Good morning Lifers!

Where has everyone gone???

I'm leaving for Chicago tomorrow evening and will hopefully be able to find a dress for DS #1's wedding. There's not much selection here and I'm not finding what I'm looking for.

Weather has been great--sunny and warm; today is going to be the last of that because the next 5 days they're showing rain!

Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend.

Hi to Lala, Susan, Pam, Lisa! Hope everything is okay.

Hi, Melissa. Memorial Day weekend was really great. Golfed with DH. Had a cookout at our house; that was fun. We even had some rain here which is badly needed. I'm getting ready for our vacation in Oregon. We leave on Friday for one week. Weather there is variable--difficult to pack.

Have fun in Chicago. That's a great place to shop. What type of dress are you looking for?

I'm trying to do better eating-wise, but I've gotten into some bad habits. Yesterday I was OP till dinner and then I had to have cake. I find in restaurants that I'm ordering french fries (which I don't normally do). What is going on with my thought process?

I wonder what our other lifers are doing? As you said, I just hope they're okay.

I'm looking for something simple, yet stylish--not matronly, lol. I'm thinking of mid-calf/below the knee; I don't feel that I need to wear a full length gown in August. I'd love to find a nice blue or rose color if I can but we'll see. I have some idea of what I'd like so hopefully I'll be able to find something.

Just when I think I'm eating better and staying on track the scale hits me--I was up 2.4# today and it's depressing. I still haven't started my TOM and it's going on 12 days...my body must be all screwed up. I'm beginning to think my thyroid meds are off. I'm in the process of setting up an appointment with a family doctor--the one I've been seeing seems to be more of a ob/gyn rather than family doc so hopefully I'll get some things straightened out. My ob/gyn appointment is set for the end of the month but at this point who knows if I'll be able to go! Grrrr!!!

I'm really in quite a state today--I took a 20 minute walk a little bit ago because I could feel the knot forming in my shoulder area. I feel a little better. I wish I could've kept walking though!

Lisa: I'm sure you'll have a great time in Oregon! Enjoy being away! I understand what you're saying about eating/ordering things you don't normally do--it's frustrating and at the same time a little puzzling because we know what we should be doing and it's almost a type of bulligerence in doing it. Things will come around--we just have to be patient and not put so much emphasis on what we're doing wrong but rather focusing on the positive things we're doing. That's what I'm going to do today

It's humid outside and I could feel the sun burning my arms as I was walking...I'm going to enjoy it today because tomorrow it's supposed to be cloudy/rain.

Melissa, I have a feeling you'll find just the dress, especially if you're going to Michigan Ave. Sorry about the gain. I haven't had the courage to even get on the scale. I know that my eating has been just out of control.

Yes, when I first got into perimenopause, it was so frustrating because I didn't know if I would have a TOM or not. Then I went for four months and thought I'm on my way to menopause (yippee) and I got a BAD TOM. Now it's been almost 9 months, so I'm pretty confident that it's gone forever. I don't even think about it anymore. It's just great.

Re: Oregon, I've been looking at online photos and it looks gorgeous there. Have you ever been? I'm looking forward to lots of walking and hiking.

Lisa, I'm hoping to have success in finding a dress. I didn't have a great night of eating but it wasn't that bad either.

You're right about being frustrated--it's the unknowing that bothers me. It would be nice if it would just stop but I know that's not the case. I worry that when TOM does arrive it will be a doozy!

I've never been to Oregon but have heard it's gorgeous. Enjoy the trip!

The board has been so quiet that I'm wondering what happened to everyone. Maybe they're just all busy.

Anyway, I'm off this afternoon and will be leaving for Chicago later this evening so that way we can have a full day of shopping on Friday. I'm looking forward to it!