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[Sam]

1142 (UK)

Waiting for my mum to turn up so I can go and watch The Book Thief film with her. Really looking forward to it

[Pierre]

8:39 AM Back in the office. Half dead from the hour change. Everything is slow as molasses this morning. Email is slow, Internet is slow, my brain is slow. Long day ahead...

[Gary]

Pierre wrote: "8:39 AM Back in the office. Half dead from the hour change. Everything is slow as molasses this morning. Email is slow, Internet is slow, my brain is slow. Long day ahead..."

When I feel that way (like now, for instance with insomnia acting up, time change and work stress) I think to myself I am grateful for this job, house, etc. It helps me get through it.

[Pierre]

I am grateful. Just bummed out. :-) It will pass...

[Kathryn]

11:17 AM. Good morning, GR. I slept in a bit this morning because for some reason, I was just really tired. I'm going to read for a bit, since Mark is at work, and work on some cleaning later. Our house is a big mess because of the packing. I keep saying that, and it gets cleaned up, but once we do more packing...ugh. I'm sure you've all been there. Looks like a lovely day outside, so maybe I can open up the front door and let the kitties look out the screen door. They love watching outside because of the squirrels and birds.

Terri, we have a home inspection tomorrow on a house we've already been in the process of buying. We have already signed papers with the homeowner to buy it, and this week the loan paperwork is starting. We should find out this week what our mortgage payment will be, etc. I don't know why, but even though we got pre-qualified and got pre-qualification letters, this part is making me really nervous. We had some problems with the homeowner's signing the paperwork because they got a divorce, and apparently the husband didn't want the divorce. It made last week pretty stressful because we were worried he wouldn't sign the papers on his end and just delay, delay, delay, and we'd have to find a new house. But, he signed them. I guess this part makes me nervous because I just don't want anything else to go wrong, you know? We are trying to close at the end of March, so we'll see how it all goes. This is the first home we've ever bought, so this has definitely been a learning experience. Thank you for asking. :)

[Janie, Group Owner & Book Addict]

11:20AM Got here late this AM because I had been on the phone with my sister! We always end up talking for hours lol but not today, she was going to the school to have lunch with her daughter. I miss them so much! So my morning has been a little messy! LOL I deleted an email from a friend when just trying to hit the reply ugh. And then when I tried to retrieve it, it said it could not be found so it is bye bye. Hard to write an email when I cant answer hers. :::sigh::: Also trying to get the laundry, done so when it was time to start I find that my son had a load in the washer that he did not throw in the dryer and had already left for work :/

Kay is on spring break this week so I even got to sleep in, so that is a plus to a messy morning. I had my coffee, finally finished my email while talking to my sister, and that was a chore too. LOL But it is a beautiful Morning! Feel like maybe even taking a walk! I think I might just walk over and get Aeverie cause he is coming today!

Kathryn so awesome that you are almost there and I can totally understand the apprehension, buying a house is stressful because anything can happen and it seems you hold your breath the whole time. Try to relax a little and not think to hard on it.

Sorry y'all did not get much sleep, I hate when that happens myself. I will toss and turn for a couple of hours and then eventually get back up. It is worse when I have been asleep for a couple of hours and then wake up. It really is not fun at all. Hope you can get naps maybe?

[Gary]

Janie wrote: "11:20AM Got here late this AM because I had been on the phone with my sister! We always end up talking for hours lol but not today, she was going to the school to have lunch with her daughter. I mi..."

Sounds like insomnia is common here.

[[deleted user]]

Great news on the house, Kathryn! Hope it all goes through as planned.

1:09pm EDT. Still haven't slept but I don't feel too bad. Probably will just go to bed early tonight. I just got done making 2 loaves of honey white bread and the house smells wonderful. Charlie's ready for his afternoon nap, so I'm going to read a while. Hopefully Larry will be home early and we can have an early dinner. Hope everyone's having a great day!

[[deleted user]]

2:13 p.m. and I did good last night. Stayed up until 6 a.m. which is good since I start night shift tonight. Slept in until 12:30 p.m. Already made some food (chili) for Jeff to eat while I'm at work. Plan on reading some out of The Goldfinch, take a shower, and get ready for work. I am pumped!!

[Kathryn]

5:25 PM. Going for a run on this beautiful day!

