@Wildfire: I'd travel there without complaint. well, I might whine a little, but It would be worth the trip. I think he'll send you that 'everything is fine' text at some point soon. <3 Just gotta let that dust settle with all the changes.
It dawned on me last night that he'll likely be the one going out to the watering holes and breaking the ice so the ranch animals have water. XD Makes me giggle a little that he's dealing with such an opposite weather than what he's used to.

I really hope my kids remain close too. It's hard to say, my daughter has these pre-teen moments of independence where her brother is 'uncool'.

as far as my baby being sick, every kid at this daycare shares germs. Drives me nuts, but there's nothing I can do. I've tried. One kid holds a toy, licks it, drops it, another kid grabs it. OR I'll hand them their own water bottles and I'll turn my back for 5 seconds to do something and the water bottle is in someone else's mouth. OTL so, they all have runny noses. a couple kids have a cough. That second week I took over, all of them got hit with the flu. o.e
My mom likes saying "this is easiest job she's ever done." and that I'm good at it and should keep doing childcare and I'm like "no. nuh-uh." I might be good with kids, but I don't enjoy it.

You totally deserve a lazy day. <3 Watch some tv, make a crock pot meal, just become a couch potato for a bit.

@Koah: lol. I'm sure he'll text when he gets a chance, but I can't help but want that confirmation of his arrival, and more info about the reality of this decision of his, but I'm actually not so worried about him as I am mourning the fact that he's now SO FAR away...

LOL - he chose this and he (kinda) knew what he was getting himself in to (at least in terms of the job itself - just not the weather or the impact it has on the job). I'll send him photos of palm trees and soft sandy beaches when he starts whining about it (which he probably won't because he's just a little too proud to do that). He'd probably love breaking up the ice, tbh - LOL! XD

Oh yeah... those preteen moments are not so fun - the kids are testing their limits, their parents' patience, boundaries, their own independence, and a lot of other things. By the time they hit 14, though, the kids seem to start settling down again, and good, involved, consistent parenting seems to be key (while giving them little bits of freedom to figure things out by themselves)... but there's also only so much you can do at certain points too. *sigh* Watch out for the influences of other people at that stage :3 (/my experience & observations of friends & their kids *shrug*/)

LOL. Your mom seems interesting, but I'm with you - I don't think I could deal with kids like that... and certainly not all the time! It's inevitable that kids share germs at that age for exactly the types of reasons you mention! Still, I applaud your attempts to contain the germs. Unfortunately for us, germs aren't really containable XD

I had a bit of chocolate milk today. lol. XD


@Wildfire: I definitely pay super close attention to my daughter's friends. My son has good.. instincts? Last year, we had a falling out with a neighbor kid. My son didn't like him and my daughter insisted he came over. Same age as my kids. She likes any kid who gives her attention and remembers her name.
The kid tattled on my daughter to me, and then said some mean stuff behind her back to my son. Of course, both my son and I tell my daughter about this kid. Anyway, I used that as a learning point of what to look for when you think someone is your friend.
She was bringing home gossip earlier this year and I explained all that to her too. Rumors and such happen a lot in school.
I'm pretty sure I can find a way to use every circumstance as a learning session for my daughter. XDD lol

I'm totally out of it today. Not enough sleep. :T

It's a whole 25*F outside today. I could walk my dogs with just jeans and a sweater. *o*
O000oooh! Tomorrow is supposed to be 37. -puts my bikini out to do some tanning-

@Purpsy: lol... hmmm... I was going to say it's not cold here but apparently the temps dropped last night to ~40°F (after being in the high 70°s- low 80°s the last few days) and there's some rain coming through today and tonight... or is that 40° drop supposed to happen tonight, after this rainy front comes through? I don't know. It's February in Florida - we get at least 3 seasons each day around this time of year but none of it usually includes "freezing" temperatures... XD

Still, I took my day off and sat on the couch and watched a bunch of anime yesterday. I know what you mean about feeling like a lazy bum, but sometimes it's really necessary to do something like that. I can't speak for you, but I needed it after the crazy week or so that I just went through.

What are your plans for today?

@Wildfire: Lmao, right? And yeah, we've got an easy four meals out of it! I look at the pork chop package last night and it was 3 pounds total--seven chops--and then the ground turkey was four pounds total! And I like turkey but don't usually get it because it's kinda expensive. So that's fun! I have no idea what'll happen with the delivery person, tbh. I'm sure Walmart reimbursed the person who actually ordered the meat in the first place at least, but I'm sure they're annoyed because that'd be another delivery fee/driver tip. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

As for my shoulder, yeah, I have no clue what happened but it's been bothering me for days. I can't lay on it which is annoying because I often sleep on my side. Idk, if it doesn't sort itself out I'll bug my doctor about it I guess.

Not really. Might bake another cake, lmao. That's about it. What about you, what are you up to today?

I am annoyed at my roommate/landlord at the moment though. She expects my rent in cash each month (she doesn't trust online banking so transfers are a no-go even though we use the same freaking bank), and we agreed when I moved in that she'd take me to the bank each month to take out my rent money (it's a couple miles up the road). Well this month she decides "you'll have to arrange your own transportation" and uh no?? That'd be like $25-$30 with uber/lyft just to go take out my rent money, there is no freaking way. I'd walk to the atm nearby but it's been out of order for weeks. There is no way I'm walking all the way to the bank either. So I have no idea what in the world I'm going to do but I'm peeved.

@CooperationIsKey: Wow - that's a delivery for a full family, or somebody doing some meal planning and batch cooking! It definitely worked out in your favor :3

I'm sorry to hear about your shoulder. It's more than a pull or a tweak, huh? Whatever it is, I hope it starts feeling better soon.

LOL - baking a cake sounds like a good thing to do on this overcast and rainy day! I am making bone broth at the moment and may turn it in to soup later - it depends on the actual timing of the broth and what kind of soup I decide I want to mess with. Otherwise, today is a day of putting away all the random stuff that has accumulated around the house over the chaos of the last week+ ... so... cleaning. Or at least organizing and finding the table-tops again. :3

That's kinda sucky for your room-mate/landlord to pull that on you... especially when there are other viable digital options available. Maybe you should go get the cash, but then deduct the cost of the Uber from your rent...??? I don't blame you for being a bit upset at this change of "agreement"

@Purpsy: lol... I feel like I've seen (or am watching with hubby) most of the truly good anime at this point, so I'm just kinda toolin' around. I'm currently watching Tomo-chan is a Girl because apparently today is also a "day off, sit on the couch" day XD

Yeah, I have some family who are still up north and they're complaining about the negative temperatures too (like -20, with wind-chill) XD




@Koah: Yeah, they're starting to get a little more obscure (& I'm watching on Crunchyroll), but I/we have watched most of the good ones already, and hubby and I are currently watching My Hero Academia and Lycoris Recoil together, so I don't want to get ahead of him ...and we're waiting for more episodes of Spy Family. I was tempted to rewatch FairyTail or the 2nd season of Attack on Titan (he got ahead of me with that one, I think). I don't think we've seen Violet Evergarden. Maybe hubby has - he usually watches more TV than I do.

LOL @ your son! <3 That story is reminding me of my youngest at around that age, actually... XD