Friyay randoms!

[muscari]

[muscari]

I go back towork today after having been off for almost 3 weeks (2 weeks of vacation and one week sickleave thanks to the flu - which also ruined the better half of my 2nd week vacation ugh, still upset about that haha)! But.. it's a 1 day workweek for me LOL so I'm not complaining (much ).

Anyone got fun plans for the weekend? Now that we finally switched the guestroom and master bedroom around (we'll move it back when the baby is a little bigger, and we don't mind being on seperate floors no more) it will be time to get started on undoing the now storage room but nursery-to-be from all the crap. "Fun" times haha. I do look forward to getting a dent in it though. Also, planning on going by the gardencenter to get some colorful annuals to brighten up the garden now that night frost finally seems to have left.

[yoshijo28]

muscari glad you're feeling better! That sucks to get sick when taking vacation time. That happens to me so often I looked it up. There's a theory that your immune system is more susceptible when you take time off. It's called leisure sickness. Basically when we finally can relax we lose the adrenaline that's been helping us cope with work. The adrenaline actually boosts the immune system so when we relax we lose that. Anyway, I found that interesting.

This weekend we are going to NYC to see my aunt and then Sun I'm going over to see a friend's new house. I don't think I'm going to nap either day and that makes me nervous for next week at work. I think those naps save me from being a zombie bc I can catch up on sleep over the weekend

[cali]

muscari, starting on the nursery will be exciting!

AFM, I have my last final exam of the semester on Monday, so I'll be studying for that quite a bit. In more exciting news, my brother and his wife are having their first baby on Monday (via c/s), so I'm going by their house today to help them get the house prepared. I honestly cannot wait to meet my new niece but it's also giving me a lot of sadness.

****Tw***** If my first baby had lived he or she would have been the first grandchild for my mom and for some reason that was so important to me. Now 3 years later my brother is giving her her first grandchild and my child will be her second. It's just kind of a reminder of not only my loss but the long IF struggle that followed ***End Tw****

I know it shouldn't matter at all who is born first, but it still has me feeling mixed emotions. I struggle a lot with my relationship with my SIL as well, but I've been working hard to make it better because I want to be close with their children. Mostly though, I'm so excited to meet their little girl and I hope she and my daughter will be good friends growing up together. It is nice that they will be close in age.

[cali]

yoshijo28, sounds like fun, I hope it's not too exhausting. What's the weather like in NY right now?

[yoshijo28]

Apr 28, 2017 7:13:59 GMT -5 cali said:

yoshijo28, sounds like fun, I hope it's not too exhausting. What's the weather like in NY right now?

tomorrow it'll be 80! Yesss

[yoshijo28]

cali good luck on your final! I don't think it's weird at all to have those emotions. I would feel the same way ((hugs)). But remember any grandchild will be a blessing and I know everyone will be equally excited to meet your LO. And it's awsome they will be so close in age

[cali]

yoshijo28, thanks! Deep down I know you're right! 80 sounds magnificent. It's in the 40s here. 😔

[mrshall1027]

We are leaving today for Dallas to attend a wedding tomorrow. It should be a fun wedding, but I really don't want to deal with traveling right now. I'm just glad it's not a far drive.


I'm pushing to come back early on Sunday because of house chores, but really, I just want to get back home.

[addymac]

muscari - hope work wasn't too bad! I haaaate getting sick while on vacation. I either get sick while on vacation or I get sick as soon as we come back and I can't call in sick to work so I am double-y miserable - back to work AND sick. yoshijo28 - I totally believe that study about leisure sickness!! For the last few years any vacation I have taken, it's happened to me. Every. Single. Time.

cali oh girl. *hugs* I know what you mean. I wanted to give DHs grandparents their first great grand kid (and thus DHs mom her first grandkid) but it did not work that way at all even though we had been together longer than his bro and SIL had been. Sometimes we worry that because we live so far away from his family they won't care so much about our kid the way they swoon over their kids- sigh. But nothing we can do.


AFM,
It's my weekend to work but I don't work til 11pm tonight so if I can get my ass in gear I think we are going to go try to start our registry today!! Then just sleep and work all weekend.

[cali]

addymac, just fyi, we went to the store initially to start our registry but I was completely overwhelmed. I ended up doing the majority of it online and it was way better because I could reference lists and look up reviews as I was doing it. Good luck if you do get started today!

[addymac]

cali yeah that was overwhelming and terrifying lol. We kept saying "let's just add it online later..." 😳

I really just wanted the welcome bag from BBB haha. We will see how the rest of building the registry goes 😐

[happyfeet9]

Apr 28, 2017 8:50:50 GMT -5 cali said:

yoshijo28 , thanks! Deep down I know you're right! 80 sounds magnificent. It's in the 40s here. 😔

It's hot! Low 80s today and will be again tomorrow. 

Hooray for NYC! Enjoy =)

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DH has a follow up for his Lasik tonight. So we're going out to dinner after and then maybe BBB. I don't think we need much, but we have gift cards and coupons, so we'll see. I also have Gym bucks to spend at Gymboree.

We talked about going to the Shedd Aquarium this weekend, we'll see.

[cali]

addymac, did you get anything good in your bag? Ours was all coupons!

[addymac]

Apr 28, 2017 18:57:41 GMT -5 cali said:

addymac, did you get anything good in your bag? Ours was all coupons!