[Alondra]

6:26pm I haven't slept in about 36 hours... Insomnia is a B*tch. I don't do prescription meds, so waiting on hubby to find a OTC sleep aide.... my neck is achy, my head hurts, and i vaguely remember driving home.

I am not sure who i triaged at work, but i know that i made EVERYONE come in... hahhahaa.... the docs were quite busy. mmmmmm ;)

[Lucy]

00.44am
About to go to bed after a long day, ready for another long day tomorrow.

[Gary]

7:54 here still too soon to sleep. I think I will read a little.

[Katy]

Alondra, a few natural things you can use to help you sleep: Kava kava, Valerian root, chamomile, catnip, skullcap, and hops (non-alcoholic beer, or buy pills). And, of course, Melatonin. My PA at Advantage says she takes 10 mg of Melatonin every night at bedtime and she sleeps much better. I usually take 3, 6, or 9 mg. Hope that helps.

Thanks to everyone who is sending me thoughts and encouragement.

Darn, I know there was other stuff I wanted to respond to, but there were 3 pages of messages and I just can't remember what else...

9:04 p.m. EDT Most of the weekend was spent sleeping off and on. Today I went in to meet with several different folks at my oncologist's office: the financial person, the palliative care person, and the social worker. Then this afternoon we did an MRI of my abdomen to have a better idea what's going on in there. To my surprise, St. Mary's had already received notice that I was on Medicaid, a decision that was only made last Friday, and which I had not been notified of yet, nor have I received any of the ID cards, etc. Tomorrow I go to see the guy who will be doing the radiation treatments, and Friday I go in for chemo education. The social worker told me to make sure the radiation guy gives me the full run-down on what can happen, since the radiation is on my gut and it can cause all kinds of nasty things. Like colitis. *sigh*

Right, well hopefully I'll do better keeping up, but I have over 1000 social media messages. Most are Facebook, so I try to check for Goodreads and do them as I find them.

[Kathryn]

9:17 PM. After my run I got a shower, then went to the grocery store for a few things. Tonight we had soup and sandwiches. Mark watched The Walking Dead and is now bored. I want to read, but I have a feeling I might have to entertain him somehow by us packing some stuff. Maybe I can talk him into making the brownies he keeps saying he wants me to make. Lol

[Victor]

9:23 PM Watching food network and eating leftover hamburger helper. Some chocolate too...... Eating because I'm sad is an understatement right now.

[Janie, Group Owner & Book Addict]

9:25AM Wow today has just not been a very good day at all. :::sigh::: So now we found out our Sump Pump for the sewer system is broken. Have to figure out what money tree to pull that money off of! Hub will call tomorrow after work and see what we can do about it. And hopefully it will not cost too much. I did have a good workout so that is good and I had my coffee. Aves is watching Shrek this evening and now I think I will read. I have not done too much of that today.

[Kathryn]

10:49 PM. Moved into my bed to read. I think I strained my left leg a little in my workout today. It is kind of achy. I think I will put my heating pad on it. Going to read for a while until I fall asleep, since Mark is watching a movie. Night Film is a good read so far. Goodnight, GR.

[✨Susan✨]

I am excited for you Kathryn. Good luck on the inspection and closing. Woohoo!

[Kathryn]

11:15 AM. Good morning, GR. Sitting here about to read and realized I haven't been on GR this morning. Mark is getting off of work early, and we are going to the new house today to get it inspected. Because of that, I'm going to read a bit, go exercise, then get ready to leave. I am really enjoying my book, and read some in bed last night. The heating pad helped my leg muscle last night. We are leaving around 3:45, so I have a few hours to myself.

Susan, thank you so much. We are excited, but I'm trying to maintain my excitement, just in case. Lol

[✨Susan✨]

I so understand, a lot of things have to go just right. It is exciting and scary at the same time. Eek. Keeping my fingers crossed and sending good thoughts your way. One thing I did was, even though the inspector will give you a report, I recorded it on my eye pad so we could go back to it in real time with every word. Not necessary but it did help us.

[Kathryn]

I think we are going to take our camera, too. I had pictures on my phone, but deleted them because my phone was full.

12:06 PM. A little change of plan. Mark called and said we are leaving at 2:30 to go to the loan agency, then our home inspection. I have been reading, and Night Film is a good read so far. I think I'm going to go ahead and stop for now and get ready. Then, I can just read until Mark gets here.

