It's Hump Day so let's chat...what is up with you today?
Hi Brenda and my OFF family:
You were up late ... well, I was up too, but lying in bed watching the ballgame (I think it was the Dodgers/Cardinals, but I was dozing ... I had the TV on sleep, so I fell asleep during the game). Damn White Sox lost ... they keep trying to resurrect these old pitchers. Yesterday it was Freddy Garcia ... he lasted less than five innings. Today, they have Jose Contreras going, and he hasn't been very good lately. I can't imagine he'll be good again ... I think this is his last year. Well, enough baseball talk ... only George and I care. Sorry the Rangers lost ... it hurts the Sox too (because they're playing the Twins).
I had asked my boss for some vacation time ... I got two of three requests ... the day after Thanksgiving (which I ask for every year but never get) and the week before Christmas. But I didn't get the first week of October, when the baseball playoffs start, which I really wanted. Nobody usually asks for October weeks off, but because nobody could get time off in June or July because of training, everyone has vacation time to get off ... hence October, which is usually when I want off. And with the smaller staff, we can only have two people off at a time now.
I got a call from my gynecologist yesterday; my ultrasound came back and I have a small fibroid on my uterus and a small cyst on my ovary. She still wants to do a hysteroscopy and take a biospy because there's some blood in my uterus for some reason. But we can't get that done until October. And it's at 1 p.m., downtown, which means I'll be running downtown in the afternoon, then coming back later in the evening for work ... I hope I'm not in pain. She does have some medication she gives me to help relax my uterus so it's not so painful ... she did this with a endometrial sampling last year and it really helped (of course, taking a vicodin ahead of time also helped). Otherwise, my uterus is small, so that's good. I like the fact that she called me, not her office, to tell me the news. She does a lot ... and she speaks in layman's terms, not doctor's terms, so I can understand and ask questions.
It was nice having the day off yesterday ... I didn't do anything, just hung around the house, vegged out, napped ... boy, I really needed a "mental health day." My psychologist chuckled at that when I told her ... "and you're coming to see your therapist, too." It was a nice day off ... I did make turkey rollups, so it wasn't completely nonproductive. I wanted to get the two big zucchinis I got at a local farmstand grated and put in the freezer, but, oh well, maybe this afternoon.
Brenda, check around with some of the apartment complexes around you ... they may have move-in specials that discount security deposits or first month rent. A lot of them do. And your complex really should do something if they're taking federal money. It is the law, even if they're grandfathered in. Our newspaper office in S.D. had to do it, even though it was an old building.
Well, I've babbled on long enough. Have a good day.
You were up late ... well, I was up too, but lying in bed watching the ballgame (I think it was the Dodgers/Cardinals, but I was dozing ... I had the TV on sleep, so I fell asleep during the game). Damn White Sox lost ... they keep trying to resurrect these old pitchers. Yesterday it was Freddy Garcia ... he lasted less than five innings. Today, they have Jose Contreras going, and he hasn't been very good lately. I can't imagine he'll be good again ... I think this is his last year. Well, enough baseball talk ... only George and I care. Sorry the Rangers lost ... it hurts the Sox too (because they're playing the Twins).
I had asked my boss for some vacation time ... I got two of three requests ... the day after Thanksgiving (which I ask for every year but never get) and the week before Christmas. But I didn't get the first week of October, when the baseball playoffs start, which I really wanted. Nobody usually asks for October weeks off, but because nobody could get time off in June or July because of training, everyone has vacation time to get off ... hence October, which is usually when I want off. And with the smaller staff, we can only have two people off at a time now.
I got a call from my gynecologist yesterday; my ultrasound came back and I have a small fibroid on my uterus and a small cyst on my ovary. She still wants to do a hysteroscopy and take a biospy because there's some blood in my uterus for some reason. But we can't get that done until October. And it's at 1 p.m., downtown, which means I'll be running downtown in the afternoon, then coming back later in the evening for work ... I hope I'm not in pain. She does have some medication she gives me to help relax my uterus so it's not so painful ... she did this with a endometrial sampling last year and it really helped (of course, taking a vicodin ahead of time also helped). Otherwise, my uterus is small, so that's good. I like the fact that she called me, not her office, to tell me the news. She does a lot ... and she speaks in layman's terms, not doctor's terms, so I can understand and ask questions.
It was nice having the day off yesterday ... I didn't do anything, just hung around the house, vegged out, napped ... boy, I really needed a "mental health day." My psychologist chuckled at that when I told her ... "and you're coming to see your therapist, too." It was a nice day off ... I did make turkey rollups, so it wasn't completely nonproductive. I wanted to get the two big zucchinis I got at a local farmstand grated and put in the freezer, but, oh well, maybe this afternoon.
