YES. I want a normal freaking week with No blizzards and no illness and no sick days or snow days or vacation days. I feel so disorganized. We haven't had a normal week in 4 weeks! end vent.
Post by mrsbuttinski on Feb 12, 2015 9:41:14 GMT -5
I always need to vent.
1. My dad got lost driving around Winter Park and slept in his car like a hobo. Dude, if you can't find the Comfort Inn that is 2 miles from the hospital, you call a cab to take you there. Just sayin'.
2. DH: If the drive way is a sheet of ice, you can wait until it melts to bring up the trash can. Or you can walk on the path I salted so we could get to my car. Don't do an end run around the far side of DS's car which is a sheet of ice and expect me to see you there splayed on the ground. If the neighbors' dogs hadn't been carrying on, you'd still be out there. I'm going to get you one of those "Help I've fallen and I can't get up" necklaces to wear and then we'll both officially be old.
Not looking forward to waiting on you until your sprained ankle heals, but at least it's not a break and your wrist didn't go too like the last time you didn't listen to me when I said to stay off the ice. And you broke your wrist and were unable to help carry DS or change diapers.
And don't be all "I can't have a beer with dinner because I don't want to have to get up and pee". You have had 3 cups of coffee and 6 cans of Coke Zero today; I know, I'm the one who fetched them for you.
3. I'm getting a little nervous about niece's wack-a-doodle dad. He's all but moved in. This is not cool. She's in a house share; he's camping there a couple nights a week and showed up with 3 loads of dirty laundry to do yesterday. He also ate all of the leftovers in the fridge. WTF? Niece's house is 1/2 a block from some of the best Mexican, Korean and Chinese food in the city, 3 blocks from the famed Italian market- he needs to buy something for himself instead of mooching. He's 58; this is not appropriate behavior. At all.
I'm also a little concerned about her late boyfriend's mom. She's a lovely and warm person and has suffered an unimaginable loss. And I'm glad she's been so inclusive and kind to my niece. Personally, I like her a lot. But I'm a little worried she's trying to fill the void her son left with niece and I don't think that's healthy for either of them.
The latest is that mom bought tickets to see John Edwards in York, so they're going for a road trip and overnight. Mom was raving about what a fabulous and rare opportunity this is and blah, blah, blah. FTR, John Edwards has a gig at the Convention Center the night before- niece could walk there from her house in 15 minutes. Plus, I find Edwards as shady as hell. IMHO, he preys on those who are vulnerable and hurting. His tickets are $75-$95 each. What's next? Long Island Medium?
Post by junebug060609 on Feb 12, 2015 9:57:36 GMT -5
My vent of the day is directed at DH. I ended up crashing on the spare bed in the nursery last night. DH leaves for work ridiculously early. At about that time I am awoken by DS jabbering in his room. OK, that sucks, but it happens sometimes that he wakes so early. What I'm pissed about is that DH OPENED THE NURSERY DOOR SO I'D HEAR DS. Well, if I'm hearing DS, then so is the baby. Dude, just nudge me or something, don't leave the damn door open. Thanks to you our whole family was awake to see you off to work at 345AM, DDs schedule was all sorts of thrown off by the early wake up (meaning I'll likely not be able to catch a nap while DS is at school), and DS lost a shot at catching a nap before school so he'd not be exhausted by days end since I had to tend to DD and couldn't snuggle him. Another 4 hour of sleep night last night. Super awesome.
I am so incredibly behind in what I need to do this week. Yesterday, LO started the day with a bit of an uptick in "broken record echolalia," and then in mid afternoon/early evening, it quickly escalated to a huge uptick in sensory seeking, stimming, emotional disregulation issues, rigidity issues, you name it. I was so drained by the end of the day. I am at least hoping this is a sign of a coming developmental or growth spurt and not of an illness about to surface its symptoms as we are just finally starting to feel almost healthy again after the last round. FX that today goes better or I may not even be able to get to the grocery store for milk (which we are completely out of), much less get anything else done I badly need to.
My vent: I am so so tired of being sick! I've gotten one thing after another since right before New Years. Started with a cold. Followed by a chest problem that I'm pretty sure turned into pneumonia. That was a month ago in my worst time at work, so I couldn't see a dr. Felt okay for about a week maybe and then another cold. I was afraid of it turning into bronchitis or pneumonia so I was sniffing Vick's tea like crazy. Avoided bronchitis, but now I have the fucking flu. And yes, it is the worst time at work again. I went to a clinic yesterday and then to work. Today I stayed home but am having to work from home.
