My day today was hectic. Woke up to a bunch of travel changes from boss man in London which made me feel like I was playing catch up with everything else all day.
I'm almost done holiday gift shopping! I need to run to the store for one more item, and finish my homemade gift for our exchange. H hates wrapping gifts and I love it, so he watched football this weekend while I wrapped gifts- we were both happy.
Happy Tuesday! joi922, you are ahead of me. We zero decorations up. @janetheconquerer, thinking about you and your H. I'm glad so far its nothing serious. ampaints, hooray for a good first day!
I'm going to a conference in Florida later this week. I'm taking my mom because I need help with C. Should be interesting on multiple levels. For those of you who live there or who have been, is shell hunting on Sanibel island worth it? It is about an hour drive from my conference but I'm thinking about going for my mom.
@mrspanpan, i've learned that after working out i too want to eat everything and have to force myself to make good choices. Some things I eat immediately after are bananas, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and egg sandwich with tomatoe and avocado, or a protein shake. Then i try to snack on fruit and veggies through the day. And lots of water. But I totally get how burning all those calories makes us more hungry! It's a tough catch 22.
@janetheconquerer I'm sorry that you guys still don't know what's going on. That seems like good news but I understand it can be really frustrating to not have any answers.
W likes to wipe his face after he eats so I let him do it the first round before in wipe him down. Except today he licked the microfiber cloth as he wiped his face. Kids are weird.
W likes to wipe his face after he eats so I let him do it the first round before in wipe him down. Except today he licked the microfiber cloth as he wiped his face. Kids are weird.
C tries to eat his wipes. Because he likes to clean, we give him the wipes and he cleans up his table space for us then he tries to eat the wipe. Even when i wipe his face off with it he opens wide and tries to catch it. Weirdo.
I am so over everything. My h is acting like this is no big deal and a big pain in the ass trying to find a specialist. Because the 1st one he calls can't get him in until 12/21. So he calls another. and another and now he's annoyed and would rather not be bothered by doing any of this. then he tells me he has called a plumber for an estimate (our other one gave us a 8k estimate) but can't tell me their name and is annoyed that i want to know. This is all after he can't remember what type of specialist he needs to go too, it's an infectious disease specialist by the way. It took a lot of googling and dropping specialist types for him to say yea that's it. He doesn't know what the doctor tested for in his blood panel. He doesn't ask questions. He hasn't asked for an mri or ct scan yet but complains of bloating and gas. On top of his fatigue, chills and high temp. He is no use at home anymore. I am drowning in stress and worry and he is acting like this IS NO BIG FUCKING DEAL.
This is all on top of being stressed out about my own issue and being slammed and drowning in other peoples problems at work. I just can't do it anymore. And I don't know how to make him understand any of this.
tl;dr - my husband is a typical male and doesn't know shit.
W's teeth are bothering him. He woke up last night and just whined and chewed on the bars of his crib.
We are in teething hell over here as well.
+1. C wants me to hold him again at night - while A is in her room crying for me to snuggle with her. Like sobbing. Last night this was from 11:30 until 3. I hate teething. hateit.
Yes! DD1 was like this. I'd give her a pack of wipes during church and she'd go to town cleaning the pews and floor. It kept her quiet! But then she became obsessed with wiping her face, arms, me, etc. She started to get a rash on her face because she'd just wipe it over and over and over again. I had to start restricting her wipes! But still at over 3 years old I can give her a wipe in the car if she's getting cranky and it pacifies her.
C also takes wash cloths and brings them out to the sliding glass door and cleans that as well - this started after a saturday he sat there intently watching me clean the doors. he also cleans the oven, the cabinets and the front door with the wash cloth, although i never did that. lol
Decided to go to a Barre class at the y and I absolutely loved it!! W melted down though and they came and got me after 50 minutes. He'd been crying for awhile but they'd tried lots of things. I'm glad they came and got me and told them to always come get me if he's inconsolable. We're going to go back on Friday hopefully and I'm just going to do a small 30 minute block to get him used to me dropping off and such.
I feel like i am falling into a rut because of everything going on. i need to decompress somehow. My motivation is lacking at work this week because of this. I'm bitchy. I'm tired. And I want to eat carbs. I don't know how to pull myself out of this.
I've been really trying to get to the gym more and get in more runs. I ran on Sunday (a short run with my lazy dog), made it to small group training last night and went for a run at 5:30 this morning. BUUUUT, I've been eating like shit. Whenever I get into a good groove with working out, I eat everything in sight. When I really watch what I'm eating, I'm lazy about working out. If I could only combine the two, I could lose these last 8-10 pounds and lose some of the this flab.
I completely relate to this. I also always feel like I can "reward" myself with something delicious when I've put in a good workout, thus negating the effects of the good workout. SaveSave
Post by abominationsnowman on Dec 6, 2016 11:19:01 GMT -5
A pooped a combo of glitter, Styrofoam, and crayons yesterday. Ds2 broke the toddler bed by jumping on it, and DS1 keeps spanking DS2, A has cuts on his face from falling off tables and chairs...it is a fucking shit storm here. I am dreading Christmas break. A seems to be transitioning to one nap. DNW.
Post by th3stryck3r on Dec 6, 2016 11:23:29 GMT -5
@janetheconquerer, I'm sorry you're having a hard time. Is there a way for you to take a little time for yourself? You could get an almond milk cappuccino and a manicure. Or sit in the sauna at the gym. Or get some fancy bath things, make a cup of tea and have a bath.
Post by th3stryck3r on Dec 6, 2016 11:24:47 GMT -5
ampaints, congrats on a great first day! So happy to hear your new job is going well– it sounds like a much more positive environment than your old situation. You deserve that!
My thyroid ultrasound came back normal! !! I still have blood work this week but it's looking good! I've also lost 6 pounds. It's been 7 months but I'll take it.
@janetheconquerer I'm sorry that your H isn't hanging his shit. H does it and it's so stressful. Like why am I more worried about you than you are?! I like @th3stryc3r ideas of alone time. I try to brew a cup of tea at least once a week and use the brewing as a meditation of sorts (focusing on the look of the water gaining color, the heat on my hands, the smell of the tea, etc). It sounds ridiculous but it helps me feel centered when I'm overwhelmed.
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