The NIGH****CHMAN - Wednesday 1/13
Yesterday, we were Mr and Mrs Nice Guy. My son is having trouble financially and needs to get rid of one of his dogs. A Lab/Boxer mix. So we were nice enough to say we would take him until he found someone else. But he had to keep looking. They brought him over. Last night, he refused to come in the house. We had him running loose in our back yard. Everytime we got near him he ran off. So we decided he would have to stay outside. This morning, I got home and let Pride out. Him and Mack ran and ran and ran. They did the same last night. They got along so well. I was actually contemplating keeping him. Well, this morning when I got up early (for a dentist appointment), Mack was gone. He dug under the fence and took off. Who knows where to. Well, I hope someone nice finds him. He is wonderful with kids.
Then went to get my dentures refit. One more appointment for that.
So, here I am at work with less than 4 hours of sleep. Ho boy, this is gonna be fun.
Gotta go.
Pray for Jenn R. and Eric. Please.
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:
Debra F.
Kat's (Iwannabethinnow) spouse
Kim's (tennysonkw) husband
Nina
Vivian asks for Natalie and Jonathan
Upcoming Surgeries/current hospitalization:
Sandi B. - Surgery on 1/14 at North Hills Hospital
Kim G. - 1/7 Colposcopy.
Recovering from Surgery:
Sandi B's mother is recovering from RNY.
Jill is recovering from plastics.
Meggie - recovering from a long surgery on 1/7
Other prayer requests:
Amanda N. - researching the various WLS available. May God help her to choose which is right for her.
George - prayers for Oleta's mother. She is on hospice care and getting worse every day. Oleta is not as upbeat as usual at this time.
Gina L. - brother Jerry still suffering. Doctors are now leaning towards the problem being stopped up cardiac areteries. He is very depressed and has chronic back pain also.
Jennifer - prayer for the sale of their house in San Antonio. They have made the move to the metroplex but still need to sell their house.
Karen the Papaya Queen asks we pray for her son and his GF and their kids. They lost the parental rights to the children, but the decision is under appeal.
Kat's (Iwannabethinnow) friend will have a scan this week to see if the chemo was successful.
Kim (tennysonkw) wants prayer that she will be a better example to her children in the future, and that God will grant me strength to endure, as her and her husband go through their personal problems. Also she requests prayer for her coworker Tara ane her family. Tara is on hospice care in the hospital and the family is having a tough time accepting it.
Kim G. - has anemia.
Meggie is in the hospital with abdominal pains again. She will probably be requiring surgery.
Meggie's mother has breast cancer. She has a large hematoma under it. 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 be everyday for 6-8 weeks.
Nina requests prayers for her cousin Troy who has been in and out of the hospital since Thanksgiving. Also prayers for school enrollment.
Vivian requests prayers for the extra stress in her life due to her son and his girl friend living with her.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!
Long painful day. I left work before 5:15. I was exhausted. I'm home, changed, have eaten, am icing and just took a pain med.
Sorry about Mack running away. Is he microchipped?
I'll be around for a little bit, but probably really out of it soon.
Prayers for all who need them.
253 / 140 (below goal)
If I were lying, wouldn't my pants be on fire?!?
Hope you are better soon!
Eating my last meal till ummm they let me eat again tomorrow (not even any freakin COFFEE!!!) Ready to get in there and get this taken care of. THANK YOU Becky... I don't know how I could have been able to function with Boo at home and not being able to "really do stairs" over and over throughout the day. Thank you all for the well wishes that I have already received... I appreciate you thinking about me.
My surgery is set for 7am at North Hills... gotta be there at 530!
Derek will contact someone to post an update once I'm out of surgery... and then once gives me COFFEE I will maybe post on FB depending on how drugged I am LOL!
BAG PACKED! SLIPPERS READY! yes the charger is ready to go as well lol... like SANDI will be without her phone? LOL
I PROMISE I WILL NOT BE ALONE for this one... no I'm not going to be stubborn like the last time!
*Strength... it's inside, beside, behind and all around me*
Having a productive week so far and trying to do my best learning a new sector of the healthcare industry. I believe I've been brought up to be the George Clooney role in "in the air" - I'm averaging one person a week being sent to the unemployment line. It really sucks but I am trying to be positive about it. Luckily in this economy, there are many people eager to do a good job.
