It is so hard to start the Daily today but we still have to try to get on with our lives. I am still crying and slept very little but have stopped eating cookies! (No comments, please.)
I am planning NOT to turn on the TV today until I have done some "normal" things - like piano practice, a load of towels, wrap a gift to mail, etc.
Do you have a plan for the Day After The World Stood Still?
I am still numb, I was really tempted to console myself in carbs yesterday, but somehow managed to resist. I have a small tv at work and will be watching for updates all day.
I cannot concentrate. I called my sister, whose husband is in the military. He was called away on a mission Monday, and she has no clue where he is. They live on a base in Tennessee, her boys' school was under a lock-down yesterday.
My mom made it home from a bus trip to Chicago late yesterday. We were concerned for her safety, being in a major city.
I am at work again today....of course we are watching the coverage, what a terrible thing this is......I did manage to stay off the carbs yesterday, and this morning Icould put my rings on for the first time in a long time and I am down 2 lbs. That is the only thing positive that I have to offer today!!
"Whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, think about these things."
A thought to help us get through the next troubled times.
I am off to Ottawa to work registering folk at the Blood Donor Clinic. I can't give blood but can help in this way. Apparently they were open all night with donors still lined up at 6 a.m.
Will check in from my sister's PC later today.
After checking CNN I went for my usual Wednesday swim where, of course, all the talk was about yesterday's events. A fellow on our local radio station said he saw a large jet being escorted southward by a fighter plane. That's not a sight we normally see in Canada. All our airports are still closed, I believe, until possibly noon today. We later learned that it was a mercy flight from up north to a Seattle hospital.
Today I have paperwork to do and then shopping. I'm wondering if I dare try to return a digital camera I got for Christmas. For such an expensive item, it's remarkably difficult to operate and I've never been able to get the hang of it. To this day I still haven't been able to figure out how to download photos onto my computer. No instructions came with the camera, can you believe that? Wonder if they'll give me a credit for it or will there be a big fuss. Normally you have to return something within 15 days to that store.
I have to invest in some new walking/runners and wonder if any of you Chicks have suggestions on the most comfortable but with good arch support. I think I may be suffering fallen arches because I get such terrible pains in my feet after I've sat a while then go to stand and walk. I definitely don't want big clunky ones. Any ideas? Oh, and they must be easy to do up cos I'm still having to really work hard at tying my shoes. Don't want velcro fasteners though. Too ugly.
My nurse is not going down til next week so that lets me get my visits in and not have to worry about anything. I lost my appt with the schol district as a nurse but the pay was not well the start new grad teachers at a much higher pay about 10,000$ more than a nurse!!! Not right! I was needed to do nursing visits and thought that i was going to have to cover my nurse so i was not ready for this appt! and was a wreck emotionally with work and everything i cound not have interviewed well!!!
My kids are back to their normal and the house is too. (still messy) laundry and all no changes here but a big sence of dread still. I may be paranoid but today i had a hour drive each way to do my nursing visits and mch of the way i smelled pestacide ( I do not know if it was real or just my imangination) and i had a huge headache after and felt sick to my stomach! I kept thinking gwrm warfare, and agent orange. OH boy my mind is going bonkers!!!
Ladies:
I send my love and prayers to you and for you. Canada is sharing your horror and fears, and we mourn right along beside you.
This is a terrible, wicked disaster and we know that the American Gov't will find the people behing this and destroy them, thus, protecting the values and freedoms of both countries. My sons 24 and 25, both say they would gladly fight for the States if You and we go to war! This will probably not be a ground war though. We may see some real different warfare with this war.
God be with us all!
Lois
Edmonton, Canada
Just checking in, not much new here, still watching the news and listening to the family members of some of the victims...just makes me want to cry.......I can hardly stand to watch anymore of it.....
Linda....as far as shoes go, I am a NEW BALANCE devotee,,its the only kind of shoe I wear..and my hubby has worn them even longer than I have and its the only kind he will get....my daughter just got her first pair this summer and absolutely LOVES them.... Just my 2 cents....
Back to work tomorrow, wont get to check in for a few days.... everyone take care, hug your loved ones and say lots of prayers...
p.s. THANKS TO ALL OF OUR CANADIAN FRIENDS FOR YOUR PRAYERS, LOVE AND SUPPORT...UNITED WE STAND
Good evening friends, today was much like yesterday--glued to the TV and in a veil of tears. Too much pent up anxiety here so I cleaned the whole house. Still not back to normal here, I am still using my dh's laptop to get messages through as I found out the server disconnected itself in the U.S. as a "security precaution". I am hooked up through the phone line and rerouted through my dh's work--all this just to be able to check in with you! I am making myself a promise and that is to stop myself from watching too much more of this and to get on with ordinary activities. It is not good more my health to be under this anxiety becasue the depression could easily slip back inot my life. I have fought long and hard to rid myself of the effects of the anxiety disorder I have and although my heart, prayers and thoughts go to everyone in the U.S. and indeed the world, I have to be somewhat selfish and focus my attention on those around me and my health.
On a final note, I am sorry if I'm not online more--until they straighten out the cable lines here, I may be somewhat restricted in my internet usage. Take care and God Bless everyone.
The Daily Wednesday September 12
I am making myself a promise and that is to stop myself from watching too much more of this and to get on with ordinary activities. It is not good more my health to be under this anxiety becasue the depression could easily slip back inot my life. I have fought long and hard to rid myself of the effects of the anxiety disorder I have and although my heart, prayers and thoughts go to everyone in the U.S. and indeed the world, I have to be somewhat selfish and focus my attention on those around me and my health.
