Post by holliberry28 on Dec 22, 2016 7:56:30 GMT -5
Headed to work today while H is home sleeping. It's so great to have him home and has me feeling so much more positive and calm about things.
It's our holiday party today and last day of work before the long weekend. Tomorrow I'll be taking the day off since we have M's developmental and speech EI evaluation. Hoping he's in a good mood so they an accurate assessment of where he's at.
Amazing! It's the last day of work for 2016 for me
I do have a WWJ15 do:
We do Christmas Eve at my parents' house every year, that's their preferred "Christmas" celebration. So my mom does stockings for EVERYONE - my dad, my sister and I, our husbands, DS, and even our dogs, all have one. She hangs one for herself, but never puts anything in it. And it normally falls on me to make sure she has something in her stocking. I asked her this morning if she needed any little travel-sized toiletries or anything for their upcoming vacations, and she was just like, "no, I don't need anything. Just put some candy in there. Or actually, I just got a bunch of candy, so don't worry about it, and I'll just stick some in there."
Normally she does nice-ish stocking stuffers for us - gift cards, lotion, candy, etc. So should I still run out and get her a small gift card, or some lottery tickets or something? I just hate her not having anything in her stocking when we are all getting nice little things. I probably just need to suck it up and handle this tomorrow, right? I feel like this is the curse of being the oldest child, because it falls on me literally EVERY year. Why can't my dad or sister pick up the slack one year? Annoying.
So should I still run out and get her a small gift card, or some lottery tickets or something? I just hate her not having anything in her stocking when we are all getting nice little things. I probably just need to suck it up and handle this tomorrow, right? I feel like this is the curse of being the oldest child, because it falls on me literally EVERY year. Why can't my dad or sister pick up the slack one year? Annoying.
I would. There are so many thankless jobs as a mom, so maybe this is one of those thankless kid jobs you do for someone else. I get the oldest child thing, because I literally had a conversation with me brother telling him to get my mom a chanukah present.
That being said, have you talked to your dad and sister about everyone bringing something to put in your mom's stocking? Assigning it instead of wholly taking it on yourself?
Post by billyhorrible on Dec 22, 2016 8:19:00 GMT -5
Ugly Christmas sweater day at work today. I don't have one, but luckily LBB got DH a Nightmare Before Christmas sweater last year, so I think I'm going to borrow that.
And then, that's it for me until after Christmas. We hit the road tomorrow morning!
So should I still run out and get her a small gift card, or some lottery tickets or something? I just hate her not having anything in her stocking when we are all getting nice little things. I probably just need to suck it up and handle this tomorrow, right? I feel like this is the curse of being the oldest child, because it falls on me literally EVERY year. Why can't my dad or sister pick up the slack one year? Annoying.
I would. There are so many thankless jobs as a mom, so maybe this is one of those thankless kid jobs you do for someone else. I get the oldest child thing, because I literally had a conversation with me brother telling him to get my mom a chanukah present.
That being said, have you talked to your dad and sister about everyone bringing something to put in your mom's stocking? Assigning it instead of wholly taking it on yourself?
When I had the realization of, "oh shit, mom's stocking," last night, I group texted my sister and dad. My sister texted back that she barely figured out what to get my mom as a present (and, to be fair, she's very under-employed, and she and her H just bought a house, which is a whole other story...). I got crickets from my dad. When I was talking to my mom this morning, she said he apparently said, "what does mom's stocking have to do with me?" when he got my text. I love my dad, but I honestly don't know how my mom has been married to him 35+ years sometimes. So... it's basically all me, every year. I know I have to do it, I'm mostly mad at myself for not thinking about it till now, because now I am likely going to be braving Target tomorrow with DS, which is basically the last thing I wanted to do, but will, because yes, it's my mom, and it's not like I'm not going to do it.
jillywilly, my parents never had stockings because it was something Santa did. My MIL does stockings for ALL of us (3 sons, 3 DILs, and 5 grandkids). I've informed FIL that it's his job to make sure hers has something nice in it. But he refuses to buy her mother's day presents because she's not his mother. I guess you pick your battles?
Today is my last day before break. It has been a looooong two days of teaching. Kids are crazy and teachers are exhausted.
That's all I've got for the morning. I am wearing a Christmas shirt and Christmas socks. My secret elf got me more socks! And my favorite candy bars and stuff for coffee. Off to teach!
But he refuses to buy her mother's day presents because she's not his mother. I guess you pick your battles?
This is totally something my dad would say. Every year. But he loved gift giving, so it was usually in the days leading up to mother's day, and there was always a gift.
I think you gotta do it jillywilly. Just do a quick Target run. She deserves it.
My bonus paperwork was just emailed! AHHHH! I'm so excited, I've been waiting for this for about 3 months LOL. I have a lot of work to do today so I need to buckle down and get to it. I'm hoping to get it all done so tomorrow can be sort of low-key.
Last day of school! So far I've helped make fingerprint crafts, eaten a gingerbread cookie from one of pittsburgh's best bakeries, made hot cocoa, and watched the polar express. Awesome.
Leaving work early today- in approx. 2 minutes. This afternoon is a lunch party at a friend's house. Still have a lot to do at home to get ready for the holidays, so we'll see how much time I have after the party before the kids get home.
It was H's last day of work yesterday but everything feels weird now that his grandma passed away. We were supposed to be Christmassing with his parents today but since that's not happening I'm packing for our trip because I just need to do something because everything kind of hit me all at once today. But H is doing much better.
So because kids make everything better this is my packing job, so it looks like I'll have extra lap space if someone wants it
Post by jillywilly on Dec 22, 2016 13:13:18 GMT -5
tiffbot, I will totally take the lap space! L is adorable though, looks like she's totally ready to go! I'm glad you guys are keeping busy, sending your whole family some extra hugs these next few days.
Post by jillywilly on Dec 22, 2016 18:41:52 GMT -5
It's the train episode of Bubble Guppies. Two of my kids favorite things in one. He is so enthralled right now. And I may be enjoying the fact that it's 20 minutes I get to kick back on the sofa.
I heard DD say her first real two word sentence today. She came in with her hot chocolate cup and said "more cocoa?" Oh my melt my heart she is my child.
Meanwhile in my 3 year old's accomplishments, I looked up from putting his laundry away across the hall to the bathroom where he was standing on a stool 3 feet away from the toilet with his pants down and some crazy good aim.
It was impressive, but that got shut down pretty fast.
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