Well.... I worried for nothing. The jobs that I was worrying about last night went good. AND it was nice and quiet there today so I got a TON of stuff done ! I really wish I knew this yesterday ! LOL ......worrying for nothing...that's me LOL Now I can sleep well tonight and know that all will be well until the next crisis ! LOL We got our Christmas schedule today. We're off from Dec 23rd at noon until January 4th ! I'm looking forward to this sooooooooo much.
Hope everyone's having a good day !
life is good - and it's a long post!
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worry is a waste of time. that being stated, i worry too much about things that i do not, can not, will not ever have any control over. i can take something that i perceive as a slight, a mistake, a whatever and turn it into something that is tantamount to the end of the world. why do i do this to myself? what have i gleaned from it? nothing, nil, nada. what will be is going to be. yet again, i worry. LOL
today's shopping report. nobody was killed. there are permanently scared psyches - both me and mama - but we lived.
actually it was fun. we hit about 105 stores. in between here and there, we had lunch at the olive garden - split the italian sampler. i still had enough left over for dinner tonight. i never have any idea what to buy for who - we all have so much - too much.
lines actually spoken by mama and me today to each other and people we met along the way:
1. to my friend lisa who we ran into at the macy's jewelry counter, mama said, "i don't like her" - the her being me.
2. me standing in a LONG, LONG line at ulta to a complete stranger: "i'm standing here with a $90 bottle of chanel and i feel like i'm at walmart."
3. when mama and i were asked at olive garden if we'd like to start with some wine: "we'd pull each other's hair if we got drunk."
4. me to mama when we were trying to settle on how much i owed her because she paid for a couple of things for me so i'd get an extra 20% off: "i'll give you $100 NOT to have this conversation." i said it over and over and over.
5. me to mama during the discussion - aka fight LOL - regarding how much i owed her - we were both so overly done and tired when i found the little bag with the tiny red jingle bell earrings from a friend: "oh do you want these little earrings? they are as darling as can be?" mama's response: "i LOVE them." me: "that will be $100" and the discussion/fight was over. LOL x forever
the best part of mama and me is we just don't take anything the other does personally or to heart. if and when we do - we just turn it loose and let it go. after all, we are all each other has - nobody else could ever put up with either of us LOLOL speaking of which, mama didn't return my last call to her HA
where once i would have had such anxiety driving here and there and somewhere else, now i'm fine. where once i would have had such anticipatory anxiety just thinking about going shopping and the traffic and all - nothing but pure pleasure. and in writing that i'm not bragging or being smug - i'm just finally having such a good time with MY life.
today was a good day. now i'm calling mama back and forcing her to talk to me! LOL
oh, i will happily kick you around if i think you need it. but something tells me you're really not going to need that - you're rocking and rolling!
today's shopping report. nobody was killed. there are permanently scared psyches - both me and mama - but we lived.
actually it was fun. we hit about 105 stores. in between here and there, we had lunch at the olive garden - split the italian sampler. i still had enough left over for dinner tonight. i never have any idea what to buy for who - we all have so much - too much.
lines actually spoken by mama and me today to each other and people we met along the way:
1. to my friend lisa who we ran into at the macy's jewelry counter, mama said, "i don't like her" - the her being me.
2. me standing in a LONG, LONG line at ulta to a complete stranger: "i'm standing here with a $90 bottle of chanel and i feel like i'm at walmart."
3. when mama and i were asked at olive garden if we'd like to start with some wine: "we'd pull each other's hair if we got drunk."
4. me to mama when we were trying to settle on how much i owed her because she paid for a couple of things for me so i'd get an extra 20% off: "i'll give you $100 NOT to have this conversation." i said it over and over and over.
5. me to mama during the discussion - aka fight LOL - regarding how much i owed her - we were both so overly done and tired when i found the little bag with the tiny red jingle bell earrings from a friend: "oh do you want these little earrings? they are as darling as can be?" mama's response: "i LOVE them." me: "that will be $100" and the discussion/fight was over. LOL x forever
the best part of mama and me is we just don't take anything the other does personally or to heart. if and when we do - we just turn it loose and let it go. after all, we are all each other has - nobody else could ever put up with either of us LOLOL speaking of which, mama didn't return my last call to her HA
where once i would have had such anxiety driving here and there and somewhere else, now i'm fine. where once i would have had such anticipatory anxiety just thinking about going shopping and the traffic and all - nothing but pure pleasure. and in writing that i'm not bragging or being smug - i'm just finally having such a good time with MY life.
today was a good day. now i'm calling mama back and forcing her to talk to me! LOL
oh, i will happily kick you around if i think you need it. but something tells me you're really not going to need that - you're rocking and rolling!
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You gotta love those love/hate relationships with the folks ! LOL Despite the trauma, it sounds like you got your shopping done. (and a good meal at the Olive Garden.)
