One Year and Over Club- Part 6
 

This is a continuation thread, the old thread is

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...rt-5-a-21.html

What the _____?

I mean, I'm grateful for a new thread and all, but who is Thread Splitter? Is that Dee's alter ego? It sounds like a comic book villain... And Gene Wilder is cool but also really creepy in that movie...

Hmmmmm....

Is it even safe to post here?

It's a new thing the owners are trialling...all perfectly legit LOL

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Yeah I liked Gene much better in Young Frankenstein "Put, The Candle, BACK!" with none other than my alter ego Marty. "Abby, Abby Normal!"
:lmao
He was creepy in Wonka.

I think the correct question is what is threadsplitter, rather than who is it.

Oh I have missed a lot....and threadsplitter????? Does sound rather creepy. ;-)

I have been sick, again, over it....but had a nother day off work today unpaid!

Hi to the newcomers, and those returning. Great to have yu here.

I am really excited...... i liberated some extra funds(heehee) and instead of spending it paying a bill I have decided to do something for my boy!!!! He has wanted to see real snow for a while and asked again a few months back............... so I am taking him to the snow for a couple of days holiday!!!!!!! Woohoo. There is a region in NZ that has active volcanoes, one of which(Mt Ruapehu) is home to 2 of the best ski fields up this way. How much does that rock!!!!!!! I have hired a cheap cottage and Weeman and I will be doing all things snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyway my Overs friends.....take it easy Overs! :-)

Thank you threadsplitter for all the thread-splitting and troubled water calming that you do.

Freud is no longer with us but maybe you really want to split heads occasionally ??

Looking forward to another sober week. It's getting fairly natural for me know the anxieties of "what after 12 months" has passed.

What movie is that that Gene Wilder is in from the avatar pic? (I loved him in Young Frankenstein)

Had a disturbing drinking dream last night. I was at some function and was trying to sneak gin into my ginger ale.:( I knew it was wrong but kept trying to do it anyway...:( No idea what set that off...

Up early and ready for Monday.:)

its Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory least :)
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Duhhh. That signature says (ITS HUGE HOW CAN I MISREAD IT) "500th post" not SOOTH post. I'm sitting here thinking "It's another Mel Brooks reference. But Gene Wilder isn't in that one. Where are the mods going with this business?!"

Friday night ended up going out to a massive, massive, massive international market here to pick up some T-Bones for father's day cookout, florida sweet corn, sweet potatoes, some on nom nom nommy blueberries and nectarinessssss. SO GOOD! Then ate out at a mongolian grill with my brother and his girlfriend. I didn't end up getting home until nearly 11pm! Unheard of for my homebody-ness! Saturday I got all primped and ready to go meet my old friend 2 hours away. I left 3 hours before to drive the 90 minutes as I didn't want to be late. I'm up there just putzing around trying to find a little place to have coffee and he texts me saying "WOAH I just woke up. So I'm running late. Maybe we can meet around 4?" It's 12:30pm. I'm like..."Sure. I will just find some book stores or a mall to go to." Of course he's super smart and is like "you're already there, proverbially early (old habits die hard) aren't you."
Long story short this went on until around 5:30pm when he was finally like "I can't get away from the groom's place until around 7:30pm tonight they're not letting me. I'm really sorry."
We weren't even sure if we'd be able to meet up. So I wasted a whole day up there. I just wish I hadn't been so excited about seeing him and left a book at home.

We had a great father's day and gorged ourselves silly which is something we really don't do anymore. It was nice to see no one really drinking either. My mom still does some but not nearly as much as she did which is why I think our relationship has improved (she would always try and pressure me to drink with her even after I quit). My step dad drinks maybe once a month to every other month now, though when before he'd drink a 6 pack a night.

I came home with 2 ears of corn (holy cow! If you can get some Florida sweet corn right now by the way its so good at the moment!!!), half a T-Bone and a baked potato - score!, a load of clean laundry, and a smaller pair of jeans that fit from my mom!

