Back to the Grind

ei34 · July 2020

(title for the non-educators aka everyone but me)
How was everyone's weekend? My 4th was really nice. Some swimming (my parents got a removable water slide for their pool which the kids adored...and kids only...weight limit is 120lbs so it's going to be a long summer of watching it enviously lol), delicious bbq, 2 of the 3 kids even stayed up until 9pm to watch some pretty fireworks that were the perfect distance- we could see them but not hear them too much. After St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Mothers/Fathers Day, it was nice to have a holiday again that felt somewhat similar to past years.
Hope everyone is doing/feeling well.

banana468 · July 2020

Back to the grind!

Friday I worked for a bit in catch up. The four day week was full of meetings and we're faced with a lot of work so the use of Friday AM was needed. Friday night we did dinner and a movie in front of the TV and started Big Hero 6.

Saturday we went to the marina and the kids swam as the ONLY kids in the pool until about 7:30. We got take out from the seafood place next door (the sort of place where all food is served on paper plates - DH and I had hot lobster rolls!) and then left to grill marshmallows at the ILs.

Sunday we went on the boat, I got a sunburn and the kids went in the pool for the afternoon. We headed home in the late afternoon and DH watched the race and we finished the movie in front of the TV. I made homemade strawberry shortcake for dessert - delicious!

cupcait927 · July 2020

Weekend was good. Friday I got my hair cut for the first time since December - it was sorely needed. H got out of work at 3 so we went to a local brewery for a drink before picking up DD at the nanny. It was nice to have a little date again.

Saturday we took DD to meet her great-grandmother. My mom moved my grandmother out of a nursing home and in with her as the isolation was taking a severe toll on her health. It was the first time my grandma got to meet DD and it made her day.

Sunday we hung out at home. It was way too hot to go anywhere with DD plus the beaches were packed. I don't feel comfortable any longer going places with a ton of people. We filled up the kiddie pool and let DD try that out for the first time. She was very curious about the water - not sure if she loved it but she didn't cry so I consider that a win. We'll probably try it out again during the week because it's supposed to be in the mid-90s all week.

charlotte989875 · July 2020

Is it nap time yet?

Weekend was good, Friday we finally picked out a chair for the nursery (my first time in a store since March) and most of the weekend was getting things together for the nursery. Also napping. We’re having a heat wave here and it has sapped the remaining energy I have that isn’t stollen by the baby.

But yesterday we had dinner with family outside and it was so nice. We took the dog and he got to run with his best buddy (BIL’s dog) and the kids. He was terrified of the pool but wanted to play with the kids while they were swimming. Overall a great weekend!

@cupcait927 how has the adjustment to the nanny been? Glad she liked the pool because if your forecast is like ours this week you’re going to need it!

ILoveBeachMusic · July 2020

@banana468 yum lobster roll! I had a pretty productive weekend. I've been wanting to paint the cabinets in two of our bathrooms. I got one sanded and primed yesterday so painting is today. Not sure if I'll do the other bathroom right away since I'm headed up to Chicago on Friday. I'll see how today goes.

Saturday, H grilled burgers and sweet corn (from the farmer's market -yummy) and yesterday he made a tomato galette with tomatoes from the market. I will say I ate way too much this weekend. Have to get back to watching intake. I think the pain I've been experiencing with my hip has contributed to weight gain - especially in the belly. I think cortisol levels increase when under stress which to contributes to belly fat. Ugh!

mrsconn23 · July 2020

Weekend was hot AF! I'm so glad we got to sleep in DH's uncle's camper. The ac was ahhhmazing! Because they've had little rain, the spring fed pond on the farm property is low. You could find a spring that would cool you off, but the water itself got pretty warm.

Family time was good. Since DH's aunt and uncle couldn't be out there due to a recent surgery he had, we were 'in charge' of the whole operation. So putting stuff out and cleaning it all up fell to us to ensure it was done. Everyone pitched in, but the responsibility of it being done correctly was on us. I told DH I spent a lot of years taking it all for granted. He did remind me that before his uncle's health problems, they spent a significant amount of time out there from May through about October, so they didn't unpack and then pack it all back up in a weekend.

