A Thread for prayers, good vibes and what have you

[Bob Gray]

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Mountie,

Prayers headed your way. It's tough to lose a loved one, even if they are advanced in age and it's not a surprise. My grandparents have all been gone awhile, but I still miss them and think of them often.

I know the feeling of it seeming that you won't have the opportunity to bring your own child home with you from the hospital. That's a hard thing to accept. That road ended up helping lead us to becoming foster parents and eventually now pending adoptive parents. It's a different road with plenty of its own challenges, but we couldn't be more thrilled with the little guy we will be adopting now, that we've had a year and a half through foster care. I'm not saying that's necessarily what you should or shouldn't do, just that sometimes other opportunities arise when the door may seem to be shutting in a certain direction.

[Lady wore Black]

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I am so sorry to hear about your grandma.

Still keep your head up. Stay strong and keep fighting. It will be worth it. Don't give up.

[MountieBoyOz]

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Not the best 24 hours for me.

Went to the doctor with the Mrs. and she's going back on birth control. They found traces of endometriosis after her surgery in December, and the doctor prescribed shots for her that last six months. Her insurance has a high deductible and it we'd have to pay for three of shots ourselves. Her mom promised to help with one, but rescinded the offer when she found her dog had a non-cancerous lump.

She got on the scale and found there wasn't much movement from the last weigh-in despite her constant working out. (Her PCOS will do that.) The doctor gave her something to jump start her metabolism and the birth control. I'm hoping to get a promotion at the newspaper where I work at so she can get on my insurance and the first shot will be $100 and only $40 for each one after until the treatment is over. We both cried in the office and her doctor knew we were heartbroken. My wife said the most rewarding feeling was taking her little one home from the hospital. I held it together until my wife left for her work conference and I just lost it. I may never have that feeling of taking a baby home from the hospital. I'm scared to death of it.

I know I have Hailey and I love her like my own. I guess one thing that made me upset is that my wife's best friend from high school called the wife and I ungrateful for being upset about not having another kid. She said it's not fair the way we treat Hailey. (That's a lie.) The little one has wanted a sibling since she was five years old. I want a child with my wife. Am I really ungrateful?

Anyways, that's not the worst news of the day. My 94-year old grandmother passed away last night. She had been losing her faculties and it was getting bad towards the end. I was expecting it, but it still hurts a lot. I feel selfish for complaining when this happens. My dad called me and told me not feel like that, but I can't help it.

[theprofromdover]

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I have a calendar book and I have a calendar on Outlook. Can't live without my calendar. It is looking scary right now.

I still use a hard copy DayTimer. It's worked for 40+ years. Hasn't crashed once or needed a software update.

[Bob Gray]

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What if you forget to look at the calendar?

It happens every once in awhile! It really makes you feel stupid when you put something down on the calendar and still manage to miss it due to not seeing it on the calendar. But, hey, life goes on and the really important things don't get forgotten.

[Siouxfaninseattle]

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What if you forget to look at the calendar?

You're **** out of luck.

[leswp1]

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I have a calendar book and I have a calendar on Outlook. Can't live without my calendar. It is looking scary right now.

[MarkEagleUSA]

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Agreed. When life gets busy, it helps a lot to have a calendar with everything put down on it. That's how we keep track of stuff at home. Otherwise I'd forget about things regularly.

What if you forget to look at the calendar?

[Bob Gray]

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Plan things out.... Get a calendar going and write stuff down... For me, it makes things much easier to realize when things are starting to pile on top of each other... This also can give me some advance notice to said jam ups...

Agreed. When life gets busy, it helps a lot to have a calendar with everything put down on it. That's how we keep track of stuff at home. Otherwise I'd forget about things regularly.

[RaceBoarder]

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Next question: I haven't been this busy in a long time. Even when I went back for a second round of college, there was downtime. So, I need to know how to keep all the balls in the air.

Plan things out.... Get a calendar going and write stuff down... For me, it makes things much easier to realize when things are starting to pile on top of each other... This also can give me some advance notice to said jam ups...

[MissThundercat]

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Keep it up Bob! We are here for you.

^^this^^

Nice!

Sounds like you've got some good things going Bob. Kudos!

Next question: I haven't been this busy in a long time. Even when I went back for a second round of college, there was downtime. So, I need to know how to keep all the balls in the air.

[leswp1]

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Prayers for the victims and survivors of the landslide in Oso, WA would be appreciated. The death toll is now at 24 with 22 missing. It is not likely many of the missing will ever be found. The rocks, trees, boulders, gravel, mud, etc. is up to 40 feet deep. Ugh.

So sad. Sending up a prayer

[Siouxfaninseattle]

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Prayers for the victims and survivors of the landslide in Oso, WA would be appreciated. The death toll is now at 24 with 22 missing. It is not likely many of the missing will ever be found. The rocks, trees, boulders, gravel, mud, etc. is up to 40 feet deep. Ugh.

[Bob Gray]

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Sounds like you've got some good things going Bob. Kudos!

[Siouxfaninseattle]

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I posted my "grief" playlist in the music thread. Bixby Canyon Bridge sticks out to me because of the last four lines:

"Then it started getting dark
I trudged back to where the car was parked
No closer to any kind of truth
As I must assume was the case with you."

Also: it seems like my prayer has been answered: Next Monday, I go in for a test with Muskegon County for a Youth Specialist job. It would be 24 hours a week, but it would be something in my field. And this is good too: Gerber Life Insurance got my application to be a telephone sales representative, and they want me to come in for a phone screening (assuming this is a test to see if I can work a telephone).

Between potentially working, being a Priority Health Champion (inspiring others to be healthy), fundraising for Team in Training, racing this year, volunteering at Faithful to Felines, and the daily grind, I will not lack things to do this summer. And it finally seems like my life has meaning and purpose again.

Nice!