One Step at a Time - May 2018

[Lizann]

Re: One Step at a Time - May 2018

Duh, Nora, guess I'm a little slow on the uptake. I get it now. Maybe I had too much sun, lol?

[NoraC]

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Are you all packed?

[Glass Half Empty]

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Glassie - you have been on my mind all day for some reason. I hope that you felt surrounded by the love I was sending.

Nora - I must have (thank you honey), as something summoned me from the depths of re-writing journal papers. I've been really sick for the last couple of weeks and trying new treatment for a few things. I'm really irritated that I had to take time off work but was too sick to make constructive use of it!

Bird I hope your daughter is OK. What an awful thing to happen!

Love to you all.

[Glass Half Empty]

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Also, I'm currently obsessed with the way HRH is developing her verbal language skills.

She can say and use some words really well - Mummy, Daddy, her own name, eye, nose, hat (which she's obsessed with and always says with a sort of wistful longing), flower, green, babies, panda and gloomph (our nickname for a frog).

Others not so well - (I'm currently Gacky, which isn't very flattering). And lots that nobody can make sense of! So funny - but very fascinating.

[Rusty]

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Good Morning, Friends!!!

Yesterday was soooo relaxing and productive at the same time. It was wonderful! Off to get my nails done and visit my mom. It's sunny and it's supposed to get up to 90 today. :-)
[MENTION=2634]bird[/MENTION]-Wow, what a terrifying thing to happen to your daughter!! How is she doing?

Gacky....oops, I mean, GLASSIE:heartbeat:you are sick again?? Is it your respiratory issue again? I hope the doctor can get it sorted out. I feel so badly for you. So glad you are able to spend time with little HRH. Isn't it fun to hear little kids try and make out words?

Nora-What a funny story about your EX-SIL. You are killing her with kindness and it must drive her crazy! LOL. Doesn't it feel good to get a cut and color?? Next week for me. :-)

Liz-Have a wonderfully fun and safe trip. Post pics, please! We will miss you! Sorry to hear about your niece. :-( It sounds like she has a gambling problem if playing online games were more important than getting a full scholarship.

Pauly-Hope you are having a nice weekend.

OK, I am off to start my day. Happy AF Saturday to all.

[Lizann]

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Good morning! [MENTION=1214]Rusty[/MENTION] K (my niece) does not have a gambling problem. There are games online that you can play and interact with others, who knows where. It is based solely on fantasy and she has to an extent lost touch with reality. I could cry just sharing this. She doesn't think it's a problem. Everyone has a problem, not her. I'm glad you're enjoying your time off. I got my nails done yesterday. They are kind of a summery peach. A little bright, but will look good I hope with a bit of Caribbean sun. Do you do a French or get colors? I am happily sticking with the gel nails. Hubby was reading an article in one of his investment magazines that shared on ways older people could save money. Well apparently the older you get, the slower your nails grow. So theoretically I should be able to wait longer between manicures

Glassie, I am sorry you're not feeling well. Maybe you're just working too hard! I love when the little ones start talking. I remember when CJ was little. She had these made up little words, adorable. I could understand her, but others not so much. She called her pacifier "Watkin", :congratulatory:

I'm feeling very anxious about our trip. I'm excited to see CJ, but I don't know how I will feel when I see them tomorrow and how and where they live. I am not taking my iPad with me so if I don't post you know why. I have never tried to post from my phone, but I may try. I am pretty much packed. I am going to try to take the top of CJ and joes wedding cake with me. I don't know if it'll actually happen. Hubby and I are going to look like a couple of pack mules tomorrow. Well off to start my day.
Have a great AF Saturday

[NoraC]

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Liz - I'm so sorry about your niece.
I don't know anything about it but it sounds like it's an addiction to a fantasy world. I had someone who's dil was playing one game where it just took over her life. It's like she was more involved in being the fantasy person on the screen than dealing with life.
To me - it is like another addiction to keep from coping with reality. We used alcohol, some people gamble, some people do drugs, some people do online games. So many things we do to avoid dealing with pain. :sad:
I assume your niece won't see a therapist since she doesn't see a problem?

