Case of The Mondays (randoms)

stellarsoundz

I know it's early, but I'm stuck on awake and it is Monday at this point, so here we go.

My random:

My upstairs neighbor was kind enough to wake me up at 1 am with wall shaking volumes of various terrible music, again. I have as of yet not managed to get back to sleep. I had a heck of a time getting to sleep to begin with. (Restless leg, please go away!!!)

About ten minutes ago, I gave in to my sweet tooth and used my noisy little food processor to make a milkshake using Ben and Jerry's cinnamon buns and vanilla almond milk. I'm pretty sure it woke him up.

Also, it is super delicious.

Biscotto

Good morning! It's 9am here. Where are you stellar? I started maternity leave last week...2 months early. My big plans today involve reogranizing the cabinets. Time to take care of these household things before baby's here. Your milkshake sounds amazing.

DragonflyDreaming

@stellarsoundz‌ That sounds so yum!!

I've been trying to convince myself all morning not to make all of this ...



(I will probably lose my battle and at least open the Reece's peanut butter chips ... mmmm, peanut butter!)

stellarsoundz

Biscotto said:

Good morning! It's 9am here. Where are you stellar?

I started maternity leave last week...2 months early. My big plans today involve reogranizing the cabinets. Time to take care of these household things before baby's here.

Your milkshake sounds amazing.

Good morning! I'm in western Massachusetts... It just hit 3am here.

My milkshake was indeed amazing. I finished it all too quickly, lol.

Good luck on your day! It always makes me feel better when I feel extra productive, I hope it does for you too!

Biscotto

DragonflyDreaming said:

@stellarsoundz‌ That sounds so yum!! I've been trying to convince myself all morning not to make all of this ... (I will probably lose my battle and at least open the Reece's peanut butter chips ... mmmm, peanut butter!)

How was your Europe trip? I've been MIA since we were in Naples for awhile. And that drawer of goodies looks delicious.

stellarsoundz

DragonflyDreaming said:

@stellarsoundz‌ That sounds so yum!!

I've been trying to convince myself all morning not to make all of this ...



(I will probably lose my battle and at least open the Reece's peanut butter chips ... mmmm, peanut butter!)

Maybe not all of it, but baking sounds like a great Monday...

I say go for it!

DragonflyDreaming

@Biscotto‌ It was really great, but glad to be back. A bit cold for me, thoigh, haha! So much to do, now. How was your holidays?

@stellarsoundz‌ I actually took this pic this morning to ask hubby which he wanted ... then decided I felt like chocolaty brownies! So that's the leading contender at the moment!

stellarsoundz

Update: I definitely woke him up. He's stomping around upstairs all cranky.

I love the smell of milkshake in the morning. Smells like... Passive aggressive victory. (Tastes like heaven)

Biscotto

DragonflyDreaming said:

@Biscotto‌ It was really great, but glad to be back. A bit cold for me, thoigh, haha! So much to do, now. How was your holidays? @stellarsoundz‌ I actually took this pic this morning to ask hubby which he wanted ... then decided I felt like chocolaty brownies! So that's the leading contender at the moment!

Europe's been freezing! Did you eat lots of delicious food? My holidays were good, we were in Naples visiting FI's family, so lots of food. Too much food. And it snowed for the first time in 30 years in Southern Italy so that was fun.

Biscotto

stellarsoundz said:

Update: I definitely woke him up. He's stomping around upstairs all cranky. I love the smell of milkshake in the morning. Smells like... Passive aggressive victory. (Tastes like heaven)

Bravo! What time is it there?

DragonflyDreaming

stellarsoundz said:

Update: I definitely woke him up. He's stomping around upstairs all cranky.

I love the smell of milkshake in the morning. Smells like... Passive aggressive victory. (Tastes like heaven)

Haha!! Yay, to you! If you get the hankering, make another.

@Biscotto‌ oh my goodness ... the food was amazing!! Like, seriously incredible. (in Europe, not in Turkey!). South Italy with snow sounds beautiful. (but it's always tough to those not used to cold weather )

stellarsoundz

Biscotto said:

stellarsoundz said:

Update: I definitely woke him up. He's stomping around upstairs all cranky.

