I haven't blogged for a week, due to time and, to be honest, not much going on. But I should anyway - I know it's a good thing. I've had a couple of really profitable shopping trips, taking advantage of the winter clearance sales. At my new favorite store, C J Banks, I scored a beatiful blue sweater, rust-colored knit shirt with neat button trim, a dark green embroidered corduroy jacket, and a denim jumper with Christmas embroidered design featuring penguins I'd been watching. Original prices were over $175 - my cost was $53. SWEET. Then on Friday night I ducked into Kohl's after dinner at a nearby restaurant, and got a dark olive green knit shirt for $2.40 and a peach springy knit shirt for $5. THEN on Saturday I went with a couple of friends and got a beautiful lime green cardigan sweater and a fleece top on clearence at Coldwater Creek for $10 each! I had stashed away $100 that I got at work (a gift from the company at the Christmas luncheon, recognizing my efforts to get employees involved in organized volunteer activities). So it was great having that to spend on ME for a change! I enjoyed it so much.
After reading Sister Lisa's blog recently, in particular the blog about how fortunate she is to have such good friends, I have to add my two cents. I too have wonderful friends, and I consider them as additional sisters. The shopping trip I had on Saturday was with two of them, and it was fabulous. Not only did we all find some good bargains, but we did so much talking and laughing about nothing (or silly stuff). That is so good with the soul. Honestly, without these women I would be lost. I cherish their friendship so much.
We've gotten into a pattern of meeting for dinner on Tuesday nights so that we stay connected during the week - tonite was at a small place called IPD Eatery and it was great - lasagna for $3.95! We almost always meet at Panera Bread on Friday evening, because we can sit and talk for a while and no one cares. Then we generally do something on Saturday but that changes every week. There are moments of drama from time-to-time, but most of the time it's just fun.
I'm still waiting on insurance approval so I can get my foot surgery scheduled. I sure hope it happens soon - I've got a couple of trips that I need to plan around. I'm heading up to VA for Brother Ron's birthday in a couple weeks, and then in March, my Florida cousins and some siblings are meeting at a beach house they've rented on Edisto Island (south of Charleston SC) for a long weekend. We're going to celebrate my youngest cousin's 50th birthday, and it should be really fun. But I would rather NOT be still wearing the "boot" while I'm there. I'll deal with it, if that's the way it works out but it would be so nice to have that behind me. I may call the doctor's office tomorrow to see if there's any update.
Ok this has been pretty boring! I guess I'm tired and my sense of humor has disappeared. I'm still struggling with the emotional stuff - I know I have to go thru the grieving process because of the end of the relationship with S, and this is all part of it. I talked to my friends tonight and we are planning on having a pot luck dinner at my house on Valentine's Day - my suggestion. I want to avoid being home alone and feeling sorry for myself that day and this should help. Time is helping, but.... This afternoon I saw a missed call on my cell phone and didn't recognize the number. My first thought - S was calling me to say he was sorry. Of course it wasn't him - it was a wrong number - but why did my brain go there. I KNOW he's not going to call, and I KNOW that I don't want him back even if he did - not after how things ended between us. I am still really angry about everything and I'm still working thru that anger. I was an idiot for falling for him as fast as I did, and for letting him know how I felt. And for continuing in a relationship that was obviously not progressing after several months. I suspect that I am repressing a lot of this (I'm good at that), and that's the cause of the hives I've recently been experiencing. Life goes on.
And so it goes!
After reading Sister Lisa's blog recently, in particular the blog about how fortunate she is to have such good friends, I have to add my two cents. I too have wonderful friends, and I consider them as additional sisters. The shopping trip I had on Saturday was with two of them, and it was fabulous. Not only did we all find some good bargains, but we did so much talking and laughing about nothing (or silly stuff). That is so good with the soul. Honestly, without these women I would be lost. I cherish their friendship so much.
We've gotten into a pattern of meeting for dinner on Tuesday nights so that we stay connected during the week - tonite was at a small place called IPD Eatery and it was great - lasagna for $3.95! We almost always meet at Panera Bread on Friday evening, because we can sit and talk for a while and no one cares. Then we generally do something on Saturday but that changes every week. There are moments of drama from time-to-time, but most of the time it's just fun.
I'm still waiting on insurance approval so I can get my foot surgery scheduled. I sure hope it happens soon - I've got a couple of trips that I need to plan around. I'm heading up to VA for Brother Ron's birthday in a couple weeks, and then in March, my Florida cousins and some siblings are meeting at a beach house they've rented on Edisto Island (south of Charleston SC) for a long weekend. We're going to celebrate my youngest cousin's 50th birthday, and it should be really fun. But I would rather NOT be still wearing the "boot" while I'm there. I'll deal with it, if that's the way it works out but it would be so nice to have that behind me. I may call the doctor's office tomorrow to see if there's any update.
Ok this has been pretty boring! I guess I'm tired and my sense of humor has disappeared. I'm still struggling with the emotional stuff - I know I have to go thru the grieving process because of the end of the relationship with S, and this is all part of it. I talked to my friends tonight and we are planning on having a pot luck dinner at my house on Valentine's Day - my suggestion. I want to avoid being home alone and feeling sorry for myself that day and this should help. Time is helping, but.... This afternoon I saw a missed call on my cell phone and didn't recognize the number. My first thought - S was calling me to say he was sorry. Of course it wasn't him - it was a wrong number - but why did my brain go there. I KNOW he's not going to call, and I KNOW that I don't want him back even if he did - not after how things ended between us. I am still really angry about everything and I'm still working thru that anger. I was an idiot for falling for him as fast as I did, and for letting him know how I felt. And for continuing in a relationship that was obviously not progressing after several months. I suspect that I am repressing a lot of this (I'm good at that), and that's the cause of the hives I've recently been experiencing. Life goes on.
And so it goes!
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