Tgif - Weekend Check In.............
 

HAPPY WEEKEND TO ALL.:)

PLEASE CHECK IN, HOW ARE YOU DOING, FEELING, WHAT'S UP, ETC.......

I am just doing things around the house. Going to color my mom's hair today.
Probably spend time at the pool this weekend, in the high 90's.

No night time plans, just time for myself. Sounds selfish? Well, I need the night time to just chill and have some down time to relax. Doing lots of thinking.

Hugs to all...................................Nikko:

Hi Nikko, sounds like you've got some good quality 'me time' coming up and that's awesome, everyone needs to have some 'me time' every now and then. I am doing good, we're going to visit family this weekend and it's going to be somewhat stressful because it's a two hour drive there and two hours back. I hope it goes over well, Jackie is okay for driving short distances, but he usually gets upset over a longer trip. We'll just have to see how it goes. :p

But I am not really looking forward to it because of the driving involved. :p

Have fun on your get-a-away.......I know the feeling about long rides.

After my move in 2004 across country, oh how I hate long rides, because that was one long haul....eeekkkkkkkk

Enjoy.......Nikko;)

perfect time to tell you of the moving trip we made from Indiana to arizona.
Talk about an adventure.
A big U-haul, pulling a trailer with the jeep on it and the cats and birds
in the jeep on the trailer. I was driving my little CRX honda.
Driving across the country took about 4 days as we took our time.
The first night we tried to sleep all together...that was the biggest joke...
We never let the cats sleep with us nor the birds...we could not sleep due to all of the rucus from the birds being hunted by the cats and the cats walking all over us and talking up a storm.....it was awful and comical...we just gave up and left in the early morning.
the next night we registered for 2 rooms way apart from each other, so the pets had their own room!
what a great story!
anyway.
After each big move I have made...I crash.
The stress of packing and moving and finding a new job and getting aquainted with the new environment, these big changes in my routine usually send me over the edge.
I hope that we get to stay here forever!
So be careful Pamster!
bizi

Well this evening we are planning to go to another art walk this time out of town. It is also a pot luck so we have to bring something to contribute to the meal...hubby is fixing the dish..said something about sausage.
We saw Marsh Ball sing last night at the "Rhythems on the river", an outdoor music concert.
What fun!
She is from New Orleans and is a jazzy/rag time/bluesy singer....we even danced alittle bit....or should I say we tried to dance...lol.
For dinner we had packed a popeyes chicken dinner picnic and sat in our folding chairs....
When we got home, I looked up the calories in the chicken ....I never knew that it was so fattening!!!!...over 1000 calories for just the chicken I ate.
Plus I had red beans and rice and a biscuit...well I was stuffed.
It will be a long time before I want to eat there again!
But it was so good!:rolleyes:
anyway...
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend,
bizi

Hi Nikko, Pam, and Bizi.

Nikko, I wish I could go out tonight as I sit home alone every night. I can see though where staying at home would be nice.

Pam, I hope your trip this weekend is stress free.

Bizi, I enjoyed you story. It brought a smile to my lips.

I plan to go visit a friend this weekend.

befuddled2

Wow that is a great story bizi! :eek: But I bet I crash after this move too from all the stress of worrying about taking care of things. I am glad at times like these that I can't work. Taking care of my family is my full time job. Thanks everyone for the support and well wishes, it makes me feel so good to know I can count on my friends here to be here for me when I need it. And I love being here for each of you when you need it. Friendship is a two way street. ;) :D

I hope you all have a great weekend! :D

Pam,

I love your picture. You are so pretty.

befuddled2

Thank you Barbara, it's kind of an old picture but I have my hair that short again. ;) I like your picture too, I decided to go with mine because of yours. ;) :D

Hi everybody. Hopefully the rest of the weekend will be less hectic than tonight was. Our community had our 11th annual Relay for Life tonight. I always participate because my daughter is a brain tumor survivor, but I also have to go to cover it for the paper I work for. The past three years it has rained and been miserable, but today was GORGEOUS. It got cold after the sun went down, but no rain! I did well this year, only cried a little bit.

