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Thanks, Happy! I missed you all here, too! Yep, I'm job hunting and having fun with the kids today <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Me 40, OD 18 and YD 13
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Sounds good! How's the job hunting going? And how are the kids? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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'Fess up, HTBH...
What have you been up to?
And EO...
How's the job hunting you...have you considered temp work, like I did, in my quest to be led? Just occurred to me...I took the receptionist job because I was very needed, over-qualified and it fit my "It's not what you do for a living, it is who you do it with"...which gave me that EN for admiration, great appreciation and approval...and allowed me to work on me A LOT. I miss those days.
LOL.
Just a thought...let the job hunt you...nice to hear fun in your sentences, too...
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'Fess up, HTBH... What have you been up to? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Well, let's see... H and I took a 2-day driving trip through the Texas hill country this weekend, then I spent Monday working on a school project and going to class, then yesterday was "family day" with the in-laws, followed by more work on the project and frantic studying for a final tonight. Today I'm back at work and busy, but more focused on tonight's final, tomorrow's final, and (hallelujah) our upcoming 9-day vacation. So today I am just a little nuts. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
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Vacation...reward at the end of the finals...yippee! You go girl... Everyday, you're a little nutz...and that's okay with me. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> right backatcha LA
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Well, in hindsight, scheduling the aforementioned vacation so that we leave town the DAY AFTER FINALS now seems like a less-than-brilliant idea. When am I going to pack???? And I apparently wasn't focused enough on tonight's exam, but I have tomorrow to make up for it.. And then I'm outta here on Friday!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Yay me! Hey, I appreciate your support of my nutz-ness. Although today wasn't the good kind of nutz! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> Here's to a better Thursday!
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Here, here! What's to pack? Your H wants you naked. LOL <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> Heehee. Sorry...I got those in love feelings today...my H rocks...my life is thrilling...and I don't have any tests to pass. LA
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What's to pack? Your H wants you naked. As a matter of fact, he does!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> LOL. Good for you and your thrilling life and your wonderful H and your no finals! Thanks for sharing your happiness with me! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Now it's back to the books..
Never underestimate the power of joy. ~ star*fish
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It's great seeing you all have so much fun <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Happy, best wishes on your finals! LA, thanks for sharing your enthusiasm! I went to a meeting tonight, and then out with friends afterwards, it was just what I needed. I still am waiting for that perspective shift <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> but I can be patient, I know it will come when I'm ready to trust it, I think that was the lesson I needed to get from BTE. I love the idea of temp work, actually, I was thinking of subbing <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />. I'll cross that bridge when I get there, easy does it.
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GROUP HUG!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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GROUP HUG!!! WE ROCK!!! Hey, wait a minute...why isn't HTBH studying, hmmm? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Anything your heart desires, EO...good self-care and fellowship...you're worth it all, every step...and yeah, you WOWed me with your post about BTE...I learn from your heart. I really do. LA
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GROUP HUG!!! Yes, we sure do rock, blooming where we were planted <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />. Who else is up tonight, sharing the love <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
LA, I am happy I wowed, you, I'm glad I can give you something the way you've given me so much, having faith in me when I didn't. But there were a lot of posts about BTE, which one wowed ya?
Me 40, OD 18 and YD 13
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Eh, the studying didn't work out as well as I hoped... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
You guys should see my bloodshot eyes from staying up til all hours of the morning with my nose in a (very heavy) book. I'm too old for this!
Hope you're well today!
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Oh, Happy, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you did better than you thought, BTDT! What are you studying? I went back to school for Computer Science and graduated almost 3 years ago. It was so much harder than the first time around! Doing well over here, I got a carpet steamer and a full day ahead of me <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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This one, EO...
"LA, I see her choice, and it's made from having had enough pain as she can take for now. That weight of constant judgement you describe. She will see it, in her own time, when she is ready, maybe when she gives herself permission. I tell you, I could be completely wrong on this, but if they split, for now, I think if they are meant to be together, then somehow her H won't go calling this friend, will show by his behavior that BTE is not replaceable, and that external cue may just be what it takes for BTE.
LA, I know that doesn't sound fair, but that is what it took for me, for you to tell me that I was worth the investment. I have heard this message many times over the years, but it took time for it to sink in, to really believe it and trust it enough to put the effort in.
BTE is honest that she doesn't understand it yet, but she's doing what she can, surrounding herself in real life at church and here and in her other group with those that can help her find her meaning. She will get there, too"
Bears repeating for me...
Full steam ahead, eh?
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Cool, LA, you know, another awesome thing is that on my down days, I can reread great perspective from you all, and I'm smiling thinking of looking back on our group hug, too that there are easy days interspersed with the more challenging ones.
Me 40, OD 18 and YD 13
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Hey, when you're done with your carpets, I got some rugs over here that could use a little work.. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> I'm taking anatomy and physiology, which wraps up tonight (yay!) and then sociology and psychology classes starting next week. These classes are prerequisites for the occupational therapy program I'm planning to apply to for next fall. It's been 5 years since I've been in school and A&P is harder than I expected, and it's twice as hard since it's a short summer course and I'm still working my full-time day job. Yikes! I have been doing pretty well balancing everything, but last night I had a little meltdown. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Congrats on your computer science degree! That's awesome. I can't imagine being in school and having kids at the same time! Wow.
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Hey, when you're done with your carpets, I got some rugs over here that could use a little work. I can imagine, I remember how bad my house got finals week without anyone to do the house work LOL. Sounds like you're doing great under the circumatances! I can't imagine being in school and having kids at the same time! Wow. Many days were just a blur going from one commitment to the next, oh my goodness! I had a 90 minute commute each way to go from where I stayed with my friend because we were renting our house out, to drop off one kid in day care, the other at school back in our old neighborhood so she wouldn't have to switch schools so much, then fight through traffic to get to school. My H was in Minnesota at the time working so he'd have a job when we were to move up there when I finished school, but then it fell apart with that company a month before we were to move up! So I did all that with H away! I'm so glad to be done with that part of my life!
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Wow, EO, I can't imagine how hard it was to do all that all by yourself!! Incredible. You are my hero. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Things aren't nearly so hard for me -- H is being a total sweetie and has put himself in charge of making sure dinner is on the table when I get home from school (at 10:30 pm!!), which has just been wonderful for me. And since we don't have kids and both work, the house is staying pretty clean -- there's no one home to mess it up! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Still, I'm looking forward to this class being over!
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Ya, there's a Wonderwoman bracelet on EO's arm... And you have a SW tattoo, HTBH...I just know it. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Hey, EO? How's it going? Got a full head of steam? Thought I'd weave that into the carpet. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> LA
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