WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2023

Ginny, its kind of exciting when I start out, but once I get going there is a point when I can get overly ambitious! Today when I woke up to go to the sauna, my hair was quite "wild" looking. And of course the sauna made it more so. So I told my husband to drop me off at the salon. I said, "you need to fix the wack job I did"! I guess the description of my hair is a bob with an undercut! Under my hair is shaved and it goes around to around my ears. Its nice to not have the weight of it, pls wearing glasses, my hair would get so warm. So that's gone.
So ladies, I got an email back from the Command Master Chief and yes my youngest has transferred to another command. Probably around the holidays as that's when many transfer in and out of commands. So now we have no idea where he's stationed. My husband send a letter to a dept that handles lost sailors etc, so hoping something comes from that. The CMC did call over to the command he is transferred to and asked that a message be sent to him regarding getting in touch with us. Legally he can't tell us where he's at though. When I got the email this morning, it was numbing, I have no tears left. It was a weird feeling. So both husband and I are bummed about it all.
So sorry you fell Heather!! Falls like that can rattle you to your bones. I swear the fall I took in the front of our house here, my teeth felt loose, I was so rattled! I expect your grandkids will play doctor and make tea for you, etc.💖. My sister has quite the nurses kit with red bits of fabric (blood) that they can lay on skin and bandage that up. I was a mummy by the time my eldest sisters grandkids were done with me!
Hugs ladies
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa

Michele, well hearing back from him was nice, and I sent him an email thanking him. And for him going the extra mile by calling my sons new command and telling him he needs to contact family, that was unexpected. But not knowing where he is, well that is mind numbing.
Lee wrote a letter to the dept that deals with lost military so hopefully something will come from that.
Rebecca
Whidbey
Wa

Lanette - it’s been a long time since I’ve had coffee and a cigarette for breakfast. My Dad used to say it was a hooker’s breakfast.

What a sweet coop. I love the colours. I love when someone tells me a story of a passed love one. It makes me feel closer and lets me learn more about them.

Heather - these girls have been best friends since grade 6. I don’t think there is anything one wouldn’t do for the other. They sure know each other well.

Barbie - thank you for a new month.

Today is my Mom’s birthday, 77 I had a FaceTime call with her. She remembered we had been home, remembered DH’s Dad passed and then asked me if she had told me my Grandmother died. Alzheimer’s sucks.

Our daughter came through the egg retrieval ok. 12 eggs. She has been resting in a hotel for the day. They will make the drive home tomorrow.

Heather - Hopefully you feel better tomorrow. Thankfully, you had angels watching over you.

Kelly - I love children’s questions.
Today was 29C here we broke a record from 1931 for the hottest May 1st.

Lanette - I had a quote on gutters last week. It was Leaf Filters, they quoted 12K for 132ft. Our whole roof last year was half that price.

Vicki - too bad we weren’t near each other. I could come work for you and solve both of our problems.

Received another condescending email today. I was a manager for 15 years and have done payroll, AP, AR and accounting duties for 20+ yet she thinks she is talking to someone with no experience or knowledge.

Ugh! I just need to win the lottery or get another job.

Rebecca - The biggest hugs to you and Leigh.


Tracey in Edmonton

Tracey -So glad the retrieval went well. What a journey it is!

The more I think about it, and I keep having flashbacks, the more I feel it was a miracle it wasn't worse. I was careering out of control across the road, trying to right myself, up onto a 9 inch/12 inch platform and fell off it at full speed onto the far carriageway. Because it was a Bank Holiday, there was no traffic coming at me, but normally it is a busy, fast road! It was a very heavy fall.
This morning I am amazed I slept. I am so grateful I am not dead, or badly injured. I am grateful for the delightful people who helped me. I fully appreciate the gift of the life I have and how things can turn in an instant.
The pain is slightly less than yesterday and I haven't taken any pain killers yet, though I will, with breakfast. I will go down and make tea, but DH will have to bring his own upstairs. At some point I want to wash my hair with one hand!
I am glad to be alive and so lucky not to be living alone. My friend L went through a hip operation after her husband died. Just carers coming in a couple of times a day. I can appreciate those living with pain.
When these things happen to me, I always appreciate them for the check it has on my hubris. It joins me closer to others.

Katie - Good job on the talks. It's terrific to do things you are nervous about. The topics sound great. I studied philosophy at uni, and I loved Kant. He called it the 'categorical imperative'. I try to live by that. Act as if the maxim of your action should become a universal law.

Love to all. Heather, feeling humble today, UK XXXXXXXX