The New Water Cooler
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I'm afraid the bugs will be horrendous this year after all the rain and flooding. I bet West Nile explodes. :<(
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I thought getting up at 5 most days meant getting up at 4 am wouldn't be that big of a deal. It is. It is so much earlier - I am so freaking tired. So is the boy. Like painful tired. No end in sight - the department he is working in is super busy, this is not what I wanted - it's like a punishment work, work, work - oy. So tired.0
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Two and a half weeks into summer. I’m whipped. Caleb has football camp next week and more nine and ten hour days for me and Zach. Sigh0
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I'm here just been busy. You sound exhausted. Why are you up so early? Does Z like the job for summer?
Nice cooler week. Rain today. This summer is so busy and will continue to be busy. Time will fly by fast.
Pool still isnt open and it's mid June. Lazy caretakers and management. Poor kids in complex.
Off to home visit...
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Beautiful weather today.
Russ just messaged me and asked if he could put in his retirement papers. Must be a rough day.
7 days of work and then a long 3 week break. Cant wait!
Hope all is well.
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I bet you guys are counting down the minutes - you both are getting very close to the fun!
I am up early because Zach is working 10 hour days (5 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. - we leave at 4:30 a.m.) and we are riding together - it seems to make him feel better about things going together. He is NOT caring for his summer employment. But stuck he is for the next 8 weeks. Me too. I guess we'll both be unhappy this summer. But I am doing the best I can to support him - carpool, make his lunch, wash his dirty duds every day, etc. Ah well. Character building for both of us. I guess.
The weather is actually quite beautiful this week. Upper 70's. Love it. Stay away heat.
Caleb has football camp this week. He too is moody. Not sure if he is unhappy or just 14.
Fun times.
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Teenage boys are moody. Z is almost through it and C has 4-5 years. It passes.
Long days for you and Z. How long is drive to work? I always found my boys to be the most communicative in the car with me. My friend who raised 3 boys says, "You can ask them 3 questions so pick wisely." They don't tolerate more than that in one conversation. Enjoy!
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I love that - three questions - pick wisely. ;>)0
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Have a great weekend. Father's Day plans? Rory is coming over and Russ wants to eat dinner out. He chose a restaurant.
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spent most of the weekend just trying to catch up on sleep - I think I accomplished it, but already feel drug out - today with a migraine - too much sleep?
And, dang I'm hungry today. I have been hitting the carbs way too much.0 -
Last week of work for awhile. Tired of paperwork. Joints are hurting. I went on a walk the last couple of days. Short but I got out. My knees just hurt to a point I cant go far. Hate this!
Nice weather with temps in low 70's. Love it!
Too many carbs for me too.
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Went and had a bra fitting and bought 4 everyday bras and one sports bra. Cost a small fortune. At least I will have bras that don't have straps that slip and fit well.
I'm having a hard time keeping my schedule straight at work. It's getting tougher mentally to take care of all the details in my job. Definitely a sign that retirement is needed.
I'm making poor food/meal choices. Today I ate Culvers custard as my lunch. Bad! I'm eating too many sweets/carbs in a day and week. Help!
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me too - with the food! I can't even ponder retirement since it is eons away - too depressing.
I am basically eating chips every night for dinner. Or some other form of junk. Just not good.
I found out by accident last week that Bernie's niece is getting married - next weekend. And we weren't invited, but all the other family plans to be there. It's really weighing on my heart. Not even so much that we weren't invited (it's her wedding), but that everyone else is going and not a one of them sent a card to Zach's graduation (or came) - and they were all invited. They are just so in hate of me - and I thought and hoped it wouldn't carry over to the boys. And, yeah, it hurts my feelings too. I am pretty much back in a dark spot and having a hard time popping out of it. Years of hurt re-rearing it's ugly head.
Sigh.
