Val .... wow 20 years! what a long life! never an easy thing to do, but I am sure you did what was best..

umm Dee I am not too sure about the pickle sickle... tho' maybe it will sell just cuz people are curious.. i would probably try it!

I am still doing my salad lunches! got all my finals over last weekend! I will do well staying OP these next few weeks cuz I wanna get into my cute lil black dress for a dinner I am going to.. and my old "cutie" boss will be there....

have a happy mother's day!!!!

Hi Girls,

Curly~ Yayyyyyyy for summer keep up the good work and show that cutie a thang or two lol...

Val~ I'mm so sorry about pockeway. It's always a tough decision.

YooHoo Petra~

Well I had to get Jack (our black lovey kitty) to the vet this morning. He showed up Friday night with a huge abscess on the back of his neck. Has definitely been lethargic. The darn thing finally started draining as we went to the vet. I found that out the hard way (ickkkkk)... Anyways, he's home. But very very out of it. They put him out and stuck 2 drainage tubes in and sutured him up. Poor baby. He wobbled straight over to his food bowl and stuck his face in it.... no eating it- it must be a comfort place for him lol. Wonder where he might have gotten THAT from ... I've tried putting him on his pillow, and Lee's lap but he just wants to be by the food!

It's really windy here, but the sun is shining. I hope you're all doing well.

Dee~

Greetings from Washington DC. I'm here for a medical conference. I'm afraid it hasn't been very good for my eating. I've had to settle for whatever I could find which hasn't always been on plan food so far. I brought some Tankabars with me. I have to say they kind of grow on you Dee.

The weather was terrible when I arrived yesterday but it is beautiful today. I hope it stays this way for the rest of the week. Hope everyone else is doing well. Internet service is expensive in the hotel so I probably won't buy it everyday.

hey you are @ 60 miles from me Petra!

I need to come lay on you sofa... cuz never in my life have I wanted to smack someone as much as I would our new co-worker she is pure evil! shes been here @ 5 months... ya know the type that most of the day is hiding passing time... fixin her hair and when the boss shows up magically pretends like she has been working... not only that she dreams up stuff to get the rest of us in trouble! and that smirk! grrrrrrr

well my psych grade just went down the tubes.. my professor posted comments on one of my assignments that it looked as if i copied and pasted the info from a web site verbatim... i emailed him and informed him that i most certainly did not nor did i appreciate his insinuation of plaigarism! sigh...

ok still op, was nice today to wear my skirt with no muffin top!!!


oh and wait till u hear this "crazy new chick" says while i am eating my salad...

i just dont understand how if thats all you eat you stay that size!

after she polished off 6 slices of pizza... i said really i was just gonna ask you how you stay your size the way you eat. grrrrrrrr

lmao no wonder the dentist said i am grinding my front teeth away in my sleep!

ahhhhhhhhh ok iv'e vented i can go to sleep now...

woah Curly, I don't know how you didn't deck the twit!!! That's not even a possible innocent statement, it was pure evilness. Just remember, what goes around comes around...... she'll get hers some day!
And........
Good for you to write back to your prof letting him know he was way off base. I wonder if he can show you where you supposedly got this c&p from. doesn't sound very fair to have it affect your grade if he can't show reasonable cause.
I'm so proud of you staying OP!!!!

Petra~ I hope your doing ok at your conference. It is so hard to stay OP when you're in a different atmosphere.

Well, I got quite a scare last night. My sister called to tell me dad is back in the hospital. His real estate agent found him in the house, totally incoherent. She was there because they are getting ready for an open house. Anyways.... they did an mri and found a spot on his left brain. Did another today of the rest of his body and found some very small spots on his lung. To small to biopsy so they went into his head. I just got a call that it is not, in fact a tumor but some sort of infection. (Don't know about the lung thing yet, tho he was hospitalized a couple months ago with pnemonia. He had a bout with Lymphomia about 5 years ago and has had regular MRI's since... the last one a few months ago came up clean.

Dr says this infection is totally curable! I am so relieved! We all are. Sorry to make you guys read all this, but I'm actually so excited to get the 'good' news. I just wanted to tell someone else lol.

Me, I'm stressed, hot, tired, grumpy.... but I had a 215 on the scale 2 days in a row now...

One day at a time, one pound at a time!!!!


Dee

Wow Dee-you are doing great. I wish my scale was looking that good. I'm also glad to hear your dad is going to be okay.

Curly-good to hear from you. I'm also surprised you didn't slap that woman. I'm not sure I would have been able to restrain myself. Well.....I guess I probably would but I would have been pretty mad.

The conference has been pretty good. I went to a women's lunch today. Sat next to a med/peds doctor from Philadelphia. We had a bit in common but I didn't have much in common with anyone else at the table. I've gone to a few geriatrics lectures and I have to say it sounds like I'm delivering very good geriatric care in S. Mississippi. I seem to be right on target.

