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Had to! :biggrin: (self motivated - - no one requested it.) lol Like a little mini-vaca.

Are you not giving yourself enough credit for losing it, and that's weighing the "fat head" syndrome vs the actual accomplishment? As in, do you think the band did all the work and you're still the same fat guy inside? If so, then we can give you the same song and dance we give the newbs: ...the band is a TOOL ...You still have to do the work ...the band can't do it for you Sound familiar? YOU did that! YOU lost all that weight...so be PROUD of that! Losing is so friggen HARD! Getting fat is easy. I gained 3 pounds last weekend for DH's birthday getaway in San Antonio. And during the month I was unfilled last year I gained 10!!! It's like fat just sits around the protective guard shield, testing and waiting... Be proud! Be dancing in the street! You did an awesome job at defeating what many people never overcome.

Wow...unsubscribe to thread and look what happens. :biggrin: It gets all nice!

Hmm...he's her age, smart, and a cutie! How do you feel about the concept of betrothal? Ha! Kat that does exactly like me! Not the married part - officially or yet - but, I'd walk in and walk out. Wouldn't even go to first period and it was easy! I was awake...I was there...why didn't I stay? lol...I was just dumb. Hate. Hate. Hate math. I will actually clam up and have brain freeze trying to figure out tips in restaurants. I tip big because 20% is easy to figure out and 10% is too cheap. Rulz suck! Filling out forms before the one week time frame is borderline anarchist!!!

Yes! Freaky...avoid any child name Molakai... Really, they do! (Um, I mean, I have no experience with this, but I think you may be right....) Good luck! This is so weird. I would understand if it were a one time "punishment" thing, but omg...they'd have kicked me and my kid out by now. lol DD is upset b/c this year the new principal put into place assigned seating at lunch, but you can at least talk! geesh... Not natural!

Ebony has just convinced me to retry the pouch test! :biggrin: Thank you! DD loves school this year as well, though I did have a little trouble with the counselor... who will call me and refer to HER as HE, though I've told her many, many times that DD is in fact FEMALE. DD was in a higher math/science last year and it about kicked her butt...we talked -with counselor- and decided to be in reg. math/science for 7th...but higher level english/social studies classes - just to keep her moving forward. We agreed, I filled out paperwork and then this year, DD comes home and says to me, "You put me in higher math, didn't you?" I said, no.. why? She said there were kids from last year in her class. I went on long-ass diatribe on how, see? it was hard for them too.. you're not the only one not in higher math/sci this year...blah blah - typical mom-speech where the kid's eyes just glaze. Well, turns out she's in higher level for all classes. She's kinda a little weirdo (my kid) and thinks she "failed" last year because she only got a B. I swear - the complete opposite of me, who by the time I was her age was skipping and smoking...THANK GOD she's not like me!! So...anyway. Counselor is just a little old lady - not meaning harm, but it put DD into a frazzle for a while. Now I think she's settled into it, but I have a feeling it'll be a long academic year. It does help that I'm going back to school, too and will be doing homework right along side her.

Hm. Interesting...my experiment didn't work! Will walk today at lunch. That's the best I got today. Will go home and crash after work, so I can't even say I'll attempt it when I know I'm too tired. Where does motivation go? How do you get it back?

Okay, bowing out. - just for the night... :blushing:

What's this banner at the top? xxxxxxxxxxxxx

I tried switching across town and was told there was a fee of $2000 just to be taken as a new patient. It's just another 45 minutes added to my drive, so I still go to the original doctor. I agree....definitely line that up before you go. After is more important, imo, than any of it. Good luck, and have fun on the honeymoon! :blushing:

Or the flip-side... Why bother?

I like the second one... Maybe refer the makers of that blog to the Yo Momma thread. Really...that's HORRIBLE. This is the government, right? The medicaid folks? Wow. Just wow!!

Seriously? How demeaning!!! Sooo sorry. Life does throw you little twists every now and then, huh? It will get better. Hey, I waited 5 years to get mine...not for the same issues. I was dating a semi-jerk and he was against it and I was sooo eager to make him happy. I didn't do it....when I finally left him (and VA) I looked into it and had it done. It'll come, and you'll get there!

A week...? Wait...Allergy Recognition Self Test? SELF TEST??? THAT'S scary.

