Day after a Holiday Tuesday

Re: Day after a Holiday Tuesday

• climbingsingle member

  

  May 2023

  Had such a great weekend and the weather was perfect! Relaxed, did yard work, went to a BBQ at my brother's, swam, played with my nephew. Sad it all went so fast though. 

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• CharmedPam member

  

  May 2023

  climbingsingle said:

  Had such a great weekend and the weather was perfect! Relaxed, did yard work, went to a BBQ at my brother's, swam, played with my nephew. Sad it all went so fast though. 

  We need more long weekends. Period. 

  
  

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• climbingsingle member

  

  May 2023

  CharmedPam said:

  climbingsingle said:

  Had such a great weekend and the weather was perfect! Relaxed, did yard work, went to a BBQ at my brother's, swam, played with my nephew. Sad it all went so fast though. 

  We need more long weekends. Period. 

  We really do. This 5 day work week is straight up BS. 

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• kerbohl member

  

  May 2023

  Glad you both had nice holidays weeks, @CharmedPam and @climbingsingle!  It was so nice for the weather.  
  
  Work was not slow yesterday for the US holiday, which was odd.  It is usually dead for us.  Today is also busy, people trying to pack in everything in a four day week.
  
  Still no clue who this chicken belongs to.  We'll see if she lays again today.  She has stopped eating so fast and is starting to get more bold.  She won't eat out of my hand yet, but she doesn't run when I go to pick her up, so she seems okay with me.  I've reported it and done my duty, now it is up to the owner to claim her.  But ... I sort of don't want to give her back if she was in this state.  Looking horrible because she is molting, that's fine, but she was terrified of me.  And so hungry - that's not right.

  
  

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• CharmedPam member

  

  May 2023

  climbingsingle said:

  CharmedPam said:

  climbingsingle said:

  Had such a great weekend and the weather was perfect! Relaxed, did yard work, went to a BBQ at my brother's, swam, played with my nephew. Sad it all went so fast though. 

  We need more long weekends. Period. 

  We really do. This 5 day work week is straight up BS. 

  It hits differently in the winter, doesn’t it? I don’t care about long weekends in Winter.  Give me spring, summer and most importantly fall ones. 

  
  

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• ei34 member

  

  May 2023 edited May 2023

  It was a nice long weekend here too.  Agree the weather was beautiful- got a lot of gardening done, some cooking, a bbq.  My parents' pool is open for business so we swam a couple times (well, I quickly dipped in, it was a bit colder than I like lol).
  Stbxh finally saw the kids...they wanted a sleepover and he agreed to it, so they got it.  I was happy they were happy but annoyed bc they stayed up until midnight and were totally off all day yesterday, and overtired by evening, so bedtime was a mess.  Hoping it's smoother tonight and that they begin to see him more frequently.
  
  edit - spelling 

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• banana468 member

  

  May 2023

  Weekend went by in a flash!
  
  Our poor GS troop leader - she ordered flowers so the troop could make the wreath that would be presented in the annual Memorial Day vigil event on Sunday.  The flowers STILL HAVE NOT DELIVERED.  She's half joked that she's going to take a photo of the wreath made with the dead flowers that should be delivered this morning.   The beautiful wreath of fake flowers was presented Sunday.   
  
  Saturday I ran to the garden center and bought plants for the two garden beds in front of the house/driveway and somehow both kids helped me plant.  It went well, was a community effort and I'm pleased.  Sunday we had the vigil event and Monday we marched in the parade. 
  
  The drama w/ FIL and MIL and DH continues.  They're now under contract to sell their home.   FIL stated that they're getting over asking.  The issue - right now they don't have a new home!  They're seeing the ONE home that only partially meets their requirements this week and neither DH nor I think it's a good fit for them.  For starters: there's no bulkhead doors in the basement meaning no possible egress aside from the upstairs doors.  But FIL will likely want to set up his bedroom downstairs which is not a great idea.   If MIL was a person who could compromise with how she lived I'd think anything is possible but the reality is that isn't how she is and don't think there's any amount of convincing that is going to say a person in her 70s is going to change living style.  Ex: MIL hasn't shared a bathroom in over 25 years.  Her main area of showering etc, has been her space.  In the place they consider buying the bathroom she would use would also be the bathroom for guests. She also does not want laundry in the basement and that's where the laundry is in this house.  Yes, it *could* move up to the 1st floor but by doing it, they'd take away living space in one of the bedrooms.  And DH isn't convinced that the garage has a door to the house.  Many of these are repairs that are possible but they're at a cost that will come out of their pockets that reduce any "amount cleared" that FIL touts.
  
  I can have plenty of gripes for how DH has dragged his feat on....all the things.  But man I think I'll take the not spending money and foot dragging over FIL's hasty impulsiveness.  It culminated Sunday night when we saw MIL and FIL at the vigil in town and FIL smiled and said, "Do you still think we're making a mistake?" and DH responded, "I don't think you want my opinion."  When pushed DH gave him his measured and well-thought response that culminated in a long drawn out discussion.  As the kids fussed I pulled them to the car where we sat for a few minutes but it's frustrating DH a lot and I think it's also hurt him because at some point he will be involved in this financially (MIL and FIL are wanting to put their home in the son's names) but they're not involving him with the initial decision making.  
  
  We also think something is up because MIL added that she said, "Well I really wanted to move from there," which is giving DH the strong suspicion that something happened with the neighbors in the area and we don't think it's the neighbors that bear the brunt of any criticism. 

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• VarunaTT member

  

  May 2023

  Oof, @banana468 that all sounds terrible.
  
  Everyone's weekends sound pretty great.  I did N-O-T-H-I-N-G.  I didn't leave my home, I didn't put on a bra, I didn't shower (gross yes...I did wash my face and brush my teeth each morning/night).  I just tootled around my space, doing some random cleaning and sleeping and cooking and crafting and gaming and just whatever floated my fancy at that particular moment.  The ADHD squirrels were in heaven.
  
  Short week this week because I'm going out of town on Friday, hopefully.  

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• charlotte989875 member

  

  May 2023

  Weekend was great until M for the stomach bug Sunday at my sisters Memorial Day party. On me. And then again at home. Twice. And twice yesterday. So far so good day- he’s home with my mom and peacefully napping! 
  

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• MissKittyDanger member

  

  May 2023

  Looks like this weekend we'll be going to a BK's friend's house for pool playdate  
  
  I ended up booking the day off for BK's picnic at school, so that way I know I'll go and I've also opted to get a pedicure that day  
  
  My friend A was in office today, and her office is by me - so we went to the walmart and wandered around lol
  When I came back after mat leave in 2019, she just started there so we did that a lot over summer. Iced coffee and wander lol

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