The drive home was a shitshow from top to bottom. We had to get up and clean up all morning, so we did about 4 hours of work in the heat before we took off. We were all already tired when we headed out. We tried to stop at a McD's for lunch and bathrooms. The bathrooms were closed. We got lunch and tried to find a rest area. We finally found one right over the border (about 45 min later). We all did our thing and then the kiddo with my niece driving and FIL took off ahead of us.

About 10 min down the road, DH and I see a truck pulled over and then I'm all of sudden, "Is that your dad's camper?!" DH looks and says, "Yep and the kiddo's over there." Turns out three cars, including the kiddo's, got taken out by road debris. We all stopped (4 cars total) and FIL, DH, and the kiddo got his donut on his car. We are literally less than an hour from home. The road was so hot, the kiddo's jack sunk into the pavement and couldn't stay up. While that was all going on, I called the state police and was talking to SIL, plus checking on other niece and DefConn. DefConn, bless him, tried to get out of the car ON THE HIGHWAY SIDE. I screamed at him to close the door. I made him move to the non-highway side and told him stay buckled. The kids were shaken up, but OK, and it was a terrifying ~15 min with cars whizzing by so fast.

After we got back on the road, FIL's gas light came on with 20 or so miles to home. So we had to detour to a gas station. Thankfully, the one we stopped at was on a state road that takes us right to our town so we didn't have to back track to the highway and we drove through an area we haven't checked out. All in all, a normally ~3 hour journey took almost 5.5 hours.

DH is getting the kiddo's tire squared away today. There was a massive gash in the sidewall. We were all thankful that we were there to support the kids and help them out.

DH and I could not sleep for anything last night. We both were in bed after midnight all, "I can't sleep, can you?" We were dragging ass this morning.

To cap everything off, both kids have poison ivy. DefConn has it on his face, poor thing. I got DefConn an on-demand visit and I'm hoping I can pick up his steroids on my lunch break. I think the kiddo is trying to get in a virtual visit too.

We're going camping this coming weekend again! We're crazy. LOL We'll be at the state park we normally take our boat to when we go out. We rented a slip. I'm hoping the Friday rain chances die down.

So yeah, I feel a little crazy right now. Ha.

MissKittyDanger · July 2020

So weekend sucked a.f!

Few updates - BabyKitten is allergic to sesame. We're getting a bread maker because ALL bread says "may contain" and she is at risk for that.
We have a plan for desensitization process to help reduce allergy - she'll never not be allergic but hopefully EpiPen will not be needed if she encounters it.

Canada Day - last Wednesday - we did splash pad then went to IL's for dinner.
BIL and FSIL are doing a micro-wedding, and BIL told their nanny that she wasn't invited but their dad wasn't because of numbers. She flipped shit, and apparently now isn't going.
M is now going, and after he's gonna pick up BabyKitten and I to do quick visit.

This weekend.
Saturday we went to the beach. M went to go fishing while BabyKitten and I went in the water.
FYI she is a damn fish lmao! Kept running to the water, even when she's freezing lol

M comes back after awhile and is hobbling.
He broke a toe. Lovely. So he's in pain but we were ready to go anyways.

We get about 1/2 way home {approx} and I adjust the a/c .... suddenly we smell smoke. Realized the rear passenger wheel is smoking!
Pulled off. Got CAA to get the car, and SFIL to pick us up.
{dealership called this morning and said brake pad basically seized into caliper? Idk. It's a fucking mess and gonna cost $1,000 after taxes which is approx what M expected. They're gonna adjust front brakes because they're now at risk to happening. Guh!}

So BabyKitten took a nap, so did we.

About 1am M is bitching about something so I woke up to see what's up. His foot hurts and he thinks infection. Same foot as broke toe.
He deals with the cleaning with what we can.
Cleans again in the morning and opts to go to a clinic.

Not only is he now on meds for infection {which he's unfortunately having side effects} but he then had to get something removed from the cut. Which was small for the record.
But unfortunately, we needed to do groceries.
MIL came to watch BabyKitten nap, and SFIL took me to do groceries.