Super busy weekend overall :).

I really need to get better about emailing this one gentleman back that I found from eharmony. He's here in the same town as me. Plays piano/into classical music, enjoys opera, likes biking, hiking, some sports, reading, video gaming, is a huge trivia buff (trivial pursuit/jeopardy etc) on and on and on. Honestly. It was like I was reading my own profile. It's just FOR ONCE I've actually been BUSY with crap and not just putting someone off.

Oh - and I have a second job interview tomorrow for a position in central illinois. All scheduled now. Pretty nervous. It's with the manager.

Headaches before were just a nuisance with only some moderate in intensity. Now they are around the clock and extremely intense. They are starting to beat down my psyche again. I can really feel it. When will it end? Never?


I hope all the father's had a great weekend.

And everyone else too.

Really missed my grandpa this weekend. A lot.

Have a good day all.

LB I have a bushel of Silver Queen sweet corn on the cob from Alabama in my frig right now. It's heavenly :) Good luck with the job interview, btw.

Morning Overs .... had a nice weekend .... dodged some rather intense "bullets", but still came out alive and sober! It does get easier, doesn't it?

Manz, sorry to hear you're feeling poorly.

At first the thread splitter was kind of spooky. Now....not so much :)

Happy sober Monday, friends!

Happy Monday Overs.

Have a business call in 9 minutes. I'm going to be calm and confident about it instead of catastrophizing.

It took me a minute to realize that Threadsplitter was thread splitting. I roll that way sometimes.

Have a good day today!

keep coming kab! lol

I didn't mean to cast any aspersions upon Thread Splitter. In fact I just sent TS a friend request. It's surprising that a robot with a fondness for quirky films doesn't have any friends yet.

R&A
Perhaps it is all tied up in the warp and weave of its threadbare existence. :lmao

Perhaps he considers himself a cut above?

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So... threadsplitter is a He huh??? The mystery is becoming less mysterious.

Still at home sick, pooooo. Hate to be sick and also hate not getting any wages because of it. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

I am glad I gave up drinking for this

just going on the avatar, Manz LOL

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I bit the big one and made an appointment at a different neurologist yesterday. I have a followup as I said with mine on friday. I just know from what he said last time that our only other option is surgery and based on my research, I know there's more out there. It's just that he's not willing to try more options. I'm not willing to take that for an answer. Not yet. Looking back on this point in 5 years maybe I'll regret it. But I won't be able to change it.

The only downfall is that the doctor I made an appointment with cannot see me until August 16th...and if things go well with this job interview I told them as long as I could give a month to my employer from the time I accepted a position, things were kosher. Which means....I may not even be in this area.

One step at a time. Stressing myself out about things that have yet to have happened certainly isn't helping my headache. I also don't know if me coming off my anti-depressant is causing an increase in intensity in headaches too. I'm going on the end of the second week of that. I want to get off of some of this extraneous medication. I'm sick of it. :(.

Really...really nervous about today. Trying to go into it cool, calm and collected like I was the first one.

More aspirin/tylenol is in order for today too. I take it sparingly even though I'd love to pop the entire bottle every day. I just grit through the pain. Yay. I want as little pain though for tonight's conversation as I can garner.

Hope you all have a good one.

Good luck with the interview, LB! It sounds to me like you're exploring options on the healthcare front, and that seems like it's always a good idea.

Sending positive vibes your way LB:)

Took my new jeep in for an oil. Hangs and I feel like they ripped me off. They charged extra for the oil filter because it's "special"....I looked online for pricing and it's not that special. Grrrrr. I will only go to my Dads old mechanic going forward.

Waiting on 4 commission checks...wish people understood that when you live on commission you really appreciate prompt payment!

Cheers!

