One Step at at a Time - September 2016

[NoraC]

Now he's in the shower!
Anyway - I'm so excited for your baby to get here. How thoughtful your gifts are. So special. :hug:

[Glass Half Empty]

Apparently my little grandbabe has wriggled herself down into the right position and is almost ready to launch. How cool is that? Now she's just hanging around, hiccuping, kicking shit out of her mother and contemplating her next moves. Given that one of mine was back to front and the other was upside down, it's clearly not hereditary!

Do you think she's gifted?

[Glass Half Empty]

Glassie - what a sad story about the pod. :rotlf: What a saint you were.

I am indeed a saint, Nora. I'm very glad you recognised it - very few people do. Saint Glassie of the forums
:fairy:

[Lizann]

Wow Nora, I had no idea about your past life. I am assuming this was before Casey? I am so sorry you had to find that, but so glad you are able to see how far you have come! Glad everything is working out with the car and your restful weekend. The pictures of the two of you are so cute!

Glassie, I am soo excited for you! Do they have a name picked out yet? These last few days are for sure the longest! Keep us posted. Erin called me last night and incidentally told me another month goes by that she did not get pregnant. Praying that I will be in your situation soon. We are trying not to get discouraged. I could so imagine that scene with the concert tickets. Kids!

I am off to the beach in a little. There is a Biergarten there that we are going to have lunch at with a few friends. Embracing our German roots with Oktoberfest. I really have no problem beer, so don't worry about me. There is a boardwalk, shops and it's just a really nice area. Looking forward to getting away for the day. Erin and Mark are coming with us. Spoke to CJ last night and there is progress being made on the property. She is wearing coveralls and work boots, how cute is that? Hoping maybe we can spend some vacations at there private little part of the island. We shall see.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. I am little worried about Mama! Are you ok Mama? Just a quick post to let us know what's going on with you? Hello to everyone else!

[Glass Half Empty]

Oh Liz I’m so sorry for Erin. That waiting each month really, really sucks. I so hope she’ll be lucky soon.

I’m so sorry I’ve been rabbiting on here about my situation without even thinking that it might be causing other people pain.

[NoraC]

Mama is ok. Internet was down at her work yesterday. She is sober. She just doesn't have the energy to post at night.
Mama - we love you :love:

[NoraC]

Liz - yes, hubby and I went thru a bad phase in early twenties. Thank God that we got thru it.

[NoraC]

Another fun day today. I did sleep in a little bit. Then we went down to the beach again. There's not many people there - not the area for surfing I guess. They all seem to be down the road a mile or so. Hubby is napping. I'm just kicking back. A group of Army people checked in yesterday. Don't know what's going on but they are here for some type of training around here.

Liz - sounds like a great weekend.

Pauly - are you still at work?

Saint Glassie - I'm so excited for you. I can't speak for Liz but please continue sharing your baby news. When I was trying to get pregnant, I would feel a little sad when friends were so easily able to. But, I was very happy for them. The only time that I would get really upset is if I would see a parent mistreating their child.

Mama - I hope that you were able to relax today.

Well - guess I'll stop talking your ears off. I hope that everyone has a fantastic weekend.

[Glass Half Empty]

The only time that I would get really upset is if I would see a parent mistreating their child.

That's the problem with my job (the one I'm now officially only doing 2 days a week - although I'm still doing 5 days worth because they haven't replaced me, so I'm working on weekends when i should be doing my uni stuff!). I spend all day dealing with cases of horrendous abuse against the most vulnerable people in our society, either children or adults with severe intellectual disability. It's just heartbreaking!

EDIT: Nora it's timely that you've brought up the issue of drugs, given that one of the issues I'm dealing with involves a woman who's 23 and using methamphetamine while she's pregnant with her 6th child.

[NoraC]

Oh my gosh Glassie. That is just heartbreaking. Does she still have custody of her children?
That stuff is so awful. I knew people who lost their jobs & families. In addition, to a few who died. I just read that there was a big bust here of a cocaine trafficking ring. Guess they were shipping commercial shipping containers from down here near me up to Oregon.

Thanks for saying it was ok to talk about the drugs. I almost went & deleted my post because I didn't know if it was appropriate. It was a bad time of my life that I don't share very often.

[NoraC]

Read a great little blurb today from an old Tired of Thinking about Drinking e-mail.

Who cares if you're not drinking? Nobody. Well ... except for boozers. They care. Normal drinkers? They don't give a shit. And you can easily tell who's who.

So very true!

[Glass Half Empty]

Thanks for saying it was ok to talk about the drugs. I almost went & deleted my post because I didn't know if it was appropriate. It was a bad time of my life that I don't share very often.

Oh gosh - you know the saying that if you remember the 70s you probably weren't there? That was me. I pretty much smoked and popped my way through that whole decade (snorting,not so much and luckily injecting, never).

And actually it wasn't a bad time of my life at all - but of course it would have become terrible if I hadn't grown out of it (Don't try this at home, kids :no: )

[Glass Half Empty]

Oh my gosh Glassie. That is just heartbreaking. Does she still have custody of her children?

Yes. But at least this one's still alive. I've spent the weekend reviewing one who is sadly not as lucky.

[Lizann]

Had a fabulous fun day. I am exhausted and will post more tomorrow. Just wanted to say Glassy please don't stop talking about the baby!!!! I am so happy for you! It's ok and it doesn't hurt my feelings at all, I promise. It was really very kind of you to think that though. I want you to share your great news, please?:hug:

[Glass Half Empty]

Just wanted to say Glassy please don't stop talking about the baby!!!!

Thank you honey, but why do I think you're going to regret saying that?