One Year and Over Club- Part 9
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Manz, you keep leaping out of your comfort zone and I'll be right behind you.
*SPLASH!!!!*
Of COURSE she can say what she will or won't, Dee, that's the dance. Life is a whirl.
Met the therapist yesterday. Holy Cow she's smart. We are definitely a match if I can make the money part work out. She works on a sliding scale, so she is going to call my insurance and then make me a proposal. I'm scared in the good way of unpeeling old layers but growth happens from the inside out (healing) as well as outside in (living Recovery).
GULP, put down mucho bucks to attend a 2-day Business Sustainability conference in NYC next month. All the people I want to work with will be there. It's scary, all my "Who do you think you are?" gremlins want to tell me I'm not good enough. Well, guess what? All that is required is to buy a ticket. There's not "Good Enough" velvet rope. I'm going to be READY for this conference, to get noticed and meet people who can give me work.
AND, I wrote a document for sustainability planning, as a volunteer, that is getting some notice on the state level. Conference call today. GULP. Well guess what. Nobody else had done this, so I did. Life is about showing up.
And not drinking. Or otherwise poisoning myself. LOL.
*SPLASH!!!!*
Of COURSE she can say what she will or won't, Dee, that's the dance. Life is a whirl.
Met the therapist yesterday. Holy Cow she's smart. We are definitely a match if I can make the money part work out. She works on a sliding scale, so she is going to call my insurance and then make me a proposal. I'm scared in the good way of unpeeling old layers but growth happens from the inside out (healing) as well as outside in (living Recovery).
GULP, put down mucho bucks to attend a 2-day Business Sustainability conference in NYC next month. All the people I want to work with will be there. It's scary, all my "Who do you think you are?" gremlins want to tell me I'm not good enough. Well, guess what? All that is required is to buy a ticket. There's not "Good Enough" velvet rope. I'm going to be READY for this conference, to get noticed and meet people who can give me work.
AND, I wrote a document for sustainability planning, as a volunteer, that is getting some notice on the state level. Conference call today. GULP. Well guess what. Nobody else had done this, so I did. Life is about showing up.
And not drinking. Or otherwise poisoning myself. LOL.
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Originally Posted by Dee74 
I hope none of you guys aren't suggesting a gal can't say no to whatever she darn well likes?
This is all advice I have been giving myself lately, as I am at a very similar point in life. In fact half of what I say to Manz is really directed at myself, lol...
Carpe diem is of course usually translated as "seize the day", but from what I've read, that's not quite right. A better translation is "pluck the day," like a ripe piece of fruit. That's what I'm talking about. Taste it. If it's not sweet, well, there are plenty more kiwis hanging on the vine.
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Great punny R&A 
Sometimes when you work up the courage to dive in you find the water is fine. If it has been a while it can be a shock, but then we just swim faster for a few minutes until we warm up to it. Then we try to get the others to come on in. Some won't. So much so saying come on in the water is fine! Has become a cliche.
Frances,
You make me smile sharing your progress. I like that idea of the "Not Good Enough" rope. Mine wasn't velvet though. Mine was made of strung together empty beer cans. Once I stopped drinking there weren't any cans to make the rope anymore. Took me awhile to realize nothing held me back anymore either. Thanks for the analogy.
Sometimes when you work up the courage to dive in you find the water is fine. If it has been a while it can be a shock, but then we just swim faster for a few minutes until we warm up to it. Then we try to get the others to come on in. Some won't. So much so saying come on in the water is fine! Has become a cliche.
Frances,
You make me smile sharing your progress. I like that idea of the "Not Good Enough" rope. Mine wasn't velvet though. Mine was made of strung together empty beer cans. Once I stopped drinking there weren't any cans to make the rope anymore. Took me awhile to realize nothing held me back anymore either. Thanks for the analogy.
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You guys all make me feel good, just reading about you and your days.
Therapy went well, I felt better. It was good to see D hurting so much. Lol, that sounds horrible. Broke my laptop..am on my phone and on the way up north for the weekend, so I'll check in Monday or so. Thanks for the smiles..have a great weekend!
Therapy went well, I felt better. It was good to see D hurting so much. Lol, that sounds horrible. Broke my laptop..am on my phone and on the way up north for the weekend, so I'll check in Monday or so. Thanks for the smiles..have a great weekend!
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I must make a disclaimer - I've never dated...I've always just 'had things happen'... works for me...but please accept anything I have to say on dating matters as tongue in cheek
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You guys all make me feel good, just reading about you and your days.
