Black tie in a barn? Sounds like the Lauren Bush Lauren wedding.
We had the white coat ceremony at school yesterday. It makes it more real, its always been rather “off there”. With all those beautiful young people I feel really old.
Working again this weekend. I was chosen to help coach people on issues related to stress, ha! I felt complimented . It really is about how to handle moral and ethical stress.
Enjoy your weekend everyone!
Congrats, DTE.
Many hugs and smiles for you dte!
Congrats DTE and enjoy your weekend.
Congrats, dte. You are one of the beautiful people too.
Woot, woot, dte!!
Spent the night in MA; headed to NH this afternoon. I joined the Camp Committee for the family camp we’ve been going to for 25 years, and this weekend is the annual retreat, on island. (Can’t keep complaining about things if you’re not trying to be part of the solution, right?) Should be fun – although I already know there are some members who just like to hear themselves talk … Weather looks so-so; fairly warm but on and off reinstating mid-day tomorrow. Oh well; we’ll be locked up in a meeting room anyway.
Been a rather busy week here. As of Tuesday, H and I have been married for 36 years. No big celebration, we went out to eat on Saturday and had a bottle of champagne on Sunday evening, but both were shared with S as it was his last weekend home. We dropped S off at the airport on Monday - he is officially returning/ finishing at the college in London. Overall, it is a good move for him, but I still love the school he attended freshman year and they sent a lovely letter acknowledging his withdrawal. S insisted we take the dog with us to the airport as she is getting old and he will not be back home until Thanksgiving. So my farewell pictures are of him with the dog.
It’s our busy week at work, but H and I are going to a winery tomorrow with some friends. Should be fun, just wish it were not so hot and humid.
Congratulations to dte and FallGirl! way to go dte as you tackle the NP career!!! SO happy and proud of you! I am thrilled with all of the moms here on our thread who have blossomed and started new jobs/careers. I think we need #theorymom to come back and write us a poem! Happy Anniversary FallGirl!
The wedding venue was lovely last night.The bride was gorgeous! Not really a real barn but built just for weddings/events. The dinner was a pig roast. A very laid back and beautiful evening. I did feel bad that most of the guests left around 9:00 as they had to work this morning. The family had a DJ and dance floor that was empty as everyone filtered out.
KMC and DTE, you reign as Co-Wonder Women. The energy that each of you have puts me to shame.
Work will be fine…lots to get used to - an entirely new industry to learn. Everyone there is either old to the company and new to town, or have been in town but are new to the company. So not a lot of cliques or anything. I have more transactions to work on right now than I worked on in the last 18 months at the law firm. Traffic is a beast. I’m trying to be serene about it. Glad I don’t punch a time clock. Checked out a book on CD from the library today. I had forgotten how much I like the library.
Anyway, I was utterly wiped out by 4 pm yesterday and remain exhausted. Yes, I am ashamed because so many of you do so much more than I do. But the stress of Everything New and Always On wears me out. H is so antsy. He wants to be out an about and I just want to read and sleep.
Also, I so don’t want to re-live 9-11. I don’t want to see footage or read articles. I can’t imagine how painful the anniversary must be each year for family and survivors.
Congrats to DTE, missy on new job, and happy anniversary fall girl.
Missy, I’m sending you the mojo. I will happily confess to a three hour nap yesterday afternoon, an abject failure in the laundry room, and the fact that even though the “family” meal was takeout last night, the dishes have not yet made the dishwasher 
In other words, my so called energetic cycles might sound robust but involve letting a lot of things slide
Today I get to find out what the orthopedic specialist recommends for this idiotic dysfunctional knee. On one hand, if surgery would really fix it, I suppose I’ll do it. But I have reservations about the healing process given the cipro reaction and the collagen mutation that supposedly lingers. I guess I’ll find out if this guy knows anything about that or not. If not, I’m not sure where to turn.
Good luck kmc!
MP - I’m sure that you have more energy than you let on. It’s also exhausting to start a new job! That alone is intense.
I for one am doing my new job, my old job, and a side job at work. I know that if the person that is picking up on my old job doesn’t get it soon my new job will suffer but I’m trying to do it all right now. Last week I had 2 9 hour days, a 12 and a 10 - so much for having Monday off.
My 10 month quilt though I’m happy to report I’m ALMOST up to the current month. I have a few blocks to hopefully sew this week and then I’m ready for the class! Still a few more months to go. This class will be to teach us one tricky block that is in the 8 month stuff. I will be glad when it is done but I am enjoying it. Looking forward to this weekend as at least one day on the weekend I’m going to a local “fiber fest” which is just my cup of tea. May go both days but D is running the Rochester Marathon and I should probably go there on Sunday. We’ll see what I think of the festival on Sat and if I really like it she and H are on there own and I’m headed back. 
H is supposed to run the 1/2 but is dealing with a hip issue at this point in time so we’ll see if he is better (enough) to run on Sunday.
Checking in - feeling stressed as I deal with senior dog issues here. It’s hard to do the right thing when you honestly don’t know what that is. I just ordered another 15 lb bag of dog food since it’s running low but have been putting it off.
We had a recent round of lay-offs at work which is also making me feel stressed out. I survived but my department was heavily impacted. Still processing it all.
RM…we are almost living parallel lives at the moment. I will be heading “Up North” a week from Thursday for my for my yearly scrapbooking weekend while my girls will be running in a local race. D1 is doing the 5K and D2 the Half. I am excited to get away and spend some time with my friends, walking the the trails and working on my photos,
The scrapbooking weekend sounds like fun! This will be the first time that I’ve been to fiber fest. I will be going alone but one of my long term friends will be working it. On Sat. I’m signed up for 2 classes and only have an hour between so won’t be missing not going with friends. Sun may be a different story if I decide to go back.
Hello all. Back at the beach after a fun weekend in NH. Even though we spent a lot of time in our meeting group, it’s always good to be on island. We had a little rain yesterday, but not bad. Took a photo of an amazing sunrise on Saturday as I was going out for a run. That’s the kind of stuff I file away in my mind to pull out during the long cold days of winter.
After being closed last week for maintenance, tomorrow it’s back to my regular weekly schedule at the golf club. I’ll be bummed when the Ladies Association season ends in 3 weeks.
PS Just re-read my previous post – it was supposed to say “…on and off rain mid-day …” Not always fond of auto-correct.
college_query, Sorry to hear about your dog and the layoffs at your workplace. Take care.
CQ, sad to hear about the stresses.
I have been trying to get my mother to realize that when she close the sale of her house, she will not be constrained from a financial standpoint and thus can relax. She’s regularly tearful in her new place. Sad for a woman with lots of dignity and serious intellectual firepower and management capability.
I was in London Friday for a 5 hour meeting, went home for the weekend but missed ShawWife who had gone kayaking for the weekend with her kayaking ladies (an annual trip) until Sunday night, and then left this (Monday) AM for a three hour meeting in Calgary. Later in the month, I have to head to Germany to work with a client for a couple of days and then will spend the weekend in London before teaching at Oxford. I probably should schedule some social time and maybe investigate theater in London. Any one seen any good theater in London recently?
My mother has reached another level of depression. She and my sister are dependent upon each other.Mom’s vision is terrible so she relies on my sister for all outings and errands. My sister is still (at 61) financially dependent on Mom. They each resent the other. It’s so difficult to listen to.