Spent the later half of yesterday and last night working on paper work and emails. Was sick most of yesterday during the day so I rested most of the day..
Today was a hot day with temp's in the 100's. Today I've made lots of calls and typed up correspondence to mail to the VA. I left the house to fax some more paperwork and hopefully this will help once the wheels turning and thing will get better on that front..
Now that I am done for the day I though this would be a good time to relax a little and read everyones posts and see how everyone else has been doing today..Than off I go to watch a little tv..
Hey guys and gals just got home and read your posts and words of encouragement..I sure appreciate and love talking to and hearing from all of you..
Thanks Shari for you support and I love your little baby pups the are so nice and quiet and sweet and quite easy to feed..Glad you had a fun day. Oh ya I never put gasoline on the fire I just kind of you into spontaneous combustion and then try to put out the fire. Maybe a nice cold shower would work next time..lol lol..
Hugs..I haven't forgot about you, how could I ever do that. You got me to laughing when I read about you dandelion picking today. I appreciate you following me and thank you for your support..A surgeon indeed..Maybe I should have you do my next surgery..He! He!
Davit sounds like you've had a tough day with lots going wrong at once, I didn't mean to laugh but I did, be assured I am not laughing at just with you..Hope you get some rain..
Vincenza Thank you so much for your support tonight. Things really do get to me, leaving the house for a while helped some..even so I am still feeling the anxiety of it all and all the phone calls I will have to make Monday to start to straighten it all out. It has become a monthly thing now..that I spend about two weeks out of every month on. Then I spend two weeks recoverings and the cycle starts all over again..It usually gets very nasty on the phone. It's the old fight or flight thing thats just seems to keep playing over and over in my mind. I am going to try to relax tonight and tomorrow like you suggested..I think I'll just take a couple of my mothers little helpers this time to relax. with a cup of tea..Only taken as needed of course..Anyway it's off I go for now..
P.S. I was so blown away and impressed about how you handled things, I forgot to mention your avatar - I LOVE IT!!! Thanks for sharing your garden with us. Hmm...when my berry bushes are fruitful, I'll see if I can remember to post an avatar of it as well. It's a small berry garden :-)
You are a great example about how to handle life's messes in a positive way. I like how you shared your thought process; it's a step by step way to work through it - excellent! Thank you for not smoking - your health isn't worth throwing away over any stress. You realize, other than email, things have to wait till Monday and you've accepted that. You realize that the VA will help you. Yea - for ranting and raving and getting it out. You have to vent and you did and you moved on and forward. You didn't dwell or wallow. If you bottle it up, it's anxiety waiting to happen. What else can I say, I'm applauding you right now for enjoying your life today! The situation is what it is, you threw water on the fire and not gasoline. I'm so proud of you!!!
I'm glad you were able to put the anger and stress aside and focus on what makes you happy! What a way to get interrupted on a lovely afternoon I hope you able to resolve things on Monday.
For now, enjoy your evening and the hard work in your garden!
Just stopped in and thought I'd share this little pic with you all so you could see how our little garden grows..
I was just about to put it up earlier when the mail came so I stopped to tend to that..First..not a good idea..
It does cause me a lot of anxiety when these Thieving medical clinics keep trying to get paid twice, over and over again amounting to thousands of dollars. I was getting all upset and stressed out again and even thought about taking up smoking again. I have been smoke free for over a year now and then I though why am I doing this to myself why am I panicking it is Saturday and I can't do much about this till Monday except for email, they will be getting some email from me for sure, other than that it can wait till Monday. I am sure the Dept of Veterans Affairs will help me like they always do..They really do not like it when these criminals try to cheat the V.A. or the widows and children of veterans who have passed away because of their service..I thank God for their help most every month now..So I ranted and raved and took a deep and relaxed and went back to doing what I was enjoying doing, taking pictures to share with all my friends here..I decided that I am not going to let them get to me today and make me sick..I am not going to end up in there stinking hospital again if I can help it..So for me I guess this would be turning a negative situation into a positive one..I am going to enjoy my life today..
Oh! Hope you enjoy the pic..Sorry about the rave..:(
Thanks Vincenza for the segue...Mother's day part two today. George and I went to an antique shop that was more like the show American Pickers which had mostly rusty signs and cans, etc. Went to a yard sale (not good for a ceramic dog collector) and then hit the jack pot at this lovely antique store. Hence, my new avatar. The Shepherd/Collie on the right is post Pearl Harbor, pre WWII and the Chihuahua is an original Joseph Japan dog circa 1952. I find the pre WWII dogs to look very Japanese in style and the 1952's look more Americanized and more cartoon-like and very 50's looking of that era. We went to The Texas Roadhouse for lunch and then Sweet Frog for frozen yogurt afterward. It's been a really fun day! Yea! Hobbies are great. As a collector, there's a new adventure and treasure hunt every weekend and the weather is getting really nice. Will have to expand my territory further out. I've cleaned out the local areas, for now :-)
Davit, I'm glad to hear you & Sunny have remained good friends despite the distance. That is telling of true friendship (I imagine your cats feel like they can now take some deep breaths and relax though).
Although your avatar is a lovely winter scene, I look forward to seeing a more colourful reflection of your hard work in the garden!
It's refreshing to be able to enjoy outdoors again. Wishing everyone a great weekend and Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Mothers in the PC family!
Davit, just a little note to you too..Wishing you good health and know things always turn out for the best..I am looking forward to healing as well as you did soon..I had Robotic surgery and it was brutal. I just read lately it is not the best or safest way to go. The doc said we tried to put everything back where it was before we moved it to do your kidney surgery..I though to myself, you tried?? Great!! now what..lol.. I have always said newer is not always better. I have one of those bumpy lumpy six pac's now too..I am not crazy about it either! I guess I won't winning any swim suit contests now LOL, even so I am grateful that I am still here and smelling the lovely roses every day again..Which you know I am.:) I'll be checking back so keep me updated on how it going with the garden and all my friend..
I hope you able to resolve things on Monday.
