What's New Thursday!!
Hey Marti,
I don't have a cracked tail bone but mine sure does hurt. I am not only able to sit for abot fifteen minutes before I have to stand up or shift positions. It might be that I have no more fat there and the lack of padding is causing the bone to press into delicate nerves. If it persists, I'm heading to the doctor; this sucks.
Today, I'm doing some research on themes and motifs in African American literature that are inspired by slavery and lynching. It's very depressing work but something that needs to be studied. I'm thinking of writing a conference paper and presenting next spring. Plus, I get to read some really good books.
Also, a friend of mine is moving and she needs help transporting her bed, so I volnteered our vehicle and then walking at the gym. I think I'm going to meet with a trainer and start doing something besides walking.
Have a good day
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.
Thanks everyone for your kind words of encouragement yesterday on my refrigerator emergency. It's nice to have some place to come and vent, instead of stuffing my face as I used to do when I was upset.
Marti, sorry you are hurting. I was up at 4 a.m. when my knee woke me up hurting but I took a vicodin and went back to sleep ... had I known you were up, (well it was 5 here), I'd have given you a call. Tomorrow, I go to the ortho doc and he better do something for this knee or I'm calling the guy in Ann Arbor and see what he can do (he does this procedure called tendon needling which is supposed to help patellar tendinitis). It's a 2 1/2 hour drive to Ann Arbor, but I don't care ... I'm in too much pain now. I want something to help me.
And then the phone rang at 9 and woke me up ... not enough sleep again! Tried to go back to sleep but couldn't so I got up and I'm going to go out and do what I usually do on Thursday paydays. Not much shopping today, but I need to get my prescription and fill up the gas tank. At least gas has gone down to $3.83.
Have a good day.
on 7/31/08 12:02 am - Park Forest, IL
Ouch Marti, hope the tailbone is better soon!
Our little "Skeeter", chihuhua mix, decided we should be up at 4 am this morning, don't know why. He is 7 and sleeps in his crate with pillow and blankie. He kept whining, so I let him out, went back to bed, 10 mins later he started whinning again, so Earl let him out. Same scenario till 4:45 at that point I decided I might as well go sit in the recliner. Skeeter ended up in my lap and we slept till 6! Go figure...he never acts like this. I can only think it is because I was gone a couple days and he is mama's baby boy! LOL!!
We are meeting friends for lunch in Indiana today at the Mongolian BBQ, haven't seen them in a month, how time flys.
Carla and I had such a good time on our trip, although I had too little sleep and was draggin all day yesterday, feel much better today. Carla is the energizer bunny, she is go-go-go, I don't know how she does it, she & I are the same age, except of course she is so tiny after being so successful with her wls. I hope that I get all that energy after I have my surgery. I have more energy now than I did 45 pounds ago, but I still get to the point that when I sit down I crash!!
Hope you all have a great day. Paulette
I feel weird today, I have a sore throat, a headache, off and on my ears hurt and when I was brushing my teeth this morning I had a slight nose bleed and my teeth bled( they never ever do that) sorry probably TMI. One minute I want to cry, the next I am excited. I just want to go home and lock the door. Fat Chance, boss is here today and she is not happy, and we all know how chit rolls down hill. Tonight we have to go to a motorcycle meeting that is over a hour away. It will be another very late night for me, if Chuck dares to tell me I have to drive the 30 miles to his house, when I am only 2 miles out of his way I am going to tell him to "bite me, go alone."My house is so out of shape I would need an entire company of cleaning angels to get caught up.
I got the cutest pair of pillow cases on E-Bay each with a lighthouse scene on them to cross stitch. I want so bad to work on them. I think I have 2 other projects around here unfinished. My goal for today in NO SUGAR. Well ,I had better get to work, people here are losing their jobs. Even our office manager got cut to part time, so she quit, so I need to work, smile, tap dance, what ever it takes to show I am irreplaceable. Blessings.
JeanB
Had a hair cut appt. at 9:00.....we are trying to get my hair longer on top with short sides and back....will take a while, I guess.
After that I went out to Wal Mart and spent too much $$.
Have everything put away, but need to open the new bag of thistle seed and go fill up the feeder.....they sure go thru the seed quickly.
Gas is 3.68 here this morning......I filled up Tuesday when it was 3.73. Hope it keeps coming down.
