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6fsn · March 2016

It's Monday. How was the weekend?

Saturday I bought rollerblades and had a BLAST! Now I need to scope out where the good paved trails are. We also did some yard/garage clean up. 6let got in some major trouble when I opened a drawer and it was shoved full of clothes never worn and don't fit. I made him work through 3 drawers that could barely close and we got it down to 3 stacks of clothes.

Easter was good. The kids had a blast hunting eggs and baskets. We went to my mom's where the adults got to hunt beer!

Most importantly @VarunaTT: I was loving your pictures from the weekend! You looked so YOUNG and HAPPY!

ShesSoCold · March 2016

A few years ago I found old rollerblades at my mom's house - they were so fun!!

Dogsitting isn't going as well as I'd hoped, in my childish fantasy that my dog would love him and I'd love him and we'd want to get another dog.

This dog smells SO BAD and my dog and I want him gone. He's here until like freaking Sunday.

AddieCake · March 2016

I think I would enjoy rollerblading. Our weekend was really nice. Watched Mockingjay Part 2 yesterday. I wasn't a fan of the end. Today I intended to play WoW for a couple hours and then do some grading, but I think I may just blow off this entire day.

sparklepants41 · March 2016

Our weekend was nice - and the weather was great so we were able to enjoy the outdoors a bit too. Lots of ham though. And BIL & SIL brought their two sick kids to Easter dinner yesterday, which I find completely selfish. Stay home! Don't risk infecting H's elderly parents, those of us with autoimmune disorders, and everyone else. Not to mention it's extremely unfair to the sick kiddos who really should just be resting.

@AddieCake - we also watched Mockingjay Part II this weekend and thought the ending was phoned in.

Not much going on today, except I have a dentist appointment this afternoon. Blah.

AddieCake · March 2016

No spoilers, but yes! Definitely felt phoned in! @sparklepants41

thefanciestbeckler · March 2016

This weekend was good. I ended up taking Friday off, which was an excellent choice for my sanity

It was nice to relax and have some time to reflect on everything that's been going on at work lately. Then I went to a Good Friday service at church that night.

Saturday I had my brother and his girlfriend over for dinner. I made a roast in the crockpot, twice baked potatoes, asparagus, salad, and a chocolate pie. It was a lot of fun!

Yesterday was lots of relaxing and watching TV. I was going to go to church yesterday morning, but I ended up feeling under the weather so I stayed home.

Today, I have a job interview after work!!!!!!!!! It's at a mortgage company that's only about 10 minutes from my house. I am super excited about it.

VarunaTT · March 2016

Thank you, @6fsn . You're the second person to comment how young and happy I looked. And really, I had just thrown on some clothes, didn't even have makeup on, and had hit lunch with a friend who also lives downtown. Then we decided to hit up a new bar that had opened across the street from where we were. That bar was amazing; all of the cups were so cool and the drinks were tasty! Since it's about 1/2 a block from my apartment, I forsee many summer night spent on their patio. I think the happy is just from finally starting to feel unburdened by so much unhappiness.

It did start off a really great day though. Friday was a pretty relaxed night, just watching a movie with K after she got off work. Saturday was lunch w/good friend, trying that new bar, and ending with a really great drag show that K had a great performance in and gained a bunch of new fans. Sunday was cleaning my apartment (how can 1 person be so messy? And how do concrete floors get so dirty?), laundry, and hanging out with K.

Then, drama exploded in both my atheist group and my pride group. One was a major safety issue; there was someone in our atheist group who violated an ex parte filed against them by another member. It took leadership all of 10 minutes to lock everything on FB down; still I was very disturbed at what had happened. There was nothing the group leadership could've done to prevent what happened (a fake profile was created and used to get in and it was a GOOD fake profile); I was still pretty upset.

Then, I've got a Pride committee member who is so efficient and dedicated and reliable; her personality is rather authoritarian and she tends to try and overreach things. I had to tell her no on something, which I did nicely; she still is pissy. So, I told her that I'd already dealt with an emergency that night and that something like this needs a face-to-face conversation to avoid miscommunication. Hopefully I can get this cleared up. I'd hate to lose her, but I'm not pissing off an entire established committee (she tried to plan something that has specifically been in the purview of another group for years now) for one new person.

