Dear Nikko,
It sounds like you need some me time....hpopefully you will get to spend some quality time with yourself.
Congratulations on the course work!!!!!!!!
You are doing such a good job...proud of you for this.

Dear Barbara,
I hope you have a nice weekend.
How is your course going for you?
Is it a computer class....can't remember.

Dear Mari,
Sometimes there are issues that we can't seem to get a grasp of....
I don't know how we finally get to figure them out....


bizi

Thanks for asking Bizi,

I can not seem to get anything above an 80 on my quizes but other than that my online courses are going good. I am taking Power Point and Excel.

befuddled2

Congrats Nikko and Barbara. I think you're both doing great in your studies.

Donna it's good to hear that you had a good day, it's good to feel wanted and needed

All I've been doing is working and working, have to work today but I'd better get off tomorrow. I don't think I can put in all these hours for another 2 months. It's this time of year that I wonder why I went to college for accounting. But I was never expected to work these long hours before. I had my VNS turned off because I couldn't stand the reflux. I started taking Prevacid but it's not helping any. It's worse at night and I can't sleep and it's so frustrating. But I'm having my VNS turned back on Monday because I didn't go through all this for nothing so I'm giving it another try. I feel I'm sliding down and I know it's from lack of sleep.

Dear BP,

I sympathize with the sleep problem and the many hours at work.

I think that you have lots of strength to give the VNS another try. It is good to be hopeful. I hope the VNS works.

Mari

BP

Good luck with the VNS.

Donna

First post and first day here. I am a full-time US servicemember, happily married and proud parent of two. I have a happy dog and many hobbies and interests. Of the many helpful things that have come my way over the years is Randy Alcorn's book Heaven. I had just come back from one of many tours in the war on terror and came across this very hopeful and thought provoking book.
I am bi-polar and have, over the years, tending to fluctuate between being hyper-religious and being just very thankful that God has not smitten me I have always believed that this time on Earth is merely a blink in an eye of the time. My true home is Heaven and I am just a traveler here.
One of my favorite books is Illusions: Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. One of the quotes I think of often from this book: "Here is how you know your mission in life is complete - If you are still alive, it is not."
I have come face-to-face with death many times in my life. I do not fear it. I believe in what Nate Saint said to his son many, many years ago - in the 50s, as he was leaving his son to witness to a tribe of indians in South America, as showcased in the movie End of the Spear: "I cannot kill these Indians as they do not know Jesus - I do. I am ready to die, they are not." Nate believed that death could not take away what God had already granted Him - eternal life through His Son.
I believe that and tread lightly even though I am a fierce and dedicated warrior in the war on terror. I know that I could slip on a patch of ice and die just as easily as I could be sniped or mortared or bombed into immortality but I do not fret for - Like Nate - I believe that I am already immortal.
Because of this. I do not hate nor judge others for whatever they do to hurt me or others. This time, our lives here, is so very short.
I do get angry. I believe Gandi did have it right about us all being children of God and I am morally angered when people kill each other in the name of God. For this reason, I continue to soldier on - that peace may be promoted and war be lessened. I do not, however, think that we will ever get rid of war. In this respect, I am a realist.But, this is not all there is.
Just wanted to share a few opening thoughts. I'm going to go play frisbee disc golf now and enjoy the sun and continue to ponder my studies - I'm fortunately not on tour right now. Currently I am full-time enrolled in a Masters program and a year hiatus from service. Most likely, when I graduate this fall, I will redeploy for yet, another tour. It's O.K.
Today, however, the sun waits - the sky is blue - and flinging a frisbee is something I can imagine doing forever - might as well begin here. Do something fun today that you can imagine doing forever.


John 16:33 “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” Jesus

I'm so much better this weekend! I got better steadily throughout the week, less and less agitated and confused, and gradually calmer and more focused.
I've had some bad days and nights of crying and depression, but a visit to my therapist on Thursday, and to my son's psychologist Friday, gave me hope that I could handle the stresses that have been overwhelming me.
I've been able to call friends and family back today on the telephone , after being incommunicado for about a month. I caught up on some unpaid bills before they got reported to a credit agency. Did laundry. Returned overdue library books. Etc.
I talked to my therapist about hospitalization. I might do partial hospitalization program - 6 hours OP during the day. I have to talk to my pdoc first.
I hate this disease so much. But I'm so happy that I'm feeling back to myself. I hope it last more than a week or two....