Ladies on a Mission: The Official Site

[jane27]

❤️❤️❤️ Back read a bit to catch up and enjoyed hearing the familiar voices of my Gloamer family. Day trip into NYC tomorrow with a's 1 & 2. Hoping for a good day foot pain wise. Love to all.....the seasons are on the brink of changing, thankful to have stuck to my sober guns. Lil b, where r u? X

[little beagle]

I'm here Jane. Hanging in there. Survivin the aftermath of the huge flood. It's incredible. I've never seen anything like it. No one else here ever has either. Everyone is stressed and distressed.

[Pavati]

Yay! So glad you're here, LB! I have been worried that you're under water, but I checked in with your people here who told me your house was ok. I am so sorry for what is happening there - so brutal. I just read a book about Katrina this summer, and now this. I heard a report that over 130,000 structures were damaged. To put it in perspective, there are 60,000 structures on Manhattan. My thoughts and good wishes are with you and your family.

Jane - great to see you here, too. Is your foot from your accident?

It IS nice to see this thread going again.

My son came home tipsy this evening. A first for us. I am irritated, amused by his semi-drunken seriousness, and sad that teenagers feel like they have to drink to have fun. So glad I am not hypocritically tipsy myself. Too tired to deal with it tonight. Yes, I'll take any advice from those of you who are parents...

I'm off the grid for four days - glad to be unplugging and heading on a trip away from the Internet. I'll be back Monday.

xo
Pav

[NoSugar]

Great to see part of the GLoamer-Gang back!
How was your trip to NYC, Jane? I hope it wasn't accomplished on crutches! That might be tricky.
LB, we have had a challenge cleaning up a slightly flooded (2") unfinished basement - I can't even begin to imagine what your whole community is going through. The only good thing I can see us that people may be needing your services.
Pav, it sounds like you trust your son. As long as he's willing and able to talk to you, it all should be ok :hug:.

I read an interesting article about women and wine last night: "Wine. Immediately." The depressing reason so many women today drink. - Vox
that lead me to her blog, which is insightful and to me, very funny: Off-Dry – Sober girl, loopy world..

[paulywogg]

Good to know that you're ok LB I hadn't seen you around and was wondering about the flooding affecting you,Jane,you too I miss your posts have fun Pav hello to all and I hope you all have a great day

[ToMyHealth]

LB, sorry about having to deal with that massive flood! NS, I will come back and check out those links.

Yest I was dragging. But happy to report got a good night's sleep last night. I think taking a swim and spending some time in the hot tub helped. Rinse and repeat, right?

Having rec'd advice about not attempting to do more than one thing at a time, i.e. concentrate on No Alcohol and diet, I didn't listen. Did the 3 day Military Diet and took a few lbs off. Enough to get into pair of shorts I've held on closet shelf as incentive. Yay! Am looking forward to nice lunch after golf today.

Have a good one, everybody!

[little beagle]

TMH I love when I accomplish a goal like that. Good for you.

[little beagle]

I'm doing a quick check in this morning. I need a little extra support right now. I'm not worried about drinking. I am worried about getting enough work to support myself until people are recovered enough to even NEED their homes cleaned.

[NoSugar]

Hang in there, LB :hug:. I'm so sorry your area has been devastated by the floods. Is there any way for you be be employed in the overall clean-up effort? I will be thinking of you. I'm so happy for you that you are firm and safe in your sobriety. xx, NS

[ToMyHealth]

Last night was a close one. After nighttime tea, went to bed at 10:00p. Awake at midnight. Watched tv and thought maybe a little JD would help. I'm pretty sure it would have, but knew I was coming up on Day 20 and thought not worth it. Took a Seredyn instead and it calmed me down. Went back to bed at 3:30. Did not sleep in. Instead I attempted my run which has turned from longest segment being 8 min. to being 25 min. S'cuse me? Isn't that kind of a big jump? Decided just to do what I could. Got 5 min of warmup walk, then 20 min of running. Felt good about it. Did walk the extra 5 min and today have been cleaning. House looks nice, me not so much - LOL - and dinner is in the crockpot.
As I was vacuuming my mind did roam to so it's Friday, whoopee. Sorry to be a downer, mindset is a bit weak right now. So think I'll go for a quick swim and lay by pool with a book. And count my blessings as a lot of people have tons more to deal with than sleepless nights.

[NoSugar]

Just like all the work you do on your body's muscles, getting through last night strengthened your "sober muscle". I'm really happy for you and proud of you! I can almost guarantee you you'll never wake up from a night like last night and wish you'd given in to a thought that wasn't at all taking you to where you want to be. Have a nice weekend!

[treetops]

Sorry I haven't posted here for a while but I am thinking of you all. About a month ago I found it so quiet on this thread that I went over to the Daily Abs. But I am not posting much at all because of an on-going situation that is very very hard to deal with. I have been quite depressed and am unable to get any resolution with this situation - while at the same time being unable to ignore it. Am not drinking.
Its great that the Gloamers are on the move again.

[NoSugar]

It is good to see you here, TT, and I'm sorry you still are feeling so stressed and cannot change the situation. As I just read in a blog, it's great that instead of needing a drink, you're fortunate to be sober to deal with all of this. Hang in there. :hug: NS

[little beagle]

Yes NS. We are fortunate to be sober during these times. I can't imagine adding the pain and anxiety drinking brings right now. I am looking into a part time job with a cleaning, disaster restoration company. I have a client who has a granddaughter whose father. .... it pays pretty well I am told. We will see. I'm also looking into renting out the back half of my house for a couple of months. As you can imagine housing is at a premium right now. I will survive!!! With a little help from my friends.
Good to see you TT., hang in there.

[Pavati]

Hi, LB.

Thanks for checking in. I have been thinking about you. Those two options sound great right now, and thank goodness you are sober to deal with it all.

Hi, TT. I am sorry you are dealing with something bad as well. I wish you strength to stay the course.

Good night, folks.

xo
Pav