Got to get on the bike sometime today....have been naughty about exercising.....did make it to the pool yesterday morning, however, and will go back in the morning to water walk.....wish I could stay in for an hour.
But have to get around for work.
I found a cuisinart ice cream maker on e-bay but have to wait until my son gets home so I can figure out how to bid on it.....egg face had some delicious sounding WLS friendly ice cream recipes I want to try.
Better get busy.....hope you ladies with the sore bottoms get to feeling better soon. My tailbone has so much less padding now, it starts to hurt after just sitting on it for 15 minutes.
Pat R.
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Good morning everyone. I have been sharing my two cents worth on a few of the posts. I must have some ideas today but not promising that they are worth anything. lol
It is a hot and humid day again. I guess the heat index is going into the triple digits soon. I think when the weather gets that bad I just stay home. I know that the humidity isn't good for either the heart problem or the asthma.
I ended up meeting my bestest friend for lunch yesterday. We had a nice time and got caught up on each others life for now. I had a nice time with her but we always have a good time. Ella and I are going rummage saleing on Saturday. We love doing that together. It is always better to have another opinion on things. We know each other so well that we can find things for each other. She is good on getting my clothes too. lol She will hold something up and say that it looks like me.
I went to apply at 2 places after lunch. One was at a Botanical place that makes vitamins and such and then they sell it at their store and sell it to others. They are taking applications for a person who takes the orders for the other places. I would do good with that since I am so comfortable on the phone. I use to work at a answering service and so talking on the phone comes natrual to me. Bill always tells me that he is going to bury me with a phone. I beg him not to since the blasted thing will ring! The other place that I went was to the Portage School Corporation to put in my application for a bus aid. Ella is a manager at the East High School kitchen and she told me that she could get in there in a minute. But.......I am just not a kitchen person. I hate doing things in the kitchen unless it is something that I want to do.........like fix a new dish for dinner or something. Even that is coming with more and more time between! I need to get a job because I am going nuts here and besides the money is getting tighter and tighter with everything going up and up!
I guess I had better get going. I hope that everyone stay safe and watches the heat. Have a wonderful and blessed day. I am sending love and big hugs to everyone and prayers are being said through the day with special ones being said for those in need of them.
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.
Well, I am up at my usual post at 6:00 a.m. and I am finally getting to watch the night turn into day over the ocean...one of my favorite things to do in life. right now the palm trees are gently swaying, and the ocean is smooth like glass. It is different shades of gray and blue at the moment, but soon, very soon, there will be a glow at the very tip top of Haleakela and then the sun will burst forth.....and everything will turn golden, orange, peach, pink....blue, oh so blue of the ocean. This scene brings peace to my heart and quiet to my mind. I am thankful.
I won't be staying in this beautiful spot for long...because I am off to work again. My retirement is over for awhile it seems. They have asked me to stay on permanently part time at the agency where I have been filling in. And I think I have agreed....but I need to be careful not to jeopardize my Social Security benefits. They are paying so little that I think I'll be OK, but I need to do some research. This work at IMUA is wonderful...working with newborns through five years of age with developmental issues. It is a FREE service and I love being involved with something that is actually helping people in this world. It is worth giving up my life of leisure for a couple years at least (I think.) I'm thinking and typing and you can see I haven't made up my mind completely, but it FEELS right and I'm going with that feeling. It usually works out if I DON'T GET IN THE WAY!! Of myself! Anyone know what I'm talking about? Ha!
One thing I'm not feeling good about is my friends missing me. We had our rituals of afternoon chats by the sea...and now when I get home I usually just want to vegge and not get together for condo gossip. I think their noses are a little out of joint.
Marti....I am so sorry about your fall and sore butt......that has to hurt like hell. My butt is so boney these days that sitting on anything concrete hurts badly.....just bones against concrete...ouch! I hope you take care of yourself, and say NO once in awhile....I worry about you, my friend. Thanks for starting the thread, and for being here for all of us.
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
Sorry for the painful tailbones!
Happy Birthday!
And I will try to keep not only Nic but all of us on my prayer list!
As for what's going on today, I am sitting in the office. Being a REALTOR does have it's perks but Desk Duty is not one of them. It is so quite that I feel like going to sleep. I sure hope the market bounces back soon or I'll be having $ problems!
I find that God provides my NEEDS not my WANTS, so I try to remember that I just need to eat not eat steak! LOL
Ya'll have a great day and God Bless each of you,
Vera
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle"
