Too quiet around here...what the heck is going on?????

Is it winter doldrums??? Cabin fever??? Just doing SO well that you don't need us anymore? Doint so badly that you're ashamed to admit it and let us help you??? COME ON PEOPLE...COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK AND SHOW YOURSELVES!!! I MISS MY FAMILY>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm in a critical stressful spot right now and need my friends to help me get me through this. Not with the eating, but the emotional crap...I can't get ANY motivation to get my house ready to market for sale. My back is pulled out and I'm procrastinating about doing the touch up painting and cleaning out of crap in the closets and rooms that we don't need. I need to find boxes somewhere (the stores don't save them anymore, they crush them... Bob's last day at Providence airport is today and then Monday he starts his commute on Monday. 90 minutes one way...training first, than he'll be on the management team at Bradley Int'l in Hartford/Springfield...in Windsor Locks Ct. We'll be moving..hoping to keep the kids in their school by the end of the year. We just contracted with a flooring guy to put all hardwoods in the entire 1st floor. The vinyl and wood and carpet here already have been well worn with raising two infants and now 7 & 9 year old in 5 years. Money in is money back...Flip this house type of thing. I'm Stressed!!! BIG TIME...no help around to help... Wish I could hire someone. Oh, well...sorry to moan and groan. I've got to get Bob's new wardrobe ready for Monday and all week. He's gone from dress casual to business casual, now he has to wear dress slacks and a dress shrit and a tie. Got GREAT deals at JC Penney cause they're having their 75% off sale. Paula

I'll come help..I'm bored out of my mind. I'm still on the no lifting pushing or pulling thing till we go for the sonogram and they see a heartbeat and verify it's a viable fetus. Then my chances of M/C go down to something like 5% and my life can go back to normal, well almost normal. Tomorrow I am doing my monthly measurements a couple days early instead of on the 6th, Heck why not get bummed out all at once instead of on 2 different days. It's so hard after 16 months of excersize and lose to wrap my brain around do nothing and it's okay to gain. I'm hoping once they let me go back to normal I can at least maintain and still stay healthy, or at least lose inches in the non baby zones..hehe Is there such areas...lol I would love to get up in the morning and change the liter box (I know I know icky kitty germs)and feed the animals and do the laundry and go through and pick up the house and cook all the meals and do the dishes and laundry , How Ironic I lose all this weight, become hea;thy enough to get pregnant , have more energy then I did when I was 16 even with all the baby naps and they put me on "light duty" uhhggg Oh well tax time is starting I'll stay busy I guess. Shel

Hey Paula, I read all the posts but haven't been posting latelay... My stomach actually started feeling better yesterday... thank goodness. I wish i could help you out with some of the work...i am a jack of all trades..well atleast i think i am... Sounds like alot of work...I could probably never imagine going through all my crap..i am also a pack rat...i keep everying b/c i might need it some day. I wish i could go to JC penney's but i am broke. as usual...dh is laid off right now and money is really tight..I just did our taxes too and that was depressing..everyone else around me is like getting 3-5 grand back and Of course i am not... I am getting a little but not enough to help get caught up with everything..oh well.....Now i probably depressed you... oh yeah its' -4 outside....the schools have a delay b/c of the cold.. brrrrrr. oh well. take care and good luck with all your work heidi

morning Paula... well you've struck a nerve...I haven't been around much for several reasons...#1 I suck at this - I'm out of control and I believe that I am eating due to emotions but then again who knows! #2 I've been very busy - this dating thing is keeping me on my toes .. I am meeting new people and finding out that men really do suck () most of them are looking for one thing and one thing only - are there ANY good men left in the world (that aren't already married or "taken")??? #3 I still suck at this...I hate that I feel as tho I am my own worst enemy - and knowing what I know and feeling the way I feel I still can't stop! - I have tossed the crap out of the house and then I go out and buy more...not really BAD stuff but stuff I KNOW I shouldn't be eating and eating way too much of the stuff that I CAN eat...sighhhhh this is a never ending battle...#4 I don't have much of anything good to contribute right now - I am throwing myself a pity party and I'm the only guest...I'm great on the outside (what everyone sees) but on the inside I am a mess....I haven't even shared this with my therapist (smart, huh?) -- oh well - now that I've depressed you -- if I could get to RI I would be more than happy to help you get started - I was a "pack rat" up until last year when I decided to just toss everything and take control of my house back! I pretended that I was moving and only kept what I absolutely needed and wanted (which was probably more than anyone will actually ever need) but I did it and it's done. You can do it!!! I have faith in you...you have always been one of my inspirations - someone I looked to for answers and strength - you'll get thru this and feel great about it when it's done... have a great day - start small - if you look at things as a whole you become overwhelmed...one little project at a time...it will all come together! Love, Linda

Im sorry everyone I havent been on here in awhile myself. Just living this single life. Went out with my girlfriends sat night and I got jumped by three girls when I left the club. They was pissed se some guy was looking at me. I am all sore. I couldnt defend myself. I am alot smaller and was drinking. And had no control over the fight. They hit me in the head with a beer bottle. My eyes are black and im black and blue all over. I walked out first they got me alone. Then my friends came out and there was a big brawl. My friends stomped their asses. The bouncers got the girls off me. and held me back and let my friends get them. They got barred 2 hrs earlier for starting a fight with me in the bar. and sat outside for 2 hrs waiting on me. Is all this jealousy really called for. I was doing nothing wrong in that bar. but sitting and having drinks with my friends. Never seen these girls in there before. Never had a problem at that club before. I did nothing wrong. These was three young girls that was heavy set. They wanted me bad. Im to old for this crap. i learned a lesson to never walk out of a bar alone. My friends was getting beer to go. so I went ahead and walk out and got jump. So Im sitting here feeling real sore in this cold weather to ugly to go anywhere. I have one big eye and one small eye. both black. and scrapped up all over and black and blue. as the world turns. I love being single. But am not happy with this at all. I could see it if i desevered it. But I didnt. Take Csare Barb

Somehow I turned into more of a lurker... bad me!! I read the posts, though, does that count? Anyway, I am pretty much at goal, it's always a struggle though, my sweet tooth returned but not with a vengeance, pretty mild. i can eat soooo much more now, very scary!! i am trying to keep it all under control, all while DATING and SELLING my house!! Major stressors, but now that my house is under escrow, hopefully I can just relax a little and enjoy life more. Things certainly don't get any less complicated post-WLS! Oh and yeah, men do suck!! I concur! amy

Hi Paula, I know this is late, but I wanted you to know that I am going to be here more!! I have gotten into bad habits, I know that (by not showing up here!!) and I am not going to let my friends down, or disappear. We need each other, probably more now than before. Wish I could help you clean!! love donna