It’s been a chilly December. Again, I’m refraining from the use of “cold” because I know it’s not actually cold but man oh man does it feel cold. Today’s high was in the 40s. For us, that is cold.
Our downstairs unit remains incredibly cold. I think it’s time to have someone fix the wall heater. Especially since our Covid-positive contingency plan is for the person(s) to quarantine in the downstairs unit. Right now it would be miserable down there for an entire day, let alone 10+ days. I guess I’ll see who I can call tomorrow.
Today was… meh. Our kids were bickering non-stop and getting them out of the house was incredibly unpleasant. It was cold and gray out and I didn’t really want to be outside either but it’s supposed to rain all week so it felt like we needed to take advantage of the dry. Tomorrow is actually supposed to be dry too, but earlier the forecast showed rain on Monday so I planned for inside activities and I can’t really reschedule them so that also made outside time today feel more pertinent.
Once we were outside they were fine, but man the transition SUCKED. My husband was very negatively affected by it, and he sulked for the first hour of our time at the park. This made me really frustrated because I had told him he should just stay home, but he insisted on coming. At one point I straight up told him that if he couldn’t shake off the sulk I was going to ask him to please walk home. He turned his attitude around not long after that, but the whole outing had already been sullied.
I fear it’s going to be a LOOOOONG break.
Tomorrow I’m taking my son and his friend to Dave & Busters. I loath the place but he loves it and this is his “thing he can do now that he’s fully vaccinated.” My daughter got her sleep over and he gets Dave & Busters. I’m going to feel better once it’s over, and I’m glad we’re doing it before numbers here sky rocket. I’m also hoping it will be pretty empty at noon on a Monday.
I gotta go now. I’m trying to submit all the paper work necessary to get back my dependent child care FSA money back. I’m really unsure how I’m going to get the mere $300 (of $500) of medical back. I hate the medical. I didn’t even sign up for it next year because it always stresses me out. Blerg.
Realizing how tiny my reserves are. Think that is true for many others too…. and the very short time period before it is projected that Omicron hits and blows everything up again….. well. It doesn’t help. Yes it makes the brief taste of expanded availability important but the reality of its probable brevity is hard at the same time.
Thank you for normalizing this feeling. That I am not the only one feeling this way.
HOPE heater gets fixed and that we get to skip having Omicron and all that such an infection would mean. Trust your son will enjoy his special outing. Making fingerprint cookies on Wednesday morning with grand. Expecting it to be raining and cold. THANK YOU! Support and best wishes to you all.