Post by funchicken on Feb 12, 2015 12:00:02 GMT -5
DD3 has been super clingy lately, so between that and traveling with her I feel like she is attached to me for at least 20 hours/day. I can't wait to get my hair done on Saturday--three whole kid-free hours.
DH has been In a funk lately. He hates his job. Fine. Whatever. I don't have the energy to be the positive one this week. He needs to suck it up.
DD2 wants to wear bathing suits every day. It's winter. I can't believe we have to go through this Every. Freaking. Morning. No, you can't wear a bathing suit to Target. It's 33 degrees outside. Put on some pants.
Post by mamaturtle on Feb 12, 2015 12:23:59 GMT -5
DS has had an irritation on his leg and I have treated it for awhile. DS keeps scratching it till it scabs, scab falls off and starts the whole cycle again scratching it again till it scabs. When we see him we tell him to stop scratching. At school and daycare, I am sure he is scratching it.
We went to the pedi over winter break and he said to leave it alone and not to put any ointments or band aids on it. He did give me a steroid to use for one week.
Post by mamaturtle on Feb 12, 2015 12:32:53 GMT -5
I have another one.
MIL calls DH to ask if we filed our taxes. DH said we did, lied and told her a very small amount because we know it is none of her business. She goes on and on that she doesn't understand that DH's bajillion cousins who each got bigger refunds than us.
Maybe all her sisters are having a competition and she wanted us to win.
MIL calls DH to ask if we filed our taxes. DH said we did, lied and told her a very small amount because we know it is none of her business. She goes on and on that she doesn't understand that DH's bajillion cousins who each got bigger refunds than us.
Maybe all her sisters are having a competition and she wanted us to win.
That made me laugh. Does she not understand how taxes work? Even if everyone made the same and had the same deductions, refund amounts (or amounts owed) could vary based on what they claimed initially. It is how much of YOUR extra money you let the government hold, not a bonus like you might get at a job so that more is better. *I do NOT think you need that explanation; that is how I would react/want to respond if I was your H in that conversation.*
DS has had an irritation on his leg and I have treated it for awhile. DS keeps scratching it till it scabs, scab falls off and starts the whole cycle again scratching it again till it scabs. When we see him we tell him to stop scratching. At school and daycare, I am sure he is scratching it.
We went to the pedi over winter break and he said to leave it alone and not to put any ointments or band aids on it. He did give me a steroid to use for one week.
I just want the darn scab to go away.
Ugh.
This is a common ASD thing. The kid gets an irritation or injury that scabs, as the skin underneath starts to heal it pulls a bit which is a sensory trigger- and the kid makes it go away buy getting rid of the scab.
DS had a scab on and off in his one ear for a couple years. Made me crazy. Some things that helped- reading a book with pictures about how the body heals and why you leave scabs alone. If I saw him going for it, I could redirect to some other activity- when he started picking at cuticles or his ear , we painted latex on his palm and let him peel that instead or gave him some bubble wrap to pop.
You doctor may have a good reason for telling you to not medicate it so I won't go there. But I will say that keeping scabs from forming was useful for us. We did Aquaphor under a bandage sometimes. The moist pads designed for burns are even better. Other times we used Liquid Bandage for small cuts.
DS has had an irritation on his leg and I have treated it for awhile. DS keeps scratching it till it scabs, scab falls off and starts the whole cycle again scratching it again till it scabs. When we see him we tell him to stop scratching. At school and daycare, I am sure he is scratching it.
We went to the pedi over winter break and he said to leave it alone and not to put any ointments or band aids on it. He did give me a steroid to use for one week.
I just want the darn scab to go away.
Ugh.
This is a common ASD thing. The kid gets an irritation or injury that scabs, as the skin underneath starts to heal it pulls a bit which is a sensory trigger- and the kid makes it go away buy getting rid of the scab.
DS had a scab on and off in his one ear for a couple years. Made me crazy. Some things that helped- reading a book with pictures about how the body heals and why you leave scabs alone. If I saw him going for it, I could redirect to some other activity- when he started picking at cuticles or his ear , we painted latex on his palm and let him peel that instead or gave him some bubble wrap to pop.
You doctor may have a good reason for telling you to not medicate it so I won't go there. But I will say that keeping scabs from forming was useful for us. We did Aquaphor under a bandage sometimes. The moist pads designed for burns are even better. Other times we used Liquid Bandage for small cuts.
We had one once. What a PITA that was. Water slipped under in one spot and refroze around my front door effective sealing it shut. Trapped like rats we were.
We had one once. What a PITA that was. Water slipped under in one spot and refroze around my front door effective sealing it shut. Trapped like rats we were.
