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@Trila, Bummer that you've also been benched with this upper respiratory illness. From what I'm hearing, it's making the rounds throughout the US and probably elsewhere, given the constant intermixing that comes with international travel.

I'm now in day 4. The headache and severe fever have abated, but other symptoms persist: the sense of weakness, lack of energy, appetite loss, swollen glands, and sore, gunky throat. Unfortunately, they've invited along a couple of friends to the party: the inability to take a deep breath and a cough. :(

My (pre vaccination) 2020 Covid bout hit my lungs hard. Though there thankfully wasn't any permanent damage, I was nevertheless on 12 weeks of inhaler meds. If the cough and deep breath issue continue, I'll contact my doctor for a refill on the inhaler prescription.

DH continues to take good care of me and our kids check in daily. Bless all their hearts. ♥
 

hollydolly said:
You know.. when I discovered my husbands' infidelity and the horrendous situation that transpired directly afterwards, it was the most heartbreaking time of my life. . It took a very long time for me to come to terms with it.. not get over it, cuz I'm still not over the betrayal.. which was a lot more than just the cheating... but I won't write here on an open forum the terrible events..

Anyway..it took almost 2 years for the nightmares to stop..

Now close to 3 years on.. we're now going through the divorce courts..... and I've almost returned to those first days... very upset, nightmares et al.... like it's all happening again. You'd think I'd be happy the marriage is ending, but I'm not, despite all the trauma during it .. and I just feel bereft at ''losing my husband'' all over again.. or that's how it seems.. :cry::cry:
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I'm sorry for all the you have gone through, and are still going through.
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Pinky said:
Will probably stop and get a coffee & muffin at Tim's.
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A highlight of my visits to Toronto has been to hit a Tim Hortons* with great frequency. Love Tim's!

*It bothers me that there's no apostrophe in Hortons, so I finally looked it up. Mystery solved. According to Wikipedia:

"The company had removed the apostrophe after signs using the apostrophe were interpreted by some to be breaking the language sign laws of the Province of Quebec in 1993. Some older locations retain signage with the company's name including a possessive apostrophe, despite the fact that the official styling of the company's name has been Tim Hortons, without an apostrophe, for over two decades."
 
StarSong said:
A highlight of my visits to Toronto has been to hit a Tim Hortons* with great frequency. Love Tim's!

*It bothers me that there's no apostrophe in Hortons, so I finally looked it up. Mystery solved. According to Wikipedia:

"The company had removed the apostrophe after signs using the apostrophe were interpreted by some to be breaking the language sign laws of the Province of Quebec in 1993. Some older locations retain signage with the company's name including a possessive apostrophe, despite the fact that the official styling of the company's name has been Tim Hortons, without an apostrophe, for over two decades."
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Thanks for that info about Tim‘s. Never knew that. Personally, I can’t stand the place. That puts me in a minority. They’re always busy, busy, busy.
 
StarSong said:
@Trila, Bummer that you've also been benched with this upper respiratory illness. From what I'm hearing, it's making the rounds throughout the US and probably elsewhere, given the constant intermixing that comes with international travel.

I'm now in day 4. The headache and severe fever have abated, but other symptoms persist: the sense of weakness, lack of energy, appetite loss, swollen glands, and sore, gunky throat. Unfortunately, they've invited along a couple of friends to the party: the inability to take a deep breath and a cough. :(

My (pre vaccination) 2020 Covid bout hit my lungs hard. Though there thankfully wasn't any permanent damage, I was nevertheless on 12 weeks of inhaler meds. If the cough and deep breath issue continue, I'll contact my doctor for a refill on the inhaler prescription.

DH continues to take good care of me and our kids check in daily. Bless all their hearts. ♥
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It sounds like you have it bad!!! I hope you don't wait too long before checking with your doctor. If there is some kind of secondary infection going on, I'm sure it would be better to catch it early.

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Trila said:
It sounds like you have it bad!!! I hope you don't wait too long before checking with your doctor. If there is some kind of secondary infection going on, I'm sure it would be better to catch it early.

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Unless symptoms worsen considerably I'm not going to bother with the doctor. He'd likely suggest OTC meds, which I for sure won't take after Tuesday night's episode. Rx drugs contain mostly the same ingredients as OTCs, but at higher dosages and additional ingredients, so no point it going down that road. Almost everything contains acetaminophen, which I also can't take.
 
I'm home. Did you already guess that?

Stewing about silly "rules" at work. Actually, steaming😤. I don't wanna play their silly games and don't have time for them, either. "Points" for how many employees play the games are added to store manager's overall performance, affecting his bonus. I really don't give a rat's rear about his bonus. How about giving me a bonus to play? Dang! The bakery is a production department. We are paid to produce. Or else.

Good thing tomorrow is a day off so I can un-think about it. Instead I'm gonna plant the rest of the flowers that followed me home from the garden centers.
 
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.....I lied!

I actually have 3 (very easy) things on my to-do list today. Two of them are done already. The only thing left is to darn a sock (yes, I still do that!). The rest of the day is being spent laying around. I think it's helping, since I'm not feeling as awful as I was before. I'm just being careful to not over do things, like I usually do!

