waves "hi" to all of my east coast friends who can't sleep.
ksinger said:Yes, sleep is elusive even when you have been up since 3am (the previous day), worked, packed, and traveled for hours, which is what I did yesterday. I'm currently in "green" hotel in another city. Nice little boutique hotel, but it doesn't extend to having a bed that I can comfortably sleep in. Of course in fairness, pretty much no one does.
I sure miss the days when we could blithely stay at the cheapest accomodations. Now roughing it is anything less than a 4-star.
Right now I feel like hammered poo, but I'm determined to have a great day in spite of it. We're here for a British car show and the museums, and the food.
I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend.
ksinger said:Yes, sleep is elusive even when you have been up since 3am (the previous day), worked, packed, and traveled for hours, which is what I did yesterday. I'm currently in "green" hotel in another city. Nice little boutique hotel, but it doesn't extend to having a bed that I can comfortably sleep in. Of course in fairness, pretty much no one does.
I sure miss the days when we could blithely stay at the cheapest accomodations. Now roughing it is anything less than a 4-star.
Right now I feel like hammered poo, but I'm determined to have a great day in spite of it. We're here for a British car show and the museums, and the food.
I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend.
colorluvr said:If you haven't gotten any symptoms yet, and your body is just perking along like usual, I suggest you get your hormones tested NOW, so you have a baseline to compare with when they start to go whacky on you.... I didn't have that, so I had to experiment with dosages.
Gailey said:Upgradable said:All right, I promised to elaborate on my day from hell yesterday, and after a full nights sleep I think I'm ready to oblige.
As background, this summer my classmates and I celebrated our 30 high school reunion. We have a pretty good looking crew too, even if we have to say it ourselves. But, as I've mentioned before, I'm running the Pack Shack (snack shop) at my kids' high school, and it has given me more than a glimpse into the teenagers of today. And there are more than a few times I've had to stop and reprocess what I've just seen and heard.
This week was the cross town rivalry football game. In a college town that has just two high schools this has turned into a really big thing. However, it is not limited to an on the field rivalry. This week there was a knifing and an arrest during during lunch hour. The two high schools have to change their lunch hours during the day of the game so there will be no confrontations! It blows my mind what should be a good natured time for sportsmanship has become a reason for vandalism and violence!
We also had the obligatory assembly yesterday. It was a lot of fun, and I must say that I am blown away by the quality of the drum line, band, and chorus. They are college level performances! However, the pom pon girls performance left me with my jaw hanging down to the floor. I was on the pom squad for all four years of high school and we worked very hard and were very well respected. We performed routines to popular songs as well as pieces performed by the band. But all these girls were doing was shaking their asses and popping their boobs. When did that become "performance level"? This squad has won national titles and it's all about wiggling their T&A??? Appalling!
Many of these girls, along with the cheerleaders and other popular girls have this thing about wearing a white bow on the left side of their head. Now, I'm not talking a quite little bow, but a Theresa Guidice, fist sized grograin bow!! We call them the bow heads. The are also often loud and screechy, screaming when they see a friend across the commons and running and hugging each other. Nauseating!
This is going to get me started on all manners of bizarre behaviors and fashions that I don't understand. The boys are now wearing really tight, straight leg jeans that they belt right below the curve of their a$$. If they have to move fast at all, they look like the penguins from Mary Poppins, because they're trying to hold their jeans up by holding their thighs together! Some of them are in danger of having their business pop out the front these damned things are so low. When they come to the Pack Shack I tell them to "Pull up your pants! I don't want to know what your boxers look like!" Apparently this trend started in prison where inmates advertised that they were open to sexual favors from or by other prisoners. Yeah! That's what I want my kid emulating.
Then there are the roaming packs of lesbians. Now I have no problem whatsoever with a persons sexual preference. What I do have a problem with are their social behaviors. These seem to be the new "gangs" in our area. When they find a young, socially awkward girl, they target her for membership. Then the roam the halls in these great, loud packs, cursing and making fun of other kids and getting into fights. They are scary!!
We also have the few random cross dressers and transgendered kids. Interestingly enough, they are not made fun of or harassed at all. They usually have a couple of very good friends they hang around with all the time. Sometimes there are wigs. Makeup is mandatory, and their addressed as they sex they have chosen. Interesting.
Does this sound like the high school environment you experienced? Yes, every day I am reminded how old I am. Thank you NNHS Class of 2011 for rubbing my nose in it.
Holy Sh*t, I've led a sheltered life!
The most outrageous thing I did in school was sew a great big G in red knicker lace on the front of my school uniform green cardi!
risingsun said:Thank you to everyone for their lovely comments on my ring. It's always so nice to hear
soocool said:
Upgradable said:I want to personally welcome my friend Cololuvr
She's a wonderful lady who took more than a little convincing to venture into the scary land of Pricescope! I'm so glad you're here though!! You will fit in perfectly!!!!
And Davi, thanks for sharing your respect for your mom and grandmother. If we can help give you any insight into their mindset and seemingly "wacky" behaviors, we've done our job!!!
colorluvr said:
Gailey said:colorluvr said:If you haven't gotten any symptoms yet, and your body is just perking along like usual, I suggest you get your hormones tested NOW, so you have a baseline to compare with when they start to go whacky on you.... I didn't have that, so I had to experiment with dosages.
That sounds like very good advice colorluvr. The madness, sorry menopause, has so far not stopped at my door, so I think I will try and get my hormones tested. Don't hormones fluctuate? How do they test them. Are we talking a simple blood test? Will my GP be able to order the test or do I need to see a gynaecologist?
A whiteboard is a GREAT idea!!!diamondrnglover said:
Upgradable said:A whiteboard is a GREAT idea!!!diamondrnglover said:
Gailey, thanks I surely feel the love on here! Can I get a "shot" of something in my tea?Gailey said:
gemgirl said:risingsun said:Thank you to everyone for their lovely comments on my ring. It's always so nice to hear
Marian, you are always in my prayers. Please try to focus on the 95% chance that it's nothing. Only positive thoughts allowed. I know alot of women who have gone through exactly the same thing. Geez, collectively, we've already been through so much. I went for my pre-op visit with my PCP (who is also my cardiologist) yesterday and he's recommending me to a different type of cardiologist for something else. I haven't been on the computer much in the past two days, but I will catch up later and write a longer post.
Positive thoughts. No room for what ifs!
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