I love the smell of milkshake in the morning. Smells like... Passive aggressive victory. (Tastes like heaven)

Bravo! What time is it there?

3:30am now.

@DragonflyDreaming‌
I just might. Maybe I'll wait an hour though...

I know, I'm terrible, but he is seriously the worst neighbor I've ever had. And just this once, it feels lovely to be just a tiny bit bitchy back.

finallyourturn2

Ugh! Heartburn and having to pee woke me up at 11:45, and heartburn, snoring dog and insomnia are keeping me up. Pepcid is only lasting 12 hours now, so I totally need something prescription strength. To make matters worse I have to go back to work this morning after a three week Christmas break. It is going to be a long day!

stellarsoundz

finallyourturn2 said:

Ugh! Heartburn and having to pee woke me up at 11:45, and heartburn, snoring dog and insomnia are keeping me up. Pepcid is only lasting 12 hours now, so I totally need something prescription strength. To make matters worse I have to go back to work this morning after a three week Christmas break. It is going to be a long day!

Ick. That sounds dreadful. *hugs*

stellarsoundz

@luckystarz‌ the nap dilemma. Yup. A regular struggle in my home as well.

GL with your van seeking endeavors!


And yeah, unfortunately he has an identical floor plan, bedroom over ours, everything lined up. But his entertainment system is in his living room, and I was sleeping in my bedroom where I sleep with a TV on. And his music was still loud enough to yank me from a sound sleep. And he does this all the time.

He is like 50ish and lives alone, and proudly refuses to take his meds for his bipolar, so all of us in the four unit building get the joy of his cyclic super highs and lows.

He's also a total creeper, always comes outside to try and talk over the balcony whenever I leave the apartment... Without fail, no matter when I leave. And often comes and knocks on our door for random things.

Example: (when I was still delivering the newspaper) "could you guys be quieter when you get ready for work at like 3am? I just got a cat and it stresses him out when you make noise at night."

Example B: (when the 22 year old "just a roommate in this one bedroom apartment and totally not a girlfriend" and he got in a fight) can I use your cell phone? My roommate took off with my car and my phone is in it and I can't reach her without a phone."

That one happened 3 separate times, and was preceded each time by hours of screaming so loud we could understand every word.

TL;DR: he is seriously awful.

stellarsoundz

luckystarz said:

stellarsoundz said:

@luckystarz‌ the nap dilemma. Yup. A regular struggle in my home as well.

GL with your van seeking endeavors!


And yeah, unfortunately he has an identical floor plan, bedroom over ours, everything lined up. But his entertainment system is in his living room, and I was sleeping in my bedroom where I sleep with a TV on. And his music was still loud enough to yank me from a sound sleep. And he does this all the time.

He is like 50ish and lives alone, and proudly refuses to take his meds for his bipolar, so all of us in the four unit building get the joy of his cyclic super highs and lows.

He's also a total creeper, always comes outside to try and talk over the balcony whenever I leave the apartment... Without fail, no matter when I leave. And often comes and knocks on our door for random things.

Example: (when I was still delivering the newspaper) "could you guys be quieter when you get ready for work at like 3am? I just got a cat and it stresses him out when you make noise at night.

Example B: (when the 22 year old "just a roommate in this one bedroom apartment and totally not a girlfriend" and he got in a fight) can I use your cell phone? My roommate took off with my car and my phone is in it and I can't reach her without a phone.

That one happened 3 seperate times, and was preceded each time by hours of screaming so loud we could understand every word.

TL;DR: he is seriously awful.

Can you report him to the office? Here they 3 warnings and then can be evicted.

It's not a big enough complex for an office... Just a four unit building, and the landlord is generally useless. We just deal with it. We will need to move soon anyway, since it's only a one bedroom place, so we won't have to put up with him much longer. We would have moved already but we need to see where DH will be best employed so we don't have to do it twice.

That said, if he comes out to call me "hey preggers" and ask to see my belly one more time when I'm trying to leave for work, I may just kill him. So.

janda426

That is seriously creepy. I'd be trying to move ASAP. Comments about your belly? Gross!

I also need that milkshake now.

