Mama's Without Kids ~NEW~ 2009 Thread - Page 3

[Scribe]

Jobs. Postdoctoral fellowships, to be exact. He will graduate this spring. Yay Dr. Mark!

No real plans, besides maybe make meatloaf (I've been craving it) and watch movies and bad TV. Things have been so hectic, I could use the down time.

[Scribe]

UG. I had a bad night. Couldn't sleep for hours and then when I did get to sleep all three dogs woke me up sequentially to go out. I'm exhausted.

Bring the coffee!

[BurtsGirl]

You certainly deserve some down time, sister. Hope you enjoy that meatloaf! Yum!

Yesterday from after lunch on was bad for me. I ended up not going to pottery class because I hurt my wrist. I'm hoping this is just PMS but I was (and still a little am) depressed and not sure why. I feel you on the no sleep thing. I didn't get to bed until 1am and then could not get to sleep to save my life. VERY annoying.

[jlutgendorf]

I HATE not sleeping. My sleep schedule is way off, so if I want to get to sleep before 2-3 am I have to take something. Which ususally means I'm groggy in the morning. But I would be groggy anyway if I went to bed at 2 am…blah blah blah.

Sorry to hear the dogs were being butts. It's a good thing they're so cute. How do you like staying alone? I usually love the first day or two and then after that I start to get depressed, mainly because I think I'll do all these things (like clean) while Robert's gone, and then I never do.

Sorry about your wrist Rachel! And missing pottery. PMS sometimes makes me feel gross. I'll usually have a few days of being mood swingy and acting bitchy and then Robert (very gently) asks me if I'm going to get my period soon. and then i realize how crabby I've been and that he's right, I AM going to have my period. Always such fun times.

Not much new here. I woke up with a headache though. trying to be motivated for work.

~Julia

[Scribe]

I actually really like being home alone, the dogs just have a fit for the first day or so.

This time, I am leaving for Oregon before Mark gets back from England, so we're actually going to be apart for like 12 days or something. Which is as long as we've been in apart in years. I'm curious as to how we will handle that.

[BurtsGirl]

WOW. I'm not sure how I would handle being apart from Terri for that long. I think the longest we've ever been apart was for maybe 5 days or so when she flew to Mass for her g-father's wake/funeral.

Julia there are nights when I have to take something also to settle my mind down. Normally its just a Tylenol PM, but I still wake up groggy. Can't win for losing. And LMAO @ Robert gently asking if your going to start your period. .

I'm really trying to focus on work today. I've been so slack all week and I really need to get some video editing done and finish this video for our Integration division. It's that whole lack of self-motivation thing. Once I start working on something though I really get into it and enjoy what I do. Whoa, did I just say that...yes, yes I did. OK. So it's just the getting started part I have issues with.

[Scribe]

I'm working away too. Trying to get everything all in order, since tomorrow is my last day!

[BurtsGirl]

Originally Posted by avengingophelia

since tomorrow is my last day!

I think that warrants:

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:

ETA:
*passing out to everyone

A toast to Grace for new career beginning and opportunities and of course more $$$$$$$$$$$$$

*clink clink*

[jlutgendorf]

Originally Posted by avengingophelia

I'm working away too. Trying to get everything all in order, since tomorrow is my last day!

Awesome! how exciting.

I second the glass clinking!

[BurtsGirl]

Well, it's friday. Can I get a TGIF! I've been in such a funk this week, especially the tail end of the week. I'm hoping it will end with the weekend beginning.

Tomorrow we're going to the b-ball game. I'm going to try to remember to take some pictures. I want to start a scrapbook for the nephew so it would be cool to do a basketball page. The afternoon is up in the air right now. I'd like to drive to the mountains and visit some of my favorite shops and eat at the Flying Frog but not sure if that will happen or not. Sunday we'll be cleaning and doing yard work. We always watch the superbowl even though neither of us are big pro football fans. My sis and nephew are coming over to watch it with us and chow on some wings. So it should be fun. I think I'm rooting for the Steelers this year.

So what you gals got planned?

[jlutgendorf]

I think this week has been weird for everyone. We're going to eat dinner with friends tonight and try to forget all about this week!

I totally forgot about the super bowl. We aren't sports people AT ALL, but normally one of our friends has a party.

