October Check in

[bonzo2012]

The weather is cooling down now, it finally feels like fall!

As usual, life has kept me busy. We have some fun plans for this month though, squished in between a million work commitments. On Friday we're seeing a Bastille concert. Later in the month DH turns 30! We haven't made plans for his birthday yet, but the day before his birthday will be opening night for one of the plays I'm working on this month so we'll have that work party after the show.

How is everyone else doing? 

kaeguri  missjenniebean lecky11 toratoratori agpjt413

[bonzo2012]

I'm glad you came over here caitost21! Do you live near both your family and your ILs? We used to live very close to both families, and it was often hard to juggle the time commitments around the holidays. Now we live in another state, and only go home for one holiday in the year, and while we can get homesick sometimes it's been really good for us to figure out who we are as our own family unit.

[bonzo2012]

caitost21, since moving, we've typically flown back for Thanksgiving, which we had already worked out a complicated rotation for. DH grew up doing 2 Thanksgivings every year -- Thursday at his dad's brother's house and those cousins, and Friday at his mom's sister's house and those cousins. When we got married, we worked out a pattern where we do even years with DH's dad's side on Thursday and my family on Friday; odd years with my family on Thursday and DH's mom's side on Friday. We've continued that pattern since moving. I know it sounds complicated, and no one else in any portion of our family ever really remembers what we're doing. But it works for us.

This year though, we will be flying out for Christmas and Chanukah. We'll do the first night of Chanukah with my family and then spend Christmas Day with DH's family.

[lecky11]

Hi! Life is good, but hectic as always My little baby is 6 months old today. IDK how that happened so fast, but it's fun seeing her and DD1 interacting. The weather is finally starting to cool down here to. It's still in the 80s in the afternoons, but that's better than in the 100s.

bonzo2012 that is quite the schedule!

[bonzo2012]

Wow, 6 months already lecky11! How does DD1 like being a big sister?

It really cooled down here this week. 48 degrees today. I'm so not ready for winter yet!

[lecky11]

Oct 12, 2016 17:39:21 GMT -5 bonzo2012 said:

Wow, 6 months already lecky11! How does DD1 like being a big sister?

It really cooled down here this week. 48 degrees today. I'm so not ready for winter yet!

She really enjoys it. Although, there are times when she'll tell us to put the baby down so we can do something with her or will try to take a toy, but that's to be expected.

[missjenniebean]

Hello! Welcome! We didn't have Internet for a while so I've been mia. Kinda wish we still didn't lol

Definitely get the family thing - though his mom & dad live abroad somdays between his fam here and mine I wish we lived elsewhere.

V is doing well - she had a growth spurt and is now so tall! She's also very sassy

I bet it's so beautiful watching them interact! Babies are such amazing beings.

[kaeguri]

Hi! Haven't been on TCF in awhile, but trying to desperately stay away from FB. Right now I'm tired, exhausted, beat, and afraid. Sigh. Hopefully things get better though.

bonzo2012, how was the concert? And your play?

lecky11, I can't believe it's been 6 months already! And +1 to the weather. It's finally under 100 here and it's amaaaazing.

missjenniebean, I miss when internet wasn't a thing a lot lol.

caitost21, hi! How did you first night away go? I haven't left DD yet for longer than 2 hours lol. One day I'll work up the nerve. That's awesome you're so close to family, although I imagine it's hectic. We're in AZ, my parents are in Alaska, my brother in SC, sister in GA, FIL in NM, MIL in Michigan, and BIL in NJ. Lol we're super scattered but it works better for us haha.

[bonzo2012]

kaeguri, the concert was really good. We had a lot of fun! My October plays all opened smoothly. Stressful right up until opening of course, but that's pretty normal. Now I'm working on a production of Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol that opens the first weekend of December. It's a cute, funny retelling.