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mrsconn23 · September 2014

DH and I stayed up and watched the Sons of Anarchy premiere last night. I.am.dragging. It was good. This season, Malcolm Jamal-Warner is a guest star. It's odd to see Theo Huxtable as a biker gang member. Does not compute.

We're supposed to get crap weather today. I need to figure out something easy and non-grilled to make for dinner.

This week seems to be dragging. Blerg.

tawillers · September 2014

I dropped the kindergartner at school today. She was happy to be back.

The teenager, however, is home again. No school = no baseball so he really feels crappy. (Also, I'm still not used to saying "teenager" in relation to my child.).

It's Wednesday so I have my work errands to run and I'm also getting my hair done this morning. I'm very excited about it.

Heffalump · September 2014

mrs.conn23 said:

This week seems to be dragging. Blerg.

Yes! Monday, I felt awesome. Yesterday, meh. Today, I want to go back to bed and stay there 'til noon. DD and I were walking to the bus stop this morning and the moon was out--not like where you see it during the day, but up and shining, with just the slightest hint of dawn in the east. This is ridonkulous, and I'm well aware that February will be that much less fun.

Also, my kid who begged me to sign her up for soccer literally four hours before the deadline, decided in the middle of practice yesterday that she hates soccer. She was sitting on the field playing with the grass, and when DH and I told her she needed to get up (they were supposed to be practicing passing), she burst into tears. And y'all know us (sort of, hypothetically), it's not like we yelled "Get your ass back in the game, missy!" it was basically "Hey Wooz, stand up, practice isn't over yet." Cue sobbing.

I will park this here: this child exhausts me. She is a wonderful kid with a ton of great qualities (smart, funny, really loving and affectionate), but damn, she is so emotional and little things will send her into a tailspin. I'm trying to straddle the line between being sensitive without coddling her, and sometimes I worry I'm doing a crap job of it.

ETA: I should have listed "creative" with her great qualities, because she really is super creative. And super emotional. I see a lot of performance art in her future. ::shudder::

mrsconn23 · September 2014

Taw--It IS so weird to have a teenager. I'm sorry he's not feeling better. Poor guy.

Heffa--We went through the same things with the kiddo and soccer. Uber-annoying. Also, the kiddo has also always been overly emotional. It's only gotten worse with him being a teen. It is tiring.

I will share a fun story from last week.

The kiddo was out with friends after school and before I finished up work. I told him I had to take some calls and he *had* to be home at X time. 5 min before he had to be home, he calls and spins some story about some kid stealing something from some other kid and the kiddo heard the kid who stole the stuff say he stole it and the cops were coming and he had to tell them what he heard. I was *working* and taking calls. So I basically hurried up work and ran over (in the car) to where he was. (envisioning my kid being questioned by cops...alone. not a great scenario)

I show up and there's no cops. He's playing basketball. I was PISSED. I had DefConn to get and grocery shopping to do. I honked my horn LOUD and told him to 'get his ass in the car!'. He had his bike to I told him to get home and I'd be there in a few.

After speaking with him and DH speaking with him and unraveling the whole situation, it turns out that he basically was getting involved in something that he didn't need to be and he should have just come home. While DH was talking to him, I stepped out to take a call from my sister.

I come in and he's crying. Want to know why? "You YELLED at me and told me to 'get my ass in the car'!!!!ONE!!!" I embarrassed him. It took every fiber of my being to not roll my eyes and say "Really?!" I did tell him I was not sorry.

Sweet Jesus. I need to start buying wine by the case.

Heffalump · September 2014

mrs.conn23 said:
Sweet Jesus. I need to start buying wine by the case.

This.

I will also share a story from last week: she has a "boyfriend" from her pre-K class who is now in her afterschool program. I wasn't crazy about the whole "boyfriend" label, considering she's five, but I also didn't want to make it a bigger deal than it was. So we've had a couple of brief chats, but I haven't made a huge thing over it.

I pick her up Friday afternoon, and as she's leaving, she says bye to him, and he doesn't look up from what he's doing. I didn't think much of it, because they're five, and get really absorbed in things sometimes. The minute we're in the hallway, Wooz bursts into tears. After some coaxing, she tells me "[Boyfriend] says he doesn't want to be my boyfriend anymore and I told him he hurt my feelings and he said he didn't caaaaaaaaare!" [sobbing] Half of me was heartbroken for her, and the other half was like "Holy crap, you're five, I'm supposed to have ten more years before we need to deal with this." So we talked on the way home, she cheered up, but on Sunday, she spent 45 minutes making him this multimedia crayon-marker-glitter glue-sticker extravaganza, and she said "I really think [Boyfriend] will like it." And she wrote "I LOVe yOU [Boyfriend]" across the top. DH and I just looked at each other. Like, if she were a friend of mine, the word "pathetic" might have come up, gently, as in "You don't want to seem desperate or."

