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Went to Wally World Friday in my BDUs (Battle Dress Uniform...the green suit) and I usually don't feel as feminine as I do in my Blues.  Well anyway, I was standing in line behind a lady who turned around to tell me thank you for serving our country.  I smiled and said you are welcome.  She waited a few minutes and turned around again and asked me how long I have been in the Air Force...after I replied...she thanked me again...yet again she turned around and asked me "how  old are you, cause when you said you'd been in 18 1/2 years I thought to myself that surely she is lying"...I smiled and said humbly "I'm 40"...said it 3 times so she would get...she then  proceeded to tell me that she is 41 and she looks way older than I am and how wonderful I look for 40 and how bad it made her feel...I told her thank you and kept standing in line..she proceeded to rant with the folks around me how young I looked and they chimmed in...it was hilarious.

Saturday night we had the office Christmas party and I wore a cute sweater/camisole set with black slacks and when I got to the party I had so many people oooing and aaaing over me saying I looked as if i'd lost 20+ pounds...that made a sista smile too...

I've been trying to keep it hush hush that I am not feeling well, because
a.  I am going on vacation starting next week and I don't want to hear
      my momma say "you should just stay home and get some rest
       he'll be there when you get better and understand."
b.  If I speak it, it might get worse...
c.  My co-workers will start pannicking and suggesting I go see the doc

I guess that is my independent superwoman side shining through.  Anywhoo, lower rib cage on the right side is aching something awful, especially when I take deep breaths and that was one of the symptoms at the onset of the horrible bout of Pneumonia I had last year.  Gosh that illness had me off my feet and in the hospital for a whole week and I just don't want that to happen again.  Right now I am just congested really bad along with the pain in my chest when I breathe deeply.  I figure tonight I will just rest and hopefully by the end of the weekend I will be feeling better.

Haven't weighed myself since the Thanksgiving break began and ended...I believe I did well though.  I didn't overindulge for Thanksgiving, in fact I ate less than most people and folks were asking me was I okay...I said yes and I meant it.  I wasn't pannicky about the holiday it just came and went effortlessly.  Praise God for that.  My boo spent a week with us and and while I was off from work and cooking breakfast everyday for us (me, him, britt and the dog)...I did well.  We walked a lot but I didn't do any jogging.  

Started running again this week and I felt like I had a midget sitting in my chest.  getting enough air was the hardest thing for me.

I went in for a check up with the doctor and she said my bad cholesteral was down and the good was up  and markedly different...in fact she praised me for how good it was.  She also said my blood sugar was perfect!  Can you say whoop whoop!  I know I did along with Praise God!  The ole blood pressure was up though 156/100 they checked it 3x while I was there and it only went down a little so the doctor changed my dosage for the prescription...they got me feeling a little sluggish and nauseated but it's only day 2 on them.  So I am gonna take it slow and hopefully next week my body will catch up.

Still don't know much with the career though...they did allow me to extend for the purpose of retirement and then they submitted me to meet a medical board.  So the Med board takes precedence over everything else.  I know God is in control and he will take care of all of that too in His time.

I am too excited and I don't know where to begin...it seems as if God has been handing out good men left and right.

It all started with my girl Reesa in the ATL...she has been a single, celibate, saved sista for the last 9 1/2 years and we've had the crazy discussions that any sisters have about when is it gonna be my turn to get a man.  Well she got to place as did I that we weren't gonna frustrate ourselves with having or not having a man (me a lil sooner than her) and she got to a place of doing what  she knows to do.  Take care of her and do what God wants her to do...or at least strive to live a purpose driven life.  Anyway, she has known a guy from New York for over 5 years...she does PR work and he is in the entertainment business.  So initially they were just business associates and then about a year and a half into that they became friends that would talk on a regular basis but not once did she ever mention or think of him in any other way than a friend.  I guess a lot of that had to do with the fact that they did all of their business slash networking on the net, by phone and it all started through a mutual friend who is a PR person too....well she had never seen a photo of him and he never saw one of her and during one of their recent conversations...he expressed an interest in her.  She had to fly to NY on business, they met, they liked...better yet loved what they saw and it was merely icing on the cake since they have been friends who have been open and frank in their conversations...well things are moving along swiftly and I am so excited for her...

My girl Li Li in VA is doing the same thing...she has a man who she has known for over 3 years and they have been co-workers then it turned into friends who have been there for each other through some thick and thin situations...this guy has prayed for and with her about personal things in her life that she has shared with him and he has given her brotherly advice, friend advice and christian perspective advice....he knows deep intimate things about her and then she in turn has done all of the exact same things for him and now after 3 years he approached her and told her he wanted to let her know how he felt...she was receptive because she too had thought what if once of twice in the past year...but she always thought she wasn't his type.  Well she is and he is moving swiftly towards what he wants...

 My niece who is a college freshman has her first boyfriend...gone nay nay...

My sexy...saved...single...70 year old...5 foot 1...130 pound MOMMA has got a man!  I am so flabbergasted and how this all came about and how fast it is progressing.  He's a widower from her church who was married for over 40 years and his wife died a year or so ago. 

Mom has been friends with his family since I was a teenager and i'm 40 now...She hangs out with his family (mom, dad, aunt, cousin, sister, brother) on a regular basis...he's a deacon in the church...his character has been above reproach and he is well known, well liked, saved, single and 58 years old!  He  started hanging out with my mom and his family doing the things that they have been doing for years  outside of just going to church...(bowling, movies, dinner) and then he started joking with her telling her that they should do some of those things on other days when he can't make it out with the family.  She said that would be fine but 2 weeks went by and he hadn't made any moves.  Mind you my mom was going on with her life and she hadn't thought anymore about it...I mentioned to her one day that maybe she and Larry could date and her immediate reply was "oh no I am too old for him and besides their are at least half a dozen single sisters in the church who I see on a regular beating a path in his direction every Wednesday or Sunday to speak to him."  Well he called her 2 weeks ago and said he was gonna take a chance and tell her how he feels and she reciprocated and now they are an item.  He has since spoken with the Pastor and his wife about my mom and how he feels, his parents, his adult children and his parents and guess what NO ONE OBJECTS they keep telling him that he couldn't have made a finer choice and that he better pursue her and they are all so happy for her.