It's Thursday!!!!

Good morning gang! Are we all happy campers today ??? ( Don't mind me .. I think I've had too much sleep or something because I am really wound this a.m. ) I am so over being sick last week and just enjoying this week. Now if we could just do something about the heat so I could enjoy it outside I got an email yesterday that I am on the list to be interviewed for a job that I applied for (not because I wanted it but more because I figured if I didn't apply for it I would be kicking myself after it closed .. warped thinking but ...). I think I will play the whole hand out, do the interview and see where it goes. Of course, will I be disillusioned if they don't pick me ??? I guess I will wait and see. Tonight is dancing night. I haven't been now for 3 weeks, so I'm READY !!!! Gonna go home and put on the red boots and be ready to boogie (or is that boot scoot boogie ???) Have a great day! Hugs & smoochies, Mo

Good Morning! Mo, I am glad one of us is getting all of her rest. My girls came home from FL yesterday and so I stayed up past my bedtime chatting with them. I did not want to get out of bed this morning. I pushed it until the last possible moment. I think that in about 50 more lbs I am gonna look for a dance class. I love to dance and I love music so I know i would enjoy this. I am not quite brave enough yet. I have been busy this AM. The desk I am covering this week has a lot of work in the AM but by noon it's pretty slow. I guess that's a good thing. Just makes the PM go by slower. I like this job so much more than my other one. I thank God for blessing us with this job. I hope my husband hears something today. If not today then they say he should hear by tomorrow. He really needs to go back to work. It's starting to get to him that he's not working. We are both tired of waiting. I am so glad the girls are back. They look great, even though they had a rough visit. My mom isn't well, physically and it's really causing her some severe mood swings. She also had to point out to my kids that they need to lose weight, or they eat too much and worse, when she took them shopping for clothes she had to comment about how outfits were "so slimming" or they "hide" so much. It just can't simply be cute on them or nice, the clothes have to be something to hide their weight. Yes they are chubby. But I have always raised my kids to love themselves & that they are lovely and lovable & worthy no matte their size. Then my mom goes & spends the month tearing them down. She and I are gonna have a little talk this weekend. Anyway, they are home now and won't have to hear that stuff anymore! Well, back to work I go. enjoy this Thursday everyone. Robin

Hi Robin, I can really sympathize with you regarding your mother's 'comments'. I am 56 years old and I STILL hear my mother in my head about my size and looks as I was growing up and even as an adult. I can now defend myself and deflect her comments, but I know that I have emotional scars that will never really truly heal. I'm glad your girls have you to take up for them and make them realize they are lovely young ladies and that their worth is not determined by size. Hugs, Mo

Hey Robin - Glad the girls made it back okay. I'm sorry they had to be subject to your Mom's "helpfulness." Just MHO, maybe next time, the girls shouldn't be with her quite as long - especially if they were really bothered by her remarks - and who wouldn't be!! Good for you for focusing on their inner beauty - people, even people who love you, can be cruel. Perhaps your Mom really thought she was helping. Your Mom will be the one to lose out if they should end up resenting her. I know you'll love them extra for having gone through this. How'd the take the news of poor little Snickers? Been thinking about them. I hope your husband hears something today, too, I know it's so hard waiting. Especially when there are so many incompetents in the world who have jobs and don't appreciate them! Well, take care, keep us posted on the job front! Teresa

Good morning!! Or I should say good afternoon! I have had a crazy morning at work...it seems like everybody wants to whine on the same day, and I cannot handle it! Other than that it is good day. I have exactly 2 weeks left until surgery! I am sooo excited! Cant wait! I even was excited during my preop meeting with the nutritionist and surgeon. Everyone was telling me that is when the reality of it all hits - when they are going over what you can/cannot eat for awhile, revolving your life around taking in liquids and counting protein, taking your vitamins, etc. But it just got me more and more excited! Surgery is early in the morning (which is the way I wanted it) and I am having my gallbladder taken out because it is full of stones. My surgeon looked at me and said "you don't look upset about that, most of my patients get worried." I simply looked at him, smiled and said, "First of all, Im in the medical field so I know I don't need it. Secondly, it will take an extra pound or so off my post-surgery weight!" He got a little chuckle out of that! Anyways, I took a huge test yesterday so that I could get nationally certified as a paramedic...too bad I have to wait 4-6 weeks for the results! We will see! Hope everyone is having a good day!

Hey Leslie! Oh puleeeeeeeeeze .. on the whining!!! Today has been one of those days ... it started out that one CSR couldn't log in because it said she was already logged in on another line .. then calls kept being routed to an extension that wasn't even IN customer service ... so I've been running all morning .. finally got it all straight and I think I know how to fix it should it happen again .. but it's still crazy .. and .. and .. etc. Good luck on the national certification! The 4 to 6 week wait will fly by though while you are recovering from your WLS. Have a great day! Hugs, Mo

I'm here! Got in late, had to have some bloodwork and get my B-12. Feeling kind of weird right now, kind of like I'm outside of myself - if anyone understands that. Could be that I'm caffeine/protein deprived after fasting - working on that. Have lots to share after last night's support group meeting, so I think I'll post more after lunch!!! Hope everyone's day is going well so far! Teresa

Hey Tia I wondered where you were missed ya! I hate that 'disconnected' feeling. Hope you get to feeling like yourself quickly! Hugs, Mo

Missed you too, Mo!!!! I really do miss when I can't jump on here first thing. I guess it's like coffee (from SB) for my brain! I just finished a salad with chicken for lunch and I'm still feeling weird - hope it's not a bug or anything. Maybe you transferred your bug to me electronically!!!! Last night's support group meeting was fun - unfortunately, my big mouth and me kind of monopolized the evening. I can talk a lot anyway, but get me going on something I'm passionate about and look out!!!! I saw Tracy from the Whatcha' Eating posts, and OMG is she gorgeous! I told her she needs to change her MB pic!! What an amazing change! And she's a sweetheart, too. I confessed my M&M's transgression last night to my doc, and he didn't flame me like I thought. In fact, everyone kind of agreed that as long as it didn't become a daily habit and since I obviously realized the error of my "weighs," I should be okay!! We'll see - I'm pretty hard on myself, so I don't know that I'll be letting myself off that easily. I guess if I saw the scale moving downward, I'd feel that everything was going to be okay, but since it hasn't in about 2 months, I'm having those stupid, "OMG! Did I break it? Am I gonna be the only person for whom the surgery didn't work?" and other dumb thoughts. We'll see!!!! Well, I guess that's it for now. I'll try to post tomorrow, but if I don't it's because I'm from home and I hate my home computer. Doing the farm fair trip with the kids, so I'm looking forward to that. Have a great weekend if I don't talk to you!!!! Tia