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oh boy - there's a loaded question
we've been together since I was 18 - and even at 18 I was pretty old - or mature for the most part. I think I have been overindulged in alcohol like four times total, ever - my family just doesn't do that and I don't party - even in college when I was stretching - I did it a couple of times and it just wasn't me. Anyway - his family was pretty gregarious and Bernie certainly spent a lot of his high school and early college years drinking hard. When he landed with me that pretty much ended because I wasn't doing it. I guess because I didn't do it and didn't feel comfortable with the boozing it up he started staying away from it and thus I kept him from them I guess. (He still saw them quite a bit) - he also ended up quitting football during out time together - they blamed me for that - and changed his major from teaching (which he kept failing a couple of the required classes the degree required) to industrial tech, but that was also my fault. Even though if you look at his career trajectory - he is making way more in industry that he ever would have as a teacher, if he could have even gotten the classes passed, which he wasn't. Then we decided to get engaged while still in school - everyone sure because it was only because I must be pregnant (I wasn't) - they told us we would starve - we didn't, it was very hard for several years but we made it. I basically out stubborned them. At first I tried everything to fit in and bend to be likeable. It didn't matter. No one came to my single bridal shower from his side. A few years later his younger brother and his fiance' her shower they are all there. The night before the wedding his mom gave the best man a bunch of money to get him drunk 'so I wouldn't marry him' (heard that one years later, at events they would ignore me, I kept trying until it got so bad I was so depressed all the time. I stopped going to events for my own health. I knew that wouldn't change or help things - but I just couldn't bear it anymore. And now as I had feared it hurts my kids. I'm not saying everyone in my family makes it to everything, but they come to the important things (and some of the mundane things) and they have always included Bernie - sometimes so much it annoys me.0 -
so, I don't know - both his mom and dad are gone - but his sister has always had a big hate for me (closer to his mom and her hate I guess), but it seems older brother and younger brother have decided to be done with me too. You know I paid for their shares in things many times over the years (flowers for funerals, food for things) because they were too broke (even though I was broke too, but I made it work) - it just hurts. I made it through the school years being on the outside with a better self-esteem than I did after a few years of trying to get his family to like me. Intellectually I know it's them not me. But still hurts and makes me made and sad and etc.0
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25 years and they are still screwing me up0
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Wow, it is definitely them. They should have accepted Bernie's choices and given emotional support to both of you. They are missing out not knowing the boys much. Families all have their stuff but his takes the cake.
Finished work today. 3 week break ahead. So glad. We leave to camp tomorrow. Going to north western MN to camp and visit Russ' brother and his wife. We will return Tuesday, unpack, do laundry, pack and leave Saturday for MI to see my family. Not camping but staying with my sister. Jeff and Karah are driving up from Atlanta to meet us there and Rory will drive out the week of 4th.
I'm trying g to jump start getting back on track by eating on a fasting schedule. I will eat between hours of 11am and 7pm but can have liquids (water, coffee, tea, diet pop...) at any time. So food intake only during 8 hour span. I've done it before and it helped me start and feel better. We will see.
I'll stay in touch. Hang in there. You are a great person and Mom!
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and I know I definitely had a part in the difficulties - I was young (18), very naive, introverted, not good in groups - which probably made me come off stuck up/snobby - but anyhow - old news -
sounds amazing having three weeks off. These long days with Zach are killer. Just have to make it through this one - and then next week we plan on taking Thursday and Friday off. He is just burnt. Then the next two weeks will be short due to mission trip - I don't call mission trip vacation, but it will be away from this place at least. Then two more weeks and it's time for school. Wowz.
How is the intermittent fasting going?
I am doing worse and worse with my eating. My pants are super tight and I haven't weighed because I know it's bad. So unhappy.0 -
sigggghhhh - tight pants - my anxiety is super high - the temperature is soaring too
I think maybe I'll wallow a bit more this weekend and then try to dig myself back out of the ditch I went in - again
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Took Thursday and Friday off. It’s been nice. Caleb went off with friends family to their cabin. Praying he comes home whole. Hope you had a good fourth0
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both pieces of my heart are in your neck of the woods at the National Youth Gathering in Minneapolis. I am praying my knees off they stay well, and intact and come back invigorated. It's some 30,000 Lutheran youth in some mass craze of worships, learnings and service. Crazy. I prefer the small mission trips, but they are there. Oy.0
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I'm here. Out of town for 2 weeks and so busy. Back to work tomorrow. Still eating within an 8 hour time frame. Feel better, less bloated, but no weight loss yet.
