Monday- Daylight Saving Time Edition

[mommyatty]

Need I say more? Zzzzzz ...

[rere26]

Vent. I am sick of talking about sick. DH has had some sinus stuff going on for 2 months. He has had 2 antibiotics, a CT scan, and can't get into a ENT for 2 more weeks. Everything centers on him being sick, all conversation and roads lead back to that. It is like living with a black cloud. Plus, I had my gallbladder issues since December and surgery. Even having surgery didn't make me the priority, it was still about him being sick. He had his kidney removed a few yrs ago and every time there is a twinge in his side, it sends him into a tailspin, which sends me into a tailspin. For 10 yrs, pretty much my kids entire lives, everything happened and revolved around the knowledge that all hell could break loose at any moment because my dad was chronically ill.

We barely talked this weekend. He is in a black mood, and I just don't want to deal. I feel bad, because he doesn't feel well, but you can only ask so many times, how are you feeling. This is pretty petty considering illness that many have to deal with on a daily basis. I just want peace. I want to wake up with no cloud hanging over me and think all is well.

[rere26]

Oh and Dh set his clock somehow 2 hours ahead, therefore waking me with his alarm at 4:30 AM.

[Widget123]

Good news: I am back home this week.
Bad news: Apparently there are lots of unmarked electronic tolls in MA that I missed last week? I guess I'll get the bill for them eventually; fx there aren't significant fines.
Bad news: H is not here and it is expected to snow significantly. We don't have a snow blower.
Good news: My IL's have agreed to let us crash there to ride out the storm.

[twinmomma]

I'm exhausted and spending the day playing catch up now that I'm back in the office. Spent the morning hunting for my car keys that ended up being in my jacket pocket. Then grabbed a coffee and donut, and they gave me the wrong kind of donut. Such a FWP, but it bummed me out. I got home around 7 PM last night and haven't had a chance to just breath and regroup yet. Tomorrow is looking like a potential snow day, so I'm really crossing my fingers for that. And really hoping that people don't bombard me today for too much work stuff.

[CoverGirl82]

Vents: So tired. Between getting about 3 hours of sleep on Thursday night because DD was sick (stomach flu) and the time change, I'm tired. Also, I feel behind on my normal chores because I was doing laundry and other sanitizing ALL weekend. I think I did about 13-14 loads of laundry.

ETA:  I forgot to add that DS also had the stomach flu.  Double the fun!  Luckily his started Friday morning and he was done by late afternoon, so we actually all got a full night's sleep on Friday night.

Celebrations: I entered the payoff amount in our credit union's bill pay system to pay off DH's truck. The lender will receive the payment on March 27th, and then we'll be back down to one car payment. (Although we're going to make double payments on my car now to pay it off a lot faster.)

My washer and dryer did not break over the weekend, so all the pukey stuff and everything else that needed to be washed/sanitized was washed and dried. The washer and dryer we have are ones that came with the house when we bought it 5.5 years ago, and the dryer I would guess is around 10 years old now. I think the washer was newer when we bought the house, but still, appliances don't last as long as they used to.

ETA:  Oh, and celebration that DH and I have not gotten the stomach flu.  Lots of hand washing, drinking Concord grape juice, taking activated charcoal caplets, and bleaching light switches, door handles, and bathrooms apparently helped. 

[kimberlyb]

Vent: I hate daylight savings!!! Neither kid wanted to go to bed last night or get up this morning. I think they will both be on the struggle bus all day.
Celebration: Today is my Wednesday! We are going to Vegas so I have a short work week.

[2chatter]

Camp was awesome. The kids had a great time. I'm pretty indifferent to DH and that makes me sad. I can't decide if being sad for this reason is preferable to being sad because he's a jerk. I think I prefer being indifferent, but the loss of hope that things will improve is what I am missing.

I ran five miles again yesterday - so I think this 10K thing is for real happening (running with my childhood BFF when I am in VA for a wedding). Super excited about that (remind me I am super excited when I have to get up to run at 5:30am CT).

[xctsclrx]

kimberlyb, My kid, DH and I are all on that page too.


Vent: My Step sons were here this past weekend and I felt like all I did was fight with them. I hate that. I couldn't get them to do anything. I'd ask them first. Then tell them then DH would tell them and then I'd have to get nasty and yell. I hate yelling, but I also will not tolerate being ignored in my own house. We have this issue with them occasionally and usually have it worked out by the end of the first day. This weekend it was never worked out. We have them next week for spring break so I hope that goes better.

