***Thankful Thursday Roll Call***

Mornin Pam and PA!

I am going in a little late today, my hell boss cancelled my daily 8:15 meeting.  This is the daily, yes daily meeting where I get micromanaged and get a listing of all of the things that I am to complete for the day - does this mean that she will trust my ability to actually get the job that I have 16 years experience doing done for one day on my very own?  The 4pm daily meeting to monitor progress for the day will no doubt still be held..  Ugh..   I have been extended on this project through the go live of August 30th!  Can I hold on til then?  I hope so... it will help that she is on vacation next week -  Today is my friday though since I have an appt for some tests tomorow midday.

I suppose I should get on the road, but don't want to.. leaving now it will certainly take me about 1 hr 15 min to get there...  I want to jump on the floor like a little kid and pound my hands and fists and scream, I DON'T WANT TO GO!

Am home tonight..  looking forward to hopefully getting home before 9pm..  maybe I can slack and only work at 10 hour day today...

Boy, am I oozing with crankiness and sarcasm this morning..

Hoping all that are convalescing are all convalesced quickly!!

xoxoxo,

Maura

Good morning all - I don't know how you do it, Pam - that schedule is a killer - but hey, you're young, so you can handle it! 

I'm at my desk drinking a very weak sf van iced coffee this morning - Micky D's is my daily 'fix' and sometime they get it perfect and other times its sucks - today its inbetween - don't they have a formula for everything? Apparently not iced coffee. Oh well, I'll suffer thru.

Nobody here but me this morning - guess they'll be wandering in shortly, but its nice to start the day off on a quiet note.

Last night hubby and I started putting a new TV cabinet together - we didn't get very far so we'll work on it again tonight - its like a giant puzzle!

Not much on my agenda - kind of boring right now - boring is good...hope everyone has a great day.

Kathy

Hey Pam & PA -

Pam, you exhaust me.  Where do you get the energy?

Today I am going out to see Dr. Brader... and do a little shopping along the way.  I have been in a funk and this is the first time I have seen him since... well, I can't even remember.  I have gained weight BUT he knows because I have talked to him about it.  We will see.

Have a great day everyone!

well happy Friday to you Pam.

It's still Thursday here for me, but it's all good.  I actually like my Thursday schedule lately.

Working until 3:30 per the usual

after work, I am going to chill here for a bit until it's time for the gym

5:30 is zumba time, followed by pilates at 6:30... ZUMLATES it is!!!

Home for a shower and probably just hanging here, but I'm thinking about checking out karaoke at this bar that I've heard has a good one.  We'll see how tired I am. 

I pick up Siehara on SUNDAY!!!!!!!!! 

Good morning PA!

Wow is it raining hard here in Lancaster!

I started physical therapy yesterday. Whew! The eval and first appointment took over 2 hours. I have a series of home exercises and stretches to do 3 times per day. They aren't easy. They target the exact muscles that I think should be "babied" and "rested" - and in a big way! So this is a whole new experience but the therapists really seem to know their stuff. I have 3 sessions per week for 4 weeks.

By the weekend, I can get back to the gym and the pool. Hooray! The therapist was also very helpful in identifying some other exercises I can do once the knee is rehabbed - elliptical, spin classes, water walk/run, and even squats and lunges (joy of joys). It's interesting - the knee injury functionally disables the quadricep; the hamstring and lateral muscles and ligaments try to compensate, so the entire "focus" of the leg tends to turn outward. Anyway, quad work will definitely be in order.

I have a project to tackle for work today that will take most of the day, so that's the first order of business.

Ordered some Leap Frog DVD's on sale for some Christmas gifts. With this ever growing flock of grandchildren, I am always looking for deals, but have also resolved that our gifts will be books, games, or puzzles. I've modified that a bit to include educational "media" stuff. So all the 3 year olds will get the DVD's this year.

Mike's demands at work have been brutal. I commented this morning that he'd bought some new golf shirts this spring, but is in work uniform shirts so much that those shirts will be like new for next year! Poor guy. This stretch will carry right through Thanksgiving, at least.

Tonight I want to finish up an afghan I am working on. It is the 3rd of 5 that I am doing for Christmas. I have never done a project like this but got an amazing pattern from a woman at work - it goes fast and is really thick and cuddly. But...in case anyone thinks that making a gift is a way to save money???? Forget it. I've spent a fortune on yarn for these things, even on sale!

OK, jumping into the world for a while here. Keep dry!

Good morning Pammy and everyone.  Thank you thank you thank you for entertaining me at 2:30 ish this morning.  You'll be happy to know that I DID fall back to sleep.  and NO - I did NOT dream of Molly's Bat Mitzvah or all the money I DON'T have for it! :)  (oh - and don't get all ****y - I LET you win!)

Today is going to be another one of those hang out and see who visits kind of day.  I am tutoring this morning.  I ran into a woman whose daughter is struggling with finishing up some algebra before she starts a new high school, and ironically told me about it and asked if I knew anyone who could tutor her....obviously - she didn't know me well.  So her daughter is coming over this morning to see what I can do to help her.  Yay - I haven't played math teacher in two months! :)  Then this afternoon - my friend from North Carolina who is still in town will be coming over with her daughter to hang with me and Emily and possibly Molly if she comes home from Zayda's house.

Tonight - Larry is working, so there is nothing planned.  The Phillies are on again tonight - so looks like watching another win is on tap.

I haven't heard from Swede - so I am assuming no news is good news - seems bad news always finds you - so I am going with that.  Hoping to hear something today.

Have a GREAT Thursday everyone! :)

Good Morning Pam,
I hit the pillows early last night and ran out the door this morning without signing on.  I did do Facebook though. 

Today I saw the pain specialist and I have to schedule a neurotomy, for my pain.  I can't get that done till I get home from vacation.  

Today has me sewing a pair of overalls for Lincoln and then going out this evening to check out a small business opportunity, if I hold out till then.

Hugs,
Trish

I'm checking in...but, I got nothin'. Daycare, dinner, bed. That's what I got. If I'm super lucky, I might get some stuff posted on ebay.

Everyone have a super day!

Today was a good day to stay in bed but I hauled my butt out of bed to come to work. Yesterday went well with my PCP I just need to drop off some pictures for her. She will then do my letters for the insurance company. I also changed meds we will see how this one works I went from Lexapro to Celxa it is all insurance driven. She said if I don't like it we can go back to the Lexapro.

I hit up the Verizon store where they were able to import my contacts from my old phone then I said could you please give me a mini leson on this phone. The guy was so nice he said come on we sat down and he went over a bunch of stuff I don't feel so lost right now. Then I left hit up Macy's which had some great sales then came home.

Finally did food shopping with Den then we came home had dinner watched some TV went to bed.

Today I am on work then home to get stuff togther for the Amercian Thrift that will be making a pick up tomorrow morning. I have a ton of bags of things it is 2 years and I still have my big clothes in bags. It is time to let it all go! 

Still need to pack for weekend get away to Staten Island for a party of a coworker for Den. ..

Stay dry and savior the day! 

Just a quick check in here folks, stealing a few moments from my job. . .

Lots going on in the lives of people closely related to me, nothing much I can do about it, which makes me sad, but I see strength in those going through things and it gives me strength to get through my things. . .

I got lots to do at this job of mine, so I need to get back to it, I just wanted to say hi and let you know that you all give me what I need to carry on some days. . .  I will continue to do what I know needs doing, grateful for good health and the ability to continue to tread the waters by being among the employed. . .  lemonade out of lemons some days. . .

Peace and hugs, Laureen