Good morning All. Coffees on.

[Audrey]

Good morning to you all on this Wednesday.

 

@Heather Nicole I'm very sorry to hear aout your mother. Sending you, her and your family positive energy to help you through this time. It's hard to avoid worrying though, even if we tell ourselves not to - it's a natural feeling when someone so close to us battling cancer.

 

@Willow Sorry to hear about the restless night and bad dreams. May today and tonight be more peaceful for you.

 

Going to be a busy day here, I need to laser-focus on a grant proposal due in a few days and the construction noise outside isn't helping my cause at the moment. Hoping to raise some needed funds to support programs in the non-profit I work at. The pandemic has been very harsh on our budgets so everything helps. I know what I'm going to write, just need to dedicate the time to get it out in a hopefully coherent way. This girl is going to need lots of coffee today...

 

Happy birthday @ElizabethStar. I hope you have a fabulous day!

 

Love,

~Audrey.

[JustineM]

Well morning everyone. Coffee is strong and hot. And goddess does it have its work cut out today.  Ended up having to run back home because I forgot my wallet and duty weapon this morning. But I guess it can only get better from here so, have a great one!

[Jani]

8 hours ago, Maddee said:

My world is slow moving water polishing my stone.

Dear @Maddee I love the symbolism of this simple line.  It says so much.  I hope your day is going well.  

 

Jani

[Ann W]

6 hours ago, Audrey said:

 

Happy birthday @ElizabethStar. I hope you have a fabulous day!

Same here Elizabeth.

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❤

[Willow]

Ugh!

 

I got the call from my surgeon’s office.  I have to be at the hospital at 6:45 AM!  Guess I won’t be catching extra zzzs tonight.  The good news is if I’m first in line, I’ll be home earlier.

 

on a better note, I got a follow-up call about Covid vaccine.  And immediately registered.  Now it’s a waiting game until they call me with a time and date.

 

@ElizabethStar Happy Birthday Lady.  ??

[Mmindy]

Good afternoon everyone,

 

Happy Birthday @ElizabethStar

 

Today was a good day.

[Emily michelle]

Happy birthday Elizabeth!

[JustineM]

Well it’s evening so time to switch from coffee to wine lol. Cheers everyone! I’m finishing my coming out letter to my Mom this evening. I’ll keep everyone updated on how that goes in the Coming Out forum. 

[Willow]

@JustineM  wishing you well.

 

Willow

[Elizabeth Star]

Thanks everyone for the birthday well wishes. Most of the stuff happened at work. I arrived to boxes of donuts that were bought in my honor, a hand made card. it was all so very sweet. At lunch I got free Starbucks. Later on I had to goto our other building to pick up my customary gift card. Lot hugs and we miss yous. The assistant accountant was really shocked when she saw my nails change color right before her eyes, she was so cute. They gave me birthday cupcakes and wanted to sing. too soon for that, for me.I feel bad but ...honestly I would have cried, I'm not ready to cry in front of co-workers just yet. I went back to my own building and things pretty much went back too normal. My wife got me typical small gift things and a visa gift card.. She said I can Buy anything I want, Even woman's clothing,. She did add a disclaimer, of course she did. She doesn't want to see me in a dress. Nothing was mentioned about skirts. She made us a pizza while I installed our new alarm system.  I and just spent at this point so Thank you everyone and good night.

[Willow]

@ElizabethStar sounds like you had a good birthday.

 

well not time to leave for the hospital yet but I’m ready to go. Just waiting on my better half.  She has to do all the work for a few weeks. I won’t be able to walk or drive. Made the coffee but for her, I can’t have any.

 

let you know when I’m awake, truly awake later.

 

Willow

[Petra Jane]

Hard work out there this morning, walking through the snow!

 

[Elizabeth Star]

1 hour ago, Petra Jane said:

Hard work out there this morning, walking through the snow!

 

It looks so peaceful.

[Audrey]

Good morning everyone!

 

@Petra Jane What a lovely winter scene. Sometimes I miss living in a snowier climate. It's inspiring me to venture upstate or to VT or NH to ski before the winter's over but I feel conditions haven't been great this season. It's been unseasonably dry here in NYC this January.

 

@JustineM I wish you well in coming out to your mother, and I look forward to reading about it when you do!

 

@ElizabethStar It's wonderful to read about the positivity at your workplace - everyone really seems to accept you! Homemade pizza sounds yummy. I do wish your wife wouldn't force you to walk on such a narrow path. Do you want to buy and wear a dress? I also hope she's held up her side of your recent agreement to let you introduce yourself.

 

@Willow Hoping all is going well for you early this morning! Keep us posted.

