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‘Woke up fighting urges’ is better than ‘woke up wishing I was dead’! When I logged on to GT and saw your topic, I immediately started reading your thread because that’s how I felt. Remember that feeling of the first day you logged on and hopefully it will squash the urges. Have a great day Bettie.
Hi Bettie, I just read through your thread. Everyone is right…you are a very beautiful person and deserve to be treated with honor and respect. You’ve grown so much since your first post. Don’t let this ‘friend’ keep dragging you down. If the way he treats you is a trigger to gamble that’s all the more reason to break that bad habit.
Kathryn, my condolences and deepest sympathy to you and your family.
{{{HUGS}}} SherryGood to hear you have 9 months of not gambling behind you. That is wonderful! I had to check in and see how you are doing and, aside from an irritable husband now and then, it sounds like things are good. Keep adding those gamble free days. Sherry
Happy New Year to you! Sounds like you had a great day. I’d like a little of that hot weather. It snowed about six inches today and the roads are extremely slick. Here’s toasting to a wonderful 2010. clink
Congratulations on 5 months! WONDERFUL!!!
I’ve made up my mind for the rest of my life if anyone asks me to be a bridesmaid or maid of honor I will politely decline. The last wedding I was in was 12 years ago. I was in shape and at a good weight (what happened to me?). The bride picked out a dark purple satin (I think all bridesmaid dresses are made of non-giving material so you never look better than the bride). Those dresses are at least two sizes smaller than they say (again…so you never look better than the bride) so I ordered mine 2 sizes up and I am so glad I did because it was still snug. And to top it off, every wedding I have been in we paid for our own dresses…and we never wore them again. Poor Jude. Is it too late to back out as bridesmaid? I heard of a wedding where the bride told the girls what color she wanted them to wear and they all picked out their own dresses. Guess there were a couple of long dresses and a couple of short dreses but they were all the same color.
I loved ‘panic poke’. That’s a great description of our actions at closing time. I’ve been there many times!Kathryn, so sorry you are feeling blue. Could it be hormones? Go ahead and sob if you need to. I’m going through menopause and have had more than my share of mood swings. I’ve never been a ‘fighter’ or one for confrontaion. I took some things to the pay laundry downtown. I was getting out of my car and about 5 hispanic men were standing around laughing and I felt if one of them said one thing I could "take them’ all and beat the cr*p out of them. I must have looked at them like I ‘dared’ them because they looked at each other and moved out of my way. I’ve never had that felling again, thank goodness, but it was totally out of character for me. (I’ve been taking hormones for a couple of years for that reason…and for the hotflashes.) Go ahead and have your sob and your time to yourself and you will be back to your upbeat happy self soon.
I’m sorry such a sunny person as you is not having a particularly good day! May tomorrow be better.
Did Brea come up with a name for her car? I had a friend in high school with a purplish car and we all called it the grape mobile…my husband said it was because we drank cheap grape wine (and we did).Glad you got to have a good experience at the store! I’ve had those too. I just spent $250 on part of a Christmas gift for my daughter and it was nice to write a check. I thought about pulling out the credit card, and thought again, and pulled out the check book instead. No more holding on to money in case I need it for gambling.
You’ve come a long way in 4 months and you’ve helped a lot of us along the way with your entertaining and caring posts. Ones of these days I want to watch movies with my bestie and enjoy a sinful desert and enjoy the moment just like you.You are doing so good Kathryn! The wedding sounds like it was wonderful. (and entertaining with your FIL’s girlfriend) Keep enjoying your fantastic gamble free life!
Kathryn, I loved your post on Running Girls thread about the wedding. I want to go! Wish you could post pictures on this site. I’d love to see what your sister-in-law chooses to wear…and your family all decked out. I expect it to be like a fashion shoot. I’m as interested in the wedding as I am with Marilee’s romance! Keep sharing with us!
100 day is a wonderful milestone. I’m happy you breezed through it. Sounds like you had a great time with the sister-in-laws. So much better than gambling and, besides the headache, you are still feeling good about last nights fun.
Your life sounds amazingly full and happy. You deserve it!Great enlightened post Kathryn. I think it’s amazing too that we can connect with people all over the world…and care about each other. Being happy and content is wonderful. Way to go!
Kathryn, you’ll get through the tax debt just fine. I know that because you have gotten through so much more already. I don’t like to mess with the tax people either but it sounds like you caught what’s missing right away…hopefully, it won’t be a problem.
Enjoy your bling. You deserve it!Wonderful news Kathryn! Isn’t it odd what a difference one word or phrase can make? Your family is built on a strong foundation that even Fester couldn’t crumble. I’m so happy for you!