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Post by klong11 on Jul 16, 2021 8:16:41 GMT -6
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Post by chrisy01 on Jul 16, 2021 8:26:41 GMT -6
Morning! I’m on my way to work.
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Post by klong11 on Jul 16, 2021 8:31:46 GMT -6
It's my short day and I very much need a nap. My sleep has been crap this week.
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Post by jewels on Jul 16, 2021 8:39:19 GMT -6
+1 @klong11. I've been waking up super early and then having trouble falling back asleep. I'll often fall back asleep like 5 minutes before my alarm goes off and then I'm exhausted. Then every night I say I'm gonna go to sleep early and I wind up staying up late watching stupid crap on tv. Rinse and repeat.
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Post by jewels on Jul 16, 2021 8:42:50 GMT -6
Yesterday I took the day off and went to a funeral about 1.5 hours away for a good friend's father. It was a beautiful service, and she was super happy we came (2 of us went together). I had been on the fence about going and I am really glad I did. But the service was outside and it was approximately 8294 degrees outside. It ended up being an all day thing and I got home just in time to pick the boys up from DC.
Now I am at work, but leaving early b/c my nephew (18) is in town and has a few hours to visit. We haven't seen him in about 2 years so I'm excited. He's bringing his boyfriend to meet us for the first time too. So I'll pick the kids up early from camp/DC and we'll have pizza before they have to catch a flight home.
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Post by tgrimes on Jul 16, 2021 8:57:53 GMT -6
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Post by tgrimes on Jul 16, 2021 9:02:56 GMT -6
Last night on our way to grandma's house, H threw up in the car. We were 5 minutes away and I had nothing in the car to clean him up with or help him out and of course traffic was a nightmare. Grandma met us outside with towels and cleaning supplies, took him inside to get him cleaned up and changed and sat him in front of the ipad. When I finished cleaning out my car, he was asleep.
Grandma told me I didn't need to stay and to go home. lol. Once again, grandma to the rescue.
He was apparently fine the rest of the night.
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Post by nam2013 on Jul 16, 2021 9:13:58 GMT -6
tgrimes ugh car vomit is the worst! Glad he seems fine afterwards.
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Post by nam2013 on Jul 16, 2021 9:19:17 GMT -6
Morning. Still wet/humid/rain over here. The south has had huge floods and evacuations, so luckily we’ve been spared. Sun is supposed to come out tomorrow, but I’ll believe it when I see it . We visited a fruit orchard in the afternoon, which felt safe and it was fun. We picked lots of berries and flowers and the treated the kids to some icecream.
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Post by jewels on Jul 16, 2021 9:25:21 GMT -6
Last night on our way to grandma's house, H threw up in the car. We were 5 minutes away and I had nothing in the car to clean him up with or help him out and of course traffic was a nightmare. Grandma met us outside with towels and cleaning supplies, took him inside to get him cleaned up and changed and sat him in front of the ipad. When I finished cleaning out my car, he was asleep. Grandma told me I didn't need to stay and to go home. lol. Once again, grandma to the rescue. He was apparently fine the rest of the night. Once again, your MIL is a saint. I hope he just got carsick or something. He better stay healthy!!
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inthekitty
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Post by inthekitty on Jul 16, 2021 9:50:05 GMT -6
Yes! Stay healthy H!
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Post by inthekitty on Jul 16, 2021 9:58:23 GMT -6
A gross vomit story that H's predicament reminded me about: {Spoiler}The anniversary of The Blue Dollcano just passed earlier this month.
On July 4th, 1990, my family piled into the minivan like we did every year to celebrate The 4th of July. We drove to the sketchy east side of town to go to our favorite ice cream shop. My sister, brother, and I ordered the same thing we got every year--blue bubblegum ice cream. My mom drove us to the Mervyn's parking lot so we could watch the fireworks going off at the fairgrounds for free.
It was my brother's turn to be in the front seat and my sister and I were in the middle. The fireworks started and the sky filled with beautiful flashes of color.
Suddenly, a gurgling sound filled the car. It wasn't the fireworks--it was coming from the inside. My brother started making a familiar, but terrifying, inhumane coughing noise. My sister and I looked at each other in horror aware of what was about to happen, and with immense speed dove all the way into the far back of the van. We peeked over the seat and witnessed a grotesque blueish flowing fountain erupting from my brother as he proceeded to vomit everywhere. My mom's shrill screams filled the air.
Later when we got home, my brother, with his speech impediment, uttered, "It was a blue dollcano."
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Post by inthekitty on Jul 16, 2021 10:02:31 GMT -6
At the office today. I've got a big report to work on and I'm dreading it but motivated to get it done.
