Come on in, the coffee's hot

[Soulwings]

Oh, and also - Hannah wanted me to tell you that she won't be able to be here for awhile, as she's gotten a 2 week suspension from CF. I would post her email address, but I don't think that's allowed, so if any of you want to get in touch with her, feel free to PM me and I'll give you her addy.

 

[Silver-winged Flyer]

Hi April, I'm on Espiride.I was still depressed yesterday but today I seem to be much better. Its amazing that my happiness depends on a little capsule. I don't really mind though, as long as I'm happy and functioning.Was Hannah banned for two weeks by CF? What did she do? Shame! I always like talking to and hearing from her. She will be missed!

 

[Mask]

Hi everyone!

Oh that's to bad about Hannah! What did that little stinker do to get banned anyway ? It will be quiet without her for two weeks !

April..yes I definitely feel like all I do is care for others but I am a nurturer at heart . I get bored with my life sometimes and that's hard to deal with. I can let myself have the poor mes for awhile. That's not good! I also have my singing/worship but that can be taking care of people also (people seem drawn to be..they tell me their stuff!!). Fear keeps me from steppin out into new things sometimes. Sometimes I feel stuck but I don't know where I want to go . A lot of parents have that empty nest thing. I think I will be o.k ????????? Not sure though. Hubby and I have a great relationship so that is a big bonus. We won't feel like we have nothing in common whenever our kids leave us. We will just have more privacy and move on to the next stage of life!

Well I gotta go now!!!! Have to get ready to take my son to the ortho. (first appointment)! Bye

 

[Soulwings]

Tracey - It is hard to imagine that so much can be wrapped up inside of those little caplets and tablets that we take... it's really peculiar to think about that, actually!! How are you feeling today? Any more better?

Mask - I suppose I'm a nurturer as well... funny, a few years ago I prayed to become a caregiver like so many of the people that I knew on here were... and then recently, especially in the ED/SI forums... I've become just that. I almost had a breakdown a few months ago because I was so worried about one of the girls I was "taking care of." It's so hard to keep emotional distance and yet be as close a friend as I can. That's what's really going to ruin me as a counselor if I'm not careful - burnout from caring too much. People tend to call me a "safe" person... I've had more than one person spill their stuff to me before in real life, but that's okay because in their cases I felt like I could reciprocate. So we "therapized" each other. That actually turned out pretty well. Thankfully!

I'm so glad to hear that you and your husband have a wonderful relationship. That's always an encouragement to hear, since there are so many bad marriages out there. Divorce rates and all that are played up so much in the media - not enough attention is given to those couples who love each other and will be with each other "til death do us part." My parents have a relationship like that, and it's also such an inspiration... I hope that Jarrod and I will have a marriage that wonderful as well. I'm pretty sure that we will... after all, if we keep our eyes on God and to doing His will, then nothing can go *too* wrong, right? At least, I would hope not....


Today is an okay day. It's now officially summer (hurray!), so I've been relaxing the rest of the afternoon. I celebrated by getting a chai smoothie (which are delicious!)... and it turns out that my poetry class is forming a poetry circle, that's going to meet on Sunday afternoons for two hours. I'm excited! since this will mean that I'll get more feedback for the poems I want to submit to poetry journals (I've got my first batch heading out in a day or two to Puerto del Sol ), and I'll also be able to see what my compadres are cooking up. It should be heaps of fun and lots of thinking and much revising and editing. Yey!

 

[Silver-winged Flyer]

Hey everybody, I don't have too much to say just that I hope everybody has a good weekend.Mask - I hope your son's appointment well.April - a poetry circle sounds like a good idea. Congrats for getting it through the semester. I hope you start sleeping better now.I'm back to normal today, I'm so relieved. Its so much harder being depressed after being on meds that usually work.

 

[Soulwings]

Yey! I'm glad that you're back to normal. That's lovely to hear.

Yeah, I'm excited about the poetry circle. The people in it are amazing people - not all Christian, but who ever said that nonChristians couldn't be amazing too - and we have such a diverse background that all comes together thanks to poetry. I love it (as you can tell). I hope that it'll keep going during next semester as well; it's supposed to. It'll be weird though, not taking a poetry class, because I did for the past two semesters. Hehe.

How's your weekend shaping up, Tracey? and Mask?

 

[Jo1]

Hi everyone how are you all doing? oh so youre into poetry soulwings thats lovely. hope your feeling better tlb and you are doing well mask.
im ok, doing better really. saw a friend yesterday and we had a real nice time praying together. so needed too. she is always such an encouragement and blessing. we are going to be prayer partners. ive always felt there has been this spiritual connection with each other since we first met. its a good friendship too and its not me making all the effort all the time which has been like in other friendships. i know i must reach out more and also when i need to chat ring her. ive been very, very insular really just going into myself and i know i need too. also that includes here too, to get help when i need it.
had some real sad news today about the special needs school i work at. well one of the children died unexpectably. he was only about 14 years old and was in a wheelchair. he was a lovely lad called Michael, he was more able mentally than most children there.
well he was having an operation to put a rod in his back,bless him. the operation was a sucess but he died in recovery afterwards. its a real shock i didnt work in his class but saw him round school sometimes he had a cheeky smile. he will be really missed. I pray he is in heaven.love Jo

 

[Soulwings]

Jo. That had to be really hard, learning about Michael's death. :-( I'm so sorry about that. I know those words aren't really adequate... but that'll have to do in place of giving you a huge hug.

