Was a relaxing day. Went swimming after I finished covering up the satellite cable to my house. Laid out on the bank and sunbathed. Got decent tv again and just taking it easy. Our AA group moved to a different church that is across the street from the NA. With NA starting at six-thirty and over at seven-thirty; And the new hours for AA in the new location starting at 8 and ending at nine on my off day of Friday it will really help. And the best part is that they are near. today was one of those days to dream of in the winter. I hope everyone had a good day.

Glad you had a good day today Roy, you have been working really hard. You deserve a break.

Karen - hope things are going well for you.

Angel - good proverb, welcome to the thread.

Sahara - welcome to the thread.

Amber - hope things are going well for you with your daughter's visit.

Jax - hope you are having a good week also.

I am just hanging out, took on an extra typing job for last week and next, will be nice to have a few extra dollars. Have to get to bed soon, taking dad to breakfast in the morning. Was up until about 3:30 am this morning fighting with a computer problem, what a nightmare, but think it is okay now.
You all have a great rest of the weekend and good week next week.

Had to get a new mouse for my computer, Marie. I changed the P2/Serial optical mouse with a USB optical mouse. Computers can be like the mark of the beast when they get beastly. I tried to take a friend to breakfast Thursday. I waited until just a few minutes before I had to go to work. I had called a hour before we both had to be at work so we could have a relaxing breakfast and she had taken the call so that we could both be at work four and a half hours early. When I got to work the Director of Nursing asked me where she was. Two hours later which was noon she showed up at work. I asked her why she had stood me up. I really didn't think there was anybody who could screw up as bad as me. My higher power let me know that I wrong. Her land phone worked because that is how I contacted her but her cell phone was screwed up from lightning. When she locked up her keys in the house her house keys and truck keys were locked up, too. She had to hitch hike to her friend's house so that the friend could get the set of keys out. I bought her a cell phone that worked later. She said that she was going to get a extra set of keys and give them to me. Why so I can just lose them, too? It makes me wonder if if two people aren't enough for a relationship.

well you guys, i finally get those two tooth pulled that had been bothering me so damn much and guess what? almost two months later a tooth on the opposite side decides to throb...................... yeah it's abcessed......i'll be getting a referral to get it pulled too.....


my visit with eileen was great. i've never played so hard in my life!!!!....lol

Ran my car out of gas, again the other day. My friend who is fixing my van I went to see the one day and checked to see if the van was fixed. I waited a whole other week to check up on it and just walked there hoping that I will just take my other vehicle to work. I had lucked out because there are two entrances to my property and the car ran out of gas so that I could just pull into the other driveway. When I walked to his house his mother called him. I am ok I thought since I still have a hour before work. Wrong. His mother is still talking to him a hour later. I start walking back to my house after I dialed the right number to work after having two of the numbers reversed. He catches me walking and drives me home with some gas in a gas can which isn't enough to start the car since it is pointed downhill. But rushes me to work and I was only ten minutes late. The next day I go to pay him for the gas and meet his girlfriend. I just hope his wife and kids don't meet his girlfriend when they comes back. The same day my aunt gave me a ride to town and I bought a five gallon container for gas and filled the car up with gas. I really got to pay more attention to the gas guage in the car since it works. It is the gas guage in the van that doesn't work.

Wow, this place has been quiet, 4 days without a post.

Hope things are going well for everyone. Sorry about your car problems Roy, been having some myself. Cars suck when they start costing you money, not even counting the cost of gas.

Karen - hope all is well with you.

You all have a great weekend, take care.

Hello karen
Havent heard from you for a few days
keep in touch and hope the other issue is ok too

I am going to try to keep the gas guage above the halfway mark, Marie. As soon as I get the van fixed where I can depend on it I am going to get the car worked on better. With gas prices as high as they are vehicles just seem to get more thirstier than they use to get. Putting twenty bucks in vehicles now is kind of like the Chinese water torture test. It reminds me of that movie, "Little Shop Of Horrors" where the plant says, "Feed Me". If you think about it the family vehicle is kind like a god demanding everything you got and we are like sacrificial lambs with our wallets. The vehicle is like some twisted Capital One commercial where it asks, "What's in your wallet?"

hey y'all...........haven't been on a while.....too much crap goin on here at home, dad had a heart cath (which turned out fine) and until tomorrow i'm stuck cooking and cleaning for three people......and my tooth will NOT let me sleep

Hope you get help for the tooth, Amber. I know you need your sleep. I have just taken to eating out and cooking pizza.

