Prudie Day

ei34 · October 30

Wishing all a smooth day!

ei34 · October 30

Day 38 of this week. My dad was going to a retirement party not far from me yesterday and my mom decided to hang with me while he was there, so she joined the kids and me for dinner. It was really nice to have unexpected bonus time with her.

Grabbed candy on my way to work today. I cannot have it around earlier than this lol. What's funny is I'm not a big candy person year-round, I like sweets but more baked goods, but when there are bags of it lying around it becomes very don't mind if I do.

Casadena · October 30

I am so behind on Halloween. I have no candy yet and am very uninspired about kids classroom party treats. G can't take anything edible, and is only allowed to pass out or receive anything at before and after school program - his classroom party they're not allowed to bring anything. Doesn't seem super fun, but fine. N just doesn't really care, and they're a nut free school so I got a ton of temporary tattoos and we'll see how it goes. We'll take the kiddos ToTing tomorrow after an early dinner. Lots of work to get through today so i don't have to scramble tomorrow between 2 school Halloween parades and meetings.

Cannot WAIT for DST this weekend so it will actually be light out before 7:30am. How do people get up and moving in the dark.

MyNameIsNot · October 30

Getting up and moving in the dark kills me too. I really prefer to work out in the morning before work, but dragging out of bed two hours before sunrise is just hard, especially when it's cold and damp.

Hoping for a relatively mellow day today. I've got to get some candy tonight too, but I'll just run over to a drug store. It dawned on me this morning that I probably ought to get some bulbs planted this week if I'm going to do them this fall. I took out a bush near our mailbox over the summer and I'd like to put some daffodils and hyacinths out before it gets too late. I vaguely remember that I'm supposed to do that in the fall, but I'm a terrible gardener so IDK. But I guess I should run by and get some tonight while I'm out.

banana468 · October 30

I have really mixed feelings on the time change but will be glad when Chiquita isn't waiting for the bus in the dark again.

DH has his MRI today and slept like crap. My fingers are crossed that it goes OK (it's anxiety inducing on its own) and we start to have answers.

I took CHiquito shopping for his Halloween costume last night. Somehow the sweet child is going to be an evil clown....

CharmedPam · October 30

Lol at day 38. Candy is bothersome for me because we have fun size at work all the time, not just now, and it’s soooo tempting year round for me. Ugh I hate this time change. I hate driving home from work in the dark.

Last night’s bunco party was a lot of fun. I made a witches brew punch and put spiders frozen in the cubes. I also made a graveyard dessert with pudding, Oreo crumbs, worms and tombstones. Looked neat.
I didn’t have a lot of time between work and the party and used a tattoo for my mouth piece. The instructions said use on a clean dry area with no hair. They weren’t kidding. I forgot about my peach fuzz and after the party I scrubbed 20 minutes and STILL felt tiny pieces of tattoo in my face hair! Oh well. I also had to cut the bodice of my dress and made it work. Everyone thought it was just part of the costume! But i did email the company for false advertising and a discount for it. The pic to the right is the only one I had showing how it came. It doesn’t look tight, but it was tiiiiiiight. And I don’t know if it’s me or all people who have had breast augmentations, but my boobs hurt after awhile with any compression. The pic to the left is after my alterations. Everyone loved the costume. Said I always have the best ones (it’s usually the same people every year) yet…. i didn’t win the costume contest?

levioosa · October 30

Your costume looks great! @CharmedPam

I'm the same @ei34. I don't go out of my way to eat candy normally, and I'm rarely tempted to buy it regularly (with the exception of Peanut Butter M&Ms), but the second October hits and there's bowls of Halloween candy around suddenly I become a monster with no self control.

Good vibes for DH's MRI @banana468

I hate DS Time. I wish we could get rid of it. I know it's because of where I live. I'm sure I'd be singing a different tune if I lived up north.

It's going to be a high of 83 tomorrow. Disgusting for Halloween. We're supposed to have a chill night with SIL A and her H. We'll probably just do a scary movie night. Otherwise the rest of weekend plans are TBD. Tomorrow I have to get my car serviced and we need to do some food shopping.

I'm thinking of starting a little food bank in my office at work with a few things like oatmeal, beans, rice, canned food, boxed food, etc. I have a feeling that a lot of our Medical Assistants are on SNAP. I'm trying to figure out how to get the word out. I'm thinking just sharing with a few of the MAs I'm close to and letting them spread the word from there. I'm feeling really sad and discouraged with the fact that Congress thinks it's okay to get paid for working 87 out of 179 scheduled days but not to provide food to families when we have an actual contingency fund that's supposed to be for this exact situation.

Casadena · October 30

@CharmedPam your costume is awesome!

short+sassy · October 30

@CharmedPam, I know I'm biased, but you should have won the costume contest. Even if they didn't send you the dress advertised, you really pulled it off and look great!

short+sassy · October 30

I've been trying to decide for a while if I wanted to continue with my therapist. But the decision has just been made for me and it's oddly comforting.

I'd never been in therapy before and I've been seeing her for 18 months. I was also clear in the beginning on the main issues I was looking for help with. I enjoy our sessions and she's helped me open up to my husband more, which has improved our relationship to some extent. But that wasn't one of the main issues I had and she hasn't been much help for those.

My insurance covers X number of therapy sessions, but only after I've met my annual deductible. So I've been paying for all of it OOP. It's been $50/session. Then it increased to $70/session a few months ago. Now it's increasing AGAIN to $105/session on Jan 1st.

It already wasn't quite worth it to me at $70/session and it definitely isn't at $105.

I guess I'll give her my notice at my next appointment (this Sat) with my plan to end the sessions on Dec. 20th.

I'm not sure If I'm going to look for another therapist. I'll need to play that by ear. If I do, I think I need someone who specializes in ADHD. I didn't know I had that condition when I first started seeing her.

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