Army June 22

[satz123]

Re: Army June 22

Hey Elsie ! Happy Thursday.
Been awake since cock-crow.
Started a post then lost it.
Doesn't bode well for the rest of the day.

My youngest sister is home for a quick in/out to see my mother.
She's bringing her "arse'" of a husband that I cannot stand.
I don't hate him - I don't hate anyone but he is so very very irritating I want to slap him. He's Scottish and even his accent drives me MAD.
That actor DAvid Tennant is the spit of him & the accent the same. Can't watch him in anything without wanting to throw something at the telly..

To my mind he is a control merchant. Knows EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING.
He has to know everything she's doing. Now he's had early retirement I'd say he has her driven demented.

My other sister's husband was working in Scotland & had a heart episode and was in hospital outside the city they live in.
My sister flew over & had to travel to the hospital alone each day by train from a hotel & he never once offered a lift anywhere - nor did either of them bother to visit him while he was there.

This is completely alien to us as we would never leave anyone alone in a hotel room for a week in the SAME city.
:clouds:

I haven't seen him since hearing this story - so should be fun.
I'll be as polite as possible but I'm too long in the tooth for playing pretend.

One of the freedoms of the sobriety & age mix is you don't give a shit about those who annoy you & will say what you think. :egad:
And no-one can say "ah it's the drink talking" :thumbs-up:

[mollyka]

Re: Army June 22

Morning...sounds like fun Benjy...err.....have a nice day doesn't quite cover it ;-)

Awake really early here too...had weird nightmares...I blame the box of Butlers chocolates someone gave me when retiring!

[satz123]

Re: Army June 22

:cuss:

[satz123]

Re: Army June 22

Morning...sounds like fun Benjy...err.....have a nice day doesn't quite cover it ;-)

Awake really early here too...had weird nightmares...I blame the box of Butlers chocolates someone gave me when retiring!

Probably the fact you've had a major upheaval in your life Molls. And you were probably over tired ?

[mollyka]

Re: Army June 22

Wowser...that's a quiet day

[rustop59]

Re: Army June 22

Wowser...that's a quiet day

Quiet on the boards alright. Busy day here. Travelled west, painted doors and windows and had a plumber call so productive day. No sight of the bed, I may as well cancel and buy local. Thought Harvey Norman were ok but customer service for this was non existent. Live and learn. Night all.

[satz123]

Re: Army June 22

Quiet on the boards alright. Busy day here. Travelled west, painted doors and windows and had a plumber call so productive day. No sight of the bed, I may as well cancel and buy local. Thought Harvey Norman were ok but customer service for this was non existent. Live and learn. Night all.

Ah here - not on the same scale as a bed ..... I just ordered a kettle from HN ..... :egad:

[satz123]

Re: Army June 22

Morning...sounds like fun Benjy...err.....have a nice day doesn't quite cover it ;-)

As usual it was never as bad as we anticipate. He seemed normal to me but my sister lost her temper with him a few times.
And then proceeded to complain about him when he wasn't there. Unheard of.
I shut my gob , listened but said nothing :thumbsup:

Nighty night

[IamMary]

Re: Army June 22

Thats a bit odd behaviour all right, but people are weird. Maybe our upbringings are very different, being a nation of Mrs Doyles here.

Im passing out with this heat, its like a permanent hot flush. Im wandering around trying to find dark spots in the house. What was i thinking with my notions of more light.

3 teens here [MENTION=15430]lifechange[/MENTION]. 18, 16 and 13. Sent then to school at 5 so they complain they are all ancient now. What age are yours?
Im Dublin too. Just beside where Molly was, but a bit of a hike from Rustop and Satz.

Hows Alfie doing [MENTION=7008]JackieClaire[/MENTION]?

[lifechange]

Re: Army June 22

Morning Army!!

was in bed last night at 8:30! and slept till 6.. much needed rest but i have quite a headache.. hopefully the coffee will help with that!:happy2:
had a crazy separation anxiety dream regarding my youngest.. it was actually kind of a cool dream in hindsight.. but definitely an issue i'm dealing with in real life. also ate too much ice cream last night! and had to think of Molly with the box of chocolates! something to that, i think..
how's your body feeling, Molly, after all the digging and lifting? are you going to have veggies and flowers?

Mary, my girls are 20 and 17.. the eldest complaining a bit that she's so old finishing school!! their school starts them at 7 and she took a year off.. so she is older than most.. but in the span of a lifetime? that's nothing.. we're also getting ready for a heat wave and i'm not quite sure how to handle it! my flat has sun the whole day (except for the kitchen).. i did buy a huge fan last year.. but 35° in the city just isn't fun! can't remember if you all have summer plans?

