Hump Day

ei34

How's everyone today?  My week is going fairly quickly, I hope everyone else's is too

ei34

How are you doing @levioosa?  How is your H @MNNEBride and how are you?  @charlotte989875 how's baby J?  

Today's theme day is Anything but a backpack day.  It's the only spirit day I don't take part in, my right shoulder would not be having it if I didn't use my ergonomically sound backpack lol.  Toyed with transferring my stuff to a carry-on luggage with wheels, but that felt like too much work.  The students have some pretty fun alternatives though.

DDs started softball practice last night which is always a good sign of spring.  Pretty ssdd otherwise.

CharmedPam

Hmmm like purses @ei34?
I’m hurting a lot.  5 weeks ago I had a cosmetic procedure, and I’m not quite healing like I should. Then last Monday I got facial threads RIGHT before vacation. The lady said it would go down in 72 hours. She lied. Every day my face gets less and less hurty, but it took a good week for the pain to be “manageable” and incase a miracle happens, they didn’t even address my concern. Then on Monday I wore brand new sandals on an excursion and
blistered up my feet real bad. It stings even through the bandaid. I know better.  I’m just stoopid thinking they would be comfortable for 5 minutes, I should wear them for 5 hours with no alternative.  And then yesterday we were out in the sun all day and despite spraying spf 50 sunscreen on me like 5 times, my alabaster skin (back) burned.  Today’s excursion is a 2.5 panoramic view bus drive so I should get a break from walking/sun.

it’s actually a slow going vaca, which has been SO nice! I’m like, I still have 4 days left and I felt like we did a lot already! Albeit - in a hurty state. 

VarunaTT

I'm annoyed.  I've filled out an online change of income form three times to the state from when I was unemployed and receiving security net services (food stamps, Medicaid).  I thought it was finally taken care of through inertia, b/c I received a letter in October stating I was being cut off due to not filling out required forms to continue services (after I filled out change of income in July, August, and September).  I just received a letter telling me that if I wasn't using the food stamps, it was going to be cut off and another letter from Medicaid with a new card.  I guess I'm just going to get on the damn phone and get this stuff taken care of.  I'm not looking forward to it, especially now when things are....well, like this.  Also, it's bothered me along, b/c someone else could be receiving the services I no longer needed.

Otherwise, SSDD.  I think I need to take a vacation or a long weekend soon.  I'm feeling rather blah when I get up to get to work.  I'm trying to think of something to do, that's not just staying home, but is small and not pricey.

levioosa

I'm good just tired (no surprises there). I have taken a little break from the family. My mom's text the other day was a lot and I want to call for an update, but I also don't want to deal with *vaguely waves* all of that. I took a little walk in the rain when I got home last night and that was peaceful even if I was listening to news. 

I hope everyone is recovering quickly at home @charlotte989875

*Hugs* and good healing thoughts your way too @MNNEBride

I hope you feel better and can enjoy the rest of your vacation @charmedpam. If you have the CosRx Snail Mucin I found my last sunburn responded pretty well to that, topped with a heavy moisturizer then Vaseline or Aquaphor. 

That's so annoying @vaunaTT but of course firing everyone was much more efficient than just having appropriate staffing and the ability to figure out shit like that in the first place. *internal screaming* 

banana468

I'm definitely internally screaming right now with what's going on.  DH and I are both rolling our eyes at the people we know who are educated that still think these cuts make any logical sense without ANY attempt to validate them.  

VarunaTT

So, MO is probably going to pass that StL no longer has local control of their police force.  They already did it to KC.  This state legislature is just brazenly, with their whole chest, saying that they're going to overturn the will of the voters b/c they want to.  And people here KEEP voting for Republicans.  I don't understand: if you want smaller government, if you want the local government that is closest to you to have more power, if you want people out of your business, if you don't want so much government oversight WHY ARE YOU VOTING FOR THIS PLATFORM.  It's just so racist, so ahistorical, so anathema to what they say they stand for.  I hate it.

I needed to vent.

Casadena

*hugs* to everyone. Sounds like everyone is dealing with some stuff. 

I'm going to be out of the office tomorrow so won't be able to post Prudie. I'll get some up today before I leave. 

Boys have been incredible at bedtime and it's been starting to get fun again, which is nice! DLS is the worst and I cannot stand waking up when it's dark out. We've all been sleeping this week and been a bit rushed in the morning but handling it pretty well. 

Will miss the dudes, but excited for a couple nights of uninterrupted sleep. 

charlotte989875

M is home but doing better! Really hoping he can go back tomorrow. J is coughing but no fever. Hoping that is just a cough and not the flu. It’s been a whole week already and it’s only Wednesday.