AF Daily - Wed 10/13

[greeneyes]

A beautiful AM to all you AF fabbie ones!!

It's trash day. The morning is inky blue, dampened by a bit of fog hanging low under the tree line. Cool wet grass under my bare feet. That fresh early dawn smell...... ahhhhhh

I'm taking off at dark thirty tomorrow for that visit to GF in MD. She lives across the bay from Annapolis. I'm REALLY looking forward to it.

Everybody have a wunnerful wednesday! One thing's for sure.......... I'd never consider ruining this day with a drop of AL!

[Pride before Fall]

AF Daily - Wed 10/13

She lives across the bay from Annapolis. >>

Pretty there! Have a blast, Greenie.

Mountains of work around a daughter with stomach flu on my agenda today. Pinch me! I may need to work in some healthy escapist time on Villas in Italy - Italian Villa Rentals & Italian Holiday Villas. I am modifying the fantasy to include making my own olive oil v. making my own wine, but leaving in the hot gardener. "Buongiorno, Fabio!"

Cindy, you will clearly be the most smokin' lady in rehab! Self-care in any way, shape, or form is good mojo, IMHO.

Have a peaceful and productive day, everyone!

Sober AGAIN,

xoxox Pride

[Lavande]

AF Daily - Wed 10/13

Happy Humpday Abbers!

Chilly but sunny here today. Got up at 6 am, closed the window & dove back into my bed for a while

Greenie, have a great trip tomorrow. I hear we have some damp weather moving in - hope it's not too bad.

Pride, sick kids are such a joy, ah motherhood Hope your day improves immensely.
A Villa in Italy sounds like heaven!

No trips for me unfortunately. I have to hang around & keep an eye on my 25 kids. They are growing fast!!

Wishing a terrific AF Humpday to one & all.
Lav

[papmom3]

AF Daily - Wed 10/13

Sandwich Warning!!

Happy Humpday everyone!! It's a gorgeous day here in the Northeast although there was a touch of frost on the gardens this morning. Hmm, me thinks I should pick the last 2 tomatos and eggplant when I get home tonite.

Pride and all you parents out there-how you deal with sick kids AND all the regular stuff life requires of you is beyond me. My hat is off to all of you!!
I freak when one of the doggies is sick and all life stops until they are better!!

Lot of thinking and reminiscing (sp?-why don't we have spell check here??) about the weekend. It was so wonderful, I was so happy and even tho I don't particularily enjoy motel life I wasn't all that thrilled to be home. I certainly experienced quite a let down on my way home from work last nite and got quite sad and blue. Drowned my sorrows in a pint of B&J's I'm sorry to say (Come on now-that's Ben and Jerry's, not Bartles and James :H !!). I really think part of my blueness and overall lack of motivation in my worklife is due to my living environment. There's something about my city that just sucks the life out of me even tho I have a very cute house and a wonderful yard perfect for the doggies. What I don't have is a beach close by to let them run every morning or even a wooded area to do that same. Is this normal? I know the grass isn't always greener believe me. I just feel like I'm not being my best and I'm settling. Sigh.
On an up note, I was really thrilled with how energetic I felt during the whole 11 hour ride home. A year ago I would have had a few glasses of wine every nite before passing out from physical exertion and being outdoors all day. So every morning I would have felt super tired if not a little hung but would have gotten through the days events and gotten a second wind at some point. A year ago, I would have "celebrated" the completion of the weekend by buying another (big) bottle of wine for Sunday nite and downing the whole thing as we had gotten out early and there was no social obligations. I would have been super tired and hung over Monday morning and the drive home would have been torture. I would have started getting very sleepy around 3 or 4pm and it would have been a huge struggle to stay awake. What a difference this time!! I want to hold on to that feeling forever and I NEVER want to experience "wine head" again!! I pray that if and when I'm faced with some of the incredibly stressful situations many of you have faced lately, I can find some other way of dealing with them besides getting shitefaced and drowning the painful feelings. I pray with all my heart I will be strong enough.
OK, lunch is over!! Get back to work everyone and enjoy these waning days of fall!!
:l

[bear73]

AF Daily - Wed 10/13

hi all - just back from skate practice - LOVING IT!I am definitely stopping smoking - I'm never going to be the skater I want to be if I carry on.

