Army Thread Tuesday 23rd July

[tiptronic_ct]

Gooooood morning, Army

Didn't get a good night's sleep :upset: Stormy weather setting in - the wind was howling outside. The company scores on my productivity, though. I take fewer smokebreaks because the smoking room in the basement car park is foul.

Have a lekker Tuesday, everyone!

[anon]

Army Thread Tuesday 23rd July

Good morning Tips and Molly.
Thunderstorms here, everyone still in bed so got the place to myself pure pleasure

Have a good Tuesday Army.

The media here is deluging us with Royal baby stuff

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Tuesday 23rd July

Good morning Tippperooo, Mollymooo,Our Whizzy and all those yet to turn up.

Well that was an interesting night's sleep or should I say doze.
We had rolling thunder all night and spent most of the night trying to calm a quivering Bess down. Finally dropped off properly about 6ish.

Awake enough to get a quick edit in there Mrs A.

[RunningCourage]

Army Thread Tuesday 23rd July

morning Tipps and Brig :hallo:

Sorry the storms keeping you awake there Mr T... it is THANKFULLY cooler here - but still warm at nights. Anyways hope you have a good day all the same.

It's all about the smile, yeah Brig? Gotta try and find that smile of mine.... Kinda wish that my running on Tuesday evenings wasn;t at the same place as my work... as Tuesday's DDDRRRRRAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaagggggggggggggggg......

And that's after long Monday's now.... Just started a short course last night in Glasgow - post grad course for Teaching Artists.... but means it's nearly 10pm before i get in... and i usually have an early (7am-ish) start on a Monday... Only 4 of us doing the course - i like that it's such a small group. We'll see how it goes and what opens up through doing it.

In the meantime it is to the fecking grind of plugging myself into the workstation and whiling away the hours... MEANING!!!! VALUE!!!! (That's what me wants more of at work)....

Ehm... those two coffees seem to have hit me hard :H Right - breakfast? Pancakes? CAn someone frisbee a pancake to PP down in Londonia?!



Hope youse all have a good day. Doc, if i can, i'll pop in from Skiverville... Uhmm... been lurkpaking... just mulling stuff too and sometimes just don;t want to post cos i think i sound like Ophelia having a grumpy day :H

[RunningCourage]

Army Thread Tuesday 23rd July

x-post Whizzy :hallo:

JC :hallo:

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Tuesday 23rd July

Morning D'Arsey.

I'm just thrilled that another wee one has arrived safe and well. Felt exactly the same when one of our Jenz mate had a baby last week.

[anon]

Army Thread Tuesday 23rd July

Good morning Jackie,- poor old Bess I hate thunder too but at least I know what the noise is.

You sound proper fed up RC? I think we all have times like this but horrible while it is going on:upset:

Did Sweetie arrange to be in London for the big event:H??

[anon]

Army Thread Tuesday 23rd July

Might be gone in a bit as they are all getting up

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Tuesday 23rd July

Love a bit of thunder and lightening meself, but it's a bit hard to watch with a large black Lab on your knee.

Should have given her the calmy down stuff from the vets or mebbees I should have taken them.

Rightio off to work, to woman the phones.

[Recluse]

Army Thread Tuesday 23rd July

Morning all

We finally had a few drops of rain overnight, but much more is needed to make the grass green again. Still, it's a start and at least it's a bit cooler. :goodjob:

And I finally caved in yesterday and accepted the inevitable. It's been too tiring reading the army thread of late, so I've got an appointment at the opticians this morning. :upset:

Other than that, I'm trying hard to avoid the media feeding frenzy. :gramps:

Hope everyone has a pleasant Tuesday.

[littlepinkcat]

Army Thread Tuesday 23rd July

Morning guys

[Anjicia]

Army Thread Tuesday 23rd July

Morning army I didn't sleep so well myself but managed to get a few hrs between 7am and 10 No thunder here but its a but cooler with a mix of sun and cold since sunday. Ahh sorry you feel a bit fed up Darcey I get days like that. that used to lead to drinking but not now as i know it makes things worse and doesn't solve anything. So glad I'm on the antibuse. The Royal baby news will go on for sometime we don't get the same here as we don't have Royality only corrupt politicians lol. Good luck at the opticians today Reccie I've had to wear glasses for years now as i'm very short sighted. Straining your eyes to see is not good. I'm making an appointment for next week to get new contact lenses. I haven't worn them in a while and its nice to be able to take a break from wearing glasses specially on occasions and holidays. Have a terrific Tuesday catch you all later. Oh hi Pinkie nice to see you.:hallo:

[Zenstyle]

Army Thread Tuesday 23rd July

Marnin/arvo troops...

