Randoms- Week of 9/10

[pinkcat]

It seemed like the consensus was that everyone was happy with moving to a weekly random thread instead of a daily one, so I thought I'd go ahead and get it started for this week!

How is everyone doing this dreary Monday? (Well- it's dreary here at least!) 

[sarahh]

I've been glued to the news on Hurricane Florence. We in central NC and while I normally don't do much before a hurricane they are talking about flooding and a ton of rain so I'm trying to get organized.

My closest Target is out of water and since baby is on formula I've been calling around to see who has some left so I know what I'm doing at lunch!

[thunderenterprise]

sarahh I hope you can find some formula and water. Better to be safe than sorry. We learned that last year with Harvey and getting stuck in the house for several days with the flooding.

[cake]

sarahh I hope your area doesn't get hit badly!

it occurred to me on the weekend that I only have 3 days off in September. The 2nd, the 3rd, and the 30th... And the baby is going through some sort of sleep regression, I don't even know how many times he woke me up last night. It's going to be a long month....

[tiffrobot]

Hope all goes ok sarahh!! Stay safe!

[tiffrobot]

I was talking to my brother and sister this weekend and we decided to get tickets together to a football game in late October for a sibling hangout day! I’m so pumped-we’re very close with each other but we haven’t taken the time to just hang out as the 3 of us only since like..adulthood? lol! We have a lot of the same social circles, hang out as family a lot, and they now live 2 hours from me so we just haven’t prioritized the alone time. I’m really looking forward to it!

[tiffrobot]

And photo updates on my kids since I haven’t checked in awhile..
DS’s first day of Kindergarten was on Friday!


My new fave of DD1 and my dad last weekend, my dad is a farmer so in full harvest mode right now


Sweet N last week with some wicked static in all this blonde hair she’s grown out recently!


And everyone at the corn maze we explored yesterday!



Hope that makes up for a few lost HDBDs

[Deleted]

It’s pouring here. We had a lot of flash flooding around us just a few weeks ago so this isn’t helping.

Today’s my1st day back at work since I was on vacation last week and DS1 starts swim team tonight so I see that being exhausting. I’m just hoping he can handle it with school.

The baby is so close to crawling that I’m making a list of everything that has to be baby proofed and I’m overwhelmed.

[marygracerich]

Hi! I’m here. Sort of. I have a cold and it’s making me miserable. The baby has a bit of congestion too. G has a slight runny nose. No one has had a fever so far, although the baby got close. He was at 99.8 earlier. I am just keeping my eye on it because if it gets over 100 for more than an hour, I have to take his helmet off.
Tonight I have work. I don’t want to go but my area is having corporate visits tomorrow so my store has to look good.
I am waiting for the baby and G to fall asleep so I can nap.

[pinkcat]

Stay safe sarahh!

Great pics tiffrobot...I love the one with your dad! So so cute.

I am here but soooo tired. DS was so stuffed up all night and had a hard time laying down to sleep, so I spent most of the night just rocking him. Today is a day I wish I liked coffee!

[thunderenterprise]

I'm having a very anti-climactic Monday over here which is PERFECTLY FINE. I ended up getting a same day appointment with my allergist and I'm going to the dentist this afternoon. Ready to get that over with for another 6 months.

I was cracking up at DD when she was supposed to be napping. Until she crawled over the the edge and had both hands up on the rail and starting pulling up. Yesterday was the day that I dropped the mattress.

[sunfrogger]

Hi! So dreary and cool here. I'm ready for fall!

Liv might have an EI. I'm not 100% sure. Our ped had told us for E before that they only give abx for kids who are miserable for days and days. Today seems better though she still is not a big fan of being flat. Last night I slept in the rocker w her.

This week is very cray so i apologize advance for not checking in. That event in running is this week plus training for my old job and training my replacement. I just need to make it to Friday.

My nieces bday party is Sat and I usually get her clothes but being 8 she wants to pick out her own. OK. So I was going to get her an old navy gift card (her fave store). MH is like, "well that's so impersonal". I kinda felt like smacking him. Because I fucking have so much free time to shop. Okay. Let me run it down again...

MBA program
New job transition (so 2 jobs kinda)... Wait so I'm pumping 2-3x a day (on 2x days I pump on the drive home to free up work time) so that's not even a full day to do all that work
Two kids under 3
Huge project at work culminating this week (event)

And where do you see any free time or me time in there?? Ass.

I'm heading to carter's to pick up a couple things for O with the weather change. Thankfully she is asleep right now and I'm hoping its for the night. I'll put her down in about 15 after I'm sure she nursed well.

Phew. Sorry for the word vomit!

[sunfrogger]

sarahh stay safe! My ILs are evacuating to Greenville. Right now with the storm looking to smack Brunswick cty upside the head it means serious storm surge up the river.

[dragonflyinn]

Hi guys! Miss you all— we were on vacation for 10 days and before that I had been barely surviving over here. DS’ sleep went to total shit about two months ago and we are struggling to get back on track. At this point I’m doing CIO in the same room as big sister & just praying she doesn’t wake up. So far so good lol.

Anyway hope you guys are doing well! Stay safe sarahh, we are south of the cone but will still get some nasty weather so I’m getting prepared too.

[marygracerich]

I’m up and showered but I am still congested. I really need this cold to go away. It’s more annoying than anything. Last night I took non drowsy cold medicine so that I could get rid of my symptoms without that drugged up feeling.

Now that it’s 8 hours later I am miserable again so I am taking another dose. If I don’t feel better by tomorrow or I get a fever, I will head to the dr while G is in school.

