July's Jolly Journey - week 1

[Jolie]

July's Jolly Journey - week 1

Happy 4th of July to all who are celebrating!

Gonna be another hot one here. I am so incredibly grateful that we have power as there are still some in the state who are without. My daughter and her boyfriend are having a cookout today - wil be meeting his mother for the first time (I've met his father before). Really looking forward to it as we just love the boyfriend.

Star - bummer about the fireworks but I know it has to be done when the conditions are so dry. In reality, they only last a short while - hope next year is better for them.

Morning to all the rest of my July jolly friends out there!

Off to make a grape salad for the cookout - enjoy the day everyone!

[Lavande]

July's Jolly Journey - week 1

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!

Hotter than hell & very buggy though :H:H
No fireworks ban here so I will watch them from the comfort of my deck tonight!
Expecting most of my herd here for burgers, etc later.

Time to go make some pasta salad.
Wishing everyone a wonderful AF day, be safe!!!!

Lav

[Rusty]

July's Jolly Journey - week 1

Happy Fourth of July, Friends!

It's hot hot hot here and I am expecting friends today and tomorrow, so I am rushing around like crazy!

Have a wonderful AF Independence Day!

[papmom3]

July's Jolly Journey - week 1

thank you everyone for all the kind words and virtual hugs!! I am having a very lazy July 4th. Tried to do some yard work this morning but was too hot. I've spent some time working on my clients website and trying to get the credit card to go through so I can publish the darn thing but something is wrong and he of course can't call the banks until tomorrow. I've also been job hunting and working a bit on my resume to make it more focused and current. It's hard! I spent some time swinging on the deck and reading while DD chased the jet stream from the hose. Will probably let him do it again this evening if it cools down just a bit.
I know I will come out the other end of this rotten year in some sort of shape. I've told the Universe I am open to anything it wants to give me or point me towards except failure and giving up!! I've even come right out and asked my bro if I could live in his cottage rent free or for minimum rent if I were to find a job out there where the salary would not be up to what I'm making now (or even if it were or higher would be great!) in exchange for nephew watching and anything else they need done around there. No answer to that but knowing him he won't address it until I say "Hey! I got a job and need to live in the cottage-is that OK?" :H

I am trying to work through the anger and sadness right now-again I feel like I've been jilted or betrayed by a loved one. I know I should probably get this house cleaned but I just can't bring myself to do it. I will however do one load of laundry and the dishes and then that's it.

On a bright note, there is a possibility I may be going for a sail on my dad's boat on Friday. It just got put in the water yesterday and it's floating so we are all crossing our fingers! If it isn't too hot it may just be the tonic I need to start getting out of this funk.

Hope everyone enjoys their fireworks, BBQs, rodeos, whatever you are doing on this special day.

:l

[Stargazerlily]

July's Jolly Journey - week 1

Good morning...

It is soooo hot, over 100 degrees today. I was outside alot yesterday, water balloon fight, sand bag and bocci ball. It was fun, but whooeee, it was hot. Today, I am focusing on staying in air conditioning, whether in car or home.

Pap, sounds like a nice low key day. So glad you are back.

Chill, I know you are right, and I do get confused reading all these nutrition books. Some say one thing, others say just the opposite. I suppose a good thing to do is eat something and see how you feel. I notice heavy meats make me feel loaded down, while grains and veggies and fruits give me energy and are long lasting. Sugar, ugh. It is confusing as I was brought up thinking eggs, meat, dairy were vital. Now I am discovering that they should complement your meal, with the focus on grains and veg. Have you learned alot of new things in your course?

Rusty, how nice, friends coming over and you being off. Hope your day was fun.

Hello to Dil, Lbh, Lav, SD, Jolie, and all. Stay cool today.

[Lavande]

July's Jolly Journey - week 1

Good morning July friends,

Hot here as well
I noticed yesterday the excessive heat really drained my energy. That wasn't a good thing considering all 3 grandkids were here & tearing my house apart. I'll get the house cleaned up later. Right now I need to get myself together & get Maxie to the Vet for her yearly checkup
I with you on the eating thoughts. I am a much happier camper eliminating dairy & most meat from my diet. My gut is much happier :yay:

Wishing everyone plenty of AC today!!!
Lav

[dill]

July's Jolly Journey - week 1

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Viktor E. Frankl

Hi All, hot here today as well. I do my outdoor work until no later than 10:00 am, then head indoors.

Lav, the heat definitely zaps my energy as well. I had only one grandchild here yesterday and it was as much as I could handle.

Papmom, it is really hard to get motivated to clean the house. I suggest you do just as you did. Set out an achievable goal of one or two things. That's what I'm doing. I figure it's forward movement at least. We have 17 windows and doors in this house and all of them need cleaning. I am only going to do 2 a day. It's all I can muster! Eventually I'll get to them all.

Star, how on earth did you tolerate being out in the 100 degrees playing games!! Wow. I stayed inside all day yesterday except for when I had to be outside. I kept that to a minimum!

Jolie, did you like your daughter's boyfriend's parents? If you like him, you probably did. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree!

I'm keeping a low profile today, just doing chores and some reading. Keep cool USA friends, and dry, UK friends!

[ladybirdheart]

July's Jolly Journey - week 1

I certainly feel for all of you who are getting fried from the Midwest to the East. I was born in DC but was raised elsewhere and have only very briefly spent time with the oppressive high heat/high humidity duet, my visits cut short by an embarrassing tendency to faint. While it is quite pleasant here right now, I am still enjoying being a five AM gardener; by the time I head out the door before eight I feel really good with the time I have spent there. Inside me is a voice that is so relieved and cheered to not have to function today through the burden of alcohol.