It's been a rollercoaster of a week. Dad is still in CCU. His BP dropped way low, low sodium, fluid in lungs, high respirations, low oxygen levels. Very close to needing to be intubated.... Everytime they get one thing under control, another crisis happens. Last night they gave him a blood transfusion and he's stabilized somewhat. Now, they can concentrate on the brain infection- how to deal with it. We're keeping his house on the market, but putting a stop on the condo he was going to buy. Once we know the extent of (if any) brain damage my sisters will start looking into assisted or independent living. It's so freaking hard being 1000 miles away, but I'm so thankful for my sisters being there for him.

I'm stressing out, still losing weight, but I'm not eating well. Calories are down, but all the wrong foods. I keep finding myself eating junk- realizing it after the fact. LOL I went in to get us take out at the mexican place in town- got Lee his usual, and me my usual PLUS a cheeseburger and fries!!!! By the time I got home I had time to think about what and why I did that- and tossed every single ff to the Ravens. Lee had the burger for lunch the next day. I actually felt a little control in that episode.

Petra~ It's good to hear you're having a good conference. I'll bet it feels good to know you're doing things 'right"!

Curly~ Did you happen to catch the thread about another crazy coworker comment??? I will try to find the thread because I'd like to give proper credit but a response one of the ladies came up with is to look at the evil person and say: Do you know you just said that out loud?? Something like that. What a great answer, especially if others are there to witness it. hehehe...

here's the thread. http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=142262

Have a wonderful Day Chickies!!! Please send some prayers for my dad. I feel like he's just so tired.

Love, Dee~

Dee sorry to hear about your Dad. I'll be sending prayers for him and you.

Dee-I'll definately keep your Dad in my prayers.

Dee: will keep your Dad in my prayers also

crazy girl at work was escorted out of the building by admin-- will not be returning..

professor: changed my grade and apologized--tho gave me a 79 as my final grade... yes 1 point from a B-- oh well...

getting back into my walking.. walk everyday to the house I am trying to buy... dream of the picket fence with little pink roses growing on it...

things are going pretty good this week tho that is apt to change thursday when i visit the dr and climb on that scale! My gp is retiring gonna go load up on drugs! lol prescriptions rather.. so i will be well stocked till i find a new dr.

next wednesday is the dinner for the guy who is retiring from our department... no admin invited.. but my old boss (d r o o l ) will be attending..........

Ohhhh what happened with Crazy Girl?!?! Do Tell, Curly .... Congrats on the grade. You'd think he could have given you an 80 LOL.. GJ n the walking, GL with the house buying!!!!

Petra, are you home yet? How's tammy been doing?

Val~ How're things????

Thanks for the prayers girls.... I haven't heard anything from my sisters today. They're exhausted, so I'm not going to bother them by calling (unless I don't hear from them by tomorrow afternoon). I'm going on the assumption no news is good news. They promised to call me with any changes....

Yes, I'm home. They didn't feed Tammy properly at the kennel so she lost some weight but she's eating well at home again so we appear to be back on track.

Curly-what goes around, comes around as they say.

I'm doing pretty good although I'm having a little trouble getting back into the groove completely. It's now ridiculously hot here.

I had professional pictures taken of me and the dogs yesterday. Have been going over the proofs to try to decide which ones I want for what purpose-mostly Christmas.

oh my goodness rofl!!!! Someone just posted photos from my high school 30 year reunion. (held a couple months ago). These people all look so OLD! Mostly its the men. Gray, balding, etc... THe pics are mostly of one of the "popular" groups of people. The girls all look kind of the same. At least I could identify them by sight. *snicker* and still dressing like floozies in their mini dresses, plunging necklines, and heels- with too much makeup and jewelry... I had to break out the old yearbook to figure out the men, and even then I'm not sure the names on the photos are right! The jocks who've gotten bald & pudgy, the nerds who look like preppies now. It really hits home I'm almost 49 years old!!!!

Self image is a weird thing... hehe...

Petra~ I can't imagine getting a picture with my cats lmao..... dogs are sure easier to deal with sometimes. Glad to hear everyone's well. Keep cool!

love Dee~

hey the pages are all screwy....like all the june posts are gone

Weird.......

so anyways,
I called my Dr. today to see if I could get out of a $100 visit next week. I had a blood draw last week and was hoping the results were still going down..... but she mentioned they are up. I don't know if she's talking A1c or cholesterol, or what.... in any case I'm bummed. And I have to keep my appt. I think I need to start journaling again. I'm still maintaining or losing weight, but I'm also backsliding into more bad carbs and junk food. So eating less and losing weight does not necessarily mean I'm on the right track- for me.

I hope you ladies are doing good!!!!!

Here's the news on the missing posts: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/announcement.php?f=202

Dee~