I've had weird sleep lately. A lot of weird dreams. I had a dream that involved the cast of The Office and another that involved the cast of Scrubs. Mostly my dreams are just boring as fuck though. I had one in which I rearranged hangers in my closet. Why can't I at least make sexy time with Paul Rudd or LL Cool J in my dreams?
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Post by lahdeedah on Jul 16, 2021 10:04:53 GMT -6
Last night on our way to grandma's house, H threw up in the car. We were 5 minutes away and I had nothing in the car to clean him up with or help him out and of course traffic was a nightmare. Grandma met us outside with towels and cleaning supplies, took him inside to get him cleaned up and changed and sat him in front of the ipad. When I finished cleaning out my car, he was asleep. Grandma told me I didn't need to stay and to go home. lol. Once again, grandma to the rescue. He was apparently fine the rest of the night. My gosh. I’m glad it was a one off, but sorry you had to deal with that. She really is the best Grandma and MIL.
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Post by lahdeedah on Jul 16, 2021 10:09:54 GMT -6
jewels My MO for being tired is late night TV watching, too. I will say being on Lexapro has helped with my quality of sleep. I feel like since I started taking it let fall, I wake less often during the night. The days I have bad sleep is when I forget to take it on 2 consecutive nights. Enjoy the time with your nephew! inthekitty LOL klong11 Please tell me Yh will be FaceTiming or getting good video of the dance for you. nam2013 hope y’all have a good day and the sun comes out!
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Post by tallb on Jul 16, 2021 10:10:33 GMT -6
nam2013 glad you are safe, the floods look horrible and scary. tgrimes grandma/MIL goals for me someday!
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Post by lahdeedah on Jul 16, 2021 10:24:36 GMT -6
Hi.
I ran errands after dropping M off at camp. I have the urge to stock up on disinfectants with the uptick in cases because of the variant. I’m not expecting a shut down like 2020, but it seems this variant is not to be taken lightly even in vaccinated people. I really need them to finish the trials for vaccinating kids.
Not much else planned today except catching up on my DVR.
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Post by wedding on Jul 16, 2021 10:31:03 GMT -6
Last night on our way to grandma's house, H threw up in the car. We were 5 minutes away and I had nothing in the car to clean him up with or help him out and of course traffic was a nightmare. Grandma met us outside with towels and cleaning supplies, took him inside to get him cleaned up and changed and sat him in front of the ipad. When I finished cleaning out my car, he was asleep. Grandma told me I didn't need to stay and to go home. lol. Once again, grandma to the rescue. He was apparently fine the rest of the night. Ugh to car vomit! I bought puke bags for the car years ago and I highly recommend. I just keep one in the backseat. I actually needed one once and it was a life saver.
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Post by wedding on Jul 16, 2021 10:33:17 GMT -6
A gross vomit story that H's predicament reminded me about: {Spoiler}The anniversary of The Blue Dollcano just passed earlier this month.
On July 4th, 1990, my family piled into the minivan like we did every year to celebrate The 4th of July. We drove to the sketchy east side of town to go to our favorite ice cream shop. My sister, brother, and I ordered the same thing we got every year--blue bubblegum ice cream. My mom drove us to the Mervyn's parking lot so we could watch the fireworks going off at the fairgrounds for free.
It was my brother's turn to be in the front seat and my sister and I were in the middle. The fireworks started and the sky filled with beautiful flashes of color.
Suddenly, a gurgling sound filled the car. It wasn't the fireworks--it was coming from the inside. My brother started making a familiar, but terrifying, inhumane coughing noise. My sister and I looked at each other in horror aware of what was about to happen, and with immense speed dove all the way into the far back of the van. We peeked over the seat and witnessed a grotesque blueish following fountain erupting from my brother as he proceeded to vomit everywhere. My mom's shrill screams filled the air.
Later when we got home, my brother, with his speech impediment, uttered, "It was a blue dollcano." While gross, you are a very good writer and should explore that if it interests you. Your stories have a way of grabbing the reader.
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Post by tgrimes on Jul 16, 2021 10:33:39 GMT -6
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Post by wedding on Jul 16, 2021 10:38:18 GMT -6
I have a lot of COVID anger today at the unvaccinated. They are now saying we won’t see a vaccine for kids under 12 until the new year. When it was Fall I felt like I cold hold on since most stuff is outdoors and wasn’t really giving too much energy to being upset about the unvaccinated. But now with this variant affecting children more, I am pissed.
Even if C remains healthy this means continued school restrictions. I want him to have a normal year. I want him to be able to go to leave the room for art class. I want all of his classmates there and playing together at recess. It is just so incredibly frustrating.
