The New Water Cooler
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glad you are feeling peace with your decision to leave your job Ang and best wishes for a prompt new hiring.
It poured and poured this weekend. I can't believe they haven't cancelled today's golf dual.
I think maybe Zach wants to repeat his Sophomore year since he is nearly failing two of his classes. ARRRRGGGHHHH.... does anyone want a really great but OMG rip my hair out because I obviously can't parent him the way he needs 16 year old boy?0 -
Hi Ang! Too funny you introduced yourself again. We'll always remember you! Sorry your job didn't work out but it sure sounded like a toxic workplace. Good luck finding another one. I hope the next job is great! When is the marathon?
Our MN weather has been bad for the last two weeks. We've had occasional sun but typically it is raining and gloomy out. Today snow flakes fell for awhile. It's a damp cold that penetrates the bones. The gray and wet weather makes me tired.
Two weeks and Rory graduates from college! Yay! We will go up for graduation on the 12th and spend the weekend.
Well relaxing after a long, wet day.
Jenny
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CONGRATS to Rory! WOOOOOO. Does he have some ideas for what he is looking for next?0
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Marla, Rory has a lead on a short term job doing research with one of his professors at UND. He applied so we'll see if he gets it. The job goes through August so he would stay in Grand Forks through the summer. At the same time he is suppose to continue to look for the next job. He doesn't want to go to grad school yet because he is so tired of school. I don't know what kind of environmental science jobs are out there right now so we'll see.
Paperwork day at work and I managed to accomplish some things. Still more to go but hopefully some light at the end of the tunnel. June 23rd can't come fast enough then a 3 week break.
Well it's bed time. I have a very long day tomorrow with 5 appointments and one late in the day so won't be home until around 6 or so.
Night!
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golf was terrible for Zach again yesterday - triple digit round - he says he asked to stay at school Friday (which he needs to do because he is do behind on work - but I think he may be done on Varsity which also stinks b/c next week is JV's two round week - so bleh - either way - too much school missing!!0
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Marathon is Sept 16. No matter what I need to run. Monday I got home late. I was hungry. It was cold. It was raining. I still went. Last night it was warmer but pouring rain. I still went. Even when I heard thunder. (It was only once). I was soaked to the skin in 5 minutes! I was out for 40 as I'm really slow and had to do 5k.
I've got my resume into a few places. At one firm I have a friend that told them to look for my resume. Cross my fingers for that one. I may be leaving but that doesn't slow things down! Worked to 6:00 on Monday and 6:30 tonight. Hope I can get off on time tomorrow! I have 2 days left to buy myself a new dress for my friends wedding and Fridays are a no go with JOY Club in the evening.
I should probably go to bed but I'm not tired. I should also clean my kitchen but don't want to. I want ice cream! Random I know.
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Go Ang go!
Last night was niece's Senior Honors Night - such an amazing young lady. So proud of her. This weekend is her last dance recital.
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We are busy ladies but manage to get things done!
WTG Ang on your dedication to training even in the rain. Good luck with the job search. I hope it works out for the best and you find something that is a good fit. I'm looking for a dress to wear to my nieces wedding in June. I hate clothes shopping so I'm ordering on line, trying on at home and returning if it isn't the dress. I just can't deal with stores and going from place to place. No time.
Marla sorry to hear Zach didn't do well in golf. Is he stressed about missing classes and falling behind? Maybe his mind isn't totally on golf when he is playing. Congratulations to your niece! It will all work out for Zach. Some times it just has to play out and things take a turn.
This morning I was in a different world and arrived at my 7:30 appointment at 7am. I was mortified that I was so early and the mom thought she screwed up the time. I said "no", it's me. I offered to leave to get my coffee while she woke the girls up but she invited me in and made me coffee. We had some laughs about it but I was still mortified. Am I losing my mind? Some days I think so.
Rory got the job with his professor so will stay in Grand Forks through August doing research for her study. It pays a little better than the liquor store and is full time so at least he will make money to pad his bank account a little bit. He has one final next week and is done! He presented his Capstone project today and said it went well. Last one out of college, woo hoo! He'll have to figure out grad school when he's ready.
Time to relax,
Jenny
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Beautiful day today! Appointments with kids done outside since it was so warm, mid 70's. Gin and tonics after dinner watching the neighborhood from the driveway. We are going to a large flea market tomorrow morning and working on the camper the rest of the weekend.
Enjoy your weekend!
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What a tremendous accomplishment for Rory and you!
