Postby Kathryn-in-Canada » Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:23 am
Good morning SHEville!
I'm up. Not exactly at it.
Didn't post yesterday, there wasn't really time.
Dh was up at 4 a.m. for a conference call. I went back to sleep and got up at 6.
I needed to be out of the apartment by 7:45 and ds emailed at 7:07 asking to spend the day sleeping at our place. I granted permission, warning ds he couldn't start the washer until after 8 because his dad was on the conference call in the kitchen (our office shares a wall with our neighbour's bedroom so he doesn't do conference calls in it during regular sleeping hours.) And I said I wouldn't see him. I didn't. Dh had a nice visit though.
Dd called just after the email exchange. She was warning me that dsil was sick from a cold that he thought he got from dgs and while dgs was well enough to go to playgroup, I didn't have to come if I didn't want to expose myself. I hemmed and hawed for a bit since I can't afford the time to be sick but really, really, wanted to go and won't be able to go again for many weeks so said I'd come.
Got off on time and took 2.5 times as long to get to the highway but once there, the highway was free flowing so I was about 10 minutes early to dd's. Dgs showed me that he knows how to buckle his car seat. He isn't strong enough to do it but he knows which pieces go where! This could be helpful in the future since, while I know the car seat, I don't know the stroller or the high chair straps!
Playgroup was lots of fun but exhausting. I was learning the ropes so I can take him on my own and dd will then take the car and run errands. Plus she can take out big toys from the toy library if we have the car. Dgs nursed twice while we were there so it will be interesting to see how he'll do without being able to shut down to nurse (I think it was being overwhelmed, not thirst.) There is a quiet room off the main room and I can take him in there for a snuggle if that's what he needs. The time is organized, 1 hour of free time and cleanup, snack (about 15 minutes), transition back to free time followed by full cleanup (30 minutes) and then circle time (15 minutes.)
He didn't want to do circle time but I gave him his shoe to play with while singing to him and doing some of the actions and he was engaged even though he wasn't doing the actions himself (he is often engaged without appearing to be engaged, but then again, I'm used to that because ds was the same way - I think by focusing on one simple task, he can tune out all other distractions except the singing, I'm guessing that's how fidget spinners work for older kids.) We went for a long walk after so he could nap in the stroller and then went grocery shopping because he woke up on the drive home. That was useful since I needed heavy stuff like soda water.
I dropped her at home and phoned dh to leave the shopping cart for me in our parking spot so I could bring up all I had bought.
I put those things away and then had my lunch. I decided a nap was in order and dh joined me. Then I s2s for my appointment for the Holter monitor and dressed for the evening. Thankfully I took an extra top because the one I had chosen didn't have a high enough neck and 2 leads were showing.
We had a lovely dinner out, hit the bank to get cash for today and as I put it away I realized I had failed to transfer the cash I had got in the morning last night's tickets from my jeans to my purse so I was relieved to have needed to get cash for tonight. It would have been embarrassing to arrive without enough money! (note to self, go get that cash right now!)
The concert was excellent and fun (for me). The singer is an amazing song writer and I love her lyrics and her voice. Her guitar player is a friend, really scary and tough looking but hunted me down to give me a hug before the concert started. One of the songs was announced 'for Kathryn' because it was about refugees! Thankfully I sat with our tenor friend because dh (who was working the door) didn't join me once it started. It turned out our car had been hit in the parking lot and dh was too upset about that to enjoy the evening.
The damage isn't bad, the car is fully driveable and I do not notice any shaking or increased road noise. It was a truck that hit us on the side above the rear tire and the bumper was high enough that it only hit the one panel, even missing the rear door. Ours is a small car so to hit the only place on the side where damage would be so inconsequential is a miracle. But still, the car was pristine before that and dh is very upset.
It was hit by a fellow member of our church so that adds to the conflict. Because we are a one car family and because we can't afford to be without a car now do to prep for the refugees, we'll have to run it through our insurance because we'll need a rental while the car is being worked on. And since paint is broken, that will have to be in the next few weeks before snow comes (and they start salted the roads.) Of course, if we claim it, then 1) our insurance will likely rise in the future (one of our discounts is 'no claims') and 2) the value of the car will decrease since the repair will be listed on its registration so any future buyer will see it has been repaired (but not know the circumstances of the accident.) We have the insurance information of the man who hit us.
(In my head, I'm going through scenarios where I make the man who hit us move all the items from the church to the apartment for me as a consequence for his taking our car out of commission. You can see how I think like a Mom in all things!)
We got home at 10:30 but I wasn't to bed until 11:30 because I needed to come down off the highs of the day. I didn't get to sleep until almost 2 because the smell of the adhesive on the leads irritates me. Finally I pulled the blanket right up to my neck to trap the off-gassing away from my head and fell asleep. Woke up at 5, dozed until 6:15 and then gave up for the night. I can't use the microwave, electric tooth brush or electric blanket (so I think my heating pad must be out as well.) That means I have to get dh to heat up bean bags for me and in the middle of the night I didn't want to wake him up to do so after the one he did before bed cooled down. I'm sure the extra aching was part of my trouble getting to sleep.
We need to leave here, on foot we think, in 30 minutes. We are walking to the luncheon to 1) get steps in, it is almost 2 miles away), 2) deliberately trigger my heart issues so they'll be captures on the monitor and 3) if we are walking we won't be able to buy anything large at the silent auction!
I still have to s2s so will fly now. Won't be back online until the late afternoon.