Monday Roll Call

Good Morning PA!

My back is still bothering me pretty badly so I'm working from home today, will prop up on pillows and a heating pad.  I do have a doc appt on Wednesday morning.

Yesterday had church then home to sit with the heating pad.  I had a craving for hamburgers - my homemade hamburgers so after church we stopped to pick up some ground meat.  They were yummy but I did burn my arm on the oven.  Pretty good burn too.  That too shall heal.

Not sure what is happening with the house today.  The siding guys are fun to watch, so far on this house we have not had a crew of men that are "good" to look at.  Well the siding guys the entire crew from the owner down to the apprentices -  great eye candy

I have to go to the post office this morning, I have not received my books for my class that begins tonight.  According to the post office website they were delivered last Wednesday. 

I do have class tonight.  We are starting a new class, not sure if it is human resources or some type of Leadership class - in the syllabus it is termed HR, everything else refers to it as Leadership so we shall see.

Hope everyone has a great day...

Ida

Good Morning Ida and PA!

Ida, take care of your back!! I hope your arm heals quickly! I am sure the eye candy helps!!

Today I am headed to the hospital for my friend who is having surgery today. I promised her I would come and stay until she is out of surgery. So I am packing snacks and stuff for the day and will probably take my laptop to give me something to do. I have no idea how long this will take, so I will be prepared for a LONG day!

That is it for me!

Love to all, Beth

At work. Trying to continue on this checking in thing with Beth M. We are trying to hold each other accountable so we can lose 1 lb per week. Food over the weekend could have been better but i was pretty active. I am heading to my friend Samaria's house tonight to help her with wedding prep. she is getting married on Sat and unfortunately she is the doing everything cooking, decorating eveything oh and with a broken foot I might add. I am really sad for her because at this point she is basically putting on a party for eveyone else. it is not about her or her husband. I have been there done that kind of wedding and they are a let down of epic proportions. I hope she can get some joy and fun in the mix. In any event I am at her disposal to try and lighten the load.

Really been struggling with all of the negative thoughts and nightmares and flash backs that come with this therapy I am in. It will all be ok, and I am learning more than I ever imagined. I n ever knew it was possible to be so conditioned and managed by such deep unconscious thoughts! And I am a freaking therapist lol .

I hope you all have a good day, and that you know you are thought of and loved.

((HUGS)) Nicole!!!

Love, Beth

 yup, it's Monday morning.. 

Spent yesterday relaxing most of the day.. did some cleaning and had a visit from the stock broker guy from NJ.  We had a great visit and he asked me if I would be able to join him in NC for a few days.  He will be going as soon as he finds out what happens with the country's debt talks and how it will affect the stock market.   He is going to pay for all expenses.. .  Depending on when he goes will determine if I will be able to go or not.  Siehara comes home soon and I have to see what my work schedule is at Dress Barn, as well.  I may be able to do a long weekend.  I hope I can.  I think it would be a lot of fun! 

Today has me working til 3:30 and then making dinner and heading to the gym.  I have not been there in so long and I am feeling the aches and pains associated with not being active.  It's time to get my butt back in gear and get in there.  Gym time is being affected by the PT job so I need to get there whenever I have the opportunity. 

Morning all - take care of your back and burn, Ida - feel better soon - eye candy is definitely going to help take your mind off the pain, even if for a short while! I think I'd find reasons to go in and out of the house a lot today. Wink-wink!!

I'm at work - same old, same old. You know it's a shame when you feel this way about your job, but honestly mine has been regressing instead of progressing and I'm just tired and bored of the whole thing. I did get my notice for my 20 year anniversary last week and picked a lovely ring as my gift - and on my actual date (Sept 22) I'll get my 5th week of vacation - but even with all that it really is a struggle to drag myself in here every day.

Got an e-mail this morning from a friend that an old acquaintence passed away Saturday - she was only 60 and I know years ago she had breast cancer. I haven't seen her in years but it still makes me sad knowing she's gone.

Not much on my agenda today - my goal for tonight is to get on my exercise bike again - I rode Saturday and Sunday - 5 miles Saturday, 6 Sunday. My goal is to get back to the 15 miles I was doing in 45 minutes before my mom died. Plus I feel it's not fair to push my husband into getting on it for his knees when I'm not doing anything. So time to make time for me again and get my butt in gear and get this excess weight  off that has crept back on.

And thats my story for the day...Kathy

Hi everyone - I haven't checked in in a few days. Hope everyone is well. I am back in the exercise groove and hope to get to the gym every day this week of aerobics and swimming. I am actually thinking of swim lessons to work on some type of technique and allow me to mix up my routines a bit. I am not a very strong or coordinated swimmer but love the water!

Mike took the weekend off which was a FIRST in a long time. We just hung out together, shopped for groceries, cooked, etc. Fun to spend a little time with my best friend!

So today is Monday (if you haven't noticed ) so it's back to work and getting ready for my writing class next week. I have decided to take Friday off as a vacation day and divide the drive to NH between 2 days so I won't be road weary when I get there. Also have to work on my writing assignment for class on Wed. night, so that will be part of the day's lineup as well.

Hello Ida and PA,
I just got home from working a few hours, and then stopped at the store to get some food.  Shop Rite had some good sales, and I got Utley some marrow bones to cook up for him.  He is at Doggy Daycamp at Petsmart today.  I felt he needed some fun and exercise.  It's too hot for me to take him for a good walk today, so they wear him out.  I will pick him up in a couple of hours.

I love my PRN Social Work job at Brooke Glen.  I never did hear back from Northwestern Human Services.  I had given them more personal references and they never got back to me, and that was in February. 

Have a good day.

Hugs,
Trish