Satz, i know it isn't really funny with your BIL, but i had to laugh at your description, especially after you posted the picture.. that's definitely not a nice look.. glad to hear it was better than anticipated.. as you said, it's mostly the case!

i skipped out on a bbq being held in our back courtyard last night.. it was a gathering of people living in our house, to eat/socialize, etc., planned by my neighbor across the hall.. i felt a bit bad not going (said i had to work) but the thought of hanging around with all of them was too much.. nice people and i've known some of them for 20 years, but i'm definitely not a social butterfly and am not really good at super small talk. sooo.. i snuck a look out my kitchen window at one point and was very glad i'd declined.. looked like a nightmare.
it was recommended by several people here to avoid possibly stressful situations for the first months.. and i'm taking up on that advice!!!

JC, i'm also wondering about little Alfie.. :love:

Rusty, definitely a productive day, painting doors and windows! i've got a kitchen cabinet i've been meaning to paint for the past 6 months! paint is sitting right next to it..

wishing you all a lovely Friday.. xxx

[mollyka]

Re: Army June 22

Morning! Imo you were 100% right to swerve the 'event' Elsie...in fact..a 'very caring' neighbour here in our new house was regaling me with info about a bbq somewhere..' great for you to meet people'...after all this time I still swerve these things
#1. I don't really WANT to meet people
#2. I really don't want to meet people.

Older and wiser or just anti-social?
Whereas for the first few years of sobriety I avoided anything that didn't feel 'right'...now I just don't go...I'm happy in my own skin!
I sympathise with both of you with teenagers..I actively disliked that period...however when you start coming out the other end its exhilarating to see them mature and make lives and that they actually don't hate us after all!
Lashing rain here...perfect for my garden (flowers and veggies and fruit Elsie) and heading to Dublin to see family for coupla days.

[lifechange]

Re: Army June 22

thanks for that, Molly..:happy2: i'm also someone who needs ALOT of time alone.. my work is very "on" as there are always lots of people around and we're in a fishbowl of a kitchen.. i really enjoy that and can "perform", let's say, in that situation 'cause i've been there forever and feel comfortable in my space/role there.. do i join them for after work events/parties? NO! just my intimate kitchen team.. i feel like i have close friends, who i meet one to one, the girls, a nice guy.. i don't in any way feel the need to socialize more than saying hi to someone on the street/at the grocery store.. that's the main reason i drank as a younger person.. to feel at ease, fit in.. there was so much more pressure then to attend, wasn't there?
have a lovely time in Dublin!!!

[mollyka]

Re: Army June 22

thanks for that, Molly..:happy2: i'm also someone who needs ALOT of time alone.. my work is very "on" as there are always lots of people around and we're in a fishbowl of a kitchen.. i really enjoy that and can "perform", let's say, in that situation 'cause i've been there forever and feel comfortable in my space/role there.. do i join them for after work events/parties? NO! just my intimate kitchen team.. i feel like i have close friends, who i meet one to one, the girls, a nice guy.. i don't in any way feel the need to socialize more than saying hi to someone on the street/at the grocery store.. that's the main reason i drank as a younger person.. to feel at ease, fit in.. there was so much more pressure then to attend, wasn't there?
have a lovely time in Dublin!!!

Good god yeah...and I identify with every word of that.
At work (OK...blow my own trumpet...) I was seen as great craic..straight speaking and I guess I was seen as full of confidence ...if only they knew!!!
Yup ...off to stay with belligerent daughter. .34 and a bigger teenager than any of your lot I bet! Long story and when I can type on something bigger than my phone I'll regale you all!
Laters xx

[JackieClaire]

Re: Army June 22

Been at the hairdressers.........it was boiling walking over the big field and even hotter coming back. sun

[MENTION=15430]lifechange[/MENTION]..............don't worry about the sleeping.............you're body is recovering from years of alcohol abuse so treat yourself kindly.

Whats ap just in on Alfie. 'All good. But they're very tired' and another photo of him. :heartbeat: We'll be going over Sunday as its DIL's birthday.

[MENTION=8529]mollyka[/MENTION].............oddly I've got a belligerent 34 too. Well she's belligerent with me but not her Dad.

[mollyka]

Re: Army June 22

Poor Joe gets the brunt of the belligerence here but strangely she's lovely and mellow tonight..she's heading out so we're house and babysitting...feels weird of a Friday..Tilly usually with her dad Friday night.