I think I finally got to sleep around midnight, which is too damn late for me on a work night.

AddieCake · March 2016

Good luck at the interview, @thefanciestbeckler

thisismynickname2 · March 2016

I don't know about you all, but I think I'm still digesting everything I ate for Easter yesterday. We went to a restaurant brunch buffet and then to another family's house for dessert. That is a family of great cooks who make every single thing from scratch.
Saw Allegiant Friday night. Totally different from the book. There were things overall I liked about it; I was entertained. But, generally still not a good movie based on a pretty cruddy book. Oh well. We'll wait for Part 2 to come out on DVD before watching it!

Good luck on the job interview thefanciestbeckler!

ILoveBeachMusic · March 2016

Unfortunately, our weekend was not so great. H drove to IL's on Friday because his mother wasn't doing well. The kids still came home on Friday for Easter weekend (this is good), but MIL passed away on Saturday. I feel really bad for H - he hasn't dealt with loosing a parent. Headed out tomorrow for funeral and calling.

MNNEBride · March 2016

So sorry, @ILoveBeachMusic . Thoughts and prayers with you guys.

sparklepants41 · March 2016

I'm sorry, @ILoveBeachMusic. I can't begin to imagine what you and your H are going through. Hugs for you.

AddieCake · March 2016

Sorry to hear that. @ILoveBeachMusic

6fsn · March 2016

I'm sorry @ILoveBeachMusic

charlotte989875 · March 2016

I'm sorry for your family's loss @ILoveBeachMusic.

lembaslover · March 2016

I'm so sorry @ILoveBeachMusic , my thoughts are with you and your family.

Good luck with your interview @thefanciestbeckler

My weekend was pretty awesome, though I didn't really get any of the housework I wanted done which is going to make the evenings this week more difficult...

Since we had Friday off I went to the range with DH in the morning and I made grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch. Then in the afternoon I went and got my dragon tattoo. DH is so awesome, he sits there through all my tattoos with me though I'm sure he must be bored out of his mind. We were at the shop for close to 4 hours since they were finishing someone ahead of me and then had to redraw mine a bit and it took about 2 hours to do. It's pretty much like the pictures I showed before but I had the artist change the head and she made some tweaks to the body detail too. So all in all I had a pretty badass day IMO.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5020756/uploads/editor/f9/i1k1f8k4tu0q.jpg

Saturday we ran some errands and I looked kind of ridiculous wearing shorts when it was only 30 degrees but I didn't want to irritate my tattoo with jeans just yet and my yoga pants were all in the laundry.

Sunday we went to Easter Brunch at a country club with DH's parents and his sister, her husband, and their son (our sweet little nephew). I have never seen such a happy smiling baby and when he smiles at you it just makes you feel like a million bucks. Then we went back to DH's parents to eat more food, watch a movie, and play with their dog whom I'm crazy about. He's just the most awesome dog I've ever met. Then we got home and instead of doing chores like we planned we both played Stardew Valley until bed time.

Stardew Valley is my current game obsession. I didn't think I'd like it because it's very similar in style to minecraft graphics which I could never get into because of the graphics but there are just so many cool features from running your own farm with animals and crops to building relationships with the townspeople to the mines to explore, etc... I'm hooked

madamerwin · March 2016

sparklepants41 said:

Our weekend was nice - and the weather was great so we were able to enjoy the outdoors a bit too. Lots of ham though. And BIL & SIL brought their two sick kids to Easter dinner yesterday, which I find completely selfish. Stay home! Don't risk infecting H's elderly parents, those of us with autoimmune disorders, and everyone else. Not to mention it's extremely unfair to the sick kiddos who really should just be resting.

@AddieCake - we also watched Mockingjay Part II this weekend and thought the ending was phoned in.

Not much going on today, except I have a dentist appointment this afternoon. Blah.

H and I watched it this weekend too, and we totally thought it was "meh" after the other three movies! A total let-down, and considering the third book is pretty action-packed, this installment of the movie seemed unnecessary - like they were just stretching it out to make money.