Ugh not really. We got one pacifier and a small pack of 2 honest diapers and 6 wipes and one pampers diaper and 5 wipes. Then tones of coupons. Oh well!

Looking forward to the Amazon welcome box whenever we set up that registry. Doing both in one day was going to be way too exhausting haha!

[cali]

addymac, that's way more than we got! And I didn't get anything from Amazon! Am I supposed to???

ETA: I just figured it out, apparently there is a checklist you have to go through first and then you get your welcome box. Thanks for saying something or I never would have known! I'm excited to get it now!

[muscari]

Thanks for the well wishes everyone. Work was okay, though exhausting - I also had a cardiologist appointment (heart echo) after work AND my sister&niece dropped by unexpectedly so by the time I came home I was absolutely pooped! Took a "short" nap till almost 8pm lolz oops!

yoshijo28, I have heard of that before as well, and definitely have had that before too. Don't think it was that this time though but an actual flu or such, as the first week of my holiday I felt pretty good and I usually would get sicko within a day or two? It's odd but definitely interesting aye. MH often feels poorly the first few days of his longer holidays as well! addymac normally I would have returned to work earlier after my holiday ended but nowwith the pg I just didn't want to overdo it (also since it was a double strain on my heart). I hear you though, missing out on vacation days while sick AND returning to work while feeling poorly does feel like a double kick to the shins ugh!

yoshijo28, have fun in NYC! Maybe you will be able to sneak in a short nap here or there? I definitely need my naps in order to get through the days these days oof.

Good luck studying for your exam this weekend cali and wow you have an exciting monday coming up! I can definitely understand the sadness and mixed emotions. Be kind to yourself and remember, whatever you feel is okay to feel! *hugs* It will be fun for both babies to be so close in age though I think.

mrshall1027, I hope that you will enjoy the wedding even though you rather stay home perhaps!

addymac, Hopefully work won't be too bad! Will you be off some days next week then? Have fun putting your registry together.

@kristyw13, being able to shop with coupons, gift cards and vouchers is always fun:)

[muscari]

cali addymac I wonder whether I could get the amazon one as well. I was able to open a registry there. I just wanted to see how it worked LOL and figured it may be handy as a reminder-list.. doubt we'll purchase anything there though cause well.. shipping just isn't handy

MH made me sign up for the baby boxes that are available here some weeks ago. We picked up 2 our of 3, the one was so so but the second one was really nice! It included a pack of newborn pampers, a pacifier, an avent bottle with a newborn nipple, sudocreme, a baby toothbrush, baby socks, some magazines, some samples and a bunch coupons and vouches - oh and an 0% alcohol beer (that made me laugh!). There is one more baby box I can pick up but I haven't been able to go by that store yet. I think that one is real nice as well! And once the baby is born there's a couple more boxes we can sign up for *g* I love free stuff haha!

[yoshijo28]

Omg. At 5 this morning the mother of all rain storms woke me up. Rain was Pounding, wind was crazy, and thunder and lightening was insane. It was like someone was clicking a light switch on and off because the lightning was non stop. Insane

[addymac]

Apr 29, 2017 7:36:38 GMT -5 yoshijo28 said:

Omg. At 5 this morning the mother of all rain storms woke me up. Rain was Pounding, wind was crazy, and thunder and lightening was insane. It was like someone was clicking a light switch on and off because the lightning was non stop. Insane

I heard that happen to at least three friends on the east coast- from mid PA to Jersey to Brooklyn! How nuts!!

[cali]

muscari, I'm pretty sure you have to be an Amazon Prime member to get the welcome box. They do have other offers though when you set up a registry. Sounds like you got a pretty nice baby box. That's cool that you'll get more when the baby arrives as well!

[mrshall1027]

We forgot the pack n play, so DD slept in the bed with us. For some ungodly reason, she woke up early. MH took her to my MIL because she was already up, but now they are playing and making so much noise, I can't sleep. My MIL is the loudest between 3 kids! How is that possible? Ugh.

Thankfully, I'm about to go get a mani pedi as soon as I can get my butt up and ready.

[bsouls]

H decided we should work on potty training T this morning. She gets a Pez for sitting on the potty and a sucker for peeing. She only earned Pez so far. Now, I'm waiting for her to nap - but, she pooped and it might have ruined any chance of a nap.

I'm also going to make cherry chip cake or cupcakes. It was my favorite cake between the ages of like 4-6 and I've been craving it. I feel like a cake is less effort than cup cakes, but cup cakes are more portion controlled.

[muscari]

Okay y all - we gonne order pizza for dinner but I can't decide what to put on it!? What is your favorite pizza topping (s)? 😁

[bsouls]

muscari We had chicken finger pizza this week. I'm sort of sick of red pizza at the moment, but I like pepperoni, onions and olives. And, I like to dip my pizza in blue cheese.

[muscari]

We ended up with one with onions, mushrooms, bellpepper, bacon, ham and pepperoni and lots of cheese. It was good mmmm! I may have eaten a slice to many haha!

[cali]

We're going out to dinner tonight for our anniversary and we're going to one of my favorite restaurants. I cannot wait!!

[muscari]

Happy anniversary cali - enjoy dining out!

[addymac]

Now all I want is pizza!!

DH is going to make me some homemade pad Thai. Yummm. I need another nap before work tonight through. Ugh. Slept terribly. Oh well.