INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

love to you MammaRay

I wanted to share this article with you all- i've been sharing it everywhere, because I think there is a real problem in our culture and everyone has decided that it is okay to be a jerk to everyone when they don't feel perfect. This is not aimed at anyone here! Just a good op-ed that spoke volumes to me, esp as I work in tech/cst service and have been in cst service my entire working life. I think it applies to every situation, not just those with anxiety. The entitlement culture we've allowed is just so unacceptable.

It isn't that hard to be nice.

I firmly believe that Miss Manners Book of Etiquette should be mandatory reading from kinder-university. We've clearly forgotten how to be civilized.

http://chronicpainsolutions.org/your-anxiety-isnt-an-excuse-to-be-an-asshole/

hi ladies! Head is fuzzy from pain meds so can't really catch up on all the posts just yet.

Luvmygoats- I did see u were keeping the noise down to a roar. Lol!

I'm okay. In more pain then I expected but it's manageable. Thanks for being in my pocket! Hugs to everyone! I will be back in a day or two. X

How have I not found this place before? Haven't had more than a few winks since I started this tamoxifen.

yes. Apparently my queen size bed is not big enough for both cats

So Meow, you had to get up? Hah! It's so fun how cats love to snuggle....

Yes Peppermint... I woke up at 4.... NOW where are YOU? I've been trying to figure out of something I ordered online is actually coming or just a SCAM! Janie showed me this Michael Kors hand-bag that she LOVED! It was really cheap... so I ordered it for her... Now I can't get them to answer emails...etc.! I go to the MK face-book page, and there is a "court action"! Seems this bogus site is selling knock-offs, and then not sending them! BUT maybe I will get the hand-bag after all.... They will not answer my thousand or so emails...

Smarty.... I laughed when I saw your picture! But wouldn't flip-flops help stop a hammer-toe? I'll bet they would! HaaaaaaaaaaaahhAAAAAAh!

Jwoo- excellent article and it hits home for me right now around a situation at a client site I dealt with and am dealing with again.

chevy. Aww darn scams

Hootie hoo

How about a cute pair of tabi socks?

They are comfortable.

Edited to change the autocorrect of tabi socks from taxi back to tabi.

Hol- your road trip sounds awesome. First one ever? Where from and to may I ask? Once you do one, you will never be the same! Don't forget to stop at interesting things along the way, you won't regret that!

I went for some spa time today. Been searching for someone new to work on my feet that have issues for a couple reasons, but especially from the tendons being dried out from the AIs. It was so bad the first six months, but got better and had a massage therapist who worked on my feet regularly. They are better since those days, but my massage therapist closed her business in Oct and that was the last time anyone worked on my feet.

I think my new person, Jered is a keeper and did a great reflexology treatment for me. I made another apt with him for late February.

Kathindc, I was going to mention tabi sox too. I used to have a pair. It's my toes that get cold, not so much my feet.

Oh I was SOOO wondering what taxi socks were before heading out to church this morning !!!

Those tabi socks are really cute.

Loverly - I developed a taste for those in Hawaii as a kid. Not so much now lol. Is that the pronunciation in Vietnamese? We used to get those and those sticky plums I think. They were the treats when we went with DM to the laundromat.

I have a pair of tabi socks and a kimono.They are from the early 1960s. Also have a pair of embroidered getas (a cross between a clog/flip-flop). Gosh I love Wikipedia. All made for someone much tinier than I am now.

Patty - how are things today?

HO1 - Road trip. Sounds like bunches of fun. I get to escape to the county seat Thur or Fri (a whole 20 miles). DH turned 65 on Friday so I need to file our new tax exemption on the house. Voters OK'd additional $ with November voting. Also get to see a nurse friend RN, former hospice co-worker. Owns her own senior care business and a small personal care home. Told her I would bring lunch for her and her hubby who works with her. Will prob. try for Friday since DH is off and I can be more free with my time.

Patty- I had that same bug last weekend, and sorry to hear you have not been feeling well. Take it easy sister and drink lots of fluids.

Oh sorry Peppermint! It would be hard NOT to catch something like that.... especially living in the same house.... Hope you feel better soon.

I remember my Dad brought home a Kimono, wooden clog shoes, paper lanterns, etc. from Japan after WW2.... He was there 3 days after the bomb.... working with in white suit to help clean up the city! Didn't know this when I was little.... but after Mom died, we talked a LOT about his life in the Navy....

The lives of so many Japanese-Americans were displaced during the war.... What a horrible time they went through.... My older neighbors.... Theresa & Eddie.... She is now in Assisted Living.... 91 years old.... But Eddie was on Pearl Harbor when the Japanese bombed the harbor.... He was interviewed about what it was like..... I only hope the United States is never that close to war again.... Dec. 7th.... 1941....

I was only 4.... but I remember my Mom crying when they heard the news.....