[bizi]

hi stephania! welcome to the forums!
tell us what has been happening.

day4 and feeling good.
bizi thanks mari!

[bizi]

Even though I am better I am not out of the woods.
Yesterday, I talked to my older sister for an hour 2 days ago, told her that I was better.
Spoke with my twin tonight for half an hour and she thought I sounded better than when I talked to her last, obsessing about the naltrexone.

Talked with jeff tonight, he was out of town, gave a concert. He said he did not do as well as his last concert, he is his own worst critic. He said he will be home late. Don't know when that means. I am headed to bed to read a bit before he comes home.

My cousin, Raju is a flight attendant. He has free travel so he trys to take advantage of that and fly around to family and friends all over the country.
He flies stand by so it is not guaranteed that he will be there when he says he will be there.
I say all of this because he is coming to see us friday/tomorrow night. And we are going to take him to spend the night in new orleans. He has never been there before. We will pick him up at the airport at 5 and grab dinner and head to NOLA, 2 1/2 hours east of us. Check in and hit bourbon street, hoping to get a hurricane at pat obriens.
So I decided to make reservations for one night at the wyndham hotel in the french quarter. It is expensive but we have not been in for ever so even if Raju can't make it Jeff and I will have fun, maybe spend saturday night there as well.
His flight will then leave NOLA at 6 pm so we will need to get him to the airport by 5.
This is all contingent upon whether his flights work out...one way or the other Jeff and I are going to be in the french quarter in less than 24 hours!
bizi

[kiwi33]

Bizi, that sounds fun to me. I hope that you all have a great time .

[OhKay]

Welcome Stefanija!

This forum is focused on bipolar disorder, be we are good listeners. And I hope that you were also able to find a forum related to the problem that's troubling you the most through the link that Chemar posted.

[OhKay]

I hope you have a ton of fun Bizi!

[bizi]

My cousin just told me that he is not coming...
3rd time it did not work out.
So jeff and I will go by ourselves.
We will still have fun.
bizi

[Dmom3005]

Have a great time.

Donna

[OhKay]

I'm sorry you're cousin won't be able to make it again, but spending the night in New Orleans with your husband sounds exciting to me! I hope you have a wonderful time!

[bizi]

24 hours of New Orleans was too much fun!

Arrived yesterday around 4 pm and hit the streets after checking into our very nice room at the wyndom hotel. We browsed thru art galleries and amazing antique stores along royal street. So much fun.
Had a couple of craft beers at a pub, loved the porter that I drank.
Had dinner at a southern style food restaurant, very casual. Meat loaf and very good mac and cheese! spicy greens and corn bread. and sampled different kinds of praulines(which are pecan chocolate candies) YUMMY!
As it got dark we went to bourbon street and made our way thru the crowds of people, all of them partying heartily. We made our way over to the frenchmans street just out of the quarter to listen to some good music.
Made our way back to quarter to go to Pat O'briens for their famous hurricanes which is a rum punch. We were lucky to get seats in the dueling pianos bar and to find Emily (Jeffs old student)playing. At her break one hour on, one off, She came and gave us a hug and chit chatted meeting her boy friend.
After pat obriens we stumbled upon the vampire bar"the dungeon"..it was kind of creepy! I am glad Jeff was there taking care of me. HE was good at finding our way back to the hotel.
It took the entire morning to recover from last night. At noon, they let us check our bags so we could enjoy more of the quarter before having to get our car out by 4 pm.
Both days the weather was perfect. The quarter was bustling full of people and music by street musicians. There were men doing acrobatics and even a gold guy on the corner of jackson square.
Today, we ate lunch at the famous Mothers restaurant. We devoured our ham and roast beef (with drippings no less) po boys sandwich. It was delicious!
Did not make it to Cafe De Monde, there was a huge waiting line and we had waited in line for mothers so that was not an option. We easily found iced coffee elsewhere. There were interesting artists all along st. louis cathedral gate.
My legs are sore from walking so much yesterday.
I feel old!
What a fun get away!
bizi

[OhKay]

How on Earth could you feel old? You painted the town red… twice! It sounds like you and Jeff had a ball! I'm so happy you had such a good time!