Oh, are you tired? poor thing, poor baby...I'm sooo - uninterested in excuses. If you're that emotionally swayed because of YOUR personal life, then you SHOULD NOT BE A MOD. Eh..screw it.... <Insert empty space here> Whatever more I say will probably just get deleted anyway, so why bother talking to a brick wall?

Man, TPG....I'm so sorry. :blushing: I've been there. It sucks.

I have come to a little peace - kinda, so I will <shudder> pm you with the details, so as not to upset the apple cart.

Ew, Beth. :blushing: TPG - I ain't judging, trust me. I am on board w/Plain there...Mx sounds nice....

Okay... So I have this rash. Is that normal? (like that?)

okay... 1- I disagree that mine was snarkily written, however I do believe that it could have been snarkily taken. I meant to be open and honest with Susan, telling her how I felt - openly, so that there was no miscommunication on either part. 2 - Perhaps some of the frustrations that have been felt by the mods over recent complaints that you mention, were taken out on me for questioning ONE and only ONE thing. I've never PM'd anyone to complain about them, and would never do that to a mod. I still haven't complained officially about the mods even though all day I've been wondering where the hell my post went. Which brings me to.. 3 - My post disappeared. This punctuates my entire point that the mods may have too much control. I'd be willing to add: Too much control without proper communication. It's been said that HH was warned repeatedly...that other people are warned. I wasn't warned when my post was deleted. No PM to tell me why...no note in the thread. Just gone. That was the most disturbing - even out of the lbt vs. fb discussions. It bothered me because a) it validated HH's points, :blushing: it proved that mods can delete things without warning, and DO, and c) I wasn't agreed with, so the post was deleted. What other things are deleted because a mod doesn't agree? Anything related to the band? politics? religion? How else can words be twisted to show a different side of a thread. If I were one of the members that caused a lot of issues, then some posts were deleted (or changed....?) then no one would have questioned the mods. Today, thankfully, I have friends that trust me and know I'm not making stuff up. I have no proof that I wrote anything. And, now, you're saying it was "snarky". Well, maybe...but now no one can read it to make up their own minds. I can't re-read it to say, "Damn...I was snarky...sorry!" You said you strongly believe in privacy, and I respect that. I can get nosey, it's my nature to ask why. I can back off that. The one thing that I strongly believe in is personal freedom. I would respect the decision to remove the post if there had been a reason given, or any communication at all. Personally, I think the mod that removed it was out of line, whether it was snarky or not. I appreciate you, Trey...I understand you trying to see things on both sides. I am 100% willing to communicate, but don't like being silenced without cause.

TPG...don't give up. You've been through so much, and you're on your way. I really do believe things happen for a reason, so maybe that other doctor wasn't the right one. Whatever valid points he had, maybe you can work on it...? Don't know what they were, but anything is workable, right? :cool2: If I had a part in this (kinda think I did...) then I am SORRY. I don't want to turn anyone away from a support site. I tend to air dirty laundry, not to be obnoxious, but to work out any problems openly and honestly. I don't like sneakiness and lying. So, if I've been obnoxious and turned you away from LBT, then again, I'm sorry. Please stay and get the support you need here. Maybe put me on ignore! LOL :tt1:

I hear my mom say that all the time.

Yeah...and maybe I'm not there, so don't know. I would know what to look for if DD started acting different, but it's hard when it's not your kid AND you're not even there. I just emailed the mom and aunts to tell them. It's 4 here...almost time to leave. Feels like Friday - man, I'll be grumpy tomorrow!!!

Ebony - thank you! I will call her tonight - maybe her voice will give more away than a FB posting.

ouch...this was her response to my email: "i don't know, if i'm gonna be the same happy person anymore. x_x i know ALOT care and love me so much, i just can't take it ! :'(" I will call tonight. Poor baby...now I'm really worried. Lu, maybe attention seeking, but I dunno. She was always a happy fun kid, no drama. So, I'm not sure. I think she's into boys and doesn't know how to handle it. I was horrible once I hit puberty and really didn't "snap out of it" until I was older. Dropping out of HS made life hard, ...having a truancy officer made it harder before dropping out! ...I just don't want to see her go through what I did.