sassy

I had a great weekend!  Though didn't do too much.  My H and I went grocery shopping on Saturday and stopped for a restaurant month lunch.  We went to a BBQ restaurant, which usually isn't my thing.  But I like this particular one.  I got a smoked brisket sandwich on TX toast, which was thick with meat!  It became three meals, lol.  My H got a sandwich with brisket/chicken/pulled pork on French bread.  That one looked even more gratuitous!

Later that night, my neighbor and I went on a walk with Izzy and then her house for cocktails and chit-chat.

My first ever therapy appointment was on Saturday morning.  It was a lot of me talking, which I chalk up to laying the groundwork.  But she did ask questions throughout the session to expand or learn more about something I said.

Not anything to start working on.  But I didn't really expect that yet.  The main thing for this first session is I felt we had a good rapport and she also seemed to have a good grasp on what I was trying to say.

She also specializes in EMDR, which I only knew the basics of.  My understanding of it was that it can be very effective for people suffering from PTSD.  Which I explained to her that I thankfully do not have.  But she told me it can also be effective for changing core, negative feelings.  I told her if she thinks it might be helpful for me as we go through therapy sessions, that I would be open to try.

Between having much needed extra time off and feeling positive about starting therapy, I have had more energy and motivation to get things done.  It's still "barely", lol.  But much better than it has been for the last few weeks.

charlotte989875

M started pre-K today (at his same center but new teacher). He did great but came home exhausted. We did dinner in the stroller on yb we way to get ice cream.