Just popping in, havent been active on 3fc lately. I'v been incredibly busy with college, work & therapy amongst other things :yawn: Usually I'd run from a busy schedule and find it hard to cope but I'm actually dealing with everything great. I am tired, and tomorrow being Sunday isn't going to be any easier- Joining the gym with my mum so this time it WILL pull through and I'm hoping this will give my weight loss a big push.

Anyway just to say I've been thinking of you all. Big :hug: to all, hope you all have a relaxing weekend :)

Thanks y'all. Still struggling a bit but we had a nice dinner with a couple that we hadn't seen in a while who we really like.

Sassy, that IS a big deal. I'd love to be just an XL right now. Good for you.

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Good morning Everyone :hug:

Its amazing how fast the days fly by.... mama was right LOL.

Hugs to you all ;)

Leenie

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Hi everyone!:wave:
Boy oh boy are you all ever so busy!!

:hug:sassy girl, you enjoy just being at home!!
spoz and amarie, remember to rest with all that studying!
momof4, hope, tera, mimzy. leenie, cathy. judo, heather and everyone else Hi :hug:
And raven girl and francie, where are you????

Anywho just trucking along here. I'm settling into the wellbutrin rather nicely. Had a few rough days with it tho.
Friday was a rather eventful evening. DdC went to judo and half way through her class while they were practice fighting her partner jumped on her and they landed on her right arm and dislocated the elbow. That resulted in an ambulance ride to the er. They got everything back in place and on Monday I have to contact the orthopedic surgeon for a follow up and then I guess its onto physio. But while we were in the room while they were putting DdC's arm back, DdB was sitting in a chair and she passed out on me. We ended up lying her onto the floor until she came to. She has had a migraine for a few days and the night before had only three hours of sleep, so I guess it all got to her. Thankfully the doc thought it was just the stress of watching them manipulate her sister's arm and the nurse didn't start a chart, or we would have had to be there for another four hours while they did the iv thing. Yesterday DdC was fine, but by the evening the pain meds were wearing off so today should be interesting. And yesterday the boy who she was fighting with at the time, gave her a stuffed cat as he felt so bad for hurting her so badly, it was rather sweet.
So because to having two kids basically down we are taking things very easy this weekend. Rented a ton of movies. DdB is being good and staying put and unfortunatly living off of tylenols and tylenol 3's.
Its been lovely weather wise and I have all the fixings to make a huge batch of cabbage rolls today.

So I'm off ladies and I hope you all have a blessed Sunday!
Take care,
K

Hi, Chicks!

I performed a miracle - I managed to keep my aunt from bringing dessert to a family function. ;)

Mom said that she wanted sishkabobs for her birthday dinner, so I decided to make it a "build your own." I cut up and marinated chicken and steak, laid that out with cubed apples, pineapples, onions and peppers. I steamed some rice on the side and accepted my aunt's offer to "bring anything" by asking her for a bag of salad.

A good time was had by all, even if some of the chicken didn't stay on the stick. (Marinated chicken is really really tender!)

I'm really not much of a chef, but when I asked Mom what she wanted for her birthday, she said, "I think what I'd really like is for you to cook a nice dinner for me." Heck, it's the least I could do after all the dinners she cooked me!!

Lauren: :hug: Congratz on the new gym membership!

Sassy:I certainly don't think of you as someone's employee or wife or whatever. You're right that YOU need to accept and appreciate you as YOU. Good for you for deciding now that this is what you're going to do.

It's a matter of making habits of thought. Listen to your gut and to your heart. Speak up when you have a need, opinion, whatever. Do not let anyone, not even yourself, (especially not yourself) marginalize you and what you value.

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K: big :hug: and please let your daughters know that wish them much improvement. That dislocated elbow must be excrutiating (barring good meds)!

Has dB been getting migraines for long? How old is she? What have doctors said about the headaches?

Hi tera,
thanks for the good wishes for my girls. So far DdC is doing alright pain wise, but she is still in her splint and sling, who knows what will happen tomorrow when I remove it.
DdB is 18 now and has had headaches for years, she's just following in her mother's footsteps and I followed my mother's and she followed her dad's. My grandfather would pass out every so often as well when he had a migraine. I have to get her into the docs and see if there isn't a med that can help ward off the pain rather than wait and try to treat the pain after the fact.

Your dinner for you mom sure sounds good and thats great that you got your aunt to bring a salad instead of desert!

Take care,
K

Buddly: Sorry to hear about your dd's arm and the migraine. I hope they feel better tomorrow.

I had a long day, but it was ok. One of the department heads at work asked me to apply in their department b/c a spot opened up. If the pay is better I may think about it. He said that the other people in the department thought I was cool and he was impressed that I had learned the computer system quickly. That made me feel a little better, but I'm really struggling with the self loathing thing.

I'm off tomorrow but I have a lot of reading for my tax class on Tuesday. I'm just glad I don't have to get up at the crack of dawn.

Sassy, I have felt just like that many times. It's hard not to get lost in your roles of taking care of others and focus on yourself and who you are and what you want.

Twilit, good job on the dinner and avoiding sabatage.

Hi Leenie!

TTYT

OK SASSY....like are you sure your not my twin...lol....Like seriously I just talked to my friend earlier. A little different area but the same thing. We are to go on this retreat this weekend and her mother is going and so I feel like I will be the third wheel. My friend and I had decided to find a church like ours near the area....the retreat does some service but is way laid back and different and the whole time last year all i was wishing was that I was at my church. Well when her mom got snippy about her going to a dif church she decided she would stay. Finally told me today she wasnt going to a diff church. In the beginning that is the reason I said I would go. Like I explained to her I wanted to go to a church and not be the youth pastor, not have my kids to tend to while the singing is going on, Not be the drama director, Not be anything. Just be me and no boby there knows me or expects ANYTHING of me....JUST BE ME. So like you sassy I feel that I have so many roles and expectations of me that I cant even be me....so yeah when I was reading i was just like WOW...she read my mind!!!

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