The "How Are You Doing" Thread (redux)

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Feeling odd, as I do most holidays. I look at Facebook and see most of my friends talking about spending time with friends and family today while I get ready to pull a seven hour shift at retail. I'll admit, I'm not a big one for Christmas (I personally prefer Yule), but it's important to those around me so it's important to me.

Other then that, resisting the urge to tell someone in a terrible situation "I told you so" as it won't help and will only add more to the already heaping pile of steaming drama turds. I think part of that urge is me feeling neglected, as petty as that is, by someone in the middle of that pile of crap. Once it gets sorted out I'm sure things will get better.

Looking forward to spending tomorrow with my family. Yoda is all excited, and my mother is spending the night tonight. With no one besides her left at her house, it's going to seem way to empty, so we invited her over. The holidays are a terrible time to be reminded of those we've lost to death.
 
My husband is back from his holiday travels and he made sure to let me know how much he missed me. :D I felt so loved in that moment...
In other news, my boyfriend called me early this morning to let me know that he is now an uncle! I'm not a "baby person", but I'm happy that he's happy.
 
impressed and feeling accomplished.

I managed to get two exchanges done in record time this morning, stopped and bought something at a video game store, got my coffee, did the banking and was back home in under an hour!

Glad I got it done when I did though as it's snowing now which means slush and slippery roads
 
We had a fantastic Christmas, thanks almost entirely to my loving husband. I think I fall in love with that man at least 3 times a year. :D
I was feeling quite homesick this month. I live on the other side of the country now. This is my 3rd Christmas away from them. I was missing my family beforehand. He helped me figure out my 'bah-humbug', and just let me feel it. By the time Christmas Eve rolled around, we had figured out a win-win-win scenario for all the holiday festivities.

Everything went great. Tons of love, laughter, gifts, and food was shared.

Kids happy. Family happy. Animals happy.
 
I managed to lift my mood enough to enjoy Christmas Eve and Christmas day with the family; it was nice and the kids really enjoyed themselves. On the other hand, my mood seems to have slipped back into crap. This time of year is always a little difficult but this year everything just compounded. And with the anniversary of my dad's death coming up, I don't expect to feel better anytime soon. Gamerboy and I hung out with friends last night, (MadScientist and another friend), and I thought I could handle it but after they left my heart ached. It's not that I still upset with him, I think its just become too much. Knowing that I have feelings for him that may never go anywhere.
 
Kind of looking forward to tomorrow night, kind of not. We're going to secondary's to spend the evening with his family. His male partner is not a good drunk and I don't enjoy being around people who are drunk.

Doesn't help that they're our ride home :(.

Hmmmm, maybe this time we'll just tie or tape him to a kitchen chair and put a very long straw to the glass of water he'll be allowed, which we'll keep refilling with water? Maybe we'll just keep the games going so he won't have time to think about alcohol? I know! I'll just force feed him my banana pudding which will leave NO room for anything else :D.
 
:confused: As usual! Same old frustrations, so I won't bore ya with the details. To clear the head went for a walk, and then went out with the hubs and kids Sunday night to see We Bought A Zoo. It was a good kick in the pants to jumpstart the commitment to be happy this year and find passion in life. Here's to 2012 being a defining year. As I said on NYD- #1 resolution...My Happy will be too loud!:D
 
I've been having a great month and good things just seem to be continuing.

Had XmasDay with my son and miss pixi, dinner and we went to see Hugo in 3D.

Last week I saw my two other SOs back to back. The Gentleman came over Thursday evening, dinner, sex, sleeping over. Then Friday I drove up to The Hottie's place for the first time. He'd cleared the day for me. I got there at 3pm. Amazing Sex, then a sunset drive around his lovely seaside town, home for a pasta dinner, a DVD, talking, more incredible sex/kink and a final cigarette on his deck... he has a huge wool cloak and wrapped us both up in it, put his arm around me... and I saw a shooting star. I was welcome to sleep over, but I didn't have time, so regretfully left around 8.

When I got home, I chatted online with miss pixi and The Gentleman. He told me he loved me for the first time... I knew it! But it was nice to hear.

miss pixi and I had a nice quiet romantic weekend and NYE, good snacks and cuddles.

Now, I've got another guy interested in me, he seems great too! I'll call him the Ginger, he's 59 but has bright auburn wavy hair to his shoulders and a ginger and grey beard. He's married, poly, and an old hippie like me. Full of energy and really seems eager to meet me. We're having a date at an art gallery on Friday.
 
