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@MusicCandy Hi! I decided it was easier to just start a new thread. I can't figure out the old one.
I am headed to my mom's tomorrow until Sunday night. Today is the fifth anniversary of dad's death. I couldn't get up there today, so it's the first time I won't be with her on the actual day. I won't be on here this weekend, so I'm writing this on Wednesday.
Yesterday I made my first trip to the mountains in a long time. I hiked to Mary's Rock. It was not crowded and was great weather. It was kind of funny hiking in a t-shirt with snow on the ground!
Today we are celebrating my DIL's birthday. The actual day is Saturday but I'll be at mom's. I am going to make the Korean dessert that I made for New Year's, since their dog ate all the leftovers and she didn't get to try much of it. Then I have some cleaning to do, and some errands to run, and then pick her up 45 min away because my son is here at work near our house. I'm going early enough to drop by my other son's house first to meet his new dog. He and his fiancee are adopting a 2 year old. I need to do laundry to prepare for my trip, and need to write detailed instructions for my pet sitters. I have an old note to work from, but I have a new lady coming one day and I need to make it extra-detailed for her. She is a pet sitting company, so it will cost me, but I need another person in my rotation of feeders. So it's a busy day today!
I am grateful for my spring break this week that allows me to do all these things. I spent the weekend doing very little because I knew the rest of the week would be very busy! I don't like getting home the evening before I have to go back to work, since I won't get laundry, shopping, or cooking done, but it couldn't be helped!
I hope the new thread works out, and that I tagged you correctly so you will see it!
I hope your week has gone well, and here's to five more years of messages to come!
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My friend, what a week you had. A good visit with your mom was just what the doctor/ friend ordered. I can't say most of the visits with my mother were " good", but she did behave better when she knew she couldn't control me and she was obliged to stay in the Masonic home and make the best of it. I try to remember those times as they relate to the girls especially. I am glad that they have good memories anyway. I understand your fear that your grandchildren may suffer under that environment. It is a terrible catch 22 for him, and for you being so far away and feeling helpless,
I wonder what it is that she actually wants. Does she want a harmonious life or is she trying to on purpose make him so miserable that he Will leave and come back to the US and let her and her family take over the children's lives totally? That would be hard for him to live with over time. I can't say it enough how sorry I am that it has come to virtually no easy answers or options. I also hope her mother will help her to get help, but it doesn't sound like she will. But we have to hang on to whatever hope there may be if she will go to counseling and follow through. It's disheartening if she doesn't really love him. Usually that is a strong incentive to make a marriage work. no advice from me-- just more and more prayers. And you can't feel guilty about allowing yourself to be distracted from it all , or you will be sick too. I think getting back to work will help with a routine that lets you focus on the great kids who need you and love you. Probably, the sleep patterns will get ironed out in time,
I didn't have anything exciting last week, but nothing bad either. Rachael and I got our walks in most days and it is cooler. Thursday, it was lightly raining in the AM, but we walked anyway and just put on a rain jacket with a hood. It was kind of nice and different. After that, there was an ant line coming from the windowsill where one tomato had split , so that got me going. I spent the entire morning cleaning that area, took out everything in the cabinets, tossed out have used cleaning bottles and so on. That was something I needed to do anyway, but life is so busy I had put it off. Now its done for awhile.
The tomatoes are just starting to get a little red and then I pull them before the varmints get to them.. a few days on the window and they are just right. I picked some neighbor's berries and planted a few shoots, so far they are still alive. The thai basil , parsley and chives are good too after the rain. I don't grow okra, but Rachael's Dad fries them in little pieces and that's the only way I like it. I hope your veggies start producing soon so you can enjoy them - nothing like home grown.
Grateful that the days are cooler and I hope that helps you get out and walk some more. Know that you are often on my mind and God knows what you are going through, even though it sometimes doesn't seem like it. Take it one day at a time, and savor your chai tomorrow. Sending more hugs
Hello my friend, I had a nice conversation with my son yesterday morning. He said she went to the first counseling session and he hopes she will go again. She has eased up some, but I think there is no telling when she will get worse again. I think she is very volatile and probably can't even control how she is acting. I don't even think she knows what she wants, she's just irrational and confused and a total mess. I went back to work on Thursday, and talked about all this with a lady I work with whose son has gone through even worse. I talked to her about how guilty I feel when I have a good time doing something and then remember that my son is living in h*ll. She said she has felt the same way a lot, and compares it to survivor's guilt. Any prayers are so appreciated. I usually pray for him twice a day, morning and evening.
Enough about all that. I did go back to work, and it is nice to be there. I slept well enough the first two nights, thanks to benedryl, so I was able to get up with no problems. Lots of changes going on at school which unnerves me. Right now we don't even have an assistant principal, so someone new will be coming at some point. Also our nurse took a promotion to lead nurse for the district and they have no replacement, and our two front office staff retired so two new people there. Plus always lots of new teachers, but the ones I typically work with are still there. Still only 5 people on my 6 person team and no plans to fill out our team, sigh. Our schedules aren't made yet, so that's something else to wonder about until I see it.
We have a new gym teacher too. When they introduced him at our staff meeting, I thought the name sounded familiar, then one of my friends on my team said so too. So I actually went up and talked to a stranger on purpose, and asked him if he went to our high school and when he graduated. He was in my son's class, my friend's daughter's class, and was in a club with a third lady on my team. I survived a social interaction! Woo hoo for me!
Of course back to school means tons of junk everywhere. I ate about 8 girl scout cookies (there was an open box of those caramel coconut ones!), and one teacher gave me a big chocolate bar she got for me in Italy, and I've eaten half of that over the last two days. I was already up a few pounds from my earlier weight loss this summer, so basically starting the same place I left off when school ended! I did exercise both mornings since work started, and will continue that as long as I sleep enough. I really enjoyed the videos. I found a new series from a group I like anyway, so that is motivating me to get going in the morning.
I did treat myself earlier this week. When I was up with my mom at one of her shops, I saw one of those low to the ground beach chairs on sale. I love to sit in those in the surf so I got it. I went over to the river one evening, and sat for an hour with my book at the surfline. It was uncrowded at that time of day, and so lovely! I had planned to go after work yesterday but it was just too hot. I'm keeping the chair in my car until I get myself over there at least once or twice more!
I am glad you got some walks in the cooler weather! I don't mind walking in light rain, especially if I am near trees and can hear it hitting the leaves. Such a lovely sound! Good job on the cleaning! I am really bad about that. We do have ants coming in sometimes too, usually the kitchen and the master bath sink area. I know you feel good to have accomplished making another space clean and tidy!
We finally got some cherry tomatoes and they are so good! No big ones though. I'm glad you are getting some nice ones from your garden! Are your new berries blackberries? We had a lot of those from our plants this year. The birds don't seem to bother those much. Do you ever make pesto with your basil? I love fresh parsley and chives! Those three that you grow, plus oregano, are my favorites to have in the garden. I also have lemon balm but don't use it much so the goats get most of it. Also lots more mint than I can use, so they get a lot of that too.
These weekly messages are so important to me, as is your caring and support. I'm hurting for my son and it helps so much to have you out there. Getting back to work will be good for my mental health, despite the scary new changes. Time for chai.
I hope you are well, and have had a good week!
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The test went through, so I'm feeling good about this one too! every time I see one of your notes, I start reading and end up smiling. I'm glad you had a better week over all. I figured getting back to a work routine would he;lp in some ways, but the snacks... o well. I would eat the whole package of those G.S cookies, my fav too. I got some ice cream-like popsicles, ( forgot the brand,) that taste like frozen coconut, supposed to be lower sugar and they are really good on hot days. i like Halo top too.
Good for you making the effort to ask the new teacher a leading question. It is scary when new hires went to school with Your kids. Same for new doctors for me, they all look like teenagers. I got you beat with the social challenge this week. Coming out of the Food Lion near my house, there was an older couple sitting on the walkway eating, and 2 fully loaded bicycles nearby. I was curious and asked them what they are doing? Traveling the world! on pedal bikes. I thought that was remarkable, so I went on and asked where they would sleep ( we don't know). They are French but spoke perfectly fine english, of course. I asked if they got hot showers ( not often), So would you like one? They mostly needed a safe place to pitch the tent they travel with, in my backyard if that's OK. You see where this is going. They came to my house!! We chatted a bit, they already traveled all over Europe and South America and now are traveling from Maine to Mexico, backroads, all on bikes. We shared a meal, they got their showers, and were going to pitch the tent, but I wouldn't have that, on a hot night and mosquitos. I had taken down the bed in my spare/junk room, but there was room on the floor for them to put their blow up mattress on and sleeping bags which was what they preferred anyway. so we had a lovely time seeing their pictures and the lady ( Rose) gave me some gardening tips. They showed me how to follow their journey online and they were off the next morning. I told my sisters it was the bravest thing I've even done. People asked if I was nervous, but really,, an older couple around 60 and everything piled on bikes? How could i miss the chance. i bet 50 people walked by them coming out of the store and didn't notice or care to speak. Americans, so self centered. I absolutely loved the experience.
My tomatoes are getting ripe, at least 50 now. Rose told me I should have spaced them more ( too late now) and pruned back the leaves earlier ( also kind of late) but I still have a lot. The berries are blackberries and the little stalks are still alive, but they won't be very big until nest year at least. We will see. I clip the thai basil a little at a time and just add them to soups and salads and fish. My mountain mint is also tall and the insects, all kinds just love it and i love watching all the varieties, even when I can't name them. Its starting to storm again, and I'm at work so I can't watch it .
Your chair reading by the river sounds like heaven. I remember that sitting by moving water releases positive ions in the air which is good for mood and emotions. It sounds so sweet and relaxing.
I hope the situation with your son improves and she will keep going to counseling. At least you have open communication with him which is important for you both. I'll keep praying too. I wish you well with dealing with the staff shortage at school, I say you can only do what you can do and that's all. Seeeing the kids respond to your loving and patient teaching will make a big difference, for them and you too. We all need purpose and achievement, no matter how small. Send me some more smiles next week.
PS I wrote to support about the collapsing messages and got no response. It looks like our last couple of messages didn't collapse, so hopefully that won't happen again, since support doesn't seem to answer!
Hello my friend,
I have been back to work for 7 days now, and so far I have gotten a good amount of sleep each night, so I have exercised each morning. My meals have been good, but there were piles of mini candy bars in every staff copy room this week and I ate SO many. Our scale is a fancy electronic one that the VA sent my husband when he was trying one of their programs where the scale sends his data to them, and we haven't been able to get it to turn on for the last 2 weeks, so who knows what I weigh right now! Our K kids come back Monday (a new thing they are trying out this year), and the rest of the kids on Tuesday.
I got my schedule for the first two weeks, which is always different from the rest of the year. I would be in just K and 1 for general support those two weeks just to get things going. Typically we have our full schedule by now also, but we lost our assistant principal, who usually does our schedules, and the principal is still working on it. I found out yesterday that we are short of SPED paras and they are still tinkering with their schedule, and that probably needs to be done first since a lot of those kids need 1-on-1. We have a meeting with the principal on Monday so maybe we will find out more then.
We sometimes get a coconut popsicle called Helados brand. They are sooo good. When I stopped for milk on the way home yesterday (so we could have our chai!), they were on sale so I bought two boxes. I have a hard time just eating one at a time!
I am VERY impressed with your social interaction. That beats anything I have ever done I think! Such a cool thing they are doing, and how wonderful that you got to hear their story. I am sure they were very happy to get a shower too! What an amazing adventure they are going on. I would never have it in me to do something like that, but imagine all the varied things they have seen on three different continents! Good for them, and good for you!!
I have tomato envy! We continue to have some cherry tomatoes, but so far only one very small regular one. Will you can or freeze any if you get too many at once? My husband made some pickles, but 6 quarts of them have hot peppers so I won't be eating those, and then he made 8 more quarts of regular. I think it will take us ten years to eat that many pickles!
That's about it for me this week. I am about to head out to run errands, and hopefully later will have some time to cook a meal or two.
I hope your week went well!
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Rah Rah - I'd do a back flip for all your good habits, but you wouldn't want me to try. Meals, exercising and proper sleep- that's terrific. As usual, I am mostly unaware of what or when I eat at home during the week. Usually, I do intermittent fasting until late afternoon, which isn't ideal, but I'm so used to eating/working nights and I do eat then. Its just easier for me. not knowing your actual weight can be a curse and a blessing. I think you know by how your clothes fit, at least that is true for me, but I do still weigh most mornings. Keep up the momentum and I'll at least say a cheer for you.
The pickles sound delicious, but i also can't handle hot peppers, although I used to love them. I hope you get to eat some of them anyway. They would make great gifts for some folks. I plan to just share the tomatoes. I'm not much for trying to can them - the time and effort wouldn't be worth it for me when I can get some canned that are healthy and reasonable. The fig jam is worth it though but this year Rachael's Dad has volunteered to make that too. He is an excellent cook and has more time that me right now.
I hope your work schedule works out soon. It must be frustrating to have to deal with not knowing from one week to the next. I am supposed to start back 2 piano lessons next week, but the Dad hasn't let me know yet. Fine with me to wait until the kids get their classes and after school activities set in case we need to change the day. They are great students and it is not really work for me.
Church is on a good routine for Pastoral Care, but now the Fellowship Person has quit, and she didn't really want it anyway. Her husband has Alzheimer's so evenings are bad for her and I do understand. but she basically complained the whole time since January so I am in a way relieved that we don't have to deal with that. Everyone on the Vestry has a busy life and issues, but we will all pitch in. Better to have positive attitude as we have a lot to do with the new rector search along with the routine stuff .
everyone else doing pretty good - Mark, Abi dealing with their struggles pretty well, Rachael is happy as always and the cats are being "good kitties" as fiancé says. Have a restful Sunday and enjoy cooking and relaxing till next time.
Hello my friend, well I had an eventful morning. Our older son came over to help fix a riding mower that we are going to give him. He had his dog with him, took her out, her leash got caught on our truck as she rounded it faster than he did, and she somehow got out of her harness and ran away. She spent a half hour running all over the woods, nearby yards and out on the road before my son managed to tackle her about four houses down. She's a hound so luckily she bayed now and then or we would have had no idea where she was. We've had two runaway dogs hit on this road in the past so we were all freaked out and my stomach is still upset! The dog, on the other hand, had a fabulous time and was very happy!
My meals this week were good but too many treats and some of my pants are getting tighter (scale still broken too!). I did exercise each weekday, had my Tuesday walk for an hour, and my yoga class. I slept badly two nights but better the other three, so I'm still ok on sleep. Thanks for your cheers and encouragement! I do enjoy my morning exercise and hope to keep sleep well enough to keep at the exercise.
Kids came back to school this week and that is going well so far. For the first two weeks, I am going only to one K and one 1st grade class. The K class is very good, and the 1st grade doesn't have any bad problems but lots of talkers and kids without good attention spans. Starting the third week, we will have a different schedule but the principal hasn't gotten it all worked out yet.
I have read some about fasting and I like the concept, but my schedule would make it hard for me to fit my meals into a shorter time period.
How were your meals and exercise this week? How are things going at work? Have you had to work a lot of extra hours lately? I hope you are enjoying your tomatoes! I have been putting our cherry ones in my work salads and they are really good. I also like them warm off the vine and eat a few in the mornings sometimes when I am out with the animals. Will your ex use your figs for the jam, or does he have trees too? There were a few figs on our trees but I haven't looked at them lately to see if they are growing.
Did your piano students start back yet? Are they in school now too? How old are they? I'm glad you still have some students, and that you are enjoying it!
It sounds like the fellowship person quitting was both good and bad. I hope you can find a more suitable replacement, since there is so much else already going on. Any new candidates for rector?
I'm glad to hear that Mark and Abi are hanging in there. The adult daughter of a friend at work is having a cancer recurrence, and had to stop chemo temporarily because a port that was put in gave her an infection and she was hospitalized dealing with that for a few days.
I hope your week goes well. Until next time!
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I'm glad you had a pretty good week. It does help us to get back to a steady routine I think. The dog getting away sounds like a scary event. I remember I was walking one of Abi's dogs in my neighborhood and she pulled out of the collar and took off down the street. She wouldn't come back to me and i was terrified. Then another walker just called her and she came to him - lucky for me. I'm glad everything turned out OK.
I had an OK week, but it is getting busy at work, and i'm already tired. I have church in the morning and shelter meal Monday, but that will be OK. just getting through this shift can be stressful depending on which doctor is on and how busy it gets. I wish I could write more, but I have to get ready for a complicated exam, so by for now. Enjoy your chai and relax from the chase this morning.
Hello my friend, two weeks of school done. That finishes off my team's initial schedule. Usually we would start our permanent schedule next week, but this year they are giving us another interim schedule to cover classrooms in various grades as the teachers start their testing. We always do that anyway, so I'm not sure what is going to be different about it. Even though we start that schedule Monday, we don't have it yet!
My meals and exercise have been pretty good this week, but as usual, too many treats and alcohol. My new scale comes Tuesday. I went to the beach again yesterday after work, with a sandwich and a book. I stayed just over an hour. I wasn't really ready to go, but it was very windy and I was getting cold. Tomorrow I am going to walk at our local state park with my son and DIL. I am looking forward to that! Nothing else to report from here.
How are things on your end?
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Hi, my friend. This computer is being very slow so I hope this gets to you. It sounds like school is off to an OK start .I'm sure it will be more rewarding when you get the regular schedule with the kids who really need the extra help. I don't remember if I told you or not, but the retired pastor of the church that had cancer died. The last service with our short term summer priest was last week and that was good since he had gotten to know most of us, but now he is gone. He was such a calming presence during the hard reality that she is really gone now. So now, we have no interim lined up since the one we hoped for took another offer. And like i knew awhile back, the people who could have gotten the training to serve at the alter and didn't come- now are all panicked. Too late now, but that's not my problem- I tried. Last week, they were short a bread bearer ( i heard, it was the late service, not early like i go to) Someone jumped up to volunteer and they were not trained and didn't say the proper words, or any words ( " the bread of life") as it was offered to each person and some folks were mad about that. I wasn't raised in the liturgical method as much so it wouldn't bother me, but Episcopalians really care about how it is done - so oh well. We have another meeting in 2 weeks to see if anyone else is in line to interview. Since I was a bit insulted at the last meeting, I'm not volunteering this time. I'm sorry people are grieving over the pastor and so on but they should have known it was inevitable as long as she was sick and not preaching for months at a time.
Everything else is going pretty well for now. Our morning walks are getting cooler and we did walk last week and the gym/pool was as usual. I hope you enjoy your walk. Being with the family is the best. Enjoy your day off and I'll chat back next week. A pleasure as always,
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Hello my friend, another uneventful week here. I had Friday off so it was a short one too. I started my new interim schedule and it's ok, but I am already tired of this whole testing period and wishing for my groups to start. The state changed the literacy test and it's even more in depth and is taking a very long time per child. It's crazy that they require all this individualized testing. The amount of instructional time lost is appalling.
I ate well and did my morning videos, my Tuesday walk, and my yoga class on Thursday. Yesterday I tried to not eat too much even though I was off, since I do tend to take in more calories on the weekend. Today and tomorrow will be chai, and then I will try not to have it again on Monday when I'm off again!
On Sunday I walked with my older son, his wife, and their dog at the state park and it was so lovely! The weather was perfect and we walked for about an hour and a half. Their new house is about a half hour from that park, and I am barely 20 minutes, so I am hoping they will want to do that now and then.
I don't think you told me that the pastor had died. I know that is sad for everyone, even though you knew it was coming eventually. I'm sorry the interim is gone as well. I do remember you saying how calming he was. Will you be able to have services with no new interim pastor? It doesn't seem very nice of people to get mad at someone for saying the wrong words, when at least that person tried to help. I don't blame you for not volunteering this time around either; it sounds like there are some not nice people involved. I used to do some things like being on the board of our public library and running a group who sold eggs at the farmers' market, and I stopped everything like that because I just can't take being around people in those sorts of settings.
I hope you had some lovely walks this week. There was some really nice weather squeezed between the rain and the hot days! How was everything else in your world this week?
Until next week!
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I'm thrilled to hear that your exercise is better and more on track, especially the long walk with your family. I tend not to talk much when I'm walking, but I guess it is an opportunity to get to know your DIL better during that time. We got in our walks too, but early since it got hot fast and Rachael's ride comes at 9 15. The tomatoes and figs are coming in like crazy, I'm giving away the tomatoes except for the few we eat. The week was pretty good overall. The storm knocked out some power, but not ours thankfully. It doesn't bother me except when it's too hot to sleep and I can't turn on the fans, but we got lucky.
We had a short meeting with the Vestry and the new Diocese Transitional helper priest, (canon they call it). she is very experienced in doing that, and wrote a book about it too, which I ordered. Just a lovely person and she may be able to preach some for us. When we don't have a supply priest, we have Morning Prayer, like tomorrow. Holiday weekend, I'm sure lots of folks will be away anyway and that's what we have. I may stop in briefly, but there is an after church meeting to plan for the priest's funeral, which I won't attend. The lady planning it and I just don't gel- she goes WAY overboard on decorating, food and so on. And it will be an overflow crowd since Elizabeth had tons of friends, and clergy, family ect. I would volunteer to help, but I know her style and it drives me insane, so other people will have to help her this time. With a big crowd, I won't go anyway. They said there will be services later just for our members which will be better for me. I wasn't all that close to her either, but plenty of others were.
As for the negative comments to me, I think the Warden messed up with another parishioner and took it out on me. People do that, and I'm just going to carry on and whine to my real friends!
I'm working Monday night, and Tuesday night too with folks on vacation. It is OT, so I'll just plow on through it. Your schedule sounds very frustrating. Testing does seem extreme these days. I hope it gets ironed out soon. Cheers to you making the effort to deal with cravings and not too much bad stuff at home. I'm the opposite, i eat more at work but i'm trying to include healthy foods. Today i brought 2 packaged Indian meals and ate half of each. Veggies and lentils, spinach, sweet potatoes,, and chick peas- very flavorful and satisfying. You got me started!
Enjoy your day off and get some R and R. I'm just praying for some easy shifts and then I can have my time middle of the week.
Hello my friend,
My week was mostly the same, exercised every day, ate pretty well except my evening drinks and treats. But, yesterday I went to something social by choice and actually enjoyed myself. On Thursday, the K teacher that I work with said her husband was away and she was inviting people over for pizza and wine. One of the paras that I like a lot was going, and I like this teacher, so I went. Besides those two, there were 2 other teachers. One I knew and was ok with, and the other is new to our school and so I got to know her a little and I liked her. I had a few awkward minutes at one point where two of them were talking inside and two outside and I was sitting by myself, so I got up and was the first to get pizza and took it outside. Then everyone got food and we were all sitting mostly together. I stayed for a little over two hours and except for those few minutes, actually had a really good time. Then it was enough and I was the first to leave, but even that didn't feel too awkward.
