Monday, Monday what's up?

Yeaaaaa!!!!!! Keep them going & you can catch up to me!
Nan

Morning Grammy, Candy, Monica, Debbie and those yet to arrive. . .

Happy Valentine's Day to all of you!  My sweetie and I had a nice celebration on Saturday and he sent me a dozen red roses to cheer me up on Friday, I really did hit the lotto when I met Tony. . .

Anyway, I feel a bit better today, trying to keep my spirits up some way or another.  I did make an AA meeting yesterday at noon and it was wonderful, woman there celebrating 34 years of recovery, she told her story and it both funny and sad at different turns, but that is really life, never all or one thing, but the ying and yang which makes us enjoy what's good, and remember that the not great stuff is going to pass eventually and more good will come. . . also brought a meeting into some women who are in a halfway house last night, so that was good.  All these things are things I do to help me get through the moments in my life that can sometimes get me bogged down, they give me gratitude for the life I live today, which is a far cry from the life of isolation I led before walking into my first AA meeting over 23 years ago. 

Well here I am at work today, quiet day so far and this is my long workday, meaning I wor****il 6 p.m.

I wish you all a very good day, peace and strength for the challenges, Laureen

Good Morning Friends.

 Got a decent night's sleep so I"m raring to go before 5AM. Did Have dreams about a young man that I am attempting to "instill some learnin' in" as my mom would have said. From day one he has considered me his enemy. The only thing I can  figure out is that he seems to think that he should not be accountable to the same things the other students are. IE: do your work, do not disrupt the class, be the best you can be.

 I can tell he's had a rough time of it but he won't let anyone close. I've backed off and I don't have to have his friendship but respect is another thing. I treat him respectfully and expect the same thing. Today when he refuses to quietly work in class we're heading out in the hall for a private"chat." Whether he wants to hear it or not he's going to! I need to clear the air.

The result can't be any worse that what we are now dealing with. I don't think he realizes how negative he is. And if he does not he needs someone to tell him. Up to this point our "head butting" has been in front of 12 other students and 3 adults. I prefer to talk to him privately and to give him a chance to tell me anything that he needs to. He tends to sull up (another Mom term) and not say a word. We'll see. Perhaps "one on one" he will open up. If not, like I said, at least I will have cleared the air for me. I will not let one obstinent teenager ruin the learning environment for the rest of us.

Other than that life is good. Looks like my daugher and her 3 little "Mini Mes" will be coming over this coming weekend which will be wonderful. I haven't seen them since Christmas which seems like an eternity to me! Briley has lots of new teeth and is "doing everything but" crawling. Erin says she "Army crawls, turns, rolls, belly scoots, rocks back and forth and lurches, thus getting anywhere and anything she wants.

Hopefully it will be nice enough to go to the park with them.

I too have been missing several people. Margo, Judy G, Debbie S and Maui Karen come to mind. Many come and go sometimes just busy or a bit down and isolating. Like Monica it is joyous when they return to our fold!

Have a great day everyone. I plan to do my part. Confrontations are not something that I enjoy but I was reminded by a friend that sometimes that is my responsibility. Letting it fester just turns the anger inside and makes me physically ill. Doing nothing causes me to be used as a doormat. Action is hard, fear provoking, and uncomfortable but I will put on my big girl undies and do what needs to be done!

 

Good mornig Grammy and all my OFFer friends,

Looks like everyone is doing pretty well. Monica, so proud of you, Candy, glad you got out of the house, but be careful. Karen, you're a wonderful person to try to work through things with that student. Our kids need more people like you in thier lives. Laureen, I'm so glad you have Tony in your life.

There's no Valentines Day stress here in our house. We don't celebrate it. We figure spending a bunch of money on overpriced flowers and helping Hallmarks bottom line for one day doesn't make up for being an ASS 364 days the rest of the year. We choose to be kind to each other every day. It's gotten us through 28 years and I'm grateful every day.

The kids came yesterday for and early dinner to celebrate Gary's birthday a couple of days early. I made a very tasty vegan meal, yummy sandwiches on toasted French baguettes with roasted red peppers, zucchini, shredded carrots, hummus and guacamole. Then, I made a broccoli slaw and vegan baked beans. Tess brought some amazing chocolate cupcakes. So good, so healthy!

Still on antibiotics for the elbow. Waiting to hear from the doctor's office if he wants to see me today. I'm changing dressings about every 2 hours the drainage is so bad. I know it's a good thing for it to drain, but what a pain in the butt.

Laundry to finish, dishwasher to empty then I'm free for the day. I guess I should find a little something for Gary's birthday. He already got a fancy GPS watch to use on his runs. He did 14 miles on Saturday. Amazing.

Good morning Off
This is a run by  today as I need to hit the road very shortly.   Shrink sessions for my one little charge and some errands household kind of thing and a run to the urgent care for me   I think I am having sciatic nerve problems now   ouch!   BIG OUCH!!  
Susan  we don't go big time with valentines here either.  Steve does get me some grocery store flowers,  they are much more affordable!!   I fix him a real nice meal with his favorite banana cream pie,  No expensive cards or such   We say I love you every day.   My husband is one of the good guys!!!!   
Prayers going up from our house to all of yours.
Welcome to all the new friends

Good morning everyone.  Wow - what a weekend.  10 hours in the ER with my husband on a Saturday night.  It appears he's having gallbladder problems, but the docs don't want to do surgery until he has another attack.  I had mine out in October and think they should go ahead and do the surgery so he won't have to go through that again.  They gave him morphine twice in the ER and it didn't touch his pain.  They finally gave him dilaudin (sp?) and that did the trick.

I find myself playing the same game I've played with every other diet I've been on in my life.  The game is "How much can I eat and not gain weight??"  I've simply got to stop and lose this last 20 pounds.  I also need to exercise.  I do believe I'd rather have a root canal!

We're having beautiful new furniture (actually very old furniture) delivered Friday from my mother-in-law's home in another state.  She died a few weeks ago.   I like to think she would be happy to know her son has her things.  I'm sure she would be.

Hoping everyone has a good week.
Cynthia

Good morning Grammylew and everyone.

In excruciating pain today...everywhere. Don't think I will get any packing done. My hands are so painful. Damn Arthritis!!

I  still need to work today. I see my Psychiatrist for the last time today at 3:00...that will be sad. He has been with me for so many years and helped me in so many ways.

Had a nice brunch with my daughter and my 3 grandchildren yesterday. We ate at P F Chang's....my favorite and theirs.

Prayers to all in need. Very proud of Monica!!

Have a Happy Valentines Day!!

Love and hugs to all.....connie d

Hi Carolyn and my OFF family:

Actually slept well last night ... amazing ... woke up sometime in the morning and thought it was 11 a.m. and then looked at the clock and it was 9 a.m. So I went back to sleep until 11 a.m.

The only problem I have is the same as Connie ... I hurt all over. I was hurting yesterday and still hurt today. Strange, because it's a gorgeous day ... 68 degrees and sunny, just a few clouds. My fibro and arthritis have been flaring lately, though. I work today and then have four days off (two regular days, a personal day and a furlough day).

Not much else going on ... have a good day.

I believe I have mentioned that this PT is kickin' my butt!! WAY worse than the other PT's I have gone through. I know it would be easier if I had gotten this extra 25 pounds off! She keeps adding stuff, of course. Like balancing on that leg, standing up from a seated position, and lying on my back and lifting that leg. Ouch, ouch, ouch!! And since these things hurt, I am not as dedicated to doing them at home! I should be doing them 3 times a day. I've been doing them once!
Today I stopped at the Commissary on the way home and I used an electric cart! I felt like an old lady!! I love to crochet and sew, and when I get into a project I can sit for hours working on it.
So, this afternoon I had a stern talk with the lady in the mirror. We came to an understanding about moving more!! I also pointed out to her that what I am doing is NOTHING compared to what many of you are having to deal with. So I told her to 'buck up buttercup!'
I'm puttin' on my big girl panties and gettin' to work. If only I had a travelling bra!

Happy Valentines Day! I'm off today- but so far I've gone for my yearly blood draw and to my doctor's office to get copies of my Mom's insurance cards and license. I'm taking her for her mammo and an ultrasound of her lump on her neck. She called me on Friday to tell me that she "left" her wallet on a counter at the indian casino. WTH!!! So now she has no license or medical cards for the tests today. And I need to find a way to add going with her to the DMV (which will involve a two hour wait because of budget cuts). She was not too worried about the wallet because she won $700 that day on a slot machine. Oh great- now she will be going to the casino more often to try to win another $700. My daughter and I are going to take my mom out for Chinese after the tests. Then I'll bring some home for my husband for his Valentine dinner. We also don't do anything much for this holiday.
Time to get crackin'. See you all soon!
Julia