I did have to laugh about the pack mule comment. That's how I felt when we came back from Oregon. Carrying so much stuff with us and in our suitcases. LOL Have a wonderful trip. :hug:

[NoraC]

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Liz - this might be extreme. But, if your niece lives at home, they can always change the wifi password so she can't get online. If they pay her cell phone bill, they can also make changes to that so she can't access the online world. It sounds like it has really got to a bad place.

[NoraC]

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Glassie - I wish you felt better. You haven't been feeling well for a LONG time. :hug:
I love how HRH is learning her words. Gacky is almost cute. I laughed at her loving her hats.
I am so looking forward to spoiling my little one.

Rusty - you sound better. So, what is happening with your Mom? Is she going to go see a different doctor? Are you & your mom going out to lunch today?

Bird - how are things going? :hug:

Pauly - I hope that you are having a wonderful time!

[Lizann]

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[MENTION=5628]Nora[/MENTION], they have taken her computer away and she pays her own cell phone. She is 23 next month and sissy is tired of fighting her every step of the way. They have suggested therapy and K says sissy is the psychopath and needs therapy, not her. Sissy is at her wits end. She has spent a week with this individual she met through this game at an air bnb close to where I live. Just scary stuff. And yes [MENTION=1214]Rusty[/MENTION], it's an addiction to avoid her reality. we shall see where this goes. Sissy is just heartbroken. Hoping once she moves out with this individual reality will set in.

Packed and ready to go. I do think we can get the cake down to them. I am so nervous and just need to be there already. I did think about drinking, but did not. Going to try to get to bed early. Love you all and see you when I get back:victorious:

[NoraC]

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[MENTION=19302]Lizann[/MENTION] - :yay: on not drinking. Good job.

This is a quote that I read somewhere and I kept in my journal. I needed to hear it and it is so true. :hug: Hope it helps.

and when I do think “this might be a time when i would have been drinking” it’s more like a bug that flies into my view, then i bat it away, and keep going. the drinking thoughts now, when they do come infrequently, are more like irritating mosquitoes than white-knuckling-desires-for-alcohol. That part really does stop

[Glass Half Empty]

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Enjoy the trip Liz - I hope you have a great time with the kids.

[NoraC]

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Liz - hope you are there and having fun.
Pauly - I hope you are having fun.
Glassie - how are you feeling?
Rusty - did you have fun with your Mom?
Bird - how is your daughter feeling? Did you take a couple days off from working on the house? Did you get that other place you put the offer on?

Well, just doing little chores today. Nothing major going on. My nephew & family will be here tomorrow. I'm going to try to get Mom to go for a haircut in a little bit. Wish me luck.

[Glass Half Empty]

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Thanks Nora - feeling a bit better today.

Liz - I hope I haven't left it too late for you to see this, but I told you all ages ago my guilty pleasure is watching House Hunters International. They featured one on St Croix only the other day and it looks stunning! Have fun!

[Rusty]

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Good Morning and Happy Memorial Day to those of us in the USA!

Glassie:heartbeat:I hope you continue to feel better, sweetie. How you can work whilst being so sick is beyond me. I know you're a very strong person who perseveres, and you always manage to accomplish what you set out to do. :-0)

Liz-so sorry about your niece. I feel badly for your sister. She must be worried 24/7. So glad you got to St. Croix safely. Did the wedding cake make it unscathed?

Pauly:hug:I know you're in a lot of emotional pain right now so just wanted to tell you I will be keeping you close today. Big hugs coming to you from Wisconsin.

Nora:heartbeat:Thank you for asking about my mom. We had a lovely time together. We went to church and then went to dinner at one of our favorite restaurants overlooking a lake. Her back brace and the increased pain medication makes her pain level manageable. The new doctor, the one who said she had compression fractures in her spine, has recanted and now says she has herniated discs, not compression fractures. SIGH. My mom does not want to go to a different doctor. :-( Did your mom get her hair cut? I can't wait to get mine cut and colored on Saturday. I am so bored with my hairstyle.

I've had such a relaxing weekend. I feel like myself again. Such a relief, but wow, those blue moods can last a long time.

I'm off for a walk on the lakeshore path now. It's 82 right now and it's supposed to get up to 93 so I better get moving.

Have a lovely Memorial Day/Monday!