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[Guitarista]

Yo Gloamers,

Happy Independence day and hope all are having a nice weekend. I love the freedom vibe of this day. As Abc said a day or 2 ago, everyday is a day of freedom for us off the sauce. Something Byrdy alluded to a couple of days ago too was how she/we fight so hard to hang on to drinking. How crazy is this? Actually fighting tooth and nail to hang on to our daily drinking self abuse that is killing us physically, mentally, spiritually, emotionally. Sheeshkabab!

All the best at the funeral tomorrow TT.

Regard's to the new pup LB.

Take it easy and take care. G

[treetops]

Good to see you Mr G! Hope the winter's not too cold in Melbourne.

[Guitarista]

Good to see you Mr G! Hope the winter's not too cold in Melbourne.

Hi TT. The sun's poking through at the moment. I don't mind the cold but I much prefer summer and temps around 20's and mid 30's C. I see myself moving further north for warmer weather next couple of years. Have a bewdy.

[jane27]

Quick pop in to say gnight and see you tomorrow Gloamers! I feel so much better now that we are home. Love to all.xxx

[treetops]

Nite nite Jane and everyone else sleeping. I have a few hours before I can hit the sack!

[NoSugar]

I hope your day goes as well as it can, TT, and that everyone can celebrate your friend's life. That is tougher when the person is young and the death unexpected. You must be a special person in his life to be doing the eulogy. I'll be thinking of you - NS

[jane27]

TT, wishing you strength today. Sorry for your loss :hug: I'm sure the eulogy you have written is beautiful and will be appreciated.

Hi to all my other Gloamers! Stayed up till 4 am and paying for it today. Wishing everyone a bewdie!

[peppersnow]

Hi all - TT, best wishes to you today and also strength as you eulogize your friend. What a special thing to do for someone.

SL, your anger toward that teacher is totally justified and you vent all you want. I'd be through the roof, myself. My friends who teach are always (and legitimately) complaining about parents of kids who don't seem interested in the parent-teacher partnership, or whom aren't at a point in life where they can be an effective partner with the school. When you're there and ready and ASKING for that partnership, how frustrating that must be that he/she didn't take advantage of your request! That's got to be incredibly stressful when you know that clock is ticking and you're not getting the communication you need in order to effectively support your daughter's learning. Anyway, I just wanted to say that you go ahead and be angry and please don't feel like a complainer for it here. I think there's this common thread among those of us with teenagers who've stopped drinking, in that we wasted a lot of years not being the best parents we can be....we've got a few years left with them at home to try to make it up and now here we are 100% invested and present and on-the-job...and then circumstances beyond our control prevent us from achieving the goals we have for supporting our kids. I don't know if any of that's behind what you're feeling and describing, but since quitting, I've had those experiences where my otherwise good (in my opinion) and sober parenting has been sabotaged by something I can't control and few things make me more angry!

Anyway, I don't mean to get you all riled up again in the event that you've calmed down, but wanted to pipe in and validate what you're feeling.
:hug:

Hubs and I took a long hike by the lake today, and had a beautiful morning together. It's so great to be experiencing and living in this world without any foggy filters! Have a great rest-of-your weekend and Happy Monday!

[scottish lass]

Pepper - love you for that response...:hug: I know my daughter needs to do her bit, but she lacks direction and needs that = once she knows what to do she is a bright girl, it is such a waste. Apparently the teacher is mean, and has even had some of the boys (16/17 year olds) in tears in class! So she did not ask for help - turned out that the library ran out of the assigned reading, and she lost points for not having the book everyday...she shared a friends thinking that was ok, but sadly it was not and the teacher will show no mercy - big sigh...
I am not riled up, I am a little apathetic and just will do what we can, and hopefully she will graduate and community college will be perfect...
TT - it still feels strange to see you (and G & Ava) looking for snow and spring flowers - pleasantly warm here. I have a gas BBQ (cheater I know) but BBQ almost daily and it is on concrete. I did not use fire pit or light sparklers last night because of the dry situation - unbelievably there were still fireworks allowed, and they went on almost all night. The impact & effect of that decision is in many news stories today :egad:
Good to see you G - will go back to being happy to be a GLOAM instead of a LOAM
Pepper - I am happy living today without the foggy filters - feeling so great today in spite of a crappy end to last week...
Yesterday was good - it was sad to see my daughters friend hurting and her box of meds - just 17, so young. They have been friends since first grade, and had lost touch for a few years until a couple years back...I admit to being wary as my girl had a bought of depression and suicidal ideation, but I know it is not catching, and I think it did my daughter good to be able to be a friend to her friend...
Nar - sheets in the washer, and I bought myself new pj's today! Better sleep than wine will ever give me:applouse:
TT - thinking of you today...
Hi to LB, NS and Jane, and everyone else - Pie and Rusty too (come back and post!:cuss

[scottish lass]

Nar - did you once post a good hummus recipe? Someone did and it sounded good, methinks it was you...

[narilly]

Hello everyone, Independence Day sounded good. Hello G Man, nice to hear from you.

Well, another sober weekend has gone by. It is Stampede here right now. We used to drink a lot during Stampede . There are tons of parties and drunk people everywhere. This year is Sober Stampede for me, thank goodness. I love that!

Anyway, have a good night.

[little beagle]

Nar I love hearing about Stampede.
good to see you here G.
sorry go be short tonight. I'm mosquito bites all over and tired. My head still hurts from being around so mm any loud drunks yesterday. But no regrets for me. I never regret not drinking.
TT thinking of you.

[Pavati]

Good night, Gloamers...

I stayed away from drunks last night, thankfully. I had a good night's sleep. Glad you kept the backyard from burning, SL. I found a video of people doing really stupid stuff with fireworks, including one (must have been drunk) guy who put a bottle rocket in his butt cheeks (with his pants pulled down), and when it lit it was stuck and just kept firing at his bum. DH and I couldn't help but laugh, but goodness people are DUMB, especially when drunk.

Sorry about the mossies, LB. Glad you had fun anyway.

Enjoy stampede, Nar. And I'd love that hummus recipe, too. I just made this NY Times chicken shawarma and it was delicious, but we used store bought hummus.

OK, off to bed, all. I am heading on a big family vacation - sort of unplanned - tomorrow. I will be thinking of you, Jane, and prepared for the worst, but ready for the best.!

Good night,
Pav

[jane27]

oh Pav. May yours be much better than mine!

TT hope your eulogy went well and that you fell warmth in the sharing of memories with others.

Bedtime for this bonzo. xoxo

[treetops]

Glad to see that you all survived your independence weekend, Stampede - drunks, mosquitos, BBQs and all.

Thanks for the well wishes. The funeral today was really sad but lots of people said that my eulogy was very good. I kept it short and to the point. I am so exhausted though - but don't want to go to sleep yet. Have a ton of work to do but it may have to wait until tomorrow.