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Wedding Woes
mrsconn23
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Moooonnnnndaaaayyyy.
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How was the weekend?
My long weekend was nice. Friday, DefConn and I slept in and then did weekly and vacation shopping. I took him for a haircut in the late afternoon. FIL offered to take DefConn for the night and then take him to work for a couple hours the next day. FIL works in a motorcycle shop that does repairs and custom builds. It's known statewide for the work they do and they attract a lot of locally well-known people. DH and I had a really, really amazing night of hanging out and talking until super late.
Saturday, we had a nice slow morning. We picked up DefConn and then came home to get ready to go to my mom's local BFF's son's wedding. It was a really fun wedding and the food was awesome. At said wedding, we found out DH's cousin's baby was born (better hurry up the blanket...he was a week+ early, LOL) and also that a family friend's dad passed away suddenly (sister/BIL's BFF's dad). Furthermore, I ran into a co-worker and a teacher of DefConn's at this wedding. It was all the things going on at once.
Sunday, we went to my sister's because we did early Father's Day with dad due to everyone's summer being balls to the wall booked otherwise. Her neighbors let us come use their pool. It was a nice day despite the fact that BIL and sis were a little distracted worrying about their friends.
DefConn is at his first ever camp this week. It's going to rain on them the whole time. LOL
DH has his audit this week. We did find out last week that they probably lost their contract, so DH has a job for about 18 more months. He's going to start looking toward fall/end of year. But he's not in a rush right now. It also depends on what kind of vacay plans we make next year.
My long weekend was nice. Friday, DefConn and I slept in and then did weekly and vacation shopping. I took him for a haircut in the late afternoon. FIL offered to take DefConn for the night and then take him to work for a couple hours the next day. FIL works in a motorcycle shop that does repairs and custom builds. It's known statewide for the work they do and they attract a lot of locally well-known people. DH and I had a really, really amazing night of hanging out and talking until super late.
Saturday, we had a nice slow morning. We picked up DefConn and then came home to get ready to go to my mom's local BFF's son's wedding. It was a really fun wedding and the food was awesome. At said wedding, we found out DH's cousin's baby was born (better hurry up the blanket...he was a week+ early, LOL) and also that a family friend's dad passed away suddenly (sister/BIL's BFF's dad). Furthermore, I ran into a co-worker and a teacher of DefConn's at this wedding. It was all the things going on at once.
Sunday, we went to my sister's because we did early Father's Day with dad due to everyone's summer being balls to the wall booked otherwise. Her neighbors let us come use their pool. It was a nice day despite the fact that BIL and sis were a little distracted worrying about their friends.
DefConn is at his first ever camp this week. It's going to rain on them the whole time. LOL
DH has his audit this week. We did find out last week that they probably lost their contract, so DH has a job for about 18 more months. He's going to start looking toward fall/end of year. But he's not in a rush right now. It also depends on what kind of vacay plans we make next year.
Re: Moooonnnnndaaaayyyy.
Not much else going on today. It's my H's first day at his new job. We talked more about it over the weekend. It sounds like it will be more part-time then full-time. All the more reason he needs to still be looking for other work! Normally I would feel a little bad about him taking a job that will probably be a stop-gap and possibly (hopefully) a brief one, but I suspect this place is used to it and his training is only a couple days, so it's not like they will have much time invested in him.
BK's party. It went well. M & I were exhausted Sunday that we did so friggen little lol
BK was fine with that. She was good to entertain herself mostly lol
Next year we're doing at a park with Costco sandwich trays lol
Katie on Instagram: “🎈🥳”
Saturday both kids had games. Chiquito had his baseball game in the morning and Chiquita had her 2nd to last soccer game in the afternoon. We caught up with her old coach who said she had good instincts which was a nice compliment when she let a couple goals in. Sometimes it just happens! Then we were off to Defender Marine since both kids were outgrowing their life jackets. (Side note: THANK YOU Defender for still requiring masks to be worn regardless of vaccination status!)
Sunday we had church and DH took the kids to the pool while I did laundry. I met him there and my uncle joined us for a boat ride. There was (and still may be) something wrong with the engine so our ride was at the speed of driving Miss Daisy. Before dinner FIL came down and he and DH took the cover on the motor. DH discovered that one of the boots was off the spark plug and he's hoping that putting it back in place fixed it. The marina has been flat out getting boats ready however this is going to be addressed because they are supposed to do a river test on the boat and this should have been caught before that. We're lucky we didn't try to go out into the bay/sound where they would be more waves vs. the river or the channel where we were most of the time.
It was nearly 90 yesterday and will be warm today. I need to get back to coming up with grilled dinners again. It's time!
Friday night I met my BFF for dinner and a Kohls trip. It was so nice to just hang out.