I think I am on week 2 cigarette free now and coming up for 6 weeks AF - but I'm kind of losing count and it's fine - I think that may mean it's going to stick rather than counting down. I can't think of any benefits of alcohol/smoking right now, and that's a good thing.
Lost 1.5lbs this week - not bad considering I've had burger and chips Sat eve - going in the right direction.

Evening meeting tomorrow night, long day ahead,still I get to finish early Friday afternoon.
Anyway - not much to add here - good day - bit tired now - glad to be here in AF land.
I'm waiting for 'tao of sobriety' to turn up and book on co dependence.I'm devouring books about quitting alcohol and re-reading them.

[Determinator]

AF Daily - Wed 10/13

Hid ho ABeroooos!

hope your all having a fantabulous AF'ing day.

Anapolis...hmmmm. last time I was there many years ago I was so hung over I don't recall having much fun. what a bummer I have a lot of AF traveling years ahead of me though and looking forward to it.

Pride, Italy? oh man.... (green with envy here) please take lots of good photos for us and bring me a bottle of your finest olio yum yum.

Bear, huge kudos on being ciggy free!

well, my big road trip is delayed by a day so one more night at home. yeah!!!

be well everyone

[Gaia]

AF Daily - Wed 10/13

Hi just checking in. Feeling really tired here, really dragging.

Not much to say, just sending nice thoughts!

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily - Wed 10/13

Hello fabbies! Don't have much time but wanted to say hello and that I've been thinking of all of you - my fellow travelers! P3, I don't want to experience "wine head" any more either. I know exactly what you are talking about - right down to the behavior after a dog event. I am grateful to be sober that's for sure.

Assuming I make it all the way to bed time without screwing up, this will be my second consecutive day of eating according to plan. I am liking the Beck ideas. The key, as with all things, will be to develop some lasting habits that will "stick" after the bloom is off the rose. I am really sick of battling this last 10 pounds that continually stand between me and the REAL DG bod.

Cindi, if you check in before you leave, I wish you well at rehab and I hope this is YOUR TIME for success in sobriety. I give you a lot of credit for never giving up.

:l to all other fabbies.

One thing is for sure...

[Pride before Fall]

AF Daily - Wed 10/13

Pride and all you parents out there-how you deal with sick kids AND all the regular stuff life requires of you is beyond me. >> P3--we drank! :H:H

Deter, sadly, the villa in Italy remains a fantasy, but I'll send some EVOO anyway.

Gaia, sorry you're feeling worn down. How is your blog going?

It ain't much, but this guy always improves my perspective on dark days: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6UU6m3cqk[/video]]YouTube - Hahaha

Good night, :biatch:'s!

Pride

[Accountable for Me]

AF Daily - Wed 10/13

Evenin' abbies!

I am chowing down on homemade turkey soup and kind of in a bit of a surreal head-space.....

Went with sister to dad's. She wanted to say goodbye. They haven't been close for a couple of decades. It ended up in them throwing her out. His wife grabbed her, my sister grabbed her throat... They slammed the door in her face after a lot of shit was said. I was out by her car. Fuuuuuuuuuuuck! She deserves to be heard and for his wife to tell her she is trying to kill our dad is beyond unbelievable!! Anyway, too mad to discuss that right now.

Plus, I keep getting these weird emails from someone who is suppose to be dead?!?! Am I really loooosing it???

Anyway, have a happy sober day all! I am thankful I am sober. xoxo

[Pride before Fall]

AF Daily - Wed 10/13

AC, I posted on your other thread about the Yahoo spam. People were getting the same thing from my account. But I'm alive, so it's a LOT less creepy.

Sorry your family's so whack! So is mine (I call home 'dysfunction junction'). I hope your sister's okay. Genes do not necessarily a family make, in the supportive and loving sense. You should both surround yourself with people who care about you until the shock of it wears off (that's what you're feeling--that was a pretty violent episode). :l

(and :l for your sister).

[Accountable for Me]

AF Daily - Wed 10/13

Thanks pride! My family is definitely dysfunctional! I am exhausted today. I am going to chill out and just take care of me for a couple of hours. xoxo

[Gaia]

AF Daily - Wed 10/13

afm that is just a pity. Take care of you!