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| Thu, 02-26-2004 - 12:12am |
my boyfriend needed some stuff for a wedding we are going to on saturday, so i offered to run some errands- even though it made me tired (and cold) it was great emotionally to get out. i went and got a facial in an attempt to take better care of myself- mental note: can take care of skin in the future without an expensive facial a swanky salon- especially when i don't have a job! my skin has been horrible lately, and...well, i won't make excuses- but i do have them! i have lived in rich people and model land for too long- my mom is right i have turned high maintenance :) ! i am missing my boyfriend- it is his busy season starting at work and he is going home and going straight to bed. we are going to finalize plans for a vacation we are taking together (our first one) in may, so i am trying to stay cheered up about that. i know it is silly to be upset about not seeing him during the week when i know he is working so hard and exhausted, but i miss him. is that silly? he lives across the street, so sometimes i have to remind him that he can stop by and say hi! we aren't usually good about saying hi for 5 minutes- we always start talking and neither of us wants to part- i vote that he should see me more then :)
i am applying for lots of jobs, hopefully eventually someone will want to actually hire me- or at least interview me! and my brother just moved out of the house yesterday and i am so happy for him! he really needed to get out of that dysfunction and i feel such a relief that he is out!
barbara, maria, erin- thanks again! your support means the world to me. i don't know what i would do without you.

When I was having a hard time eating anything this summer because of a stomach problem (although not as serious as yours, I'm sure), my doctor recommended a tea called StomachEase made by Yogi Tea...and as much as I doubted it would work, sure enough, it was the only thing that calmed my stomach down, even after I'd been through all the "traditional" meds. So I think there is definitely something to alternative medicine, at least in many cases. I guess I should go out and buy some more of that tea because my stomach hasn't been feeling great lately...but I am trying to save every penny right now.
Anyway, sorry to get off track. I just wanted to let you know that I have been thinking about you and really hoping that your health will improve...I can definitely relate to the feeling that your body is defective, and I know that is a horrible feeling. I want to post more to you and to everyone here, but I think I've begun to develop carpal tunnel syndrome in one hand because of my job, so I have had trouble typing much one-handed... although that's not an excuse...I want to be there for you and everyone else here as much as you all have been there for me...and I'm sorry that I haven't been.
Get well soon :) and I'll keep you in my thoughts,
Rose
Rose,
I had a couple of ideas for you on the carpel tunnel problems.
Voguegirl,
I do not think that you are being sill for wanting to see your boyfriend I think it is sweet and I think that it is great that you understand that he is busy and tired and working very hard not alot of women are very understanding when it comes to that situation I know I would have a hard time with it thinking that I did something wrong mind playing tricks on me type thing.
I am also glad that you are starting to feel better and it is okay to treat yourself now and then to something special and if getting a facial at a swanky salon is the thing for you then go and do it, mine is once a year I go all out at a salon I gt a really great expensive cut which consists of maybe 2 inches taken off but for me those two inches feels like a foot being cut, I hate getting my hair cut but I do it cause I feel good after sometimes I will gt a dye job a color not mine own but it grows out fast and back to the natural look after a few months but I do it for me, on a daily basis I work out I do 25 min of yoga and then whatever work out I have posted for that day and that makes me a bit calmer.
Aslo glad to hear that your brother has moved out I hope he has much more happiness out on his own.
So where are you and the boyfriend going away to?
I am so happy for you and I wish you nothing but continued happiness and remember to take good care of you.
Erin
Thanks so much for those ideas...I have heard of some of them, but some I hadn't thought of. I do have a problem with the height of my chair, which I noticed early on...even though it is adjusted to the tallest it can go, I still am too short to reach the keyboard comfortably...I end up reaching upwards, which I think has led to much of the pain in my neck and shoulders. Last week, I did bring in a thick chair pad to use, to try to boost the height of the chair...but I don't think it's enough. I guess I need to look for something thicker...unfortunately, I can't ask for another chair because all of them in the office are identical.
I don't have a wrist rest, but today I got to use someone else's computer (she was out because of the snow in Georgia!), and she has one...it did seem to help some. I will try to come up with a homemade version...as for a mouse-pad rest, the computers we use are so ancient that they don't even have mice! (or mouses, whichever it is!). Similarly, they are so old that their monitors (the black-screen with orange-writing kind!) are not adjustable up and down...I know I have a particularly sore point in my neck from glancing from the monitor back down to the paper I'm typing from.
I've been doing some exercises similar to the ones you posted, but I tried out a few more of them today, and they did seem to help...so thank you for going to all the effort to type them out. I really wish I could get a massage, though...I was even going to splurge on one, which maybe isn't such a good idea on my budget...but the massage therapist I used to see doesn't have any openings this week...and I don't know if she ever has openings after 5 P.M. or on weekends (I don't think I can take time off because I am only a temp worker).
Thanks for your congrats on sticking with this job...unfortunately, I have had some failings that do discourage me, even though I am glad I have made it so far. This week, I was supposed to go up to New York for a med school interview, but I decided not to at the last minute...so without telling my boss, I just took those days off and came back in to work at noon today, as if I had gone on the trip...I probably shouldn't have done that, but I desperately needed the sleep.
And in the two weeks I've been working there, I've been over an hour late on three occasions...my boss ends up calling my apartment to ask where I am, thereby waking me up finally! I have two alarm clocks, one by my bed and one across the room...I probably posted about this before...but still can't manage to wake up. I will have to start going to bed earlier. But each time I come in late, I am so ashamed and angry at myself that it ruins my entire day...at least I am handling it better than I might have in the past, but still...
OK, I know that by this point, no one is surprised by my rambling anymore! I apologize anyway...especially for rambling in VogueGirl's thread...but thanks so much for all the advice, and for listening,
Rose
P.S. Do you know if it is harmful to "pop" or crack your joints? I always do this at night to my back...I know that one of my legs is shorter than the other, and I wonder if that makes my spine get out of alignment...but I also occasionally crack my neck, back, and shoulders during the day (usually when I am alone so as not to gross anyone else out!). I know this question isn't at all relevant to this board...I was just curious. Thanks again!