*** Thursday Roll Call ***

Good morning PA!  I am up early and thought I would check out what you are all doing today!

I totally forgot that I had an appointment with my Rabbi yesterday - OY!  This is the second time I forgo an appointment with him.  I just never looked at my calendar - fortunately it is the time of year for forgiveness, so I will pray extra hard on Monday at the synagogue! :)  

So - today has me at wor****il 3:15.  Nothing planned this afternoon, however, both of my oldest kids have their back-to-school nights this evening.  I hate when this happens.  I am going to Molly's and Larry will be going to Josh's until he has to get into work. That is my VERY exciting day - I think....Maybe I should consult my calendar! :)

So - I have a question - I will call Barix later today - however, are we allowed to fast?  This Monday is Yom Kippur and as I mentioned earlier - I will be in Synagogue all day and we are supposed to fast for 24 hours to "cleanse" ourselves while we are asking for forgiveness.  What would fasting do to our system for one day - I get a bit nauseated when I am hungry - is it bad?  Any thoughts?  Fasting for one day a year has never been a big deal and  I always felt good about myself when I got through, so if I would prefer to follow the holiday if I can, however, I do NOT want to jeapordize anything!  What do you think?

Hope you all have a great Thursday - hold on - it's almost the weekend! :)

Morning Steffi.. I was wondering the same thing about fasting and thought if we couldn't, that maybe I would just drink water and be sure to stay hydrated at least.  Let me know what you find out and I guess I should call my surgeon, too. 

Today, I am up early again to do some OT.  I would like to get some more time in, but with my oh so busy schedule, it's just not happening.  Last night I planned to go to bed early, but my friend was having some issues and needed someone to talk/vent to, so he came over and didn't leave until about midnight.  I rested part of the time he was here, but not the sleep I wanted.  Plus, the sore throat I had in the morning went away, but the sinus headache and sniffles are here full force.  UGH

I am going to make an appointment to get my brakes done today.  There is a Midas in walking distance of my apartment, so I am going to drop off the car and walk home and make that time my lunch.  Then, I will go walk to pick it up after work, I guess.

After that, TODAY is Rocco day.. it was supposed to be yesterday, but he was fixing up his room at his new place and lost track of time.  SO, we rescheduled for today.  Siehara has dance and another mom will be picking her up from school to take her, so I have time right at 4:00 for that.  Then, I will pick up Siehara and her friend from dance, take her friend home and then run home to shower and get ready for BINGO!!!! My night out if I can stay awake!

That's it for me... have a great Thursday everyone!! It's Friday eve!

Good morning!!

The whole fasting thing came up last year by someone else on the board (I am not Jewish...) and for the life of me I can't remember the exact answer from Barix.  The patient was a patient of Dr. Pupkova.  I *think* she said that you still needed to drink water and when the man who was asking the question looked into the "details" of the fasting issue it said something about exception to the rules for medical conditions and Dr. Pupkova believed that we were a medical condition?  I could be totally wrong on this one.  And it's probably a very individual choice.  In the grand scheme of things will one day of decreased protein totally hurt your system?  I sure as hope heck not because goodness knows there have been PLENTY of days like that for me.  Good luck on your answers.

Anywho...today.  Hmmm  I ended up getting a really good nights sleep - fell asleep on the couch early and was woken up by Brian going "it's time for bed" so I opened my eyes enough to get myself to the bedroom and promptly fell back to sleep.  So here I sit wide awake at 6:30 am, LOL

I have a doctors appointment at 1:15 which I'm actually excited about.  I hadn't gotten a primary doc since we moved and called one yesterday just to be established as a new patient...and they had a cancellation right before I called so I'm going there today.  Need to be set up with some labs and stuff and also need to have some "real" follow up on this UTI.  Also want to talk to him about some sleep issues I have when I am changing shifts etc.

Gonna make dinner for hubby - not quite sure what that will entail as of yet.  I think steak and some sort of potato

And, if my bladder/back cooperates (the back pain is still there, but it didn't get any worse and I never got a fever) I'll go out for a walk or something as well.

Have a great day!

Pam

Good Morning Steffi,
I am heading to school, and all that fun.  Then tonight is Back to School Night.  I have to go home and play with the dog between the two, as he is really skitzy these days.

Maybe I will see you tonight.

Hugs,
Trish

Good Morning Steff & PA;

Today my plans include a walk about 9am or so. I went out yesterday for about a half hour and felt really good, maybe today I'll increase it a bit. When I'm with Gene I walk further and for longer periods of time, I feel safer with someone with me.

Then I will complete my preparations and readings for my first class tonight. I can't drive yet so Gene will take me to class and hang out till it's over.

Hope you all have a great day!!!!!!

Ida

Good morning PA I am suffering with a sinus infection and just wanna blow my nose and go back to bed but have too much to do I am still dog sitting the english ****er spaniel I can't wait til they pick her up this weekend and I can sleep a little more.  She really is a sweetie.  I have my therapist appointment and then going to pay a couple of bills and come back and doing some cleaning and then physical theraphy. As far as the fasting for the holiday just my opinion I agree with the medical asspect of the thing.  I would call and I am sure other people have before you so they should have your answer. This year I am glad my list of things to be forgiven for is very short as I have kept my nose clean and minded my own business and not gotten involved with crazy stuff. Really! Everybody take care and have a great day.

Steffi - I agree with Pam 100% with the fasting thing. If you do forgo food for the day make sure you at least drink lots of water to stay hydrated. Dr P did say that there was a medical exception (ie diabetics can't go all day without eating) and we would fall into this catagory. If you DO fast and start to feel shaky please eat something.

There is definitely something in the "rules" about medical exception.  I already told Siehara that she might see me eating or at least drinking that day and not to get all bent out of shape or make a big deal about it.  I figured I would leave a cooler in the car with water and protein stuff as a just in case since I won't be leaving for much, if not all day either.  G-d will forgive us Steffi!

That is what I figured - but I want to call and double check to be sure - I will be SURE to take care of myself.  I promise!  And, I know that at this time of year, my forgiveness request will be answered! :)  Thanks! :)

Good morning PA!  I live in Pittsburgh and feeling like the city is under siege will all the preperations for the G-20 Summit which starts today. I am so glad I don't have to go anywhere near the down town area.

After walking today, I will be going through old clothes and packing them up for some charity

What ever you are doing today, smile and please be safe


ellen