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Hello out there! How are you all! Come join me for a cup of coffee, or I have tea, water, or juice! Take your pick, sit down, put your feet up and lets have a bit of a catch up!
First, let me say I am not having the best weekend, this is a hard weekend for me, as an abuse survivor, there are anniversaries around this time of the year, plus, I don’t like halloween, I am not a fan. Despite all of this, I have tried to stay positive. I decided to try to put a positive spin on things, so instead of calling the holiday halloween, I’ve changed the name to heal and win! I’m also decided to call it pumpkin spice day, and today as its sunday now in my part of the world, I will have a pumpkin spice cup of tea, and celebrate my success and where I’ve gotten to on my healing journey so far!
I am having my mom over later on this afternoon, and I am really looking forward to spending some quality mother daughter time together. She’s bringing me dinner, its ham, cabbage, peas and potatos. Yum! I’m hungry now just thinking about it.
If we were having coffee, I’d mention how awful our weather has been, its gloomy and very wet, but to be honest, I hope it rains a lot today. Rain means that people won’t be outdoors, and so maybe there won’t be any fireworks. My dog Nitro is terrified of the fireworks, and they really stress him out. Then that stresses me out, so its a vicious circle.
If we were having coffee, I’d mention that I started a new sleeping med last night, its called halcian, and I’m taking 0.25 mg. Last night was my first night taking it. It worked well. I tend to build up a tolerance for meds pretty quickly, so my psychiatrist has told me to only take it every 2nd or 3rd night. That suits me as I don’t want to become dependent on it.
If we were having coffee I’d also ask you all to send up prayers and positive vibes for my mom. She goes on Monday to get the results of her echocardiogram. I’m pretty nervous about what it will show, but I’m also hopeful that whatever’s going on with her heart can be treated with medication.
Well thats about it from me this week, have a fabulous week, stay well, and stay safe and come back next week to join me for another cup of coffee and a catch up!

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