Thursday Rolls Call
Good morning Liz - Been a while since I have been on Roll Call. And with the title - I now want ROLLS! :) ha ha!
I am up - as per the normal here - was up from 4:30-5:30. I did fall back to sleep and slept in until 8:30. I had NO sleeping issues up at camp. wonder if it is my matress. I have NEVER liked it. but it isn't that old. oh well.
I have been fighting this depression thing VERY hard. I feel like not doing a damned thing just about every day. I have friends who are pushing me, but for some it might be getting old. I am suppose to go with a girlfriend to meet a friend of hers who is over 500 pounds and has had ONE rejection to bariatric and has not chosen to fight it. She is now recuperating from pneumonia and to be perfectly honest, I do not want to go. I have spoken to her and as much as I know when I am in a good place I might be a good support I am so not feeling it today. I will NOT mention bariatric surgery as an alternative to everything else she has tried unless she brings it up, but with my state of mental health these days - I don't know how much help I can be. I REALLY want to cancel. Don't know if that will be accepted as the friend who is going with me knows how I am doing and is pushing me to get out of the house.
I do have a hair appointment at 2 this afternoon and don't feel like going to that either. Two hours of sitting with happy people who have more money than god in the middle of a work day - believe me - these women are not all teachers who have the summer off. THAT is not the reason they are able to get their hair done in the middle of the day.
Oh - and PS - this happy message is why I have not been around too much.......got back from camp on Sunday and wasn't even feeling it at camp either......oh well.....Meeting with a new doctor on Tuesday.
I am up - as per the normal here - was up from 4:30-5:30. I did fall back to sleep and slept in until 8:30. I had NO sleeping issues up at camp. wonder if it is my matress. I have NEVER liked it. but it isn't that old. oh well.
I have been fighting this depression thing VERY hard. I feel like not doing a damned thing just about every day. I have friends who are pushing me, but for some it might be getting old. I am suppose to go with a girlfriend to meet a friend of hers who is over 500 pounds and has had ONE rejection to bariatric and has not chosen to fight it. She is now recuperating from pneumonia and to be perfectly honest, I do not want to go. I have spoken to her and as much as I know when I am in a good place I might be a good support I am so not feeling it today. I will NOT mention bariatric surgery as an alternative to everything else she has tried unless she brings it up, but with my state of mental health these days - I don't know how much help I can be. I REALLY want to cancel. Don't know if that will be accepted as the friend who is going with me knows how I am doing and is pushing me to get out of the house.
I do have a hair appointment at 2 this afternoon and don't feel like going to that either. Two hours of sitting with happy people who have more money than god in the middle of a work day - believe me - these women are not all teachers who have the summer off. THAT is not the reason they are able to get their hair done in the middle of the day.
Oh - and PS - this happy message is why I have not been around too much.......got back from camp on Sunday and wasn't even feeling it at camp either......oh well.....Meeting with a new doctor on Tuesday.
Steffi;
I hope you start to feel better.
If you want, I'm "working from home tomorrow" you can come over and ogle the eye candy that has surrounded my house. The siding guys are all and I mean all great to look at, from the oldest guy down to the younger ones. Serious eye candy. I told Gene if only all the crews looked like these guys I'd have taking off the last 8 months just to sit here and enjoy the sights :-)
I hope you start to feel better.
If you want, I'm "working from home tomorrow" you can come over and ogle the eye candy that has surrounded my house. The siding guys are all and I mean all great to look at, from the oldest guy down to the younger ones. Serious eye candy. I told Gene if only all the crews looked like these guys I'd have taking off the last 8 months just to sit here and enjoy the sights :-)
IdaMae
Good Morning all!
Wow, it sure seems like alot of us have the same things going on.
I am tired all the time. But not for lack of sleep. I sleep about 8-10 hours per day. Just struggling with my blood disorder and depression.
I have been very distant lately and very "argumentative" towards Johnny. Mostly, because I can't be that way with anyone else. But it's taking a toll. We've have a rough few weeks and I know that it's mostly my fault.
This weekend we are able to spend a good bit of time together, just the two of us, and I hope it gets us out of our "funk" and I feel better in general.
Otherwise, just working, running errands, kids, and the usual day to day life.
Miss you all and think of you all VERY often!
Lots of HUGS!!!
Wow, it sure seems like alot of us have the same things going on.
I am tired all the time. But not for lack of sleep. I sleep about 8-10 hours per day. Just struggling with my blood disorder and depression.
I have been very distant lately and very "argumentative" towards Johnny. Mostly, because I can't be that way with anyone else. But it's taking a toll. We've have a rough few weeks and I know that it's mostly my fault.
This weekend we are able to spend a good bit of time together, just the two of us, and I hope it gets us out of our "funk" and I feel better in general.
Otherwise, just working, running errands, kids, and the usual day to day life.
Miss you all and think of you all VERY often!
Lots of HUGS!!!
When life hands you lemons, ask for tequila & salt and give me a call!
Good Morning Liz and all you great PA Posters!!!
Aah, I remember the sleepless nights with teething children, as that was the only time my kids did not sleep all through the night, I was lucky, I had one friend whose daughter spoke two languages and could read by the age of 3 because she only slept 4 hours a night and they had (parents, grandparents) took shifts with her, I would have lost my mind, but then again, when we are parents, we usually find it in ourselves to do what we must. Hope your little one gets into a better sleep cycle. Oh and by the way, I LOVE the picture, as everyone else has said, she is a real cutie!!!