I just got up to pee but I'm so anxious for our ultrasound in 3 hours I can't get back to sleep. We are checking on his CP cysts and growth since my belly was measuring small last appt. I'm so anxious, I just wanna see a little fat boy in there with no cysts!! He's currently kicking up a storm in my belly.

stellarsoundz

janda426 said:

That is seriously creepy. I'd be trying to move ASAP. Comments about your belly? Gross!

I also need that milkshake now.

I just got up to pee but I'm so anxious for our ultrasound in 3 hours I can't get back to sleep. We are checking on his CP cysts and growth since my belly was measuring small last appt. I'm so anxious, I just wanna see a little fat boy in there with no cysts!! He's currently kicking up a storm in my belly.

Yeah, he's truly awful. Gross is a good word for it.

Seriously though, that milkshake combo is the best I've had so far. At least this morning isn't a total bust!

FX for your ultrasound! Update us when you know, please!

@luckystarz‌ I'm rooting for you! I'm still up, obviously, 4.5 hours after being woken from my whole hour of sleep... So I am hoping you have better luck!

DragonflyDreaming

@janda426‌ I hope that all goes well with the ultrasound! (And that you get some sleep before then)

@stellarsoundz‌ So glad that you are moving soon. I feel bad for your current and all future neighbors that have to deal with that guy. Do you have an estimated time you'll be moving? And does your DH just sleep through all of this?

sathena

Back at work again. I really despise waking up at 4 AM to be at work. You guys really don't make me miss being in an apartment. We had a neighbor who loved to bring us in on her fight with her parents (being that she was at least in her 40s and her parents were deaf).

Anyways, Good news! I have finally been able to schedule all of my OB appointments for the rest of my pregnancy. So glad to have finally gotten that out of the way. Also, hospital pre-registration & tour is scheduled. Productive weekend, time for a nap.

Have a great Monday ladies!

meowkitten

@stellarsoundz‌ That guy sounds awful. I'm so glad we have good neighbors at our apartment, I don't know what we will do if they ever move! I'd be banging a broom on the ceiling at him LOL.

@janda426‌ Good luck at your ultrasound!

This weekend went way too fast and I'm so not ready to go to work today. At least it's only a four-day week because of my appointment Friday and I have a four-day weekend.

In other news, the last three nights I have dreamed that 1) I won a motorcycle in a contest and kept riding it all over my apartment, 2) I was Kvothe from The Name of the Wind, and 3) That I was being chased all over town by some crazy monster trying to kill me. What happened to all of the nice baby dreams I used to have!? Now every night is full of BSC.

Biscotto

stellarsoundz said:

That is seriously creepy. I'd be trying to move ASAP. Comments about your belly? Gross! I also need that milkshake now. I just got up to pee but I'm so anxious for our ultrasound in 3 hours I can't get back to sleep. We are checking on his CP cysts and growth since my belly was measuring small last appt. I'm so anxious, I just wanna see a little fat boy in there with no cysts!! He's currently kicking up a storm in my belly.

Yeah, he's truly awful. Gross is a good word for it. Seriously though, that milkshake combo is the best I've had so far. At least this morning isn't a total bust! FX for your ultrasound! Update us when you know, please! @luckystarz‌ I'm rooting for you! I'm still up, obviously, 4.5 hours after being woken from my whole hour of sleep... So I am hoping you have better luck!

He sounds terrible! Our neighbors (we're in an apartement too) aren't terrible but we had ones that were awful. Around a year ago, they had a huge domestic fight around 11pm. We listened to the yelling for about 30 minutes but it got to the point that I was really concerned for the woman, so we called the police. One police car came at first, then 4 police cars came for back up! Doors were slamming, stuff was being thrown, the man was yelling and throwing himself against the walls and down the stairs when the police finally dragged him out. It was awful. The woman moved out a few weeks later.

almeyer2013

Talk of apartment neighbors makes me so glad we bought a house last year! I do not miss renting for one minute!

I am starving.

I made tortellini last night and I may just have to eat the left overs this morning... It would actually be better than my breakfast yesterday that consisted of icecream.

I am such an adult.

finallyourturn2

@stellarsoundz‌ your neighbor would freak me out. Hopefully your husbands employment gets figured out and you can move soon.

massiejs09

My random is that I was told to send an email out on Friday before I left work to a bunch of people who are higher up on the totem pole than myself ...

