Highs and Lows

[alphachiohmy]

For this week:

Highs:

Dressing up as a 70s chick and having a corona with a lime after work for Halloween.

Eating at the Melting Pot with friends from home last Sunday. OMG, I have never been so full in my life. For any of you that have ever been, its a fondue restaurant. We started with cheeses, swiss melted with wine and other fun stuff, and a fiesta chedder. Then you dip bread, apples and veggies. Then comes salad. Then comes meat that you cook yourself. Then dessert you dip into chocolate.

Spending time with my parents for my birthday at home too.

Step classes ... and the steam room and spa at my gym.

Lows:

Almost having an allergic reaction to a brazil nut. Last time it put me in the hospital.

Having to leave St. Louis.

Being almost broke and hoping I can make it to next week - payday and my trip to Nashville.

[justamom]

I've been neglecting this thread! Glad it popped back up!

Highs-I don't think I have any at the moment.

Tons of lows that I've gripped about on a few other threads.
I am SICK!!! Haven't had a cold in 2 years and now I can't BREATHE and get a headache when I cough...

My hands are torn up due to all the clorene used washing the stinking mildew and mold off the house.

My BEAUTIFUL willow is now gone and my yard looks like a new construction site.

While sanding the house, I got a BAD splinter in my main typing finger-you know the one that communicates unhappiness to others on the highway.

We just finished an 11 day run of rain and now they say it's coming again for the next 4 days!!!

I know, I know- into everyones' life a little rain must fall!

[axotiger]

So is this only to be done once a week? Or how about when somthing good/bad happens? Anyway.. i'll do mine for the week:

HIGHS:
- Went out and had a blast on Halloween as a Cowboy ( my roommate was an indian.. lol)
- Last night I hung out with all the Clemson football players after they got back from beating DUKE (however, not as good a game as I would have LIKED to watch)
- I got invited to Pi Kappa Phi's Mountain Weekend this coming weekend somewhere in NC by one of my good guy friends, Drew.
- I got a card from one of my friends who used to be a Lambda Chi at school with me (sc) and lived like 20 min away from me (nj). He graduated last year and I miss him and he sent me a bday card... i was excited!

LOWS:
- my roommate got mad at me last night, have been having issues lately
- It was Fall Break this weekend, but since I'm working (co-op ing) I had to stay here and work tomorrow and tuesday, but EVERYONE else on campus is on break.. NO FUN

Um... that's about it!! Hope everyone is having a great day/week

[AXO_MOM_3]

Justamom - I hope you have an incredibly HIGH week this week to make up for the crappy one you had last week!

Highs - Going to a Halloween party on Friday - my friend and I dressed as the two Miss North Carolina's - I was the brunette and had a bloody nose, she was the blond with a black eye. It got some great laughs! DH dressed in his yearly
(daily) Halloween lumberjack attire - boots, flannel shirt, jeans and a hat.

Watching the girls dressed up in their costumes - I had Marie from Aristocats, Minnie Mouse and a witch. Little Marie was pretty cute getting that candy, and eating it on the spot!

Lows - I don't have any real lowes this week other than my norms - too much laundrey, not enough time in a day, my house looking like a tornado passed through it, etc.

[aggieAXO]

Highs: getting my financial statements and instead of crying and cursing the stock market, I am smiling, even though I have still lost money I am slowly gaining it back!!

having dinner with my friends every Monday night

have a warm, cozy condo to live in-I am soooo thankful for this especially since it is 45 degress outside and pouring rain.

Lows:

starting my week on of work tomorrow-I am so burned out-blah

getting my brakes done today-400$ ouch!!

[axotiger]

Highs:
© My brother got me my belated birthday present (finally came in the mail)... a FLASK w/ our crest on it , i guess it'd be a bad idea to bring it to this weeks football game... lol.

© My brother also invited me over for dinner at his house, and we ge cooked me steak .. YUMMY.

© I get a new lil bro today, it's Big Sis/Lil Bro revelation. His name is Jeremiah and he's the cutest thing ever (actually he's pretty hot, but he's a freshman and I'm a junior... and he's my lil bro, so I'll stick to the fact that he's cute)


Lows:
© I found out yesterday that this guy who is (a) like a grandpa to me since mine died and (b) been my grandma's buddy/companion -- died. At leats he went peacefully, and my grandma was on the phone with him at the time (Terrible, but she got to talk to him), he'd had a heart attack.

© On a lighter note: woke up late for work today , I woke up 20 after i usually leave.. grrrrr, I hate alarms... but somehow I snuck in 10 min before our weekly wed meeting at 830am.

[justamom]

AXO_MOM_3 I DID have a much better week-thanks!
axotiger So sorry to hear about your loss. That has to be devesting for your Grandmother...
aggieAXO-I lost a TON in the market-Lots of tech stocks (chips) I'm going to get back in, just not ready quite yet!