Luckily BabyKitten had zero idea of all the drama. She just knew "Saw grandma Friday. Went to the beach! Had great snacks! Grampa drove us home.
Nana was there when I woke up from a nap. I got to see grampa again!"

kvruns · July 2020

Good morning all! Weekend was OK, DH and the neighbor do a big fireworks show for the neighborhood so that was Friday night. Saturday I hung at the pool with friends and DH was hungover and slept all day. My parents had baby B Fri and Sat night which was nice although since both nights were full of fireworks I barely slept and didn't feel refreshed. B is super clingy now from being gone for 2 days even though he had fun. He told me he doesn't want to sleep at their house again for a long, long time. Guess he's not ready for another night away from me.

MyNameIsNot · July 2020

I need a day off to recover from the weekend. The time off was good. Weds afternoon, my sister and I drove up to Kentucky. We haven't spent much time together just us in quite a while. It was good to just chat and be together for a few hours. We got to spend a little time with family on Weds evening once we got there. The funeral Thursday was very sad. It was sad in a kind of meek way, if that makes sense. There wasn't a lot of pomp and it seemed very impersonal. It bothered me more than I thought it would. Thursday evening we hung out on my grandma's porch and watched fireworks. It was a surprisingly great show.

Friday we came home and I watched Hamilton on Disney Plus. Saturday I did the yard and then we went tubing. We were able to see some fireworks from our deck, but it wasn't as loud as I'd feared. Yesterday was cleaning, laundry and errands. It's been hot, but it's supposed to be cooler and rainy most of the week. I'm looking forward to a rainy afternoon!

cupcait927 · July 2020

@mrsconn23 so glad to hear that everyone is okay after the road debris incident!

@charlotte989875 She's doing okay. She doesn't nap nearly as well over there so she's usually ready for bed within an hour of getting home. She naps a little better at my MIL's house during the first half of the week but still not great. Both say that she's always super happy and smiley though so she's adjusting well in that aspect. It's hard only getting an hour a day with her during the week, which usually consists of eating dinner, baths and bottles so it's not really quality time.

charlotte989875 · July 2020

Damn, that’s a lot @mraconn23. Hope your trip this weekend is a lot less eventful.

CharmedPam · July 2020

@mrsconn23 what an eventful day! Weekend really. @MissKittyDanger, yours wasn’t so great either.

yeeeees Hamilton. Must watch this version this weekend.

My weekend was great. We drove to my parent’s lake house which they signed on the 1st and the house is perfect for them. Sat we went to my bro’s house to watch the fireworks. His kids (2 and 3.5) loved them. I didnt even watch the firworks, just their reaction to them. And I got it on video for my brother since he was busy shooting them off
his three year old “these are serious!” “Look that ones going into space!” “Should I tell Dad I want more?”

cutest thing ever.

VarunaTT · July 2020

Whew, y'all had some exciting weekends! I'm glad everyone had fun and everyone is okay!!

I didn't do anything except keep working on getting back on track. Picked up groceries, got the 2nd loft space cleaned up and the rower moved back out, paid rent, cleaned my kitchen, did laundry, renewed my IFit membership, just little things that needed to be done. We watched about half of Hamilton and then lots of other brain dead movies. We're almost finished with Season 3 of Westworld finally. I can't even think of anything exciting.

MNNEBride · July 2020

Weekend was very low key. It was too hot to do much or go anywhere. We were both off on Friday. We hung at home and watched TV. I didn't feel well on Friday and DH didn't on Sat or Sun. We watched Married at First Sight season 9 on Netflix - interesting show.

On Friday sister tripped over a toy at her stepdaughter's home and fell on cement. She didn't think she needed to go to ER but after a sleepless night and being in excruciating pain, she went by ambulance on the Fourth. Turns out she fractured her hip and she had surgery yesterday. She's 57, so not elderly, just a bad fall.

Back to work today and all that.

short+sassy · July 2020

@banana468, I will trade you two lobster rolls for two shrimp or oyster poboys (your choice), lol.

Wow, lots of fun and exciting weekends in WW! With a few not so great things that happened.

