What's Happenin' (Part 2)

[Jo6]

glad to see the chat room is open, that is if I can remember it. hope to talk to a lot of you in real time soon. love ya, Julia

[joy]

hello everyone. i could not seep so thought i would see what has ben going on with all. it is very hard to tell much about what has happened because as soon as my cat knew i was up, she joined me. and is sitting in front of the screen in fact. so i hope i can post this and say hi, how are you at least.

[jingle]

A cat in front of the screen - Cats!! Right now Peaches is stretched out on the table in front of my laptop. Her head is across my left arm .......our usual position. It requires that my laptop is pushed back so she has space.

[Jo6]

I can't have pets because I am allergy to about everything. That's too bad because I had a Doberman that was very fond of me. If Ken got near me he made a B-Line for him. I enjoy reading about everybody's pets.

I am getting used to my power chair. It will go up to 5 whatever. I haven't gone too much because of the weather but I am looking forward to warm weather and getting out more.

I am looking forward to the warm weather. My little granddaughter got her RN, then Bacherlor % ((can't spell)) and she is thinking about going on further. She is very smart and I expect good things from her. Yes, I am bragging, but she has made mostly straight A's and she has worked the whole time she was in school. She works at a large hospital not too far from here. She bought a new house right before Christmas. The house is not far from us. OK, I'll stop bragging but I do love her and am very proud of her.

I wish I was well and could go back to school. Wishful thinking. Well, eyes are very tired so I'll go rest them. I'll try to make it to the chat room. sounds like fun. my love, Julia

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[jingle]

I don't think there is such a thing as "bragging" when you talk about someone you love. Having someone to love is a giant blessing and it certainly deserves talking about ---- And it's a joy for us to hear it. Happy talk doesn't happen often enough so I am delighted when it does come.

Wednesday I have my first appointment with a pain doctor ..... I think it will be just to talk with him -- no pain medication given. Funny timing -- I feel very well and at least 95% pain free. Thank God. I understand he does not prescribe pain medication - just gives
shots as needed. And, right now, I don't need a thing!

[dawnmn]

Just popped in to see how everyones doing.

Jingle, that;s great that you don't need any pain meds right now. Pain medication is overly prescribed.

Julia, keep bragging. Glad you are using your chair.

I am going out to montana to see my granddaughter in april for her first birthday. That sure has going by fast.
My depression is back. I'm trying to fight it off. I think part of it is the weather and me never leaving the house.. Except on the weekends when DH makes me get out.
I wish I could have a pet but hubby has allergys. Also, we travel alot so the poor thing would have to be kenneled. Maybe when DH retires and we aren't going on trips.

[jingle]

Hi Dawn :) -- Your granddaughter for her first birthday? Is she your first grand child? Is Montana a long trip? I lived in North Dakota for several years -- wild, breath taking scenery and the residents were grand.
I'm 71 years old and never had any children so, of course, will never have grand children.
I just have cats - lol - they think they are kids and I adore them like kids.
I had been going to a domestic abuse clinic for a year and the counselor told me over and over that she never told me what to do --- she was just suggesting that I go to the local animal shelter and look around - just look around. I did that and got two miserable, sad little kittens who were scheduled to be put down that day. We sort of saved each other. About a month later that counselor was laughing with me about those kittens and she said, "In the past year I never saw you laugh once. I saw you smile a few times in group meetings but never laugh. Look at you now, laughing a lot and smiling even more". I love those cats.

[dawnmn]

jingle, I live in minnesota and she's in montana, she is my first grandchild and I miss her so much. I had a kitten when we were first married. I took him everywhere with me. He just loved the car. My in laws lived around three hours away from us and he would go visit them with us. I sure do miss not having a cat also. They are such a big part of our lives. When our first dog was hit by a car the cat cried for days. It broke my heart listening to him. I'm glad that you have your kittens to keep you company.

[clouds z]

maybe i eat bad and susceptible to blood clots

[jingle]

Clouds -- I've eaten bad my entire life :( --- good grief - I smoked for 42 years and I'm sure paying for it now.

[joy]

dawn i know you must be very excited to go see grandbaby. it is worth not having pets o get to travel. and i can tell whenever you do have it to where you can get a pet, you will be a good owner of them. thinking about having to bard them and leave them just lets me know. pets do miss their owners when they are left.

cluds i donot eat allthat well either. and now i am a diabetic so must make an effort to eat better.

[houghchrst]

hi all. I'm just kinda gonna jump in here. Typing on my iPads keyboard is kind of a pain and I have a Bluetooth keyboard but it's been so long since I've used a regular keyboard that it would prolly take me just as long lol.

Ive missed you all and think of yous everyday. I am sitting here, okay let me say first that I have no idea who is who in the pop music world these days. I'm old school rock and Motown mostly, watching a Jonas Brothers concert. I am strangely fascinated by their showmanship. I realized I REALLY need to tend to my mental health lol so here I am. Mostly because I actually liked one of their songs.