Therapy went well, I felt better. It was good to see D hurting so much. Lol, that sounds horrible. Broke my laptop..am on my phone and on the way up north for the weekend, so I'll check in Monday or so. Thanks for the smiles..have a great weekend!
Therapy went well, I felt better. It was good to see D hurting so much. Lol, that sounds horrible. Broke my laptop..am on my phone and on the way up north for the weekend, so I'll check in Monday or so. Thanks for the smiles..have a great weekend!
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Dee,
We all knew that! But only here can you get your chain yanked by friends too. We love ya guy,
Have a peaceful weekend Mirage. Remember, Itchy sez, "Serenity ain't no fun until you are serene enough to enjoy it."
We all knew that! But only here can you get your chain yanked by friends too. We love ya guy,
Have a peaceful weekend Mirage. Remember, Itchy sez, "Serenity ain't no fun until you are serene enough to enjoy it."
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Dee.....you will always have a special place in my heart, because your words have been guiding beacons in dark times......in saying that...... No? Really?.....bahahahhahaha....yes is far far more fun! 
I did however say no after being on the dance floor a couple of hours and watching those drinking getting drunker & drunker and then being grabbed one too many times by some cute young thing with his beer goggles on!!!!!
R&A.....I am not sure entirely what you are seeing that I don't, but thanks anyway for saying that things are stacked in my favour. Also it sounds like our respective social lives are taking off through sheer self will. Go you. How was your hike??
Frances..... you, my friend, are on a stellar path. Your progress is true inspiration.
I was invited to a pool party/BBQ this afternoon/evening.....but gracefuly declined....there is only so much socialising I can do! especially after crawling home to bed in the wee hours then waking up early to go get my Weeman.
It is also Weeman's 6th Birthday tomorrow, so I have a tonne of baking to do tonight......He needs a cake after all! We have a family picnic organised ( invited his dad & family but they said no! grrrrr) at a huge lovely park up in the city that surrounds one of the extinct volcanos and was the subject of a U2 song. Haha
I am also very happy because I picked up a great second hand bike today, that is in fact almost new just been in cobwebs for ages, so that I can encourage weeman to get on his because he has been avoiding it for some reason. Freddie Mercury singing Fat Bottom Girls comes to mind...but once again I need to get outta my comfort zone and continue to do things differently if I want to get different results.
Gee....what a waffle, have a lovely weekend everyone. My Saturday is winding down now thankfully.
I did however say no after being on the dance floor a couple of hours and watching those drinking getting drunker & drunker and then being grabbed one too many times by some cute young thing with his beer goggles on!!!!!
R&A.....I am not sure entirely what you are seeing that I don't, but thanks anyway for saying that things are stacked in my favour. Also it sounds like our respective social lives are taking off through sheer self will. Go you. How was your hike??
Frances..... you, my friend, are on a stellar path. Your progress is true inspiration.
I was invited to a pool party/BBQ this afternoon/evening.....but gracefuly declined....there is only so much socialising I can do! especially after crawling home to bed in the wee hours then waking up early to go get my Weeman.
It is also Weeman's 6th Birthday tomorrow, so I have a tonne of baking to do tonight......He needs a cake after all! We have a family picnic organised ( invited his dad & family but they said no! grrrrr) at a huge lovely park up in the city that surrounds one of the extinct volcanos and was the subject of a U2 song. Haha
I am also very happy because I picked up a great second hand bike today, that is in fact almost new just been in cobwebs for ages, so that I can encourage weeman to get on his because he has been avoiding it for some reason. Freddie Mercury singing Fat Bottom Girls comes to mind...but once again I need to get outta my comfort zone and continue to do things differently if I want to get different results.
Gee....what a waffle, have a lovely weekend everyone. My Saturday is winding down now thankfully.
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Originally Posted by Dee74
I've never dated...I've always just 'had things happen'
Speaking of which, the hike is Sunday afternoon, Manz... which I think is like April your time. I am feeling a bit of that shock Itchy mentioned, but then I remember, it's a hike, lol... Enjoy the birthday—six is a big year!
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Happy 6th birthday Weeman!!!! Have fun manz... :day1
I could not function as a participating partner until I got sober. I more or less held people hostage during my drinking days. So grateful to be sober today and that I can stand a chance at being involved in others lives.
instant. I don't mind being alone sometimes cause I get to man the remote! No flipping channels for me.
I could not function as a participating partner until I got sober. I more or less held people hostage during my drinking days. So grateful to be sober today and that I can stand a chance at being involved in others lives.
instant. I don't mind being alone sometimes cause I get to man the remote! No flipping channels for me.
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