AF August Angels - week 3

[Dewdrop]

AF August Angels - week 3

Hi from one of the missing Angels good to read all your news and that everyone is well. I am fine I?ve just been very tired recently and have found it difficult coping with work, family and life in general. I finished my radiotherapy sessions on Friday so I have taken this week off work to try and recuperate and catch my breath and I spent all day Monday and Tuesday in my jammies lounging about. Today I got my act together and am feeling a bit better, it?s another cold and rainy day though (Scottish summer!) so I have my coal fire on and am on the couch watching trashy afternoon tv and catching up with the posts

I have let my exercise slip these past few months so I am feeling a bit blah and sluggish and I am going to start walking tomorrow, even 20 minutes each day is better than nothing. I?ve had a bit of a low mood which I think is related to my lack of exercise, I?ve also been looking at my diet and I need to ensure I cut out the sugars that have been creeping in recently ie tubs of ice cream as a treat. I?m not sure that time to think is necessarily a good thing for me at the moment (which is why I?ve kept myself as busy as possible) however I know that ?this too shall pass? and I?ll sort out my thoughts eventually.

Dewdrop :h

[Lavande]

AF August Angels - week 3

Good evening all!

Dewdrop, so glad you checked in
I have a strong feeling you will find your energy/mojo ver soon! Keep taking good care of yourself & get outside when you can. I'm still sitting here with the AC on, still feels too summery here.

papmom, I had more weight/baby lifing exercise today & they'll be back again tomorrow night so I feel 'exercised'. EB would love a quilt like that....at 2 1/2 he's all about cars 7 trucks already, especially firetrucks :H

chill, there ar so many things that can cause feet swelling. Try not to get too worried until you get some test results. Cutting back on salty foods & drinking a lot of water just makes sense. Years ago when I was first put on B/P meds, one of them caused my feet to swell & turn purplish/blue. Needless to say I dumped that Rx. I have had no problems since finding the right Rx for me.

Long, long day is now over, just did my 3rd day of the meditation challenge & am going to bed shortly.
Wishing everyone a great night.

Lav

[Chillgirl]

AF August Angels - week 3

A quick Good Morning from Chillworld

Dewdrop - :l So good to hear from you, im glad you are having some rest, jammies by the fire & trashy TV sounds ideal. We have to listen to our bodies, they know better than us what they need.

Lav - Im loving the meditation but DavidJ's voice does it for me and last nights i didnt find so good.

The next two days are silly crazy for me at work but im not complaining, I just got my 2nd pay check and that makes it all worth while.

I have been mulling over so much in the past few weeks but the one thing that keeps coming up for me is how grateful I am to be AF. It really is the best thing I ever did in the whole world and at times I think we sould celebrate it more. I mean when I look around me almost everyone drinks way too much and Im free!!! Yippee!! :yougo::yougo::yougo:

I will check in tonight, have a wonderful Thursday Angels :wings:

[Lavande]

AF August Angels - week 3

Good morning all,

We are missing quite a few friends this month. What's going on

Chill, nice on the paycheck
I'm in total agreement with you - Davidji's voice is spellbinding. I could sit & listen to him all day. He's a smooth talker

Well, I'm back at work & need to finish it today so I can ship it out tomorrow! If I was dealing with hangovers this job sure wouldn't be so easy

Wishing everyone a great AF Thursday!
lav

[Stargazerlily]

AF August Angels - week 3

Good morning all...

Dewdrop, thanks so much for checking in. Taking care of yourself and doing what you feel is right is so important at this time. I was thinking about you yesterday and sending you healing energy. It will take time and lots of TLC to get back to your normal staminia, so glad to hear the treatments are soon going to be completed. Wow, a Scottish summer sounds kind of cold and dreary. What is the best season in Scotland? Is it fall?

Chill, physical problems are not fun to deal with. I have been feeling kind of lousy, and found that the less I eat and the more water I drink, the better I feel. I went to a sound/energy balancing hour last night and we all sat around and listened while a practitioner made vibrational sounds with crystal bowls. It was lovely and I relaxed and opened up to it, and felt so much better after it. Almost as if I was floating. A pain I had in my right side disappeared, and I wonder if it was from stress. I say keep on with the meditation and yoga, it will definintely help you to get in a place of peace and healing.

Hello to Lav, SD, Pap, rusty, Rustop, and all, happy Thursday.

[Rusty]

AF August Angels - week 3

Good Afternoon August Friends,

Hello from Pensacola, Florida, where I am working for the first time with a new co-worker who is a hard drinker. She began our visit yesterday with our new client by announcing to him that she is staying at The Holiday Inn because it has a great bar. . Last night she downed 3 martinis in two hours. She is a royal bore. The client already told me she won't be back because they find her unprofessional. Ya think? No cravings for me, though. Thank you very much.....I don't care for a drink. WHAAATTT???? She bellows at me.

