Daily Check In Thread For All... #128...

Hey Everybody, I hope you all are having a good day. Going to take Myself's suggestion to find something fun to do...

Hugs, Karen...

Another steamy, stormy day forecasted here. Have a meeting with the social worker today about the beds.

The garden is flourishing. The lemon cucumbers are about the size of goose eggs and the green cucumbers are about 4 inches long. Plenty of green tomatoes, too! The sugar snap peas are about done and now those vines will serve as guides/supports for the cucumbers.

The sunflowers and cone flowers are attracting bees and butterflies like crazy. The gold finches have been checking out the progress of the seeds and should be around more and more soon. I've had monarchs, yellow swallowtail and black swallowtail butterflies, as well as several smaller ones that I am not sure the names of, visiting daily! Ah, summer!

Morning!!

Whew! Yesterday afternoon was quite eventful!! Early afternoon I was informed that one of my math teachers is moving positions. So we have three interviews this afternoon and because of time constraints, we have to pick a person today! No pressure!!!

I fully admit that I cried yesterday about this person leaving our department. We've been together 8 years and we are a family. We've been through so much together!!

I did find out that one of my former students is applying for the job. I'm so very proud of him. And yes, this makes me feel ancient!!

When I get home, I have to get everything done for surgery tomorrow. I never thought this day would come!! Please send good thoughts my way!!

Have a good day!

Michelle-that's what summer is for!! Time to greet a newbie. I always like getting back together with old students. Hope prep goes well.

Wow Karen, late for strawberries--at least here. You are in a colder zone. Enjoy the freezing! I always freeze peaches because I just HATE grocery store peaches.

not good on ya sugars, but bloody delicious!!! i too will kip for a bit. have a nice day my friends.

i ate a punnet. thought stuff it!! have a nice w/e everyone. keep well. be good.

Hi all. Hope everyone 8th enjoying their day.
Been feeling kind of blah today, then all of a sudden very sad. I have been doing really well. Perhaps it was because two of my friends asked about the ex today. Took me down I guess.

While it's too soon for a new relationship, I have been chatting with people on a daring site. I actually met a very beautiful woman. She says that she is emotionally driven like I am.

Hope I can pull out of this. I've been doing some self help on ecouch. Perhaps I will go there now and put some of the practice exercises to work. Along with a propranolol.

Talk to you later. ....

keep strong stillme.

myself, interviews, hust be yourself. remember every interview is different. if they are a reasonable employer, i always ask, why should i work for you? works both ways. the weaknesses question which always gets a giggle, and usually creates a sense of realism, is 'good arabican coffee' could be chocolate, whatever. remember, each employer, regardless of occupation / industry has there own style of interview. sometimes we await those questions to come up, sometimes, depending on the interview or the person conducting it has already drawn their own opinion before it comes up to this. i have experience in teaching this. the first impression and immediate minute are the crucial factors, just as much as the actual interview. remember that if you have been selected for an interview, this shows they are interested. your cv will speak for itself. anyway, have a good day. cavendish, stage victory.

Battling my depression with swings, mostly du because I had to go up north on a airplane flight came back on June 30 the and have tried everything to get my right ear to pop and nothing, yesterday morning it popped but not all the way and on Wednesday I tried to get into my ENT nothing until September, My pcp is out until next Thursday and my counselor has nothing open until my appointment next week and I have broken down crying twice, so afraid I will have some hearing loss from this and at times its very painful...
Sorry needed the rant., ..

I've tried gum, waterr and earplanes on this flight, before I left pcp gave my an in case antibotic is that almost gone, I've tried decongestants, antihistamines, plenty of water, gentle to forced blows, a ear drop for the pain, ect...I've tried it all...

Jamie-It's true, first impressions really matter. Lining up with what they saw and imagined in the CV, and making that a reality. I make a pretty good first impression, and this is an arts position at a dedicated arts school, so any eccentricities are cool rather than not. I also have plenty of experience channeling my nerves. So much of this is political and/or cultural, particular to the institution, and that's what makes me nervous. It's so easy to misread the signals. I remind myself to smile, to pause before I speak,and to chose my words carefully. Thanks for the pep talk!

Sorry about the ears,Chart. Hopefully, the doc can help eventually. I am sure it won't result in a permanent loss.

Karen-I hope you feel better today. Bad days happen, but luckily they end.

Headed out for a bike ride-burn some energy. Peace.

Happy Afternoon to Everyone. It sure is a hot one out there today!

I have no exciting news to share except for the fact that my depression has lifted a bit over the past week. Instead of seeing my therapist monthly, I have recently started seeing her on a bi-weekly basis again. I have seriously let so many things go over the past 1 1/2 to 2 years due to the depression and I have been having consistent negative thoughts and awful voices about how I did not deserve to better myself or have a better life because of the fatal financial choices I made almost 4 years ago. These thoughts and voices have interfered with my trying to study for the several Praxis exams (i.e. teaching) that I need to take/pass to ultimately get my teaching certification.

My therapist gave me three directions to start off with: (1) Book a date and register for an exam ASAP. I did this and the exam date is on 7/25/15. (2) Study, study and study. (3) Walk up a hill (yes, you should have seen my facial expression on this one.) She said I need to start moving around and stop my consistent sleeping in bed.

Okay, I have only walked up the hill 2 times, but I am planning to do this now. Perhaps at night when it is a little bit cooler. I started a little bit of studying and plan to really hit the books after I go to the bank in a few minutes. Last, I have also started cleaning my bedroom and doing LOTS of laundry that I am behind on.

Sorry guys. I didn't mean for this to be long. I just wanted to officially jump back in after being away from here for a year.

Now in regards to others, Michele I hope you surgery went well yesterday and you are able to peacefully recover. And for everyone else, I hope you enjoy your time outdoors.

Cass

Post Edited (CassandraLee) : 7/11/2015 12:12:00 PM (GMT-6)

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