I had to take a trip to the mall today. If you want to see a bunch of sour faces, go to the mall on the last Saturday before Christmas. I ran in, then ran out. I got what I needed, knew exactly where the stores were and pushed my way through. I don't think I hurt anyone. LOL I HATE the mall. I HATE the mall, I HATE the mall. I go there once a year and that's IT !
Work ended off on a good note. I worked a few hours today, so I got some overtime in. Nice to have some extra $$$$ for over the holidays. Everyone there seems to be on holiday mode, so no one is being a pain in the @$$. That makes for a nice end to the year !
Time for me to kick back and relax for a while.
Oh yeah, did I tell you that I HATE the mall ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
I had to take a trip to the mall today. If you want to see a bunch of sour faces, go to the mall on the last Saturday before Christmas. I ran in, then ran out. I got what I needed, knew exactly where the stores were and pushed my way through. I don't think I hurt anyone. LOL I HATE the mall. I HATE the mall, I HATE the mall. I go there once a year and that's IT !
Work ended off on a good note. I worked a few hours today, so I got some overtime in. Nice to have some extra $$$$ for over the holidays. Everyone there seems to be on holiday mode, so no one is being a pain in the @$$. That makes for a nice end to the year !
Time for me to kick back and relax for a while.
Oh yeah, did I tell you that I HATE the mall ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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mj - thank you so much! while we tap dance on each other's last nerve - we have just about more fun than anyone! we were back at the mall this afternoon for more christmas shopping. today wasn't a marathon - just in and out of macy's in under an hour.
i've been noticing how nice and friendly everyone is - from the sales people to people shopping. everyone seems to have a smile or nod. and i've never met a stranger so i have as much fun as if i had walking around sense LOL
i just took my 2 dogs for separate walks and am beat! they must be walked alone because together they develop a pack mentality - it makes me crazy! one weights 90 lbs, the other 70 lbs. the last time i took them together they almost brought me down - twice.
i've been told the dog whisperer should pay us a visit. maybe santa will have him under the tree for me!
i've been noticing how nice and friendly everyone is - from the sales people to people shopping. everyone seems to have a smile or nod. and i've never met a stranger so i have as much fun as if i had walking around sense LOL
i just took my 2 dogs for separate walks and am beat! they must be walked alone because together they develop a pack mentality - it makes me crazy! one weights 90 lbs, the other 70 lbs. the last time i took them together they almost brought me down - twice.
i've been told the dog whisperer should pay us a visit. maybe santa will have him under the tree for me!
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once i looked at the mall with such fear and dread. now i look at it for what it is - a place to spend too much money on things nobody really needs. ideologies change LOL
why do you hate the mall? if nothing else, it is an interesting place to people watch - something i enjoy.
i have had such a fun day. time with mama, sister, her two children and three of my brother's children. they are such a good time. they all have the most bizarre sense of humor - i have no idea from where that came LOL
something i noticed today. i had my small dog - 70 pounds - on the river walk and had such positive thoughts. the sun was shining, keeper was so happy to be going out and about, i was so happy, the few people i encountered were happy - and again, my thoughts were about how happy i was/am. question - have i overused the word happy in this paragraph?
freedom - sweet freedom. i missed it so much. every day i seem to regain an inch of freedom here and there.
please tell me you're hanging in there! just a few more days to go and you're off until the new year!!!!
why do you hate the mall? if nothing else, it is an interesting place to people watch - something i enjoy.
i have had such a fun day. time with mama, sister, her two children and three of my brother's children. they are such a good time. they all have the most bizarre sense of humor - i have no idea from where that came LOL
something i noticed today. i had my small dog - 70 pounds - on the river walk and had such positive thoughts. the sun was shining, keeper was so happy to be going out and about, i was so happy, the few people i encountered were happy - and again, my thoughts were about how happy i was/am. question - have i overused the word happy in this paragraph?
freedom - sweet freedom. i missed it so much. every day i seem to regain an inch of freedom here and there.
please tell me you're hanging in there! just a few more days to go and you're off until the new year!!!!
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Tomorrow is the last day of work FOR THE YEAR !!!!! It ends up that I don't have to go in throughout the holidays ! Good news for me ! AND I can honestly say that since the new attitude has kicked in, work has been tolerable. Letting things slide off my back is a real good thing ! Everyone has been in a good mood due to the holidays, I think.
I'm not a fan of the mall for a good reason. I had my worst panic attack I've ever had in the mall. I was right in the middle of the mall and I began to hyperventilate and the mall started to spin. Full blown panic attack. I suppose that if that didn't happen there, I'd go there more. Another reason is that I like to be outside. I'd rather shop downtown. In order to go from one store to the other, I have to go outside. If downtown is crowded, it's no big deal. We're outside. If the mall's crowded, I get it thru my head that I can't do this. Maybe over the holidays, I'll tackle the mall and see what happens. Without work on my mind over the next week and a half, I can fully concentrate on my breathing.
I still have to buy a few gift cars, but I don't have to go to the mall for that. All of the actual shopping is done. (none of it at the mall).
You can never overuse the word happy !
