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Hello Enders!!
Arrived to the island safely on the tiny plane. It was nerve wracking at first, but then the beauty took over.
Already collected 9 crab in the traps, cleaned and cooked and ready for snacking tomorrow.
Heading to bed now to watch the exhibition of bats that dance by the windows beginning at dusk.
It is magical here!
I will catch up and check in tomorrow!
Be well people!!!
Arrived to the island safely on the tiny plane. It was nerve wracking at first, but then the beauty took over.
Already collected 9 crab in the traps, cleaned and cooked and ready for snacking tomorrow.
Heading to bed now to watch the exhibition of bats that dance by the windows beginning at dusk.
It is magical here!
I will catch up and check in tomorrow!
Be well people!!!
saoutchik
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
Posts: 15,314
Morning everyone,
Great to see some new faces on board. Some great pics too.
Glad you made it OK Olive
Congratulations Brynn just taking the test is an achievement and I hope you have done well
I have to go to work soon and i'm still feeling mad about yesterday. Hey ho
Great to see some new faces on board. Some great pics too.
Glad you made it OK Olive
Congratulations Brynn just taking the test is an achievement and I hope you have done well
I have to go to work soon and i'm still feeling mad about yesterday. Hey ho
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BigS
buy a plot , design it and get it built ?
When i did the French thing i was an unconventional kind of person and i was trying to make a house like a conventional person .
I wanted to make a bath out of slate and blocks but people kept persuading me otherwise, better to buy a plastic one i didn't like :0/ , i wanted to cut out half the roof in the lounge and have it full height to under the roof which would have made my sleeping area a gallery rather than an attic ..
I didn't do these things , it was a poorer experience because i didn't . builders of the pacific coast by lloyd kahn is a great book to get your imagination fired up ..
Friday short day today woot !
Later , m
buy a plot , design it and get it built ?
When i did the French thing i was an unconventional kind of person and i was trying to make a house like a conventional person .
I wanted to make a bath out of slate and blocks but people kept persuading me otherwise, better to buy a plastic one i didn't like :0/ , i wanted to cut out half the roof in the lounge and have it full height to under the roof which would have made my sleeping area a gallery rather than an attic ..
I didn't do these things , it was a poorer experience because i didn't . builders of the pacific coast by lloyd kahn is a great book to get your imagination fired up ..
Friday short day today woot !
Later , m
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It's cold and rainy today - it's like a winters day.
There's a little coffee shop across from where I work. I often pop in there before I go to work for an Americano and a few minutes of "me time". Today they didn't even ask me what I wanted. The girl saw me and said to the guy "large Americano" I might have to mix it up next week!
Anyway have a nice day everybody.
There's a little coffee shop across from where I work. I often pop in there before I go to work for an Americano and a few minutes of "me time". Today they didn't even ask me what I wanted. The girl saw me and said to the guy "large Americano"
I might have to mix it up next week!Anyway have a nice day everybody.
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Good morning to all you early sun-risers. So many interesting things happening for everyone here.
Thank you to all who wished my noggin' well - it is a desiccated brain, beef jerky, sort of headache. The kind where there is not enough water, diet pepsi, or excedrin to resuscitate. Thus I am still awake.
Yes, Tetra, I will repeat what has been said already on the bus - you are an amazing young lady. Truly.
Brynn, the GMAT? Impressive!. Congratulations on achieving a long talked about hope for yourself.
Trees - I have been meaning to tell you that your avatar looks like a view from a chair out my back door. So much so that for a second I considered that we might be neighbors or gasp! even live in the same house. Creeee-py.
Olive, you are on an island? Mecanix - you lived in France? BigS - you are moving? I have missed a lot. Catching up!
I have to get up and work in a few hours - in a sleep deprived, yet passably well slept manner. Fingers crossed!
So many interesting things happening for everyone here.Thank you to all who wished my noggin' well - it is a desiccated brain, beef jerky, sort of headache. The kind where there is not enough water, diet pepsi, or excedrin to resuscitate. Thus I am still awake.
Yes, Tetra, I will repeat what has been said already on the bus - you are an amazing young lady. Truly.
Brynn, the GMAT? Impressive!. Congratulations on achieving a long talked about hope for yourself.
Trees - I have been meaning to tell you that your avatar looks like a view from a chair out my back door. So much so that for a second I considered that we might be neighbors or gasp! even live in the same house. Creeee-py.