I'm glad, though, that you've got a prayer partner and someone that you can ring when you're having difficulties and/or just need to talk. That's a wonderful blessing, and I hope that you and she both take advantage of it! And I'm also glad that you're doing better.

I've just posted a new photo of myself to dispell the complete Goth view of me, and to also show that I'm not a city girl ;-) [okay, okay, I know that I don't have to show it but I figured I may as well post a photo of one of my girls ♥ ].

/me curls up in a huge armchair and sips on a chai latte, while picking up where she left off in her current Jodi Picoult book.

 

[Silver-winged Flyer]

Hi Mask, I'm so sory to hear about Michael - that's terrible.
i'm glad that you have a friend that you can talk to, friends can change our whole outlook on life.

April, that's a really nice photo. I can't imagine living so far away from a major city. I live in a big city so I'd love to live on a farm for a short holiday but I could never live out in the sticks permanently.

No special plans for the weekend, I'm going to a ladies breakfast tomorrow morning that the men are cooking and then onto a maths lesson. I need to buy my mom a present for Mothers' Day which is on Sunday. That's about it. I do need to see which subjects I'm behind in so I can try to catch up.

 

[Mask]

Hello!!

April-I wish your picture was closer up...I can't see your face! Oh, you've proved your a country gal , sheep and all (or was that a goat...looks like a sheep to me)!! You're just a young chick! Nice hair!

TLB-Son's appointment went well besides the fact that it's gonna cost us over $6000.00 for his braces !!! No insurance so we have to pay for it all ourselves! That sucks!! Oh well, his teeth will be beautiful when it's all said and done. He won't be getting them on until Sept. Glad you are back to yourself now!

Jo1-So sorry to hear of the death of one of your school's students! Sending you hugs .

Well I feel really tired today for some reason ?? I went to a make up party last night and now my eyes are driving me crazy today...allergic to something I used! I feel like I got sand in them...guess I won't be buying any of her stuff! I am smell sensitive and end up with a headache if certain smells bother me but I guess it's not just smelling the stuff that gets to me. I feel like I've been crying for the whole day or something...not fun. I've got no plans for the weekend...nothing new for me! I miss my hubby !! Talking for 15 minutes in the evening is just not cutting it for me...I need attention!!! It's not his fault, he's working really hard to provide for us, but this time of the year is kinda lonely for me! Oh well.....this too shall pass!!

 

[Silver-winged Flyer]

Mask - That's alot of money to have to pay, I don't have medical aid either and its really not nice. At least you have a few months to save for them though. What ages are your children?

I hope your eyes come right soon, can you put anti-histamine eye drops in or something that will make them feel better?
When will you get to see your husband again?
At least time always move forward so you will get to see your husband soon, every minute that passes is one less that you will have to wait. That usually helps me when I'm looking forward to something.
The best thing is to try to keep busy so time passes quicker.

April and Jo -

 

[Jo1]

hi soulwings, mask and tlb hope your all ok.
thanks for the hug soulwings bless you much apreciated. still shocked really. i can still see his face now in my mind.. hope your doing well friend.
thankyou for the hugs too mask.
im sorry your missing hubby too i know how hard that is. hugs for you. sorry you feel lonely.
my hubbys on call every saturday now so i might not always be able to go with him. i hate being on own over weekend. but there you go. lots of love friend.
hi tlb hugs for you going to a ladies breakfast thing heh sounds really they tend to do mens more than ladies here!hope you enjoy it. hope you manage to catch up on subjects too. love Jo

 

[BigToe]

*snuggles*

 

[Soulwings]

Tracey - The ladies' breakfast sounds like a lot of fun! Enjoy it ... I'd love to see the men working to make their ladies happy rather than the other way around ;-) as it so often is. And good luck with getting the assignment done... I'm sure I couldn't handle it. In fact, just the thought of doing an upper-level maths assignment is making me feel like I'd rather not think about it.

I have to admit that living out in the boonies would be hard to get used to after living in the city. I'm sure that my parents had a difficult time of it for a little while (we moved here from the middle of Birmingham, Alabama)... but I don't remember having to get used to it at all, and it was heaven to have so much room to run around! We've got 28 acres, including a pond with fish, highbush blueberries, and a once cultivated but now wild blackberry patch with inch-long blackberries. We used to have plum trees and an apple tree as well, and also have a pear tree that's still flourishing. I'm going to miss it here when I move out (i.e., when I get married). At least it'll always be here for me to come back to (I hope). [/ramble]

Mask - That's an insane amount of money to have to save up ... I mean, I knew that it was expensive (I had braces for two years), but ... can't you buy medical insurance somehow? I know it would be expensive but I have a feeling that it would be less expensive than having to pay for the braces right out of your own pocket.

I hope your eyes feel better soon too. That's rubbishy when they feel like that; lately I've been so tired that they've been dry like that... like Tracey said, maybe try some drops?

