What's making you happy today? - Page 658

Jaydaan · 03-10-2014, 12:11 PM

Well many ups and downs in the world of me.. but Even though my dream job ended up being a nightmare, and I am no longer employed, and I am still waiting for a date for my MRI on my hip... I feel things are about to look up.

***WARNING this is a rambling mess of information, and might not even make sense to most

***

Really good news on the family part...

My daughter is 24, she has a 6 1/2 year old daughter herself. I was not allowed to raise my daughter, and in fact have only seen her a total of 25 days in 23 years! We talk on the phone, and on Facebook almost daily the past few years, and I have always thought us to be as close as possible, considering we live 3000 miles apart. I have never met my grand daughter.

Ok back story is done, the depressing crap is done.. on with the news!
So last week I get a phone call, and it is my daughter. Her boyfriend left her & did it by skype one night as he is in the military and not home all the time... in fact HAD been home that weekend, and broke up with her on the Tuesday. ( to me this was not a suprise, I have been expecting this for many months in fact) Since she lived with his family, they were expecting her and her daughter to move out... well now. She hasn't been happy for quite a while, and while she still loves her Grandmother ( the woman who took her from me years ago) she has decided it is time to do what makes her happy, and what is right for her, and her daughter. So she called to ask if she could come out here. Not for a visit, to MOVE OUT HERE and start over! I talked it over with my husband of 20 years, who she has talked to but never met, and told her we would re-arrange our house, and by all means she could move out here. We expected this all to happen this summer. So then I get a picture sent to me... it is her plane tickets. MARCH 19! I will have my daughter, and my grand daughter here in 9 days.

I am so very excited.. and nervous. I am not used to having kids in the house all the time, and having 2 more bodies around... eeeek. On the other hand, great timing, as I am eventually going to have surgery and having someone else here that can help us out with the simple things, like cooking, looking after the dogs, and that sort of thing, is a good thing.

On the other grand child news front: My little grand daughter who was shaken last summer by her father ( my oldest son- the one who was my problem child) was taken by social services until the investigation was finished. As of last week she is now back in the full custody of her birth mom, and while I might not see her as often as I was before the incident, I am able to see my little miss

Her 1st birthday party is March 28, and I will be able to take her cousin and aunt with me

Court is not for a few months yet, so we have no idea what will happen to my son, but at least the baby is doing well. She is trying to walk and talk, and smiles. all things we were not sure was going to happen. She had a brain bleed, and had emergency surgery and told us she might not had the functions she would have had before. So far, she seems to doing ok

so not as much brain damage as first thought! This is very very good news!

So I guess I could have just said: I get to see and know both my grand daughters afterall! Something I was not sure I was going to be able to do with either of them, for very different reasons.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-10-2014, 12:56 PM

Why 9 days, I though they were moving?

Jaydaan · 03-10-2014, 03:04 PM

They are moving here... in 9 days

flight arrives in Kelowna March 19th at 2:30. Then, the come live with my hubby and I until they find a place of their own here in town

Gravdigr · 03-10-2014, 03:12 PM

Sounds like great news. Hope everything goes well!

BigV · 03-10-2014, 05:41 PM

wow, tha's a lot of news, and congratulations!!!

Griff · 03-10-2014, 06:11 PM

Seriously, congrats!

monster · 03-10-2014, 06:22 PM

Wow, big changes and great news Yay!

lumberjim · 03-11-2014, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

http://www.buzzfeed.com/hbogameofthr...ame-of-thrones

You got: You’d be mauled by a direwolf!
You’re easily agitated and consider yourself a loner. Most people would describe you as grumpy, and you’d describe most people as stupid. While you might be right, you often miss out on life due to your attitude. Such a disposition makes you great fodder for an angry direwolf.

Dragon fire.

DanaC · 03-11-2014, 01:32 PM

Ha!

Quote:

You got: You’d fall through the Moon Door!

You’re tough, but not as tough as you think. Your best trait is your loyalty, not your strength — you’d do well to rely more on your friends. This miscalculation is enough to send you straight through the Moon Door.

DanaC · 03-11-2014, 01:34 PM

@ Jaydaan: so good things do come to those who wait

Glad you'll have your girl, and your grandbabies nearby.

Sundae · 03-11-2014, 03:22 PM

We can fall through the moon door together in that case Dana.
Although that sounds suspiciously like we're on the bus to Hebden Bridge...

lumberjim · 03-11-2014, 03:31 PM

I rode my motorcycle to the gym this morning. That made me pretty happy

orthodoc · 03-11-2014, 07:29 PM

My bone scan is all good. NO skeletal mets!! I am VERY happy. I feel more confident after this scan than I did after the PET/CT last summer, because it just does the torso. Granted, most bone mets show up in the spine, pelvis, ribs, and occasionally skull, but they can show up in the limbs. Now I know that my stress fracture is just that, and my other persistent pains are just aches and pains and nothing more.

This is the new lease, the ticket to the next few years. I don't have to worry as I try to get into shape again; if I'm sore, it's just that I worked out too hard (or I'm getting old). It's hard to express how much this means. I was very very nervous prior to this scan (I'm embarrassed to say how nervous, but some of you know). Now I can take a huge breath and let it out, and get some sleep.

And get to work on my poster presentation, since I have a 'practice run' in front of several faculty next week.

