How do you feel today?

Post by **Waddley** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:03 am

I feel tired. I have spent a rediculous amount of time today on my myspace (I know, I know) and now I'm pooped. I'm going to bed.

Oh, if you care... www.myspace.com/melanie42

Yes, look at it. Feast your eyes. I have shed blood and tears semi-making this page. Ok, ok, so I didn't do the ACTUAL programming, but I did do all the links and images coding and some other stuff to make it work! Tedious, I tell you. TEDIOUS!!

I need sleep. Good night watchers.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:34 pm

Nice MySpace, Waddley. Had to hit mute when the song hit, but that's just personal taste.

Feeling like I could sit in a hot tub all day or something. It's a very gray, overcast day, with rain coming every now and then. Makes me feel very relaxed/sleepy.

Hopefully it won't sprinkle while I jog. My mom and I will be eating out around 5:00, and tomorrow morning will be the traditional Belgian waffle breakfast. Grades are still all As, and I'm focusing really hard to keep it that way. Ah, I do cherish my old laziness from high school, though. Will try to be sedentary as possible this weekend. There’s only so much life and sloth to go around!

Post by **SoulQuest1970** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:01 pm

From bad to worse. *sigh*

I got informed yesterday when I was picking the girls up for well child check ups that 2 days before, Alex had said in PE class that she would rather have a big knife to kill herself with than be in PE. Now we have a psych consult. She has been very mad with her father because he doesn't call, etc. It's been getting to her lately and when it gets to her, she gets kinda like this. I called and asked him to call her. She insisted he wouldn't call, but he did. Right now I am so mad at him! The only person he seems to matter to is her. Calli and Nick don't really now him... Nick not really at all.

Normally I go through my day happy and smiling. I was even making jokes despite things a couple of days ago, but today I am really just holding off tears.

Post by **jwaneeta** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:34 pm

That's a nice MySpace layout, Waddley. I only wish had the patience to make my blog look that nice.

SoulQuest1970 wrote:She has been very mad with her father because he doesn't call, etc. It's been getting to her lately and when it gets to her, she gets kinda like this.

Oh, I'm so very sorry. That's hard. I think it's a postitive thing that she has alert teachers who responded to her distress, and think you did the right thing by having her father call.

But I know it must be still be awful to see your little girl upset. I'm sending you internet hugs.

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:55 am

Hang in there, SQ. Hang in there!!!

Is your child old enough to explain that the Dad has some problems of his own, and that is why he doesn't call?

It's hard for a sensitive kid (hell, any sensitive person of any age) to understand stuff like that sometimes, and all too easy to assume is it something that they have done, when it really doesn't have anything to do with them, and has everything to do with the loved/missed person's problems.

I am having both a bad day and a good day, I work second shift, and last night ended up working both afternoons and most of midnights (I finally got home just before 5AM) due to call ins on midnigjts and the hospital computer system crashing for many many hours. That sort of really wiped me out, especially since I have been sick for the last couple of weeks.

On the other hand, this afternoon my older son called to say he was coming home from school for the weekend. He is here now, and that makes me as happy as could be!

Post by **Wyldewode** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 4:38 am

SQ-Sorry to hear about the troubles going on, especially with the kidlets. It must be incredibly rough on them, and doubly more so on you because you have to see their pain too. *hugs*

Tonight, I am both tired, yet restless. And. . . lonely. For some reason. Meh. . .

~Lyr

Post by **Creator** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:09 am

SoulQuest1970 wrote:From bad to worse. *sigh*

I.... but today I am really just holding off tears.

Support and caring from a Watch brother ...

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:29 pm

Feeling heavenly. It's Saturday morning, and I'm drinking coffee and eating Belgian waffles.

Post by **Wyldewode** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:50 am

I'm feeling tired, but semi-human. I spent most of the day relaxing, some of it napping, and some of it reading. I started Lord Foul's Bane again, and I should be done with it in a couple of days, maybe less if I can read uninterrupted for a couple of hours.

Other than that, I had a fight with my Ipod Nano today. Actually, I had a fight with Itunes and my Nano both. I installed the latest version of Itunes, and went to update my Nano. Suddenly it says that my Nano is corrupted, and will have to be restored.