D'Arsey, Reccy and Satz... apologies for disappearing mid-convo last night. Cher came over to print CherMum's boarding pass and I went back over with her. (CherMum's leaving today...)

I've been awake most of the night... having a right old go-around in me noggin at the moment. It's been ages since I had a panic attack but my anxiety is bad just now and I'm having a hard time keeping a lid on it.

I had a row with himself last night and it brought up all kinds of things and I ended up tossing and turning and mulling stuff over all night. Anyway, going to try to pinpoint a few pertinent points of the scramble in ma heid... bear with me 'cos I need a sounding board... I don't think I'm thinking too straight and it could be hard to follow... Gawd.

First off, I'm not really sure why it's happened but I've been keeping myself to myself since rehab... sorta guarded and not letting anyone in... making light of stuff and not wanting to be vulnerable. And that might have confused some people, as it's more usual for someone to open up after something like that. Maybe I just got a fright with the whole thing... it wasn't the best experience... I guess youz remember me telling you about it. I think I'm a bit embarrassed too as I feel like I was really burnt out on life and that's what ended me up in that place. Anyway... it's dawned on me that I've shut people out since then and I feel bad for that as there are people on this thread and some in my life that were extremely supportive of me.

Then... it's also dawned on me that I'm homesick... even with the difficulties with my mother I am missing being there since I got back. I don't naturally fit in here... in a lot of small ways I am just not like them. But I don't think I could live over there again, at least not right now... maybe in the future. So I'm a bit confused about that and it makes me feel quite unstable with my life here. Like, WTF have I done/am I doing? I need to get past that and make a firm decision in my head... and then have confidence in the decisions I've made in regards to how I'm living my life.

The other thing that's weighing heavy is trying to get over the guilt I feel towards my mother. Our relationship is convoluted in the extreme and she certainly did me no favours as a child (or an adult sometimes) but I still feel guilty. She's old and infirm and I'm not there... that's the bottom line. But is it right to even expect a child to give up their life to look after you in your dottage? I really don't think it is. But I STILL feel bloody guilty. I'm thinking I need to be getting back home on a regular basis but then that's bloody expensive. Feck, I dunno.

There's more shite swimming around in my noggin but I need to go and get coffee and some breakfast. And a bloody valium I reckon!

Sorry for the poor me post...

[satz123]

Army Thread Tuesday 23rd July

mollyka;1535593 wrote: Onwards to anudder day :-(((( - ach I'll make that a BIT of a smile :-)That's the style - reach for the best feeling you can at the time .:goodjob:

mollyka;1535604 wrote: We is a bit bemused here with worldwide baby coverage -- as we don't have anything approaching royalty here I s'pose it's just a bit foreign to us
Family circling me like vultures with all their opinions bout Si's new expected baby -- I am just not getting into the ring with any of them --- but it's hard -- I wish my 'wee' boy was 6 again and I could kiss it all better!!!

Mollers did I miss something ?
Why is everyone 'going on' about the new arrival ? Aren't they a couple - living together ? 'Cos they are not talking ?
Why does you want to kiss it better ?

Zenners - dunno what to say. Your Mam lives alone does she ? - yep that's hard.
If it's any consolation I live only 30 minutes from my Mother but only go at weekends to visit. I am finding I am spending both my weekend days off up with my mother as she gets older - sometimes I resent it - then I feel guilty.
If US makes you feel like an interloper - and you don't want to move back to the Island - have you thought of moving to the UK - Scotland maybe ??
Just a thought that struck me. Or somewhere nice & warm like France :H - just a short flight away form your Mam !
We can all visit France to keep you company - :yay:

[satz123]

Army Thread Tuesday 23rd July

Oh I 've practised what I preach today.
The 'spat' with Noseyhole - left ME feeling bad all evening .... and that was just stupid.
So ........... I met him at the lift this morning ..... we were stuck in the lift just the 2 of us ... I had to smile ...... and he hugged me and said he was sorry and felt terrible about it all night. I said I did too and we are back as pals.
So :goodjob: we cleared the air somewhat, both said silly things but back now and agreement that we spend so much time together ( more than with MR S to tbh) that we need to get on . RESULT.