****Thursday Roll Call****

Good Morning PA,
All in favor of the rain stopping say "Aye."  I am officially sick of playing Mrs. Noah, minus the critters.

I saw Katie on Facebook, and she said that they think she has bleeding ulcer, and they are going to do an endoscopy today.  Having had ulcers before and after my RNY, I can empathize with her.

Thursday has me going to my meeting, then school, then, finally, to the orthopedist for the official word on my foot.  I am so looking forward to the final decision on this.  

I hope everyone has a great day.

Hugs,
Trish

Hi,

I don't mind the rain.  It's better than snow in my book.  Today is National Day of Prayer so we will be at the town square for an event.  Also knitting club today if I go. 

Since hubby is home now and not working, my quiet time has to be early in the morning.  I hope he gets a great job soon.  I hope it's here and we don't have to move again.

Trish,

I'm going to second the motion.  Although according to my little weather widget on my computer - we are expected to get HEAVY rain including thunderstorms and up to an inch an hour for the next two days here in Easton.  Fun.  Apparantly, yesterday was the best day outta the lot.

Good luck with the doctor!

I too will be keeping Katie in my thoughts and prayers.

I'll actually be headed back to bed shortly if all goes according to plan.  I was cold when I went to bed last night (what else is new?) but I underestimated the power of my personal heater (brian) and wore my fleece and what not...and subsequently woke up in a puddle of sweat.  Seriously had to change my pjs and everything.  Got outta bed to cool off and then I'll head back.

Once I'm up for real, we have plans to start painting the living room/hallway.  I think this will be a two day project as I promised myself I would enjoy the process and not stress over it. I also need to run to the bank and to ace hardware to pick up a few items.

I haven't spoken to my mom in about 3 weeks due to conflicting schedules...and we "scheduled" a phone call today on her way home from work, which I'm pretty excited about :) 

Well for doing basically painting, I've rambled on enough.  Have a great day!

Pam

AYE!!! I know we need the rain, but I am also tired of it.  I want to go outside !!!  Plus, today I have to commute an hour into Blue Bell.  I'm not used to having to drive to work anymore, and I am definitely not looking forward to doing it in the rain.  Then, there's the getting dressed part.  WHAT?!?! I have to put clothes on for work? I can't do it in my PJ's???    LOL!

There are a couple of good things about going into the office, though.  The reason I am going in is to attend a train the trainer program for something that I will be facilitating over the next few months.  This will look good on the resume and give me some more experience in the training arena so I can keep moving up in the company. 

Another positive is that I haven't seen any of these people, (including my sister who also works in the office) in months, if not a year!! My sister saw me a few weeks post op, but hasn't seen me since.  I'm assuming that this is going to turn into a major WOW moment!! Of course, I am going to be finding something that fits me really well to wear to work today!!!  

I just hope my sis doesn't get too upset.... she tends to get pretty upset when I am getting attention and she isn't.  Maybe it's because she realizes that she needs to do this, too, and hasn't found the courage to do it yet.

After work, it will depend on who I get to pick up my daughter from school.  If I can get my babysitter and her mother to get her, then I will just head right to bingo.  If they can't pick her up, then I will go to one of Siehara's friend's houses to pick her up and then head home. 

Hope everyone has a good day and that I don't run into too much traffic/rain on the N.E. extension.

I'm sure your co-workers will be very surprised, happy and complimentary, but if your sister has weight issues don't expect a whole lot from her. My older sister was always my best friend and now she lives in Florida - when she sees me now the most I get is 'Hi Skinny' in a very sarcastic tone and after that nothing...so I take it for what it is and let it go. Its not easy because she's probably the one person who I wish was really happy for me, and maybe she is but she can't or won't show it.

On the other hand, YOU know how good you look and feel, so go with that and be proud of your accomplishments and show that new body off!

PS: I do hope I'm wrong about your sister...she may be very proud and pleased for you and that would be fantastic.

So, I went into work today and of course there were not too many people in the office who would know the difference in me to see it.  I went to say hi to my boss and just stuck my head around the corner into her cubie and said Hi boss lady!!   Of course, she wasn't going for that.  She was like, wellllll..... let me see you!   Then she was floored!! She couldn't stop raving over how great I looked and how happy I seem.    My former boss sits next to her and she was impressed as well, although, not as verbally as my current one.  That is normal though.  Lisa has always been much more verbal than Judy.  

As for my sister, she spoke to me, but did not mention anything about how I looked or felt or anything.  Oh well.. I'm sure it's hard for her and maybe one day she'll get up the courage to do this herself.

I'm glad your boss was so happy for you - I work for a woman as well, who is my age, and I told her about my surgery (cried when I did - I was such a big crybaby!) - and then one day I treated the office to pizza (only 10 of us) and told everyone else, mostly men. I have to say that they have all been wonderfully supportive and encouraging along the way - one guy actually wrote a poem for me on my 1st surgiversary about me burping all the time - it was hysterical!!.

I'm sorry to hear that about your sister but if she's heavy I'm not surprised. My sister doesn't acknowledge my weight loss most of the time, and if she does and the conversation starts out good it ends up with her being sarcastic about something, like me not being able to eat sugar or breads or whatever. So I try not to even engage in those conversations with her.

But you're doing fantastic - keep up the great work!! And you know we'll always support and encourage each other out here.

Kathy

AYE!!! I was ok with it for a while but I think that they said this is the 9th straight day of rain and we still have 2 more to go!! I have had rose bushes purchased for over a week now - hopefully Chris can plant them for me this weekend.

Today I am exhausted - I didn't get home from teh hospital until after 10 last night, after leaving my house at 5am. I was OUT!. Today after work I have to stop at Marshall's then I am going home to make dinner and pass out early!

Make it a great day and be careful driving in the rain today! There are a lot of big puddles on the roads.

Liz

Good morning everyone - thanks for keeping us updated on Katie, Trish - and yes, I'll second, third and fourth that motion that the rain must STOP! I braved it today and did not bring my umbrella into work.

I am at work - nothing new there - not much on my agenda today since hubby drove and has the car I'll be stuck inside at lunch but I have a book to read. Tonight I'll be going to Curves after work and then home. How much excitement can one person take??

Anyway, hope everyone has a great day.

Kathy