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ei34 · September 8

How was everyone's weekend?
Wishing all a smooth week!

banana468 · September 8

@ei34 were you hit by the storms?

Weekend was good! I camped overnight with Chiquita for Girl Scouts on Friday. The girls themselves were great although we were at a state park and there were definitely some overserved individuals who wound up in our section at 1 AM and they were not well behaved. I don't think it really affected the kids but I heard the noise from other sites caused a few people to want to bail Saturday morning.

We had a wave of storms come through so while Chiquita and I originally intended to leave for a few hours by 2 PM we were done. Thunderstorms hit around 5:45 and it rained all night and the next day. A wise move to pull the plug to avoid unpacking wet gear!

Yesterday was the local parish "picnic" which wound up being inside and then I spent the afternoon catching up on the needed cleaning of places. Kids have school on a Monday for the first time in 3 months!!

ei34 · September 8

Started the chat but then got carried away from it lol

Yes @banana468, we had crazy winds and downpours, thunder and lightning from 3pm Sat through early Sunday. The craziness died down but it still rained most of Sunday. Glad that you guys avoided the worst of it while camping!

Family movie night (Paddington) was really nice, got some cleaning, errands, and our visits in on Saturday and Sunday was mass and because it was nice and cool (high 64) I also did some extra baking. Brownies (portioned out for the kids' lunchboxes this week, and the rest in the faculty room here now) and a Dutch Oven bread, I love the smell of yeast rising on a cool day.

ILoveBeachMusic · September 8

Weekend was good. The weather was great so H got a lot done outside. Yesterday we had church (still at another church until the remediation is completed), and I had alter guild. After church we bought a mattress (to be delivered in two weeks) and went to the grocery store. Last evening we went to Bocce ball game. We had never played but it was a lot of fun. We plan on attending more - it was through the Italian Heritage society where I am a board member.

Today we took H's car in for air conditioner repair and I worked out. Laundry is on the list this afternoon. I also need to work on the grandsons' picture books from Nana and Papa Camp.

charlotte989875 · September 8

Weekend was fine. J is getting over being sick and M was wiped out from kindergarten. He had a rough day there Friday (we got an email from his teacher about him refusing to do the lesson and shouting out at times). This happened when he moved up into his pre-k room at daycare last year too so it’s not totally a surprise. But it still sucks. He’s such a sweet kind kid, and he knows what he’s doing is wrong we’re just trying to work on how he manages when he’s feeling frustrated. He asked us today if he was going to jail and if he was bad. Oof.

levioosa · September 8

I go back to work tomorrow and I am so sad about it. I can already tell that I won’t be doing super well. I went to one appointment this morning and it turns out that I’m only feeling better because I’ve basically been doing nothing for the past week. But I can’t/don’t want to sacrifice more PTO for staying home sick. I feel like I should get my PTO back. Boo.

Tapioca is at her forever home now and it seems like she’s fitting in well. We really miss her. But I’m glad she’s with a family who is so excited to have her and take good care of her.

Otherwise, SSDD. I’m trying to get a very small workout in just so I don’t have total muscle atrophy. I’m cutting my normal workout by at least half though. H is at another dentist appointment, poor guy. I hope it’s going well, both for his emotional state and our wallets.

VarunaTT · September 8

The weekend was decent. Saturday I went and had my eyebrows done and then just tried to relax and unpack more. Sunday I went over to my mother's and packed the rest of my things and furniture and moved all of it into her garage. I'm joining a friend's garage sale on the 20th, which will be awesome, since I have a ton of "stuff" that was used to fill up at 1650 sq foot space and won't fit into 1/4th that amount of space now.

I took a friend with me, both to help and mom is just nicer when someone else is there. He was standing right next to me when I told my mother, "Please don't let anyone touch this stuff or try to sell it. Not all of it is going, these specific boxes in this area are my things, I just don't have room in my car right now. I'll be back Tuesday to get them". All boxes are sealed.

Today she texts and asks me if I'm selling my pots/pans in the garage sale. No, those are in the SEALED boxes that I pointed out as "just not enough room in my car". This is such an example of what I've been living with. B/c I said all of that to her, and she doesn't remember, plus she's messing around in my stuff without any consideration, permission, or respect. And if I say, "Remember, I told you....", she gets angry. And then she takes the anger out on me. So, we're 24 hours from me explaining "garage sale stuff vs. my stuff" to her, and she is messing with my stuff AND has no recollection of me explaining that no, I'm not selling all of this. I can't wait to have everything out and just not have to deal with it anymore. Then I can start to decide what I want our relationship to look like. I'm not going no contact or anything like that. I do have compassion for her and what this must be like. That doesn't mean she can take her fear/anger at aging out on me. So, pretty firm boundaries on my time and effort for the future.

Otherwise, SSDD. Nothing too big going on, just continuing to figure out my new space and re-establishing my life as a single person living alone.

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