I haven't been cooking much myself Roy, been drinking protein drinks and eating those Lean Cuisine entrees, some of them are pretty good. Love to cook, but what a waste of time when it is just for myself. Also eat at the hospital during the day and sometimes grab dinner on the way home from there. Actually cheaper than eating out, can get a small dinner for $2.50 or $3, so cheaper than going out.

I posted to your tooth pain thread on what I think you should do Amber, I think you need to get started on antibiotics now, so think you should go to the ER or call your prior dentist. The dentist won't work on the tooth while it is infected, so the sooner you start your meds the better, and the pain will go down with the infection going away. Just my opinion.

I bought some Banquet ones. They are so teenie tiny I can eat two or three of them in one sitting. Yup, the constant living by one's self can suck after a while. Nice thing about eating in restaurants is atleast you don't have to eat alone. If you can afford it that is.

Eating out is okay. I have to take my dad to breakfast every Saturday and Sunday and take him fish and chips every Friday night, and if he decides he wants something from a restaurant during the week he calls me and I have to deliver. I figure I spend at least $250 a month on buying him meals, gets expensive but also keeps me tied down here, I can't take a weekend off. He even insisted on my bringing him his fish and chips the Friday after my surgery, I didn't get out of the hospiital until that Monday and really was not up to it. Even told him the restaurant said that the local taxi will pick them up and deliver to the nursing home, but he started *****ing about that, so I had to get dressed and make his food run that night. I was weak and scared myself having to drive, I was shaky still and couldn't wait to get home again so I relax in the chair again. He doesn't like the food I like, Mexican, etc., so we eat at his favorite restaurants, so I just do what he wants to not argue with him. It gets really old after awhile, been going on for 1-1/2 years now, and he has cost me a fortune, plus I have to keep putting money in his account so he has spending money. He buys doughnuts for the staff at the home or McDonalds burgers, I pay his bills. One of these days, may get a break, but doesn't look good right now.

Sorry for venting, just really tired, haven't had a vacation from him in over 5 years since I came over here to take care of them, rarely even get out of town to visit friends, wish I could run away for the weekend and do something fun, just for me, but doesn't look good. Hope you are having a good weekend.

Don't buy the Banquet meals, they are awful. Stouffers are good, Marie Callendars are good, not sure about the others, but Banquet are really bad and chintzy. Just my thoughts though. Take care.

I went to eat Chinese food, yesterday. Took Robin and Madison with me. We all got the runs. Will pick another restaurant to go to next time. Robin is an aide where I work and Madison is her three year old grand daughter. I have never been with a Polish witch before. It is just like that show, "Different Strokes" to me. She is a real trip. I asked her to pray for me. She says she doesn't pray. She does like yard sales though. I am finding that yard sales transcend religion. Very independent lady and hard for me to deal with but a good friend. It isn't a sexual type of relationship. We are barely compatible and I am not sure we have really anything in common. But hey it beats just sitting at home. Can't wait to get rid of my dog. When the puppies are all taken she is going next. I am thinking about getting some fish and an aquarium. I am just not good with people, animals, plants, things, children and especially women.

I got a full bonus today. If we don't screw up for three months in a row we get a bonus now. Actually the size of the bonus is portional to amount of screwups we have. I think its cool because I get paid for not screwing up. It was nice to get almost 200 extra dollars.

well, i just found out that my dad is now how my mom used to be......when it comes to a woman or the kids.........lets just say the kids don't matter.......


just because i blow up (and she knows i'm bipolar...), my stepmom said to my dad, "either she goes or i go" after i go outside

i'm not outside for five full minutes and my dad tells me to pack my sh!t and get out. she does this sh!t all the time when she wants attention.....her own daughters won't take her in because she's done this so many times.


what's so horrible about this crap that she's bipolar as well.......admits she needs medication badly and won't take it, yet if i ahve just ONE bad day.......she's ready to beat me down in the floor...as if i'm one of her kids (when they were younger, i'm the youngest out her and my dad's kids together)......i'll be godd@mned...........i'll kill her first....she ain't gonna do me like she did her kids and grandkids.......

im probably sticking my nose in were it might not belong. but i have bipolar an a anxiety disorder. so well here i am


but my question is for amber....why are you using your bipolar as an excuse for blowing up? do your meds not help? maybe you should try another one or meditation. just a thought


sorry this was none of my business just curious

i think killing peeps is not good for your health.take a deep breath and a pill..

panic attacks galore for the last two weeks.i think Brandons problems with school and such are catching up with me plus the constant worries over money etc.God i hate feeling so anxious and out of it.

i was out of medication for a month because my dr wouldn't listen to me (after trying several times to tell her the prescription wouldn't last until the appt with her...) and my stepmother took advantage of that


jax, what i meant was i'll kill her before she attacks me.....because i've heard the horror stories from my stepsisters......