My weekend kind of sucked... H fractured his humerus right at his shoulder on Friday while snowboarding. And it was his right (dominant) arm. He had has been on pain meds, and he has to go to an orthopedic specialist tomorrow to find out if he will need surgery. I feel really bad for him. But on a bright note, he got to work from home all weekend, so I actually got to spend time with him on my days off! And I made a grilled leg of lamb for him yesterday, since it's his favorite meal and I wanted to cheer him up.

@6fsn - I totally want roller blades! Thanks for reminding me to tell H that roller blades would be a good birthday present

@ILoveBeachMusic - I am so sorry for your loss. Sending you prayers.

@Thefanciestbeckler good luck with the job interview, keep us updated!

MesmrEwe · March 2016

We were coming off of a week of spring break.. DD was having withdrawl from having a week of no responsibilities. It's safe to say I think she's ready for summer vacation to start! It seems like the week just flew by and we really didn't get to do what we'd originally planned to do. It also didn't help that there was a snowstorm that came through here to really mess with the week's plans... Friday DH put me into a tizzy when he thought it'd be a good idea to invite DD's friend over to decorate eggs - mind you - our house needs a deep clean, not the 10-minute tidy up, I ended up having to be the bad guy to message her Mom to say "I'd love the girls to gtg, just not at our house!"... Sunday we went to SIL's for Easter, which for the first time there was food I could eat and it was awesome!!! (amazing what simplifying the menu can do!)

mrsconn23 · March 2016

I am so sorry @ILoveBeachMusic . Many T+P's for you guys.

Jen4948 · March 2016

ILoveBeachMusic said:

Unfortunately, our weekend was not so great. H drove to IL's on Friday because his mother wasn't doing well. The kids still came home on Friday for Easter weekend (this is good), but MIL passed away on Saturday. I feel really bad for H - he hasn't dealt with loosing a parent. Headed out tomorrow for funeral and calling.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Thoughts and prayers for you.

MesmrEwe · March 2016

ILoveBeachMusic said:

Unfortunately, our weekend was not so great. H drove to IL's on Friday because his mother wasn't doing well. The kids still came home on Friday for Easter weekend (this is good), but MIL passed away on Saturday. I feel really bad for H - he hasn't dealt with loosing a parent. Headed out tomorrow for funeral and calling.

So sorry for your loss!!! Good luck with everything going on this week - it's rough being the spouse on so many levels when an IL passes! Remember to take time, and possibly facilitate, everyone doing something to take care of themselves whether that be go to a movie together, go bowling together, go for pizza, or dinner as a core family. Do something to de-stress because there's so much intensity going on in such a short time that it's good to step away for a couple hours.

mrsconn23 · March 2016

MesmrEwe said:

ILoveBeachMusic said:

Unfortunately, our weekend was not so great. H drove to IL's on Friday because his mother wasn't doing well. The kids still came home on Friday for Easter weekend (this is good), but MIL passed away on Saturday. I feel really bad for H - he hasn't dealt with loosing a parent. Headed out tomorrow for funeral and calling.

So sorry for your loss!!! Good luck with everything going on this week - it's rough being the spouse on so many levels when an IL passes! Remember to take time, and possibly facilitate, everyone doing something to take care of themselves whether that be go to a movie together, go bowling together, go for pizza, or dinner as a core family. Do something to de-stress because there's so much intensity going on in such a short time that it's good to step away for a couple hours.

Yes to all of that. My MIL passed suddenly 4 months ago and it also happened to be the Friday before Thanksgiving. I had no downtime with DH or my kids for over 10 days. Not being able to retreat to my home with my family was one of the hardest things. Any alone time would have been a blessing.

OurWildKingdom · March 2016

I'm so sorry for your loss, @ILoveBeachMusic.

ILoveBeachMusic · March 2016

Thank you all for your concern. I know I will be supporting H over the next few days. I don't know how I would have gotten through the loss of my parents without him, so now it is my turn. I am dreading being around all his siblings though. There are some screwy family dynamics, but I will just busy myself trying to help H and my FIL who is such a sweet guy. He and MIL were married almost 63 years! It is going to be really rough on him.

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