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2004/05/25, 09:57 AM
Well part of it is definitely the PMS thing.. but I had some tough hits this weekend and am feeling so completely OUT of it!
Family is struggling, my husband and my daughter just can't seem to get along and it is wearing on me to the point that I dread going home to them. Every day, 4:00.. one or the other calls with a battle expecting me to pick a side, and there's no winning. Looking for a good counselor now.. the teenager and step-parent thing is way harder than I imagined it would be. Good kid, good man, I thought they'd eventually just recognize that. Not happening.
Then, Friday on the way home I got caught in a rainstorm/flood thing.. drove into a puddle that turned into a lake and hydrolocked the engine on my car. The love of my life. Dead. Needs new engine, and of course the insurance company considers this a 'collision with water' and will jack my insurance up for the next three years - I might as well get it fixed and sell it and I LOVE my car.. worked so hard for years to get that thing.
<sigh> I'm getting in a car and driving 1200 miles to Florida tomorrow with my mom, sister and daughter and really need to turn this mood around so I'm not a drag on them.. this is SOOO unlike me.. usually I'm the silly one always having fun.
Uggh.. any ideas on how to snap out of it?? Besides huge quantities of chocolate, ice cream, or alcohol - those didn't work yesterday ! :(
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The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
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2004/05/25, 10:34 AM
Hang in there Dani. We all love you here.
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Foolish consistancies are the hobgoblins of small minds.
Charlie
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2004/05/25, 11:00 AM
Danielle you are having such a hard week! I'm so sorry that there are so many struggles and having them during pms week sucks.
Sounds like you are on the right track with the home situation, a good counselor should help. I think it might also help if you told them not to call you unless they had something positive to say or unless the house is on fire. It's completely unfair to call you at work where you are powerless to do anything. It's not fair to you or your employer.
Going to Florida sounds like the best medicine. I'm going to spend my entire summer trying to get there so I can get drunk on the beach. I miss the ocean so much.
Soldier on because that's the only choice you have and try to remember that things will get better and teenagers do grow up. We love you and we are here for you.:love:
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Hard work must have killed somebody
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2004/05/25, 11:10 AM
Dani teenage years are difficult at the best of times so hang in there .You seem very grounded and on the right track. Enjoy your holiday and knowing what I know of you from in here your mood will disappear.Have a wonderful safe trip .
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"If you are going to walk on thin ice you might as well dance"
angelsnow@freetrainers.com
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2004/05/25, 04:06 PM
Oh Dani,I am so sorry things are tough. I wish I could just give you a huge hug! I hope all goes well in Fla. Just be careful on the drive down. I don't know where you are going but the Hurricane season is here and from what it sounds like you have already had a run in with mother nature. The weather in Fla. is very unpredictable and can be scary to drive in. Don't make matters worse. Be safe and come back to us in one peice.
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