[greenmonkey1]

Mar 13, 2017 7:52:41 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Good news: I am back home this week.
Bad news: Apparently there are lots of unmarked electronic tolls in MA that I missed last week? I guess I'll get the bill for them eventually; fx there aren't significant fines.
Bad news: H is not here and it is expected to snow significantly. We don't have a snow blower.
Good news: My IL's have agreed to let us crash there to ride out the storm.

I'm not sure where you live, but check around to see if you have Mowz and Plowz in your area regarding the snow and no snow blower.  It's like Uber for mowing/plowing.  They get really good reviews in my area both in terms of service and cost.

[akafred]

It snowed on the first day of spring break. Snow is unusual here and we got an inch. Now we are in the mountains and we were kind of thinking we would keep it low key but OMG it has been nuts already. We checked in Saturday and so far have: Been to our hotel indoor pool twice, spent hours at an indoor water park, watched a timeshare presentation to get the tickets to the water park, sent DD down the side of a mountain in a giant inflatable beach ball, and spent 2 hours at a trampoline place. Today: Gatlinburg. Aquarium and who knows what else. I am renting/borrowing a wheel chair because my back is a mess. The hotel bed is not comfy. Bought a wedge last night to help me sleep elevated a bit, so last night was a touch better, but back on pain meds full time :/. I'm sure we'll do the water park again tonight.

[rere26]

Mar 13, 2017 8:52:31 GMT -5 akafred said:

It snowed on the first day of spring break. Snow is unusual here and we got an inch. Now we are in the mountains and we were kind of thinking we would keep it low key but OMG it has been nuts already. We checked in Saturday and so far have: Been to our hotel indoor pool twice, spent hours at an indoor water park, watched a timeshare presentation to get the tickets to the water park, sent DD down the side of a mountain in a giant inflatable beach ball, and spent 2 hours at a trampoline place. Today: Gatlinburg. Aquarium and who knows what else. I am renting/borrowing a wheel chair because my back is a mess. The hotel bed is not comfy. Bought a wedge last night to help me sleep elevated a bit, so last night was a touch better, but back on pain meds full time :/. I'm sure we'll do the water park again tonight.

Let me preface this that I am a history geek. But if you are in the Smokies and have any interest in history or nature, you've got to visit Cades Cove. In my humble opinion, it is the most beautiful place on earth. My kids like it also, and when they get bored, we put in a movie. I went around it one time listening to Toy Story 3. If there is snow, they may close the road if until it melts, so I would check first.

[Widget123]

Mar 13, 2017 8:42:45 GMT -5 greenmonkey1 said:

Mar 13, 2017 7:52:41 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Good news: I am back home this week.
Bad news: Apparently there are lots of unmarked electronic tolls in MA that I missed last week? I guess I'll get the bill for them eventually; fx there aren't significant fines.
Bad news: H is not here and it is expected to snow significantly. We don't have a snow blower.
Good news: My IL's have agreed to let us crash there to ride out the storm.

I'm not sure where you live, but check around to see if you have Mowz and Plowz in your area regarding the snow and no snow blower.  It's like Uber for mowing/plowing.  They get really good reviews in my area both in terms of service and cost.

Ahhh this could be what I need!  Will discuss with H, looks pretty affordable.  Thanks!

[sudokufan]

Y'know, I actually like the spring forward change right now; I hated it pre-kid, and I'm sure I'll hate it again in a few years, but for right now it means that DS actually "slept in" until 5:30 this morning, and I'd much rather set clocks an hour ahead then have to set them back an hour (forward 1 is easier than going forward 23, essentially).

[akafred]

Omg I LOVE DST. I hated it when DD was a baby/toddler, of course, but now I adore it. And this year even more so. No more fucking headlights reminding me I am mortal!

[k3am]

DST is awful for us as people, but great as parents. Both kids had gotten to a point of waking up at 5-5:30 for the day, so we're keeping the "old" bedtime and going to bed an hour later and hoping the new wake up time will be 6-6:30. Fingers crossed.

I made it into work early today, ready to get started only to realize I forgot to bring my laptop. Boo. I'm wondering why I even took it home on Friday.

[liziz]

I'm anti time change, but want to stay in this time all year. I don't care if it's dark until 10 am some days (I get up before the sun for most of the year anyway), but I want it to never be dark at 4 pm.

