Weekends

[ellie]

I really hate weekends. I'm envious of normal families going out and spending the day together. I'm contemplating whether to trek down to the hospital with the girls so that we can have some family time with DH. Weekends stink. Did I say that already?

I need to go over to the Mood Makeovers forum now. :!

[Vanquisher]

I know how you feel. I am so envious of other families who are together on weekends - how they have that to look forward to. The dad in the yard playing catch with the kids, BBQ on Sunday. Also, I am completely envious of anyone near their families. It would be priceless for me to be able to pop over to my moms or have her drive over to watch the kids.

There is nothing about this that is normal, and it totally blows.

[ellie]

Thanks, Heidi and Tara, for the commiseration. It's nice to know that I'm not alone.

DH is working this weekend, and until you posted that weekends suck, I didn't even realize today was Saturday. All the days seem to be the same after a while.

Love the quote in your signature, dandelion.

[Sheherezade]

Yes....weekends are the worst. Somehow, other people don't grasp that some professions require you to work on the weekends as well as during the week. It was much worse when DH was in residency and fellowship - but even now the neighbors don't "get it" when DH is on call or has to be in to round at 6 am on a Saturday or Sunday.

What I've never understood is why posting falls off on this site on the weekend. I'd think it would be up - but it seems to slow down here as well. Some of us must have a good weekend some of the time. I hope you all get it next weekend.

[Phoebe]

Add me to the commiseration. DH is working 6 out of 8 weekends several are Saturday calls. He had two off for our vacation and works 7 days starting Monday. I usually get frustrated because every holiday so far and on lots of weekends, friends invite us over and I am the only one there without a spouse.

Tonight our friend called and invited us over to make smores in their firepit. She kept asking about DH because she wants our husbands to bond and said to come over when he was awake. He is post-call today. DH doesn't get to sleep when on call and didn't fall asleep until 5pm and was most likely out for the night. I felt like we weren't welcome unless my husband was coming over too.

I know how you feel. I am so envious of other families who are together on weekends - how they have that to look forward to. The dad in the yard playing catch with the kids, BBQ on Sunday. Also, I am completely envious of anyone near their families. It would be priceless for me to be able to pop over to my moms or have her drive over to watch the kids.

Me too.[/quote]

[Meenah]

. I felt like we weren't welcome unless my husband was coming over too

I know this feeling all too well.

[Vanquisher]

What I've never understood is why posting falls off on this site on the weekend. I'd think it would be up - but it seems to slow down here as well. Some of us must have a good weekend some of the time. I hope you all get it next weekend.

I'm here on the weekends. It is Sunday, and just like yesterday, Chad is at work, and I am here.

He had Friday-Sunday call this week, which I think is the worst. He got home around noon yesterday, and was dead tired. He was also on call on Wednesday, and was responsible for an anatomy lab Wednesday morning, so he spent Monday and Tuesday nights in the anatomy lab preparing elbows. So, I have seen him a lot this week.

I'm here. I'm always here. I am sooo lonely. I'm Mrs. Lonely.

[ellie]

I'm here. I'm always here. I am sooo lonely. I'm Mrs. Lonely.

Heidi, you can call me Mrs. Lonely II.

[rainbabies]

add me to the lonely hearts club. dh was on call friday to saturday morning and then slept for (bless him) only three hrs. he went to bed early last night and was gone bright and early this morning. it makes me feel like the week never ends and it makes being with the kids all the harder.

[Gwendolyn]

I am with you. I ran into one of the retina fellows at the zero depth pool today. His wife was home with their newborn and he and one of the attendings decided to take their girls out. I told him that John was on call today so we decided to go to the pool. It was a bizarre experience because it was one of the few, if not only, times I said those words and the person actually understood what I was saying. Usually I get a sympathy sigh, or after a while a skeptical look like, “do you really have a husband?”

*O.K. I had to edit the disastrous post I put up earlier...simply for spelling and grammar. Still not perfect, but at least readable...I hope.*

[planet]

I think there are still some people in town who doubt I am really married.

I confess though, one thing I do like about this path is the weekdays off. I like to go places as a family when it isn't crowded.

[ellie]

sometimes I wish I could just have it all you know? Where's my cake?!

I know...I want some, too!!

[Meenah]

German Chocolate or Carrot please!!!!!

Screw cake, I want champagne and orgasms!

SO and I have had a bit of a role-reversal lately. Being up with the pup a few times each night makes me soooo tired. Couple that with some craziness at work (working untill the AM hours, flying to Atlanta on a moment's notice to give a presentation...) and we've hardly been able to see each other - and he's on a consult service right now!
This weekend he took a PAC, so I decided to have some girlfriends over for a BBQ Saturday night. They were there until 2am (way past my bedtime) and I had to work on Sunday. Of course, I couldn't start my work until after we got back from brunch and then the dishes from the previous night were all put away and I could at least vacuum, so I was up until 1AM working. Even though SO was post-call, he woke up around 7 last night and asked me out to dinner... and I couldn't go
I miss him like crazy, all the time. I hate that we aren't married and don't live together. Even if I could just catch a glimpse of him before he drifts off to sleep - hell, AFTER he drifts off to sleep! I'd really like to see him more than twice a week, but I'm sticking to my guns... no cohabitation without pending nuptials. Not that he's pushing for it, loves his bachelor pad (too much, if you ask me).
If I'm still on this board in another few years, referring to him as "SO", shoot me.
Ew, hijack, sorry. All I really meant to say was that I selfishly hope none of my girlfriends ever gets married or moves away so that they can be there for me every weekend that SO has to work. But they're such good catches, I know that someone will snatch them up sooner rather than later.