Friyay! Randoms

[moutonrouge]

Morning! It seems everyone in DC decided to work from home today - the train was super empty on my way in. 

Our house is clean and ready for the ILs to arrive. Picking up my clothes-mess made me realize I need to spend some serious time going through it all, putting away clothes that don't fit right now, and donating clothes I never wore when they did fit. 

[kristhegirl]

Whyyyyyy am I awake?? I'll be tired right when my toddler gets up for the day, I'm sure. Because of course.

[obi]

Exhaustion is kicking my butt lately. My kid has way too much energy for me to handle right now.
Hopefully DD will have even an ounce of chill because DS has never had any. I dont know how I would manage two just like him.

[ladytiffany24]

Good morning!

So happy it's Friday but annoyed already this morning. When I got into work, 3 people popped in and out of my office to talk to me before I even got the chance to TAKE MY COAT OFF! Or eat the donut I got from Dunkin! Go away people!

[erinshelley21]

obi, DS was a chill baby but has been a tornado of a toddler. I'm hoping his sister either remains chill or is the opposite and gets her crazy out early.

[erinshelley21]

We camped again last night and DS actually slept through the night and I only got up once to pee! He did get up at 5:30 but by the time he stopped crying because I wouldn't turn all of the lights on in the camper and went back to sleep, it was 10 minutes until my alarm was supposed to go off.

Oh and I locked my keys in my car at the campground and in my car is my work bag with my planner, my only phone charger that I own, and my Sperrys. I'm at work with no idea what my schedule for next week looks like, no phone numbers, and I'm in Nike flip flops. My work bag also has my Tums so I'm being brave, or stupid, and drinking a cup of coffee without any relief for the heartburn that I'm pretty sure will arrive shortly after the coffee is gone.

[kristhegirl]

erinshelley21 that sounds like the opening scene to a movie I would watch.

[erinshelley21]

kristhegirl, I am driving the hot mess express today for sure. My life seems pretty boring while I'm in it, but then when I recount events like today I wonder how I am responsible enough to have a child and run a business. It amazes me sometimes.

[erinshelley21]

The saga continues... the heartburn has arrived and within the next 15 minutes my banker will arrive so we can discuss refinancing my office building. I have to sit through this without puking what feels like straight acid.

I'll continue to live blog my day for you all if it continues to be this entertaining.

[meggypoo1]

It's 10 and I am over my day

[moutonrouge]

My boss is back from her trip, so let the micromanaging commence. And the day was going so well :\

[obi]

Nov 4, 2016 7:58:22 GMT -5 erinshelley21 said:

obi, DS was a chill baby but has been a tornado of a toddler. I'm hoping his sister either remains chill or is the opposite and gets her crazy out early.

Fx for your sanity! Haha.
DS sounds very similar to yours. Im loling at tornado of a toddler. So accurate.

When I was young my family called me Hurricane HaHa (my brother pronounced my name as HaHa so the nn stuck). My mom says DS is the same or worse and it's just payback. Hopefully one super energetic child is enough payback!

[obi]

Lort I hope my H can fix our dishwasher this weekend. I am so over washing dishes.

[obi]

I hate property taxes. Right now we pay them quarterly which has been a pain to manage.
I just downloaded the form to apply for monthly payments but the only option for payment is the last Friday of each month. Our mortgage and home insurance is on the first, and my student loan is near the last day of the month.
I'd much rather pay monthly but what an awful time for the withdrawal. Gahhh.
If they weren't nearly $300/mo im sure we could manage but I worry that adding a payment that size to that time period is just asking for trouble...

[missi]

Morning. Woke up with another headache. I am so over this congestion Ah well. At least Sudaphed is safe now

DH sorta has the day 'off'. His company is hosting a huge convention and he has to work tomorrow evening instead. It'll be nice having him home. Sadly, his computer is locking up and rebooting itself with supposed driver errors. We both think it might be hardware failure. Not sure where we're going to come up with the funds to replace it >< Oh life.

obi and the others with rambunctious kids.. I've found that mine each have their own times of being crazy energetic. Or crazy stubborn Alex is definitely the most challenging though. I'm praying her brother is a much more compliant child.

[kristhegirl]

Nov 4, 2016 9:56:50 GMT -5 obi said:

I hate property taxes. Right now we pay them quarterly which has been a pain to manage.
I just downloaded the form to apply for monthly payments but the only option for payment is the last Friday of each month. Our mortgage and home insurance is on the first, and my student loan is near the last day of the month.
I'd much rather pay monthly but what an awful time for the withdrawal. Gahhh.
If they weren't nearly $300/mo im sure we could manage but I worry that adding a payment that size to that time period is just asking for trouble...

For a while I transferred my student loan payment to a savings account on payday, and had it drafted from there. That way I "paid the bill" in my mind already and didn't think "hey look I'm somehow doing so great this month I should go shopping!!!"

