It’s nice to see you checking in @Hidden! Awesome numbers you got there.
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Woo hoo! 8 months is an awesome accomplishment Mike!!
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It’s just a dogs hair away 
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Where the hell has that time gone 
proper pleased for you over here. Well done. 
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Hey Lisa; I just thought of something; if you’re on FB look at the “marketplace” part for refrigerators. A girl I was just speaking with said she found a decent one cheap.
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Good idea! Thanks Donna. I’m not on fb but I have my daughter’s fb on my phone (to keep an eye on her) so I’ll use hers.
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I’m sorry you’re having health problems. A health care professional next door, now that’s lucky!! I’m glad you found you want to live, although the circumstances were horrific. Since you want to live, I’d say you’ve found hope too. That makes my heart smile.
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Hey, what an accomplishment, congrats! I’m sorry you’re going through a rough patch, but I can relate. Hope you feel better soon.
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Day seven. Got up early and went for a walk with my dog. Talked to my mom for a bit on the phone, and then tidied the house and went to get my hair trimmed. It seems like it might be a good afternoon for a good book and a nap.
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Made it to through Day 4. Day 5 is going to be a challenge but I need to be sober because I am going to have some very hard decisions to make in just a few weeks and I need to be clear headed, I need to listen to my inner wisdom and figure out what the right thing to do is. There are many factors to sort through and I won’t be able to do it if I’m drinking. So that’s my motivation today. Going to walk to the beach and read Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp.
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Back is still on the mend, actually felt pretty bad this morning. Think it just got really stiff overnight. TENS unit, stretching, foam rolling/lacrosse ball to the glutes/hamstrings/quads, advil, and ice have gotten it to at least a manageable place. Taking it easy today though. At least I don’t have the lateral pelvic shift going on anymore (this happens when I aggravate my injury – hips shift all the way over to one side because of the spasm reaction in my back, looks crazy and HURTS).
I had plans tonight but unfortunately had to cancel them because of the back. I had also hoped to take Chief to that dog park an hour away again, but couldn’t. Mostly because siting in the car that long and then standing that long at the park and then sitting again on the way home is a recipe for pissing off my injury. He still got a good run in, just at our normal place nearby. Maybe I’ll feel well enough to take him to the park tomorrow morning. He was just so happy with it last week that the drive is worth it, it’s just once a week.
All in all, I’m in good spirits. I have let this injury eat at me, mentally, so badly in the past. I can’t do that anymore. So I accept that it’s happened, I can only do what I can do to help it along, and I’ll be back to normal in 5-7 days. That’s it!
I had a scheduled full week off from the gym next week anyhow, so in that sense, I guess it was good timing if it was gonna happen.
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Happy Birthday, Chris!
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It’s okay to feel those feelings. They will pass. Be good to yourself today.
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Day 26. Still no test results so just hanging out today. We made breakfast burritos. That was fun and good time spent together. Hubs even helped clean up the mess (highly unlike him 
). It’s definitely cooling off. I want to carve pumpkins but the squirrels will just eat them. I’ll probably just read my book and hope I get results by the end of today! Happy Saturday!
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Where are you, Kayla? I miss this time of year up north (MA).
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Hi Donna! I live in Colorado. It’s been weird here for sure. We had snow the first week in September. Then a few cold days. Now the mornings are cold but the day still reaches into 80s.
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Oh wow! I’d love to see that part of the states before I die, lol. It looks so beautiful.
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You should!!! I love to hike. There are some pretty gorgeous places out here. If you’re ever in town, let me know and I’ll show you around! I’ve never been to MA. A coworker of mine just got back from Nantucket. It looked lovely. Is that close to you? I think the farthest north I ever went was Maryland. It was pretty to see the ocean but also cold I remember. In college my anatomy partner was from NH. He said the fall time was gorgeous. Sadly I missed the leaves changing this year. It slipped by before I even knew it!
Day 63…
Shock is still where I’m at, thou I hadn’t seen my father in a very long time… Death is just the one emotion that derails me, I’ve now got the joy of my mother whom again I don’t have the best fucking relationship with has decided to come up by train!
I shall not reach for the bottle, I shall not pick up but I do hope I have the strength to get through this sober and sane!
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I’m from MA but I’ve been in FL for about 17 years now. The fall is the only time I like it up there, lol.
And I will definitely reach out if I ever do. I can see me buying a camper and just going on the road some day. I’ve been from Canada to Key West but nothing west of it.
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