The NIGH****CHMAN - Wednesday 11/4
Mary and I have been doing our Christmas shopping on-line and on TV (HSN and QVC). We are just about done.
The boss at my part time job and I spoke yesterday and depending on what happened last night, he wanted to cut hours. Well, last night's results justified cutting hours. I come in today and he has changed his mind. Again. But now he say probably next week. We have enough people taking off this week to stay the way we are.
Not much else going on in my world. Ready for vacation.
Just so you know, you need to TAKE YOUR VITAMINS & SUPPLEMENTS and make sure you get your daily allotment of PROTEIN.
If you are new to the board, this link explains what the NIGHT WATCHMAN is (if you are interested). Otherwise, just read on, you will probably figure it out anyway.
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/TX/4005415/The-NIGH****CH MAN-Thursday-and-a-plea/
Prayer requests are listed below:
Continue to keep your thoughts and prayers for the members of our Armed Forces serving around the world, especially during this time of increased awareness. Please thank God for these men and women every day. In addition, please keep the wives and family members in your thoughts.
PEOPLE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT:
Anne's (Lalocaweta) spouse
Debra
Jeri
Kim's (tennysonkw) spouse was laid off on 9/30
Laura - looking for employment away from what she is doing now.
Liz
Nina
Stephanie and her friend Mack
Vicki V.
Vivian's son Shawn and his girlfriend Natalie
Upcoming Surgeries/current hospitalization:
Tara is scheduled for a revision surgery on 12/3/09.
Recovering from Surgery:
Janet (1divaatheart) spouse continuing with chemo, the oncologist is optimistic.
Other prayer requests:
Anne (Lalocaweta) - requests prayer that her son is accepted as a transfer student for UT Law School
Gina L. - pray for her daughter Nikki. She is 36 weeks pregnant and was put on bedrest last Friday. She is the breadwinner for the family, as her husband is a stay at home dad.
Jennifer - prayer for the sale of their house.
July is going through a divorce, requesting prayers for her and her kiddos. We know a divorce is tough, and can be especially tough financially.
Karen the Papaya Queen asks we pray for her son and his GF and their kids. They went to court 10/29 to try and get them back from CPS and it's been a real struggle.
Kim (tennysonkw) - has taken a short leave of absence from work due to health reasons. It comes at a tough time since her spouse recently lost his job.
Meggie's mother has breast cancer. She has a large hematoma under it. Her lumpectomy will be on Wed, 11/11. It is stage 1 cancer and they do not believe it has spread yet and don't think they will need to remove any lymph nodes! Radiation therapy will start in 6 weeks everyday for 6-8 weeks!
Vanessa (ButterflyReborn) asks for prayers. Her polyps have been diagnosed as "abnormal" but not cancerous. More tests forthcoming.
Vivian requests prayer for her son and his girlfriend. They have completed detox, now comes the tough part. In addition, they were evicted from their apartment and now moved in with Vivian. Prayers for Vivian with the extra stress in her life.
Below is one of God's children that definitely need our prayers. This is one specific cases, we know there are others out there. Remember them too.
Gina J. - Pray for her 6 year old Marina, diagnosed with a terminal illness at age 2.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!
A "quiet" house tonight as Paul watches his Phillies losing. Just HATE it when we have sports "situations" like this because he is such a cranky butt to the rest of us!!!
The two older girls had tennis this afternoon, as usual, but today both had to play girls who asked them for challenge matches. Both of the girls who asked them are one step under them. One of them who wanted to challenge V was a real snot. She had beat one other girl so got a bit full of herself and came out and actually SAID to V, "I'm going to beat you, too, then take my rightful place in the top four". Thankfully V kept her mouth shut and just said to her, "fine, bring it on". So, today, they played. The score got to 5-2 and the girl decided she just had to leave to go home. Hmm, in my book, that would be called a FORFEIT! The coach is going to let her finish tomorrow which I don't think is right. V had the momentum so why should the girl get the advantage of resting up?!? I know I will be addressing this problem next fall during the parent meeting because by then, we should have a new head coach and hopefully he'll think the same way. Coach Kaiser had that as a rule - if you asked for a challenge match, you stay until it is done or you forfeit. Heather had to play a girl that I swear, doesn't even WANT to be on the team. She always has excuses for why she cannot stay for practice or even participate in matches! When she is at a match, she's more interested in flipping her hair and walking around with her boyfriend. It's just frustrating because there are a couple girls on JV who actually CARE about that team and deserve the right to be on varsity as they actually TRY! At any rate, Heather was beating the girl 4-0 when the girl said to her, "that's it, just go tell coach you beat me 8-0, I am done playing and want to go home"! See, NO incentive to be there. UGH. Good for Heather, but she's definitely not productive for the team!!!
Guess I'd better go get Sarah off to bed!
Good luck to V, congrats to Heather.
And tell Paul I am really sorry about the Phils. I turned the radio off because I do not want to hear the Yankee fans celebrating.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!
The only good part with the girls' situation...the girl who is basically between V and Heather has a hot-headed dad who has NO problem letting coach know he doesn't like something. When I went to get the girls at 4:30, his daughter was holding Schnitzel (they are Mini Schnauzer fans too as they have one) and wanted to show her dad when he pulled up. We were all talking between the cars and I mentioned to him how I just hate the fact the kids have to go through challenge matches yet again to "earn" a varsity spot...if you ask me, whoever gets on varsity at the beginning of the year should be there all school year. That's the way it has been for years so why this year he has changed things up I will never know. I just don't think that is healthy for the kids to constantly be competing against one another as that builds a "me, me, me" mentality instead of a TEAM mentality. The girl's dad has a problem with the fact that our #1 player has been injured since before school started and hasn't played but like ONE match back in August so she is useless. The #2 and #3 girls have both been beat by my girls and the other gal so her dad doesn't understand why those two are head of our kids. Personally I don't care that those two are ahead of both my girls as the higher up you play, the better chances you are gonna get your bootie kicked! V is slotted in the #4 slot and Heather at #7. Heather SHOULD be at #6 but coach did what he did and put her there. Now the other big monkey wrench is a girl who plays on the volleyball team is about ready to finish up the season in volleyball and thinks she deserves to be on Varsity because she is good. Uhm, geez, tennis is your SECOND choice so those who have been here the duration should get that spot before her. All so frustrating!!!
Another exhausting day for me. I'm already in bed with my pups and a movie. I met up with Sara on my way home from the office for a couple drinks and some food. It was good to catch up with her as I hadn't seen her since I hadn't seen her since her birthday.
I had another very good day at my new job. Not as many meetings today, but I'm getting into a groove and feeling like my input is really valued.
Michael's back in SAT tonight finishing packing up the house. Not everything fit in the truck we rented last week. He doesn't know if he'll be back tomorrow night or Friday. I'm hoping for tomorrow. I'm nervous spending my first night alone in the new house. I'd rather it only be one night than two.
Have a good evening. Prayers for all who need them.
253 / 140 (below goal)
If I were lying, wouldn't my pants be on fire?!?
