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Post by joelies on May 22, 2018 15:00:15 GMT -6
I booked my flight for next month and I'm now waiting for almost $1,800 in expense reports to come through. Just to make me hate business travel even more.
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tgrimes
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Post by tgrimes on May 22, 2018 15:11:56 GMT -6
H woke up from a 3 hour nap ravenous and a bit cranky. He’s coughing a lot but they said that would be normal because of the breathing tube and all the suction they did.
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Post by tgrimes on May 22, 2018 15:13:05 GMT -6
Thanks for being concerned about H. My mother hasn’t even called to check on him.
I know y’all are shocked.
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Post by chrisy01 on May 22, 2018 16:30:25 GMT -6
Thanks for being concerned about H. My mother hasn’t even called to check on him. I know y’all are shocked. One day I'm going to drive down there and give her a price of my mind. Not cool. You call and check in after something like that.
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Post by kim22 on May 22, 2018 16:47:10 GMT -6
Just got home from a school meeting. DS is going on a 3 day school trip next week. He’s excited, I’m not ready.
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Post by flamingo on May 22, 2018 16:51:33 GMT -6
Hello.
We survived the southward migration, spring 2018 edition.
Kids did really well, bless them. B talked basically non-stop and sang preschool songs and UF cheers the entire last hour so I want to go sit in a quiet room for an hour or day 😂
My parents had my twin cousins’ high school graduation tonight so they have left for that. The live-stream link to watch that one of the twins sent me was oh-so-tempting but I’m going to take a pass 😬 I can’t figure out which is worse, watching 500 kids graduate or a day in the car with my own.
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Post by flamingo on May 22, 2018 16:54:15 GMT -6
tgrimes haven’t caught up yet but you’ve been on my mind. I hope H came through with flying colors
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Post by jewels on May 22, 2018 17:31:31 GMT -6
H woke up from a 3 hour nap ravenous and a bit cranky. He’s coughing a lot but they said that would be normal because of the breathing tube and all the suction they did. I forgot that part. Ben coughed for a day, maybe 2? Then it stopped. So glad he’s back to himself!
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Post by sands42 on May 22, 2018 17:31:40 GMT -6
<3 vino I’m sorry that’s hard. Super understandable to feel mad. ALS is terrible and no one deserves that. I hope you guys can make good memories there and think of him! Aww that was sweet of him dapostrophe .... and also sometime little kids can be jerks. Glad everything went well tgrimes!! And cheers! 🥂
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Post by tgrimes on May 22, 2018 17:34:52 GMT -6
Thanks for being concerned about H. My mother hasn’t even called to check on him. I know y’all are shocked. Sorry. :/ have your awesome ILs checked in? Of course. My MIL flys back tonight and said she could come over tomorrow if I needed a break. They’re the best.
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Post by sands42 on May 22, 2018 17:35:04 GMT -6
My husband just informed me that he wants me to get moved before he gets home so we can spend all our time with him setting up down there since it will be a short trip home for him...... and like I totally get that.... but now I have to pack the entire house by myself 😭😭😭😭😭 He will have his friend drive the truck down and help with the heavy lifting and we will ship the van down. I’ll fly with the kids. This is not overwhelming at all. 😒
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Post by wedding on May 22, 2018 17:42:24 GMT -6
I’m just catching up tgrimes. I’m so glad it went well. I hope that was the problem. Did they have any concerns about his tonsils? I’m obsessed with them so that’s why I ask. After Cs adenoid and tonsil removal last year they told me lots of kids throw up on the way home and gave us bags for the car. I so wish I could turn back time and tell you that so if someone was with you they could hold a bag. Dealing with a puke car seat is the absolute worst anyway so dealing with it on top of surgery is a nightmare. I hope this is the start of a new chapter for him and you. The next few days may be a challenge but there is a light.
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Post by flamingo on May 22, 2018 17:43:26 GMT -6
My husband just informed me that he wants me to get moved before he gets home so we can spend all our time with him setting up down there since it will be a short trip home for him...... and like I totally get that.... but now I have to pack the entire house by myself 😭😭😭😭😭 He will have his friend drive the truck down and help with the heavy lifting and we will ship the van down. I’ll fly with the kids. This is not overwhelming at all. 😒 Oh wow! That is a lot. I think you’re going to need a mom’s spa weekend or something when your H gets back for awhile I packed ours out last spring pretty much solo. It’s lots of work but on a positive note, everything will be done exactly the way you want it. Can you enlist your family with help watching the kids while you get packing done? Also, I know If you need extra hands with the loading/lifting, you can hire guys from companies like UHaul for a few hours just to do stuff like that.
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Post by wedding on May 22, 2018 17:44:00 GMT -6
Lots of love vino. I am very fortunate to still have my parents but have been a mess whenever their health fails a bit. I can’t imagine. Grief is a bitchy bitch of a bitch that likes to rear her ugly heard whenever she damn well pleases. I’m sorry you’re feeling it right now. I’m here for you.
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Post by wedding on May 22, 2018 17:44:28 GMT -6
Yeah no sands42. How can you outsource some of this?