So sleep is not an issue, other than getting enough of it, as my lifestyle has me up at 4:30 most days in order to make the gym a priority in my life, so lately I am doing what I can to get to bed by 9:30, most nights making it by 10, but by Wednesday's I am in crash and burn mode and all I want to do at when I get home is crawl in bed and go to sleep, not so last night as I had dinner with my best guy friend, Owen, but hey, I can make it one more day until Friday. Before my surgery, I had sleep issues, insomnia was a regularity and for obvious reasons I could not take anything for it and I tried all the natural remedies people suggested, but on most nights, if I got 5 hours that was a good night's rest. Certainly a big change occurred since then, now a good night is 7, but most nights, I get between 5.5 and 6.5 and my body is used to getting up early, so even on the weekends I am up pretty early, though most of the time I can sleep until 6:30 or 7:00, but I've got Roxie the alarm clock, who thinks if I move, it is time for her to get petting time, oh well. . .
Well yay, only thing better than Friday, is Thursday and knowing that the weekend is a day away. Today I got up at 4:30 spent the requisite amount of time petting Roxie, got my gym gear on, brushed my teeth, washed my face, fed the Roxie girl, made coffee, grabbed my clothes and headed for the gym, with a pit stop for gas on the way. Spent 30 minutes on the ARC, then 15 on the elliptical, the ARC is a sort of cross between an elliptical and a stepper and when I was done, I got ready for my work day, which is where I am writing you from now. After work I will go home, have my dinner and then Owen will pick me up, we will go to our AA homegroup where I will tell my story in the hopes that someone can relate and find strength and hope from where I came to where I am today, that is the way we celebrate anniversaries in AA, the people who celebrate share their experience, strength and hope. When the meeting is over I will head home where I will go to bed so I can wake up tomorrow and do it all over again, the routine of gym, work. . .
I wish each and everyone of you the best possible of days and truly I send prayers of peace and strength for those of you having tough personal life challenges!
Hugs, Laureen
Aah, I remember the sleepless nights with teething children, as that was the only time my kids did not sleep all through the night, I was lucky, I had one friend whose daughter spoke two languages and could read by the age of 3 because she only slept 4 hours a night and they had (parents, grandparents) took shifts with her, I would have lost my mind, but then again, when we are parents, we usually find it in ourselves to do what we must. Hope your little one gets into a better sleep cycle. Oh and by the way, I LOVE the picture, as everyone else has said, she is a real cutie!!!
So sleep is not an issue, other than getting enough of it, as my lifestyle has me up at 4:30 most days in order to make the gym a priority in my life, so lately I am doing what I can to get to bed by 9:30, most nights making it by 10, but by Wednesday's I am in crash and burn mode and all I want to do at when I get home is crawl in bed and go to sleep, not so last night as I had dinner with my best guy friend, Owen, but hey, I can make it one more day until Friday. Before my surgery, I had sleep issues, insomnia was a regularity and for obvious reasons I could not take anything for it and I tried all the natural remedies people suggested, but on most nights, if I got 5 hours that was a good night's rest. Certainly a big change occurred since then, now a good night is 7, but most nights, I get between 5.5 and 6.5 and my body is used to getting up early, so even on the weekends I am up pretty early, though most of the time I can sleep until 6:30 or 7:00, but I've got Roxie the alarm clock, who thinks if I move, it is time for her to get petting time, oh well. . .
Well yay, only thing better than Friday, is Thursday and knowing that the weekend is a day away. Today I got up at 4:30 spent the requisite amount of time petting Roxie, got my gym gear on, brushed my teeth, washed my face, fed the Roxie girl, made coffee, grabbed my clothes and headed for the gym, with a pit stop for gas on the way. Spent 30 minutes on the ARC, then 15 on the elliptical, the ARC is a sort of cross between an elliptical and a stepper and when I was done, I got ready for my work day, which is where I am writing you from now. After work I will go home, have my dinner and then Owen will pick me up, we will go to our AA homegroup where I will tell my story in the hopes that someone can relate and find strength and hope from where I came to where I am today, that is the way we celebrate anniversaries in AA, the people who celebrate share their experience, strength and hope. When the meeting is over I will head home where I will go to bed so I can wake up tomorrow and do it all over again, the routine of gym, work. . .
I wish each and everyone of you the best possible of days and truly I send prayers of peace and strength for those of you having tough personal life challenges!
Hugs, Laureen
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Hello everyone. I haven't been on the boards in a while, but since I'm trying to get my weight loss back on track I'm going to try to be on here more often. I've been really bad and have not lost a pound in the past 6 weeks.... but luckily I haven't gained any either, just maintaining.
As for me, I worked last night and I wasn't able to sleep this morning when I got home from work. It's about 4 in the afternoon now, and at this point I think that I'm probably just going to stay awake the rest of the day... To say that I'm tired would be an understatement..
Anyways, just figured I'd pop in and say hello. So hi!
As for me, I worked last night and I wasn't able to sleep this morning when I got home from work. It's about 4 in the afternoon now, and at this point I think that I'm probably just going to stay awake the rest of the day... To say that I'm tired would be an understatement..
Anyways, just figured I'd pop in and say hello. So hi!
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