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[mc6844]

Well, you got to your appointment. Great!

[MarcyW882921]

Oh my you had a rough night and beginning to your day Nicole @SummerIsTooHOT ! I hope it is now over and you are taking time to breathe and reduce that blood pressure. Wishing you a more calm rest of the day.

Marcy

[SummerIsTooHOT]

2 comments (Thursday 3/28/24)

Thanks Marcy @MarcyW882921  💙💙💙

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[*** MARCY @MarcyW882921 wrote:

Oh my you had a rough night and beginning to your day Nicole @SummerIsTooHOT ! I hope it is now over and you are taking time to breathe and reduce that blood pressure. Wishing you a more calm rest of the day.

Marcy ***]

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[SummerIsTooHOT]

1 comment (Thursday 3/28/24 about 11:10pm)

Hey Marcy @MarcyW882921 , NO "reaction" to my shot and heading to get some zzz's.  💃💃💃

Lol, stayed out of the bed ALL DAY after getting back from CVS.

Thanks for CARING  💙💙💙

[mc6844]

I believe it's a full moon week. Can affect sleep.

[SummerIsTooHOT]

1 comment (Friday 3/29/24)

MC @mc6844 , I slept well "last night"  💙💙💙

[mc6844]

Thank you Nicole for your kind thoughts. Wish we could find a solution to your sleep issues. Probably just a time of adjustment. It will get better. 

[SummerIsTooHOT]

2 comments (Wednesday 3/27/24)

SO GOOD to hear from you MC @mc6844  💃💃💃

Well, I HOPE to get some "rest" TONIGHT as I have a 9am appointment TOMORROW to get the 2nd Recommended COVID shot for AGE 65+ at CVS.

Lol, had my "meltdown" (HATE NEEDLES  😱😱😱) when I read the AARP Article about this NEW recommendation. Figured at age 66 this year, it will keep me well. GRATEFUL have never caught it!!!  💃💃💃

My daughter has twice.  👵

[MarcyW882921]

May you continue to be well Nicole @SummerIsTooHOT . I am in the needle haters club too so I hope you get through your appointment this morning without much discomfort.

Marcy

[mc6844]

Thank you Nicole. Always so thoughtful to everyone. Been very busy here with stuff. Still decluttering one bunch of stuff at a time. Hope your sleep time is okay.

[SummerIsTooHOT]

1 comment (Wednesday 3/27/24)

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[mc6844]

Thank you Nicole!

[SummerIsTooHOT]

1 comment (Tuesday 3/26/24) Chat!

Walmart was "interesting"  🙄  - spotted a couple I DIDNOT want too see and thankful they DIDNOT "look" my way!!!  Happy Dance  💃💃💃

Female use to live where I do about 1 or 2 years ago. Very controlling and we parted ways when she moved out. Daily knock out fights with her Baby Daddy.

Another Happy Dance, I got my Weekly Video Call from my daughter today!!!  💃💃💃

I think I MAY have won $100.00 on one of my two $1 Scratchoff Tickets today from Walmart. Will stop by their Customer Service Counter NEXT Tuesday when I return for weekly groceries. Not getting excited, but...  😉

Raining and will be until Friday.  😭

GRATEFUL it was NOT for my Walmart Trip this morning.  👍

Everyone, FIND YOUR PEACE TODAY  💙💙💙

[mc6844]

I hope you win too!

[SummerIsTooHOT]

👵 1 comment (Monday 3/25/24) Chat!

Quiet day!

Weekly Walmart trip TOMORROW, gas Wednesday, then my 2nd Age 65+ Covid shot at 9am Thursday.

Figured I would do "shot" LAST just in case I have a "reaction" = stay home!

My daughter made it back from Atlanta YESTERDAY, tired today and not feeling well. Lol, did my 1st round of BEGGING for my Weekly Video Call = that was HER response.  🙄

She KNOWS I will be "pestering" TOMORROW.  😉

Everyone, FIND YOUR PEACE TODAY  💙💙💙

[MarcyW882921]

Just wanted to pop in to say Hi! I've been crazy busy for a few days and I'm off and running to rehearsal in a couple of hours.🎶

Marcy

[SummerIsTooHOT]

1 comment (Saturday3/23/24) Chat!!!

HOW ARE YOU?  🤔

Raining and not going to complain as my area needs the rain - brush fires!  😱

But GLAD, sunshine on Tuesday for my Weekly Walmart Grocery Run.  💃💃💃

Daughter will be in Atlanta until this Sunday = end of NSBE travel, end of Conference there. Gosh, it has been like she married the Organization with the MESS of having to MOVE conference from Florida (where she lives) to Atlanta because of the Florida Governor.  🙄

Everyone, FIND YOUR PEACE TODAY  💙💙💙

[mc6844]

Thank you Nicole. I'm thinking of you too, and all on the forum. I hope things are good. And if they're not, it will get better. Please take good care of yourselves. 

