I'm find thanks. One day into the next...you know how it goes.
There are several things coming up in the next year that have me distracted.
My family is planning Thanksgiving in Pigeon Forge in a massive log cabin (it has to be massive to hold the 35 of us). We had done it a couple of times in the past but due to elderly, disabled parents and kids playing fall sports we weren't able to do it. Well, now we don't have any of those reasons so we decided this would be the year. It will be loads of fun.
Also, Marc will be graduating high school next May (God willing) and we are taking him on a cruise as his present. It's going to take extreme discipline to save up the money but I've already put a deposit down and will pay monthly to get it paid off in plenty of time to save for spending money and shore excursions. It will be wonderful and a just reward for all the hard work he has put in.
How are you doing? What's been going on lately?
T19 M15 S19 XH47 M43 bomb12/4/07 PA5/07 S12/26/07 D final 11/17/08 Back together with no defined R 05/2010 confused....to say the least!!!
Things I've recently learned (or actually realized since I've always known at some level)
1)No one likes a wimp. Unless you are bleeding profusely, fainting, or throwing up constantly to the point of exhaustion there is no reason to advise anyone of pain or illness. No one needs to know.
2)When you are told to do what you need to do.....that NEVER means they actually want you to do it.
3)No matter how often you express your feelings to someone, if they aren't returned in some manner you are wasting your time and energy.
4)There are few people in the world who will care about you. YOU need to be the one constant in your own life who will care about you. Don't ever expect anyone else to. If it occurs, it's just a bonus.
5)Make a plan with flexibility built in, that way when it inevitably gets messed up you won't be so stressed about it. You have another direction to head.
T19 M15 S19 XH47 M43 bomb12/4/07 PA5/07 S12/26/07 D final 11/17/08 Back together with no defined R 05/2010 confused....to say the least!!!
Uh, I'm not trying to be a smart ass (well, I probably am but...). I just know in my own life it helps me to recognize that life is what it is. I have no more right to expect fairness than anyone else. I just have to play the cards I'm dealt and be grateful that I have any to play at all! Anyway, I do disagree with much of what you wrote. Sorry, but telling others your pain whether a physical or emotional issue does not make you a "wimp". It makes you someone who is willing to expose your vulnerability to another and give them the blessed opportunity to give to someone who needs it. That's a courageous thing to do, not wimpy. Second, if expressing your feelings one way to another is not getting the results you want then you need to find another way. Don't assume that person doesn't care, they may care but don't express it in the way you want them to. Third, in my experience, when people tell you to do something they DO want you to do it. Explain please. I've forgotten the rest of what I was gonna say but I do hope you feel better...and I DO expect you to do it
