August Army Manoevres

[sweetpea29]

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Evening all

Welcome home Rusty looking forward to hearing about your trip!

D'Arsey- you're sounding in fair form. Youse must finish up a week earlier than over here in the schools. Was always envious of teachers hols but now I think if I had 2 months off work I wouldn't/couldn't go back!
Think it was Mary asked about your bro back there. Brotherly relationships can be funny, just judging by my own 2. They're both close to me and tell me their shite but not so much with each other!
Think Brigey's suggestion back there sounded good. Maybe finding someone your own gender who specialises in subject.
Laughed at your description of the 'run-in' with fellow runner. That describes me on each and every trip to shops. I walk at a fast enough pace and anyone tottering/bumbling along get my goat. Smiling as passing them by whilst inside my language is choice!

Molls did you get the cast off today?

Hey Bridget thanks for answering me. Always interested in hearing what nurses move on to do. it must be the same the world over with those so-called 'educated' nurses living in ivory towers with heads up their own backsides. Put them on a real ward with real human beings and they'd cack themselves.

Jacks where are you today? Hope all ok?

Hi NoSugar and Satz Two wise ones😄😇

[mollyka]

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yup Piddlepie - cast came off today - it is FREEDOM!!! I had NO idea how poxy it was gonna be -- so back to work tomorrow - thanks be to the living bejaysus!!! fed up of family -

[sweetpea29]

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Happy days Molls imagine it would be a nightmare having a cast on. Like how'd you shower/wash hair?
Do ya still have family living with you?

Feckin midges are eating me alive tonight.

[JackieClaire]

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Mebbees Molly didn't wash her hair or anything, Sweety, just a quick spray of fabreze when she left the house

Honestly though, delighted for you,Molls.

Day just got away with me. Been pootling and bimbling and tidying out drawers.

[mollyka]

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Happy days Molls imagine it would be a nightmare having a cast on. Like how'd you shower/wash hair?
Do ya still have family living with you?

Feckin midges are eating me alive tonight.

I had Joe's cover thingy from when he broke his leg so just held my arm up in the air - fecking horrible tho.. ah shit - not gonna start talkin bout it now -- I'll be one of the aul wans talking bout their operations:applouse:
No - nobody DIRECTLY living with me - Joey has moved in with his partner and little baby -but he's in and out getting DIY advice from his Dad and Jilly is living in an apt. next door to the house - the last part of that is pertinent tho - 'next door to the house' -- she's loving her mammy!!!! ah bless her - I feel a bit sorry for her tbh - all her friends are tied up with jobs or babies as well and I think she's lonely with the baba - but she's starting work up the road in 2 weeks so she'll be well busy then

Mebbees Molly didn't wash her hair or anything, Sweety, just a quick spray of fabreze when she left the house

Honestly though, delighted for you,Molls.

Day just got away with me. Been pootling and bimbling and tidying out drawers.

cheeky mare!!! we were out and about earlier - went over to Howth on the bike for our lunch after I got the cast off to celebrate - pure knackered tonight - oh and Bridge -- mmmm we've moved onto about episode 7 of the Handmaids Tale - and have to admit - it is REALLY beginning to liven up --- think I'll keep going.

[JackieClaire]

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Just thought, Joey's wee lassie will be a year old...........next month???? She'll be graduating Uni before you turn around.

Actually, in the frantic tidying, I was doing today found my copy of the Handmaid's Tale........thought I'd left in Scotland.

[sweetpea29]

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Evening again folks 😀

Good to see ya Jacks x your pootling and bimbling sound like what those folk who get in my way out shopping be doing! No harm doing it in yer own abode tho!

Molls ain't it great that Jilly has you so near? She's a lucky girl. You'd only be worrying about her if she was away somewhere remote with no friends or family near, no doubt.

Right dunno wtf is eating me tonight but iz away to bath to drown the feckers 😬

Nighters all x

[mollyka]

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Eabha will be a year on 28th of this month! Mad! She's a stunning and hilarious baby tbh - very like her daddy;-) ah yes Weepea it's good to have her around she's great company - only daughter and all that but I do like a little bit of ',me' time!! Anyway must sleep - goodnight all xxxx

[IamMary]

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Molly you are you awfully late!!
Welcome back Rustop - what was the highlight??

Hope you drowned all those feckers SweetPea! Would you think about moving into another area like Bridge?
Hows things going there Bridge, booze wise?

Arrogant bastard RC.. even me, Mrs calm, would feel like smacking him! but Satz and NS are right, let it pass.. (then get a voodoo doll in lycra )

Shattered...Good Night all..

[starty]

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Good morning all!

Back from the retreat and boy did it do me good.

RC, your post touched me deeply. Opening up like that and telling your parents must have been desperately hard and I am sorry you had to experience such trauma in your early life. I am happy that it has been a positive experience and you feel able to work on and recognise some traits that it has left you with. Becoming aware of behaviours is the first step in being able to accept them for what they are and make changes to help the healing process begin.