Well, I think it's nap time, again. 😴
 
StarSong said:
Unless symptoms worsen considerably I'm not going to bother with the doctor. He'd likely suggest OTC meds, which I for sure won't take after Tuesday night's episode. Rx drugs contain mostly the same ingredients as OTCs, but at higher dosages and additional ingredients, so no point it going down that road. Almost everything contains acetaminophen, which I also can't take.
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You know what is right for you....I just hate that you feel so yucky!
 
hollydolly said:
Now close to 3 years on.. we're now going through the divorce courts..... and I've almost returned to those first days... very upset, nightmares et al.... like it's all happening again. You'd think I'd be happy the marriage is ending, but I'm not, despite all the trauma during it .. and I just feel bereft at ''losing my husband'' all over again.. or that's how it seems.. :cry::cry:
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Oh, @hollydolly, I can so understand... I'm so sorry. Wish I could make things better; rest assured, I am praying for you. ((hugs))
 
Good day so far... (not to gloat, honestly) Beautiful weather: puffy clouds in a beautiful blue sky after a nights' rain (I put my majestic palm out to catch some and it looks *very* happy this morning =D), pleasant temps with a nice breeze. We appear to be having an early spring as everything that normally blooms late March/early April is already coming out-- azaleas, dogwoods, Bradford pear trees-- even as the early-spring blossoms have barely faded.

Went to Walmart and had a (truly) helpful pharmacy tech help me find some OTC meds I couldn't locate. Then at the check out (in an attempt to not have so many plastic bags), on various bulky items, like 6 pk of toilet paper, I told the cashier not to bother with a bag. Which was fine but then she ended up putting two boxes of crackers each in their own bag 🙄

Also stopped in the local department store and bought some Clinique facial scrub/exfoliant. Previously I'd used Lancome brand but they quit selling it. I tried one of the off-brands but it's just like scrubbing my face with sand (yuck) and that was supposed to be the mild version. So I will use this more expensive one judiciously.

I pray all who are under the weather will feel better soon... hagd!
 
hollydolly said:
Now close to 3 years on.. we're now going through the divorce courts..... and I've almost returned to those first days... very upset, nightmares et al.... like it's all happening again. You'd think I'd be happy the marriage is ending, but I'm not, despite all the trauma during it .. and I just feel bereft at ''losing my husband'' all over again.. or that's how it seems.. :cry::cry:
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I need to pay more attention to this thread... I didn't know you were going through this now, Holly... I thought you'd already been divorced. I feel bad for not having responded. In any case, dropping by to deliver a hug... so sorry you're going through this. :cry: 🫂
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Aww it's ok Kate... I'm not very good at writing anything too personal here.. People think I do because I chat a lot, but in reality I don't..

The stress of the actual workings of the divorce is quite overwhelming. When I divorced my first husband 40 years ago, we got legal aid, because we had low salaries, we went to court stood in front of the judge, neither had any assets and the judge simply made a maintenance order.

Today it's very different.. for a start after 2 years the divorces are deemed to be ''No fault '' then for a second we don't go to court unless there's potential problems with children etc , so we don't get a chance to tell the judge how terrible the other person has been .... for a third , the fees now are astronomical even for me as the respondent .. and because aside from a very short chat in person with my lawyer everything is done online... making it very difficult to ask questions about the huge amount of question and evidences required in these forms....

Then comes all the demanding letters from the other party's lawyer.. and so it goes on... adding all unnecessary stress to an already very upsetting procedure..
 
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Pepper said:
Yeah, I remember when I started paying some attention here. This thread is very important. It seems to be here where our members meet to talk about what they are up to in real life.
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yep that was my intention when I started it.. this is the second one of it's kind that I created over the years... the last one was well over 500 pages long..
 
I've just ordered a whole bunch of food to be delivered to me from Scotland.

In the south of England it's impossible to buy any Scottish foods, and world renowned meats and bakery items that Scotland is famous for. There's lots of poor imitations ( no jokes about haggis).. but the real things tastes very different.

It's Mother's day here on Sunday.. it's also Easter on the 31st and it's my birthday in 4 weeks time as well.. so as a gift to myself I've just ordered ( an expensive *yikes*) food package from a Scottish butcher and bakery to be delivered all the way here next week... I cannot wait..

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hollydolly said:
It's Mother's day here on Sunday.. it's also Easter on the 31st and it's my birthday in 4 weeks time as well.. so as a gift to myself I've just ordered ( an expensive *yikes*) food package from a Scottish butcher and bakery to be delivered all the way here next week... I cannot wait..
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Looking forward to seeing the yummy goodness in pictures. You deserve some fun treats. I hope you enjoy.
 
hollydolly said:
Aww it's ok Kate... I'm not very good at writing anything too personal here.. People think I do because I chat a lot, but in reality I don't..

The stress of the actual workings of the divorce is quite overwhelming. When I divorced my first husband 40 years ago, we got legal aid, because we had low salaries, we went to court stood in front of the judge, neither had any assets and the judge simply made a maintenance order.

Today it's very different.. for a start after 2 years the divorces are deemed to be ''No fault '' then for a second we don't go to court unless there's potential problems with children etc , so we don't get a chance to tell the judge how terrible the other person has been .... for a third , the fees now are astronomical even for me as the respondent .. and because aside from a very short chat in person with my lawyer everything is done online... making it very difficult to ask questions about the huge amount of question and evidences required in these forms....

Then comes all the demanding letters from the other party's lawyer.. and so it goes on... adding all unnecessary stress to an already very upsetting procedure..
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@hollydolly I so feel for what you're going through. Although my divorce was about 15 years ago, I remember it being similar to what you're going through concerning the legal process. Where we diverge is in our feelings about our ex husbands. There was little admirable or kind about my ex so I didn't miss him once we split. I did miss the marriage that I had hoped for but not the reality that it became.

He had a particular penchant for being abusive in all ways and, unfortunately, I still suffer from nightmares about it. I suppose I could seek counseling for it but I don't want all of those feelings and memories resurfacing.

I love my life now. The challenges have given way to changes that I now fully embrace. I pray the same for you.
 

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