Oh oh goodness so much has happened since I was here. Dawn I'm so glad you you will get to see your grandbaby. April, just the sound of it fills me with spring fever. I hope your travel goes well.

Jingle I don't know what I would do without my pets. I am allergic to cats but my sons cat has been living with us and I've had no problem, nor my not so short shortcake

Shortcake y'all is no longer short, I can rest my head on his chest when I hug him and thank God he loves to hug and be affectionate still at 15 which he just turned last week. Time to start teaching him to drive ;@.


B and his family are living with us. He finally got a job and they should be able to start making other living arrangements soon I hope. They fight a lot, both have mental issues, three little ones, 10 down and younger is autistic spectrum disorder. Since they came here the youngest is really learning. Don't know what they did in Georgia but it wasn't working. I get by repeating the mantra that it won't be much longer.

Ex moved out in April of last year. Amazing how much you can not so like someone once you no longer love them. Even shortcake tries to avoid him which is sad. They go out and have dinner or to the movies but Jared tries to avoid his calls lol. Just sad really. shortcake and I bumped along just fine when he left, pre B. We were enjoying it.

Drowning under financial troubles and one thing breaking down after another and barely able to juggle bills. I wake with them on my mind and have crying spells throughout the day due to them. I feel like if I could just get caught up I would be able to have like a fresh start. That's how the last year has gone. I am hoping to get a break this year.

theres other things but I've bored you enough lol.

[tic chick]

hey all !

nice to see you chris!

i've been thinking about you a lot during this flint water crisis. has that affected you? it is such a travesty and it's effects are going to be felt for a long time. i understand what you mean about not really liking someone after you've loved them. for a long time, i was angry at my ex, blaming him for my probs. of course he deserved it , but it was the negativity i held in my heart that brought me down. i actually can talk to him much nicer now. one day, i even showed him how to work the facebook instant messenger while i was talking to him on the phone. it helps our children see that even if you no longer love someone, you can still be kind.

jingle, it's nice to hear your pain has declined. i hope that is still continuing today, as i know things can change from day to day. julia, it's so nice to see you post and yes, you CAN brag and tell us about your lovely granddaughter who is going places in her nursing career. we like to hear good news too! joy, sorry to see you up so late sometimes. i know what insomnia due to worry or medical probs can be like. i still pretty much go to bed around 1am and get up at 10am. i get this burst of energy in the early evening hours and you better watch out! i have given up trying to change my body clock. it works fine for me and that's what matters.

clouds, thanks for your get well wishes! it took me almost until the end of january to start feeling myself. i was going to zumba still, but i wasn't dancing the full hour and i wasn't really working hard like i usually do. i was just modifying my movements to make it easier. i knew i had to start moving because i felt so weak, so i started slow. now i am back to full speed ahead! fig! i hope you're doing well. i know depression is sometimes worse in the winter. i always get the winter blues...the last 40 years. it's easier now, though.

so, me and my pookie are planning a little fun in the sun. i mentioned to him that i felt i needed some florida sun soon, so we are planning a trip to orlando, where his brother lives. the beach is an hour drive away. 2 days of beach ought to give me some sparkle back .

well, that's all the news i have.

i miss all of you!

thank you for sharing and caring
jeannie

[dawnmn]

Jeannie, a beach would be great right now. Hope you have fun.

Christina, hang in there girl you've been through rougher times and you made it through it. I hope those kids are paying you rent.

Well just waiting to go to Vegas to get some needed sun. Nothing else is going on so that could be a good thing.

[houghchrst]

sitting here drinking my coffee, watching the sun try to come out and listening to my oldest vomit his guts out. Nice start huh? Poor guy, I think he has ulcers. He goes through this at least once every two months. He is so wound up all the time. Stress is killing him. He doesn't have any health insurance right now so nothing to do. Thinking of recommending some OTC nexium.

next step for them is to get their car fixed and legal then they will be closer to getting out.

Jeannie I have well water so. I am good. A group I belong to has been donating water to those that need it and it has been amaZing how people will pay it forward because we have gotten donations from organizations to hand out.

This club I belong to has really been good for me. I actually went bowling for a good cause 'pins for pups' and had a blast. Now mind you I haven't been bowling in like 30 yrs and I use to be good. Got my shoulder dislocated when I was in my late teens and it has taken years for me to use that arm in any way that extended it without the joint separating. Very gross feeling lol so bowling was off limits but it's better so I pulled up my embarrased big girl panties and got more gutter balls than not. I was not alone but it was fun. I plan to do it again. They also collect donations and food and they cook on the third Friday of the month for our local soup kitchen and I would like to do that too.

well I got side tracked and it's much later. Gonna end it here. Talk at ya soon.