Haven't been on in a while; my laptop's motherboard got knocked loose 2 days before Christmas, so it is out for repairs. Other than that, things are going well. I'm picking up a decent amount of hours at my part time job, waiting to hear about an interview for another one. Yesterday, Runic Wolf, Wendigo, and I spent most of the day down in the workshop. Yoda was home from school, so Wendigo and I snuck in some kisses every so often when he was upstairs playing video games or otherwise harassing Runic Wolf when he decided to take a break. With his help, I was able to get almost all of my velvet cut for my new Tudor era dress. :D Later, when we discovered the snow and stranded friends meant no game night and Yoda had gone to bed and Runic Wolf was checking his e-mail upstairs, Wendigo asked me to check in with Runic Wolf before we started fooling around. After getting the green light, Wendigo reduced me to a quivering pile of goo. :D Yay for post new years sex. Today my back is sore, but its a good sore. Tonight is date night with Runic Wolf and I'm looking forward to curling up on the couch and watching our favorite show together.
 
Feeling all sorts of giddy. Got invited on a "girls only" trip to southern Utah (lodging is free and gas is optional) and my vacation time from work was approved. Nearly a week of skiing and sightseeing... :D

BrigidsDaughter said:
I was able to get almost all of my velvet cut for my new Tudor era dress.
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Remember: LOTS of boning. Steel is best, wide plastic zip/cable ties also work really well and are easy to adjust to fit. I found the biggest trick was the actual waist placement. If it feels too high, it's probably right (about 2-4" above where pants sit, not talking about the hip huggers either).
 
I will definitely be using steel for the corset part of the undergarments, but I was was planning on using something lighter for the dress itself just so I won't be wearing alot of extra weight.
 
My boyfriend's mom is coming to see him (she lives several hours away). He wants me to meet her tonight. Having mixed feelings about that. His dad has not exactly made me feel welcome, and has spread rumors throughout his family about his son. :(

I'm not taking any of it personally, but I feel bad for my boyfriend for having to put up with it. I'm just going to try to start with a blank slate when I meet his mom, and follow his lead as to what to say/not say.
 
Packing for Dubai. I'll be there for a month ! I am going to miss my lil boy tons, he's only 7. I'll miss my wife, too of course. (and the cats!) :(

Luckily, my boss approved a weekend at home in between, so it'll be 2 stints of 2 weeks each.

Ive enrolled on a self-study Science course with university course to keep me occupied. :eek:
 
Extremely nervous in a good way.

I've been conversing with a woman on OKC for a couple months now (thought it was only a couple weeks but its actually been a couple months!!) and we're both going to be at the same event tonight so we're going to meet for the first time.

:)

Yep, nervous as all hell :O
 
Feeling pretty good today; it is Wendigo's birthday so I stayed up late chatting with him on Skype just so I could wish him a happy birthday. We are getting together Thursday and having tacos and coffee and I am really looking forward to the new game we will be starting that evening. The best thing about our Thursday night gaming group is that everyone knows about our relationship, so I don't have to hide anything. :D
 
I forgot to go to the mailbox Friday. So today, on my way home from doing some work, I stopped to retrieve my mail.

In it, was a belated Christmas card, with a lovey-dovey letter inside, from a girl I met 20 years ago. We were friends who had 'intimate moments' over the years, before I moved away.

Anyhow...how bloody sweet is that ? To surprise me in such a way. :)
I`ve been sweetly reminiscing old-times, all afternoon !
 
BrigidsDaughter said:
Feeling pretty good today; it is Wendigo's birthday so I stayed up late chatting with him on Skype just so I could wish him a happy birthday. We are getting together Thursday and having tacos and coffee and I am really looking forward to the new game we will be starting that evening. The best thing about our Thursday night gaming group is that everyone knows about our relationship, so I don't have to hide anything. :D
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It's such a liberating feeling to not have to hide, isn't it?

As an update...my bf has told his mother about our relationship. She does not approve, at all. I probably won't meet her now.
 
Yeah, it does. There are so many valid reasons to hide, but sometimes it is hard. But the friends we will be gaming with have known for over a year.... Actually, I declined the chance to take my friendship with Purple to the next level because Wendigo and I fell for each other; 2 1/2 years later and I am happy I made the decision I did.
 
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