 

@KymmieL Hoping you've been able to work everything out so you can start HRT! Sending positive energy your way.

 

Back to work on the grant today. I'm going to need quite a bit of coffee this morning, I can feel it already.

 

Love,

~Audrey.

[Charlize]

That is a lovely garden Petra Jane.  I've learned to wrap our boxwoods with bird netting to keep heavy snows from doing damage.  So far we have only had one good snow this year.  It is always son pretty even though there is more work for an old gal.

 

Hugs,

 

Charlize

[KymmieL]

So far this season we have only had a little snow. What we need is a week of just snow fall nothing to big. Still waiting to hear. I haven't done any checks this morning yet as this is usually the first place I come to when I get online.  Gotta keep up with all the gossip, its what us girls do. LOL 

 

Finally a day off. My body is not liking being on my feet for hours. my lower back after just a day is killing me. then feels better in the morning then repeat. I need to get a nice desk job.

 

Kymmie

[Ivy]

5 hours ago, Audrey said:

 

@Petra Jane What a lovely winter scene. Sometimes I miss living in a snowier climate.

I like to see it myself having grown up with it.   But I'm glad to not have to deal with it often.  Here we only get some very occasionally.

[KymmieL]

I love a nice gentle snow.  The kind with the big fluffy  flakes.  Which we rarely get here. Most of the time it snows  sideways.  

 

 Kymmie 

[KymmieL]

Almost ready to do the happy girl  dance. Got a call from the pharmacist who is part of the anticoagulation  clinic. It sounds like they a proved the request for me to go on E.

He is looking at with a large  dose of blood thinners that  he recommends do a full dose of E.  He wants to contact my Endocrinologist to talk with him about it.  Hope to hear something later today. Getting my dancing shoes ready.  

 

Kymmie 

[Willow]

I’ll read the posts later. On my way home. Surgery went fine!

[Mmindy]

Good afternoon everyone,

 

Coffee was HOT, black, and strong. The mood in the house is quiet. Not Good when she clams up...

 

@Petra Jane I love the snow too, just as @KymmieLsays big fluffy flakes, and I'm okay with it getting deep.

 

Hugs,

 

Mindy???

[Audrey]

3 hours ago, KymmieL said:

Almost ready to do the happy girl  dance. Got a call from the pharmacist who is part of the anticoagulation  clinic. It sounds like they a proved the request for me to go on E.

He is looking at with a large  dose of blood thinners that  he recommends do a full dose of E.  He wants to contact my Endocrinologist to talk with him about it.  Hope to hear something later today. Getting my dancing shoes ready.  

 

Kymmie 

I'm really excited for you Kymmie! This has been a long time coming so I'm hoping for the best, and I'll be ready to join you in your happy dance.

 

@Willow I'm so relieved to hear that your surgery went smoothly and I wish you a speedy recovery.

 

Back to work...

 

Love,

~Audrey.

[Willow]

Hi,  home, I’ve have coffee yum! Lunch, Ramen and a Kings Hawaiian roll with butter.  I used to be a barfer.  Couldn’t eat anything for hours after anistesia.  What ever they use now I’m good to go.  
 

@KymmieL this sounds good for you. Praying that you get good news.  I won’t jinx you not happy dance until you say it’s ok.

 

@Petra Jane that’s a beautiful garden and the light snow adds too it’s beauty.  However, it doesn’t make me want to move north again.  I’ll keep my beach and palm trees thank you.  Our season are chilly, spring, hot as !!!! And fall.  Chilly doesn’t last very long! Hot lasts too long.  
 

well, time to annoy my wife (ok not really) and ask for my scooter.  It’s just out of reach.

 

hugs

 

 Willow

 

 

 

[Jackie C.]

1 hour ago, Willow said:

Kings Hawaiian roll with butter.

 

Aha! We were talking about this over Thanksgiving. Empirical evidence that other people don't only bring these out on special occasions. My nephew's thesis has been defeated.

 

More seriously, I'm glad your surgery went well. Going under the knife is always scary.

 

Hugs!

[Robin.C]

Great news Kymmie, heal well Willow.

@Petra Jane that is so lovely, do you have any wildlife that visits. I have to admit I've been watching Mr and Mrs Lumpy ☺️

On i side note I've never touched snow or seen it other than in photos or on TV. Living in one of the warmer Australian states does that. Went to New Zealand a couple of times and I felt the mountain was laughing at me or had something else in mind. Perhaps it wanted to be me before I got to see its snowy glory ?

 

Jackie I hope your nephew gets a second chance.

 

Hugs

Robin