W/O July 8

[starbuck]

Hi

[starbuck]

We're home and back to routine today. I'm taking myself to CFA for breakfast but having a salad for lunch so it kind of balances.

[kleigh]

Good morning! Hope everyone had a nice long Fourth weekend. And to our Canadian friends, hopefully you had a nice week/weekend also.

Not much going on in my world. Work computer problems for days now. Mentally and physically preppin to go to the Cape for 3 nights which will be our first trip with the kids. Yesterday on a 20 min car ride AV must’ve talked and asked me for 350 things... mommy where are we going, mommy I want to make popdickles (bc she can say ‘S’), Mommy can we go in de pool, mommy what’s that, mommy take your glasses off, Mommy remember when your depped in gum and your shoe was dicky?, mommy what is AB doing.. you get the point. So I’m really looking forward to 3.5 hours each way 🤪

Otherwise SSDD.

[starbuck]

Jul 8, 2019 6:22:05 GMT -6 kleigh said:

Good morning! Hope everyone had a nice long Fourth weekend. And to our Canadian friends, hopefully you had a nice week/weekend also.

Not much going on in my world. Work computer problems for days now. Mentally and physically preppin to go to the Cape for 3 nights which will be our first trip with the kids. Yesterday on a 20 min car ride AV must’ve talked and asked me for 350 things... mommy where are we going, mommy I want to make popdickles (bc she can say ‘S’), Mommy can we go in de pool, mommy what’s that, mommy take your glasses off, Mommy remember when your depped in gum and your shoe was dicky?, mommy what is AB doing.. you get the point. So I’m really looking forward to 3.5 hours each way 🤪

Otherwise SSDD.

we have the same kids.

Yesterday when I was driving K was yelling at me to look at her playing. And no one asks H for anything. It's all me.

[waitwhat]

kleigh when do you go? It’s about 7 hours for us 😬. I HIGHLY recommend WiFi in the car.

[waitwhat]

SSDD for us also. The beautiful outside so I think I’m going to bring the kids to a park and tire them out.

I think I’m also going to tackle potty training this week at some point. We’ve started paying for J’s preschool in the fall and my H is already on my case about how he doesn’t want to pay if he doesn’t end up going. So seems like a good time to start.

[kleigh]

Jul 8, 2019 6:45:10 GMT -6 waitwhat said:

kleigh when do you go? It’s about 7 hours for us 😬. I HIGHLY recommend WiFi in the car.

Dang girl..... 7 hours?! You are strong lol. And we def allow WiFi (they have amazon tablets) in the car, but they lose interest in tablets after like 30 mins. Regardless, I’ll plan my nap for then lol.

We go Sunday! So Sun/Mon/Tues might, come home Wednesday. I wanted to go to Harwich but we booked last minute and I couldn’t find any Air BnB/VRBO that made sense and the hotel options were also limited at that point.

[kleigh]

Jul 8, 2019 6:26:03 GMT -6 starbuck said:

Jul 8, 2019 6:22:05 GMT -6 kleigh said:

Good morning! Hope everyone had a nice long Fourth weekend. And to our Canadian friends, hopefully you had a nice week/weekend also.

Not much going on in my world. Work computer problems for days now. Mentally and physically preppin to go to the Cape for 3 nights which will be our first trip with the kids. Yesterday on a 20 min car ride AV must’ve talked and asked me for 350 things... mommy where are we going, mommy I want to make popdickles (bc she can say ‘S’), Mommy can we go in de pool, mommy what’s that, mommy take your glasses off, Mommy remember when your depped in gum and your shoe was dicky?, mommy what is AB doing.. you get the point. So I’m really looking forward to 3.5 hours each way 🤪

Otherwise SSDD.

we have the same kids.

Yesterday when I was driving K was yelling at me to look at her playing. And no one asks H for anything. It's all me.

I say “Daddy really wants to help!” more times than I can count in a day. I’m flattered but it’s also exhausting lol

[tgrimes]

The plumbers were supposed to be here at 8 to start the re-pipe. It’s not the end of the world if I have to leave a key for them but I kind of wanted to talk to them before they got started.

[tgrimes]

I have jury duty today. 😩

[danib]

Just finished a good workout and heading home for lunch then going to the park for the day.
I've had the weirdest stomach the past few days. I don't know if it's just hormones regulating (after having my IUD removed) or something else, but I don't like it.

[cookswithwine]

When O announces he has to go potty, sometimes I ask do you want mommy or daddy to take you? H and I hold our breaths, secretly hoping he says the other person lol.

[tgrimes]

Jul 8, 2019 8:36:50 GMT -6 cookswithwine said:

When O announces he has to go potty, sometimes I ask do you want mommy or daddy to take you? H and I hold our breaths, secretly hoping he says the other person lol.

H only wants me to go. Actually both kids only want me to do all the things ever.

[Cheshie6]

I thought I posted this in the other thread but I can't find it!?! Grr

Took Tanner (boy dog 10.5) to the vet for his biannual checkup. At his last visit for vaccines, I had noticed a bump on his the inside of his right front elbow (is it an elbow on dogs? Lol) last time, and it has gotten bigger. They aspirated it and found that it was fat cells. However, it's gotten bigger since that last appointment. Today, I am taking him to a different vet because our Vet doesn't feel comfortable doing surgery to remove it at its location due to high use. They feel a place that does surgery all day long would do a more precise job and make recovery as easy as possible. We aren't in a rush to get this removed, so I am weighing options. Cost... I have time to research the best facility, what the aftercare would be, and what his life would be like after would look like.