[SummerIsTooHOT]

9 comments (Wednesday 2/20/24)

SO GOOD to hear from you Marcy @MarcyW882921  💃💃💃

[1] Lol, Girl, you know I OLD = what Happiness Link??? Hmmm, did you put the "link" in your post TODAY? I donot remember a PAST "link" and checked some of your OLD POSTS and not seeing this link. Where is it?  Thanks!  👵

[2] Not a pool person, prefer the ocean, but the one back in my homeland Jamaica, West Indies. Clean and white sand. Spent 16 glorious years there until I was shipped to St. Louis, Missouri for a better life in the country my dad was born in.  🙄  He had died {car accident} when I was 12 {my 2 brothers were 2 and 5} while working for an American Company stationed on the island. We graduated from High School at that age and I guess family wanted to help my mom who had 3 of us. I was NOT HAPPY about leaving my island, maternal grandparents and friends behind.

[3] I AM SO HAPPY Cadee @Cadee2719 stops in to update us when she can.  💙💙💙

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[*** MARCY @MarcyW882921 wrote:

Hey Nicole @SummerIsTooHOT , you could be in Florida. It was a little cooler here today, but the pool is open and people are in it!

I'm glad you had a positive WalMart trip and you were able to make a social connection. Check out the link I posted on happiness and I think you covered some items during your visit.😊 Marcy ***]

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[MarcyW882921]

Nicole @SummerIsTooHOT ,

I did put the link in a post and I can't remember where it was. I did see it come up when I posted it and it's too bad because it was a good article.

Marcy

[MarcyW882921]

Nicole @SummerIsTooHOT ,

This is not the article I was referring to but the content is very similar.

how-to-increase-your-happiness

Hopefully this one will stick. 😁

Marcy

[SummerIsTooHOT]

1 comment (Friday 3/29/24)

I got it Marcy @MarcyW882921  👍

[MarcyW882921]

Whew Nicole @SummerIsTooHOT ! I'm glad and now I don't feel like I'm crazy!🤪

Marcy

[SummerIsTooHOT]

1 comment (Friday 3/22/24)

Marcy @MarcyW882921 , was this the LINK?  🤔

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[*** @MarcyW882921 wrote:

Nicole @SummerIsTooHOT ,

In a discussion with a social worker, the topic of traumatic grief came up. I was horrified at the sound of the words. Coming from a family that had your "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" philosophy, the thought that someone would be so immobilized by grief was unheard of and unacceptable. 

Reading information from different sources helped me to learn about the subject and broaden my thought process. Here is one article that is pretty straightforward and my be helpful.

traumatic-grief

Marcy ***]

[MarcyW882921]

No Nicole @SummerIsTooHOT SpringIsHere, this wasn't it.☹️

Marcy

[Cadee2719]

  Thank You for sharing.  Do you ever go back to visit your homeland?  Has your daughter ever been there?  I hope that you settle where you will be happy and safe.  I hope that my move to Idaho provides me with the peace that I am looking for as well.  Yesterday my son & I went to see the gravestone and put flowers on my husband and son's graves.  The stone is beautiful.  I then returned home to transfer all my "Direct Deposits" , do a change of address, etc.  THEN I returned to PACKING which I am getting sick of!  I completed two wardrobe boxes and about six other boxes.  I found more stuff to give away.  I sure have a lot of stuff in this house that I lived in for 47 years.  March 28 is my last day here, March 29 flying back to Idaho.  I probably won't be able to chat with my friends here for a while once I move.  I will have to find a new provider for my internet, etc.  I will be thinking of all of you.  I will miss chatting with you.  ❤️  Take care of yourself and Thank You for all the support I received during this entire moving process.

[mc6844]

Good fortune, health and happiness to you Cadee! Hope you'll be posting in the forum again soon.

[MarcyW882921]

Cadee @Cadee2719,

That's terrific that you got to see the gravestone and placed flowers there! That has been your desire for quite some time and it happened. 

You are counting down the days to the beginning of a new chapter in your life! I am thinking of you, wishing you the best, and waiting to hear how things work out for you in your new home!

Marcy

[SummerIsTooHOT]

😴  1 comment (Tuesday3/19/24)

SWEET dreams everyone at your "bedtime" TONIGHT!!!

[1] Walmart was excellent today and ran into an Employee again from last week. I had complimented her on her CUTE knit cap. She had replied that it was keeping her head WARM until her hair grew back. At that time, I "thought" CANCER.

TODAY she "seemed" to want to CONNECT - YES, in my Old Age LEARNING to READ humans.  👵

I was right, it was CANCER but she is okay NOW!!!  💃💃💃

We talked and listened to each other. Told her I HOPE to see again NEXT Tuesday.

I have "finally" learn't to APPRECIATE the "random" NICE HUMANS WHO ENTER MY LIFE and "try" not to mourn them leaving. Hard, but I am getting there...  👍

[2] Won one whole $1 today. Only one $1 Scratch Off Ticket was in the Walmart Lottery Machine. Usually there are two. So that is $1 to buy ANOTHER ticket NEXT week.  💃💃💃

[3] Been PROCRASTINATING {probably spelt wrong  🙄} about my Weekly Trip to the DUMPSTER AND MAILBOX. Really need to do that tonight BEFORE garbage gets RIPE.  🤮  I do use the DEODORIZED BAGS but....

I saw Mr. Name {stray cat who refuses to be adopted} before and after Walmart today. But it would be nice if I see him again when I go to dumpster and mailbox TONIGHT {well, that is the plan  🙄}. My boy who luvs Belly Rubs and ALL THE LADIES {no men/lol}. And WE luv him.  🤗🐈

[mc6844]

Im glad your friend at Walmart is ok now