And not seeing your husband for that long has got to be really tough. Once again, kudos to you for managing it along with everything else that you need to get done!! It's hard enough me having Jarrod 1200 miles away with an email every two hours (every break at work) (I know I'm spoiled... hehe); I can't imagine, once we're married, having him gone for an extended amount of time with only 15 minutes of phone time per day. That would drive me crazy.

Yeah, it was hard to get a closeup photo then. That's my younger ewe (sheep), Melody, and she's not so good on a halter, so she was squirming quite a lot when that pic was taken. That's why I look like I'm about to fall over. She's going to be 2 years old in August. And yep, I'm young - eighteen, turning nineteen in less than a month.

*hugs everyone*

 

[Jo1]

Hi everyone ive posted a thread today concerning the child who passed away today.
http://www.christianforums.com/t5334...ease-pray.html
please take a look be much apreciated
thanks a lot. hugs to you all
love Jo

 

[Soulwings]

Jo. I looked and read; will be praying for you and his family. I hope you're doing okay this morning.

Actually, how is everyone doing this morning?

Tracey, I hope you are enjoying/have enjoyed the ladies' breakfast!!

 

[Mask]

Hi everyone!

Thank God my eyes feel pretty good this morning!! They are still a bit red but the stinging/gritty feeling is almost gone!

As for the insurance, they won't give it to you if they know you have a medical issue that will be costing them money. If we would have applied before his appointment then we probably could have gotten it but I think it's to late now. Just keep praying for us that the money will come in some how. We are trying to get our debts paid up so this is not a good time to have to come up with $6ooo more dollars !! I just feel sometimes like we take a few steps forward just to get kicked back 10!!! Debt is such bondage!!! Don't fall for that trap girls, you will be very sorry if you do!!!!

Are you guys doing anything special for your Momma's tomorrow?? I don't have a momma to do anything for! My foster mom died a few years ago and my real mom is pretty much a stranger to me, so there no one for me! Appreciate you mother's while you have them!! We will probably drive (2 long hours there and two long hours back) up to see hubby's mom tomorrow. I don't mind spending time with her (while she is still living...she's 83) but it makes a long, boring day for me, it's my mother's day too! Oh well, it's better to give than to receive.

Still missing hubby. He called a few minutes ago to say he will be coming home early today . We need to go shopping for his mom's gift (I'm sure he/kids haven't gotten me anything yet either ...it's hard for him when he works from 5:30-9:30 all week). Now if we could just get rid of the kids for the day..... .

Have a great day everyone!

 

[Soulwings]

Aww, Happy Mother's Day, Mask! I hope that tomorrow turns out to be a super special day for you.

For my mum, well, my sis and I are both giving her some books that she wants/that we think she'd like. I've got some mysteries that I know she'll like that I picked up from the library booksale a few weeks ago (brand new hardcovers for $2 each!), and I forget what my sis has for her. I'm looking forward to surprising her, though! And my dad's got my mum two bouquets of flowers early (since it's a bit hard to get them to her on Mother's Day itself!). They're still so romantic; it's so sweet, and such a blessing to have a good, joyful, and successful marriage which Jarrod and I can learn from.

Now I should probably be off and doing some chores - I still have a Mt. Everest of clean clothes to put away, since I've not gotten around to that yet, and Molly's cage should be cleaned soon, and I could always clean up my room. And I also need to wrap those two books, and find where my sis put the gift that she's giving. Ack! So much to accomplish, and half the day gone already. I've rather lazed away the first half of the day, but I suppose that's okay, since it's summer and I'm recuperating from using no caffeine.

/me snuggles everyone, then hurries off to get things done!

 

[Jo1]

Hi everyone hope your ok. hope you have a good mothers day too mask. hope you get all your jobs done soulwings. Thanks very much for your prayers too.
i find mothers day difficult to be honest, because i never knew my mother growing up. and she really has the mental age of a child. i met her for the first time in 32 years last year. but decided not to carry on this relationship for now anyway. so try to forget it really.
anyway im not too bad today, been pretty tired cos woke up early case dave got called out to work. went to visit my friend today and busy with the kids..
i realised that god had spoke to my friend in a picture the night before Michael the little boy who died, didnt realise it was him till she told me today. I really wanted to know he is in heaven and he is!
im so pleased least hes not suffering anymore.
chat to you all later. love Jo

 

[Silver-winged Flyer]

Hey everybody, the breakfast was very nice although there could have been a bit more food.

I went onto my maths lesson after that which I found out was cancelled when I got there so I spent some time looking at DVD's at a hypermarket that's in the same area. I ended up buying a DVD for my mom's birthday in June, that I think she will like and a CD for my dad for Fathers' Day. So for once I'm planning ahead. I also bought the DVD Eight Below which looks really good and I'm hoping to watch it tonight.

I got my mom a photo frame that can hold 4 photos. I thought she'd like to put photos of her 3 1/2 month old grandson in it. I also got a mug, some chocolates and some marzipan for her. Its my sister's first Mothers' Day which is really nice. My nephew is gorgeous, I must update my profile photo with a new one of him.