You and Z need a break. Glad you are getting one. Rory over for dinner do cant write much now. I'll write more this week.
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Unpacked and set up my new work space today. It will be fine for my last year. See below...
We rescheduled this werkend's camping trip to September. We are going to start looking at bigger campers this weekend.
Off to shower. Hot and humid here!
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the heat is rolling in - I'm pretty worried about how we will all hold up for at least four days of 100-plus degrees. Brutal.
The boys are back from their adventure in MN - Caleb had a good time, it wasn't really Zach's cup of tea with those 22000 participants, but I guess he wanted to challenge himself. Glad their home.
You must really be enjoying your camping time if you are looking to upgrade!
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HOT!!!!!! I hate the humidity with the heat. It feels so heavy and suffocating.
I have tomorrow off so I'm going to get a longer by the pool for awhile. Haven't been down there yet.
The neighbor next door asked me to feed their Beta fish while they are gone for a week. I told her I have a tendency to kill fish but she wasn't worried. We'll see...
Russ is at a class so Charlie and I have the house to ourselves. This is rare so I enjoy the solitude.
Stay cool!
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sooooo HOT!!! So bloated. I feel like absolute shizzlle. I am less than a pound away from where I was when officially started WW almost two years ago. I have managed to only put together two 'blue dot' days. Groan.0
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I'm a pound from my starting weight two years ago too. I'm persevering on my intermittent fasting schedule. I can't eat between 11am and 7pm every day, but have to eat breakfast if it's a busy day with students. I manage to do it at least 5 of 7 days in a week. I do feel better but do need to drop weight.
Today I did errands and then made it to the pool by 11:30. It was not crowded at all today and I even had the pool to myself for awhile. I swam a few laps, did some jogging and also some leg exercises and stretches. It was about 85 with a breeze so a perfect pool day. I came back and showered around 2pm. The heat rolled in and now it is in the 90's with a heat index of 110. It feels like a blast furnace. Weatherman says severe weather which may include high winds, rain, tornado, and hail is pushing across MN. Hope it misses us. Tomorrow begins temps in the 80's for a week.
I'm glad we aren't camping this weekend. Tonight would have been miserable and I don't like being in the camper when it is stormy with high winds.
Maybe we should focus on moving each day no matter how few minutes (walking, stairs, weights etc.) If we start to have more energy from exercise endorphins, maybe we will do better with our eating. I don't over eat in a day but I do like ice cream this time of year so sugar intake is up.
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AC off this week. A reprieve from the heat and humidity. Russ fell today at work. Slipped on a wet floor. Lucky he is just sore and not hurt.
Summer is going fast. I fly to MI on Saturday for my nieces baby shower. I'm busy the next 4-5 weekends. Crazy!
Hope you are doing well.
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we had my sister's dog for five days while they were traveling for work. On Sunday my folks did one of their drop in's because they're bored and while trying to control Dakota from barreling into my mom and knocking her down (he's very easy going all the other times, buy my folks always get him lathered up excited) he pulls me into the corner of one of the walls and OH MY FRACK - i'm pretty sure I broke my pinky toe. The whole side of my foot it black and blue and swollen. Ow. I forget how strong he can be when he's fired up. Sigh. Better me than my mom though. Pretty good damage for an 11-plus year old Vizsla.
So, I'm icing it and trying to keep it elevated. The boys think I should go in, but really all they will do is give me a boot right? For a pinky toe? I don't know. If it doesn't start feeling better in a couple of days I guess I will have to.0
