Brina’s Comments (group member since Feb 26, 2017)

Brina’s comments from the Retro Chapter Chicks group.

I don’t know but at work today all the apps that students had to do their work on were down so the students had a lot of dead time.

I hate shopping. I go to the grocery and that’s it. If I need clothes I get them on Amazon. Some of my kids love thrifting so I tell them to please look for me as well

Back offline tonight. Cooking all day because yesterday was errands and today is just crazy. Of course complicating things is still the one car situation which won’t be resolved for a few weeks. By next Wednesday night this season will be over and I can crash.

I actually cried at my last appointment and the PA calmed me down. It is that bad. Luckily my numbers were good so I don’t have to go back for 6 months. I’ve actually only gotten a mammogram twice. Don’t enjoy it - I’m in the opposite category of most of you- but luckily it only takes a few minutes. Yes I know I have to go after the holidays. I still have 2 weeks of craziness. I still have everyone home. I still only have 1 usable vehicle. And now it’s baseball playoffs too so it’s total chaos. After the holidays and after the playoffs I want a vacation. Not sure if I will get one and not sure that my husband understands the emotional toll all this has taken on me. Anyway that is why I haven’t read a book in 3 1/2 months and counting. I just want a long stretch of calm.

I have PTSD about going to the doctor because of an incident that happened when I was 5. Will not elaborate. I’ve sort of gotten over it obviously I have 4 kids lol but I usually freak out when I go to my general internist’s office. I do have high BP and hate that cuff but I also have bad white coat syndrome. Recently I changed my meds but I had the best PA at my last checkup and lo and behold my BP registered as normal. My women’s exam still hurts after 4 kids but I get that over with but I still have procrastinated the mammogram using having 1 car, waiting for repair men, and now the ongoing holidays as an excuse. I guess I should schedule it for after the holidays 🤷🏻‍♀️.

What is that? My dr says I’m due for mine. I know that but with everything else that’s going on I kind of didn’t schedule it yet.

In elementary school thru 6th grade I walked and we had a rainy day carpool. In junior high I took the bus because we rented a school out of district when a new school was being built. High school I hated the bus so I went an hour early so my dad could drive me on his way to work. Coming home, if I had activities I waited for one of my parents to pick me up. Otherwise I begrudgingly took the bus. Never had my own car and honestly didn’t care.

All HP. I tried LoTR multiple times and found it dull and dry. I tried the movies and was bored out of my mind. HP is modern and has a smart girl as one of the main characters. Book 1 came out the year I started college and I was hooked.

And the oven saga continues. Guy was supposed to come yesterday. He calls to say he’s waiting for a part. Wait a sec, I paid you to fix it already and you didn’t fix it. I’m not paying again and I you better come and fix it. But he didn’t own up to admitting that he was in the wrong and made us call the scheduler. Of course by that time everyone had gone home for the day and we are routed to a call center. By the time they open today I have students so I’m making my husband call. I just want a refund and I’ll have someone else fix the oven. It’s been aggravation after aggravation and I just want pizza which if you know me here you know I have to make at home ugh.

Welcome is relative lol. There are still 12 offline days in the next 3 weeks. When it’s over I’m going to need a vacation from my kitchen.

I am back after Rosh Hashanah. Three more rounds of holidays to go. Oven is still broken so it’s been an adventure. I see we have a new member so welcome and I’m catching up on everything in the group plus I have to work tomorrow. This is my norm for the next 3 weeks sigh.

Used to be pumpkin but we eat so few desserts in our house now that other than pie, we don’t eat much of either.

Zero. Because my parents don’t speak Spanish and they came for a few weeks when the kids were born so I tried and it didn’t stick. Also I can’t roll r’s so my husband teased me about it. They learn English and Hebrew in school so Spanish is a little much. Those who want to learn are learning on an app.

Mine is sports and daydreaming. I probably have written a book in my head this summer but read none of them lol. If it wasn’t for football and baseball I probably would have lost it mentally a while back. Holidays start on Monday night and run for 3 1/2 weeks so that’s another distraction.

I still haven’t written to Robin. My heart isn’t in reading or social media at the moment. Haven’t read since June 30. I have reader’s block. That said, I’m not on social media much. So I’ll skip this time around and hopefully write to Robin sooner than later.

My husband is Salvadoran and has lived in the US since 1993. I have plenty to say about the Civil War as well as current developments. My kids and I have never visited and my husband hasn’t been back in years. We hope to visit in the next year or two.

I love math. Ok so call me a math nerd but I really do enjoy it and when I used to do sudoku I needed the hard version because the standard puzzles were too easy. Probably why I also like Tetris and other math and shape puzzle games.

When I still got a printed newspaper - I know, what’s that lol- I used to do all the puzzles everyday. I still do word finds and Sudoku from time to time, but my favorite game is Tetris.

None. I’m the most squeamish person you will ever meet.

You and me both, sister. Hopefully you have a good weekend. I won’t have my oven fixed until Tuesday. No idea what I’ll eat. Thankful it’s just me and my husband because inevitably someone would complain. Cars - one might be resolved today or not. I’ll find out when my husband gets home. It’s frustrating to keep missing work. On that note, TGIF.