I am not "back to the grind" yet, but I will be tomorrow. Overall, we had a fairly mellow weekend, but dang it! I did not have even ONE day where I didn't need to leave the house to go do something. Oh well, at least this week is a short week also.

My H had something really terrifying happen on Friday and I'm still upset about it. He is okay, thank God. There's a scumbag neighbor renting the corner lot house at the end of the street we have our rehab duplexes on. Just to paint more of the picture, the neighbor's lot is extra big and he runs some kind of backyard mechanic's shop on it.

So he also keeps two vicious guard dogs on the property. 50-60 lb. muscular dogs and, in classic fighter dogs style, have ears so cropped they are barely still there. I guess to "protect" the shitty junked cars? (eyeroll). Except he doesn't always keep them in the yard. He lets them roam the neighborhood at large. Because he doesn't give a shit if they attack and kill a small child, on this family-friendly street that is full of kids.

Anyway, on Fri., both dogs jumped on my H and brought him to the ground. Snarling and growling, about to bite him. But one of the people we have working there heard what was happening and was able to chase the dogs away.

Y'all seriously! My H is dog-savvy. He wouldn't have done anything to provoke them. He's strong, 5'11", and in good health. But those dogs knocked a grown-ass man to the ground like it was nothing. He called the police and animal services. But animal services where we live is as useless as a box of rocks. Those dogs will actually have to bite or kill someone for them to maybe do something.

The dog owner was completely blase. Had the audacity to totally ignore the FACTS of what happened. And said his dogs are nice and were "just playing".

Since I had the day off and we'd bought a fridge for one of the rentals, I went over there this morning to drop my fridge and H off. And, oh look. Just a few days after attacking my H, there are the dogs roaming the streets loose again.

I'm going to be sending a certified letter to both the property and ESPECIALLY to the landlord who owns the property...that probably doesn't even know what happened...to put them on notice that there are dogs living there that now have a documented history of attacking a person. We're also going to be looking into buying dog mace or something like that for my H and our construction people to protect themselves.

Jen4948 · July 2020

Well, let's see: I took some clothes to a tailoring shop for alterations, long-overdue. I'll admit that it will be nice to have clothes that actually fit properly.

I have a major CPE deadline of 8/31 to renew a work-related certification so I'm into that while trying to cast an online Shakespeare production.

One of my cousins did a surprise wedding. He and his now wife were expected to marry, but they'd sped things up because of Covid and because his father (my aunt's widower) is sick and his prognosis is grim from cancer.

Sadly, tomorrow night I have a Zoom memorial service for a family friend who died last week.

Very close friend of my parents. She was a nice lady.

Too much sickness. I keep getting assigned clients at work who are elderly, sick and/or deceased.

@mrsconn23 @MissKittyDanger how horrible! I'm so sorry.

short+sassy · July 2020

@Jen4948, I'm sorry for you and your family's loss.

levioosa · July 2020

Weekend was pretty good. I got super drunk on the 4th because apparently when you don’t drink for almost a month your tolerance goes to shit and two margaritas do you in. So yesterday I was in recovery survival mode and I managed to squeeze out an hour walk without throwing up in 103 F heat.

Today hasn’t been great. Work is a dumpster fire and the kitten we rescued and were trying to save died. =( he had a drastic change in condition overnight and then FI checked on him this morning it was too late to do anything. It’s just upsetting because he was okay last night. Not great, but I thought between the meds and IV he would be okay until we took him in this afternoon. And he was better than he was when we first started helping him. But the kitten we put to bed last night was not the same kitten we woke up to this morning. =( FI gave him an IV this morning and then rushed him to the vet but it was too late. I’m bummed. I bet FI is a mess.

MNNEBride · July 2020

I'm sorry for your loss @Jen4948
Also sorry for the loss of the kitten @levioosa

levioosa · July 2020

I’m so sorry for your loss @Jen4948

ei34 · July 2020

Ouch @mrsconn23 and @MissKittyDanger that's a lot
@Jen4948 I'm sorry for your loss, and yours too @levioosa

Jen4948 · July 2020

Thanks everyone for the condolences. Much appreciated.

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