One Step at at a Time - September 2016

[Lizann]

Yay Nora! Have fun!

Pauly so exciting that you could see the baby. When is she/he due?

Rusty, Omaha sounds lovely. Yes I have sorted out the insurance situation. I have to wait until October to go. It's a long story but it has to do with the deductible. It's just another 2 weeks. I have spoken to him several times and he seems nice. I hope this works out.

Congrats Mr. G! Glad you're feeling good. Me too.

Well I'm calling it an early night. It's been a long busy day and I'm tired, a good tired. Have a good night everyone!

[paulywogg]

You sound better Liz baby is due March 28

[actiongirl46]

Hi friends! sorry I have not posted lately . . . so so busy with work and start of a new school year.

Liz - I have not had a chance to read too far back but I loved Glassie's post. I have been lurking/hanging around about two years now and I think she is reading you right?? Please be kind to yourself, you got this.

How is Techie??? What is going on with you friend??

Pauly - so excited for the baby. This will be fun.

Nora - I have no words. Please keep filling this forum with your wonderful thoughts, insights and advice for all of us. You too, SK, Mama, Liz, Rusty, Glassie, anyone else I missed . . .

TMH - what is going on??? how are you?? please let us know.

I am well. Still taking the Nal daily, haven't missed that. I'm still waiting for that drug to help me not want to have a drink at the end of the day. So far, that has not happened yet. They say it takes about 10 - 12 months. My psychiatrist (who prescribed it) also said to just keep it in my system.

Sorry, don't mean to be a downer but want to be honest with my friends here.

Take care all!! AG

[Lizann]

Just a quick check in before I start my day. Got here it 5:45. Another busy day.
AG, I have missed you! Thanks for letting us know how you are doing. Thank you for your kind words. I'm doing pretty good, I think, except for the occasional set back.
Happy Friday guys:yay: tomorrow with are planning to go down the shore, that's how us jersey people refer to the beach. I have not been all year and I am so excited! Erin's hubby is away for the weekend and so she gonna play with us! CJ sent pictures from St Croix and the property doesn't look as bad as she had originally said. I don't know, maybe she was just showing us the better part. Anyway, they are working hard.
Check back later

[NoraC]

Morning........

Off to get the car serviced but we are away for the weekend. After the car, no more responsibility. :yay:

AG Great to see you.

Liz you are doing great

[paulywogg]

Hey all, great to see you AG,I think Sunshine said it takes a bit for the NAL to kick in anyways, Nora,have a nice getaway Liz,you are doing well have fun at the shore,I used to watch stupid"Jersey shore" religiously back in the day, now it just looks dumb haha,hope everyone has a great AF Friday

[SKendall]

Pauly, I completely forgot about pods! Thank you.

Be back later.

[NoraC]

Hello all - having a wonderful time. We will probably be on each others nerves by tomorrow though. (Actually, it is starting tonight - LOL)

I guess this entire post is going to be all about ME. Because I have so much to tell you. LOL I'm just going to tell you in the order it happened. The good in with the bad.