My goals are pretty much the same. try to clean the house :. though this weekend we have NO plans other than the comcast guy coming out to fix the cable. I'm going to have to figure out what to do with the dogs as the cable is in our bedroom, and thats where their crates are. They'll bark in their crates, but they'll bug the cable guy if I let them out. Maybe i'll be strong and get up early and take them for a walk.

But yes, my main plan is to clean house and edit lots of photos!

~Julia

ETA: I was also a TOTAL SLACKER and didn't get into work until 10:25. 10:25! What's wrong with me?!

[BurtsGirl]

We had a good weekend. Friday night we (well, I ) decided it would be fun for us to take off for the beach. So we drove down and spent the night and played in Charleston on Sat. It was Rascal's first beach/ocean experience (I'll be posting more about this on my blog today) and I think he enjoyed it. Sun I finally did some major cleaning and it was MUCH overdue. I didn't realize how nasty my house had gotten. Blah! Hoping this is going to be a better week than last. I still haven't started my period but it's coming.

Last week I went to three stores looking for a pocket weekly calendar and a wall calendar and I couldn't find anything! What does one have to do to find a 2009 calendar in 2009? I went to B&N, Hobby Lobby, and Target. Any other suggestions?

[jlutgendorf]

Do you have a borders bookstore? That's crazy you couldn't find any a BN. That beach trip sounds like fun! I'd love to be able to take our girls to the beach one day, I think they'd really like it. I've only been to Charleston once, just for a few hours, but it was beautiful! Reminded me a lot of Savannah.

Our weekend was half good, half yuck. On Sat, slept in, worked around the house, then went to work and Robert did some work stuff and I worked on stock photos. By that time my throat was starting to hurt and I was starting to get stuffy, so I had taken a Mucinex earlier. Turns out I'm sensitive to the cough suppressant and only got three hours of sleep because it made me feel like i was on drugs (complete with mild hallucinations and dilated pupils). Since then I've had a fever and generally feel like crap. I'll probably need to see a dr. I'm worried about having a sinus infection or strep throat (my disease of choice).

I've got to figure out what's making us sick. We normally NEVER get sick, but this is the third time this winter that I've gotten a cold/sinus infection type thing.

~Julia

[BurtsGirl]

I think we have one in the mall. I'll check there during lunch today. Yeah, I was just done after BN didn't have any. They just had the small desk calendars. Blah! Charleston is a lot like Savannah! We've only been to Savannah for a few hours but it was nice. Most of the time we prefer the mountains to the beach but every once in a while I get an itch for the ocean.

Julia, you might want to get to a doctor. A lot of people around me are getting Strep right now. I hosed my nephew and sister off with nuetra air last night because she's in the middle of it. (Not contagious after 24hr on a z-pack though but just in case.) I started taking my Vit C again just as a precaution.

Did Grace leave for OR yet?

[jlutgendorf]

yeah, i think she left this morning or last night. I can't remember.

I'm thinking it's not strep now. mainly because my nose is so stuffy/runny, and that's not normally part of it for me. probably a sinus infection. gah. i hate going to the dr. especially when i don't feel good. they should come to me!

And my health insurance is all weird right now. I switched plans and because I'm going to a plan with more benefits, i have to reapply. . and they just finally got the application packet to me today, so i'm not sure what my coverage is right now.

~Julia

[BurtsGirl]

Blah, I hate dealing with insurance stuff also. It's completely confusing and frustrating. I so wish we would just go to a single payer, government funded health care system like our Canadian neighbors. Hope you get to feeling better, J.

[BurtsGirl]

Julia, you rock! I found $4 calendars at Borders! YAY!!!! Thanks for mentioning them.

I have training to do at work today and I'm not looking forward to it. It's not that it's going to be boring or anything I'd just rather be doing something else. At least I will be getting it over with.

[jlutgendorf]

Sweet! I'm feeling better. no more fever but full of mucus! grossss.... and tired. it's hard to sleep when you can't breath.

I've got to play catch up now. and i'm not motivated at all. we should run away together so we can ignore our jobs today.

~Julia

[BurtsGirl]

Don't tempt me, Julia. I'll come kidnap you. Although I don't know where you work and I have yet another meeting after lunch. Poop. Maybe we could do a planned hooky day, lol.

So glad your feeling better! Are you guys getting excited about the art show next week?

[jlutgendorf]

Yeah, it should be fun. and you've reminded me we need to send out evites to our friends!

man, i'm so stuffed up. i think the sudafed has stopped working.