Happy Thursday, y'all!

Hey y'all!

It's the end of the football tab, thankfully. It has been a pain, literally ... I started the day with a headache, got rid of it ... it came back with a vengeance toward the end of the night after working with 25 little photos of high school football players and some info on all of them. What a pain. Couldn't get it to fit; computer was pokey ... it crashed a couple of times. Fun night. One more night of work and then I get a day off.

We had a day of rain on and off, which may be why I the headache on and off. I usually get headaches when it rains.

Anyway, what's up with you? I'll check back later.

Hi Eileen,
I spent my after school hours last night at my Mom's house. I watered her roses and lawn and trees. She had a reverse mortgage so the house will go to the bank, but they told me it has to be empty. I'm preparing for an estate sale. She really doesn't have anything worth that much. We will have a two day sale, then leave the stuff out with a sign- FREE... the leftovers will go in a dumpster. I saved her jewelry and pictures. You know, all the things in our lives don't amount to a hell of a lot. I did find my Mom's old ring mounting from when she was married to my Dad. I may get that reset. I got Mom's cremated remains and she is sitting on the mantel for now. I talk to her now and then.
School is a zoo- the special ed classes are too full- the regular ed classes are too full. There is no money. Holy Toledo! I'm testing children like crazy... we have meetings right off the bat. And here I am at 3:00 in the morning.... back to bed for me!
Happy Thursday to all of you!
Julia

Good Morning Eileen and Julia !!!  Good morning to OFF'ers who come on later...
  Julia, I know how you feel!!  School has not started here yet, already I get a headache and nervous stomach just thinking about it.
  A friend of mine that works with me called the other day and told me that my school is laying off more workers...you're right Julia,,,there are not enough of US to work and not enough money to help the kids.

   GOD help us...its going to be a tough year.
  Just got home awhile ago from the sleep test...how in the world can anyone sleep all wired UP????  I'm exhausted, but I'm supposed to take my daughter to visit her grandma and help my  mom pack more for her move in Oct.
   Well...I'm off to see if I can get a short nap first.

   Prayers and blessings to all who need them.
   Marcy

Marcy, I flat out FLUNKED my first sleep test. Got sent home at 3am and told I had to go in to an office to sit in a chair and practice! Didn't do great the 2nd time but they got enough to diagnose me with moderately severe sleep apnea. Still didn't add up to a hill of beans even with all of my other co morbidities. . . You all have heard this before : My WONDERFUL Uniform Medical Plan had added this clause that year: "EVEN IF MEDICALLY NECESSARY WE WILL NOT COVER ANY KIND OF WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY!"

However, I am actually thinking of putting myself through that again. Sleep apnea is gone at least no snoring but I still sleep like crap. I have restless legs which is treated with medication but they weren't looking for that when I had the sleep test.

Also realize that I need to see my therapist that treats my anxiety disorder. I feel pretty darn good most of the time but still rarely sleep more than 2 hours at a time. Even on oxycodone which I'm on right now I still wake up after 2 hours.

Maybe I need to give anti anxiety drugs a try again. Hate taking meds especially since I have gotten off of so many, but may need to rethink that. When I do manage to get into a deep sleep the dreams that I have are scary, anxiety ridden, certainly doesn't add up to restful sleep.

Didn't know I was going to go down this road when I started. Drugs talking!

Karen,
   Talk all you want....drugs and all.
    I didn't exactly flunk, just couldn't sleep. I know they are trying to figure out WHY my heart is often in arrythmia (irregular, I skip beats and my heart rate often drops below 40 while I sleep).  I keep telling them its genetic.  THey are not buying that...but are still PRACTICING medicine on me.  They really don't know..but I did the test and will see my cardiologists assistant on Tuesday.
    My real fear is that, Like my mom I will need a pace maker@!!!!!!!!  NOW that scares the H9ll out of me !!!!
     Will be sure to keep you all informed.
   Hope your surgery went welll, Karen, sleep, rest and have a quick recovery.

    Marcy

Good mornin' ya'll.
Eilleen, it's a good thing you don't live in OR, you would have headaches all the time.
Julia, I know how hard it can be to go through all of your Mom's possesions, basically her entire life. I know it will bring on many memories. I know you can handle it all.
I finished my witch and my Pocahontis. Can't decide whether I want to begin the fairy princess or another different witch. I also have: a superhero, a guy clown, a Dorothy from Oz, and maybe a sexy female Santa.
But right now, I have 3 months worth of prescription drugs to put into pill containers. Then, scan more genealogy stuff.
Everyone have a fantabulous day!