Highs-Almost done painting the house!!! What a project. I think this is the last "biggie" I'm going to get involved with for a while!
My daughter called and actually asked for my advice! Yeah, she still needs her old Mom!
My son has been on "angel" duty. Such a sweetie of late!
Due to weather-we are now in the final phase of HOMECOMING! The dance is Sat. night. We ALMOST got rolled last night, but I think the girls felt like we were messed up enough so they just stuck a few signs in our yard and rang the doorbell. Two more nights to go...

Lows-Still not done painting the house! Always finding a spot here or there we missed or the primer shows through!
Daughter turned 20 and made me feel a mix of happiness and sadness. She isn't a baby anymore, and I know she is on the verge of total independence-of course this could be placed under the highs because I'm so proud of her. Am thinking I have too many projects going on at once. From now until graduation I have a lot of committees to work on and am chairing one for my son's graduation.

[axotiger]

justamom thanx and good luck finishing the house!! Don't worry, of course your daughter still needs you I just turned 20 too a month or so ago, and I think my mom said the same exact thing about me not being her baby anymore. But being the youngest of 3 and the only girl... I'll always be their baby

[justamom]

Here we goooooooooooooo!

We finished painting the house!

I have ALL my decorating DONE for the holidays!!!

BABY GIRL will be HOME WEDNESDAY!!!

LOWS-------------------------- NONE!!!

[aggieAXO]

JAM congrats on finishing the house-I know what a huge job that is


Highs: I just got back together with my ex, we have been very good friends for almost 3 years and even though it didn't work out the first time I am willing to try again cause I just love him to death

2 of my cats that have been sick are now recovering-I have been so worried about them. Thay are now doing well.

lows-I have to work this weekend-blah!

[justamom]

aggieAXO just read in Dear Abby about a similar situation.
Abby and I happen to agree on this! If you are getting back together after you have kept a basis of friendship, things have a pretty darn good chance of working out! "Our" opinion is-lack of friendship between couple is what causes them to fizzle after the initial attraction wears off. Sounds like you have a great foundation to build on! Happy to hear your little pets are better!

Highs-Great holiday! I so enjoy having the family together!

Lows-Just the fact that it's over and Christmas is around the corner. I have NO IDEA what to give ANYone on my list! I'm a pretty crappy shopper ... the kids want money (of course) but what's the fun in that? I have to come up with something "brilliant" if I want to surprise them. I'm talking in the 25-50 range.

I just found the thread I wanted on OUR BOARD! So I took out my last part of this post! I guess great minds think alike!!!

[AXO_MOM_3]

Lows....Finals and a literature review all due in the next two weeks. (SCREAM!) DH's 95 year old grandmother fell and cracked a rib last week, now she is not eating very much, and we are all very worried about her.

Highs...Having my "tree" party next weekend in the mountains, getting the house semi-decorated before we left this weekend, being finished with the majority of my shopping. (Waiting on those Santa gifts - the girls will change their minds ten times before Dec. 25!) How have you other moms dealt with these indecisive children? I keep telling them - don't expect that because it was not on the original list you sent to Santa!

[axotiger]

Highs:
- Had a fun and relaxing break back home in Jersey... but man it was cold!!
- Baked up a storm for thanksgiving dinner (that was at my house) with my mom: I made 2 pumkin pies and a cheesecake, my mom made a pecan pie, and my brother made a pumkin-cheesecake .. all very good
- put up the lights on our trees outside our house, and started to set up out "Dickin' Village" display in our living room

Lows:
- flight last night was delayed 2.5 hours
- had to wake up at 550 to come to work this morning
- I am STILL sick
- I'm confused about guys .. i've narrowed it down to the ex-bf/current really good friend and the new guy, joe. .. oy vey

[justamom]

Ladies, LADIES!!! It's been over a MONTH snce anyone posted!!!

Highs-My diet is working wonders! Hubby and I took our blood pressure and oops-a tad high! Too much "holiday"! We are correcting it quickly and effectively! It doesn't even "hurt" very much!
Kids are doing great and we have our first Mardi Gras party this Sat. (Actually, it a 12th night party, not the ball.) Daughter couldn't be a debutant this year either-last year was initiation, this year is Grub. I just saved a hunk of money because I didn't really like her white gown from last year and would have HAD to buy a new one. Got all the Christmas decorations down and put away last weekend! (I have an unofficial race with another neighbor and I stomped her this year!)

Lows-PAPERWORK!!! New Assistant is not too quick...Office is hectic and Hubby is O/C on the sodium. I have been SCREAMING"Watch the TONY'S and the worcesteshire sauce!" Now he's gone too far the other way-kind of a pain in the BUTT when all we need is MODERATION. It wasn't THAT high... Even the doctor told him just to "watch" his diet for 3 months and check it again.

[AXO_MOM_3]

Highs - Going to dinner at the Chop House and seeing George Winston in concert last night - the man is amazing! Having a nice long break at home with the girls.
Lows - School starts on Wednesday, and I'm not ready!