A June Monday morning

[milano]

What are you up to on this beautiful morning?

[milano]

I drank a cup of coffee while walking J to the bus stop and then took the long way home because the weather is gorgeous right now. Got home in time to see 3 otters run across my backyard and then go swimming in the pond 😍. Now I'm eating leftover sushi for breakfast.

M has suspected ear infections so we are headed to the Dr shortly. Hoping to enjoy this last week of J being in school before summer vacation starts.

[Speedy]

We had Fs 4th birthday party yesterday =) His actual birthday isn't until the 13th but we'll be on PEI. The party went really well, everyone showed up, the kids all had fun and played together, even though they were a little mean to F at one point (he was touching things that my besties son didn't want him to). It was almost rescheduled though, since my bestie wound up in the ER on Saturday night, and had to go back for tests on Sunday morning. She has bad pain every now and again and they finally discovered that she had a large ovarian cyst that burst, so I guess she's going to have to probably get her ovaries out in the next few years (she had a hysterectomy last year already). I feel bad for her =( We offered to reschedule, since she was hosting, but she said it was okay, so I got there early and did almost everything so she could just rest and relax.

I'm still working on waking up but I'm probably going to go pour myself some cold brew in a couple of minutes here. Just have to remember to stir it. I made it with maple syrup the other day and forgot to stir and got a large gulp of super sweet at the end that I wasn't expecting - not cool.

[mapleme]

Over the weekend I finally finished building my pool box. It's the box that our above-ground pool sits in (so that we can have level ground). I originally built it 3 years ago, but didn't properly account for the nearly 70,000lbs of stone and pool that it needed to support. So this year I took down one side that had been bowing and rebuilt it (set 4x4 posts 4 ft down in cement, measured, cut and placed 16 ft 2x12 boards, shoveled in an additional 1.5 yards of stone). It was a stupid amount of work that I mostly did in 30 minute chunks at 6 am over more than a month (in place of my regular daily exercise). But it's done and the pool is in place! I'm really hoping that this is the last year that I have to make any changes to it. And now my body hurts.

[mapleme]

This is the pool on the box (not filled yet). The last foot on the left is what I rebuilt. I left part of the original wall buried in there to provide additional support. Our house is on a slope, so everything had to be carried into the backyard by hand.

[pbandj714]

Today was G and L's first day of summer camp. I WFH with them last week. Camp was much needed. G was very anxious beforehand and asked a lot of questions. L seemed more chill. Then when we got there, he settled right in and she started to shut down and wouldn't talk to even me when the counselor asked her if she'd like a coloring page. I know she'll have a blast once she warms up but man it's hard to leave your kids like that. They have each other so at least there's that.

In other news, we adopted a new dog. Her name is Lady and she is a 6 yo boxer. She had been an outdoor farm dog, bred 3 times but never made enough milk for her pups and wasn't terribly interested in momming so they spayed her. She had hurt her foot and lost a bunch of weight and they just weren't going to do anything about it?! So the daughter of those people took her in and got her foot fixed up and some weight back on her and decided she needed a good retirement home, so here we are. She is sweet as pie and has adjusted to inside life so well in such a short time.

[pbandj714]

G decided her middle name shall be Bug so I introduce to you, Lady Bug PBJ'slastname

[Speedy]

mapleme, time to fill up that pool and enjoy it some!

pbandj714, she's adorable!

[mintyblueair]

Good morning! I walked over to my parents' apartment with the girls this morning. I'm drinking coffee my dad made for me, but he put in way too much sugar 😑

We're going to walk home soon and then I've got plans to do schoolwork this afternoon. My dad is going to make ribs for dinner and I can't wait.

[snowmoon]

Hey hi hello! We have been going going going for 3 weeks straight. Today is rainy and we already have forts built and Encanto streaming. Second cup of coffee coming up in 5.

All of our spring activities wrap up this week and we’re heading waaay up north on Friday to go camping for a week.

We finished our chicken coop and run this weekend and sent 3 of our roosters off to new homes. Celebrated with a swim in the lake and came home with leeches and swimmer’s itch. So much fun!

[rhymeswithdisco]

The twins are with my exH this week and J is in his final week of 2nd grade. I have some big work deadlines so I'll be hunkered down in my office for many many hours this week.

I had two cups of black coffee before 7:30. I might need one more here shortly.

[sarenu]

4 hours of meetings today.

And I have an hour of overlapping meetings.

3 cups of coffee, my breakfast at 11, and on to water.

All 3 kids went to the right camps for the first day. I made it to my 9am, and got the forgotten lunch to camp.

I need a vacation.

[mc13]

How cute pbandj714! Congrats!

We are in the final countdown of 3 weeks left until school is out for summer. This week is insane with our huge and only fundraiser of the year. I also have work to get caught up on because I just don't feel like working right now. Next week, T goes to NYC for work and I'm tagging along. So hopefully we get through this week and I can relax for 4 days next week!

[charlotte]

pbandj714 Lady Bug Sandwich looks like such a sweetie!

[charlotte]

I had an insanely busy workday. Now it’s MOTN and I’ve come down with a nasty stomach virus that DS2 so lovingly shared with me over the weekend 🫠. Never not drowning, over here.

[pbandj714]

Jun 7, 2022 1:04:16 GMT -6 charlotte said:

I had an insanely busy workday. Now it’s MOTN and I’ve come down with a nasty stomach virus that DS2 so lovingly shared with me over the weekend 🫠. Never not drowning, over here.

Nooooooo

Feel better!

[mc13]

Yikes charlotte! I’m so sorry!

[milano]

pbandj714 aww congrats!! She looks like such a sweet girl 😍

[charlotte]

Jun 7, 2022 1:04:16 GMT -6 charlotte said:

I had an insanely busy workday. Now it’s MOTN and I’ve come down with a nasty stomach virus that DS2 so lovingly shared with me over the weekend 🫠. Never not drowning, over here.

So. While I was in a death sleep from the flu, MH got into my phone and tried to text various people to cancel things we had scheduled (cleaning person, etc).

Bless his heart, this man texted all of the wrong random people 🤣. People who I have not communicated with in years, if ever. I got some v confused responses.

I’m still cackling.

[sarenu]

I’m exhausted this morning.

I woke at 2am thinking I overslept for my 7am meeting.

[sarenu]

Also ordered a circle cutter for my Eva foam.

I’m officially down that rabbit hole again.

[sarenu]

Working on my fabric for 2 more costumes.

I am not allowed to order more fabric until I have completed these projects.