MM #5615
Hello everybody!
Should I take offense at what Tammy said?????
Yes.
Yeah, Holly--you do not deserve comments like that. I'm glad you're, at least, strong enough to stand up for yourself. My mom took similar verbal abuse from my dad their whole married life. She crawled into a shell and never became the person she could have been.
It was another long day at work, today. We are just so dang busy. We're a small remodeling company. We have 12 jobs going and I am the only project manager. Having worked 36 years of my 37 years in the home building trades in the office, I am not very good out in the field. The cool thing about the company I work for, though, is that everybody is willing to do whatever it takes to get things done. The two owners are actually accountant type people but one of them went with me, yesterday, to help me put floor protection down in one of our basement remodel jobs. I really appreciate their willingness to help. I'm still glad the week is over, though.
I went 6.4 miles, today.
Okay--I guess I'd better go. See ya!
Leslie- sounds like a good PT. I agree that you should still see the ortho. Hope you are now on the path to solving this.
Out there running since dinosaurs roamed the earth
Marathon Maniac #957
A trip and fall. I like it. I played soccer for a long time at a pretty high level so I could channel those flops. Now we’re getting somewhere. I will keep you all updated on my quest to end bad gyms in hotels.
Okay this whole line of conversation has had me in stitches all day...
Life is a headlong rush into the unknown. We can hunker down and hope nothing hits us or we can stand tall, lean into the wind and say, "Bring it on, darlin', and don't be stingy with the jalapenos."
When I read it, I thought maybe if he said it with a wink and a smile it could be more of a love ya, and I'm on your side comment.
No, DH doesn't even know how to do a "wink and a smile" comment. He is frankly a Dr. Jeckle/Mr. Hyde - either a great guy and wonderful husband or a jerk that I cannot believe I am still married to. I am too embarrassed to even admit the comment he made the other night to me because is was the most amazingly jerklike comment I cannot believe I didn't pack and leave that minute. When he gets angry, he lashes out with amazing verbal cruelty. Our marriage has been sprinkled with these comments, like "You have the brains of a goat!" and such. I used to keep a journal of these comments, but finally deleted it because I thought it was unhealthy to keep. I know he loves me, but he is just unable to shut his mouth when he gets angry or impatient. Fortunately I am fairly desensitized to these comments by now. They are usually followed by a few days to a week when I don't speak to him. (We are in one of those periods right now.) Of course, I have to add to this that about 2/3 of the time he is a great husband and partner, is a hard worker, and in many ways we are a good match.
The good news is that in spite of the home strife, I am not compelled to drink over it. I feel pretty good about the whole "not drinking" thing. But then, it was only a couple months that I was going overboard with it, and not every day, so I am nipping the overuse habit in the bud.
Holly- Excluding all the guys on this forum, of course, but men can be REAL JERKS sometimes!
I fall into that category more often than I can to admit on social media.
I told her to watch for you so the two of you could chat about how wonderful a person I am.
A couple of months won't be long enough.
Regarding single payer health care on jobs lost in the health insurance industry: There's going to be paperwork to shuffle for the foreseeable future.
CR- When I traveled for work, the company started checking for good hotel gyms prior to booking my room.
On Tuesday I donated blood so took yesterday off. Does that tucker any of you out for a while like that?
Sometimes. For someone else, it's life or death. For me it's a maybe discomfort. My Dr. thinks it may occasionally trigger an auto-immune thingy that's yet to be diagnosed. I had an episode while Dad was visiting. Thankfully it was only a few days. I've fallen a few times because of the pain. I tried running it off on the trails once. I was covered with bugs when I came too and I had a worried dog standing over me. Specialist have sent me on a series of diagnostic fishing trips. Even with insurance the costs we getting into the thousands. A hematologist said isn't not contagious and not deadly. When a gastroenterology Dr. said the same thing for $3,500 out of pocket, I quit chasing.
MikeE, I can tell someone else how to do an application. My hands of skills are sloppy until there's a good deal of practice.
Holly, anyone would be lucky to have you as a spouse, parent or friend.
We're babysitting DS's dog Tucker for a few days. DW and I took mutts on trail to get the energy out. We're both beat after the week, but his energy level was irritating. We picked Mia up. She's in training with DD#1 and SIL. Black berries are coming into season and we had to compete with the hounds.
Ol' Taggy laying in a cool stream enjoying a stick.
The dogs only ate the ripe black berries. They're smarter than me.
Two bonus miles.
SteveP