[elizabecca]

Good morning, ladies! I hope you're bright-eyed and bushy-tailed this morning.

I can't believe how fast this weekend flew by! I'm dreading a lot of stuff about this week, but I know I'll be okay once it gets started. Plus I've decided to take that mental health day on Friday instead of waiting until next week. Now I'll have a three day weekend to look forward to all week. A light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak.

Okay, I'm off to pack my lunch and fix some breakfast. The sooner I get this day started, the better.

Hugs and prayers coming your way,
Christy

[Jennelle]

Christy, when is your Spring Break? Or did you guys eat it up in snow days?

Chris didn't check in yesterday...I'm worried about her.

Hope everyone else has a great day!

[rochemist]

Morning Everyone
For some reasons Sundays appear to be very emotional days for me, and even though I am no longer eating those emotions I tend to isolate a bit. Then I spend the next couple of days trying to find the full bounce in my step because of emotional wearout. I will try to check in later on, right now I am still all bumped and bruised.

I love ya'll!
Miss Chris

[KatSLP]

Ellis and Chris: Hope you ladies feel better!

Christy: Enjoy your 3 day weekend!

DH and I are going away this weekend to a place in the mountains. I'm looking forward to that get-a-way.

Today was an OK day. I have a friend at work who I have grown away from (does that make sense?). Her bad attitude has really been getting to me. So I'm sad to see that friendship diminish but I am also finding it stressful to bump into her. I still consider her my friend but I have distanced myself big time. We haven't seen each other outside of work for almost 2 months now. Anyway, it's all for the better but it's too bad that I see her often at work.

OK, gonna relax now. Hope everyone is well.

[KatSLP]

March 8 "Inner Harvest"
Hazelden Meditation Series

Trust your instincts.

One of the promises of the Twelve Step program is that "we will
intuitively know how to handle situations that used to baffle us."
The Steps and abstinence work together to hone our intuition, making
us better equipped to receive internal messages.

Can you believe that your inner self knows what you need today and
can lead you in the direction you should move to fill those needs?

As children, we may not have been encouraged to trust our instincts.
The grown-ups around us may have thought they knew better. When we
don't trust our own judgment and inner promptings, we are cut off
from valuable guidance.

True, we should seek information and advice, and we can profit from
another's experience. But in the final analysis, we need to be able
to make decisions and act according to our inner direction. The more
we cultivate conscious contact with a Higher Power, the more reliable
that direction is.

*

As I recover, I am learning to trust my instincts.

[AngiKL]

Hi ladies. I'm doing OK> Very tired today and not doing that great on eating. It's a warm day, and for some odd reason, the first of Spring always triggers depression. I'm the opposite of my dad who gets depressed in the winter. I haven't told Dan that I'm depressed - I'm trying to get over it. (rolling my eyes at my own use of a phrase that's very hurtful coming from others) Anyway, trying to figure it out.

[rochemist]

my hurt feelings from not having the kinda weekend I wanted.

my flat tire this morning.

my very boring day at work.

the "I need to talk to you" e-mail from a co-worker.

my tire that was still flat when I came home this evening.

my husband yelling at me because "he is the only one that works around here".

the brake reserve is leaking and I need a new one.

that I am having a "fat" day.

that everything I seem to touch turns to ****.

that I have no time.

Today I don't have to eat that, because I can tell all of you and you will love and sympathize with me. I can turn to my HP and know I do not have more than I can handle. I can write about my feelings or pick up a phone. That I know somehow I will get my car taken care of before work.

Angi- Feel better God and all of us love you!

Kat- I have people that don't know how to react to me now either or expect the "old" Chris's reaction. People who just want to be sad and mad, especially mad suck the life out of me. It makes me tired when I am mad.

Christy- Mental health day, I am looking forward to leaving work a little earlier tommorow to work out and that feels like mental health

Ellis- Whats going on with you??????????

Much love to all,
Miss Chris

[Jennelle]

Originally Posted by rochemist

People who just want to be sad and mad, especially mad suck the life out of me.

Yeah...One of the things I read in a book by teaching guru Harry Wong talks about how you have to be careful who you surround yourself with in your professional life. There are so many people who are jealous of those who try to do a good job and who try to look at the optimistic side of life. Those people can't stand to see other happy, so they react by reaching out like lobsters in a cage, grabbing for you with their claws. Once they get you, it can be almost impossible to escape. That's one of the reasons I can't abide by gossip anymore. I used to be a really big gossip (or, actually, I should say that I used to listen to gossip because I didn't really spread it). I wanted to be the one who knew everything; it made me feel powerful, I guess. But I realized that most gossip is untrue or, at the very least, embellished, so I really didn't know anything. I also was getting worn out by listening to constant *****ing and moaning. The only way I managed to escape the ugliness and the back-biting and the hatred and the self-loathing was to quit my job and find another school.

What a rant! Does anyone see a point in all that?