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piercedqt78    658

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Sonia, I am so happy for you. I have a friend that does charity stuff for the Bulls and Sox and he LOVES it. I know you will be great at this. And by Oct you will be HOTTT!!! ~Mandy

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Oh yes, a July lunch would be great. Things have finally started to calm down around my house. I'm game for any saturday. ~Mandy

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Sonia, how's the new job???? Anyone want to do lunch this month? I am having a hysterectomy on the 30th, so I would really like to do lunch this month. I will be recovering in Aug, and on vacation in Sept. for 12 days. Let's try to do lunch soon. ~Mandy

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Hi everyone.

I LOVE my new job! not sure if its mainlybecause its so not the old job! the people are nice - its a small small office so i still feel kind of awkward and like an outsider, especially sicne i'm not in my 20s and a thin blonde but....

i spent most of the week rganizing the event information and working on the list of companies to call. Friday i was working on my "script" for when i called the companies. i was getting frustrated w/ myself and just kinda swearing to myself. we used to swear ALOT at the old job. I realized i havent even heard someone say $hit so i figured i better find other ways to vent! at least til i hear other folks swear!

Mandy how long will you have to be in the hospital and recovering?

i think i am free on the 21st and the 28th for lunch.

have a great week everyone!

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I will be in the hospital for at least 3 days. They are doing the surgery open, not lap so it will be a hard recovery. I can't drive for at least 2 weeks. I'm open any saturday, I have a babysitter on saturdays. My mom keeps Abi for me and they are in chruch on sundays. Let me know what works for everyone and I will make it happen. ~Mandy

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Amelia40    0

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Sonia ~ Glad to hear the job is going well.

Mandy ~ sorry to hear about your upcoming surgery. Let me know if there is anything you need.

The 21st works better for me, I will beout of town on the 28th.

take care

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21st will be better for me too. I can't have any caffine for 5 days prior to surgery and I HAVE to have coffee from Panera. So 1pm on the 21st? ~Mandy

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I can't make the 21st, can anyone do the 22nd? I know sunday is hard for me, but I will manage it somehow. ~Mandy

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can't do the 22nd - we're BBQin for pops bday. but we dont need to rescedule for me if that works for you guys.

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I really don't mind if you guys do Sat. I will probably be exhausted on sunday anyway. I am doing 2 very long days of body piercing at a friends tattoo studio's grand opening. Stick with the 21st. I will find a way to make Aug happen. ~Mandy

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So who all is in for meeting up on the 21st at 1 pm Panera in Oakbrook. Sonia I think you said you were able to make (can wait to hear more about the new job.) Anyone else??????

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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