I'm not a fan of the mall for a good reason. I had my worst panic attack I've ever had in the mall. I was right in the middle of the mall and I began to hyperventilate and the mall started to spin. Full blown panic attack. I suppose that if that didn't happen there, I'd go there more. Another reason is that I like to be outside. I'd rather shop downtown. In order to go from one store to the other, I have to go outside. If downtown is crowded, it's no big deal. We're outside. If the mall's crowded, I get it thru my head that I can't do this. Maybe over the holidays, I'll tackle the mall and see what happens. Without work on my mind over the next week and a half, I can fully concentrate on my breathing.
I still have to buy a few gift cars, but I don't have to go to the mall for that. All of the actual shopping is done. (none of it at the mall).
You can never overuse the word happy !
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i understand your aversion to the mall. anywhere you've had a full blown attack will be shunned for the next 105 years. i think we all do that to a big extent. we'll never need pavlov to train us - we do that so well ourselves!
i like shopping out of doors too. we've got a big place here for that. one of the problems now is car break ins though. if you're loaded down with packages you can't take them to your car to unload without a good chance of never seeing them again. these people work in teams and can have your car door or trunk open and everything gone in under 10 seconds. they are that good.
i just got in from mama's. my sister and her 2 children are headed back to their home tomorrow so we had our christmas with them tonight. a big family gathering - with no fights, no drama, no trauma. what are the odds? i should have bought a lottery ticket on the way home LOL
today was another good day too. i took my dogs on their separate walks. and again, i was beat slap to death afterwards, but i can't take one and then not the other. it hurts their feelings. yes, i speak dog.
so you made it! off until the new year without a meltdown. kept a positive attitude and rocked and rolled through the past few weeks. honey, i couldn't be happier for you!
adopting a new mindset - reinventing yourself - is a wonderful gift to give yourself. attitude is just about everything - it sounds trite but it's true. i was reading an article by deepak chopra the other day about attitude - and we're on track LOL
keep on partying like a rock star. you've worked hard to get where you are! remember - live, laugh, love - then do it more!!!
i like shopping out of doors too. we've got a big place here for that. one of the problems now is car break ins though. if you're loaded down with packages you can't take them to your car to unload without a good chance of never seeing them again. these people work in teams and can have your car door or trunk open and everything gone in under 10 seconds. they are that good.
i just got in from mama's. my sister and her 2 children are headed back to their home tomorrow so we had our christmas with them tonight. a big family gathering - with no fights, no drama, no trauma. what are the odds? i should have bought a lottery ticket on the way home LOL
today was another good day too. i took my dogs on their separate walks. and again, i was beat slap to death afterwards, but i can't take one and then not the other. it hurts their feelings. yes, i speak dog.
so you made it! off until the new year without a meltdown. kept a positive attitude and rocked and rolled through the past few weeks. honey, i couldn't be happier for you!
adopting a new mindset - reinventing yourself - is a wonderful gift to give yourself. attitude is just about everything - it sounds trite but it's true. i was reading an article by deepak chopra the other day about attitude - and we're on track LOL
keep on partying like a rock star. you've worked hard to get where you are! remember - live, laugh, love - then do it more!!!
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I'M FREE !!!! I'M FREE LOLOLOL I'M FREEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only thing is, they started giving hints about people coming in on Monday and Tuesday. Now I don't know what to do. I'm so confused. They didn't come right out and ask. If I go in, I'll feel like I'm intruding, but if I don't go in, I'll feel like I'm letting them down. I wish that they would learn to come right out and set up an actual schedule. I don't know what to do. On the way out, one of the guys I work with asked if I was coming in during the holidays. I jokingly said " I hope not !" .....the thing is, I didn't see the man in charge of all of us standing about 20 feet behind me ! NOW, I'm really at a loss. The guy that is the boss of all of us has a sense of humor. I don't know what he thought about that though. I don't know if what I said was such a big deal anyway........I'm so confused.
I think I will go to the mall and see if I come out of there in an ambulance or not. It should be interesting either way ! LOL
If you do buy that lottery ticket and you win, I hope you plan on sharing it with all of us ! It sounds like a winner !
The only thing is, they started giving hints about people coming in on Monday and Tuesday. Now I don't know what to do. I'm so confused. They didn't come right out and ask. If I go in, I'll feel like I'm intruding, but if I don't go in, I'll feel like I'm letting them down. I wish that they would learn to come right out and set up an actual schedule. I don't know what to do. On the way out, one of the guys I work with asked if I was coming in during the holidays. I jokingly said " I hope not !" .....the thing is, I didn't see the man in charge of all of us standing about 20 feet behind me ! NOW, I'm really at a loss. The guy that is the boss of all of us has a sense of humor. I don't know what he thought about that though. I don't know if what I said was such a big deal anyway........I'm so confused.
I think I will go to the mall and see if I come out of there in an ambulance or not. It should be interesting either way ! LOL
If you do buy that lottery ticket and you win, I hope you plan on sharing it with all of us ! It sounds like a winner !