Various minor crises over lunch yesterday that had to be dealt with. We have a fly problem that is growing, so I scrubbed down all the food prep/eating areas while I was home to try and deal with it. Meanwhile, M went over to the main office to talk to them about the rent situation. They said they were trying to figure out the problems with the new website, they discussed all the miscommunications that have happened (like everyone being told the office was closed until the 6th, even though they opened it back up at the beginning of the month, giving everyone the wrong website address when they sent out notices, etc.) and they gave us all the info to pay by money order for this month. 

So, on the way home I had to stop and get a money order, which sounds easy and fast but absolutely was not. I tried first at Walmart since it's close to the house, but they kept declining the debit card when I tried to pay. I called PNC's customer service in a mild panic since I was on a time crunch, and the guy said he didn't even see the attempted transactions, we had plenty of money in our account, and it was well below our daily spending cap, so he was flummoxed. 

Called M, who gave some suggestions, which were things I'd already tried, then he directed me to a Western Union inside a Walgreens up the street. Friends, there was no Western Union, and the cashier had no idea what I was talking about.

So, M found me an Ace Cash Express, which finally, finally worked, though they charged some stupidly high fees and had to split the amount into two separate payments. -_- I made it back to the apartment office 20 minutes before closing. Their payment system is still not up and running, so she couldn't give me a receipt, but she signed and dated the money order stubs and we kept all the receipts in case there is any fuckery with our account balance next month.

I was sweaty and exhausted after all of that, so we ordered some pizzas since I had stackable coupons, and ended up with two extra larges for $15 total, which pleased me greatly. 

Poked around in some online fashion magazines from the 1830s and found a pattern for a canezou in The Ladies' Penny Gazette from 1832. I also found an embroidery pattern that I liked which seemed like it would translate well to chain stitch, so now I just need to actually make the dress and whatnot. Need to figure out my cap situation, too. I want something frothy and absurd!

Home early yesterday to take care of the baby while M had his job interview. It lasted a surprisingly short time, and he said afterward that since he was a referral, the first interview was basically a formality and just some basic HR questions. Round two will be upcoming.

I had my virtual doctor's appointment after that, which was disappointing. I was hoping they could just prescribe me my usual diverticulitis meds and be done with it, but they want to get some images of my colon since with pregnancy it may or may not actually be diverticulitis. (I am 100% positive it is, I've been dealing with this stupid disease for nearly two decades now, I know what a flare feels like.) So, I have an ultrasound appointment on Thursday afternoon. Meh.

After that it was a normal afternoon. The baby was in pretty good spirits, but she had slept late again and had skipped her nap, so by the end of the evening she was a bit cranky. She went down at her normal time, and then M went out and picked us up some hamburgers for dinner, since I was too tired to cook.

M read an article that said that orange juice has become so costly to produce and demand has fallen so much that in 5 years or so it may be considered a specialty item and no longer and staple. Not sure if that's true, but it did make me add an orange tree to the list of garden plants to have once we have a house. 

Anyway, hit snooze too many times this morning and so only got a couple of things done before work. Cleaned the cat boxes and made the baby's breakfast, and then was out the door. Will attempt to make soup for dinner tonight, thought I'm not keen on having the stove on for as long as it will take to simmer the soup. May switch gears and make something else instead. ~shrug~

M wanted to watch Big Trouble in Little China on Friday night, which we had  to do after the baby was in bed, so we stayed up far too late and I fell asleep on the couch about 20 minutes from the end. 

I stumbled into bed afterward, and miraculously, was allowed to sleep in by the baby, who slept herself until 10AM! M and I were both up at that point, and we didn't want her to sleep too long, so we got her up and M got ready to head out and do tax stuff for his small business ID. He was gone most of the day, and the baby and I had a pretty quiet day at home not doing much of anything. M came home in a sour mood, foiled in his attempts to do anything productive by various forms of bank nonsense.

We had another long talk on Saturday night about his mental state, that did turn out to be productive. He feels a lot of pressure (mostly self-induced) and feels like he's failing, and I assured him that he's not and that everything he does is appreciated. 