Pap, I was struck by the loss you are feeling regarding your primary employment. Do you have to leave the job because the lack of promotion will lead you to choose to resign?or are you being let go?or is the position itself ending or being reclassified? As I stayed with same organization for twenty-five years I think I went through threats or realizations of all of the above more than once as politics and cronies and regimes came and went, and some periods of time pulled for misery, some interactions and events were a kick in the teeth. What worked best for my temperament was not to bail and in the end nobody gave me the boot. I gradually found ways to be happy there and live within the income (I had a lot of practice in many years of college), and I think if I had been perceived as somebody who would get out in a heartbeat if the opportunity arose, it would have changed the dynamics and it would have changed how I was treated. I hope you keep talking about what you are going through as these things can be famously difficult to negotiate:l.

Love that Stimulus/Response quote, Dill, the pesky and beloved space between. Love to all, try not to fry, Ladybird.

[ladybirdheart]

July's Jolly Journey - week 1

Good Morning. I guess I was a thread killer again. Back later. Love, Ladybird.

[dill]

July's Jolly Journey - week 1

ladybirdheart;1346662 wrote: Good Morning. I guess I was a thread killer again. Back later. Love, Ladybird.

:H Not! You could never be the thread killer! :H

:h

[Lavande]

July's Jolly Journey - week 1

Good morning July friends!

The heat & humidity is what's killing me LBH :H
I spent yesterday afternoon sitting on my sofa in a lethargic funk watching episodes of The Tudors on Netflix......didn't have the energy to do anything more :H

I need to get myself to Curves, get the chickens taken care of & all that before it heats up anymore this morning. I will be back

Lav

[papmom3]

July's Jolly Journey - week 1

Nonsense LBH!! In fact, I was very impressed with your words yesterday. They really resonated with me! Thank you! I am not being let go to my knowledge-it is the denial of the promotion that has got me so upset. I've been with this school for 22 years total (brief 4 year stint elsewhere) and I've requested a promotion twice, each a natural progression for me and each to fill a vacated position. Both times denied with no explanation. then of course there was last years debacle of applying for a position 2 up from mine, also a natural progression and not even making it to the second round. Pretty much unheard of for an internal candidate who more than met the min. qualifications and had 9 years of direct experience. But read ahead to find out the latest.

Here is what I posted in the Daily Abs yesterday:

[Lavande]

July's Jolly Journey - week 1

Papmom, the two hospitals I worked in for a zillion years treated the majority of us like that. I never ever thought nepotism could creep into institutions like that but it sure did. I worked my ass off as did many of us but there was no reward, no logical step ladder in place. The geniuses in charge preferred to keep us down & dirty in the trenches

My south facing kitchen thermometer is reading 115!

[ladybirdheart]

July's Jolly Journey - week 1

I was just joking about being a thread killer, it is very rarely my habit to address everyone all at once and I never expect a reply. I know we care about each other. I really am feeling for you dear ones in the heat, it sounds appalling; things are finally better here with the wildfires, and the cooler air should be moving east. I ended up having a hard day yesterday myself as things were once again dredged up involving my father. Every few years I get contacted by someone or other regarding him, a doctoral student, someone making a documentary, etc. and no matter how hard I attempt to prepare myself, there is a part of me that is timeless, really sad, and lacking the necessary intellectual perspective to not fall apart when it?s over. I have certainly had drinks over it before and considered it yesterday, being saved in part by my growing strength in sobriety and also by a major dose of bizarre comic relief. After I hung up the phone and was contemplating a stiff scotch, this really loud, unfamiliar alarm went off in Lord Bird Heart?s ?room?. He was out of town and out of reach by phone. I know he has a huge battery backup for his colossal TV and information technology metropolis, but with the poor light and all of the machines and gadgets I could not find it. I would disconnect or unplug something and the alarm would stop only to start up again in a few seconds, it was deafening. Hysteria was rising. So I am unplugging and disconnecting away, wires here and there, lights going dark, machines sighing to a halt, alarm SCREAMING until finally in a big pile of information processing, satellite, and video disorder I see this enormous black battery box. It has a button, I push it, the final lights flicker out. It is very dark and quiet. Briefly. The alarm goes off. It is now me screaming along with it. ......It turns out it had nothing to do with any of Lord Bird Heart?s treasures, now a horrid weeping midden on the floor. After it started falsing the other day, he had left a broken smoke alarm (with a nice new battery) on a shelf and forgot to tell me about it. So instead of the scotch, I learned a lot about putting things back together, including me as it turned out. Love, Ladybird.

[sdlovespackers]

July's Jolly Journey - week 1

:hallo: Just checking in quickly!! Been SUPER busy with J's family over the 4th...have a wedding to go to this evening, and dinner with his brother's tomorrow night...then I think I may finally have a day to myself!!! I need it!!!! My son is with his dad right now and I need my alone time!!!!:H
:toohot: Hang in there all you melting in the heat!!!! I LOVE IT!!! I just keep thinking about winter in a few months and then it's not so bad!!!
Pap--Hope you get to go sailing today....being on the water is a sure way to lift your spirits!!
LBH--:l always love to hear from you!!
Dill and Rusty--hope you both had a great 4th of July!!
Chill--You are on the downward slide now with your course!! WAY TO GO!!! Sounds like you are doing fantastic!!!!!
Ok....I better go hop in the shower and get ready for the day....ugh...I've accomplished nothing in the last 3 days!!!!
HUGS TO YOU ALL!!
SD