[Janie, Group Owner & Book Addict]

12:55PM Geez I seem to be getting later and later getting here. But today I was seriously busy cleaning! I also recorded a vlog, just had lunch and now I am here. I have not read anything since last night so I think I will do some of that now and then when Randy gets home we will figure out what to do about this pump problem! UGH!

[[deleted user]]

3:38 p.m. and I'm trying to read for a short time, cook something to take to work, and then off to work. My back is KILLING me! Bought some Epsom Salt on the way home from work and soaked for 20 minutes when I got home.

Janie - Sump Pumps can be a pain in the rump sometimes. Sorry you are going through this.

Alondra - Hope you were finally able to get some much needed sleep.

Katy - Glad to see you got approved for some financial assistance. That is the last thing you need to be worrying about. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. You are such a strong woman and I have nothing but admiration for you.

[[deleted user]]

5:14 p.m. and I'm off to work. Should be off tomorrow. Maybe my body will recover some and I can get some reading in :)

[✨Susan✨]

I have had so many kids here this week during Spring Break so far. All I know is that boys can eat more food than I ever could have imagined. Second time to the grociery store in 4 days. Next year I'm going to hit SAMs the week before so I can feed an army. Hehe. Not too much time to read, mainly cooking, but The 9th Girl is good so far.

Good luck Kathryn.

Janie, that is a big bummer, hope they can fix it fast!

[Christine]

8:16 pm

I'm watching the walking dead with my mom and my brother

[Janie, Group Owner & Book Addict]

10:13AM Well discovered we have to order the pump because no one can seem to have one in stock. So hub found a place the ships in 3 days, so that is better than nothing! I read a little bit today but having a real hard time getting into this book, Sandman Slim. I am not impressed with it. It is pretty vile as well. Just not my cup of tea. I thought the series sounded good when I bought the first 3. I am gonna finish the book, but I doubt I will pick up the others.

[KylieAwesome]

8:03 P.M. I am about to clean the kitchen... right after I finish my ice tea!

[Kathryn]

11:22 PM. About to read. Pretty tired, but I want to read more before bed. Mark is watching Heroes. The home inspection went well. Just tiring. Goodnight, GR.

[[deleted user]]

9:47am EDT. Have spent most of the morning on GR and other online sites. I've ordered another cookbook and hope it comes today. (I collect cookbooks.) This one is actually a vegan cookbook. I know I can't eat vegan all the time, but I thought I might get a few ideas for some meatless meals. One thing I'm trying is to really cut back on meat and pump up the fruits and veggies in my diet. I think it will help me to feel better. Also, since the snow and ice are gone, my doc says I can start taking short walks and slowly increase the intensity and the distance. I've decided that this is the year I'm getting as much of my health back as possible! Hope everyone is having a happy Wednesday!

YAY Kathryn about the house inspection!

Janie, sorry for your pump problems.

[Kathryn]

9:00 AM. Good morning, GR! About to enjoy some coffee and read. I didn't sleep very well last night. The wind was blowing hard, so the kitties got freaked out. I might need to go lay back down for a bit. I have been really tired lately. It must be from everything going on. Oh well...that is what coffee and naps are for. Haha!

Terri, I am glad to see you are going to try taking walks when the weather was up. It is amazing what a little exercise can do for you. It always makes me feel better physically, emotionally, and mentally. Probably because I sleep better. Lol

[Kathryn]

***when the weather is warmer*** Lol

[Janie, Group Owner & Book Addict]

9:55AM I had to quit on Sandman Slim, I just felt like I was wasting time trying to like it and finish the book. I read to about pg.95 and had to stop. So mark that one as a dnf. So I picked up Prior Bad Acts instead. I felt like revisiting Kovak and Liska. Sam always makes me happy! Heh. Aeverie stayed last night. He likes to stay over once in awhile now that he rarely ever does. So he is watching Frozen right now. I am enjoying my coffee and I am gonna pick up my book soon. Good Morning GR!

Terri my sister read that walking is in fact one of the best exercises we can do. It works all the muscles and least amount of stress on our joints. I love walks!

[[deleted user]]

11:46 am
At school right now but on break before I have to go to my drawing class, so I am in the library reading 1984.