The retreat was a wonderful experience. It was like nothing I have ever done before. No clocks, no radio or tv and no internet. Long periods of compulsory silence which I thought would make me tetchy did not. It took away all the pressure of socialising or making conversation with strangers (although there was time for that). We did 4 hours of yoga a day and 4 of meditation which was incredible and quite hard but I got so much out of it. I realised what I could do if I put my mind to it. It was a very nurturing environment. The grounds were absolutely beautiful too. Would recommend it if anyone needs to press the reset button.

Lovely to see you Sweetpea and Rusty. Would love to hear a bit more about your safari Rusty, that sounds amazing!

Hope all are well. Back to work today hope it is not too much of a rude awakening

[rustop59]

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Good morning everyone. Had a quick read back last night but fell asleep before I could reply. :hug::hug: to RC, very brave to put that out there and hope you feel better. Sorry about your Dad Sweetpea. Delighted you have the cast off Molly. IÂ’m like you, love having them around but my God last night was bliss having the house to myself. Well done Mary on the marathon running, another thing you could not have contemplated if still drinking. Starty, that sounds amazing, might get the name of it from you.

Well it was my first time in Africa, not too crazy about Joberg but absolutely loved the National Park we were in which was about 4 hours north of it. We were in a private lodge which was in a beautiful setting and the tents were luxurious. Elephant fence around compound but monkeys, impalas etc just wandering around. We were called at 6 every morning and after fruit and cup of tea/coffee went on morning safari for few hours. Back for breakfast/brunch/lunch, few hours relaxing, then afternoon tea and out on safari again until about 7. Back in and 3 course dinner! In bed by 10. We did a walking bush safari one morning and it was a bit like your meditation Starty, the stillness and nature was wonderful. Saw 4 of the big 5 and loads of other animals. Highlights were lion walking down dirt road and casually walking into Bush right underneath me. I stopped my camera clicking, didnÂ’t want to annoy him, the sunsets and the night sky.

Nearly needed to be rolled home after all the eating and no exercise. Trying to get back to normal this week. Better get ready for work, catch you all later.

[mollyka]

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Sounds fantastic rusters! Never really knew how safaris worked - the routine etc. Not a great fan of animals I have to admit so not sure if it would be for me - but I LOVE the out in the elements all day sound of that!
And the retreat starty that would deffo float my boat - not having to talk to anybody!!!!
Morning all - back to work today - lazy me is whinging cos I'll have lots of catch up to Do but normal me is gagging for normality!!!

[mollyka]

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And Joe is driving me mad - he's in the glums- those of you around since the dark ages may remember how he used to go silent and sort of sneery- used to have a terrible effect on me - new Joe is just a bit down ( read minor depressive incident) and it's ok to live with but a bit of craic at work seems more attractive

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Jeez I feel boring!
A Buddhist retreat and a safari!
Still struggling a bit Mary to be honest. I can feel the end coming like I did last time. Just not even getting out of drinking what I used to be able to rely on. A bit of a warm internal/external hug as Arsey mentions above, when I'm feeling stressed to the eyeballs or something happens with this disaster, which is frequent. It also allows me to lose control quite deliberately when there are days weeks and months that I have to be in control for the people around me. I just don't want to be present and thinking in a circular ruminating way. But mostly I drink to 'check out'.

[mollyka]

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Ah Bridgey I'm sorry you are struggling... life is a bitch when it throws curve balls left right and centre all at one time and it can be just overwhelming... what can I say besides clichés - nothing and that's a fact -- but I CAN remind you of a couple of well worn clichés - both of which I brought into use in the last three days

I've been worrying about one of my sprogs - truly worrying - it's potentially pretty rotten tbh - and have found myself sleepless and tossing and turning etc etc.... but shit - I tapped back into what I learnt in the treatment centre - and funnily enough for this situation it wasn't anything from there that came to my mind but the Serenity Prayer - just the first 3 lines - the rest is a bit mumbo jumbo - and it truly helped -- what on this godforsaken earth use is it me worrying about something I can do fuck all about? It nearly absolved me if that makes any sense....

The other one was yesterday - I was getting the cast off in the hospital - so many old people in such states - bent over in wheelchairs with neck braces and wounds where they'd obviously fallen... and just seemed so sad... shuffle forward 3 hours - I'm out on my favourite 'toy' the bike - it's my peaceful time... it's meditation on wheels !!! BUT -- one of my intercom pads had wriggled itself out of position in my helmet and it was squashing my head - well - I was moaning like a good thing in my sore squashed head -- MISERY!!!! and then - I though about those poor old people... and I looked around me - driving along the estuary - the sea like a mill pond and swans sailing around serenely and the sun shining - and I just tapped back into gratitude -- we have to live in the moment more - and that moment could be about my squashed head or my beautiful situation - my squashed head truly seemed to fade away..... I am forgetting so many 'tools' tbh - I think one of Starty's retreats may be exactly what I need anyway - and maybe you too??