I sent the email, left, got a text message several hours later from my program manager saying I needed to return to the office ASAP (it was about 7pm at this point) so that I could recall the email because our bigger boss read it and was pissed.

When I got back to my office my team lead + the bigger boss were sitting at her desk writing a 'rebuttal' to the email I had sent which said the original email was wrong and the information presented therein, incorrect.

Uhh...okay? It was literally an email inviting people to attend a meeting we hold every Monday and Wednesday. I work as a government contractor (I'm a contractor) and this is just an example of political bullshit between contractor/government communications. Obviously I would not have sent an email to all those people if I hadn't been under explicit instructions to do so.

I'm honestly too pregnant at this point to care.

DragonflyDreaming

If you ladies haven't got a chance yet, be sure to check out the 'Introducing dog to baby' thread ... it's a pretty great qfp by @Chuggles1013‌ . (And just the sheer change is hilarious!)

jnowosielski

@janda426 good luck today @massiejs09 it always cracks me up how worked up people get over stupid shit like that. I wouldn't have gone back.. AFM I am sitting here in the conference room I share with my project team (alone since I am always the first to get it) wondering how I am going to get these rain boots off. Rain boots seem to be the hardest because of the material. Maybe I'll just wear them all day.

janda426

Well a few things

-His cyst is gone!!

-He's estimated at 4 pounds 3 ounces and they're happy with his growth

-He's still breech. Fuck.

-And my fluid is low. I'm currently getting an NST and have to have them weekly now.

peeppeeppeep

janda426 said:

Well a few things -His cyst is gone!! -He's estimated at 4 pounds 3 ounces and they're happy with his growth -He's still breech. Fuck. -And my fluid is low. I'm currently getting an NST and have to have them weekly now.

So sorry he's still breech and the fluid is low, but I'm very happy to hear the cyst is gone and he's measuring well!  Please keep us posted - glad to hear they are testing you weekly, though I imagine it's stressful.

@chunkymonkeylvr, now I really, really, really want cocoa krispies.  After @dragonflydreaming makes me some of those blueberry muffins she has in her drawer.  

   

DragonflyDreaming

@janda426 Can you look into trying to turn him? I was reading there's a pretty big success rate with that. So happy the cyst is gone!!

@RQuinlin‌ I hope your DH steps up pretty quick. I'm glad you were able to stick up for what needs to be done! Definitely don't overwork yourself.

gnomemom

@RQuinlin, that would drive me crazy. My DH does not understand the urgency about getting the house ready for the baby. He wants to use the weekends to relax and play computer games, meanwhile, I'm on my hands and knees scrubbing baseboards and filling bags for Goodwill. He is a SAHD and I understand he needs a break, but I never get a break and it's getting exhausting.

I tried to schedule my hospital tour a few weeks ago and found out all of the tours through March have been cancelled due to flu concerns. I'm pretty bummed we won't be able to see everything before I deliver. There is a virtual tour online, but it's not the same as being in the building and knowing where to go for everything.

DH made an amazing burrito bowl dinner last night: white rice w/ cilantro, black beans, avocado, red cabbage, salsa, sour cream, some kind of fancy crumbly cheese. It was fantastic. But we were too lazy to clean up last night and this morning the smell in the kitchen was so bad it made me vomit. Twice. Yaayyyy...happy Monday!

peeppeeppeep

@janda426, I will say that Traditional Chinese Medicine has been shown in some studies to be very effective at turning breech babies - might be something to look into.  I am generally pro modern Western medicine, but I am also a big believer in acupuncture and moxibustion, and I see a TCM practitioner regularly.  I know that isn't everyone's cup of tea, though.

LBeez13

Sorry to all of you having sleep issues. My son has now taken to coming in to sleep in our bed at 5AM. He is not a cuddler so I enjoy that he is able to cuddle at least for an hour or so before we actually get up but I am not sure I am going to love that once our newborn is here and I am barely falling asleep at 5AM.

On another note I have to AW my crafting from yesterday. I made a headband holder from an old oatmeal container.

ngolimento

Wooo! My baby shower was amazing yesterday! I am completely exhausted from running around with my family (they tightly schedule everything), but man, I will never forget this weekend.