Its been an interesting week - I am trying to phase out of my job at the paper because I have a new part time at a docs office working the front desk. I love it, and I must be doing okay, because the practice manager told me they wanted to clone me. I hope this will be a positive change. Since our editor died a year and a half ago, the atmosphere at the paper has really gone downhill and its been hard to get through some days. Now if I can just get the new editor to leave me alone...

Hope everybody has a safe and happy weekend.

You sound really healthy MM!
glad to hear from you!
Things sound like they are working out for you...am glad for this.
(((HUGS))):hug:
bizi

MM, that is so wonderful about the dr. office job.

befuddled2

thanks guys. I am really thrilled about it. I'm already familiar with the computer program they use, as I used to use it at the docs I worked for before.

I realized that, since my sign in name is "MM's Mom", I forgot to sign my real name so you know who I really am (besides MM's Mom, a very important job!! LOL)...so....

have a great weekend, everybody...

Beth

Spinning wheel
 

Anyone remember that song by Blood, Sweat and Tears?


And I've come down hard. :( It just boggles my mind there is no cure for this.

Dear Girlie,
yes I remember that song....
sorry that you are down right now...try to do something that brings some joy to your heart today.
some small thing.
(((HUGS)))
bizi

I tried. :(

I remember that song too.

I wish you were feeling better. I hope this pass's soon for you.

Hang in there.

Hugs, Nikko:hug:

Mother's Day really did a number on me and I've been sliding down ever since. I can't take anti-ds because they make me hypo so I'm left to try to dig my way out of it. Yes depression is suffocating because it makes you feel all comfy wrapped in it's blanket. You try to squirm your way out and it just wraps you tighter and tighter. My sleep is very disturbed or non-existent, I'm not even sure if I'm sleeping or not. I'm not eating because of my jaw still hurting and yesterday I tried to eat a hot dog and got such stomach pains from it I just threw it out.

I've been miserable from my wisdom teeth but tried to work through it. Did my boss appreciate it? Nope, not one bit. I'm under so much stress at work trying to get billable time in. We have an administrative assistant who's supposed to answer the phones and do all the office duties. But she leaves early almost every day as most of the other staff. I have to put my 8 1/2 hours in every day but how can I get billable time in when I'm answering phones and handling client tax questions because I'm the only one there??

Hey there,
This sounds like a very stressful work environment...any chance to talk to the higher powers about changing this unfair practice?
You are hurting still from mothers day and everyday....grieving is hard stuff.
Your mood stabiliser may need to be tweeked...I cna't remember what you are taking....?
perhaps just sitting in the grass could help you feel more grounded...nature can be very healing....I am sorry that your tooth still hurts.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

No because there are two partners and the Administrative Assistant at our office is one of the partner's sister. I know it's unfair but if I lose this job I lose my house. Yes, very stressful.

Hugs to Me BP and everyone else. :hug: :hug: :hug:

I did laundry and went for a walk yesterday.

Today I tried to talk hubby about how overwhelmed I am by the messy and disorganized apt.

I need places to put my stuff. I need help organizing because I stink at it. He is good at organizing if it is his own stuff but he is not as good at helping someone else get organized. I think he could learn.


The living room looks like someone dropped stuff off a moving truck and left it. Oh yeah, that's exactly what happened -- in October! I would like to move into my apt. at some point and don't know how to do it. I feel like I don't really live here.

Oh, and someone should clean once in a while because I can't do it. It takes too much concentration.

M.

Me BP - you sure have your plate full of stress, with the job, your wisdom teeth, and trying to get past Mother's day, try and remember all the good times. I wish I had a magic answer.
Take it one day at a time. Do what you can at work, maybe they will realize what is happening with that girl leaving early everyday, because it's not right you have the whole load everyday.
Have you been to the dentist for your wisdom teeth? Sounds painful, maybe they need to come out.

MM's mom - glad your happy with your new job!:)

Mari - maybe try and unpack a box a day and ask hubby for help, maybe the stress of moving and getting settled is giving you the chest pains. Go Easy.

Hugs, Nikko:hug: