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[Carleeta]

Raining at the moment, and it's actually kind of a nice break. Normally by this time I'd be up to my eyeballs in weeds and pruning and work in general. I love my job. I actually just posted a link in another thread about the effects of soil microbes on the body and depression....I'll include it here too. But sometimes it's nice to be able to rest a little. The physical effects of withdrawal are tiring, and I feel like I've aged a few years in the past many weeks of withdrawal. So this morning I'm poking around online, watching Law and Order SVU, drinking coffee, resting. Just resting. And feeling so grateful for everyone I've met here and all the support during this process of healing.
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enjoy you day Amy! You deserve it..

[Carleeta]

Positive for today....Went to the supermarket twice (first time around I forgot to buy something...lol), then I went to find some fall dish towels and hand towels at Walmart. Came home and decided I wanted my mums up on the balcony.. got back into the car and went to another store..Then I went to two more stores to add more decorations to my fall decorating..lol lol lol...Oh yes, I did stop to get gas...came home, set up the mums and finished decorating...All of a sudden I realized I was hungry..lol lol lol...Ok, off I went to get myself a Wendy's hamburger. Every once in a while I crave fast food..not to often, but today I just wanted it...I'm thinking this steroid shot must have made me very hungry, or I worked up an appetite. .lol lol lol...I positively did this through my anxiety and pain...I'm thinking a bit of my lower back pain may be less painful....Now my phone doctor and I need to work on the upper back, and neck area...Needless to say, I'm giving my son a birthday party Saturday and had to shop for all these little things today..I was positively productive, in spite of anxiety and pain.....yipeeeeee

[Carleeta]

It's positively a gorgeous d a year outside today...Sitting here in the waiting room waiting to see my psychiatrist. Hmmm wondering what we will talk about today....He's all for no cymbalta for me....Going to talk to him about taking a trip to Florida for the winter and how I go about getting my prescriptions while I am away...hmmm we will positively find out...

[Carleeta]

Positively beautiful outside. Yesterday was my son's birthday party and I had the pleasure of seeing my granson...soon adorable and so precious....with his cooing and faint little cry. ..had many pp over to my home, therefore I was only with him when it was diaper change part...lol lol lol....Actually he slept quite a bit...party went well and I was absolutely in pain by mid day. I do so much physically wear myself down....everything was all well worth it....yipeeeeee

[FiveNotions]

Hi Carleeta ... so, you're a "snow bird," eh? I would think that a trip south, to warmer weather and sunshine, would be a lot better for your aches and pains that wintering up north ... Brzghoff and her doc/therapist got a system figured out for how she could keep her health care/meds support system going while she's away this month, I'm sure you'll be able to do the same ...

I want to see a pic or two of your adorable grandson ... any way of sharing?

My positive is that we've got a gorgeous weekend happening here in DC as well ... most welcome after several cold, rainy dreary days last week .. when every bone and muscle in my body was screaming bloody murder ..  Aleve is my best friend during those days ... does an OTC med like that do anything for your pain issues?
 

[Carleeta]

FiveNotions, no I was not a true snowbird..I would only get to Florida for a few weeks in the winter to visit family and there were no set times...Since retirement I now have more time to do what I want. The doctor figured out a way to write my prescriptions just before I leave (if I go...lol lol) and use the same pharmacy here as there.. really I
. believe I could hold off any doc appointments till I come back....we will see if I will be able to handle going..so far it lookslike a possibility. .

[FiveNotions]

Well, if you end up anywhere near TFL in Dundee, you better let me know ... that's a trip I'd love to make ... head down to sunny Florida for a "meet up" with you two!

[TryinginFL]

Fantastic idea, FN - how fun to meet up w/both of you - and you can even stay here!   I have the room and we could have a blast!

[FiveNotions]

oooh .... "pajama party" !!!  ...

[TryinginFL]

Well, here is a positive (sorta').  Cubs are on WGN this afternoon, but it's the last game of the season   I always go into a funk at the end of baseball season...

 

Time to get ready for the Bears and the Bulls - and the Blackhawks

I am a forever Chicago sports fan   

[Carleeta]

Tryinginfl. ....Enjoy you game. I know how you feel about your team. As you can guess I'm a Yankees fan. Glued to the TV last Thursday night for Jeter...lol lol lol.....have fun today....

[TryinginFL]

Thanks, Carleeta!  I understand about Jeter - even if  he is a Yankee!

 

Is your new avatar a coleus leaf?

 

So happy your son's BD party was a success -  sorry about the pain, tho.  Gosh, I hope that will be under control soon.  Please get some rest today!

[FiveNotions]

my positive for the day is that I dragged my still exhausted and achy/sore body (from my tiny little 6 hr work day on Friday) to the 6 pm Mass down the street from me (I even slept most of yesterday afternoon) ... it's a Hispanic community, and they take forever with the "preachifying" and singing ... I had to leave right after I received Communion ... it had already lasted 1 1/2 hours, and with about 500 people there, they still hadn't finished giving it out to everyone ... a marathon ... a lot of us old farts were bailing out

 

I'm home already, in my jammies and with a cup of herb tea ... settled in to hang out here for a bit before bed ...

[Carleeta]

Tryinginfl. ..lol lol lol.. I have no idea what type of leaf it is...lol lol....it's just a leaf in one of my center pieces for falll.lol lol...you would think where I live I would know my leafs. .lol lol lol...Unfortunately I'm only good with the maple leaf as that is a tree we have plenty of...lol lol

FiveNotions. ..yipeeeeee you even went to church...yes Hispanic masses are longer than most, altogether they are beautiful. You're exhausted yet you went to mass..God Bless you.

As for my positively positive day of rest; it didn't happen..lol lol lol...I text my s on and asked him what he was doing because I wanted to get out of the house...We'll he text me back and asked if I wanted to go out and get something to eat. I told him I just ate. ..lol lol...Before you knew it he was on his way to my home and we went to babies r us (fell in love with all halo ween tee shirts, bibs, hats, thermo pants and football halo ween costume.) purchased one of everything...lol lol My daughter in law and the baby were not with us...My s on told me he's not responsible for what i bought...lol lol lol...Then off we went to Best Buy and purchased something for my camera which will send pictures directory to my cell phone, tablet, and pc.. (lol lol...i love a technical chalkenge), then off to dinner, then off to Walmart and finally came home. ..No rest today and gained about 10 lbs because I ate 4 times today..lol lol lol...It was positively productive....and yipeeeeee. ...

[Carleeta]

It's positively been a beautiful day outside, once again.  As the leafs are changing I'm positively getting the warm and home feeling.  Went out to a drop off my winter coats for dry cleaning, brought some clothes to be tailored, and stopped by the store to pick up a few odds and ends.  I couldn't ask for me today, as I picked myself up and drove myself into the outside world to run my errands.  It's been very difficult with anxiety at it's high, although I refuse to give up.  I positively know everything is totally up to me to change and taking charge of my own life is positively what I am doing.  Each day is a new step and more productive, even though I have set backs from time to time.  I'm positively grateful for everything I do have.    

[FiveNotions]

Carleeta, I just had an idea for a new forum / topic ... "listing the positively weird events" ...

 

As you all have probably figured out from some of my posts, especially in the "ebola" thread ... I live in a very large, very "multi-culti" apartment building in the nation's capital ... and I have some rather unusual neighbors/acquaintances in the building ...

 

My apartment is at the back of the building, overlooking Rock Creek Park ... two "wings" of the 11 story building back here form sort of a "U" shape ... making for some amazing acoustics ... sounds from various apartments are magnified, and come through like "surround sound" into my apartment ...

 

Well, apparently I've got a number of new neighbors ... and right now, the sounds emanating from their respective apartments ... simultaneously ... are: a man chanting his Islamic prayers at top volume, a group of young people from Africa playing drums and singing, a Hispanic couple having a huge marital spat, replete with pots and pans being thrown, and ... my drunken downstairs neighbor singing Christmas carols ....

[brzghoff]

FN:

 

can you record it with your camera/phone and upload it to you tube???

 

;-)

[FiveNotions]

hahahah .... great idea ... not sure it would come across the way it really sounds ... also, what goes along with all these sounds are the smells ... the various foods being cooked in each of these apartments ... tonight I can smell curry, meat, like hamburgers or some such, and Spanish something or other ... and one other ... sort of like what I think barbequed yak poop would smell like ... it's a total sensory experience

[TryinginFL]

FN

 

What a hoot!  Sure would welcome such a topic on this forum!  We need some lol's

[FiveNotions]

Well, dear forum friends, I'm signing off for the night. And, thanks to all of you, I'm sure I'll actually be able to get to sleep and stay asleep (well, except for my usual nocturnal bathroom trips ) ... at this point, my kitty Sweetie is likely the most prayed-for kitty in history ... you guys, my priest friend and my other parish priests, me, and even the vet's wife ... if he doesn't live, he's surely going to make it to the Rainbow Bridge to wait for me  ... I can be a Peace with that ...

 

Thank you all, so much, for everything!!

[Carleeta]

9:50 pm.....on the positive note that FiveNotions and sweetie are in our prayers, it's time for me to call it a day myself. It was a positive productive day and I positively made a boo boo today...lol lol lol...I actually missed my doctor's appointment today because I thought it was tomorrow. .lol lol lol....I was checking the time I needed to be at his office tomorrow and noticed on the calender it was today...lol lol lol. Well all I can positively say is I caught it before showing up tomorrow and really looking more nutty than I am.....lol lol lol....

[Carleeta]

I positively just called the drs. Office and let them know how I missed my appt yesterday....well thankfully they understood and thankfully they scheduled me to come in tomorrow at 9:15....yipeeeeee. .....

[FiveNotions]

Carleeta! You've been "promoted" ! You are now God-like" ..... congratulations! .....although I sure wish we could get that moniker changed...... I have a hard enuf time being "human-like" ..... maybe we could all petition Ken/admin for a change ?

For you, I want your forum title to be "Head Cheerleader and Queen of the Positives"!!

I'm on my damn ipad...no emoticons.....and I see the damn ad on this thing....I gotta find an ipad app for iPads to block this shit....

[Carleeta]

Carleeta! You've been "promoted" ! You are now God-like" ..... congratulations! .....although I sure wish we could get that moniker changed...... I have a hard enuf time being "human-like" ..... maybe we could all petition Ken/admin for a change ?
For you, I want your forum title to be "Head Cheerleader and Queen of the Positives"!!
I'm on my damn ipad...no emoticons.....and I see the damn ad on this thing....I gotta find an ipad app for iPads to block this shit....

FiveNotions. ..lol lol lol.....yes I just saw I made it to God like....Yes let's get these titles changed.....how in the world did you choose cheerleader for me? Ha ha ha....I was a cheerleader in high school, although not head cheerleader...lol lol lol.....I'll take Queen of the positives. ..lol lol....hmm trying to think of a good name for you.......Yup, I'm on my tablet also...does have it quirks.....lol lol

[FiveNotions]

You ARE a cheerleader, Carleeta...... you cheer for us..... You cheer us up....and you lead us in being cheerful..... :-D

[Carleeta]

Ok...enough is enough with me just doing nothing inside the house today...lol lol...I'm getting my shoes on and going outdoors. ..lol lol....I'll find some reason to go to the store or something..lol lol....I positively need to enjoy these beautiful days outside while our fall weather is beautiful.....

[Carleeta]

Yup, awake very early to get to my doctor's appointment today. I drove my car and my cousin came with me..lol lol. I received a few more trigger injections near up upper shoulder and near my neck...I also asked for a few more near my hip..lol lol....I really don't know why I torture myself because these shots give me such hot flashed..lol lol....told my doctor the epidural he gave me last week had me soaked for days,,,, he and his nurse just laughed lol lol...he's really a very nice guy and he does care about his patients. The visit ended with me asking my cousin to drive home and my doctor said "no you can drive with the trigger shot." Lol lol.....I positively did drive home and yipeeeeee. ..

[Carleeta]

9:52 pm.....I'm positively calling it a night. It's been a long day for me anyway..lol lol....

[FiveNotions]

Nighty-night, Carleeta ! I'm calling it a day as well ... as, I suspect, are TFL and CymSik ... sleep well, and may you awake pain-free in the morning ... ditto for Ms TFL and her home flooding and towel washing ... and CymSik ... well, after your recent adventure you surely deserve and need some deep, restful sleep ...

[Carleeta]

Awoke early once again today..lol lol lol..Made my dentist appointment, finally. ..Have been putting it off this year due to the other doctor appointments which I positively attended...lol lol lol....So this morning I gave in and made the appointment, in spite of the anxiety, I'm getting to the dentist on Monday.....I'm happy to say, I'm positively going even if my anxiety is sky high.....