Here we can all be heard for a little while. Part 2

codemonkey

HWelly, people are going to ask to hold Escapee because she's brand new and beautiful and people like to hold new babies. And tbh, (I'm going to be my usual blunt self here), of course you don't need to let anyone hold her, but that's really going to hurt and upset your family who will be thinking that you think they will hurt her. My advice is to suck it up and let people have a cuddle. This will help her more than you - by letting others hold her you'll be helping her get used to "strangers" which long term will help with her social skills and if she's used to being held by people who aren't her parents she'll settle into nursery better when that time comes. It will also help you because these people might be willing to babysit in the future. They won't hurt her. They'll cuddle her and tell her she's beautiful and give her back if she cries or fills her nappy. Of course, if she's sleeping you can say no without upsetting people but I think passing her over to someone else briefly is a good thing, even if you really don't want to. Of course you can still say no but I think it's a good idea to allow it.

WaS, I say stupid things all the time. If I'm around a guy I find attractive I turn into a babbling mess. When I was younger, (I think I was maybe 17 and on a break from my on again off again boyfriend), I fancied this guy who lived nearby and he'd park his car out the front of our house. There was a lane that ran down the side of my house and I'd been at a friends or something. I was on my way home and I was in a good mood about something and there was nobody about so I decided to skip down the lane. I also had Dr Jones by Aqua in my head and for some reason I decided that singing it would help. So I burst out of this lane and who is at the end of it but the hot guy. So in case you needed help here, me in full goth regalia, including platform boots came skipping around a corner singing cheesy pop and skidded to a halt- the singing went 'O yippeeyay ay, oh yippee aiii...oh!'. And for some reason I followed this up by running into my house, at the speed of Usain Bolt, slammed the door behind me, but my coat got stuck in the door and I had to open it to free myself. The guy at this point was hysterical with laughter.

I think you did really well talking to a stranger who appeared unexpectedly in your flat rather than hiding under a blanket. That's an achievement.

MU hugs. Sometimes the brain chemistry gets a bit screwy. If you can't get in to see your doctor ask for a telephone appointment. Well done for knowing yourself well enough to spot the oncoming hypomania.

Well, hmm. Nobody died by stapler yesterday. In fact, I got into one of those hyper focused moods where I started working in the morning and didn't move until I looked up from my desk and realised that it was past home time and I hadn't eaten, drank much or been to the loo. And I hadn't even taken a lunchbreak. So I got home around 8pm, made dinner then started to get chest pains and a racing heart. I was convinced I was having a heart attack. So I took some aspirin but my heart was racing and stuttering until about 2am. I was lying in bed awake thinking that it was Game Over and DH would never wake up in time to save me. I think it was just indigestion combining with palpitations (side effect of my meds) and then I panicked and couldn't calm down which just made it all so much worse.

calleyw

Morning,

MU sorry I was not around to chat to you in the early hrs. As I am often about. But was a good girl and asleep by midnight ish.

Again I realised last night after my friend left that I do like company. And need more things and people in my life. Umm need to work out how to do that.

Tomorrow is a bit mad. As I have one friend coming round at lunch time and another in the evening :eek: Thats very unheard of for me. But I will get them doing some jobs when they come round to see me. be it in the garden or decorating I know hard task master and they may never come and see me again.:rotfl:

You are right. its taken being threatened with legal action for me to get my act together. Not the way I would have liked to sort it. But I need to keep a lid on it. And not run away with some sort fantasy about why someone has not replied.

If someone is chatting to me/texting me or wanting to see me then that means they must like in some sense of the word. And I need to keep that in mind.

Anyway showered and dressed. well apart from socks and shoes. need to put my face on and go and take my husband food shopping.

So will be gone for most of the day.

Everyone take care.

Yours

Calley

calleyw

PS MU you are fab at your job and don't let anyone else tell you different.

Yours

Calley

Georgiegirl256

Morning all!

WaS, you did really well talking to a stranger who just appeared in your house! I'm the Queen of putting my foot in things too....a story from work one time....

I'd been dealing with this particular customer, spent at least 5-10 mins with them, helped them choose a product and then processed the sale. Phoned through the back for the item and the store lad brought it through, and I said "T, it's for that gentleman over there" and pointed to them, only to hear a booming "WHAT gentleman?", and the sound of all my colleagues falling about laughing behind me, because they'd realised the one thing I hadn't....it was a woman!

Hugs (((MU))) hope you're feeling better soon. X x

Welly, nice to hear from you! Regarding the do, I'm gonna agree with code, in the long run, if you think you can manage it, it'll be beneficial to both escapee and to yourself. It may seem hard at first, but then you might realise it's not as bad as you first thought, we quite often build things up in situations much worse than they really are (I'm totally guilty of that one!), but overall, of course the decision is totally yours and yours alone.

Glad to hear there were no stapler incidents code!

Sounds like you've got a busy day planned for tomorrow Calley!

codemonkey

I am in trouble. Just as I was about to leave for work, I got mega stomach cramps and ran to the loo. Leaving out the grisly details, I got the woowoo. So took some immodium, waited a bit, and left for work as I need to go in today. Now on the train with mega cramps again and got at least 40 minutes before I get to the actual office. I may need to go in, grab my laptop and go home again. I also feel really sick.

whitewing

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Birdie85

Hope you feel better soon Code

I have to admit that I'm enjoying your embarrassing stories in a terribly criiiiiiiiinge way!

Glad you're getting on OK Welly, hope you get some more sleep soon. Everything seems better when you've slept! As for the issue about passing Escapee around, the others are right in that it's up to you who does and doesn't hold her, and when, but if people do want to have a cuddle, it's all from love and they won't hurt her. If she's sleeping/feeding/just fed then its perfectly reasonable to refuse to pass her to someone.

Georgiegirl256

Hope the cramp and sickness passes soon code (((hugs)))

I've been playing nurse this morning (no not like that! ), and had to go and patch my Mam up from a Rug attack....yes you heard correctly! She phoned up asking if we had any large plasters as she had had "a rug incident" last night. My first thought was that she'd tripped over it, but no, she was taking her tights off, wobbled abit, put her hand down in the middle of the rug to protect herself and somehow, has quite a big deep cut (any deeper might have needed stitches), and a massive lump and bruise that covers the whole of the back of her hand, I was like :eek: when I saw it as I was just expecting a smallish cut! How on earth that happened, we have no idea!

She has platelet problems though, and is on aspirin, so it takes ages for it to stop bleeding. She thought it had last night, so went to bed as she also felt sick (she's very squeamish), and when she got up this morning, it had bled all over her bed sheets and pillow case.

Anyhow, it stopped bleeding this morning, and I patched it up, went back home, then picked her up later on to take her to lunch with her friend, and it's started again She's coming up here later and we'll check it out again.

faerielight

I posted a thread about my inheritance here and people have been a bit mean and I'm so sad about my mum people can be so harsh , I should have posted it here with you lovely people

geminilady

faerielight wrote: »

I posted a thread about my inheritance here and people have been a bit mean and I'm so sad about my mum people can be so harsh , I should have posted it here with you lovely people

Yes people can be harsh on the rest of the forum,read your post and am so sorry for you everyone deserves love and care from their mum and am so sorry you did not get it.It does seem strange that she got back with Michael after he had already conned her out of money.If he is a known conman it might be worth having a word with the police and/or a solicitor.Are you sure she does not have mental health problems it does sound like it and if it can be proved maybe something can be done.Have a((( hug ))) some people out here do care.