Yoda

BWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAA I gotta stop reading this while "drinking" my Breakfast....Mr Yoda doesn't like it when I get chocolate drink on the keyboard!

LOL *smacks Neenagh upside the head*

You just shush Cloe...don't be givin' MR Yoda any idea....he doesn't need anymore ideas!!!! Mandi: DON'T PRESSURE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:phanvan :nervous

I get completely anxious myself.....and my "solution" this year was to STAY HOME XMAS DAY WITH JUST MR YODA AND ME!!! (I am so excited about the fact it will be a stress free day on Xmas day ...it hasn't been like that in I don't know how long!!!). Of course I'm not advocating "avoidance" but it is working for me this year!! LOL. Seriously though Cloe, it sounds like you have done all the right thing...and you will be prepared...just keep telling yourself to relax and enjoy....don't sweat the small stuff & yup...have that rye and ginger!!

I want to go to Cloe's for Chinese food!

Wheezy: I think you've remained saner than I would've!! Well done!

LMAO!!! Hey!!! C'mon....ya can't tell me ya didn't experiment with alcohol that young? (really...didn't you?). Don't worry....I was at least 16 before I had another drink!!! LOL. Of course then I realized if you drink vodka you can't smell it on your breath and so I started to have them liquid lunches at High School....no worries....only for a wee bit (bad crowd!)....then I went back to PB&J and didn't drink again until I was LEGAL!!!! course, I don't drink at ALL now....(really I don't).....I guess I got it all outta me early!! At least I can honestly say I never tried drugs....not too many people can say that in all honesty!!

You're doing AWESOME Bandiva....hang in there and keep up the great work! You'll make your two pounds!!! Hey man......your job sounds so neat!!!! What do you do in the spa exactly?

I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But Sat is my weigh day!! And trust me, I'm as nekkid as a jaybird when I weigh in!!! (not sure what a jaybird is...but I'm a nekkid one!)..... *sigh* I don't wanna be negative but I have a feeling I'm gonna be up on Sat......$%!$#^*&%$$#!#@. But thanks for thinkin' of me!

Khrissy...what can't ya figure out about changing the ticker? Actually "changing it" or putting it into your signature block? *wondering if Khrissy also doesn't know how to take off her "caps lock" * LOL

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That reminds me of when Mr. Loriely put a piece of pizza in the blender!!!! hehehehe LMAO! :) :D (psssst.....we still luv ya Mr Loriely!)

I'm like that with rum Wheezy.....I can just get a teeny whiff of it and I wanna hurl. I KNOW it is related to my school trip (at the age of 15) to the Stratford Festival (ie. drunken blast without supervision) wherein I drank enough Rum to fill a pool and thought "mixing" drinks meants 1 tsp of mix (ie. coke) and 3 cups of rum. Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo the horrible memory of it. And the next day I was so naive that I truly thought I had come down with the flu. Soooo not fun.......rum never passed between my lips again!

WHEW...>Mandi....I'm tuckered all out just reading that!!!:notagree

...yea!!! and "they" say women are fickle!!! HA!!!! Meet my band!

Loriely... Welll...*harumph* LA TE DA!!!! :rolleyes

*chuckles* thank you Cloe..... you know, you have to cater to the lowest intelligence and all (ahem...Mandi!).... *smirk*:nervous

Hey Cloe.. :confused: :P

That is toooooooooooooooooo funny!!! ahhhhh he'll soon be in the "realworld" and figure out that he can't live like that for long!! aaaah, to be that naive!!! LOL

Okay...I've been banded for almost 8 months....I've read and read and done lots of reserach....before, during and after. So, I've heard of the dreaded projectile vomit coming from the pouch out of the mouth.....though I figured I was "too good" to ever experience it. *sigh*. This morning ....just a few mins ago actually, I experienced it first hand. All in all, not so bad.....just kind of surprising...helllooooooooo!! My breakfast routine varies.....sometimes I'll have a protein drink, sometimes a bit of cereal, other times nothing and I'll merely take a yogurt or oatmeal to work and have something there upon arrival. So, this morning I decided on cereal.....I thought I felt fine (ie. not too tight to eat). So, I had one (yes, just ONE) tiny spoonful (ie. baby spoon) of cereal and chewed chewed chewed. And I started to feel stuckish....so I thought....okay...odd, but okay...I guess I'm about to slime (that's what it felt like). So, I went to the bathroom sink and slimed a bit and then felt a big pressure/pain and thought "uh oh" ....more slime? Then BAM!!!!!! Projectile cereal (& god knows what else) came flying out!!! HOLY CRAP?!! The good news is that it brought IMMEDIATE relief. The other good news is that it didn't feel like normal vomit (pre-band)....like there was no big gag thing.....it just CAME.....so that was kewl (?). The bad news? I guess really nothing other than that is happened. Not sure why it happened on such a teeny bite....but then again I'm learning not to question the wisdom of my band. Damn glad it happened at home though..... Ironically, once it was "over" I merely sat down and finished my whole bowl of cereal; no problems. Very strange. But at least I'm not longer an "upchuck virgin". Not sure if that is a good thing or not!!!! Just thought I'd share folks!

No worries Deb....most folks won't slime until they have restriction and the majority of people won't have restriction until after a fill (or two)....! You'll have a GREAT time in Mexico....just be sure not to bare your midriff....keep those incisions covered up so they can heal well....ya don't wanna burn 'em with that Mexican sun!! (psssst: I'm sooooooooooo jealous!)

in case some of the newbie Canucks want to enlighten us on their monikers! :canada: :bump: :bump: :bump:

BUMPING!!!! Don't want Lila to forget to post in her lounge!! :bump2:

ahhhhh, the good ol' slimes. They are usually your friend when they come, as it will relieve the onset of any impending pain. Ummmm.....but Deb....keep in mind that a slime "episode" can last awhile......... We got a slime virgin here folks!!!

Nope....rye and ginger is definitely not an Easterner thing (I haven't lived in Ontario all my life, ya know!); I can attest to that! It just isn't as common to the younger folk!! There, I said it!! LOL.... but.....I'm with Green....nothin' beats a good scotch....(a good one, mind you....not the cheap imitation stuff!).