Brenda, check around with some of the apartment complexes around you ... they may have move-in specials that discount security deposits or first month rent. A lot of them do. And your complex really should do something if they're taking federal money. It is the law, even if they're grandfathered in. Our newspaper office in S.D. had to do it, even though it was an old building.
Well, I've babbled on long enough. Have a good day.
Hi all,
I am sitting in the oncologist officewith my friend.
she is getting her infusion for her bone cancer. It is very depressing here seeing all the different colors of Iv going treating cancer.
Everyone is in a different phase..
Carl is supposed to go fishing but didnt cause it is very hot at home. There is a hurricane brewing in the atlantic. Not sure where it is going to hit. I told him to go and buy gallons of water. We got batteries the other day. I hope I get home on Monday.
My sister in law is out of the hospital and is in the rehab for a while. Liz went to take her some clothes and had a hard time finding things.
she trashed the house again!!!!!
More on that rant later.
When Jo is done with her infusion. We are going out to lunch Go school supply shopping and maybe Ill go to my suregeon and get a B-12shot so I wont be so tired!!!!!
Carla
I am sitting in the oncologist officewith my friend.
she is getting her infusion for her bone cancer. It is very depressing here seeing all the different colors of Iv going treating cancer.
Everyone is in a different phase..
Carl is supposed to go fishing but didnt cause it is very hot at home. There is a hurricane brewing in the atlantic. Not sure where it is going to hit. I told him to go and buy gallons of water. We got batteries the other day. I hope I get home on Monday.
My sister in law is out of the hospital and is in the rehab for a while. Liz went to take her some clothes and had a hard time finding things.
she trashed the house again!!!!!
More on that rant later.
When Jo is done with her infusion. We are going out to lunch Go school supply shopping and maybe Ill go to my suregeon and get a B-12shot so I wont be so tired!!!!!
Carla
Aloha Brenda and OFF family.....
Brenda, I am so happy that you will have your baby today. He is very lucky to have a "tutu" like you!! I am envious of your getting to see him as often as you do. I get to see mine only twice a year! They change so much between visits.
My life right now is still a struggle with depression. I'm on my 6th day of antidepressants and they have NOT kicked in yet, but I plug away at chores and trying to be helpful to friends in need. It helps when I get out of myself, and into helping others, that's for sure.
I'm going to a meeting soon and then home to clean house.......I haven't been able to afford my cleaning angel for awhile now, and I'm doing it myself which I do horribly compared to her.
Next week I'm going to take a friend and drive upcountry Maui to a "kitty hotel." They are set up to care for kitties who need a place to stay while their family is traveling, etc. If it looks like a good place, I may take Nicky and Poki up there during the termite tenting instead of keeping them with me in a friend's condo. They will not be happy campers, but at least I will be able to come and go where if I'm with them, I will feel like I should stay home so they don't freak. The kitty hotel supplies carriers, too, which would be so helpful. I will just be glad when this is over!!
Welcome to the newcomers and good wishes for those facing surgery or other physical problems. There is so much love in this forum...and I think that is the most powerful of all medicines!!
With so much aloha,
Maui Karen
Brenda, I am so happy that you will have your baby today. He is very lucky to have a "tutu" like you!! I am envious of your getting to see him as often as you do. I get to see mine only twice a year! They change so much between visits.
My life right now is still a struggle with depression. I'm on my 6th day of antidepressants and they have NOT kicked in yet, but I plug away at chores and trying to be helpful to friends in need. It helps when I get out of myself, and into helping others, that's for sure.
I'm going to a meeting soon and then home to clean house.......I haven't been able to afford my cleaning angel for awhile now, and I'm doing it myself which I do horribly compared to her.
Next week I'm going to take a friend and drive upcountry Maui to a "kitty hotel." They are set up to care for kitties who need a place to stay while their family is traveling, etc. If it looks like a good place, I may take Nicky and Poki up there during the termite tenting instead of keeping them with me in a friend's condo. They will not be happy campers, but at least I will be able to come and go where if I'm with them, I will feel like I should stay home so they don't freak. The kitty hotel supplies carriers, too, which would be so helpful. I will just be glad when this is over!!
Welcome to the newcomers and good wishes for those facing surgery or other physical problems. There is so much love in this forum...and I think that is the most powerful of all medicines!!
With so much aloha,
Maui Karen
MK,
Glad to hear that you're going to visit the kitty hotel. The "spa" that Maggie visits occassionally treats her like a real princess. I think she gets more exercise and interaction there than at home. She's just stayed there a couple of times. Most of the time she goes with us or we have a former student who likes to housesit for us.
