Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
Drink more water every day. So many health issues can be prevented and alleviated by drinking more water. 😍
Hanlon's Razor, oh that explains a lot.
What a wonderful send off! Enjoy your retirement. You have worked hard! You deserve time for you now. I love that you’re starting off your retirement with a massage!
Wishing you all the best in your next phase of life.
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Hanlon's razor
Do we get to have an AITA too?
I’m doing fine. I’m way behind in solving my problems. It can’t be solved in one day, or one week.
It’ll happen.
I feel like I took a wrong turn in my life :(.
But there’s nothing I could have done about it. I couldn’t have chosen any other way. No matter how many times I would re-do my life (if one could have several lives), I would always have chosen to help my mom for the years I helped.
However as a consequence, I have a huge backlog. So much trouble in my work, in my life.
I guess I didn’t take a wrong turn. I just feel…like one is punished for being a good person. So many people out there, doing so well, because they help no one.
But I wouldn’t want to be any other way.
I guess as a conclusion, I didn’t take the wrong turn in life. But boy do I have a lot to catch up on.
I had to have a check-up yesterday. Perfect health. In the waiting room was a dad with his child (9 years old). I remembered when I was 9: I never would have imagined my life in so much trouble later, and as a direct consequence of having helped others. Made me sad.
I’m also so surprised by the number of bad people I’ve met in the health“care” business, while helping my mom. I’m surprised every time by how bad some people are. Surprised also that they treat my mom and I that way. When you treat people well, you kind of think people will treat you well, too.
I don’t know what I need to change. Maybe nothing. Maybe I just need to keep solving my work troubles. Then I’ll feel better, and I won’t feel like I lost.
Have a good evening everyone!
Sounds like a fun plan! I have been to a bazillion Mardi Gras parades. Our jazz and heritage festival is fantastic!
I would definitely travel. Would you drive the RV yourself or hire a driver? I know that I would wreck an RV. My oldest daughter loves RV’s. Youngest daughter and husband would rather fly. I could go either way.
They have the fancy RV’s that have a built in garage to store a car. Very cool! They cost a fortune though. Hey, you could afford it if you won a bundle of money!
Good luck! We buy one ticket! I don’t know what I would do if we won. I guess the first thing would be to hire an attorney!
I would definitely take the lump sum. I am too old not to! Does anyone take the payment in increments? LOL 😆
Hope you win, but do not tell.
Yep! We were hiking all day and I wanted a cold drink (gin and tonic) before going back to our hotel room.
The hotel had a nice bar. Friendly enough until I asked for a ‘go cup.’ The bartender said, “What do you mean by a ‘go cup?’
I said that I wanted to take the rest of my drink back to our room because I was tired and wanted to rest before showering to go out to dinner. Apparently, I was an oddball! LOL 😆 He quickly told me that TN doesn’t give ‘go cups!’ That’s when he asked me where I lived. Then the eye roll.
One time in New England at this quaint B & B this woman asked me where did I live. As soon as I said, New Orleans, she started asking me about voodoo. 🤣 hahaha, I was all set to tell her a wild story until my husband looked at me like, don’t you dare! LOL People have these strange stereotypes about New Orleans.
I guess my husband was my calming force when I was young. He didn’t always appreciate my sense of humor! He has more of a dry wit.
I knew that!
I wasn’t talking about DH being handsome. I was talking about my knowledge of drink ingredients!
Let me tell you, the first time I went to cities that didn’t have ‘go cups’ for booze was interesting. In New Orleans, it is legal to get a drink to go.
I found out that isn’t typical in Tennessee or Arkansas! LOL 😆
Geeeeez, people in TN have you join a club to order a glass of wine with dinner! Is it still that way? When I went to buy wine in the grocery store in Arkansas, they looked at me like I had two heads! They sent me to a liquor store.
We stayed in an adorable cottage on a lake in Arkansas. All I wanted was a bottle of wine to have for dinner one evening that we cooked in the cottage.
People in both states, Arkansas and Tennessee looked at me and said, “You aren’t a local. Where do you live?” When I said, ‘New Orleans’ they rolled their eyes! 😆
We were young! No kids! And just wanted some wine!
No, I cannot tell from here if he was handsome, but I will take your word for it. Lol.
I wonder if it’s a Mai Tai or some other kind of tropical drink! Made with rum.
Pina colada’s have pineapple and coconut 🥥 &🍍 ! Plus rum!
Chi chi’s have pineapple, coconut and vodka.
My husband was a handsome bartender when we first started dating. Can you tell? LOL 😆 He was just about to graduate from Tulane.
What is in the coconut?
Maybe a Pina Colada?