Monday, she forgot the collage-thingy at home, and things between them were back to pre-Friday levels. ??? There is seriously an angst-ridden teenager trapped inside my kindergartener.

*Barbie* · September 2014

mrs.conn23 said:

I come in and he's crying. Want to know why? "You YELLED at me and told me to 'get my ass in the car'!!!!ONE!!!" I embarrassed him. It took every fiber of my being to not roll my eyes and say "Really?!" I did tell him I was not sorry.

Sweet Jesus. I need to start buying wine by the case.

you're much nicer than me - I would have done this. (hell, I do it now - "stop crying - you threw yourself on the floor and "hurt" your finger? do i need to cut it off? no? see? you're fine.")

mrsconn23 · September 2014

*Barbie* said:

mrs.conn23 said:

I come in and he's crying. Want to know why? "You YELLED at me and told me to 'get my ass in the car'!!!!ONE!!!" I embarrassed him. It took every fiber of my being to not roll my eyes and say "Really?!" I did tell him I was not sorry.

Sweet Jesus. I need to start buying wine by the case.

you're much nicer than me - I would have done this. (hell, I do it now - "stop crying - you threw yourself on the floor and "hurt" your finger? do i need to cut it off? no? see? you're fine.")

It just makes it worse, honestly. Using logic and as little emotion on our parts works *much* better with him. If we get sarcastic/annoyed, he just digs in and is a bigger dick about the situation. He's stubborn and will also run his mouth until it falls off. His mouth honestly gets him in more trouble than anything he ever actually does. He's a good kid...He's just 13. This is a suck age all around.

6fsn · September 2014

My kids are driving me bsc. Thank goodness this is a three day kinder week and preschool has started.

GBCK · September 2014

I think there's something in the water.
Buffy was an angel toward relatives at her birthday party, but literally a screaming brat when we didn't have guests. (It's nice she behaves for guests, I guess).

I have no idea what the deal is, but zomg, 4 year olds are awful drama queens.

PMeg819 · September 2014

I can see DD being like the Woozle. That being said, she is super loving. Crawled into my lap yesterday, laid her head on my chest, and just babbled "mamamama". But there are days you can look at her wrong and she'll cry.

I don't even want to bother with work. There is drama and I want no part. You know what I do want? To run away and drink.

GBCK · September 2014

It is a run away and drink, keys on the roof sort of day.

mrsconn23 · September 2014

My mama is bringing me lunch. w00t!

My sister's SIL is vague-booking all over the place and I'm thinking she and her H are splitting. It's pretty much a trainwreck and I can't look away. I tried to call my sister to get the gossip last night, but she didn't answer her phone.

I wish I could day drink and work, but I have to get a kid from daycare and you know, perform my job. I have a few people I need to call and I don't wanna.

*Barbie* · September 2014

We're having some sort of company sponsored event today - with the mayor of Houston as the keynote speaker. There's supposed to be a networking reception after, and i'm hoping there's booze.

Heffalump · September 2014

mrs.conn23 said:

*Barbie* said:

mrs.conn23 said:

I come in and he's crying. Want to know why? "You YELLED at me and told me to 'get my ass in the car'!!!!ONE!!!" I embarrassed him. It took every fiber of my being to not roll my eyes and say "Really?!" I did tell him I was not sorry.

Sweet Jesus. I need to start buying wine by the case.

you're much nicer than me - I would have done this. (hell, I do it now - "stop crying - you threw yourself on the floor and "hurt" your finger? do i need to cut it off? no? see? you're fine.")

It just makes it worse, honestly. Using logic and as little emotion on our parts works *much* better with him. If we get sarcastic/annoyed, he just digs in and is a bigger dick about the situation. He's stubborn and will also run his mouth until it falls off. His mouth honestly gets him in more trouble than anything he ever actually does. He's a good kid...He's just 13. This is a suck age all around.

Yes! Like gas on a fire. If I get exasperated and say something like "Fine, whatever" she'll call me out and use my own words back at me: "You're not using a very nice voice with me. It's making me sad." More tears. So yeah, we spend a lot of time trying to ratchet down the emotion, not feed it. Are you sure our kids aren't related?

