The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 31

[UP Disney]

Well, I'm off to dream Disney dreams. Hopefully, I'll have a reservation for December tomorrow afternoon. I hope that I can sleep tonight. My Zune died and I have forgotten to charge it the last couple of days so I haven't had my music to fall asleep to.

 

[tink2020]

Sorry for the bad day! That is rotten on your birthday! I hope that Kyle has something nice planned to spoil you.

How are you feeling these days?

I can't even begin to scratch the surface of that answer right now! Mostly, I feel much better on the lower doses of progesterone. I don't sleep (obviously) which sucks, I'm still sick but onlyfor small periods of time banana: ), I'm losing weight like mad (which is fine for a while, but still frustrating), and I'm exhausted most of the time.

That being said, that's all great compared to the other crap going on! Prayers for this pregnancy are first and foremost in my mind. But I'm also going through some real heck at work, and questioning whether it's time to find a new job. That kills me, because my job was dropped in my lap as it could only have been appointed by God. It was absolutely PERFECT, and still has some really great qualities to it. But it effectively ruins many days, including yesterday.

And to add to that, I see my husband about 90 minutes every day for the last 8 weeks, and about the next 4. I always hate the life of a residency wife, but usually suck it up because it seems to pass so quickly with monthly rotations. But lately, they've all been back to back crap, so last night was the first night in - literally - 16 days that I was going to spend any time with Kyle. Well, after being on night float and being up since 4pm Wednesday, they called him in to clinic yesterday morning with no regards to a) the fact that he was "off" and b) the fact that he had just worked 15 hours. So he stayed up about 28 hours, but couldn't swing it any more by about 7:00 pm. So we had pizza and I ran errands and then played sudoku on my birthday evening that we had been anticipating so long! (To be fair, Amy offered to take me out, but I refused to take her up on the offer.... poor Kyle already was trying to hard to make it "right" ) That all also makes it awfully hard for us to be excited (and, if I may be honest... haha ... it makes him very hard to be supportive when I freak out about things) and is putting a strain, albeit a small one, on the little bit of time we DO see one another.

So, there you have (some of) it! My life effectively has enough little crap going on that I would be (and maybe am) going out of my mind, but I just try and eat a little bit and hope that a heartbeat or two on ultrasound will put it all into perspective in a few days.... and just try to hold it together until then.



I'm QUITE sure you didn't want that kind of answer, but it felt nice to vent!

 

[tink2020]

Anne Marie, what a beautiful family! I loved the NYC pictures even if I'm quite jealous! Again, I'm glad you all had a good time despite your plans being changed last minute!

 

[tink2020]

I hope you all have a wonderful day. I for one am dreading going back into work... especially after being up (as it appears to be, for the day) at 2am. I have a ton of things I need to do this evening before we have people over for the big game tomorrow, but I'm not sure when I'm going to do it. I'm going to dinner at my parents (at 4:30 like early birds, so Kyle can eat before running to work ), then I'm sure to be exhausted with no nap! Grr... and this weekend is so busy to boot. I might not be around much, but I'll try and check in when I can.

Take care!

 

[Tammi67]

Is it something that both kids want? I screwed up one year and got the game of the time that Katrina asked for (don't remember what it was) and Becky has never let me forget it. She didn't want that game, Katrina did. She has never played it and showed no interest in it. Bad mommy!

I had better make sure.

 

[tinknme]

Good Morning

 

[Tammi67]

Do you have a Kmart? I can pick on up here for you

Are they that available up there? They don't last but a few minutes on the shelves here.

 

[Tammi67]

I hope today is a better day for you, Jennifer.

 

[Tammi67]

Great pictures, Anne Marie. The kids look like they were really having a good time.

 

[Tammi67]

Good morning.

Hi Janet.

 

[PNO4TE]

Well, I'm off to dream Disney dreams. Hopefully, I'll have a reservation for December tomorrow afternoon. I hope that I can sleep tonight. My Zune died and I have forgotten to charge it the last couple of days so I haven't had my music to fall asleep to.

I hope that you have good news today, Vicki, and you and Chuck can book something for your December dates. Would make a GREAT birthday present, wouldn't it??

 

[PNO4TE]

I can't even begin to scratch the surface of that answer right now! Mostly, I feel much better on the lower doses of progesterone. I don't sleep (obviously) which sucks, I'm still sick but onlyfor small periods of time banana: ), I'm losing weight like mad (which is fine for a while, but still frustrating), and I'm exhausted most of the time.

That being said, that's all great compared to the other crap going on! Prayers for this pregnancy are first and foremost in my mind. But I'm also going through some real heck at work, and questioning whether it's time to find a new job. That kills me, because my job was dropped in my lap as it could only have been appointed by God. It was absolutely PERFECT, and still has some really great qualities to it. But it effectively ruins many days, including yesterday.

