Morning. Not much happening here, just trying to make a plan for today and I don't want to .
I have 10 dozen cookies to make for Saturday so I may get started on that. At least are the dough and roll into balls (pumpkin snickerdoodles) and chill them. Then I can bake them throughout the week.
I started getting a headache around 9 last night. When DS got up at the unusual hour of 12 it was pounding. Then he did not want to go back to sleep until nearly 2. Then when we got up just now it's still pounding away. I just took one of my migraine pills and hope it kicks in soon.
Other than that I'm leaving work early for a dentist appt. Bleh.
Nine more school days until Christmas break. Yes, I am counting. In that time we have a CHAMPS graduation (5th grade don't-do-drugs stuff), two spelling bees, and a school-wide singalong. All involving me. Ugh.
Husband has a dinner date with a man who wants to look over his resumé. He's only been at his current job for 3-4 months, and met this guy through that. He gets a free dinner, and I'll probably have a bowl of cereal while wrangling the baby. Then he's gone tomorrow through Thursday for his normal work stuff. At least the baby loves me and is adorable!
My child currently has to celebrate everything with clapping. I crawled to a new room *clap*, I pushed a button *clap*, I stood up *clap*... Crash. And being a good mom I laughed.
Post by hollydfromtn on Dec 7, 2015 9:42:25 GMT -5
Nothing much here, just recovering from my weekend at my parent's. It wasn't as awkward as I thought, but still pretty weird to be staying in a strange man's house instead of the house I've lived in since I was 14. Everybody loved seeing S. Especially my little brothers who are 4 and 5. They had a blast playing with him. My 5 yr old brother kept trying to carry him around and it was the cutest thing ever bc S is half his size lol. S was so chill about it and just let him take him all over the house.
Awww hollydfromtn that is so cute. I am glad it was better than expected. That is crazy that your brothers are 5 and already uncles.
The one pictured is actually adopted. My mom and stepdad were foster parents before they got divorced and have adopted 3 kids from foster care. We've had my brother since he was 5 months old and my sisters since they were 5 and 8. The 4yo is my half brother on my dad's side. He was very much a surprise, but they wouldn't have it any other way now.
Post by kerrigrooves on Dec 7, 2015 10:40:42 GMT -5
The inlaws just left and Im totally wiped out! they let us go out on Sat. night for a few drinks and of course LO wakes up at 4 screaming so we got 4.5 hrs of sleep. BOooo
I got some xmas shopping done but still have a ways to go. The mall was a nightmare yesterday but I had to take advantage of the inlaws watching the kids.
Have to make 4 doz cookies for cookie party I decided to host on Sat. What was I thinking...
Awww hollydfromtn that is so cute. I am glad it was better than expected. That is crazy that your brothers are 5 and already uncles.
The one pictured is actually adopted. My mom and stepdad were foster parents before they got divorced and have adopted 3 kids from foster care. We've had my brother since he was 5 months old and my sisters since they were 5 and 8. The 4yo is my half brother on my dad's side. He was very much a surprise, but they wouldn't have it any other way now.
Aww adoption always makes my heart soar. We have a lot of adopted family members, so it's very special to me. And as a late surprise (I call myself the Oh shit of the family ) having older siblings is awesome. The only thing is I wish my kids would have cousins closer in age but that is trivial.
The one pictured is actually adopted. My mom and stepdad were foster parents before they got divorced and have adopted 3 kids from foster care. We've had my brother since he was 5 months old and my sisters since they were 5 and 8. The 4yo is my half brother on my dad's side. He was very much a surprise, but they wouldn't have it any other way now.
Aww adoption always makes my heart soar. We have a lot of adopted family members, so it's very special to me. And as a late surprise (I call myself the Oh shit of the family ) having older siblings is awesome. The only thing is I wish my kids would have cousins closer in age but that is trivial.
Dad calls my little brother his "do-over" baby. He says it's his last chance to get it right lol.
cougarette how's your headache? badw0lf ugh hope your cramps ease up. hollydfromtn that picture is awesome. S's expression is like "uhhh... oh... kay..." kerrigrooves sounds like holiday madness! But in a good way. What kinds of cookies are you making?
It's my dad's birthday so he and my mom are coming over for dinner. They never come over here (because we usually get together at one of my grandmother's houses) so I'm excited, but also a little panicked because the house is messy. I've got chicken tacos in the crockpot & I'm making a chocolate torte. Theoretically, cause I haven't started yet.
DS suddenly started crawling on his hands & knees last night! He did it from when we got out of the car from our trip until bedtime. Back to army crawling today tho.
So we're at the crunching numbers before acceptance stage (which is coinciding with G not sleeping) and it's stressful. The weird housing stuff there has us buying at a higher price point than anticipated, so DH had a bit of sticker shock. Also, the insurance wait for maternity benefits is longer than anticipated, which pushes back TTFS durther than I wanted, but for my timeline, we have to stay here.
I really want DH to pull the trigger on this already. If we want to get out in 6ish weeks, we need to start the processes.
Trying to figure out what I'm gonna feed DS for lunch. He's helpfully suggesting dog food by shoving pieces in his mouth when the dog doesn't take them from his outstretched hand quickly enough.
So we're at the crunching numbers before acceptance stage (which is coinciding with G not sleeping) and it's stressful. The weird housing stuff there has us buying at a higher price point than anticipated, so DH had a bit of sticker shock. Also, the insurance wait for maternity benefits is longer than anticipated, which pushes back TTFS durther than I wanted, but for my timeline, we have to stay here.
I really want DH to pull the trigger on this already. If we want to get out in 6ish weeks, we need to start the processes.
We're also having to push back our plan TTFS due to insurance maternity benefits. It sucks because we had discussed NTNP after S' birthday. Now we have to wait until at least Sept. Hopefully you guys can get everything figured out soon.
lilyelayne Yes, I still want to move. It's always going to be a question of when we have to leave, not if. We can't buy property here or get permanent residency or citizenship, so we're perpetually impermanent.
The housing is doable and a good investment in the long term. The offer is for a permanent position on a partnership track that doesn't necessitate renewals on immigration because we can get permanent residency and eventually citizenship. I can potentially work and we'd have a second income. And in all honesty, the forced delay on a TTC timeline (much like with the section) is a good thing as we're struggling because of lack of sleep and adding a pregnancy/new baby in the first year after a big move and big mortgage would add a lot of stress.
Man, today is one of those days that make my job interesting. I have spent the day working on arguing over collections and trying to redo damaged data.
V is doing much better, and even slept in to 9 o'clock, according to DH. Why DH always gets late wake-ups and I get super early ones is beyond me.
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