So I pick it up to check out what is going on, and accidentally click on Korean (I think) language. Yeah. So now I have absolutely no idea where I am in the menu, and randomly click on things like a. . . well, like the illiterate person that I was. I eventually get the bright idea to disconnect the ipod and reboot the computer before reconnecting it. So I do that. Success! Now I carefully click on English as my preferred language. Then I scroll down through the playlists, only to find that my Nano is completely devoid of music.

Luckily I have almost everything saved in my Itunes library. IF I could get the damn thing to work, that is. So then I had to have it out with the Itunes program (don't ask how long that took), and had to restore my Nano. Once it was restored I was able to upload all of the music that was in my library. I think I lost a few songs, but I'll get it straightened out eventually. So now I have a functioning Ipod again-- a must for the treadmill at the gym, and for doing paperwork at the office.

Anyhow. . . that was one of the highlights (lowpoints?) of my Saturday.

Post by **Elfgirl** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:11 pm

Feelin' just fine and dandy. It's 10pm, my flight to NZ leaves in just under 2 hours, and I'm sitting in the Qantas Club (courtesy a mate's bf who works there & left my name at the door) doing the free internet, free food, free grog thing!!

Now, all I need to make a perfect day complete is my seat partner to be a Legolas clone who's straight and insanely attracted to me....

Post by **Wyldewode** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:36 pm

Best wishes, Elfgirl. . hope you found what you were looking for.

Bon voyage!

~Lyr

Post by **Wyldewode** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 4:50 am

I'm having a crappy night. I just found out that my grandfather (who was in remission from leukemia) has just had a diagnosis of prostate cancer (and also has some problem with a kidney). He's my only living grandparent, and when I talked to him he sounded terrible (he was having trouble breathing too). He's very fiesty and a WWII veteran, and he's a member of the "I'll be fine" school of thought. But tonight he asked me to keep him in my thoughts. He lives several states away, and I haven't seen him in about 5 years. He was going to come visit me in a few months. Now that visit is off. Crap. I don't even know if he'll live for a few more months.

And then something small and stupid happened, but it really made me feel more crappy. *sigh*

I just wanted to vent.

~Lyr

Post by **Loredoctor** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:00 am

hang in there, Lyr. You have friends here.

Okay, I'm heading home now. Work day is over! Thanks for the company, everyone.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:01 am

Best of luck with your grandfather, Lyr. My grandfather is also a veteran and very positive about things. We're all behind you!

Post by **SoulQuest1970** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:02 pm

Thanks, everyone. Things are a bit better now. Yeah, Alex knows his problems aren't her fault. She knows why he doesn't call, but knowing and being ok with it are two very different things. She knows in her mind that it isn't her fault, but in her heart it is a different matter. Calli doesn't much care. When he is distant she calls him Sias. When she had hope that he might come around several years back, she called him Daddy over time, but now he is back to Sias. Nick never knew him and has only met him a few times, so he really doesn't care.

Oh, and I finally got the feathers off my living room floor.

Post by **Waddley** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:45 pm

I'm glad things are getting better, Soul. I really wish I could offer you some sort of advice since I was where yor kids were when I was their age. Unfortunantly, I didn't cope so well (anger. lots and lots of anger.) but I can say that both my brother and I grew out of it. I have complete faith that your kids will, too. They obviously have a mother who loves them very, very much, and that is what pulled my brother and I through.

Anyway, I feel like a nut... just in case anyone cares.

Post by **jwaneeta** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 3:01 pm

Best wishes for your grandfather, Lyr. So sorry the visit didn't pan out.

Back in Trivial World, I'm worked up about time. I keep having dreams about being late for planes, etc. I have a lot to do before I go to Europe, and I'm going to have to get creative to make it all happen.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 4:07 pm

My back and gut are both bothering me.

Post by **sgt.null** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:06 pm

Lyr: you are in our prayers.

dAN: kidneys?

Post by **Luke The Unbeliever** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:53 pm

I feel okay.

Today's Moment of Greatness:

At work-
I'm trying to screw a metal box to a wall stud and the screw keeps slipping off the metal stud. Meaning I have to keep bending my fat butt over and pick the screw up again and again and again.

So eventually I rage out with: "Hellfire !"

And the screw goes in the stud.

I had to laugh, it was total reaction, then I realized what I said.

Kevin's Watch

Kevin's Watch

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