You probably did get ripped off, LF :( I say this because I have. But the last time I took my car in for an oil change, they kept coming back in to tell me whatever new fangled thing needed to be replaced....and immediately.....yada yada..... So I said to them ( in the little waiting room, ) "Every time i see you walk through that door you are costing me more money. So please turn back around and just go change my oil. That's it" (lol). So they did.

Oh ...and so get the commission check thing. I'm an independent music instructor and I run into that every single month.

Good Morning Overs!!!

Manz,
I thought you were sick and over it? Hope you do get over it. The illness, not the bot.

Dee,
Not a cut above, just cutting edge. No intention to split hairs here however.

LB,
I am sorry you have to endure such pain. I hope the interview turns out for you.

T and LDT,
I detest trade people who take advantage. I had both upper ball joints and one lower ball joint replaced on my Dodge diesel truck today. The front shocks were ready to be replaced too. I also had the valve lash adjusted and my local shop told me that the head gasket is reusable and verified it was in great shape when I picked it up. Of course I had to take it to another shop for the alignment. I brought it in yesterday at 2 and they finished it today around 2. To be fair we checked it out Thursday, the parts came in late Friday, so there were no parts to wait on. These folks are friends and I fix their computers for them when they need them worked on. So we have to treat each other well. The repairs are much cheaper than buying a new diesel 3/4 ton quad cab long bed truck. The only unexpected expense was the headlight fluid needed to be changed. :lmao

Instant,
I'm glad you did in any event.

Kablume,
Threadsplitter is cleaver! :c033:

Lotus, I am sure you will rock in the interview.

LF..... I hate the feeling of having been duped by tradespeople..... now I ask too many questions and mention I will check it out with an unbiased agency first, and the story changes pretty quickly! ;-) And when I was a Locum I used to hate to wait to have my invoices paid. Sigh.

Itchy...... um, what is the bot? My head is still fuzzled. Here in NZ "over it" means fed up, had enough......etc. LOL which I am of being sick too. :)

I went back to work today as it was only a 3 hour class 5 minutes from my house. Now an knackered again. Ah well, it will be an easy dinner for Weeman when he gets home tonight.

Can't believe it but I harvested 2 huge RED capsicum yesterday in winter. :)

Rock on Overs

Just landed in New York, gonna see my daughter for the first time in years. Benefits of sobriety and working a good program, time to begin the real healing.

Camedown I know this is momentous time- good luck with it all.

The story is rolling on, I seem to be at a place where fresh perspectives are not only possible they lead to new eventualities. A greater connection, engaged with a more relaxed flexibility.

I now find it much easier to be with and learn from those around me.

Manz,
When I am sick I am well when I get over it. I you go to the threadsplitter post on page one and click on the personal profile you will see that threadsplitter is somewhat of a joke as it is not a person according to the user profile. It is not a he or she just a picture and a program written to automate monitoring when a thread reaches 500 and needs to be split again. We call those automations "bots" online as opposed to robots when a mechanical offline entity is created.

So now you know the rest of the story. :herewego

Camedown,
I hope it all works as you both adjust to a new and stable you. The one thing that we show our adult children when we indeed heal ourselves and recover is just like my tagline about dragons below. They may discover they were in denial and can now relax too.

They can again count on us too.

I introduced myself and then up and disappear for a few days!

I was on a business trip to Germany...the sort of trip that got me low enough to finally quit last June. I was confident that I'd be okay but also knew that it was going to be a test.

Germany and drink sort of go hand in hand! I flew business class...lots of free booze there. I had a nice Mini-Bar in my room...uh huh. We had lots of fancy dinners and lunches with wine and beer flowing and I was the only one not drinking...

It was great! It was so nice to be bright and alert and on the ball for the "work" part of the trip. I went running a couple of times. I took a lot of photos. I really enjoyed seeing Germany. And, I came home without any of the guilt and shame that always used to follow me home from trips like this.

And to be honest...the urge to drink never reared it's ugly head. I was comfortable with myself and my choice throughout the trip.

Good to be back home!