Optimistic October 2025 W.I.S.H. Thread

[ShannyMcB]

Made it to Friday what’s on your mind?

 

[PollyannaMom]

Made it to Friday what’s on your mind?

Feeling all the mom feels because DS is under a lot of stress lately and I wish I could fix it.

 

[Oneanne]

That graphic is exactly me this morning... Alaska airlines had an IT outage overnight and my flight this morning was canceled. Been scrambling for a couple hours to get re-booked and coordinated with the others traveling. I can't get on a flight until early tomorrow, so will be staying at a hotel by the airport tonight. Ultimately it doesn't change things too much... just a later start and later finish tomorrow.

I didn't react to anything in the patch test yesterday... again. Same thing happened last time I did it. She's thinking I have a non-allergy nose thing, so has recommended saline rinse ( which I've tried before and yuck). She also suspects that the physical act of eating triggers a response from the vangus nerve and has given me a nose spray to use before eating to see if that helps. The thing that confuses me is that I didn't get a bump from tomato yet I know what happens to my body when I have some.

 

[ShannyMcB]

Quiz for social Saturday
https://www.buzzfeed.com/val3riee/build-your-dream-haunted-house-and-well-tell-you

 

[PollyannaMom]

 

[Summer2018]

 

[Summer2018]

Today is my last day on the muscle relaxer, and that concerns me because ibuprofen currently does nothing for the pain. Tomorrow I will be renting my car since it’s going to be at least a month before I get my car back.

I’m taking the week off at the after school program because I don’t think I will be able to handle working all those hours.

I’m not looking forward to returning to school mainly because of my violent student. My body aches and I can’t imagine being hit and kicked right now. I do my best to avoid him, but sometimes he moves so quickly that it’s impossible.

 

[ShannyMcB]

What’s on your self care to do list today?

 

[PollyannaMom]

So far today, I've done numbers 3,16, and 18.

 

[Summer2018]

Today is my prep day for returning to work after my accident. We’re picking up my rental car soon, and of course the insurance only covers the absolute minimum priced car. I am used to driving an SUV, and I may have to drive a tiny car unless I am willing to pay a lot extra. I will see what my options are and go from there.

Later, I have a nail appointment. I decided to treat myself. I’m trying to get out of this depressive funk. I’m very hesitant about driving, but I know that I need to get over this.

I’m very relieved that I am only working at school this week. This way, if I have the energy, I can stay after to catch up on things. If I don’t, I can go straight home to rest.

 

[PollyannaMom]

It's Motivation Monday!

And if it's hard today, I hope this little guy helps!

 

[Summer2018]

I survived my first day back at school. It was smart of me to go straight home afterwards. Around 1:00, the pain began to feel unbearable so I stayed at my desk. The kids were concerned and told me to take it easy. How sweet are they? My loose cannon was terrible this morning. He was walking on the kids’ tables and was very aggressive. I avoided going near him and tried to protect myself from being attacked.

Driving was very stressful for me. Scooters were speeding all over and cutting in front of cars. I managed to get home without anything terrible happening.

Little by little, I will get back to normal.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Topic Tuesday ~

How do you handle being surrounded by Halloween treats at this time of year?

 

[Oneanne]

I usually try the buy-what-you-don't-like method, some times it works - some times it doesn't. The last few years I've put out bags of chips rather than candy, not that it is that much better.

It feels like it has taken a long time for Halloween to get here, probably because I've had pumpkins in the house since early September. I'm ready to take them down and start to put of holiday decor. I bought a new faux garland for the mantle, which should come today, so that'll be my starting point.

 

[ShannyMcB]

I don’t handle it well
In terms of what we give out I do cookies/chips so I can use leftovers for the kids lunches since they can’t bring candy. Not a big chip person so easy to avoid those.
The candy the kids get is a different story. Most years at least one of the schools does a collection to send to soldiers stationed overseas so that gets all the candy the kids don’t/can’t eat out of the house. The remainder we often freeze some and add it to cookies so it gets consumed but in a spread out fashion.
Unfortunately I’m a stress snacker and work has been crazy so what is here from the trunk or treats has been picked through

 

[Summer2018]

Not well…I have quite the sweet tooth. I have not been eating well in general because I am a stress eater. I am having a party for my students and even though I asked for peanut-free candy donations, I still got chocolate made in a factory where peanuts are processed. So that bag is in my desk drawer. I have been grabbing some here and there. I have not bought any candy because we don’t open our door to trick or treater’s anymore.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Reece's pumpkins are my weakness, but otherwise I just try to keep the candy out of sight so I'm not constantly picking at it.

 

[PollyannaMom]

What victories are we celebrating this fine Wednesday morning?

 

[Oneanne]

Woohoo... for the person who posted to FB this morning about the ferry issue. The first two trips were canceled because one of the boats is out-of-service, and I usually take the second run. Just went back to bed for another hour... and I've signed up for the alert messages from the ferry service.

And woohoo... I was poking around Prime TV last evening, and found a documentary on Highly Sensitive People. Alanis Morrissett was featured in it and I got a lot out of what she was sharing. I signed up for a Daily Om course on HSP to help figure out things I can do daily to tighten up the recovery loop.

 

[piglet1979]

I didn't even realize it was Wednesday. DH and I went to Frankenmuth for a quick overnight trip. We left Monday and we were back home yesterday afternoon. We went specifically to go to Bronner's (the Christmas store) to buy ornaments for family members for Christmas. When we first got married my mom gave us any ornaments that we made or were given over the years to use on our first tree. Then DH's grandmother always gave us a new ornament every Christmas. She passed right before Christmas when the kids were 5 and 6. The second Christmas was the hardest because I always looked forward to the ornaments. I cried the year that one of them broke.

Since the kids were born I took these ideas and got the kids an ornament every year with something that reminded me of that year for them. Usually something that they were into that year. I always add their names and the year as well. After DH's grandmother passed, I started to get a family one as well. When our friends had the twins I started the same for them as well.

Bronners is such a huge store and so many different kinds of ornaments. We got a graduation one for DD, money for DS (he just switched his major to finance and is loving economics), the twins got a preschool one (they are different) and we got us one that is like smores people cuddling. I couldn't find an empty nester one. We also ended up getting ones for DH's mom, step-dad and sister, my mom and step-dad and our friends with the twins. So more then we were planning but was so much fun.

So I guess my woohoo is that it was a nice little trip and I was able to get in more walking since Sunday then I have been able to since surgery. Normally if I get 3000 steps, I sleep for 2 days. I have been getting 4000-6000 steps and not getting exhausted. I am really starting to feel normal.