The Return of Monday

[dmorgendorffer]

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[dmorgendorffer]

Monday morning, coffee and procrastination. On the plus side I only have 3 meetings today and I'll probably be able to take the earlier train home. Dinner is already done, I made a quinoa salad yesterday and we have pulled pork in the slow cooker so it should be a nice evening to look forward to.

[agm04]

dmorgendorffer that sounds so good! our sweet neighbors invited us over for dinner tonight. they are moving soon, so we are looking forward to all the time with them we can get!

we got home from vacation saturday. it was so nice to get away. DD had the best time. She absolutely loved playing in the waves in La Jolla, scooping sand in the bucket and then dumping it on herself (and surprisingly didn't try to eat any), and chasing birds on the beach. She was in heaven at the san diego zoo. and i will never forget her excitement meeting the characters at disneyland. we have a great pic of her kissing mickey's nose.

[lilyelayne]

agm04 so glad your trip was good!

We're at the park this morning. G is chasing lizards and trying to bury my feet in the sand.

[aggiebug]

I forgot to put a diaper on S this morning... Only to figure this out when I went to confirm she had another dirty diaper. Yeah I need !ore caffeine and a nap. However I am skipping town tomorrow and still have a shit ton to do. Lol

[dreemkin]

agm04 did you decide on the house that wasn't the best accommodations for your au pair but loved??
dmorgendorffer mmm pulled pork. Glad you'll have a light day at work!
aggiebug that is hilarious but unfortunate.

It's my wedding anniversary today (7 years). I'm not feeling very romantic-y though. There are a few reasons why. My DH has only been a few weeks in his manager position but he's having a rough time. Long hours and working on his laptop before bed. He's not sure he likes it either, which is hard. When I try to give advice or comfort him, I'm met with an icy reception. The other thing is the resurgence of my wanting to have a 3rd child. I respect his feelings/wants but I'm mad we don't agree (because we usually do) and it's very frustrating. Today I'm working on turning that longing feeling into all the wonderful blessings in my life that I already have. And get the f*ck over it!

[agm04]

dreemkin happy anniversary! sorry you're not feeling especially lovey dovey today. it's so hard - that's a lot to handle at once. DH and i are trying to be really intentional about reconnecting right now, bc i swear we feel like roommates sometimes!

we kind of punted the decision - it's a great house so we assumed it would sell really quickly, and said we'd reconsider if it was still around in 6 weeks or so. it's still on the market, so we've started talking about it again. i think we'd only buy it if we could get a good enough deal to build a second story on the garage with an apartment. the house is much bigger than ours, but i just think having someone living in the house would be hard on everyone.

[dmorgendorffer]

dreemkin hopefully it gets better for you H once he's been in the role a little longer and he doesn't have to work such long hours. Taking work home with you really sucks and I know that when I do it I am always cranky with DH even though it isn't his fault. Congrats on 7 years!!

[tortor4]

agm04 your vacation sounds so fun! I'm glad DD loved it!
aggiebug omg more than once I've had to double check to be sure I put a diaper on C lol
dmorgendorffer mmmmm your dinner sounds delicious. You girls are always making me hungry!
dreemkin ((hugs)). How did your sisters announcement go yesterday?

[tortor4]

Went to two different grocery stores to restock all the food we lost yesterday. I'm glad that's done with! And I looooove our new fridge. Now C's napping and I'm deciding what else I want to eat lol

[tortor4]

It's crazy to me that there are lizards just running around free where you live lilyelayne! We pretty much just have squirrels and chipmunks lol

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dreemkin, I hope you and YH can get a little into the spirit of things tonight and have a nice evening together.

Busy weekend. I had my b-day party on Staurday and it was great, weather was sunny and warm so we could be outside for cake and the indoors for buffet and drinks in the evening. Everyone seemed to enjoy it.

My parents took care of DD and brought her to a hotel in the evening to sleep so we could keep on with the party. It went really well, she slept through the night and had a blast. But last night she woke up approx every 3 hours crying out for me, which I guess was a sort of reaction to being away from us for the night. As a result, I am le tired today, hoping tonight is better.

[dreemkin]

tortor4 the announcement was epic. The resulting video and pics are priceless and of course happy tears ensued!

[tortor4]

dreemkin ahhhh I'm so glad to hear that! I adore hearing pregnancy announcements. I'm literally tearing up just thinking about how awesome it must have been 😭

[lilyelayne]

dreemkin happy anniversary! I hope you and your H can come together today.

tortor4 lizards, geckos, skinks (which may be a kind of lizard or maybe a kind of newt? I have no idea)... And toads and frogs!

@alyllyra happy early/late/on time birthday! I don't know when it is! Glad your party was fun!

[mishka29]

Sept 12, 2016 12:16:25 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

agm04 did you decide on the house that wasn't the best accommodations for your au pair but loved??
dmorgendorffer mmm pulled pork. Glad you'll have a light day at work!
aggiebug that is hilarious but unfortunate.

It's my wedding anniversary today (7 years). I'm not feeling very romantic-y though. There are a few reasons why. My DH has only been a few weeks in his manager position but he's having a rough time. Long hours and working on his laptop before bed. He's not sure he likes it either, which is hard. When I try to give advice or comfort him, I'm met with an icy reception. The other thing is the resurgence of my wanting to have a 3rd child. I respect his feelings/wants but I'm mad we don't agree (because we usually do) and it's very frustrating. Today I'm working on turning that longing feeling into all the wonderful blessings in my life that I already have. And get the f*ck over it!

I'm sorry you guys are having a hard time. Things here are pretty rough as well. The stress of the new house, reno stuff, etc just add up to a lot to deal with. Then DH says he can feel like he can't talk to me about things. What he calls things, I call criticisms of me.

[kartish]

Home with a sick V today who instead of doing better did a 180 and was back to dealing with the stomach virus. Poor guy.

dreemkin I hope that your anniversary turned around and you were able to connect with your husband. Struggles with adjusting to a new job are always difficult and I hope things get to a nice new normal for your family soon.

mishka29 hopefully you and your husband can talk things out in a helpful way. Renovations bring out stress and craziness in me, so I know that when we actually get to start on the basement (baring any more flooding or other disasters) it will be rough on DH and I.

[seamonster]

Back to regular working hours. It's nice to have more time with DS and H.

Drama at daycare over the new teacher since DS's previous teacher left unexpectedly for family reasons. We like the new teacher even if her background isn't early childhood education or Montessori and the center is training her on Montessori methods and philosophy. Other parents have brought out the pitchforks.