week of craziness

my oldest son gets married this coming weekend, my mother and sister are sick with the nasty flu that has not given them complications and they might not make it to the wedding, i broke up with my boyfriend/finance and he isn't coming to the wedding, the ex husband will be there, my best friend who i invited to come to the wedding is having her own issues and cant make it, my daughter is moving to NH 3 hours away next month, my youngest son is goign along with her, i'm stressing, sad, and haven't been able to get rid of that darn 5 pounds, i'm super busy at work,its the three H's hazy hot humid i don't do well when they visit. my pre-surgery straight hair that fell out after surgery and now had grown back in curly is so frizzy totally unmanageable, arggggggg i ate 6 sugar free smart well shortbread cookies last night and ended up with such gas from the sugar alchol i was puffed up like a hoppy toad and when it released the cat wouldnt' even sleep with me. those cookies were stress induced so now i know when i'm stressed out not to even think about buying a box of those. can't have them in the house. i'm so looking forward to the wedding but i'm looking forward to the week after even more! who says the bride gets stressed???? what about the poor old mother of the groom????? thank you for listening.

Wow Pam! Don't melt down. Take a day at a time, and in a week they will be married (one way or another). You are blessed to have so many kiddos. It is natural for them to move off and find their own way--that is what you raised them for. It is not easy to turn loose, but if you don't try to hold on, you will find that they return to you with a different, closer relationship. More of a peer relationship. It takes time, but it is worth the wait. Also, I add from personal experience, there is nothing better than grandbabies, so look forward to the day... I'm sending you some telepathic strength to get through this week. Enjoy the wedding and don't worry about the 5 lbs! Joy

wow!!!!! take a chill pill. Next year you will look back and laugh and wonder what you were so worried about. Better days are ahead. I am talking to myself as well.

I'm dashing this off as I'm late for work, Pam, but here's my quicky knee-jerk response - we must learn to live with food. I call it Living Normal. Life is never going to stop hurling its anxiety-inducing cir****tances at us; we must learn to manage in a healthy way, with our food choices and embracing physical activity in our lives every day. Living Normal. You've got it, girlfriend, just keep at it...Reenie