We shelled out $750 for some guys to clear off the snow and chip channels in the dams. They found 12" of pooled water behind them and remarked on how well the roof was holding.
Similar problem to mamaturtle, but it's eczema. We've kept DS in sleepers when at home for a few months now because he tears his ankles up any time he can get to them. We've used the steroid creams, aquaphor, other ointments, and antihistamines, but nothing works. DH brought him to the dermatologist last week and they refilled the same steroid cream the pedi gave us, told him that we could try getting DS to scratch the spot on a doll when it itches. Uh..yeah he's not going to understand that at all. Hopefully when the weather gets warmer it'll go away.
IEPs. I hate them and all the crap that goes into them and the process of everyone trying to agree. And now it is a holiday weekend and it is supposed to be finalized tonight (emailing with teacher to get it "perfected") so it can be signed tomorrow...and I'm supposed to go out of town for the weekend. Sooooo, now I feel pressured to just sign because the IEP expires on Monday, which is the holiday, so there is no school.
And cold. Because cold. I hate this time of year when the temperature shifts 20* in a day or two and keeps doing that. Pick a season and lets move on!
Post by bubbalicious on Feb 13, 2015 9:21:20 GMT -5
My husband asked me to pick the meat off chicken thighs when I cook a certain recipe. I laughed out loud. He is the grocery shopper and an adult. I love him but I still laughed.
DH is out of town for a work conference until tomorrow. Yesterday wasn't bad because DD was at school and was gone from 6:30-4:20 but today is ALL me and her ALLLLL day. It's been 2 hrs and I'm already dreading it and we're having a good day.
Similar problem to mamaturtle, but it's eczema. We've kept DS in sleepers when at home for a few months now because he tears his ankles up any time he can get to them. We've used the steroid creams, aquaphor, other ointments, and antihistamines, but nothing works. DH brought him to the dermatologist last week and they refilled the same steroid cream the pedi gave us, told him that we could try getting DS to scratch the spot on a doll when it itches. Uh..yeah he's not going to understand that at all. Hopefully when the weather gets warmer it'll go away.
I think our pedi did mention he has eczema. So I have tried all those medications and creams before when he had two huge scabs on each of his legs last summer.
I still have to bathe DS in Aveeno Baby wash and Aveeno Baby lotion and he is going to be 6 next month because that is the only thing that works really well despite our living in a hard water area. He still has the hint of baby smell.
My husband asked me to pick the meat off chicken thighs when I cook a certain recipe. I laughed out loud. He is the grocery shopper and an adult. I love him but I still laughed.
I am hibernating from people.
Ugh, so frustrating and PITA. They have frozen chicken breast in a bag at Sam's, Walmart, and Target.
I'm sorry I'm late to this. Um trying to catch up on all the posts tonight! Numbbears that made me laugh to hear the dermatologist thought your DS scratching the spot he's itchy on a doll would help him. I'm sorry but WTF?!
Maxandruby I'm right there with you on the IEPs. I think I need to get an advocate from the DOE for going forward. We just rejected DS IEP for the 2nd time. We were able to get them to give him an additional half hour of speech each week which is great, but they are still just blowing us off about ESY. We requested a meeting so we'll see what happens. Mrsbuttinski, I used info from a link you provided in an earlier post to try to get them to budge on the ESY. Thanks for that!
My biggest vent is that the transportation company for DD's early intervention program is now refusing to pick her up for toddler group and sensory group in front of our building where they always have in the past because there's "too much snow." Uh yeah dude you're a transportation company and we live in New England and its the middle of winter. Figure it out. She has missed three groups already. This is also preventing the kids and I from attending the moms support group I mentioned in a different post. The director of DD's EI program is going up against the director of the transportation company for us and its turning into this big huge ordeal. Now the transportation director has involved MART, which is I guess in charge of ALL transportation companies in the state of MA or so I've been told. MART is siding with them so far. This sucks for DD. She cries about not being able to go and she was thriving there. DH and I are pissed to put it mildly. The engine is gone in our truck right now so we have no other way of getting her there. Don't even get me started on that, that's another story for a different day!
DH accidentally administered medication to our dog orally and he had terrible side effects. We called the ASPCA poison control line and we were up the whole night with him. I was hysterical because I really thought that was it for my dog and TBH I don't know if I could have forgiven DH for that. He felt SO bad and I'm really shocked he made that mistake. Shit happens and all, but usually not with DH, he is so precise about everything. He's always taken such good care of our dog. I'm really hoping this school vacation week is uneventful! If you read this, thanks for listening to me ramble on and on.
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