*glows annoyingly at everyone*

LadySnowblood

saltyfins said:

Nursing pillow. Do I really need one? Or don't bother?

Yes! Loved it!

LBeez13

Another vote for yes @saltyfins I used mine a lot and it helped my back at times. I also used other pillows or whatever was around but I did prefer my nursing pillow and utilized it a lot throughout the first year of his life. My husband would use it to lay him down on and he would drink his milk by himself once he could hold the bottle. Definitely useful.

Skrittens

@massiejs09‌ - that sucks about work. I'm so sorry.

@janda426‌ - so happy the cyst is gone!

And me - I am back in L&D ;(. My BP was high at my dr appt and I had protein in my urine. I am so pissed - I was actually dressed and ready for work - with make up and everything. My dr appt didn't go that great - basically things don't look great for me going to term or not having a c-section. So I am waiting on lab results...And if I get discharged today I am making an appointment with another doctor. I really don't want to have this baby for another 7 weeks.

Lovebeingamomny

janda426 said:

Well a few things

-His cyst is gone!!

-He's estimated at 4 pounds 3 ounces and they're happy with his growth

-He's still breech. Fuck.

-And my fluid is low. I'm currently getting an NST and have to have them weekly now.

Love tit for the cyst being gone and his growth!!!! Sorry your fluid is low and that you have to get NSTs from here on out but at least they're going to keep close eyes on it!

FrecklesInside

stellarsoundz said:

luckystarz said:

stellarsoundz said:

@luckystarz‌ the nap dilemma. Yup. A regular struggle in my home as well.

GL with your van seeking endeavors!


And yeah, unfortunately he has an identical floor plan, bedroom over ours, everything lined up. But his entertainment system is in his living room, and I was sleeping in my bedroom where I sleep with a TV on. And his music was still loud enough to yank me from a sound sleep. And he does this all the time.

He is like 50ish and lives alone, and proudly refuses to take his meds for his bipolar, so all of us in the four unit building get the joy of his cyclic super highs and lows.

He's also a total creeper, always comes outside to try and talk over the balcony whenever I leave the apartment... Without fail, no matter when I leave. And often comes and knocks on our door for random things.

Example: (when I was still delivering the newspaper) "could you guys be quieter when you get ready for work at like 3am? I just got a cat and it stresses him out when you make noise at night.

Example B: (when the 22 year old "just a roommate in this one bedroom apartment and totally not a girlfriend" and he got in a fight) can I use your cell phone? My roommate took off with my car and my phone is in it and I can't reach her without a phone.

That one happened 3 seperate times, and was preceded each time by hours of screaming so loud we could understand every word.

TL;DR: he is seriously awful.

Can you report him to the office? Here they 3 warnings and then can be evicted.

It's not a big enough complex for an office... Just a four unit building, and the landlord is generally useless. We just deal with it. We will need to move soon anyway, since it's only a one bedroom place, so we won't have to put up with him much longer. We would have moved already but we need to see where DH will be best employed so we don't have to do it twice.

That said, if he comes out to call me "hey preggers" and ask to see my belly one more time when I'm trying to leave for work, I may just kill him. So.

Oh hell no! Enough social niceties for someone who lacks them completely. I would flat out tell him he bothers me and I don't want him to talk to me anymore. You don't have to continue to be nice to someone so creepy.

ngolimento

@janda426‌ Yaaaay for the cyst being gone! I'm so happy for you!

stepherly

@janda426‌ Glad the cysts are gone! I just started weekly NST too. I find it to be more relieving than stressful. Stay positive.

@Skrittens‌ Thinking of you!

@RQuinlin‌ My H always complains that I constantly have to-do lists that need to get accomplished on the weekends. If all the stuff gets accomplished....then that will free up the remaining weekends.

I also slept like crap. I woke up around 1am and couldn't fall back to sleep. We have 2 people out of the office today, so I get to work 12 hours today.

I finally made some progress on the nursery this weekend. We agreed to do a fairy tale themed mural on one of the walls, and I finally got some of the drawings done. Hopefully we can finish the drawings this week and start painting on the weekend.