Sunday I was up before everyone, so I cleaned the dishes in the sink and made us all breakfast sandwiches. The baby was up super late again, so I had the morning to myself, which was lovely. She was up before M, and M woke just as I was finishing all the breakfast things, so we had a nice relaxed morning at the house. 

Unfortunately, my dad decided to send M a "happy father's day" text and mention reconciling, which was very unwanted. It pissed off both of us, but thankfully it didn't ruin the rest of the day. I have him blocked on all my socials and my phone, so that's probably why he's now attempting to get to us through M. Just stop, man.

M went out that evening to treat Chance to dinner since it was his birthday. Baby and I ate noodles for dinner. Since she'd gotten up so late, she didn't nap all day, and after a bath at 7, she was ready for bed, which meant I had the evening to myself, too! Quite a luxury these days! I laid in bed and ate chocolates while watching TV, and was nearly asleep when M came home. We chatted for a bit, then both retired for the night.

In all, not a bad weekend. The only thing that threw it off was the baby getting a hold of the kitchen shear somehow (how?!) and cutting up the onesie she was wearing. She managed not to nick herself at all, just destroy her clothes, but it freaked M out, so we're going to do a deep clean of the house this evening and wrangle any potential baby hazards. 

Short work day today. M has a job interview this afternoon, which I have to be home to watch the baby for, and I have a doctor's appointment directly afterward. The captain gave me the go-ahead to just leave work and not use benefit time for doctor's appointments from now on, which I was hoping for, so now I can accrue as much PTO as possible to cover my "maternity leave", which is really only FML. 

Short week, as well, and I am so ready for the long weekend.

Was breathtakingly tired yesterday thanks to the baby's overnight shenanigans, so dinner was low effort. Not on purpose - I had planned pork chops in bacon gravy with a noodle side - but when I pulled the pork out of the freezer I discovered that it was a 2lb roast and I hadn't cut it into chops. I set it in hot water to defrost, but I was ravenous and an hour later it was still frozen solid, so I pivoted and made a couple of batches of frozen dumplings for dinner instead. Pork chops will happen tonight, instead.

M went by the post office after I got home to see if we had any mail, and it turns out that they are no longer holding mail for our complex, they are just returning everything to sender. -_- Which is super, thanks for letting us know about that. So I guess no ordering anything online until we figure out our mail situation.

The new complex owners may as well be ghosts. The phone number on the new website changes every few days, and no one answers any of them anyway. There's no resident portal set up yet, and their "contact us" form doesn't have any section for an actual message, it just asks for your name and email address. -_- My hopes of having any repairs done are pretty much zero.

The rest of the evening was very quiet. M and I hung out on the couch watching TV, and the baby always loves when we are all together like that, so she was happy crawling all over the two of us. Many enthusiastic high-fives were given. Then the cats joined us, so we were just a pile of beings on the couch until bedtime. 

Baby went to bed with minimal fuss, and I crawled into bed as soon as I was sure she was settled. Had a fitful night, though, despite being completely zonked, and had a terrible time staying asleep. ~sigh~ 

Half a sink of dishes and the baby's breakfast was all I managed before work, but eh, it's something. 

Fairly low-key night at home. The baby was slightly nutso when I first came home from work, but some cuddle time seemed to even her out. I made her some mini sausages for dinner, which she devoured, and then she happily played by herself while I cooked dinner. 

Which was fast and easy, thankfully. Made a garlic lemon cream sauce and simmered the leftover chicken breasts in it for a few minutes for them to warm up, heated up leftover potatoes, and voila, a satisfactory dinner.

Tried to get to sleep early so I could get up and do petticoat stuff, but the baby didn't really go down until around 9:30, so I didn't get to bed until after ten, and then she was up multiple times during the night, so I did not get up early at all. I had a terrible time getting back to sleep, so I set my alarm for as late as I could push it. Blobbed out of bed around 7, had just enough time to get ready and make the baby's breakfast plate, and then was off to work. 

No idea what to cook for dinner. The plan had been the last of the sausages, but when I went home for lunch, M said that he'd thrown them out because they had gone bad. -_- Guess I'm winging it tonight.