Olive, you are on an island? Mecanix - you lived in France? BigS - you are moving? I have missed a lot. Catching up!
I have to get up and work in a few hours - in a sleep deprived, yet passably well slept manner. Fingers crossed!
A simple guy making his way
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Location: Maine
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Originally Posted by meowychristmas 
How fun! Count me in. Can we stop for ice cream?
Originally Posted by KeryJames
One ticket for KeryJames please!!
His first bus ride in his sober journey of a million miles
I'm going for a snooze at the back....
His first bus ride in his sober journey of a million miles
I'm going for a snooze at the back....
Originally Posted by EE2010
Count me in. First time ride for me and looking forward to it.
Welcome KeryJames!
Welcome EE2010!
Ice cream is a staple of the weekender thread. So is snoozing if you need it.
This is the weekender thread. We meet every weekend starting Thrusday morning EST so as to make sure when Friday first arrives halfway around the world everyone is ready!
We have fun and want to show that living sober is not all doom and gloom. But we are serious about support. If you need anything speak right up! Lots a wisdom here too! No topic is weird. No question stupid.
Woo Hoo!!!! So many new folks this weekend!!! Lets keep this bus rollin and a shakin!!!
A simple guy making his way
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Originally Posted by brynn
Going to grad school was one of those things I used to talk about at the bar with the other drunks. We would sit there for hours talking about how smart we were and what we were 'going' to do. Of course, none of us ever did anything except sit at the same bar every single day of the week for hours on end making grandiose plans. When I drive by my old bar I see those same cars in the lot and it makes me so grateful that I found a way to quit drinking.
This struck me very hard this morning. I am so happy for you. I pass places in used to be in every day. I see those people as well. And I also give thanks for saving myself through strength I never knew I had.
You are going to do very well. I find gratefulness to be sustenance.
A simple guy making his way
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Originally Posted by immri
I'm in too, I drank yesterday and have a stressful event on Sunday so I need this for sure!
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DANGIT! I thought for sure I was going to get shotgun this week. I even reminded myself Wednesday to look out for this thread, then I got busy yesterday and forgot... That's alright One of these days... It's good to have goals! Haha
Happy Friday everyone!
One of these days... It's good to have goals! HahaHappy Friday everyone!
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Originally Posted by Weasel1966
We are here for you immri!!! Feel like sharing what the event is and how you plan on handling things?
so good to know I've always got you guys! I'm just selling some merchandise for work but it's in a place where people will be drinking beer all day. I've made plans with my family that afternoon though so that hopefully I don't feel tempted to have just one or two (they can always tell, and I won't want to upset them again, nor will I think I can get away with it) also planning on getting lots of the yummy food and smoothies they'll have there! Trying to redefine what I think of as 'treats'
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Ruby - perhaps a quick nip into Stillwater is a good idea. It will be HOT but that just means more time exploring indoor shops!
Perhaps not being able to go away is a blessing in disguise. There are some things I've been putting off I'd better get done this weekend anyway. Need to work on my resume. A friend is going to give me a rare back door opportunity to speak with the HR director at his company. I DESPERATELY need work. Not sure I'm qualified, but he seems to think I am. They do contract work. Not exactly what I'm looking for but hey, it's contracts so nothing permanent. Need to put on my project manager hat this weekend and make myself sound like the master of all things project. Which I actually was, when I was doing it.
Perhaps not being able to go away is a blessing in disguise. There are some things I've been putting off I'd better get done this weekend anyway. Need to work on my resume. A friend is going to give me a rare back door opportunity to speak with the HR director at his company. I DESPERATELY need work. Not sure I'm qualified, but he seems to think I am. They do contract work. Not exactly what I'm looking for but hey, it's contracts so nothing permanent. Need to put on my project manager hat this weekend and make myself sound like the master of all things project. Which I actually was, when I was doing it.
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Best of luck with job opportunity MLD!
Well done on progressing with your studies Brynn - I am glad you can see the fruits of your labour.
Keep on the bus Immri!
I am very familiar with that feeling of being sidelined in the working environment Sao, or of managers coming up with these grand schemes themselves without including you and then asking you to execute it! These are the universal, given things that p*ss us all off in work!!!
So many other interesting posts and excellent snaps. Great view of New York Mark. I have never been. Maybe someday....
I am also working a short day today Mex!
Big long drive to Mrs B's home town directly after work. Car is filled with camping bits and pieces. Weather is predicted to be terrible!! Can't wait!!
Keep well all.
