The Weekly Friday Feast

[Former-Member]

Hi all...

Missed you guys, but have been struggling to cope (wrote a message in my thread)....

Watching House...

Pumpkin soup tonight,

Namaste,

A

[Mazarita]

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, @Jacques. Something came up that I had to attend to straight away. Thanks for the congrats on the festival. It is a film festival, but an easy mixup as I'm involved in both music and video. I gave up the green two months ago and have been happily free of it since then. Down to an average 6 smokes of tobacco a day now. When looking after your friends, @Jacques, please look after yourself above all. There has to be a balance with these things. I'm sure you already know this and understand how hard it can be to draw the boundaries with friends at times. But your friends here want you to be as well as possible. 

Namaste, @Former-Member.

[Former-Member]

Hi all,

hope you've had good days, i havent read up on friday feast yet, just sat down after getting kids fed and now watching Charli brown movie (new one) phew! We had good ol spaghetti bolognese for dinner tonight.

im sooooooo very glad its Friday and its a long weekend.

lj

[Mazarita]

Hi @Former-Member. I'm glad for you that it's a long weekend too. 🙂

I need to log off again for a while. May be back later. Hope everyone enjoys some good moments tonight. 

[Former-Member]

bye @Mazarita I will have to go get kids ready for bed again soon

I'm so sorry @Crazy_Bug_Lady about your pet. I'm glad that you are so brave and able to help her by not letting her suffer. big hugs!

Hi @Former-Member I'm sorry you're not having a great time at the moment. I havent seen your thread yet but will have a look later. I've had a shocker of a week too. I hope that the weekend brings you some rest!

Hi @Jacques its so nice to see you. sounds like you have been busy 🙂 hope your mum is going ok and that Karen is ok too,

Hi @BlueBay hope that work isnt too busy tomorrow for you! I find at work that at least i'm distracted... even if there are different stressors there, particularly at the moment.

LJ

[Former-Member]

Well done on the festival @Mazarita - don't know the details as haven't had the energy to keep up with the threads....

Hi @Former-Member - have missed you - are you coping any better? Is it school holidays again soon?! Yay, for a long weekend... Is it a long weekend all over Australia? That Charlie Brown movie is so painful - oh dear, if I ever have a kid I guess I will have to watch some painful shows, haha... I hope your kids (& even you!) enjoy it....

Namaste,

A

[Jacques]

Yes, i know, i am trying to set boundries, it is really hard though without making people feel hurt, i need to work at it, i have allowed my mental health to suffer badly, but i am doing all i can to manage. i will try harder to keep my MH stable. 

thank you for your kind words.

That is fantastic you are staying off the green, and down to 6 ciggarrets you are so amazing, you will be off them in no time. i am so proud of you.

hugs

hi @Former-Member, i am glad you are still here, i have been readign you are struggling so much, my heart goes out to you my friend, sending you good vibes. you are doing an incredable job with all the stress you are under. hugs.

[Jacques]

Hi @Former-Member,

So good to see you still posting here, you have been in my thoughts, i hope things are getting better for you, i hope things at home are calming a bit. 

Namaste, hugs

Jacques

[Jacques]

Yes @Former-Member, it has been full on for me, supporting two friends 2 suicide attempts between them, it is exhausting keeping them safe. mum is going really well, she still has her rash, but it is slowly going, she is seeing a skin specialist next week. 

It is so good to speak again, i have really missed my friends here. i am sorry for not keeping up, i have just been too exhausted to.

[Former-Member]

oh my goodness @Former-Member you have got a lot coming up this week! Fingers crossed the part comes so that at least you have running water! Also do you have a microwave inside? maybe do lots of cooking that way in the cabin? sounds really difficult! I will have my fingers crossed that the surgery goes really well for your partner on Wednesday, how long will he be in hospital for? I think you will manage better than you think because you are a very strong and courageous woman. 

@Jacques I'm sorry that your friends got to those stages of their pain. I hope that they are in safer places now. Some of us on the Night Shift are doing a challenge to do 3 self care things to pamper ourselves over the weekend! you should join us 😄

My week was really difficult. A child's father from my class commit suicide and another child self harmed seriously at school and spoke of wanting to take their own life.. at the age of 9. its been really difficult to deal with for me personally... which feels really selfish to say. but we had a nice day today and relatively calm for everyone. 

lj