TGIF--I'm in a crappy mood...

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TGIF--I'm in a crappy mood...
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Fri, 05-02-2003 - 9:17am
C'mon, Gabby...where are those inane jokes when I actually need them?

This has been a couple of yucky days. I'm having tough classes; not real excited about any of them. Just have to get through them. I was given an assignment yesterday that I'm NOT looking forward to at all. My workgroup had a list of feature stories to choose from; I don't know why, but I sat there mute and let all the "kids" take all the good choices (I don't interrupt enough, I guess---next time I'll remember that nice guys finish last). So now I have to go interview a McDonald's owner/operator. Not really newsworthy, but maybe I can find some hook.

Am also just feeling really crappy about myself for other reasons. Gimpy, as usual, but also have been really noticing how much this horrid arthritis has aged me in the last year. I don't know what to do about that! It's kind of depressing. I'm so looking forward to my surgery. I know I'll have so much more energy and will be able to exercise and feel better, but to get to that place, I've just really been through the wringer, and I look it!

Sorry about the pity party...I just needed this, I guess.

You all have a good one...maybe I'll see you in chat.

--Red

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Fri, 05-02-2003 - 10:07am
morning red..

libby here,, trying to keep up on the boards as its my ONLY escape to

relating to life in general..sorry to here about your mood...we all get

them.. tough being a woman sometimes isnt it?? i had a hard week too...

sooo glad its friday....a little tip for ya.. whenever i get in a mood,..i

close my eyes.. take a deep breath and take myself somewhere 'stress free'..

that would be hawaii on the beach as i have been there a few times....it

relaxes me to let my mind drift...i know if one listens to waves..sounds

of the ocean on tape it helps too.. rain..any of those wonderful things..

try hooking up with a great CD before bed to relax u.. or better yet

my husband and i always have relaxing sounds on when we go to bed.. it

helps rest the mind and body... hope u have a better day ahead..

libby
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Fri, 05-02-2003 - 11:21am
Hugs for you Red,

I hope your day improves! Here's one for you.....


A woman was sitting at a bar enjoying an after work cocktail with her girlfriends when an exceptionally tall, handsome, extremely sexy middle-aged man entered.

He was so striking that the woman could not take her eyes off him. The young-at-heart man noticed her overly attentive stare and walked directly toward her.



Before she could offer her apologies for so rudely staring, he leaned over and whispered to her, "I'll do anything, absolutely anything, that you want me to do, no matter how kinky, for $20.00......on one condition."



Flabbergasted, the woman asked what the condition was. The man replied, "You have to tell me what you want me to do in just three words." (controlling huh?)



The woman considered his proposition for a moment then slowly removed a $20 bill from her purse, which she pressed into the man's hand along with her address.



She looked deeply into his eyes, and slowly, and meaningfully says;



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"Clean my house." : )

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Fri, 05-02-2003 - 11:34am
Red, sorry to hear how rough it is right now. For me it seemed when in a lot of pain, I just din't have the energy for other things. Like speaking and choosing what interested you in class. In fact, thinking back not much interested me on bad days. Just wanted you to know your not alone.

May the surgery improve your life greatly. Seems to me it's not only the pain but the lack of energy that ages one so fast. Get back some vitality thats been drained and it will show on your face Red.

Hugs,

Rain

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Fri, 05-02-2003 - 11:53am
Red we all have those time when we are just not at all happy with ourselves. I have been feeling pretty crappy too lately about this body. Quitting smoking was good for me but the 25lbs I gained were not good for me. Never in my life have I been this heavy. I am exercising and dieting and not getting it off as fast as I would like it to come off. I know I should be patient and it will happen but I just hate the way I look right now.

Hope you have a better day today and when you get that new hip you will feel so much better. Just know that we love you no matter how you look

Love

Mary

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 05-02-2003 - 12:10pm
Red, by the time you read this, you'll probably

be in a better mood...think happy thoughts of

Dally and Hunter!..HUGS...

Cindy


~*~ Aloha to all .... ~*~

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Registered: 11-20-2001
Fri, 05-02-2003 - 12:19pm
Why did the veterinarian charge $600 to treat a Golden Retriever?



Lab tests are expensive

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Registered: 11-12-1998
Fri, 05-02-2003 - 2:32pm
Thanks Rain; you're absolutely right. What you said really helps, too.
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Fri, 05-02-2003 - 2:34pm
Thanks, Mare...(trying not to tear up, here...I'm in the campus computer lab) Hugs!
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Fri, 05-02-2003 - 2:35pm
Yuck, yuck...I mean yuk yuk! Thanks, I needed that, Gabs!
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Fri, 05-02-2003 - 2:45pm
Aaahh... Red I am sorry to hear your arthritis is acting up. And ya know what Red every once in a while we need those pitty parties to releive our pain. I don't know why but throwing pitty parties in my head has always helped me deal with mental and physical pain. I haven't been in the greatest of moods neither this week. But today Red I decided to evict all the stuff in my brain that is not making me feel like an Island Princess. And now I am ready to join your party Red... which way is it <-> I am bringing ya some warm sunny weather, Maitais, sand, beach front huts, cute dudes, and lots of hammocks and palm trees for your party ya game? Come on... please can I come... I will be good... promise... because William did this ritual on me to remove all the mean-ness out of me... so now I am back to being a nice, sweet, understanding, caring, loving Hula Girl! ha ha ha...

Take care my friend,

Aloha,

Hula Girl

Aloha,

Lei