The kids are great - I got home in time to make a yummy meatloaf, mashed potatoes, carrots (no corn), appleauce - the WORKS! Even dessert! We then all sat down and watched Night at the Museum 2 -- AS A FAMILY!!!! I'll cherish this one as they will be with their dad all weekend!
I'm hoping to work on my downstairs bathroom this weekend and make progress - I'm determined to have it remodeled before spring!!!
Sara
Orange you happy I'm BACK?
Long time no see. Glad you popped on!!!Sheesh, rough past 24 hours. That damn catheter was ******g me off as it was becoming HORRIBLY painful. I swear I was just waddling like a penguin so called Dr. L.'s office and he called me back. Needless to say, last night I got to ditch that sucker. Hallelujah!!! This morning I had early post-op appt. Right before left had a nasty incident using the *$(%!^# toilet seat riser (I swear, the things we do to ourselves) and ended up with two areas that ripped open. Oh my freakin' gosh....hellish pain. I immediately bursted into tears! Finally got things under control and we headed off. Paul was so afraid he would have to restitch the damn thing. Luckily not but holy moses I was a hurtin' pup. Dr. L. said it will actually lay back down just fine as it wasn't too taunt there. Just felt worse than it looked I guess. Sooo, back to the pain meds. NO WAY would I want to be without somethin'. YIKES!
Didn't get to tell you - yesterday my dad took Sarah to the bus stop where there was a little Shiz Tsu running loose. The dog followed dad home. GREAT! He put her in our side yard and kept her from going into our big back yard so OUR dog wouldn't freak out. We went around looking for signs but nothing. I wasn't supposed to be driving but didn't feel bad and knew it was just in the neighborhood, then less than a couple miles away to get my SBUX for the night. I had mom with me. No luck with any signs so took off to SBUX. Was sitting at the stop light waiting for light to change when "BAM"...got hit from behind. I looked at mom and immediately said, "YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!" Nothing major and really, in my Suburban, didn't move me much at all. I got out SLOOOOWLY (knowing Paul was gonna kick my a$$ for driving when I probably shouldn't have been) and looked at the back. Hot diggity - the only damage was my GMC hitch cover was ever so slightly bent. Not a scratch anywhere else to my car. His???? Well, let's just say my bigger bumper TORE UP his little Ford Escort's entire front end. He was sooo apologetic. I knew what he was doing the SECOND he got out of his car...YEP...texting. He even said it. He was like, "I swear, I looked down for one second....". I told him he was really lucky that he only had vehicle damage because texting while driving is a no-no. No need to call the cops because I had no damage to speak of. Scared the guy to death. He said, "you know, I tell my daughter not to do it, now this". I smiled and said, "well, hard lesson learned to practice whatcha preach". Of course my dad wanted me to call the cops, etc. Just couldn't see doing that. I asked mom if she thought it was a hard "tap" and she said, "I really hardly even knew we were hit". EXACTLY! Needless to say, we went back home, I got my dad and let HIM drive me to SBUX!!! Anyway, we opened our shed and let the little dog go in there for shelter. She went right in there and curled up when my dad took a warm blanket in there for her. Figured we'd take her to my vet to be microchipped today. Paul and dad walked Sarah to the bus stop when a lady was putting up a sign. Paul said, "what are you looking for"? She said, "my Shiz Tsu"! HALLELUJAH!!! It was hers. The lady was one of our newer neighbors who moved in well over a year ago but her and her husband really don't talk much and are never outside. We never even knew they had a dog! We do now. She was soooo happy and grateful that we took her in. She never even went around to her immediate neighbors to ask if anyone had seen her. Sorry, but had that been OUR dog, I would have been knocking on doors in the immediate neighborhood asking if anyone had seen her. She WAS microchipped though so she would have been reunited with her today anyway. Definitely happy ending to that lost doggy story. The meter reader apparently left the gate open. Nice.
Ok, guess I'd better go. Time to get the feet up and the liquids in. He scanned the legs and said I'm full of fluid so definitely dehydrated. Wonderful. Schnitzel is getting his ears cropped tomorrow so he can't have breakfast. He'll be more pissed about that than the surgery! He's also getting microchipped!!!
Hope Mack finds his way back. If he remembers how much fun he and Pride had running around, he'll be back!!!
TTYL....