Dew-thanks for checking in with us and I will continue to send you healing thoughts and vibes.

Star-I am with you....less food and lots more water to feel better.

Lav-I need to get my butt in gear and pick out the design for my niece's baby blanket. She is due on October.

Hi to Rustop, Chill, Papmom, SD, Shelley, Cyn, and anyone I may have missed...I'll try to check in later.

[sdlovespackers]

AF August Angels - week 3

Afternoon-

Rusty-Sad thing is about that gal--she was probably trying to control her drinking around you all!!! She might just be kicking herself for her behavior today (like I know I did many times the next day). Like Chill said, just makes us so thankful and grateful to be where we are (and to have found one another--such an awesome support system!!)

Star--Wow!! That crystal bowl vibration sounds very interesting and SUPER relaxing!! I bet it sounded amazing!! I wish that had something (ANYTHING) like that around here!! I guess clanging cow bells doesn't have the same soothing affect!!:H

Lav-Thanks for keepin us angels in check!! You sure hold this little group together pretty well!!:l

Chill--you still sound great and I appreciate your support with my work situation...I feel like a big baby!!! I know it's silly and I think I'm probably working myself up...I have this tightness in my chest, I feel like I could cry at any moment and my jaw is is so sore all the way up into my ear....gosh I hope it goes away tomorrow when I get there and see everyone!! A bunch of teachers were going today to get started early...I just couldn't do it...although I got text messages from them starting at 8 this morning...ugh!!! The family picnic is tonight at 5...maybe that will help with some of the tension I'm feeling. Thanks again for your support!!!:l

Dew--take care of yourself, hun....just heal your body...heck I've let my exercise slip for the past FEW decades!!! Take care!!:l

Pap3--I'm not sure I've heard of this workout or diet thing you're going to try either?? DO you have to give up pasta?!?!? AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! lol!!! It sounds kinda tough!! You can do it though...you may have figured out by now I'm very much a "sitter"!! heehee!!

Speed--CONGRATS ON TWO MONTHS SISTER Afer!!!! :H:yay:

Well I better get moving...my son has football practice coming up here...always something!!! I'll check in tomorrow (with less fingernails)...but AF!!!!!
SD

[Lavande]

AF August Angels - week 3

CONGRATS SD & SHELLEY ON 2 MONTHS AF!!!

:wd::yay::applaud::yougo:

Keep up the great work ladies

[Dewdrop]

AF August Angels - week 3

Morning everyone, well it has rained all night however the sun is now shining and the skies are blue so it looks like we are in for a lovely day, yah!! I woke early and am feeling in a positive happy mood so all is well in Dew?s world today and I am very grateful. I?ve started taking St John?s Wort and I?m wondering if that?s it starting to work?? Who knows but I reckon it?s worth a shot for a month or two

Wishing you all a happy Friday I am out with my parents for lunch and looking forward to spending time with them, Mum and I are going for a walk afterwards so keeping my fingers crossed the sun continues. Might log on tonight but mentime have a great Friday Angels.

Dewdrop :h

[Chillgirl]

AF August Angels - week 3

:banana::alf::yougo:Woo hoo! 2 MONTHS AF for SD & SPEED! you gals rock!!:yougo::alf::banana:

Dewdrop - Happy to hear you are feeling better, waking up to sunshine always helps.

I lay in bed pressing the snooze button this morning and was tempted to have another hour in bed. However I forced myself up and was walking along the seafront by 6.30am and it was beautiful. Now I've been to the gym and ready to tackle a crazy day at work.

Happy Friday Angels......

[Stargazerlily]

AF August Angels - week 3

Good morning Angels,

SD, I have a friend who is a teacher and she also had anxiety before going back after a long summer break. We went shopping and I encouraged her to buy a fun piece of costume jewelry to cheer herself up!! I have a hard time going back to work after the weekend, I cannot imagine after the summer. You will do fine and being AF, will manage all situations with calm and grace. I find that AF I manage my life much better.

Rusty, I was intrigued by your story about your colleague who drinks inappropriately and loudly. Wow, she doesn't even try to hide it like I did!! I guess that is the part that was most interesting to me, she is PROUD of it and has the party mentality. The shame of my drinking was/is so huge, and the secrecy and isolation, made me miserable. Have fun this weekend making healthy choices for YOU.

I have a list of things to do today and hope to be productive. The weather continues to be perfect, sunny and in the 80s, but of course tomorrow, with guests, probable rain. Darn. I hope they are wrong about the rain, it is hard to entertain with outdoor plans.

To all,have a great AF day.

[Lavande]

AF August Angels - week 3

Good morning August friends!