B
Well done on progressing with your studies Brynn - I am glad you can see the fruits of your labour.
Keep on the bus Immri!
I am very familiar with that feeling of being sidelined in the working environment Sao, or of managers coming up with these grand schemes themselves without including you and then asking you to execute it! These are the universal, given things that p*ss us all off in work!!!
So many other interesting posts and excellent snaps. Great view of New York Mark. I have never been. Maybe someday....
I am also working a short day today Mex!
Big long drive to Mrs B's home town directly after work. Car is filled with camping bits and pieces. Weather is predicted to be terrible!! Can't wait!!
Keep well all.
B
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Well, that was dumb.
I drank Wednesday. It went horribly, I argued with wife and my daughter, and then called in sick on Thursday. Still licking my wounds. Mostly disappointed in myself for knowing better, but not doing better.
Also wondering at what point I became a mean drunk. I don't remember being mean before, but I was spewing some hate this time. I suppose it doesn't matter if I am never getting drunk again, but I found it curious.
Ah me. Glad to be back among the sane. If anyone was wondering what it's like back on the other side - it still sucks. Don't bother finding out for yourself.
I drank Wednesday. It went horribly, I argued with wife and my daughter, and then called in sick on Thursday. Still licking my wounds. Mostly disappointed in myself for knowing better, but not doing better.
Also wondering at what point I became a mean drunk. I don't remember being mean before, but I was spewing some hate this time. I suppose it doesn't matter if I am never getting drunk again, but I found it curious.
Ah me. Glad to be back among the sane. If anyone was wondering what it's like back on the other side - it still sucks. Don't bother finding out for yourself.
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Happy Friday! Mr b and I both have taken the day off and will head up to the cabin to escape the heat. Entire family will be joining us. Our lake is small but deep and we have a nice sandy beach. Today will be floating in inflatables, tomorrow will be throwing rocks, building castles and moving sand around in trucks once grandson arrives.
It's not all bliss, of course. Grandson has normal two and a half year old naughtiness, mr b will be tucking away beer and whatever he keeps hidden in his truck, and there will be cooking and picking up and grass mowing etc. I won't get enough sleep, but I never do.
Ruby I saw the strib story right after you mentioned the bookstore, too. MLD, good luck with the HR director. Looks like you are getting back on track.
Trach, what do you have against gerbils, other than that they are rodents? And can be mean?
Immri and site, stay close and stay strong. Nothing feels better than waking up Monday and feeling the pride of having had a sober weekend.
It's not all bliss, of course. Grandson has normal two and a half year old naughtiness, mr b will be tucking away beer and whatever he keeps hidden in his truck, and there will be cooking and picking up and grass mowing etc. I won't get enough sleep, but I never do.
Ruby I saw the strib story right after you mentioned the bookstore, too. MLD, good luck with the HR director. Looks like you are getting back on track.
Trach, what do you have against gerbils, other than that they are rodents? And can be mean?
Immri and site, stay close and stay strong. Nothing feels better than waking up Monday and feeling the pride of having had a sober weekend.
A simple guy making his way
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Originally Posted by Nonsensical
Well, that was dumb.
I drank Wednesday. It went horribly, I argued with wife and my daughter, and then called in sick on Thursday. Still licking my wounds. Mostly disappointed in myself for knowing better, but not doing better.
Also wondering at what point I became a mean drunk. I don't remember being mean before, but I was spewing some hate this time. I suppose it doesn't matter if I am never getting drunk again, but I found it curious.
Ah me. Glad to be back among the sane. If anyone was wondering what it's like back on the other side - it still sucks. Don't bother finding out for yourself.
I drank Wednesday. It went horribly, I argued with wife and my daughter, and then called in sick on Thursday. Still licking my wounds. Mostly disappointed in myself for knowing better, but not doing better.
Also wondering at what point I became a mean drunk. I don't remember being mean before, but I was spewing some hate this time. I suppose it doesn't matter if I am never getting drunk again, but I found it curious.
Ah me. Glad to be back among the sane. If anyone was wondering what it's like back on the other side - it still sucks. Don't bother finding out for yourself.
I attend my SMART meeting tonight. There will be people how drank recently. We will talk openly about how they can get back on track. There will be no shame assigned to them. they will restart the sober engine and move forward. With all our support.
That's exactly what we are doing here for you. You will move forward and with the Nons strength you have shown us you have.
You are doing really well moving your life forward.
Your brother in sobriety,
Ken
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