[akafred]

Mar 13, 2017 10:17:03 GMT -5 liziz said:

I'm anti time change, but want to stay in this time all year. I don't care if it's dark until 10 am some days (I get up before the sun for most of the year anyway), but I want it to never be dark at 4 pm.

Middle TN should *definitely* be Eastern time zone, but we're central. It gets pitch dark at 4:30 pm.

[tas1883]

DST is driving me crazy this year. 1. we had company so it was later nights and no way of easing into it 2. DH thinks DD can stay up late and it is okay but he is gone before she gets up so doesn't have to deal with morning crap 3. my back is killing me and I finally found a comfy spot an hour before the alarm went off and it was still pitch black outside so no I didn't want to wake up.

I did manage to work a little over 6 hours from home over the weekend with company so that was good. Sunday wasn't much but sitting was killing my back and my home work area has horrible ergonomics which wasn't helping.

I have some major PTSD with DH driving from the accident. Saturday night he drove us all to dinner and I got all in a panic and yell there was a stop sign as he wasn't slowing and the car in front of us was stopped and ducked my head for cover. I could hardly eat dinner as I was so upset. Thing is DH thinks it is funny (so does crap like this on purpose) and our friends were like you just need to chill. I've basically have stopped going anywhere if he insists on driving.

[supertrooper1]

Vent: I got home from work at 2:30 yesterday-10 minutes later than I normally do and DH was mad that he had to start dinner on his own because he hadn't eaten all day. 1. Not my problem he didn't eat, 2. It was only 10 minutes, 3. Why did I have to cook since I was the one that worked and he was off?

I'm off the next two days and I'm going to visit a coworker that had surgery on his ankle today. He's bored and will be out of work for 6 weeks.

[librarychica]

It was a very busy weekend and I am very tired and on edge about a work thing. Hopefully I will know today.

Also we were out with the kids Saturday and got into a pretty bad accident while stopped at a light. Everyone is okay but I suspect H's car is totaled. I am trying not to think of the "what could have happened" too much and instead focusing on being sad for H. He spent a year shopping for that car. It's only the second car he's ever had and he's almost 37. He loved it so much. He got to drive it for 18 months.

[librarychica]

Also someone "loaned" me his interns for a project and they are seriously more trouble than they are worth. Get off my lawn, kids.

[justcheckingin73]

Had a good but busy weekend. DDs bday party was on Saturday and then she had a sleepover that night. The girls left by 11 then we went to lunch, Bass Pro Shop and Dick's to get her bday present - a new bike. 

I didn't sleep well at all on Saturday night so Sunday I felt like a zombie and didn't get my grocery shopping done but I was able to grab a few things this morning after I dropped DS off at school and we have a ton of leftovers so I think we'll be OK.

Now I'm trying to get into a groove for work but I'm feeling some kind of....something. I can't put my finger on it. Our neighbors and good friends are moving and I just found out they sold their house. Another mutual friend said she thought their house might have been in foreclosure. Whether it is or not, they are still moving for financial reasons as well as others. And it makes me feel guilty. I feel like I've been spending like crazy lately and even though we have the money, I still have CC debt and there's a lot that we need to do to our house to fix it up. Hearing that our friends are in financial trouble has led to this weird feeling in me. I don't know if I'm expecting the other shoe to drop or if I need to reevaluate my finances and stop spending. Probably both.

Sorry for the long rambling post!

[Widget123]

Glad you guys are okay librarychica!

[supertrooper1]

librarychica, I'm glad you're alright and no one was hurt.

[oldbaylover1024]

librarychica - I'm glad you're okay. That sucks for YH. FX insurance comes through for you guys.

I'm TCFing in the basement to avoid both MH and the overtired baby. I need 15 minutes.

Work has been emailing me. NO. C just got home about three weeks ago. NO. [Stomps foot]

[justcheckingin73]

So scary, librarychica. Glad everyone is OK.

[akafred]

tas1883, your H is being a dick and I want to kick him.

librarychica, I am so sorry. Glad everyone is ok.

WP, stay off the roads! It's an epidemic around here!

[rach]

akafred, you're in my part of the world!

Trying to juggle family stuff and also work is really, really kicking my butt these days. I took Thursday and Friday off this week since the big kids have Spring Break. Hoping to spend it having fun, but the more likely scenario is attending my grandfather's funeral. I'm so exhausted from adulting.

[CoverGirl82]

librarychica, so scary!! Glad everyone is okay!! But that's a bummer about your H's car. I would be super bummed if my vehicle got totaled, and I only shopped for it for 2 days (we bought it last summer).