Daily Check In Thread For All... #158

No F27, we talk about FOOD too. Ha!!!

I hope everybody had a good day. It was sunny here for the most part. Cloudy now, rain and snow expected tomorrow. Gotta love winter! Wednesday, Thursday and Friday all in the teens. Boo Hoo...

Happy everything from me too!

Hugs, Karen...

I guess I do talk about plants quite a bit. They distract me from my other, not so nice thoughts.

Thoughts about how I'm in pain from my neck to my knees, every single day. Thoughts about how hard I work to not fall into the pain med addiction trap that has killed so many of my sober friends. Thoughts about how I seem to be in possession of fewer pain pills than I should be and how to wrap my brain around the fact that I keep them in a locked box, under my bed, away from my daughter and grandson. Thoughts about how I'm going to pay for a different kind of 'safe' with a combination rather than a key.

Thoughts about my nephew who is drinking himself to death in Florida. How he was found by the cops, on the side of the road, vomiting repeatedly. How he is now in the hospital, diagnosed with pancreatitis, awaiting surgery, still denying that he has a drinking problem.

Thoughts about my son being put of his girlfriends home for being under the influence of alcohol and leaving a bruise on her arm during an argument. Thoughts of my grand daughter having a part time dad instead of a full time one. On the bright side, he has stopped drinking.

Thoughts of the rain, leaking in around the doors, causing even more damage to the wood. How my home is slowly decaying and I don't have the money to fix any of it.

So, yes. Plants, plants and more plants. There is a scripture that says "The joy of the Lord is my strength." I need strength. I need joy. Plants bring me joy.

Warm thoughts for you-Pitmom. It is hard to hear of the family troubles. As Lynn just said--we either share pain or try hard to not share. Thanks for sharing the truth.

@Pitmom - thank you for sharing that. I'm happy you found something that helps you stay strong.

*hugs*

I hope you get to the march. Might be a good excuse to take BF's new car for a spin. I know of a couple women who are making the trek from Canada - I get the sense that this thing is going to be big.

Wow, this sounds exciting!!!

One of those days... everything was going along as well as can be expected, then, around 4 pm... BANG. The bottom dropped out of my mood and I just wanted to crawl into a dark warm closet and never come out again. No particular reason or circumstance, just one of those abrupt changes of mood that I had no control over. Hoping I wake up tomorrow in a better spot.

I must be living in a cave of some sort...what is going on Jan 21? I hope I don't sound too ignorant.

Had the truck in the shop for brakes last week. This week, one of the calipers locked up. Geez! Can't a girl catch a break?

Was sitting in the living room this morning, watching the local news and sipping coffee. Said to no one, "I don't want to hate my house." Next thought...Then get up and DO something! So, after taking the dogs out and cleaning up 3 days of poop (no one else does this chore apparently) and filling the trash can for pick up today, I came back inside and started with rearranging my bedroom.

I'll have to swap lamps but I think I've found an arrangement that will work AND my head is away from the cold window! Maybe I'll sleep better now, too!

Trina...I remember trying l-Lysine for HSV II several years ago...got a migraine from it! Sometimes, all natural can be a disaster! Hope it wears off quickly!

@PitMom: www.womensmarch.com

Mrs. F27 joined me for a lunch date today, which was a wonderful treat. I spend most lunch hours having a quick walk and eating at my desk, so it was nice to leave downtown and enjoy a burger in the little dive bar Mrs F27 and I have adopted as our own. Our waitress had way too much jewelry in her nose, and far too many tattoos, but she was pleasant and kept my diet coke full.

For those of you that have cats, do you know that wonderful golden age, somewhere between 10 and 13, where even the feistiest of cats becomes the bestest lap cat in the world? That's happened recently to Cat27. It's like he's Velcro'd to my lap. When I move, he slinks in behind me, sits on whatever piece of furniture I've just vacated, and then hops back up on my lap when I return. We're becoming so simpatico I don't even notice him hopping on my lap anymore. I'll just look down at my legs, see him, and wonder when the hell he actually got there.

Anybody want to go to a meeting for me? I'm about to fall into the world's biggest carb stupor.

@M09 - loves me some politics too. Trying to get my niece to come to one of my right-wing-nut-job rallies. Hopefully some fat old white guys in blue suits will help disavow her of her university-inspired socialist streak. ;-)

Not terribly impressed by female doctors who actually lie and some are quite nasty. Think they can push me around.

However, they are not as rude and hostile as male doctors. lol

I was very active in NOW locally but you can not drag people forward.

Living in 1950 in upstate New York!

Touché! hahahahaha

Hi Hope, I am sorry you are down. Can you find a new therapist? Somebody to talk to?

Winter can be depressing in itself. I take vitamin D3 to help me though it. Ours are real long, lots of snow and cold weather.

Meatloaf sounds good. I made a huge pot of chicken noodle soup yesterday.

Take care and hang in there.

Hugs, Karen...