ikslo Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Dh passed his flu to me and DS. :cursing: So now he's on my $hit list. There hasn't been anyone on my list for a loooooong time. But now there's his name, all alone at the top of the list. I was all feeling sorry for him that he was sick, and then WHAM! :smash: I'm leaving work early today. Because sick. :( 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I think I have a summer cold. {sniff} 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (((Ikslo))) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Aww, ikslo. I'm pretty sure he didn't mean it. {sniff, sniff} 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (((Renai))) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I have to go swimming today. Because spare children. This means that my immediate world gets to be blinded by my white legs. Blech. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I have also been sailing over various dangerous seas and have decided that a mid-life crisis sounds way too uncomfortable to sign up for. So I think I'll skip it. :laugh: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I have to go swimming today. Because spare children. This means that my immediate world gets to be blinded by my white legs. Blech. Are your legs also covered in mosquito bites? (Mine are.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I was reading the mid life crisis thread & I posted once but can't write anymore because it would be, I don't know.. wrong. I love my life. I love homeschooling, even though many days and months it's super hard & I worry that I'm doing things right, but still I love it; I'm sad about it ending but also super excited about the next years. I feel like there are so many fun, great opportunities ahead for all of us. What's funny is that I don't think of myself as an optimistic cheery person. IRL I'm cynical, sarcastic and we do a lot of black humor & I can find the flaw in any plan & point out the worst case scenario. BUT we laugh about it and move on. I hope the midlife misery people are describing is not just lurking ahead to whack me on the head & kick me on the behind with a quick one,two just when I'm least expecting it.... I've made a conscious effort in the last 5-10 years to always know I'm making a choice, that I can always choose something else, and to every day be happy with the choices I'm making, to meditate, to take time to be grateful. I wonder if it's paying off & whether it will continue. I guess we'll see. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Life is just so darn constant. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I was reading the mid life crisis thread & I posted once but can't write anymore because it would be, I don't know.. wrong. I love my life. I love homeschooling, even though many days and months it's super hard & I worry that I'm doing things right, but still I love it; I'm sad about it ending but also super excited about the next years. I feel like there are so many fun, great opportunities ahead for all of us. What's funny is that I don't think of myself as an optimistic cheery person. IRL I'm cynical, sarcastic and we do a lot of black humor & I can find the flaw in any plan & point out the worst case scenario. BUT we laugh about it and move on. I hope the midlife misery people are describing is not just lurking ahead to whack me on the head & kick me on the behind with a quick one,two just when I'm least expecting it.... I've made a conscious effort in the last 5-10 years to always know I'm making a choice, that I can always choose something else, and to every day be happy with the choices I'm making, to meditate, to take time to be grateful. I wonder if it's paying off & whether it will continue. I guess we'll see. :iagree: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I was reading the mid life crisis thread & I posted once but can't write anymore because it would be, I don't know.. wrong. I love my life. I love homeschooling, even though many days and months it's super hard & I worry that I'm doing things right, but still I love it; I'm sad about it ending but also super excited about the next years. I feel like there are so many fun, great opportunities ahead for all of us. What's funny is that I don't think of myself as an optimistic cheery person. IRL I'm cynical, sarcastic and we do a lot of black humor & I can find the flaw in any plan & point out the worst case scenario. BUT we laugh about it and move on. I hope the midlife misery people are describing is not just lurking ahead to whack me on the head & kick me on the behind with a quick one,two just when I'm least expecting it.... I've made a conscious effort in the last 5-10 years to always know I'm making a choice, that I can always choose something else, and to every day be happy with the choices I'm making, to meditate, to take time to be grateful. I wonder if it's paying off & whether it will continue. I guess we'll see. I read through some of that. Definitely dangerous seas. Didn't get to your post yet, but Prairie had some good things to say and got whacked against a rock. Hmm. Mid-life isn't bad. Although I know that circumstances can have a profound effect. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) I consciously chose not to open that thread. A "I refuse to swim in the sea" booyah! Edited July 7, 2016 by Jean in Newcastle 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Aww, ikslo. I'm pretty sure he didn't mean it. {sniff, sniff} You're right, he didn't. I'll amend the list with the scientific name of the bug he gave me. As soon as I know what that is. :lol: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I read through some of that. Definitely dangerous seas. Didn't get to your post yet, but Prairie had some good things to say and got whacked against a rock. Hmm. Mid-life isn't bad. Although I know that circumstances can have a profound effect. Yeah, I just drifted across it. Nothing really resonated with me. I kept thinking "dreams deferred" and "unrealistic expectations" as I went through it, and decided that I just didn't understand enough to post. I just hope that I never go there. Nasty place to be. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 And now I'm depressed just thinking about it. Somebody send me Rocco and something tall and cold to drink! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (((Ikslo))). Ikslo needs the bunny slippers! And a thick comforter, cup of tea, and Rocco. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 And now I'm depressed just thinking about it. Somebody send me Rocco and something tall and cold to drink! (((Ikslo))). Ikslo needs the bunny slippers! And a thick comforter, cup of tea, and Rocco. Sounds like we need a second Rocco. Like his twin brother.... Roderigo. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I consciously chose not to open that thread. A "I refuse to swim in the sea" booyah! Jean is wise! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Ikslo said a bad word! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Am I old enough to be mid-life? I am not a terribly competative or driven person, so my expectations of my life must be fairly low. :D 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Apparently, I am not in a mid-life crisis. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I plan to die in my sixties so I'm old enough for a midlife crisis. What should I do? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Am I old enough to be mid-life? I am not a terribly competative or driven person, so my expectations of my life must be fairly low. :D Not low... Realistic. And I am serious about that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) Ok, so.... I am just irritated with people right now. DS keeps claiming that "Isaiah" at school is having a birthday party today. But I have seen no flyer, no invitation, no text, no e-mail. I don't even know "Isaiah" or his family. DS took my phone # and e-mail address to summer school so "Isaiah" can somehow notify me. So, is this a "thing"? Just word of mouth invitation. Although another kid in his class had a birthday party in June and I got a nice flyer with an address and phone number and time and date. I'm sorry, but I am not taking my child (I don't even know where I'd take him) to some birthday party that I have no information about. And now DS is mad at me. Even if I get a text or e-mail, it's today. I'm supposed to drop everything and go get a present for some kid I don't know and has so few manners he (or his family) can't notify people in a reasonable way? Well, I'm not doing it, even if I get it today, but it's just one more battle with this child. That's what's getting me down, because he is so difficult to parent and here's yet another thing that will cause conflict. I'm praying this kid or his parent doesn't contact me. Yes, it's oldest DS, with the questionable taste in literature. Edited July 7, 2016 by KrissiK 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I plan to die in my sixties so I'm old enough for a midlife crisis. What should I do? I don't know...buy an Instant Pot. Or a coffee table. Personally, I'm happy just hiding behind my tablecloths that are blocking out all the light and not thinking about it. My homeschooling budget just got blasted out of the water. The air conditioner is shot, but we can help it limp through summer until fall when the weather will be nice enough that we can have windows open for cooling. Five thousand bucks... :svengo: So I saved pennies using hair conditioner to shave my legs, lined up beans and rice for the next hundred or so suppers and am busy thinking about purloining science and French from the library for the fall. In which case I'd be set and nothing to buy but Latin for fall. And I think I really ought to take my writing with me, because a cool squillion would come in handy right about now! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 :grouphug: Krissi. That is just such an awkward age. Full of unrealistic expectations and a deep-set belief that parents are there to make the world work according to ill-laid plans. That's another place I wouldn't want to go back to. And I'm fixing to go through it with two boys. Sigh. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 And I'm off to blind the world and fry in the 108 heat index. See y'all. :seeya: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I'm grooving to James Brown. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I have questionable taste. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Update: from post #55,713 (good grief, are we that far already?) So, I just got a phone call from the Mom. She sounded nice enough and acknowledged that we hadn't met, but.... You know, blah, blah, blah. It's kind of a last minute thing. The kid's birthday was in December, so it's just a casual group of boys swimming with pizza. Their house seems to be in a decent part of town. So, I'll take him and tell him he can bring the gift at some other time because I am not going to the store today! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) Ikslo said a bad word! Nope. I typed it. There's a difference in there somewhere, I'm sure of it. Edited July 7, 2016 by ikslo 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 That sounds like a good compromise, Krissi! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) Ok, so.... I am just irritated with people right now. DS keeps claiming that "Isaiah" at school is having a birthday party today. But I have seen no flyer, no invitation, no text, no e-mail. I don't even know "Isaiah" or his family. DS took my phone # and e-mail address to summer school so "Isaiah" can somehow notify me. So, is this a "thing"? Just word of mouth invitation. Although another kid in his class had a birthday party in June and I got a nice flyer with an address and phone number and time and date. I'm sorry, but I am not taking my child (I don't even know where I'd take him) to some birthday party that I have no information about. And now DS is mad at me. Even if I get a text or e-mail, it's today. I'm supposed to drop everything and go get a present for some kid I don't know and has so few manners he (or his family) can't notify people in a reasonable way? Well, I'm not doing it, even if I get it today, but it's just one more battle with this child. That's what's getting me down, because he is so difficult to parent and here's yet another thing that will cause conflict. I'm praying this kid or his parent doesn't contact me. Yes, it's oldest DS, with the questionable taste in literature.:grouphug: ETA: just saw the update. Sounds like a plan. Edited July 7, 2016 by ikslo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I don't know...buy an Instant Pot. Or a coffee table. Personally, I'm happy just hiding behind my tablecloths that are blocking out all the light and not thinking about it. My homeschooling budget just got blasted out of the water. The air conditioner is shot, but we can help it limp through summer until fall when the weather will be nice enough that we can have windows open for cooling. Five thousand bucks... :svengo: So I saved pennies using hair conditioner to shave my legs, lined up beans and rice for the next hundred or so suppers and am busy thinking about purloining science and French from the library for the fall. In which case I'd be set and nothing to buy but Latin for fall. And I think I really ought to take my writing with me, because a cool squillion would come in handy right about now! Ugh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Do you guys remember those plates I used to eat of mozzarella, sliced fruit, dark chocolate, and cashews? I need one of those. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Hi, Ikslo! :seeya: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Hello. I lunched on chicken noodle soup. Now I must work. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Okay. We leave for Connecticut tomorrow. I'm up to my ears in housework, laundry, work-work, and trip planning. But I keep trying to stay caught up. Then I saw the comments about the mid-life crisis thread. So I opened it and got to maybe post 4. Raising children and being a wife is endless and pointless? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) NM Imma go pack. Edited July 7, 2016 by JoJosMom 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Upside to waking up after missing a month of your life and narrowly escaping death: Any day that you can make it from horizontal to vertical is, by definition, a good day. Imma go pack. Did we hear this story? I forget. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Okay. We leave for Connecticut tomorrow. I'm up to my ears in housework, laundry, work-work, and trip planning. But I keep trying to stay caught up. Then I saw the comments about the mid-life crisis thread. So I opened it and got to maybe post 4. Raising children and being a wife is endless and pointless? How's your MIL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I am a firm believer that we can shape our attitudes and our happiness to a good degree. Sort of a "if you are bored, you haven't been looking at life closely" sort of thing. Now I've had down times and burn out and times of frustration but my general approach is to figure out what I can do to make things better or at least tolerable. Thus cleaning to James Brown blasting in the background. I'm also a firm believer in "that's life". Stuff happens. Deal with it. (This attitude comes in handy when you have a chronic illness.) I'm also a firm believer in taking people as they come. Sort of a "People happen. Deal with it." And over all of this is grace - the grace from God to allow us to deal with it. The grace we apply to others. And the grace we apply to ourselves. Sermon over. Imma gonna go "express myself" by folding and putting away some more laundry. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I plan to die in my sixties so I'm old enough for a midlife crisis. What should I do? Have a baby! :-) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Apparently, I am not in a mid-life crisis. I think the mid life crisis thread is a result of the what you love about parenting thread, lol. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Did we hear this story? I forget. I think it's her childbirth story. She keeps alluding to it, but unless it's on one of the pages I skipped :leaving: , she hasn't told us the whole story. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) Update: from post #55,713 (good grief, are we that far already?) So, I just got a phone call from the Mom. She sounded nice enough and acknowledged that we hadn't met, but.... You know, blah, blah, blah. It's kind of a last minute thing. The kid's birthday was in December, so it's just a casual group of boys swimming with pizza. Their house seems to be in a decent part of town. So, I'll take him and tell him he can bring the gift at some other time because I am not going to the store today! Actually, I would assume it was a no gift party given the age of the child and that it's so far removed from actual birthday. With such late notice, I would not feel a gift was expected or desired. Edited July 7, 2016 by Another Lynn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I think it's her childbirth story. She keeps alluding to it, but unless it's on one of the pages I skipped :leaving: , she hasn't told us the whole story. Correct. I pmed her cuz I was nosy. :D 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I think the mid life crisis thread is a result of the what you love about parenting thread, lol. I was actually thinking that. So since I don't "love parenting" I shouldn't miss it that much when it's "over". :D Hurray! There's no mid-life crisis in my future! I'll have to think of another excuse to buy a motorcycle. :001_cool: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I was actually thinking that. So since I don't "love parenting" I shouldn't miss it that much when it's "over". :D Hurray! There's no mid-life crisis in my future! I'll have to think of another excuse to buy a motorcycle. :001_cool:Um... because they're awesome! Not that Jean's son should get one. Not until he's 40. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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