Had a spectacular lightning show last night......awesome, really!
Pop up T storms predicted thru the weekend, oh well.

Dewdrop, so glad to hear you are on the mend!!!
St John's Wort has been patr of my daily routine all along....really works
Enjoy the day with your parents, sounds nice!

Chill, hope your day is a good one without too much craziness

Star, we haven't seen much of the sun on the east coast this week. I did mange to sneak some turkey burgers on the grill last night while my daughter was here, yum!

Still have work to complete so I'll get started. Hello to Rusty in sunny FL & everyone wherever you are

Lav

[Rusty]

AF August Angels - week 3

:cheering:CONGRATULATIONS SD AND SHELLEY ON 60 DAYS AF!!!:cheering: You guys rock....I am so glad you are here with us and I miss you when you're gone so don't leave us again!!:h

Ok, this is is how I feel about my last day in Florida with my hard-drining, PIA co-worker who talks non-stop about herself.:lalala: GRANT ME THE SERENITY. Can I go home now?

Dew-I'm so glad you are feeling better....I think of you so often during the day.

Star-Oh, my co-worker loves to talk about her drinking....I happily turned down her request to go to dinner with me last night. I went to a mall and got a bunch of great deals...dresses, sweaters, blouses. It was a "Rusty-is-sitting-on-her-suitcase-to close-it" night!:H How do you like your new job....do you like it better than your old job? (Second request for that info).

Big hugs and hello to everyone else. Two more hours and I'm out of here. Busy weekend with mom and then it's off to Ohio and Bowling Green, Kentucky next week. I always say that when I wake up in the morning and I know what city I'm in, what my hotel room number is, and what my rental car looks like, then I'm having a good day. HAHAHAAHH! Have a great AF Friday! TGIF!!

[Chillgirl]

AF August Angels - week 3

Evening Angels

SD - Like Star I suffer from Monday morning anxiety, i get myself in quite a state, always have, so I understand exactly your symptoms of tears and chest tightness. I convince myself im incapable of the job and sometimes tell myself id rather clean toilets its complete nonsense and of course once ive been there 10 minutes im miraculously cured. With my belief in the power of our minds I really should know better. Someone once asked the wondeful Gangaji how we know the difference between our ego talking and when its our authentic self, the answer quite simply was "your true self never tells you, you suck!" Try repeating some affirmations like, "i am a strong capable woman and and I can handle whatever life brings me.

Star - Im jealous or your weather, its cold and damp here tonight and I have the heating up full.

Rusty - You do make me laugh! :H
I cringingly remember the days when i'd wake up scared to look out the front door, not knowing if my car would be there or not. If fact I've woken up on numerous occasions to find the front door wide open and the contents of my handbag strewn across the driveway, usually with a shoe nearby. Oh boy its it good to have these days in the past.

Lav - I miss the spectacular storms we had in Portugal. Use to love them when all cosy inside.

My day was as crazy as I had imagined but good crazy and if you asked me if i liked my job today I'd have said yes. NOTE TO CHILL: READ THIS WHEN YOU WAKE UP MONDAY MORNING!

I have been struggling to juggle my life as you know and I made the decision this week that my time with Ken would have to be drastically cut back, I need Chill time and that means alone time. Im therefore so excited to be having my 1st Friday night on my own in months. I plan to soak in the bath to my fav chill music, eat junk food and watch trashy tv then go bed early and read......bliss.

[spedteach]

AF August Angels - week 3

Hey everybody,
Thanks for all the congrats. On Wednesday I had 60 days sober and turned 61. Wish it had been 60 days sober and turned 60, jut to make things match. Getting older isn't the greatest thing in the world but if you have some realistic expectations, it's okay. Last night I had dinner with a 90 year old. After dinner we watched an old Gregory Peck movie. She just oohed and ahed about how handsome he was. She was so full of spunk and life.

Someone tell me about the meditation challenge. I'm trying too meditate on my own, but would appreciate a little structure.

Waiting for the ole substitute teacher hot line to start ringing again, now that school has started.

I recently joined the YMCA which is free for people (SENIORS!!) my age if you have certain health insurance plans. I'm much better working out at a gym than at home. I get too distracted by things around the house.

Pap, keeping fingers crossed for you and your way too long job hunt.

Rusty, still traveling I see.

Chill, take care of yourself, you know you have always needed Chill time.

Cyn, jealous of your out of the Southwest move.

Star, that crystal bowl thing sounded wonderful.

Lav, our rock, someday I will just show up on your doorstep.

SD, congrats to us, you little sports fanatic.

Still doing AA big time. Time to hop on my bicycle and get to a meeting. Lots of things I don't like about AA but as this point I will do absolutely anything to stay sober.

Hey Rustop, Dew....hugs to all.