Prudie Day

ei34

We woke up to some snow this morning which was exciting for the kids.  How's everyone else?

ei34

Thankful that the week is winding down, it's been a doozy, but all nice things.  Work has been fine but I almost called out sick this morning, I desperately need a day to get holiday stuff done without my kids 4' away from me.  But then I realized it'd be better to wait another week or two once all the gifts have arrived. 

I love the kids (of course) but it'd be nice to have an occasional pocket of time to be home when they aren't, and that's never the case.  ExH never takes them out, I don't want to bother my parents (they used to help me out here and there, it's a total dumpster fire situation they're basically my youngest sisters' full-time childcare/indentured servants this year, so it wouldn't feel right to infringe upon their limited free time), and I have a nice baby-sitter but she comes to our house to watch them.  And I need them out of the house lol.  So I may well take a fake sick day in the coming weeks to wrap/set up stockings/etc.

banana468

We have (had?) a 2 hour delay for the white gross slush that hit the coast.  It was a surprise to wake up and see the school texts!  

I was able to get my workout in and shower before the kids had to be off and Chiquita assembled her birthday Lego poinsettia before she had to get on the bus. 

I'm showered and working at my desk and DH decided to WFH today.  We were supposed to go to the IL's for dinner but we got Chiquita's fencing schedule which is practice Tue-Fri 5-7 except for tomorrow when she is after school for a call back til 5, then at a GS event til 7 and then fencing til 9.  Such a busy kid!

Vent: MIL would not stop asking about a day for the kids to go over and "decorate the tree" which is a thing Chiquita totally sees through.  "Why do we need to decorate that?  We started to do it years ago because we were there but now it's weird!"  And I had to keep telling her, "I don't have the schedule for her sport yet so I can tell you what works now but it's all likely to change."  Sure enough it's all changed.    

Casadena

I just feel totally out of sorts this week. December is absolutely chaotic. All good things, just SO much. I'm trying to duck out of work a few hours early today bc i have to be back in Iowa for a long meeting tomorrow and i'd like to make it in time to meet my parents for dinner. I'm staying at their house tonight regardless, but i'd like to take them out!

Last swimming lesson this weekend and a family event at our cancer wellness center/therapy office. Hopefully the kids enjoy! Probably going to IL's on Sunday because we still don't have a washing machine and need to do laundry. I've narrowed down to two but H and I are disagreeing about agitator vs no agitator so we'll figure it out in the next couple days and get it scheduled. 

Flying to Canada next week for a few days and it's actually supposed to be warmer in Alberta than in Chicago while i'm there. 

I can post Prudie later if @mrsconn23 is still sporadic around here right now!

levioosa

The news is, uh, chaotic. I am not liking this final descent into dystopia. Yesterday we got the collapse of the French Government, martial law in S. Korea, and BCBS saying they're not going to cover anesthesia if it goes over their specified time limit, and the murder of the UHG CEO. I'm tired. 

Work today. I finally got to go to the gym. It wasn't the most motivated workout, but it happened. I really need to wrap some gifts this weekend before the house starts to look too chaotic. I am slacking on gifts this year. I am feeling happy about the decor, but not into the shopping Christmas spirit. 

Planning on making some cookies this weekend. I have to think about which ones I want to make. I'd like to try decorating them again if possible. But that might be overstretching and I might just end up with naked sugar cookies again. 

charlotte989875

I’m in a funk. H is leaving again for camp today. And we’re getting a ton of snow and wind, which means I’m again doing solo parenting in a storm. I always hate hunting season but especially this year. 

My mom does help and we make it work but still it sicks and it’s annoying every single year. 

VarunaTT

levioosa said:

The news is, uh, chaotic. I am not liking this final descent into dystopia. Yesterday we got the collapse of the French Government, martial law in S. Korea, and BCBS saying they're not going to cover anesthesia if it goes over their specified time limit, and the murder of the UHG CEO. I'm tired. 

The level of depravity of this shocked me and I didn't think I was shockable anymore. 

I'm proud of S. Korea's citizens for showing up and out and their legislature, some (not all) of whom crossed party lines.  

I really am not enjoying the fact that my graduate degree of study, international relationships, that had me studying how democracies fail, is becoming so relevant.  I'm trying to regulate myself, b/c there's still a cat to feed, myself to feed, laundry to do, and work to go to, but honestly there are some days that feel so desperate.

I've started planning my move.  Stickers are on the way to mark things for take, donate, throw out, and storage.  I'm measuring the rooms I'll have to plan out my furniture and see what I can take.  I'm glad I hadn't replaced my couches yet, they'll just get hauled to the dump (they're broken down and went through the bed bug hell, so I won't donate them).  

Otherwise, SSDD.  I think I might take an extra day off around Christmas/NYE so I can have a long break.

VarunaTT

BCBS has backed down and released a bullshit statement:  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-anesthesia-coverage-policy/