It's interesting that Willow brings up values as part of recovery. It is a very important thing to me now to focus on that now for my own peace of mind and recovery basis.

I had kind of a rough day working on how my Dad is going to be entering into care (home Hospice to start) in his illness. I'm worried that we will not be able to find the private care needed to help Mom out with it on her current decision to take him home from the hospital soon. I am working on the premise that things will turn out fine, and we have a plan "B".

I ate a huge lunch today at a restaurant, and I did myself in on energy. I was staring oddly at the beer signs on the way out but had no thoughts about drinking, it was just weird as I have not been out to a place serving alcohol at all in months. It was my treat, and Mom really enjoyed the time out with me.

STDragon - loved Dona Nobis Pacem. - peaceful indeed. :tyou

Morning, weekenders.

I woke up super early today and couldn't fall back asleep.

So made the most of this time including cold shower)

And I deserve more coffee.

Later)

glad it went well Dragon :)

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That’s really beautiful Dragon! Well done! :c011:

I’m glad you took your Mum out Guener, I’m sure she would have loved spending the time with you. It’s so good that she has your support, and good for you too that she’s there and appreciates your support. A tough time ahead but I’m sure things will work out ok somehow. Life is weird, what it throws at us. I really believe that things work out somehow. I have to have hope to keep going when things are tough, and I really think hope gets us through. Not drinking helps too. Drinking won’t make anything any better. I keep telling myself that too. It’s great that we can all come here to support each other. Together we’re stronger :grouphug:

Thanks for the uplifting Uke song STD, really fitting for the morning here with the sun shining and birds singing! I am turning off the computer today, and going to concentrate on real world things I need to get done, start the new job tomorrow and feeling nervous so need to direct that nervous energy into something positive.

Have a good day lovely weekenders xx

Just back from an early morning walk...

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with my little buddie

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Now what to do with the rest of the day :rolleyes2

Lovely pics Kaily :)

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Hi, weekenders.

Trach - Congrats on all your certifications! And good luck with job hunting!

Willow - Enjoy your yoga!

Shoes - I so hear you about the stubborn window. Ours refuses to make way to spring as well.

Itsmaria - I struggled a lot in early sobriety with not knowing how to apply myself and all the free time on my hands. Sometimes I just watched the wall reminding that it’s still more productive than drinking. I am so glad I chose this “unproductiveness” 6+ years ago. I’ve said it many times but I’ll repeat again “Before you start doing things better you have to stop doing things worse”.

Hand in here.

Dragon - Kudos for performing in public. And thank you for nice tunes.

Kaily - Great pics!

Hi, Mags, Caramel, Guener, Manta, and all the lovely weekenders.

You are not going to believe it but I am putting some make up before going to my date. I am much better at throwing punches than operating a mascara brush)

It reminds me how my gym trainer once loaded too much weight on a barbell and when I made some comment about it he answered: “Oh, I forgot you are a girl”. :lmao

Have a great day, everyone.

See you)

Loving your updates MB, I am not great with make up and sadly when I try really hard I just end up looking like a porn star lol. Now just a little bit of mascara and I am done! Have a great day!! x

try taking off your boxing gloves ;)

it's a lovely day here. I'm going to get some fresh air this afternoon & then do some research for my interview tomorrow this evening.

You gya all make me laugh and smile. Nice morning Pics, makeup, boxing gloves, spending time with mom.

I can understand why your mom would want to bring dad home Guener. My dad look after my mom in her dying days right to last few days. He finaly moved her into a hospice, admiting was too much for him. In hindsight, I wish Mom had moved in much earlier, It was difficult visiting her at thier home as things had to be 'just right' by her. We would have had alot more time with her had she been in a hospice situation. The place she finally went to was lovely. Nothing like a hospital. She fought moving as best she could, but did admit, once there, it was a nice place.

Nice posts to read as always when I visit the weekender thread, thanks.

Have a good day Weekenders! ☼

Hi All;

I ended up pulling wet carpet and padding out of a flooded basement the last two days, but the good news is I planned to change out the carpet for tile anyway, so there's that as a positive.

Big rain storms here and the lake is brown and choppy with whitecaps almost like the ocean this morning. We have a dam with a lock and the lock has been overflowing back through all the outlet channels as so much water has hit the area in the last month.

Many people near the rivers around here have been flooded out and I feel pretty fortunate that the plumbing is what flooded us and not water in the house.

Today the sun has come out and I'm grateful for my nice French roast coffee and beautiful view out the window as I work on the piles of work I've allowed to stack up.

By this evening, I hope to report being (mostly) caught up for the week.

Strength to all who are struggling. Post anytime you feel a craving and the rule is you have to do it before picking up a drink.

MB, I'm right with you on the make up thing. I bought an eyebrow pencil a couple of days ago and haven't even taken it out of the package.

YEP- GREAT POSTS

Interesting how the mem's come back- with a changing process of what they mean and signify. Most of these mem's at present are bad one- trauma, booze, damage...

Maybe the brain - only lets out stuff when it is safer to do so...like shock in a way. Like brain is saying 'ok, in a safe place now- time to process that unwanted baggage'.

I read somewhere that if we were to jump into the future we wouldn’t cope with the way of life! (Not like Dr. Who) Maybe our brains are like you say, PJ, and protect us to some extent, giving us bite size pieces to digest. :dunno:

Still gorgeous weather here in North Lincolnshire, I’ve been watering my pots of tulips and daffodils, not flowered yet but not long if the sun keeps shining.

Thanks all, I made it through the weekend. Big sigh of relief.

Way to go itsmaria :c011:

We're doing this with you :grouphug:

Hawkey - That's a positive way of looking at stuff the life throws at us. And French roast coffee can make lots of things tolerable.

I am back from my date. Had a great time.

"Hell maybe" loved his present and made some interesting comment: " it's great when a girlfriend is smart". I thought: "Oh, now I am a girlfriend?".

I am basically falling asleep now because last night I barely had 4 hours of sleep due to insomnia.

So off to bed.

Good night, weekenders!