hi
 

Donna, I really hope you feel much better soon - bronchitis sucks and i don't even have asthma, whereas i know you do. and i do wish your mom well too. i am with the stay out of the hospital opinion. she will understand, just have who is there remind her that you are thinking of her. if she can have phone calls maybe you can call.

Mari, thanks for hearing me. i don't really know what to say, how to say what i want ... well, your post felt very comforting somehow. thank you for that.

Abbie, good to see you here... hope you are doing ok... and getting sleep ;).

Barbara, I'm glad you got to go to the art fair with someone and had a good time too. :)

Pam, it is a clean system (new) so nothing of mine to back up. The issue is it did not come with a recovery DVD of Vista AS WELL as XP. But I need one, IN CASE XP doesn't work ... the hardware is not guaranteed to work with XP (nice fineprint, in sealed pack you don't see till you buy.) also the manufacturer utilities are "integrated with Vista" and not on the XP recovery disk... so they say to make DVDs of those separate... oh somebody oughtta sue these people. i won't get into the details, just trust me... things are not fair and square.

at this stage, i only have just managed to figure out if my DVD burner was +r or -r or what. that was only written in ONE microscopic place, where + and - are barely distinguishable. :Sigh:

Thank you, Pam, anyway - I will try to be more optimistic. :crazy: And Pam, I hope things smooth out for you with the switch back to the Abilify.

waves

what i did today
 

i cooked today. made bolognese style ragu sauce. this takes about three hours total - between prep (chopping) and then a long cooking period with only occasional stirring. the product has now been portioned off for 2 dinners - it is one of those things best eaten at least a day later after the flavors really get to integrate. we are having 1 batch tomorrow. :)

i wasn't in the mood but it had to be done coz the ground meat was bought. i stepped up to the plate, and actually it came out good. i made sure to chop the veggies super extra fine because my dad hates seeing the little bits. i prefer chopping to food processor - more precise sizes, more control, knife and board much easier to clean. well that was my adventure.

tonight i'm supposed to work on my resume but i don't know. i didn't make the bed today either. i sort of felt the need to give myself a break. but an excolleague has requested my resume. so i will need to do that, soonish. it was supposed to be this weekend, but... it's already 9.30pm here. i'll try for tomorrow.

waves

I'm glad the laundry is done... it's still sitting here on the couch waiting to be put away...but for all intensive purposes... it's done.

I am in a lot of pain right now.... mentally i'm on a rollercoaster that goes up, down, and in endless circles all the time... I was feeling really almost normal for about a week and now I'm back in the mixed mania/depression he-double-hockey-sticks.... :o

Physical pain... well.... my hip locked up early this morning and I forced it to move... if the pain goes up any more... I just might pass out... argh!

Not to mention the fact that my RSD is in a major flare because of this and the major drop in temperature that we've had here.... and it's raining on top of this... Ugh...

Well... I'm out of here for now...
:hug:
Abbie

Hoping everyone had a less rainy day than we did.

But I am planning to probably not go to my mom's tomorrow for the
surgery waiting room and wait. I called this evening and told her
what is up.

So its looking like I will not be going.

Donna

Hi Waves, Abbie, and Donna.

Waves, it sounds like you had a busy day.

Abbie, I hope you feel better soon.

Donna, I hope you feel better also.

My next door neighbor who has given me all the trouble actually talked to me today like nothing even happened. She lied in court against me and she talked to me like nothing even happened! If she had not double crossed me more than once I could let it slide but she's acted friendly to me more than once to double cross me. I'm actually ticked that she had nerve to talk to me as if she didn't even threatened me and lie in court against me.

Barbara

I'm tired and miserable and crying off and on.
Hubby is being a jerk.
I don't know if I can deal with his carp on top of the usual overwhelming stuff.
He did drive me to the park to walk in the dark because while we were having our "discussion" it got too late to go the gym (closes early on Sundays).
He's sleeping now.

I called my sis at 11:00 my time (I called earlier but she was out) and told her what is going on with hubby.
She said she could not talk.

I think I am going to crawl into a hole for a few days.

If I feel like it, I will go to work tomorrow.

I wish this head ache would go away.


M.

:hug: Mari :hug:

I hope you'll feel better after some sleep. Hopefully you will be able to get some sleep.

barbara

:hug: ((( Mari ))) :hug:

touch would... touch wood. ;)

i hope hubby turns around and realizes you need him to a bit more gentle on your emotions. soon.

hang in there... derail from thoughts and worries of how this will evolve. it will, and a greater understanding will emerge. hold on to your love - yours - to keep you safe.

~ waves ~

Sending everyone some hugs.

I'm hopefully on the mend. I've been home all day. Still haven't
heard from any of my sisters. But then it wasn't a early surgery
but a later in the day one. So I guess hopefully tomorrow morning
I'll hear.

Its just not fun not feeling like being were I need to be.

Donna

Donna,
 

Donna,
How is your mom?
How are you feeling?
M.