I feel at this moment so bleak and dark that he is not going to get there - oh he'll graduate high school - they always push them through - but with what sort of GPA? Gack, my anxiety. Today I have the scan the Urologist ordered, not until 1 and I have to fast and then drink a bunch of water. Bleh. But the appointment isn't until May 22. Sigh. Caleb is done with school on the 19th and Zach goes until at least the 26th because of the school moving changed the calendar - and then next year they don't start until September and go until June before of more school construction issues. Smeh. Of course at this moment I am just FREAKING about grades, and what will I have Caleb do this summer, he has a couple of camps but not much else yet I have been so absorbed with my issues and Zach.0 -
Marla, are there any community park programs that Caleb would enjoy? Swimming lessons? Play dates with friends? Keep him active and outside. Would he go to your parents' farm and help out for a week or so? I hope Zach's grades are ok. Why do you think they won't be? Have you heard from his teachers? Your medical stuff is sure drawn out. One would think they could make the appointments closer so you get answers and treatment.
We leave Friday morning to go to Grand Forks. Jeff is driving up with us. Rory got the job with his professor so he will be helping with research through August. He sounds happy about that and glad to have a "real" job in his field to put on a resume and have a reference from the prof.
Beautiful weather here. The flea market was fun and we worked on stocking the camper on Sunday. I washed kitchen stuff and put in cabinets. I need some storage options but haven't decided how I'm going to use the space efficiently yet.
Busy week. Play at theater on Wednesday eve, hair color and cut on Thursday and Rory's graduation on Saturday. I need to clean out the car, get the dogs to the kennel, and pack too.
Rory will be home for a week on 5/15 and start his job on the 22nd. Russ' truck is ready to sell so we can get a replacement car and get truck from Rory to pull the camper.
I hope you can relax and have some good outcomes with grades.
Jenny
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Congrats to Rory on working with his professor this summer - that is an honor and very cool.
Zach lied to me about doing his late speech yesterday and then got an email this morning from his teacher that is was not done - and he is gone today - FURIOUS. I know he is overwhelmed and panicking - and so am I. I hope I am calmed down by the time he gets home tonight. I guess we'll be finding out how summer school works. Though I also hate that idea b/c being around the true hard cases for an extended period of time is not a thought I relish either.
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I'm sorry you have so many worries, Marla. I can't say enough how hard the teen years are for parents. They are also hard for the teen. Hang in there!
I went to boot camp class today. My knee is hurting but I made it through workout. I received my dresses in the mail and tried them on. I found 2 that I like and need to decide which one to keep.
Long day tomorrow with 4 appointments and a play tomorrow eve. I will be tired!
Well hang in there Marla. School year is almost over.
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don't know if I put it in here, but Zach got bumped back to JV golf since he hasn't been doing well - his dad went bananas yelling around the house that since Zach acted like he didn't care he was 'done' with it - I got into with him at that point. Just because he doesn't 'act' upset doesn't mean he's not. Just because he isn't stomping and screaming (like you) doesn't mean he isn't having feelings - which he tends to bottle up - and I once again told him just because you are frustrated (what a laugh - he barely is involved) you don't get to be 'done' -
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hope you are making through your long appointment day Jenny
doing more reading on OAB and meds and such - one of things that I read was about how constipation will exacerbate OAB, but all the meds their first side effect is what? Constipation. To combat the constipation? Drink more. Ummmm... I have overactive bladder, do you know how much I don't want to put more in there? Exercise. Ummmm... urgency, frequency not good friends to exercise. Many of the foods that are beneficial to regularity are not 'bladder' friendly. Good grief. Oh and of course stress. Hello. I have teenagers.
Good.grief.
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I made it through yesterday and managed to get a lot done in between appointments at McDonalds. It's a great place to have coffee and set up my computer. This guy comes by and checks on my coffee and warms it up if I need it. They don't mind if you take a table for a few hours.
We went out to dinner and to the play. The restaurant was very small, traffic getting there was heavy, food was good but I'm so sick of city congestion. The play was intense but well done. Luckily I got home by 10pm. We had trainings all day today which meant lots of sitting. I went and got my hair colored and cut, came home and cleaned and vacuumed the car, need to finish packing and will take dogs to kennel at 8am in morning. When Jeff gets here at 8:45am, we will leave for Grand Forks. We are stopping in Pelican Rapids, MN to eat lunch at my brother and sister in-laws cafe.
Well I need to get a bite to eat, shower, finish packing and go to bed. I'm so excited Rory is graduating and will be home Monday for a week!
Marla- sorry to hear Zach got put back to JV. Why is Bernie screaming at him about it? Zach knows why he is on JV and will deal with it in his own way. Dads and their sons...
Have a great weekend. I may not have time to check in but will if time.
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We are back. Rory is a graduate! We had a nice weekend but lots of sitting for ceremony, car trip and restaurants. Time to increase my activity and watch what I eat.