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Post by inthekitty on Jul 16, 2021 10:52:28 GMT -6
Thanks wedding and tgrimes. I've always loved writing. Creative writing was my favorite part of elementary school. I was a nerd in high school and my sport was newspaper staff. I also wrote for the town paper on a youth writing team. It's fun to spin a great story. At this point I have enjoyed sharing my stories here. I may eventually look into blogging or writing a collection of short stories.
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Post by inthekitty on Jul 16, 2021 10:57:25 GMT -6
I have a lot of COVID anger today at the unvaccinated. They are now saying we won’t see a vaccine for kids under 12 until the new year. When it was Fall I felt like I cold hold on since most stuff is outdoors and wasn’t really giving too much energy to being upset about the unvaccinated. But now with this variant affecting children more, I am pissed. Even if C remains healthy this means continued school restrictions. I want him to have a normal year. I want him to be able to go to leave the room for art class. I want all of his classmates there and playing together at recess. It is just so incredibly frustrating. 100% all of this. Part of me is very much eff 'em and let them deal with the consequences of not getting vaxxed, but since the kids still can't get vaxxed it angers me that our kiddos can't start going back to normal with these chucklefucks going around. *internal screams* at the highlighted. I hadn't heard this. I was really hoping for SEP or OCT like I heard last and that seemed so much more manageable. They are so selfish and irresponsible.
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Post by lahdeedah on Jul 16, 2021 11:04:53 GMT -6
I have a lot of COVID anger today at the unvaccinated. They are now saying we won’t see a vaccine for kids under 12 until the new year. When it was Fall I felt like I cold hold on since most stuff is outdoors and wasn’t really giving too much energy to being upset about the unvaccinated. But now with this variant affecting children more, I am pissed. Even if C remains healthy this means continued school restrictions. I want him to have a normal year. I want him to be able to go to leave the room for art class. I want all of his classmates there and playing together at recess. It is just so incredibly frustrating. I’m getting worried about the kids. I’m hoping they keep masks mandated for in school. Just saw pics of a meeting at the school board here with moms and signs protesting masks. 🤦🏽♀️ Do you not look at the news people? This is not the time to be protesting masks for kids in school.
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Post by nam2013 on Jul 16, 2021 11:05:04 GMT -6
wedding I feel you! In lots of parts of Europe things are getting more and more difficult for unvaccinated people (in France to do basically anything you either need to be vaccinated of have a pcr test that is less 48 hours old), and I’m happy about that.
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Post by tgrimes on Jul 16, 2021 11:15:19 GMT -6
I have a lot of COVID anger today at the unvaccinated. They are now saying we won’t see a vaccine for kids under 12 until the new year. When it was Fall I felt like I cold hold on since most stuff is outdoors and wasn’t really giving too much energy to being upset about the unvaccinated. But now with this variant affecting children more, I am pissed. Even if C remains healthy this means continued school restrictions. I want him to have a normal year. I want him to be able to go to leave the room for art class. I want all of his classmates there and playing together at recess. It is just so incredibly frustrating. I’m getting worried about the kids. I’m hoping they keep masks mandated for in school. Just saw pics of a meeting at the school board here with moms and signs protesting masks. 🤦🏽♀️ Do you not look at the news people? This is not the time to be protesting masks for kids in school. Our dumbass governor already said you can't require people to require masks in government buildings, which includes schools.
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Post by inthekitty on Jul 16, 2021 11:25:57 GMT -6
I’m getting worried about the kids. I’m hoping they keep masks mandated for in school. Just saw pics of a meeting at the school board here with moms and signs protesting masks. 🤦🏽♀️ Do you not look at the news people? This is not the time to be protesting masks for kids in school. Our dumbass governor already said you can't require people to require masks in government buildings, which includes schools.
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Post by lahdeedah on Jul 16, 2021 11:34:41 GMT -6
I’m getting worried about the kids. I’m hoping they keep masks mandated for in school. Just saw pics of a meeting at the school board here with moms and signs protesting masks. 🤦🏽♀️ Do you not look at the news people? This is not the time to be protesting masks for kids in school. Our dumbass governor already said you can't require people to require masks in government buildings, which includes schools. That dickwad is evil.
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Post by klong11 on Jul 16, 2021 16:47:34 GMT -6
I’m getting worried about the kids. I’m hoping they keep masks mandated for in school. Just saw pics of a meeting at the school board here with moms and signs protesting masks. 🤦🏽♀️ Do you not look at the news people? This is not the time to be protesting masks for kids in school. Our dumbass governor already said you can't require people to require masks in government buildings, which includes schools. My kid is required to wear one by Mom Law. Mom Law trumps old dumbass men who couldn't care less about my actual child. Our school district did away with even having a virtual option at all next year and no longer requires masks, so yeah. Great.
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