Saturday, DH had a mandatory work meeting in the morning with the new owners. All the employees show up and it was cancelled 15 mins prior to start time. They have no idea why. So he went off to get a haircut. I had planned to pick up my Mom and bring her to our house to make dessert for nephew's graduation celebration. Did that and picked up a Sam's Club order. We went to lunch with Mom and ran some errands. Came home and made ice cream dessert. Mom hung out with us until supper time.
Sunday we had church and I did laundry. Then I moved my hanging flower baskets to a new, shadier location. It's our first summer here and still learning what plants will work in what spots. We had an early dinner at a nice restaurant for nephew's H.S. graduation. Afterwards, everyone came to our house for dessert & gifts. We had a nice visit.
Back to work today. This afternoon I need to go back on campus for a few hours. Someone else will be moving into my cubicle. I need to return my pager and desk keys. Otherwise, haircut this week but nothing else on the schedule yet.
Good Luck to your H @short+sassy, I remember us visiting a cigar shop, I think a pretty popular one. Seemed like a cool working environment!
Friday I got out early (well later than being let out because someone gave me something to do RIGHT at 3), went home to watch The circle S2 all night long.
Saturday, I went to a farmers market and overpaid for a very small amount of produce... made a salad but nothing seemed super worth it. Like, i could have gotten this at the grocery store for 1/2 the price? I’d love to support local but be a little competitive on prices at least. M and I went to see a local comedian Saturday night, and he turned out to be really funny and worth it.
Sunday was TV all day.
I came into work on Saturday and took care of some things. My new keyboard came in and I love it. It has all sort of fun lights and an old fashioned typewriter keyboard, which is amazing. I can already type so much faster and I love the feel of it. It's also making me put my hands in the correct position again, which is helping with all of the other ulnar/carpal tunnel issues.
Sunday I did all of my housework stuffs and watched some television/movies. Nothing too earth shattering. Just trying to rest and find a new normal now that it feels like life is finally settling down and I can actually start working on healing.
I am married to someone who CRAVES alone time. It's needed for his mental health but he's also extroverted to the point that he'll mingle.
In your situation can you either talk to your DH and ask if he'd be cool with being on kiddo duty OR if he'd be open to the idea of you going to an event but he's absolutely taking over when you get home? I do not remember gatherings with his family with fondness when the kids were in unfamiliar territory and I couldn't trust them to not run into the road or a pool. It was high tension parenting and mentally exhausting in its own right. Your DH may have his own mental exhaustion in attending parties so you may both need to figure out what makes the greatest sense.
I started looking at tile for our master bath renovation. I love marble but don't love the maintenance or the price. I'm thinking about going with porcelain marble look for floor and shower with quartz for counter top. Anybody have experience? I have looked at prices and porcelain is so much cheaper. Can you get slabs of quartz for floor/wall and what is price point? The tile shop didn't have quartz? I've just started preliminary shopping. I can also ask the designer about it. Just thought if any of y'all had experience it would be great. We are also doing our living room fireplace surround. That will be marble. It is such a small amount it won't cost that much and it will be worth the look.
I have a stretch therapy appointment this afternoon and boy do I need it! I am so tight in so many places!
The cicadas came out in full blast while I was gone. I'm afraid to even do yard work less I be attacked by those flying critters. Hopefully they won't be around too much longer. They are deafening for sure. We also have to keep the dogs from eating them - yuck!
@ILoveBeachMusic we decided on Corian for our shower and countertops. Has a similar look as quartz but can be done in solid slabs (I hate grout with a passion) so only seams are in corners. It can also easily be re-sanded/re-finished. I LOVE the look of quartz though too and it's super low maintenance. Second the recommendation of Floor and Decor for comps. We have one close by and it is awesome.
My sister says she can also hear them above her radio driving around down there, even going highway speeds.
Some of it is balance and some of it is also balancing at his end too. You don't have to attend all parties either!
I finally got my first shot this weekend! I had a sore arm and was tired yesterday, but that's it. 2nd shot is scheduled for end of September. Sigh on that!
I'm pretty outgoing when I feel like being 'on' and enjoy my time socializing, but I'm finding I'm even struggling with having all.the.plans all of a sudden. It all feels like a lot. My anxiety is manifesting in ways it never has before and I also suffer from 'plans' fatigue a lot lately.
When the kids were younger and the kiddo still needed one of us to cart him all over, we'd do a lot of dividing and conquering. DH and I only miss family things when there's unchangeable plans for the other person.
At baby M's age, I think he needs to suck it up a little more for family stuff because it IS exhausting to chase a toddler on your own while trying to be social. I remember events alone with little DefConn and leaving as soon as it was 'socially' acceptable so we could go home and I could put him down/not stressed, LOL.
And we had to navigate and balance because when we didn' see friends that often I stayed up later.
It is a lot easier now but I'm sure we'll encounter times where I have to be vocal that I'm done with an event and I am exceeding my level of comfort.