Rory will be home tomorrow eve and stay for the week. He seems less stressed now that he's done. His job starts next Monday and goes through August. If they get more funding for the research and he does a good job (and doesn't have another one) he could stay on longer.
Marla, how was your weekend?
Happy Mother's Day!!!
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enjoy your time with Rory!! Such a tremendous accomplishment.
niece's graduation countdown is on. I made about 12 dozen oreo balls this weekend. Will also be making a triple batch of oreo fluff (bleh) - but they like it. Easy enough. Sister is getting all crazy eyed -0 -
You must be so proud of your niece. What are her plans next year?
Rory got home late this afternoon. Tomorrow we are all going to a nice steak house to celebrate his graduation with a nicer meal and time together. Grand Forks was pizza and bar food in noisy environments.
Someone is meeting Russ to look at his truck he is selling. Fingers crossed he buys it so we can take the cash and get something for Rory to drive and get our big truck back to tow camper.
Rory needs clothes for the wedding in June so I need to take him shopping before he heads back to Grand Forks this weekend. Always so much to do.
Well I am going to search used cars to see what's in our area for sale.
Have a nice night.
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she's a special young lady - top 10 percent all four years, finalist for NSAA Believers and Achievers - going to Nebraska Wesleyan for psychology with her current ultimate plan medical school and psychiatry.
did you get your truck sold?
finally only a week (little less) until my next urology appt - still feeling defeated - all the medications they have had me try have had very little effect and pretty nasty side effects - I stopped taking this weekend because my stomach hurt so bad from being 'backed' up - still taking some supplements, but not feeling on the mend... worrying about Zach constantly, trying to figure out what to do with Caleb for the summer and how to manage it, worrying about Zach some more, worrying about me... you get the drift.
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today is Caleb's last day as a 7th grader. At least in kid I am certain of him progression.
Him and his buddies are going out to lunch today - praying they don't do something stupid and then one of the well off families is having their crazy end of the year party - with multiple bounce houses and I can't even imagine how much they outlay for it - he's a big time dairy producer -
still freaking about Zach - status quo
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It looks like my last post didn't work. I was so exhausted on Friday that I must have never clicked post. What a crazy and stressful week last week. I hope this next one is better.
Congratulations to Caleb! 8th grade! They grow so fast! Always amazes me...
Time with Rory was nice. We sold the truck and bought a used Jeep Cherokee. Rory drove it back to UND today and we have the big truck we will use to pull the camper. Now to get it cleaned, new tires, and put a sway hitch on it to balance all when we pull the camper. This rain is not helping outdoor and camper prep. This past week I spent wet going from one house to the next. Today I went to my bootcamp class, came home, showered, and have been under a blanket reading.
Rory is excited to start his job tomorrow. This week is training on data collection and the tools they will be using for their research. We will see him again on 6/7 when he comes down to travel to the Seattle wedding. The wedding plans were disrupted this week when our rental in Seattle was canceled on us by the owner. I freaked out. It is also graduation weekend for University of Washington so we booked in December to keep price down and get accommodations. Most hotels are booked, no reasonable rentals to be found. Jeff searched and found a one bedroom suite at a Holiday Inn Express about 20 minutes away from the wedding venue. All 4 of us will be quite cozy with two queen beds and a sleeper, one bathroom. $1600.00 for the weekend! The room is over $400 per night. Crazy but that is the best we could find without going to seedy areas. I'm disappointed. The owner of rental said there is a leak behind a wall and she has to tear down walls, find it, and repair. She refunded our whole amount and we had only paid half so far. I've always had good luck with these rentals but now I will hesitate in the future. This has been a huge inconvenience. The rental was cheaper by a few hundred dollars, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, kitchen, livingroom...
Well I've rambled on. I hope your weekend was a good one Marla. Your boys' summer has begun!
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it rained and rained and rained and rained here too.
Caitlin's party was lovely - they worked their fannies off for days and I tried to do whatever I could Saturday to make sure they could just 'host' - making coffee, refilling food, serving drinks, whatever. Busy day. She probably had 200 or so. Sunday was commencement. She's done! What a girl!
Appointment today - I don't hold out much hope - but we'll see.
Zach is on last five days. He's killing me.
Yay for Rory!
When do you go camping/rving for the first time?
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Our first camping trip is July 10th, locally to learn how to use the camper. I wanted to go somewhere end of June when I'm off but Russ said he couldn't take days. I'm going to search and see if I can find a campground with openings so we can fit another trip in not too far from here. Maybe he will agree if it is a weekend.
Glad graduation went well. Nice of you to work the food, kitchen, etc.
What are boys' plans for summer?
I have knitting group tonight for first time since December. One of our members had a kidney and liver transplant and was hospitalized most of the winter. We never met.
Happy sunny day with blue skies!