[jessijean]

Baby went to bed over a hour early last night so naturally he's up early too. Big brother was running a fever last night so I'm anticipating no preschool or daycare today. I teach today so DH will have to take off. I think I'm also getting their cold. Tis the season.

[sparky85]

It's been a busy week here. DS started first grade on Wednesday, and DH left for a work trip on Thursday. Luckily I've had help getting DS to the bus, but nor for pickup which also happens to be nap time for DD. To top it all off, the period that I thought ended on Thursday decided to come back heavy on Saturday and has been going strong since.

I just finished the invitations (18 of them) for DS 6th birthday party in 2.5 weeks, and sent them to school to be handed out. I hope we get more kids than last year when only 1 showed from a list of 8.

[thunderenterprise]

sunfrogger, I think you're a superhuman FWIW. That is... a lot for one person to take on. I'm on your team with the gift card though. If I remember anything about myself from about ages 8-18 is that clothes that anyone else picked for me were the actual worst and only things I picked for myself were acceptable.

I submitted an application for a new position that my former boss recommended me for. My application anxiety has no morphed into "waiting for the phone to ring" anxiety. Oh boy do I need a change at work, but this process is so nerve wracking for me.

[watermelonseed]

Morning! I’ve got an off site training at work this afternoon. I’m hoping the day at least ends a little early.

My little is 7 months old today. I can’t believe how fast time has gone by this time.

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We didn’t get home until almost 8 last night because of swim team so I’m exhausted.

DS2 turns 7 months old today and was super smiley this morning which helped.

[tiffrobot]

Hey all!! I’m C&P from my other board because it’s easier haha.

So at our school there is 3 house colour teams (purple, yellow, and green) each student/staff is a part of so everyone in the school is part of a team all year. You collect points for your house on spirit days, etc. So today was the big “colour sorting” day for the kindergartens (the HP fans of the group will be happy to know there was a sorting hat and all involved) at a morning assembly with the whole school in the gym, which included alumni to pump the kids up. So I went as a student alumni to represent my colour (GREEN!) and H came over from his school as he’s a purple staff.
It was really fun haha. DS got sorted to yellow, so now I have to accept this. Hahaha. That’s what my brother and sister were growing up.
I got picked to volunteer for one of the contests which involved eating an Oreo (put it on your forehead and wiggle it into your mouth) as the alumni member for our colour and I won it so I had a third of the school cheering for me 😉
I had the kids dressed in all 3 colours, so I took L with me on our green adventures and N went with H to represent purple haha. It was fun being in the school for a big event again.

So that’s been my morning so far!

And seeing the 7 monthversary posts from a couple of you, today is N’s 8! Eek! I was in school house colour mode still when I took her pic lol!

[sunfrogger]

I was about to start dishes and my princess woke up so I'm snuggling instead.

So I got thru Tuesday. I went out to happy hour and dinner w the other trainees where we talked careers for a while. I stopped at the mall on my way home and stress shopped.. I got a chambray shirt (in a medium, happy surprise), a crew knit sweater w bell sleeves, two new tops and a casual cardigan. I was going to order a Stitch Fix for my bday next month but I think this will cover it instead.

I put a solid white Peter Pan onesie under that coverall. Def way better:



I bought both my girls some new clothes for fall. I love shopping. I got all 12 month though, figuring it'll be big now, but she'll grow into it soon. She's weirdly between 9-12 mo clothes.

[sunfrogger]

thunderenterprise thanx. I'm def not fishing for anything. I'm just really excited to hopefully be done with the crazy soon and remember what its like to relax a bit. It's really a lot. I just am not busy enough 😅

[jessijean]

Big kid had a fever last night and today. Now LO has a fever. Ugh.

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I like that a lot better sunfrogger

I hope they feel better soon jessijean

[marygracerich]

I’m feeling better this morning but definitely not 100%. I finally got bus service for G but they pick her up at like 6:45am. That’s super early for her but they have 25 kids to pick up and she is the first one so they have to get her that early. Today’s bus pick up didn’t go well. Hopefully it will be better tomorrow.

The baby is only wearing the helmet for naps and bedtime now. He is digging it but also not used to it hurting when he bumps his head. It’s just me and him until 3pm now. I don’t even know what I am going to do with it being just us. lol

[thunderenterprise]

Oooo I like that a lot with the peter pan onesie sunfrogger .

I was looking at the next sizes of clothes that I have over the weekend. I have tons of 12 month, but then realized that I have basically nothing after that. On a whim, I started stalking my FB marketplace to see if I could snag any good deals on winter stuff. Our "winter" is so short and not really winter that I don't want to spend a whole lot on warm clothes. I got a 12-18 month lot of like 10 items for $10. I'm absolutely tickled at a couple of the pieces.

[Deleted]

Ugh work keeps scheduling me in meetings during my pump times and I’m afraid it means I’m going to have to stop pumping. I’m happy my career is doing well but I feel like I’m always sacrificing something of my kids for it.

[pippiann]

Good morning! H is OOT looking for our new place. I am exhausted. Little has been sleeping but the toddler on the other has been up 3+ times a night. I can’t wait for H to get home. I am super jealous, he’s just relaxing in a hotel and sleeping. I really hope he finds a place or this trip would have been for nothing. I Totally primed a humidifier and Vick’s in hopes it helps.

[thunderenterprise]

*fingers crossed* you get some rest soon pippiann.

I am also on the exhausted bench. H is traveling next week, so I'm going to give another go at sleeping training. I need it and I need the baby out of my bed again. I'm so tired and H doesn't get it. I really don't want to have another middle of the night fight about it with him again.