@6fsn, I missed the kids so much when I got to work Monday. By the time we were driving back from soccer last night, DD was still half-melted down, and DS was tired and getting ragey about being in his carseat. We passed DC and I eyed it wistfully for a long moment.

@GBCK, that is our saving grace, she saves all the insane drama bullshit for us. From the outside, we might pass for normal.

Heffalump · September 2014

GBCK said:

It is a run away and drink, keys on the roof sort of day.

I have to run to Target at lunch, and I keep reminding myself "I will NOT buy a wine cube, I will NOT buy a wine cube..." I am going to settle for a pumpkin spice latte and I don't care what any of you say, it's (almost) fall goddamnit.

6fsn · September 2014

I usually get alone time every weekend, but these past two weekends have been jammed packed with "family fun." I can't wait to spend 2 hrs ALONE in the car Saturday sipping a coffee and enjoying the quiet. M2 does NOT shut up. at all.

0Face · September 2014

*late to the party as usual---miniminiminitinystrop*

You are not lying when you say the week is going so.....sllloooowwww.

I have no children to complain about---but I do remember being 13 and the amount of hormones and backtalk that run through your mind and body...holy heck. If that could be harnessed, we wouldn't need fossil fuels, LIKE ever. *yeah-crickets*

I had a bout of insomnia last night. My brain at night is like a different brain from day, it's all dramatic, and beebee and vulnerable. So H going out to have drinks with coworkers (who are yes, two women) turns into---he talks about me, and he probably likes them better than me, and I bet he wants to spend time with them and not me. HOLY CRAP BRAIN---stop being a giant whiner. And then I think about work, and stress, and work, and things to do, and running---and it's now been 90 minutes. *sigh* So I'm tired.

THE END.

tawillers · September 2014

I just got back from getting my hair done - excellent mood.

Then I found a dead mosquito-looking bug in my 3/4 gone glass of milk.

VarunaTT · September 2014

I got nothing. I've e-mailed 5 different people, two different times, telling them I need work. Nothing has been sent my way, so I'm googling a new hobby to figure out how to start it, upfront money to budget, and things to go look at to see if I really want to do this. Next up, I might start watching the damn Youtube videos. I've already been listening to Podcasts, but I don't really like those.

I have a fun weekend planned, I think, so looking forward to that.

DixieNormous330 · September 2014

I'm totally wiped. I haven't been sleeping well in general (unable to get comfortable and peeing every hour), the PF was up at 2 and joined me in bed. I tried dozing and gave up at 3:40am. I'm at work and fading fast.

0Face · September 2014

I used to watch YT like crazy, V. That is how my beauty binging started. It was bad news bears.

VarunaTT · September 2014

Well, my YT lists are mostly gaming and debates. I tried to follow some of the makeup ones, but honestly I've got what I want and I can do nearly whatever I want. I mostly just follow Instagram and Pinterest for new shaping/color ideas.

PMeg819 · September 2014

I just watched 12 Years A Slave while doing invoices. Now I just feel like a horrible person.

6fsn · September 2014

For some reason I think I should make ooze for 6let's party favors. Nobody wants to take ooze home though and I don't want to find jars. I did make little labels for his kindergarten treat. Tell me to stop.

VarunaTT · September 2014

Maybe just color the drinks green and label the jars/cups "Ooze"?

But just b/c:

6fsn · September 2014

Ha, I'm not making green drinks. Capri sun and water for the kids. Beer, wine, sangria, and soda for the adults. I'm already making pineapple turtle shells, but OOZE!

VarunaTT · September 2014

Just some food coloring is what I was thinking.

But, er, um, speaking from maybe personal experience, green food coloring in beer leads to some shocking discoveries later. Mainly that it gets pushed out as still green. So, maybe that's not a good idea.

Mmm, I found a Dean gif:

DixieNormous330 · September 2014

Green jello. But kind of mash it up

GBCK · September 2014

you can do the cornstarch ooze...
But the elmers glue kind is better.

If you have someone who can spot you some Falcon Tubes, I have a kick-ass recipe that involves just adding things together and shaking it--so it mixes it in the jar they take it home in. Nontoxic, low effort.

you could also do green pudding for the typical 'dirt dessert' as ooze.

6fsn · September 2014

Y'all are supposed to talk me out of doing more shit.

And I can't make jello. No green ooze!

pegasuskat · September 2014

You need the ooze, I feel like it will make the party, lol. They will love it!

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