Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

I can try, it might take a while though.....:) it looks a bit like this But hairier.

I will also try. Smile has megawatts Not intent on sharing, but up for appreciation

Nikkster

LydiaJ wrote: »

Hello everyone

F me... where have you been??! Have said it but have totally missed you. Might beer under control but here are the NPT. We love you. I'll find out if this isn't true. Because we love you xxx:T

Yorkie1

Hi Lydia :T

LydiaJ

Nikkster wrote: »

F me... where have you been??! Have said it but have totally missed you. Might beer under control but here are the NPT. We love you. I'll find out if this isn't true. Because we love you xxx:T

Errr ... life got overwhelming. I don't mean that anything else happened to add to the catalogue of disasters that the last 13 years have been, but that I more than usually ran out of ability to cope with it. Having always thought of myself as the sort of person who leant towards people when life got me down, I have found myself withdrawing from real life as much as possible without losing my job or my kids.

And then michaels emailed, v briefly, to ask if I was OK, and I knew I couldn't leave it unanswered, and I couldn't leave the rest of you thinking I didn't want your friendship any more either.

So here I am. What have I missed, please?

SingleSue

Lydia - I did the same when my depression was at its worse and I too was the one who thought they would never do that. I also did just about enough to keep the important things going and the children fed and looked after....it was just socially, there was complete withdrawl.

I still feel the urge to do that at times now but I then remember it did me absolutely no good back then and force myself to post here, or send a text to someone or pick up the phone and call a friend or mum.

As to what has been happening? Well, not really that much for me. I've now got a bluebadge and a mobility car on the way, James is back from uni for the summer, Josh has been on tour with the school in Spain and youngest (according to his college, we will see when the results actually come in), has done well in his retake of year 11....a Distinction* and a distinction on top of his Maths GCSE retake result which means he is free and clear to go forward onto level 3 in September.

LydiaJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

Not a lot from me.

I'm now an orphan though.

Neighbours tree that makes a ferkin mess with 000s of leaves every day/relentlessly and had branches over my house and put it into shade .... was completely demolished this week

That's the big/noticeable stuff. Apart from that I've scoffed a lot of "poor diet" foods such as cheesecakes and chips, so nothing's changed there.

Nice to see you.

Nice to see you too.

Sorry to hear about the orphan thing. Sending belated thoughts and hugs and prayers for you.

Good news about the tree.

Doozergirl

LydiaJ wrote: »

Hello everyone

Hello Stranger. Welcome to the fold.

We missed you. I feel guilty for not sending a text if you were suffering. Sorry, I did think but didn't want to intrude. Well done, michaels.

I have no news. Everything is good for me, which is good

silvercar

Hi. Lydia, was hoping that end of term marking was keeping you busy and schools out would herald your return.

Bit of excitement last night. Had friends to dinner (here on holiday) they came with 80 yr old mother. Their flat here is on 20th floor of block nearby. After dinner we had a power cut, thought that the mother may have ended up staying the night with us. No way could she have walked up stairs. Half an hour later the lights came back on and the scurried off home.

LydiaJ

Doozergirl wrote: »

Hello Stranger. Welcome to the fold.

We missed you. I feel guilty for not sending a text if you were suffering. Sorry, I did think but didn't want to intrude. Well done, michaels.

I have no news. Everything is good for me, which is good

Thank you Doozergirl, but please don't feel guilty, any of you. You are none of you expected to be able to read my mind, or to know what is happening at a distance, so nobody should feel bad for not having done so.

I have not been completely isolated. I turned up to all the "catching up with friends" that I'd booked myself in advance to do during the magic two weeks when I had broken up but my kids had not, and enjoyed those things when I got there, although I couldn't be bothered to do anything I hadn't already committed to.

Also, I went for a preliminary appointment with a therapist that I thought might be able to treat DD for her psych issues, which have been getting me down, but I wasn't sure if he could do anything at this stage, so I wanted to discuss her with him myself before arranging anything. He turned out to be able to do a lot more than I hoped, and is now going to treat all three of us. I am not going into detail on a public forum, but this puts us on the receiving end of an entirely different level of expertise. I am hopeful for real change, although not overnight, natch.

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

Superpoo:

Opened up the patio doors and I seem to have superpoo on the patio. Several LARGE splatts of it.... big great grey/white gooey messes - one on every four slabs.... and what looks like 1/4 of a slice of bread chewed up and spat out.

I guess the birds haven't got used to the fact their tree's gone and they can't sit in that and poo any more, so are trying out new perches. I'm guessing that, this morning, my gutters seemed a good spot.

I hope they change their mind!

Or maybe there was a huge/swooping fight and they all shat themselves.

I sincerely hope that the tree dwelling emus of Hertfordshire haven't moved. Is someone feeding them if they have bread?