Good Morning Eileen, Julia, Marcy, Grammylew and those to come,

Hope your headache goes bye, bye in a hurry. . .  I get those headaches sometimes as well, when the barometer drops due to rain, matter of fact I have a slight one now and we are supposed to be getting a storm this afternoon, then we are preparing for Hurricane Irene, oh well, certainly not much I can do about any of this stuff, but like I said, I hope you get relief. . .

Today has me at work, I slept late this morning last night before bed, I turned on my alarm (or so I thought) and my cell phone rang, woke me up and I was like who is calling at this early hour, thinking it was before 5 a.m., it was my b/f and he was like hey, are you sleeping still?  I'm like yeah, what the heck, OMG, I slept through my alarm?  I got up and I guess I must have done something wrong, because the alarm was not on and it was 6 a.m., which meant no gym workout this morning, so I will try to get it in this evening, but not sure that is doable at the moment because of other things I need to do this evening, oh well, guess I needed the sleep.

After work, I have an AA meeting and one of my sponsee's is speaking so I have to be there for her, she is celebrating 90 days and that is always special.  Well that is my day and I wish you each the best possible of days and the peace and strength to get through the rough spots of life.

Hugs, Laureen

Good morning Eileen and OFF,

Eileen, I know how you feel with those awful headaches and work.  I can't count the number of days I had to work with a headache.  I don't miss working at all. 

We actually got a little of that wonderful rain yesterday afternoon and last night.  But I have a funny story to go along with it.  Y'all know it hasn't rained here in weeks and weeks, right?  So yesterday I'm sitting in the dentist's chair, enjoying my lovely root canal (NOT!), when this big storm blows through and knocks out all the power!  Hmmmm.  Wouldn't you think the dentist's office would have a back up generator?  Nope.

Thankfully, they had just got my temporary crown put on, so they decided I was finished enough to leave.  BUT, my poor DH was also there and his work was NOT finished!  He hung around for an hour, and then they sent him home.  He went back at 8 a.m. this morning and it's now 10 a.m.  They were going to work him in.  He must be having a bad morning.  Poor baby.

Product Review:  Dannon's Oikos Fruit on the Bottom yogurt!  OMG.  Have you guys tried this one?  5 oz, 130 cals, 12 g of protein!  It's what I had for dinner last night and b'fast again this morning.  My tooth and jaw are still pretty sore.  Can't really chew on anything much just yet. 

Still having computer problems!  Or maybe satellite problems is a better term.  We live way out in the country, so we have satellite internet.  For some reason, it's not working properly anymore.  I've spent hours on the phone with the Indian/Pakistani guys, trying to understand their accents and diagnose the problem.  I finally asked to speak to a supervisor.  When did he call?  Yesterday, during the root canal!  My mouth hurt too much to call him back last night.  Maybe I'll try again today.

Weather forecast for today is 107 F.  I miss Canada!

Better close now and see if I can manage to get something done around here today.  Carolyn, you always put me to shame!  I need to start some of my sewing projects, too.  And Laureen, your dedication to the gym is inspiring to all.  Too bad it's not inspiring ME right now!  LOL!  Glad to hear from Karen C. this morning.  She sounds so positive, as always.

Love you all!

Vickie,
I love the Dannon Oikos and also Chobani Greek Yogurt.  The protein content is higher than normal yogurt, and it tastes so yummy.

Hugs,
Trish

Morning Eileen and OFF family!!!

Well I got my Cymbalta in last night and it made me sick...not sure if it was because I took the vicodin with it or not but I was up 3 times with the heaves!! Sweaty and heaves...OMG!!! Rick was so scared that he wanted to take me to ER!!! I told him I wasn't going to no hospital!! I do feel better today though. I will try it again tonight and if it makes me sick again I will call the dr in the morning and let him know I can't take that cymbalta. Blood test should be in at the end of the week they told me. Hope they find out what it is that i wrong with me!!! I did sleep til 9:30 his morning!!

Had a nasty storm come through here about midnight...omg the lightning!!! Then the wind and rain...wow!!!! Took all the humidity out of here and now today its nice again with a nice breeze. My heart goes out to those in the path of the hurricane!!! Please be safe if you are in the area!!!!

Nothing new here so need to get dressed and go pay on my cell phone and have them get this city/state thing off that they added on for me when I got my new phone...free deal ended and now it will cost me $1.99 a month to have this service...I told them I didn't want anything "new" added on yet they did this....GRRRR so need to get this taken care of before I get charged for it.

Thoughts and Prayers for those that need them.

HUGS