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so this guy ordered another test a cystoscopy - sounds fun - can't get in until the end of June - and a long term antibiotic - no more OAB medications for now since I have tried several and not had good results. I want to be hopeful.
Caleb has several camps and a big trip. He is going on his middle school DC trip starting June 4 for the week. Bernie will go along as well. Zach did it the summer before 8th grade year as well. Hope he enjoys it as much as Zach did. Caleb also has his honors camp and Camp Luther. He wants to detassel - but I don't think he can since it will likely start right when he needs to go camp(s). He said he was going to umpire but I am pretty sure games have started, so I think he got missed for that. I also want to get him going to Jr Golf he has to get serious about his game if he going to play and weights. He will miss the schools football camp because of a different so that's too bad and hopefully other things to keep him active. Oh and a friends mom has us going in with them at the water park so I hope they can do that several - he loves that place (and I don't have to go too much).
My nearly sole focus for Zach right now is passing Chem and English. He didn't apply the camp he wanted to do since last year. I did register him for the June ACT - I'm sure he'll gripe. He agreed to do the skit for VBS which surprised me and I plan on getting appointments with Sylvan for study skills and such which will really p' him off. He should work, but we haven't done any applications because studying has been most important0 -
Marla- sounds like you have lots of plans and things to put in place for the boys. Good luck! Anything fun for you this summer? Vacation time?
Tonight I went to Cardio Drumming Class for the first time in awhile. It was a work out! I sweated tons and felt it in every muscle of my body. My Garmin shows almost 10,000 steps and almost 5 miles today. That's a record for me since I put it on. It's been a bad knee month with lots of Ibuprofen. Saturday I will go to my boot camp and then weed my yard, plant flowers, etc. all weekend. Work outside weekend. We've had so much rain that nothing has gotten done and it's all over grown. We will try to go to the Farmer's Market in St. Paul on Sunday morning. We were invited to a BBQ on Monday but Russ doesn't want to go. I don't care either way. I have all next week off, yay!
The owner of our Seattle rental emailed me two days ago. She offered the rental back at a discount because they didn't find a leak after opening up the ceiling in kitchen. The plumbers and inspector think the tub in upstairs bath over flowed at some point and soaked the sheet rock in kitchen. She's leaving the sheet rock open for awhile to dry it out completely. We accepted the offer and rebooked for a very good price! All's well that ends well.
Early appointment tomorrow morning so I'm ready to shower and climb into bed. Very tired after drumming.
Happy Thursday tomorrow. Almost the weekend!
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today's the last day at CHS and I am still unsure of how things are going to shake out.
I am just wiped.
That's good your rental situation worked back out. Whew, huh.
No plans for the weekend, I need to do something with Caleb I'm sure but I'm just whipped - really fighting a big 'valley' of my own from all the drama with Zach. And now I have to start implementing his consequences which just the thought of fighting all that makes me wanna cry.
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So glad this past week is over. I'm looking forward to taking it easy this week and getting ready for the wedding trip. Today I went to Walgreens and bought some make up, ibuprofen, heating pad, and travel size toiletries. We are going to only take carry on bags.
I found some sandals to wear with my dress for the wedding that are dressy but comfortable for the evening. That week will be so busy before we leave with something every evening so I'm going to have everything done for errands and dogs being ready for sitter before end of next weekend.
I went to my bootcamp class this morning. It was a good workout. I drip sweat when I work out. It will be less humid tomorrow so my weeding begins then. I also have to do some cleaning inside the house. This dog hair is endless.
Well it sounds like Zach did not get the grades he should have. What are his consequences going to be? Good luck!
Have a nice weekend!
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Low key Memorial Weekend. My knees hurt so bad I never got my weeding done in the yard and then it rained off and on. Today is cool and overcast too. I've made a list and am beginning to work on it. Guys' blazers go to cleaners today and I will wash their shirts and pants for the wedding. I should check and see what my dress needs for care. Get the new smell off of it. I need to wrap a baby gift and preschooler gift to put in my suitcase (books).
Marla-how was your weekend? Did you do anything fun? We didn't other than try a Cajun restaurant that was interesting.
Watching CBS news this morning. How does Trump's son-in-law warrant a high position in the Whitehouse with no political experience? Well I guess most of the appointees don't have experience so I shouldn't question that. (Tangent)
This morning I'm starting to drink an 8oz. glass of Kefir with 12 different probiotics in it. Hoping it will help with my digestion and overall feeling better.
I need to get to the gym today and sign up for bootcamp class this week. Lots of errands to to and possibly weed the front garden if it doesn't rain. Suppose to be sunny as week goes forward so may save outdoor work for Thursday or Friday.
Have a nice day!
Jenny0
