Reboot Boogaloo, September - open group

Sorry for all you have been going through, MM! I am really sorry your landlady is getting nasty. I still think it's crazy to try and keep grass green in a drought. :huh: Good luck on your trip - I hope everything goes well for you.

I haven't checked in because I've just been so busy focusing on work, and still struggling with depression the rest of the time. I went to the doctor on Monday, and they said my x-ray looked almost exactly the same as the first one did - 3 weeks earlier! So now I am really worried about my thumb not healing properly. He switched me from a cast to a weird molded plastic splint, which is good and bad: good because it's lighter, but bad because it's plastic and doesn't breathe well, so I have to take it off to wash it and my arm, which makes me worry about moving my thumb on accident and making it worse. I almost had a panic attack the other night after showering and washing my hair, all without any immobilization for the thumb, and finally had to get my husband to help me wash the splint itself because I was getting so anxious (I also started thinking that my thumb looked crooked, though Gabe didn't see it). Ack! So my goal this week - other than surviving work - has been to just eat as healthfully as I can (getting extra protein, calcium, and vitamin D, and reducing caffeine). I don't go back to the doctor until the week after next... I really hope that it shows better healing by then (that will have been 5 weeks). They have warned me that it's not great to have it immobilized for too long, because the joint may always be stiff now. :frown:

Mary, hope you have a great time on your trip, too. And you too, V! Sarah, keep it up with the exercise - I usually gain some water weight when I start exercising harder. It's frustrating, but it will pass. :flowerforyou:

Trying not to be broken, boogaloo.

Sarah, keep it up! You're doing good!
CP I sure hope your thumb shows improvement soon. Seems like you've been through a lot.
Mary that sounds like a lot of food!
V, I miss you!

We are about 60-90 minutes out from the airport. I'm feeling pretty good besides lady time and a hormone headache. Better now than on the way home. I haven't been able to eat much but I am eating which is better than two years ago on the first flight. I'm getting more excited now. In fact I've been downright chatty and laughing! Maybe seeing the light at the end of the tunnel is what I've needed. I will miss Moscow. I intend to go back someday.

Bittersweet boogaloo!

I hope you kitties are okay Mary!

Hello from Moscow! We just arrived at the apartment. It's 7:15 am your time and it's 4:15 pm here. So glad bed time is around the corner! I've only slept maybe two hours in the last 36 with the flight and all. We will get our daughter tomorrow! Excited and nervous. Praying for a smooth transition!
Exercise will include walking to a grocery store and shopping. We will try to get to bed early tonight because our day starts at 8am. Well we have to be out the door by 8.
It is gorgeous here! Everything is green still and the gardens are still here. So excited to show my mom around! I am really going to miss Moscow. I am going to come back someday. I just don't know when.

Nervous and excited boogaloo!

Good luck tomorrow, MM! Can you even believe how far you've come?? :flowerforyou:
Mary and V, hope you make it home safely and with minimal drama!

My husband is going to be traveling most of this week. He's such a sweetheart, though - he spent the afternoon cooking so I wouldn't have worry about cooking while he's away! He usually does the cooking, but I thought that was over the top sweet. Maybe he still feels guilty about my thumb. It was our anniversary yesterday, and we had a really nice day - went to a "Greentopia" festival down by the falls, which was pretty cool. And we saw some little deer down by the river! They must have been adolescents, one had the cutest tiny antlers. It's definitely feeling like fall now, but it's been nice and sunny here, too. We also went out to a really nice dinner. I've been doing pretty well with my "nutrition for healing" diet - let's hope it's working. <thinking healing thoughts>

New week, boogaloo.

Quick check in! It's going well here. Miss I is with us now and she's doing well. She seems to be getting over a cold. But she's having fun dressing up some dolls. I slept pretty good last night but still have jet lag. Doctor appt in morning then I have to go alone with Andrei to the American Embassy to sign papers. Then wednesday we have to go back to the embassy for an interview. I think we are done after that. So we may possibly come home on Thursday or Friday.
So that's the plan for now but it's Russia and plans change very quickly.
So we are doing good.
Hope you all are well!

Sweet daughter boogaloo!

I want in

Poem


Rain in Toronto

choir rehearsal tonight

hopped up on caffeine oh dear

clothes a little looser today

could it be?

Hi pebbs,

I'm really stressed. My new boss is a total bully, and is asking me to do stuff that is way out of my job description and pay grade (sample: substitute for him next week). When I protested, he continued to push, so I gave in. So, now I'm sort of depressed that I gave in, even though I told him in NO uncertain terms I would NEVER do this kind of work for him again. I cried almost all the way through yoga. I hate to feel like I've been taken advantage of, especially when I feel like I've stood up for myself and failed at that. Ah well, onward anyways.

Today I also signed up for a "foundations" active practice at yoga, so that felt very positive. The current fall workout goals are as follows: To try to do Zumba on Sundays (I just don't think I can fit another dance class into my sched. right now. . .bummer, but that's how it is.) New Yoga class on Mon. eve, "special" yoga class on Thurs. a.m., and walking or elliptical at gym on other days. I'm also going to try to keep up with the "gorilla" on days that I'm stuck at the desk. I think it's a very important thing to try to get stronger and to get up from the desk.

Other goals: to continue to stand up for my rights consistently, and to stay organized. The work goal for today is to re-organize the work. Essentially, everything's just in a big, huge, overwhelming pile, and I feel like I'm under it. . .so, without further ado. . .

Baby steps, boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

Walked 3.24 km today. It was sunny. Nice day. I had to take a few breaks...felt weak. need to do some nutritional investigation. perhaps. vivia, what if you just ...um changed your mind and said...sorry can't teach for you after all..haha... what could he do? nuthin' yo. i want to sleep but won't cuz it messes up my night sleep. oh well. half a mars bar treat today. that's progress i say. it used to be 2 mars bars a day. we've come a long way baby. more free verse to come. xoxo sj

Short post. We are back in Texas. Exhausted. All of us including Irina (I got to type out her name! ) only slept about 30 minutes in the last 24 hours. Driving to SA to drop off mom, staying in a hotel, and headed home in the morning. Not quite sure when or how we are going to get Alex. I miss him a lot but my in laws cars broke down. It would add three hours of driving tomorrow to get him. I will be very sad if he's not home when we get home.
On a brighter note Irina is doing good. And we also got an email from the landlady and she is SO happy about the yard turning green again. She said she appreciated our hard work, which is funny because we've been gone all week! God sent rain and He's the One who made it come back to life. Not us! I praise Him for that. We were afraid we would come home and find we have to move. so so happy!
Things made right boogaloo!

Good morning.
At least I think it's good. Irina's throwing her first tantrum at home because I didn't agree to put 20 hair scrunchees in her hair. Getting her dressed is a struggle too. She wants to wear undershirts, long sleeves, pants and coats. She will melt here. I had to put all her winter clothes away. So it's been fun. :laugh:
Alex is pretty fascinated with her. Even her tantrum. They were playing together this morning. It was pretty cute.
Goals for the day: keep my sanity as we go through these changes, go to the store, clean up. I need to do laundry but the dryer isn't fixed so I'm not sure how much of that I will get done. A friend of ours will come out to look at it soon I hope.

Tantrums and sanity boogaloo!

Sending calming vibes to everyone, especially little Irina and Vivia K.

Walked a bunch today, feel ok, not much more that I can say.

har har.
xo
s.