ODAT Monday

[matthen]

Good Morning ODATimers -- Beautiful morning here in SW Florida (Anna Maria Island) and I hope it is a great and positive day for all. Did you get to Evie's prayer group last night. I dropped in but don't think I did it right? Today is a good day to be sober and I hope you all meet your AL goals this week. Lots of love,

[shelley]

ODAT Monday

hi o2m, matt and all to come

hope everybody is ok! ive had a good weekend and stayed AF myself which is brilliant. i only finished work at three am this morning and have slept all day! i'm so tired. (yawn)

have a great day xxxx

[greeneyes]

ODAT Monday

ODATERS!!

Well, here's Monday with a productive weekend behind me. A tad boring as it was lots of chores, but I'm glad to stay on top of things. AL was good at talking me out of that.

Today I'll call an old friend just to say hello. I think I'll work my way through the rolodex. One friend sent me a Christmas card and wanted to get together. She is in her marriage just because of the kids. I guess she's seeking strength or solace but I'll try to give her whatever support I can. It's so easy to fall out of touch with people you know. And we can all do each other a world of good. And if not, you let them go. You know you could always meet with them and have coffee or something AF and set the stage for yourself as drinking less, the whole truth, whatever. It easily sets the stage for that person and also reinforces your behavior.

Upward and onward!!!

[Mad Mummy]

ODAT Monday

Afternoon ODATers - good to see Matthen back and starting threads again, miss Bessie though - does anyone hear from her?

Had an ish weekend, good modding on Friday but a little excess on Saturday due to staying up about 4 hours later than I normally do and celebrating during that time my little boy's theatre group's success in a County Competition!! Yeah they won and now go on to represent us in the South West England Finals and my baby was singled out for praise by the judge for his rich voice and excellent projection (yes that just means he's very LOUD!! which we know having to live with him).

Any way paid the price yesterday and went AF so feeling back to normal today.

Love to all before and all to come.

Bx

[greeneyes]

ODAT Monday

MM, uni is in touch with Bessie from time to time.

speaking of..... uni how's it going? How are you feeling about the buying a house together issue?

[BecomingMeAtLast]

ODAT Monday

Hey Matt, I missed Evie's prayer group because of my daughter's sleepover. I was bummed but that's the way it goes. Sounds like it was great.

Oney, I'm so glad you feel better!

Congrats on staying AF, Shelley, you sound sleepy-happy :-)

Greenie, that's what I've been doing. Cleaning. Now I'm tackling my office. One shelf/drawer a day. I have to get this sorted out. I can't be as productive as I want to be with it like this.

MM, congrats with your son! You must be so proud.

Well, I won't be on much today because I'm finishing up my corporate taxes NO MATTER WHAT. Have everything ready to go and that's going to be finished today. I'm on a mission.

Take care, everyone.
Be

[savon19]

ODAT Monday

Ummm. "Evie's Prayer Group"? OK, what's that about? Guess I missed it...

I'm learning that people just aren't what they're cracked up to be. Jeesh - think I knew that before... but now it's becoming more apparent.

Need to move on. Leave some behind. Don't need to beat my head against the wall about people that .... just aren't worth it!

MANY people in the world. Need to get to know new ones... yes, BETTER ones.

Not to say that I don't care, but, Really. Sometimes you just gotta say: ARE THESE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW "WORTH THE EFFORT?"... The answer is sometimes simple: NOT!!

I just realized that I've spent Waaayyy too much effort on people who Really didn't deserve that effort.

Now... will be Different. I'll spend effort on people who I REALLY want to. I think sometimes I spent effort mainly because it was "expected".

Bullshit. The End of that. Hummmmmm. Going off into better places. La la laaaaaa.

[savon19]

ODAT Monday

JEEEEESH - that was Liberating to say!

We are NOT "stuck" with certain people!! We CAN choose.

If the people in our lives are downers, or just don't "get us", the HELL with them... ohhhh yes, there are many more in the pond of Humanity.

This is a GREAT thing for me to realize. I'm sure it's quite simple... but it's often the "simple truths" that are the most TRUE.

[patricia]

ODAT Monday

Me too for today (Monday) - bit late but am also signing up for 30 days. Good to read all the posts. Px