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Post by sands42 on May 22, 2018 17:56:41 GMT -6
mamabear He wants me to get it done by a month. It’s a lot of time but we have so much crap! flamingo I’m going to try to get rid of a lot so I don’t have to pack it. Sometimes I have a hard time doing that but I’m going to bite the bullet. It makes me feel better to hear that you were able to do it yourself. wedding I’m FOR SURE going to beg my friends to help me. I’m sure I can get a few to come over for a few hours at least! Anything helps! I’m going to have to spend a few hours everyday working on it.
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Post by wedding on May 22, 2018 18:11:27 GMT -6
When I picked C up from school today a little girl said “you’re leaving so you can’t kiss me anymore”. He said “yes I can” and gave me a sly look. They were both laughing. I let the teacher know about the exchange because she was right there and told him no kissing.
In the car C and I talked about it and he said she’s his “largest girlfriend. Next to Miss M (his teacher)”. We laughed and discussed not kissing at school and not kissing someone who doesn’t want to be kissed. All in all though I thought it was harmless and a funny/cute story. Up until a few weeks ago he wanted nothing to do with girls and now has four girlfriends supposedly.
I tell Dh when we get home and he’s “disturbed” by it. I don’t want this to become a thing with C but I also don’t think it’s that big of a deal.
So what do you N13? Is this disturbing?
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Post by chrisy01 on May 22, 2018 18:14:37 GMT -6
wedding I think it's normal this age. But what do I know my son is a flirt. He has learned not to hug or kiss anyone that says no.
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Post by klong11 on May 22, 2018 18:17:11 GMT -6
wedding not disturbing. I just tell Cadence to save her kisses for Mommy and Daddy and her friends can just have her amazing hugs.
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Post by sands42 on May 22, 2018 18:21:07 GMT -6
wedding I wouldn’t be disturbed by it. I think what you said to him about it was perfect. I’m guessing they start seeing this on movies, shows etc and they are picking up more on it now.
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Post by jewels on May 22, 2018 18:22:55 GMT -6
Not disturbing at all wedding. He’s just showing his love
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Post by sands42 on May 22, 2018 18:23:06 GMT -6
I do have a cute moving helper.... when I said ‘Now I have to pack up this house all by myself!’ She said- ‘No you don’t! I want to help you do the whole thing!’ 😍 So we began cleaning out this table/dresser in the dining room tonight. ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180523/f1d4cb674867ac0541cf67aa4f34fbce.jpg)
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Post by jewels on May 22, 2018 18:26:26 GMT -6
sands42 you’re amazing with all that you do solo. Every time I start to feel overwhelmed with tasks I think of what people like you and flamingo do and I realize my ‘obstacles’ are nothing in comparison!! I couldn’t imagine a long car trip like flamingo did without help, or flying with 3 kids without help... you’re killing it!!
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Post by xolastunicornxo on May 22, 2018 18:32:20 GMT -6
vino I love you. That is all. @sand42 yikes. But I’ll echo what flamingo said, at least it’ll be the way you want. I definitely did about 90% if thb packing when we moved because I wanted it done “my way” lol. I also purged a ton and it was so satisfying! wedding I don’t think that’s disturbing at all. I think you handled it perfectly and it was a great opportunity to start those conversations. I mean, how else will they learn of these moments don’t come up and we talk to them about them.
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Post by tgrimes on May 22, 2018 18:37:43 GMT -6
I’m just catching up tgrimes. I’m so glad it went well. I hope that was the problem. Did they have any concerns about his tonsils? I’m obsessed with them so that’s why I ask. After Cs adenoid and tonsil removal last year they told me lots of kids throw up on the way home and gave us bags for the car. I so wish I could turn back time and tell you that so if someone was with you they could hold a bag. Dealing with a puke car seat is the absolute worst anyway so dealing with it on top of surgery is a nightmare. I hope this is the start of a new chapter for him and you. The next few days may be a challenge but there is a light. They are not concerned about his tonsils. I asked at his last appt, just in case. I should have known better to not let him drink that much after he woke up. He was so thirsty though.
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Post by joelies on May 22, 2018 18:43:30 GMT -6
wedding - DH thinks everything Colin does and says is disturbing. It's obviously a generalization, but a lot of men don't have much experience with kids before their own and they don't talk about them obsessively like we do. Also I think the whole thing was cute and I think you handled it like a pro.
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Post by joelies on May 22, 2018 18:59:45 GMT -6
I completely forgot - I was flipping through IG the other day and showed Colin the latest batch of C pictures that xolastunicornxo posted. He goes "oh, she's so cute. Can I see Arlo now?" My 4 year old has baby fever.
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Post by cagoldi on May 22, 2018 19:43:41 GMT -6
vino I'm sorry you're really feeling the loss of your dad ATM. I hope it gets easier but I'm sure the pain never goes away and sneaks up at weird times. wedding not disturbing at all. Age appropriate, I think.
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Post by wedding on May 22, 2018 19:50:51 GMT -6
Dh got offered VIP tickets to a Barenaked Ladies and Better Than Ezra concert the week my in laws are taking C this summer. So I guess we are flashing back to the late 90’s. I’m actually almost certain I saw this same lineup freshman year of college.
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Post by chrisy01 on May 22, 2018 20:17:02 GMT -6
More problems at work. I feel so bad for not being there.
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