andyh

great news Tetra, I'm really pleased for you. I hope you can relax a bit & not worry quite so much now

just try not to murder anyone & you'll be fine

theVman31

Best of luck and courage to all those facing work, work parties, end of year dos, fridges etc this weekend.

theVman31

Hey Andy

Tetra

I can confirm that Mr. X is set to retire late next year when he reaches his 65th birthday. I have become quite fond of him as my line manager told me he is a gentleman, and to be fair he has never once raised his voice or shouted at me in any way, even if I made a mistake and I’ve made a fair few of those to be honest. He does get in bad form occasionally but we all have our ups and downs. The counselor I see is also affiliated with the hospital and sometimes he asks me “what’s your consultant like? Is he very difficult?” I was like “not at all”. My counselor said “oh good I’m glad because I travel over to your side a few times a week and the Emergency Department is always like a war zone and I’ve heard stories about consultants throwing things”. I was like “ok if you mean a stapler or something I’ve never seen or heard of it.”

Anyway at least I have a job to return to in January, I will still be broke but at least I will be doing something

MyLittleHorsie

That is awesome Tetra!

theVman31

Ok Tetra. Well done on getting your extension.

Time for book and pj's.
Goodnight.

DarklingSong

I am in for the weekend. Have a sinus infection so feeling sorry for myself. At least I won't drink. Thats something......

Tetra, just wanted to say I am so pleased to hear some of that worry has been lifted from you. I hope you can really relax for a while now.

SoulShine8

I'm in. Hope to get Christmas shopping and some cleaning done.

andyh

hey Vinny. how are you doing?

petals

Hi guys.
Just sitting here quietly in my usual window seat on our bus.😉
Hugs xx

saoutchik

Hi petals.

That's great news Tetra, congratulations. My own boss says next year will propably be his last. If I was 10 years younger I would have thought it could be a great opportunity for me but at 57 I no longer have the ambition that would enable me to accept the extra stress of more responsibilty.

Gilmer

Hi, Petals!

I’m relieved that you got such a strong vote of confidence, Tetra. It is such a blessing to have a sense of security instead of feeling that you’re hanging by a thread!

BixBees505

^^^^ ditto^^^^

And at 58 I can finally see that I probably won’t end up a bag lady under a bridge even if I don't accept all that extra stress. Unless I drink...in which case I had better start shopping bridges.

BixBees505

scoregood

STDragon

Bad Bunny.

BixBees505

Good morning, Friday morning!

Coffee time.

Bumblebee2

I plan on shopping today with my kids. We got an angel from the tree at church.

Tomorrow breakfast plans with my parents, then my husbands work party... makes me nervous.

No plans Sunday, yet.

Have a good weekend everyone

Mish

I'm in. Missed all the shotgun and gunner spots. Just got home from the work party. There will be a lot of very sorry heads tomorrow...mine not being one of them. So grateful for my sobriety.

MLD51

This time of year can be very challenging with all the added stress and work parties, and other social gatherings - just remember there's almost nothing you MUST attend. It's ok to say no. Or go for a short time to make an appearance, and then go home.

This will be my fourth sober holiday season. The first one, I simply holed up at home and barely celebrated Christmas at all. Now I can participate in some of the festivities, but I choose carefully. I don't overextend myself. Stress is a big problem for me - when I was stressed in the past, I drank. So keeping it simple is really important to me. No one seems to really notice or care that I'm not going all out. The important thing to the people closest to me is that I'm sober, and present as much as is comfortable for me. Just something to keep in mind.

Bumblebee2

This is what I plan on doing tomorrow- just go for a little bit, eat and leave. No need to stay for the after party. I'm also driving... which will help too.