When I got home, my husband was on a video call with my son, but also my mom and sisters who are at the beach together. I talked to them for about a half hour, then my mom etc logged out and I talked to my son for another half hour. The babies were tired and falling asleep so I didn't see much of them, but it was so nice talking with my son. He was in their room with the door closed, so I asked him how things were going. I knew he had been sick, and was diagnosed at his second doctor visit with mumps, of all things. He was vaccinated as a kid, but apparently there is still a chance of getting a mild case. The DIL has been nicer to him lately and has gone to a few counseling sessions. I think it's only a matter of time until she gets mean again though, because I really think there is a strong hormonal component in play, related to the PCOS. She was much more even tempered when she was on the pill, but she refuses to go back on it. Anyway, overall it was a great Friday!
I am jealous of your tomatoes! Our cherry tomatoes have been wonderful and I have been putting them in my lunch salads. I haven't had a single good regular tomato all summer though. I have a recipe for lentil quiche that uses beluga lentils, tomatoes, and broccoli, but you have to have really good tomatoes or it isn't good. I was thinking about that today, but I don't have tomatoes to make it with! We also still have no figs on our two trees.
I totally understand not wanting to work with someone who goes way overboard like that. We have a teacher who stays late every day and part of what she is doing is over the top decorations. She's also very particular, so the one time I had to decorate her door and that grade's bulletin board (each grade has one that has to change every month), it was a lot of pressure. I am glad I only worked with her for part of one year! She is an excellent teacher though.
Also, you know you are more than welcome to whine to me anytime! Letting off the frustrations that I can't tell to others, but I can tell you, has been such a help to me over the years (!) that we have "known" each other.
I hope your OT shifts weren't too hectic. Have you decided when you will retire? Your Indian meals sound delicious! Right up my alley! I do like the spices used in Indian food (except hot ones), and it's usually pretty filling.
It's just about time to make the chai, and I'm also thinking of making hot oat bran for breakfast. I do that a few times a month. I've played most of my daily morning games already (Wordle, Worldle, and some other quick ones), but I have my duolingo korean lessons to work on while I sip my tea.
I hope you have a lovely weekend!
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I am really proud of you going to the pizza get together. It sounds like a small group ,and for us that is usually better. I think that getting to know the new teacher helped her as much as you and now you will have an easier time working alongside. It was sweet of the teacher to go to the trouble in the first place of arranging it, even if it was just pizza. Brava!
If your meals and exercise are going well, that's good too. I am finding that old pattern of wine, a little more than one glass every night is back. The habit of just before sleep with a snack means I don't sleep as well. It will take some effort and planning to get back to "not every night". I feel myself looking forward to it and maybe get a little dopamine hit just thinking about it.
Im so glad that you had a private talk with your son. Mumps isnt something you'd expect; I will pray that he gets better soon. AND that the DIL keeps up the therapy. I know you worry a lot and any little bit of peace about it all helps your stress level, We are getting too old for all that drama !speaking of old, Tomorrow I'll be 71 !. I'm not doing anything special right now, except an afternoon church prayer meeting and resting from the week. The 60 hours of work wasnt as bad as it might have been, but I'm ready for a break in the morning. Abi is making a digital frame with all the wedding pics loaded as a gift. I think Rachael wil get a kickout of seeing them too. We will try to do something together soon as we usually do since her birthday is the 17th.
Other church work going to have to be whatever it will be. Vestry meeting Tuesday and we will see if I get any more snide remarks. The funeral could have been handles simpler, but it was not brought up to me at all. We are supposed to have another Ministry Fair, but I don't expect anything different than last year -- a lot of effort and people don't sign up. I'm just doing the best I can to keep going and not return any negative comments.
I almost forgot that you are studying Korean. I think that is fabulous. I'm at work and it is starting to get busy. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'll catch up with you next week. To your chai- cheers!