Maybe something like that would work for you? If your bank charges for going below a minimum, I highly recommend Ally Bank.

[erinshelley21]

Nov 4, 2016 9:48:38 GMT -5 obi said:

Nov 4, 2016 7:58:22 GMT -5 erinshelley21 said:

obi , DS was a chill baby but has been a tornado of a toddler. I'm hoping his sister either remains chill or is the opposite and gets her crazy out early.

Fx for your sanity! Haha.
DS sounds very similar to yours. Im loling at tornado of a toddler. So accurate.

When I was young my family called me Hurricane HaHa (my brother pronounced my name as HaHa so the nn stuck). My mom says DS is the same or worse and it's just payback. Hopefully one super energetic child is enough payback!

I'm getting paid back for talking shit about my brother lol. DS and his uncle both take 82 years to pick out a toy to buy. My brother hid in clothes racks and under the tables at restaurants so I'm sure that's coming. Yesterday DS tried to show me his poop through facetime on MILs phone. At 24 years old, my brother and his friends still send pictures of their poops to each other. I'm going to be saying the same prayer that my mom and I always did for my brother that there was a special woman out there to marry him. My brother found her so I'm hoping DS will do the same lol.

[kaits8]

+1 on the calm baby --> insane toddler. DD was super easy, with no real health issues (no ear infections, skin problems, allergies, colic/reflux, etc) and was always what I called "reasonable", in that she only really cried when she was hungry/tired/needed a diaper/etc. Now she is an opinionated, terrorizing, piece of work (you should see the meltdown if I don't allow her to pull me off the couch and push me onto my back on the floor so she can sit on me!). I just hope DD #2 is at least a laid back infant, so I can keep the terrorist toddler entertained most of the time.

My mom has warned me multiple times that after my sister was born (19 months apart..my 2 will be 20 months apart), she cried every day for at least the first 6 months. I'm over here like, "great, thank you for that".

[daisylola11]

Super unmotivated today and I have chores that need to be done 😣

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Last night/today has been a total shit show.

I was vacuuming last night and felt dizzy, so I took a break. After DS went to bed, I had a stomach ache so I went to bed early. I woke up 18,294,059,837 times to pee, and then while grocery shopping I started seeing flashing lights.

I sat down and called the Dr, they said check your blood pressure and I did and it was still in the "technically normal" range. So my friend finished my shopping because Dr said to go home and rest on my left side and monitor my blood pressure today.

I have an appointment in a few days but if I start to feel worse I'm supposed to come in. I'm actually feeling better now but I got pretty scared.

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Nov 4, 2016 9:18:04 GMT -5 moutonrouge said:

My boss is back from her trip, so let the micromanaging commence. And the day was going so well :\

Ugh, I hate micromanagers! FX the day goes by pretty quickly.

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Nov 4, 2016 13:07:47 GMT -5 @amc25 said:

Oh no, @priss08! I hope you continue to feel better and that your BP stays down.

Thanks. Unfortunately, I have a feeling this is a sign of things to come. My mom had pre-e with 3 out of 4 pregnancies. :/

[kristhegirl]

@priss08 oh, that is no fun at all. Hopefully it can be managed by the vague "taking it easy" but I'm glad you and your doctor are on top of things!

[jnow]

Oh no @priss08 I hope you feel better.

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Nov 4, 2016 13:31:34 GMT -5 kristhegirl said:

@priss08 oh, that is no fun at all. Hopefully it can be managed by the vague "taking it easy" but I'm glad you and your doctor are on top of things!

Me too. I'm wondering if at my next appointment we'll have to talk mandatory down time every day. That would suck cause my kid is always at an 11.

[missi]

Nov 4, 2016 13:44:02 GMT -5 @priss08 said:

Nov 4, 2016 13:31:34 GMT -5 kristhegirl said:

@priss08 oh, that is no fun at all. Hopefully it can be managed by the vague "taking it easy" but I'm glad you and your doctor are on top of things!

Me too. I'm wondering if at my next appointment we'll have to talk mandatory down time every day. That would suck cause my kid is always at an 11.

@priss08, if you end up being 'sidelined', you know you'll have a partner in it   I hope it doesn't happened, but you definitely won't be alone!

[moutonrouge]

I'm sorry @priss08! I'm glad you feel better today and I hope that continues.

[elsmom]

Oh no @priss08! I hope you continue to feel better and can take it easy this weekend.

[elsmom]

I worked this morning and now I'm home just waiting for DD to wake up from her nap! It's weird but nice to have a few minutes to relax after work.

[amandamh2]

Yikes @priss08! I really hope it was just a one time thing and not a sign of anything.

I had a dentist appointment this morning which was not fun due to sensitive pregnancy gums. Oh well at least it's over with now. I'm looking forward to a laid back evening with DH after DS goes to bed since it's been a pretty busy week and we haven't had a lot of time together.