Hubby & I have been so excited to get away. I was having anxiety about spending the money, etc. But, you all were right, I did need it. So, I got to work at 6:00 am yesterday and it was a very hectic day. We had to be out at 2:30. I spent the last couple hours running around between buildings taking care of last minute issues regarding the termite tenting. All file cabinet drawers had to be open. All the lockers in the restrooms in two buildings had to be open. I was trying to find all the keys for the lockers, etc. I opened one locker in the men's restroom and there was junk in it. I went and got one of the men and asked him to come and see if he knew whose locker it was. He found a 'while you were out' message slip in there with a name on it. It was the locker for a man that was addicted to speed. I know because I was too. But, years after I had given it up, he kept going. He was finally fired after numerous attempts to get him help. There were drugs in the locker. :sad: A couple of pipes, some pills, a baggie. It brought up so many bad memories. Horrible memories. Ok - enough about that. Geez, sorry. I guess I needed to get that out.
But, more complaining now. I have been feeling so much better since I started taking the gabapentin. I'm still in quite a bit of pain but I don't feel crippled by it anymore. Well, of course, all the running around between the buildings made one of the random pains flare up. So, by the time, I got home, I was hardly able to step on my left foot. Hubby & the kids kept asking me if I was ok and I was like just waving them off. I'm fine as I'm throwing my last minute things into the suitcase. Casey carried it out into the living room. My Mom looked at me with a worried look. Are you going somewhere? I walked over to her and leaned right over so she could see my lips in case she didn't hear and I told her that I had a day off and was going for romantic night. She said - without me?!? Kidding but sort of scared. I said ok - let's go. She laughed and said no thanks. I told her that son & dil would be right there. But, as I finished getting stuff together she asked me how long I was going to be gone and I said 1 day. She said you'll be home tomorrow? And, I said yes. I felt so guilty for lying to her. I told Casey how bad I felt and he said I know Mom but this was a white lie to make her feel better. But, Mom asked me a couple more times if I was going to be home tomorrow so it definitely bothered her.
We finally made it to the hotel and got settled. Then went & picked up a few groceries. Picked up a sandwich and came back to the room for a wonderful evening.
We have been going to the same mechanic for about 35 years. He finally had to close the business because lack of work. So, I have been needing to take the car in but haven't. We finally decided to take it to Toyota which I did not want to do because of a couple bad experiences. Hubby researched and found a place down in this area so we took the car in this morning. We walked down the street and went in for coffee. Sat and talked. Nice morning. Walked back down to the car place an hour later. Both front struts were bad, alignment off, battery corrosion that had almost eaten into the wiring and some more stuff that I can't remember. I have been complaining about the way the car drives for a couple years because it feels like it doesn't stay on the road. I've checked the tires more times than I can count. So that makes sense. Anyway, that made me $1300.00 poorer. But, the bright side is that we never would have gone away this weekend if I had taken the car in last week like we originally planned. And the other bright side is that I was able to get a 6 month no interest.
They gave us a rental car for the day and we went to the beach. It was a fun time. We went out to lunch. My debit card was denied. The waitress wasn't quite as friendly after that. LOL Came back to the room and called my credit union. I explained that I thought it was because the hotel had used the card. She checked and she raised my card limit for the weekend so I don't have any issues. I have it set for a low limit and forgot. Then, I was able to go swimming. The Jacuzzi is green. But, the positive is that the pool was wonderful. We were the only ones there. Hubby didn't go in but I had a great time splashing around. We went and got our car and now we're back at the room just chilling out.
What a wonderful time we are having. I am so blessed that we were able to do this. As much as it made me sad with Mom, she was fine as soon as I was gone. As upsetting as it was about the car, how lucky that we are going to be able to pay it in installments (and I won't get anywhere near 6 months don't worry). And as upsetting as seeing the stuff in the locker was, there is a positive side. I was able to stop using and the thought of it would make me sick for years afterwards. Then I got hooked on alcohol. The positive is that I am finding my way out. :heartbeat:
Hubby's plan is to get up early & go to the beach. My plan is to sleep in. Hmmm, who will win?

[Glass Half Empty]

OMG – thinking about pods gives me nightmares. Don’t get me wrong - they’re fantastic, but I remember an occasion when we had one packed absolutely tight to go into storage on the night before we were about to move, you couldn’t have squeezed a mouse in there, and my youngest son (who was about 15) suddenly remembered he had about $600 worth of concert tickets that he’d bought on behalf of all his friends and he thought he’d left them in his bedside cabinet which was one of the first things to be loaded.

To be honest, I was so tired if they could have been replaced I would have given him the **** $600, but they were sold out. You know that feeling when you're so exhausted you just want to curl up in a ball and cry? Oh, the joys of being a single parent! :smile: And I was trying so hard to be really patient and not make him feel bad. So it was 11 at night, and we were just starting to unload the whole pod and start again when he remembered he’d taken them out and put them somewhere else.

[Glass Half Empty]

Oh Nora - I'm so glad you're relaxing and having a good time. You SO need and deserve this break. Now stop talking to us and go and have fun!!!!

[NoraC]

Oh Nora - I'm so glad you're relaxing and having a good time. You SO need and deserve this break. Now stop talking to us and go and have fun!!!!

He was IGNORING me. :cuss::sorrow:

[NoraC]

Glassie - what a sad story about the pod. :rotlf: What a saint you were.

[NoraC]

PS - In that above story - the employee has been gone for probably 20 years? I obviously never needed to open that locker before.

[Glass Half Empty]

BTW - it's only 6 days till the grandbaby due date. I'm so excited!

I want to buy more baby clothes, but this little gal already has so many they've had to install special floor to ceiling shelving in the nursery to store them all. And that's just the newborn stuff! (And yes I may have been slightly responsible for that).

However, I did buy a beautiful gold and diamond Tree of Life pendant for my DIL, and some sapphire cufflinks for my son (because that's her birthstone). So if she decides not to come until October I'm stuffed! osteroops:

Edit: And a unicorn for the little one, because everyone needs a little magic in their lives

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[Glass Half Empty]

He was IGNORING me. :cuss::sorrow:

Oh - Was he now!! Well then you have my permission to talk to us instead. We're much nicer anyway.

PS - In that above story - the employee has been gone for probably 20 years? I obviously never needed to open that locker before.

Jeepers, it's lucky that's all you found in there - that could have ended really badly.