Re: depression meds. When I've released my inner "I can take care of this myself" button and sought help I have found it is a slow process, but unless you are totally unglued I think that's good. At about 3 weeks out I remember thinking "the day looks a bit brighter today" and each day after that it got better. It wasn't a quick "the world looks great" like Xanax will do but a more natural feeling better. Hope the same for you.
The last time things got really bad, when I quit teaching, I waited too long. I had called my therapist and didn't insist on seeing her immediately. She scolded me when I came in saying that she would have made room that day had she know how bad I felt. Learned my lesson that day. I was in such a dark place and could have gotten help sooner.
I haven't needed anything in several years but will not hesitate to seek help when and if I need it again. I seem to do ok with just "regular" stress; not great, but ok. It's when it zaps me from several fronts that my "coper" breaks down! Take care MK.
Karen C
Aloha KK.......You alway say the things I need to hear!! I am so nervous about the kitty hotel because mine have never been out of my condo, and I worry about them freaking. However, I think the place I'll be taking them will be rather fun for them......their little "house" will have a climbing tree, and fun toys. They might not want to come home!!
As to the meds...I am so hopeful that at three weeks I'll feel much better. Right now I'm almost at week one and can take two instead of one. So far I'm functional, but not enthusiastic about anything yet. I, too, tried to pretend I was OK for far too long, and should have reached out to my doctor for help long ago. The way back is much longer than it would have been if I'd gotten help at the beginning instead of waiting until I was almost wearing concrete shoes!!
Thank you for always being there for me. Enjoy those babies...I can almost feel their softness and taste the sweetness of their little necks.
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
As to the meds...I am so hopeful that at three weeks I'll feel much better. Right now I'm almost at week one and can take two instead of one. So far I'm functional, but not enthusiastic about anything yet. I, too, tried to pretend I was OK for far too long, and should have reached out to my doctor for help long ago. The way back is much longer than it would have been if I'd gotten help at the beginning instead of waiting until I was almost wearing concrete shoes!!
Thank you for always being there for me. Enjoy those babies...I can almost feel their softness and taste the sweetness of their little necks.
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
Hi everyone,
I went to work today, for what was supposed to be another busy day, but 15 minutes into my first client, the power went out. Someone had hit a power pole about 1/3 mile down the road. The energy co said it would be fixed between 11-3, which I took to mean 3-5. So, I called all my clients, rescheduled them for Friday, and went shopping for the elusive bathing suit.
Knowing that my time was running out on the swim suit, either they would all be gone, or too picked over, I still put it off. The last suit I bought was in May of '94, and it was one that had as much spandex in every conceivable place as possible in order to stuff my size 26 butt into it. I must have tried on a dozen today. Either they were too short (crazy, since I"M short) or they smashed my tube-boobs into pancakes, or worse, the before mentioned tube-boobs oozed our the top and sides of the suit. It really was comical. Finally I found a tankini that has underwire support, holding the girls up and in where they belong. Finding a bottom was more tricky. Who knew they sold tops and bottoms separately? Not me, when it's been 15 years since I've been shopping for one. The sales lady brought in two bottoms, one with a skirt which looked ridiculous, the other a little hip hugger number. I would have preferred the bottoms coming all the way up to my neck in order to hold in all the jiggly skin, but it will have to do.
So....that's my day. I spent more money than I earned, but at least I got my suit 50% off and I won't be embarrassed to be seen in it. Hope you all have a dandy evening!
I went to work today, for what was supposed to be another busy day, but 15 minutes into my first client, the power went out. Someone had hit a power pole about 1/3 mile down the road. The energy co said it would be fixed between 11-3, which I took to mean 3-5. So, I called all my clients, rescheduled them for Friday, and went shopping for the elusive bathing suit.
Knowing that my time was running out on the swim suit, either they would all be gone, or too picked over, I still put it off. The last suit I bought was in May of '94, and it was one that had as much spandex in every conceivable place as possible in order to stuff my size 26 butt into it. I must have tried on a dozen today. Either they were too short (crazy, since I"M short) or they smashed my tube-boobs into pancakes, or worse, the before mentioned tube-boobs oozed our the top and sides of the suit. It really was comical. Finally I found a tankini that has underwire support, holding the girls up and in where they belong. Finding a bottom was more tricky. Who knew they sold tops and bottoms separately? Not me, when it's been 15 years since I've been shopping for one. The sales lady brought in two bottoms, one with a skirt which looked ridiculous, the other a little hip hugger number. I would have preferred the bottoms coming all the way up to my neck in order to hold in all the jiggly skin, but it will have to do.
So....that's my day. I spent more money than I earned, but at least I got my suit 50% off and I won't be embarrassed to be seen in it. Hope you all have a dandy evening!
Susan
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