GONNA HAVE TO BE OFF FOR A WHILE

WELL LADIES & GENTS ... HASN'T OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY GROWN IN LEAPS & BOUNDS LATELY? IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE NEW PEOPLE POSTING, GETTING TO KNOW THEM & SHARING INFORMATION & ENCOURAGEMENT BACK & FORTH. IT WASN'T TOO LONG AGO THAT THIS BOARD WAS FAIRLY QUIET. YEAHHHHHHH FOR OUR SC WLS FAMILY! WELL, LATELY I HAVE FOUND MYSELF RUNNING OUT OF TIME & GETTING "BEHINDER & BEHINDER" DAY BY DAY ... MY FAMILY REALLY NEEDS MY HELP RIGHT NOW & I JUST CAN'T SEEM TO DO JUSTICE TO "EVERYHING". MOMMA GOT OVER THE "BUG" BUT SHE'S JUST NOT AS STABLE AS WE ARE HOPING FOR. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THEY WANT TO TAKE CARE OF & THEY JUST CANNOT DO IT ALL WITHOUT MY HELP. NICK'S JOB IS IN OVERDRIVE ... GOOD WEATHER BRINGS ON THE OVERTIME SO HE'S BEEN ON 6 DAY WORK WEEKS & WILL PROBABLY BE DOING THIS FOR MOST OF THE SUMMER, WHICH IS WONDERFUL FOR THE PAYCHECK BUT LEAVES SO LITTLE TIME FOR US. IT'S ALL A BALANCING GAME AS Y'ALL KNOW. WE'VE BEEN REARRANGING OUR SCHEDULES & HAVING TO CHANGE OUR PRIORITIES ... WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP ANYTHING IN OUR LIVES BUT MUST FOR THE SHORT TERM. SO, I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME OFF FROM POSTING TO FOCUS ON FAMILY NEEDS RIGHT NOW. YOU MAY SEE A POST FROM ME ON THE STATE BOARDS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS I'M GOING TO TRY TO HELP OUR DAUGHTER IN HER KATRINA RELIEF EFFORTS. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO MISS Y'ALL ON A DAILY BASIS ... WE ACTUALLY HAVE NIGHTLY "UPDATES" OVER DINNER ABOUT ALL OUR WLS FREINDS & THEIR PROGRESS. WE HAVE GOTTEN SO CLOSE TO SO MANY OF YOU & TRULY CARE ABOUT EACH & EVERY ONE OF YOU. BUT, THIS IS NOT "GOOD BYE"; I WILL DROP IN EVERY SO OFTEN, OF COURSE ... WE CAN'T STAY AWAY COMPLETELY. NICK & I ARE GOING TO TRY TO CONTINUE GOING TO THE LCBBuddies' MEETINGS AT JC's ON THURSDAY EVENINGS SO WE'LL SEE MANY OF YOU THERE. I'M GOING TO UPDATE THE FIGURES ON THE SC WEIGHT LOSS LIST. I WILL TRY TO POST IT TONIGHT OR TOMORROW ... & THEN, SOMEONE WILL NEED TO TAKE OVER KEEPING TRACK OF OUR STATE-WIDE PROGRESS. SO UNTIL NEXT TIME (& THERE DEFINITELY WILL BE A NEXT TIME) ... GOD BLESS YOU DAWN & NICK

I will miss you alot! So do you want us to hold off calling you on your cell phone for now? I just know when I have a question you are programed into my phone and it is so easy to just dial you.

CALL ME ANY TIME, SWEETIE ... I'M NOT LEAVING Y'ALL ... BUT, I TRY TO POST A SPECIAL ANSWER TO NEARLY EVERY POST ON OUR BOARD & I JUST WON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT. IT LITERALLY TAKES HOURS A DAY FOR ME TO DO THAT. I'LL BE READING ALL THE POSTS DAILY & WILL JOT A POST HERE & THERE AS I CAN. YES, YES, YES, CALL ME, OF COURSE MS CRYSTAL & I STILL HAVE OUR E-MAIL ... [email protected] GOD BLESS YOU DAWN & NICK

Well Dawn, I am sorry you have so much on your plate right now. If I can do anything to help you, please do not hesitate to call me. We will miss you on the boards, but you will be in our thoughts and prayers always! Hope to see you tonight!!! Susann

I DON'T MIND BEING BUSY, BUT I HATE IT WHEN I CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THINGS WELL ... YOU KNOW, MS SUSANN? &, I'M JUST NOT ABLE TO DO MY BEST FOR ANYONE RIGHT NOW, SO I JUST NEED TO SCALE THINGS BACK A BIT & TAKE MY OWN ADVICE ... HANDLE WHAT IS IN FRONT OF MY FACE NEEDING ATTENTION & PUT OUT THE FIRES ... THEN, I'LL BE BACK IN BALANCE & ABLE TO HANDLE MORE THINGS AGAIN! THANKS SO MUCH, MS SUSANN ... WE'LL STILL SEE YOU AT LCBB! PLEASE KEEP THOSE THOUGHTS & PRAYERS COMING! GOD BLESS YOU DAWN & NICK

Love Ya!

You do post a lot!! No problem. I told Ms. Susann that now that we are all posties, and not needing the hand holding as much, its easy to get caught back up in "normal everyday" life stuff. I am also not posting as much as I do, but you are such a giving person, that you tend to overextend yourself, and offer to do so much for so many. That is the type of person you are No problem...I do understand!!!! Please email me from time to time. I obviously have been posting a little more lately since I am home more often...kidney stone problems, but when I am busy, I am not posting as much...its seasonal, weather, life, job, etc... So, anyway, I will miss seeing you all the time, but I know how to find ya!! I lost your phone number since the ambulance ride, so if you can update me on that Have a great night and week!! I hope to see you when I am feeling better next week at JC's?? Love ya! Deborah

I will definitely miss your posts, but you have to take care of YOU and your family first. If nothing else, update your profile every once in a while so us non-LCBBuddies can see your progress. You post -ops are such and inspiration and wealth of information for us newbies.