Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
sigh I quit. i need a vacation....(very long)
I need some things to start going right. ? On Thursday I went out and bought a sewing machine, ?I paid $50 it was just a little machine but it was a Singer so I figured it would do what I needed it to do. I wanted it to sew?straight?lines because I was making reusable shopping bags for the trade show mom and I are going to this weekend. ?ya it sucked so DH and I had to return it and get a better one as my good machine has completely crapped out on me and is not reparable (took it to the sewing machine doctor) ?
Then I was supposed to go out with some friends that day too but one of the friends called to tell me she didn't want me to come as she hasn't had any one on one time with the other friend in a while. ?Would I be okay with not going? ?Well what the hell do you say to that without sounding pathetic. ?In addition to all of that Scarlett had a fever from her immunizations and I was worried. ?
Friday rolls around, my friend is coming to babysit while I try desperately to get my work done for the trade show this weekend. Ya did not happen. My brother called. ?His g/f has PPD and was having a meltdown. ?He wanted me to come get the girls. ?I get there and she wants to talk to me. In that conversation I find out she took some of my brothers antidepressants ?to calm down. ?She took 10 pills which is not as bad as it sounds as the bottle says 1-8. ?But she still had to go to the hospital. ?So i took the little girls home with me and had to leave them with my friend as I had to go pick up his other daughter for the weekend. ? It was rough and they were there until midnight.
Saturday was uneventful. ?Sunday my mom calls my older brothers daughter that he only sees every other weekend has been doing some troubling things and they are afraid she is being molested. ? They knew I took abnormal psych at school and they wanted my opinion. ?I said I was by no means an expert but the behavior sounded more like she was playing doctor at daycare but some of the things sounded weird and my brother should contact his therapist because they would be more experienced with it. ?Therapist said the same thing as I did, ?it sounded like she was playing doctor at daycare except for one thing and that he should cal CAS. ?CAS said that it was enough that they had to start an investigation but in all likelyhood she was playing doctor at daycare.?
I got to deliver this news to her mother when I was dropping her off. ?It was the worst thing I have ever had to do. ?Tell a mother that her daughter is showing behavior that COULD indicate that she is being molested. ?That we don't for a second believe it's her ?but she needs to know there is an investigation happening and she can't talk to her daughter about it until CAS gives the go ahead. ?That they think that it's most likely that she is three and playing doctor at daycare but some behavior is troubling. ?She took it like any mom would. ?She was shocked, she cried she freaked, she was embarrassed, she cried, she lost her *** completely, ?she gagged a couple of times she cried. ?It was horrible.?
So then yesterday I noticed that my parents dog who has come to live with us wasn't eating. ?DH feeds the dogs so I asked him how often he has fed the dog in the last couple days. ?He said "oh I haven't had to." ?With Lester this is no big deal he often takes a few days to eat a bowl of food. ?With Big D you have to feed him twice a day and DH hadn't filled his bowl in two days. ?SO D isn't eating and he is throwing up alot. ?He is old and he had come to live with us because he can't do stairs anymore and here he doesn't have to. We really aren't expecting him to last much longer. ?But I now don't think he won't last till tomorrow. ?He won't get up today. ?He peed himself he's huge I can't lift him up. so I cleaned him up as best I can. ?He's breathing is really shallow and he won't get up. ? His eyes are swollen shut it's horrible. ?I feel rotten I don't know what to do. ?I can't even get him onto his dog bed because he is too heavy for me so he is just lying on the kitchen floor slowly dying on me. ?
?
Re: sigh I quit. i need a vacation....(very long)
More hugs on the way...
I am really sorry, what a horrible week.
It must be extra hard if your dog is sitting there reminding you. Is there any way you can take it to the vet? It is going to a better place where it won't be suffering. *hugs*
I'm sorry, that's a lot and it all sucks.
For the dog, can you find a housecall vet who may come out and help him?
Wowza. That is one heck of a time.
*hugs*
geez what a week you've had.Such a range of full emotions! you poor thing.
I hope you can get the dog to a vet soon - it sounds like he needs it. is there anyone who can come to help you?
is there anyway you can take a mini-vacation? even if it's just getting out for an hour or 2? maybe with a friend?
((hugs))
As for the dog, ?he's been dying for a while now this is just the end. ?The vet has said that he is just old. ?Until yesterday he was himself today he is slipping away. If he dies today then my brother will leave work and come get him and take him back to my parents. ?They have a mini pet?cemetery in the back yard so we want to put him with his friends. ?Other wise when DH gets home he will help me get the dog up and hopefully out for a pee and then back onto his bed my parents are home tomorrow and they will pick him up.?
As for my niece. ?CAS thought it would be better for everyone if someone she knew and somewhat liked give her the news and warn her that there would be an investigation.
The trade show I am going to this weekend is in Muskoka. ?I will be staying at the ILs cottage. ?It will be nice. ?Set up is Thursday, show is Saturday and Sunday which means I have Friday to bake on the dock.?
Oh Sammy what a lot to deal with. I hope the trade show goes well and you have a chance to relax up in the Muskoka's on Friday.
I know being out of the city and away from it all always helps me clear my head and I come home feeling less stressed.
*hugs*