[✨Susan✨]

Janie wrote: "9:55AM I had to quit on Sandman Slim, I just felt like I was wasting time trying to like it and finish the book. I read to about pg.95 and had to stop. So mark that one as a dnf. So I picked up Pri..."

I'm sorry you didn't like Sandman Slim. I've got it in my library, maybe one to return. I like Kovac and Liska very much. The 9th Girl great story. I am going to have a hard time choosing from three good series I've got myself tangled up in just recently. Have you read this series in order?

[[deleted user]]

4:03 p.m. and I've only been up a couple of hours. Had trouble getting to sleep this morning because of my stupid back. I'm doing much better now and have the night off work. Plan to read a lot tonight. Not cooking dinner today because we have too many leftovers in the fridge. Can't afford to waste food.

[Shell]

Hi guys, sorry I haven't been around much lately I have been crazy busy. There are about 6 pages of this thread that I have missed and I'll be struggling to catch up on everything that has happened so I just hope that you are all doing really well! This is my busiest time of year at work and I have a whole heap of other stuff going on so I don't have as much time for GR as I normally would but I'll try to at least keep up to date with this tread :)

[[deleted user]]

That's understandable Shell. We are in mandatory overtime at work. 50+ hours a week. I am off tonight, so I hope to catch up on a lot of my reading.

[Shell]

That's a huge week Cindy! Enjoy your night off, I hope you have a good rest and get lots of reading done :)

[[deleted user]]

Thanks Shell. Hope you have a wonderful evening!

[Kathryn]

7:22 PM. Cooking dinner. I had a nice workout, then got a shower. I think I am going to read while I cook. I would love to read a bit more today.

[Pierre]

20:25 Ouch, Cindy! I'll never complain about having to go to work again. :-)

[[deleted user]]

6:27 pm
Got home from dinner with my parents. Tonight my mom and I are going to watch some tv and then I am going to read some. I want to finish a few books here soon. I seem to have found myself in a reading slump, then I have been busy with school and homework that I feel like I don't have enough time for the reading I want to do. So I have decided to challenge myself to read four books a month.

[[deleted user]]

Pierre wrote: "20:25 Ouch, Cindy! I'll never complain about having to go to work again. :-)"

I'm just grateful to have a job Pierre. The prospect of homelessness and hunger was very real not long ago.

[[deleted user]]

9:22 p.m. and I'm getting ready to take a break from reading to watch an episode of The Voice on Hulu Plus with Jeff. Plan to be up all night reading.

[Janie, Group Owner & Book Addict]

9:01PM Had a great workout this evening. I love walking. We started to go to the playground and then Aeverie fell so we did not go. He skinned up his hands. Enjoying my coffee right now and reading Prior Bad Acts, I am loving this one. Wanna finish it by Friday.

Susan if you are talking about the Kovak and Liska series, then yes I have been reading it in order. I am on book 3 right now. I don't have The 9th Girl yet but I will be keeping an eye out for it. It is still in hardback since it just came out last year, so I will wait till it hits paper since the other 3 I have are all paper. I noticed that Book Outlet has all 3 from the Oak knoll trilogy which I also plan on reading this year, and Book Outlet is cheap, cheap, cheap. I have the series, but thought I would let you know if you are interested in it for yourself.

[Kathryn]

10:18 PM. I've been enjoying some reading tonight. But what makes it even better is I've got my sweet little Gizmo girl on my lap. She is happy to be with me. Took a break from reading to eat a little dessert and check my notifications. Back to reading I go. I would love to finish this read tomorrow, and start another one before the 15th.

[[deleted user]]

11:39 p.m. and I'm gonna curl up in my chair now and do some reading.

[[deleted user]]

1:47am EDT. Another night without sleep. Emotionally I'm just letting the problems with my son affect me way too much, physically and mentally. So I'm just going to concentrate on the positive things I can do for myself and for my husband. I'm glad the weather is clearing up (though we did have a little snow yesterday) so I can take Charlie on some walks. That ought to be fun. He cheers me up so much. It's amazing how much emotional support you can get from a pet.

Noam, Cixi sounds really cool. Does the name mean anything in particular? I read The Bothers Karamazov almost a year ago as a buddy read and we liked it very much.

Shell, great to see you post! Sounds like things are going well, even if you are crazy busy!

Kathryn, give that Gizmo girl some extra love!