I desperately need to learn how to turn data into bar graphs in Excel. Elementary, I know, except for those of us who've never had to use Excel. Never mind, I'll figure it out - although hints are welcome!

Thank you for putting up with me, guys ... you're the best.

limey · 03-12-2014, 03:05 AM

Awesomeness personified, Ortho!
And use the chart wizard button in Excel.

Sent by thought transference

lumberjim · 03-12-2014, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orthodoc

And get to work on my posterior presentation,

This is all I saw in that post.

Kidding. Great news for you. I guess God did hear you after all.

03-10-2014, 12:56 PM	#9857
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Why 9 days, I though they were moving? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-10-2014, 03:12 PM	#9859
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Sounds like great news. Hope everything goes well! __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-10-2014, 05:41 PM	#9860
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	wow, tha's a lot of news, and congratulations!!! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-10-2014, 06:11 PM	#9861
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Seriously, congrats! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-10-2014, 06:22 PM	#9862
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Wow, big changes and great news Yay! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-10-2014, 12:11 PM	#9856
Jaydaan Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vernon, BC, Canada Posts: 378	Well many ups and downs in the world of me.. but Even though my dream job ended up being a nightmare, and I am no longer employed, and I am still waiting for a date for my MRI on my hip... I feel things are about to look up. *WARNING this is a rambling mess of information, and might not even make sense to most * Really good news on the family part... My daughter is 24, she has a 6 1/2 year old daughter herself. I was not allowed to raise my daughter, and in fact have only seen her a total of 25 days in 23 years! We talk on the phone, and on Facebook almost daily the past few years, and I have always thought us to be as close as possible, considering we live 3000 miles apart. I have never met my grand daughter. Ok back story is done, the depressing crap is done.. on with the news! So last week I get a phone call, and it is my daughter. Her boyfriend left her & did it by skype one night as he is in the military and not home all the time... in fact HAD been home that weekend, and broke up with her on the Tuesday. ( to me this was not a suprise, I have been expecting this for many months in fact) Since she lived with his family, they were expecting her and her daughter to move out... well now. She hasn't been happy for quite a while, and while she still loves her Grandmother ( the woman who took her from me years ago) she has decided it is time to do what makes her happy, and what is right for her, and her daughter. So she called to ask if she could come out here. Not for a visit, to MOVE OUT HERE and start over! I talked it over with my husband of 20 years, who she has talked to but never met, and told her we would re-arrange our house, and by all means she could move out here. We expected this all to happen this summer. So then I get a picture sent to me... it is her plane tickets. MARCH 19! I will have my daughter, and my grand daughter here in 9 days. I am so very excited.. and nervous. I am not used to having kids in the house all the time, and having 2 more bodies around... eeeek. On the other hand, great timing, as I am eventually going to have surgery and having someone else here that can help us out with the simple things, like cooking, looking after the dogs, and that sort of thing, is a good thing. On the other grand child news front: My little grand daughter who was shaken last summer by her father ( my oldest son- the one who was my problem child) was taken by social services until the investigation was finished. As of last week she is now back in the full custody of her birth mom, and while I might not see her as often as I was before the incident, I am able to see my little miss Her 1st birthday party is March 28, and I will be able to take her cousin and aunt with me Court is not for a few months yet, so we have no idea what will happen to my son, but at least the baby is doing well. She is trying to walk and talk, and smiles. all things we were not sure was going to happen. She had a brain bleed, and had emergency surgery and told us she might not had the functions she would have had before. So far, she seems to doing ok so not as much brain damage as first thought! This is very very good news! So I guess I could have just said: I get to see and know both my grand daughters afterall! Something I was not sure I was going to be able to do with either of them, for very different reasons.

03-10-2014, 03:04 PM	#9858
Jaydaan Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vernon, BC, Canada Posts: 378	They are moving here... in 9 days flight arrives in Kelowna March 19th at 2:30. Then, the come live with my hubby and I until they find a place of their own here in town

03-11-2014, 03:22 PM	#9866
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	We can fall through the moon door together in that case Dana. Although that sounds suspiciously like we're on the bus to Hebden Bridge... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-11-2014, 03:31 PM	#9867
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I rode my motorcycle to the gym this morning. That made me pretty happy __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-11-2014, 07:29 PM	#9868
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Bone scan is good!!! My bone scan is all good. NO skeletal mets!! I am VERY happy. I feel more confident after this scan than I did after the PET/CT last summer, because it just does the torso. Granted, most bone mets show up in the spine, pelvis, ribs, and occasionally skull, but they can show up in the limbs. Now I know that my stress fracture is just that, and my other persistent pains are just aches and pains and nothing more. This is the new lease, the ticket to the next few years. I don't have to worry as I try to get into shape again; if I'm sore, it's just that I worked out too hard (or I'm getting old). It's hard to express how much this means. I was very very nervous prior to this scan (I'm embarrassed to say how nervous, but some of you know). Now I can take a huge breath and let it out, and get some sleep. And get to work on my poster presentation, since I have a 'practice run' in front of several faculty next week. I desperately need to learn how to turn data into bar graphs in Excel. Elementary, I know, except for those of us who've never had to use Excel. Never mind, I'll figure it out - although hints are welcome! Thank you for putting up with me, guys ... you're the best. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

03-12-2014, 03:05 AM	#9869
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Awesomeness personified, Ortho! And use the chart wizard button in Excel. Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 943 (0 members and 943 guests)