[tgrimes]

I’m walking to a different court house for a criminal case. Everyone cross your fingers I don’t get chosen.

[starbuck]

Jul 8, 2019 11:00:14 GMT -6 tgrimes said:

I’m walking to a different court house for a criminal case. Everyone cross your fingers I don’t get chosen.

I would love a week of JD if the case was interesting.

[starbuck]

I am 2 weeks behind on big little lies and I'm starting to get itchy about it.

[goldenlove]

Went back to work today after a long weekend which is always annoying but I did get to leave early for an appointment. We have another weekly scan then a consultation with the NICU doctor. I don't even know what we're meeting with them about but the MFM nurse set it up. Still trying to figure out how to transfer to the other place. I think we'll officially decide after today.

We actually painted the nursery AND built the furniture yesterday. I didn't think we'd get that far. Makes me feel a bit better.

[elle]

I went to bed feeling nauseated and slept like crap and woke up still feeling minorly sick to my stomach. Ugh. Happy Monday. 🙄

[kleigh]

Jul 8, 2019 11:00:14 GMT -6 tgrimes said:

I’m walking to a different court house for a criminal case. Everyone cross your fingers I don’t get chosen.

You can get picked despite being in the line of work you’re in? I assumed it automatically disqualified people. You are in legal, right?

[kleigh]

Jul 8, 2019 11:01:52 GMT -6 starbuck said:

Jul 8, 2019 11:00:14 GMT -6 tgrimes said:

I’m walking to a different court house for a criminal case. Everyone cross your fingers I don’t get chosen.

I would love a week of JD if the case was interesting.

Yeah I have to pretend I was annoyed at getting picked for a hurt couple years ago. I don’t want to be on like a murder trial, but, it was pretty interesting to be part of a jury for what’s I was on. And then o course, I was almost picked for jury for that kid who killed his parents here... no thanks to that. He was looking in my direction as they interviewed me - totally creeped me out. He ended up taking a deal the night before his trial. But hell yeah, pay me to do something different for a week rather than sit in my cold, boring office.

[Cheshie6]

goldenlove, awesome job getting that far!
elle, feel better!

[tgrimes]

I got picked. It’s an indecency with a child case. At least 3 days. Dammit!

[tgrimes]

Jul 8, 2019 16:16:10 GMT -6 kleigh said:

Jul 8, 2019 11:00:14 GMT -6 tgrimes said:

I’m walking to a different court house for a criminal case. Everyone cross your fingers I don’t get chosen.

You can get picked despite being in the line of work you’re in? I assumed it automatically disqualified people. You are in legal, right?

Yup!

[elle]

Jul 8, 2019 16:52:05 GMT -6 tgrimes said:

I got picked. It’s an indecency with a child case. At least 3 days. Dammit!

Oh man. 😔😢

[goldenlove]

Jul 8, 2019 16:52:05 GMT -6 tgrimes said:

I got picked. It’s an indecency with a child case. At least 3 days. Dammit!

Ugh that sounds rough.

[goldenlove]

Jul 8, 2019 16:19:42 GMT -6 kleigh said:

Jul 8, 2019 11:01:52 GMT -6 starbuck said:

I would love a week of JD if the case was interesting.

Yeah I have to pretend I was annoyed at getting picked for a hurt couple years ago. I don’t want to be on like a murder trial, but, it was pretty interesting to be part of a jury for what’s I was on. And then o course, I was almost picked for jury for that kid who killed his parents here... no thanks to that. He was looking in my direction as they interviewed me - totally creeped me out. He ended up taking a deal the night before his trial. But hell yeah, pay me to do something different for a week rather than sit in my cold, boring office.

H went for the selection process recently but was able to get out of it because I had the MRI the next day. But he mentioned the guy just sitting there listening to their questions. I'm actually quite shocked that they ask you details about your life like wife, kids, job, etc in front of the guy. What if he holds a grudge and wants to come after you? This case was a drug case but H looked him up later and found out that he was already in jail for manslaughter. No thanks to that guy knowing everything about us!

[goldenlove]

Glad it was just fatty tissue Cheshie6! Hopefully you can find a good vet for the surgery.

[starbuck]

Jul 8, 2019 16:52:05 GMT -6 tgrimes said:

I got picked. It’s an indecency with a child case. At least 3 days. Dammit!

fraaaaaak

[tgrimes]

Jul 8, 2019 17:38:14 GMT -6 goldenlove said:

Jul 8, 2019 16:19:42 GMT -6 kleigh said:

Yeah I have to pretend I was annoyed at getting picked for a hurt couple years ago. I don’t want to be on like a murder trial, but, it was pretty interesting to be part of a jury for what’s I was on. And then o course, I was almost picked for jury for that kid who killed his parents here... no thanks to that. He was looking in my direction as they interviewed me - totally creeped me out. He ended up taking a deal the night before his trial. But hell yeah, pay me to do something different for a week rather than sit in my cold, boring office.

H went for the selection process recently but was able to get out of it because I had the MRI the next day. But he mentioned the guy just sitting there listening to their questions. I'm actually quite shocked that they ask you details about your life like wife, kids, job, etc in front of the guy. What if he holds a grudge and wants to come after you? This case was a drug case but H looked him up later and found out that he was already in jail for manslaughter. No thanks to that guy knowing everything about us!

They specifically said if you don’t feel comfortable with some of the questions that you could come up to speak to the judge about it. Some people had to answer that they had their own experiences as children. So sad.