And to add to that, I see my husband about 90 minutes every day for the last 8 weeks, and about the next 4. I always hate the life of a residency wife, but usually suck it up because it seems to pass so quickly with monthly rotations. But lately, they've all been back to back crap, so last night was the first night in - literally - 16 days that I was going to spend any time with Kyle. Well, after being on night float and being up since 4pm Wednesday, they called him in to clinic yesterday morning with no regards to a) the fact that he was "off" and b) the fact that he had just worked 15 hours. So he stayed up about 28 hours, but couldn't swing it any more by about 7:00 pm. So we had pizza and I ran errands and then played sudoku on my birthday evening that we had been anticipating so long! (To be fair, Amy offered to take me out, but I refused to take her up on the offer.... poor Kyle already was trying to hard to make it "right" ) That all also makes it awfully hard for us to be excited (and, if I may be honest... haha ... it makes him very hard to be supportive when I freak out about things) and is putting a strain, albeit a small one, on the little bit of time we DO see one another.

So, there you have (some of) it! My life effectively has enough little crap going on that I would be (and maybe am) going out of my mind, but I just try and eat a little bit and hope that a heartbeat or two on ultrasound will put it all into perspective in a few days.... and just try to hold it together until then.



I'm QUITE sure you didn't want that kind of answer, but it felt nice to vent!

And continuing to do this should help even things out in the short term, Jennifer. Keep screaming and yelling on here, and then spend gentle, quality time with Kyle when he is there until this time passes for you. It WILL pass, I promise!

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

yes ma'am....like I think I've said before you all are better than blood family you are my chosen family!!!

Ditto--i have had a blast with all the DDA members i have met so far!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Morning all-=-headed to work

TGIF!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Who was having breakfast while I was hoping to be at Disney? I don't know when we'll be going yet (or if there'll be room). However, I want to try to make plans around what I know if by some miracle I have choices.

I see Tammi confirmed that we have a 10:30 ADR at Tusker House on 12/14.

thanks Deb whats funny is we are seeing kmart ads on our local stations and we have none here anymore.

They run KMart ads here, too, and they all closed years ago.

I hope you all have a wonderful day. I for one am dreading going back into work... especially after being up (as it appears to be, for the day) at 2am. I have a ton of things I need to do this evening before we have people over for the big game tomorrow, but I'm not sure when I'm going to do it. I'm going to dinner at my parents (at 4:30 like early birds, so Kyle can eat before running to work ), then I'm sure to be exhausted with no nap! Grr... and this weekend is so busy to boot. I might not be around much, but I'll try and check in when I can.

Take care!

Jennifer - You need a birthday do-over. Don't worry about getting ready to have people over. Take a nap. Take a personal day AND a nap. I have never in my life heard of a business that ceased operations because someone called in sick - remember that!
It's kind of like employers "guilting" the nanny into thinking it is HER problem if she is sick because she HAS to take care of the kids. Nope. If they aren't my personal kids I DON'T have to take care of them. My friends and I joke that some of our former employers were the type who would call CPS and say the kids were all alone in the house because the nanny didn't show up. If you aren't at work then somebody else will figure out how to get through the day. They don't have a choice!

Princess and I are going shopping for birthday invitations today. Her theme? Princess! (And she chose that herself!)

 

[mommykds]

I used the 20% off coupon from Gottadeal and it did work for the Playstation 3. I ended up buying the 80 GB bundle which included one game for $399.99 That was $100 savings over everywhere else Thanks for the link Ann Marie. By the time I got home from work tonight Chris had a 3 boys writing letters to Santa asking for a Playstation 3 because there was no way that Mommy would ever buy one

That's awesome!!! Glad you got the coupon!

All this talk about gaming systems. Nicholas has been asking for a Wii. We have a PS2 and I kept telling him no way. Then some coworkers start talking about theirs and it sounds really fun. New and different from PS2, with the interactive games. So now I'm in a quandry. If I get the Wii, it would be for both kids, and that would be it, except for the few things I've already got them.

Anne Marie, what extras did you get with yours? Any additional controllers? Which ones? I'm thinking if I got one, I would get 3 extra controllers so we could all play together.

I got the Wii, Wii play (game with an extra controller), 1 more controller for a total of 3. 2 extra nunchucks (total of 3), & the games. I got Mario strikers (soccer, Nicholas would like that), Carnival (apparently this one got great reviews), HSM2 Sing It for the girls, Lego Star Wars, The Bigs (baseball for Daniel & Dana!), & MySims.

Anne Marie, what a beautiful family! I loved the NYC pictures even if I'm quite jealous! Again, I'm glad you all had a good time despite your plans being changed last minute!

Thank you!!!! Hope things get better soon...take time for you to rest.

Great pictures, Anne Marie. The kids look like they were really having a good time.

Thanks! They did, they love the city. They also love staying at ESPN til almost midnight!

 

[Tammi67]

HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
VICKI

 

[Tammi67]

I got the Wii, Wii play (game with an extra controller), 1 more controller for a total of 3. 2 extra nunchucks (total of 3), & the games. I got Mario strikers (soccer, Nicholas would like that), Carnival (apparently this one got great reviews), HSM2 Sing It for the girls, Lego Star Wars, The Bigs (baseball for Daniel & Dana!), & MySims.

Ok, Anne Marie. Go slow with me. I thought nunchucks were just a different type of controller. What are they? So when you say you got one more controller, it's just the regular type, like the one that came with the system?

ETA: Ok, I see the nunchuck thingy is like a joystick. What games did you get that you would use that for?

 

[Tammi67]

Gotta run. Chat with you all later.