It’s a new day and Thursday

[chrisy01]

Good morning ladies? What’s going on?

[chrisy01]

It’s the first day of my new temp job (8 months) and I’m hitting the ground running with a vendor walk. So I’m excited.

Yesterday was crazy busy. I need to call L’s school and figure out how much I need to pay for this year. Between discounts and other things I’m confused by what I need to pay.

[mwhip]

Good luck on your first day chrisy01! I hope it goes great!

[mwhip]

I'm hoping H doesn't get fired today...he had a heated conversation with his boss yesterday when he found out his service truck wouldn't be available until September 12 and he needs to be submitting daily logs with who he's contacted/contacting. Which makes sense because they're paying him. But there is a limited amount of contacts due to his geographical area he covers, and isn't a months worth of work, after all the calls he's already made. His boss never communicated this previously and he's been on the payroll for 3 weeks now. I told him he needed to contact the other company that had made him an offer and see if the position is still open.

He's going to contact his boss again this morning for the VIN of the truck and see if he can help locate the part, then email his bosses boss and give them the details of everything that has happened. This is a mess.

[tgrimes]

mwhip Yikes!

[tgrimes]

I'm at work with a migraine. It's my own fault because I drank too much red wine last night. My sister, MH & I stayed up late playing cards. We haven't done that in ages.

[nam2013]

chrisy01 good luck today!

mwhip that does not sound delightful… hope your h finds a solution!

[nam2013]

My h was crabby this last few days. There have been al lot of time with the five of us together, with little of the normal distractions. So I send my h out to take a few hours for himself, stating I didn’t care what he was going to do, but that he was going out of the house alone 😂. He was reluctant at first, but grateful after he came home 2 hours later.

We took the kids to castle ruins nearby, they’re cool. The ruïne is over 700 years old and they had a playmobil exhibit about the history surrounding the castle. It’s mostly outside (because it’s a ruin🤦🏼‍♀️) and very COVID-proof, can’t believe I didn’t think of it sooner.

I have zero motivation to cook these last days…

[trtlcrzy]

Morning. My sister texted me last night that one of her kids has HFM so no kid free weekend for me 👎🏻 We need to make a Costco run at some point today, but my motivation is pretty much non-existent.

mwhip I hope your H can get it all sorted out quickly.

[tgrimes]

Aug 5, 2021 8:44:35 GMT -6 trtlcrzy said:

Morning. My sister texted me last night that one of her kids has HFM so no kid free weekend for me 👎🏻 We need to make a Costco run at some point today, but my motivation is pretty much non-existent.

mwhip I hope your H can get it all sorted out quickly.

I'm sorry, that stinks.

[inthekitty]

mwhip argh! I hope your H's job issues get figured out soon. I'm sorry for the continued stress on the matter.

I hope you love your new position chrisy01!

[inthekitty]

Just a lot of work and boring stuff today. Our maids are coming for the first time in the month and the house really needs it, but it also means I need to do some prep beforehand and try to rush through some work because it's nearly impossible to work when they are here.

Yesterday the girls were helpers for riding lessons. Their instructor praised their assistance. I was so relieved because my kids are...well, spoiled and I worried they would be more of a pain in the ass to have around. She's happy to have them there more which would be really good for all of us. They are getting bored with summer break and start to annoy me when I need to work. It's only 10 minutes away so it's easy to quickly drop them off there. I think they need more "work" and less play. So it's good for them to have some responsibility since they apparently expect me to basically make every day an expensive outing.

[tgrimes]

inthekitty Sounds like it's a prefect opportunity for them!

[lahdeedah]

mwhip That sucks he is still having issues on the job front. So does he not get paid until he has a work truck, or just paid less because he isn’t able to use it?

inthekitty What a great way to spend the rest of summer break. So glad it’s working out that way for all of you. Sounds like a fun gig to me!

tgrimes Boo to the migraine.

chrisy01 Hope the first day goes well!

[lahdeedah]

Hi. It’s busy here at work; but not bad. We’re ordering Chinese for lunch and I’m waiting for it to come because I’m hungry. The boys have a karate intro today. I’m doing this so I can see my comfort level with the class. I get to watch. Hope it goes well.

[nam2013]

trtlcrzy sorry that sucks!

[nam2013]

wineallthetime how are you holding up today?

[trtlcrzy]

inthekitty that sounds so fun for them. I wish we had something like that here.

[mwhip]

lahdeedah He has been getting paid his normal wage, but I don't see how they can continue to do that for another month. His boss told him to call around and get 3 quotes to rent a service truck until his is ready. That pissed him off even more. They waited so long for him to start and then to not have everything ready is just dumb.

[klong11]

And now we're at Stage 5. Awesome. Just as school is about to start. Come on people, get it together!!!

[nam2013]

Aug 5, 2021 12:44:34 GMT -6 klong11 said:

And now we're at Stage 5. Awesome. Just as school is about to start. Come on people, get it together!!!

Ugh I’m sorry…

[guster]

I've been low on bandwidth all morning. I'm trying to break the funk -- I went out for iced coffee and now I'm making a fun dinner and watching the olympics.

[guster]

That stinks, trtlcrzy! Sorry.
Oh no! @klongoria, do you think the schools will add any precautions?

[klong11]

Aug 5, 2021 14:03:15 GMT -6 guster said:

That stinks, trtlcrzy ! Sorry.
Oh no! @klongoria, do you think the schools will add any precautions?

Today is the last day to enroll in virtual school.

They've requested that all parents send kids in masks, they social distance where they can

Classrooms have plexiglass barriers and new air filtration systems
Its just very stressful.

I'm adamant that she goes back and then this happens and it honestly scares me.

[jewels]

Aug 5, 2021 14:19:03 GMT -6 klong11 said:

Aug 5, 2021 14:03:15 GMT -6 guster said:

That stinks, trtlcrzy ! Sorry.
Oh no! @klongoria, do you think the schools will add any precautions?

Today is the last day to enroll in virtual school.

They've requested that all parents send kids in masks, they social distance where they can

Classrooms have plexiglass barriers and new air filtration systems
Its just very stressful.

I'm adamant that she goes back and then this happens and it honestly scares me.

If I can give you any reassurance, S was in school about half of the year last year, and B was in DC the whole year.  Masks were mandatory (and from what I hear, not so well enforced, esp in DC) and we had 1 case between both classrooms all year, and not one kid caught it (it was a teacher in B's class about 6 months ago).  S had barriers, B did not.  All that to say, the filtration and barriers and masks are doing their jobs.  Just work with C to understand if kids are not wearing their masks to distance herself.

I get the fear.  I have it too.  But I hope my little anecdote is helpful

[wineallthetime]

Aug 5, 2021 11:23:57 GMT -6 nam2013 said:

wineallthetime how are you holding up today?

Hey! I'm doing okay! I worked today and H is dropping off the kids in about an hour and I have them til Tues 😁

[inthekitty]

I totally get it klong11. The girls' school takes good precautions but it's still nerve-wracking. We just need these kids vaxxed. I know it's not 100% but whatever helps protect them from the morons.

[chrisy01]

Oh no [mention]klongoria11 [/mention]

[chrisy01]

So my new boss told me to work from home tomorrow. I’m stoked. It’s been pretty good I like my new boss.

[guster]

Aug 5, 2021 15:02:35 GMT -6 inthekitty said:

I totally get it klong11. The girls' school takes good precautions but it's still nerve-wracking. We just need these kids vaxxed. I know it's not 100% but whatever helps protect them from the morons.

This is where I am. I think the school is being super cautious, but I am always nervous.