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Darkwitless

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afternoon pif!

The boys mowed this morning ahead of the 3 inches of rain coming tonight. The neighbor called and asked if they could hit her yard. DS#2 had a birthday this week and got 3 new games...now the other 2 are suffering (suffering I say!) to buy something new. So we're off in a bit to let them do their part for the economy. LOl Now (thanks to the neighbor) they have a little extra spending cash on top of the money they've been saving.
 

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How crazy is this? (I just need to say this and can't on facebook, for obvious reasons)
My mom is retired. She doesn't leave the house much. She can but she doesn't. She hasn't been to the grocery store in weeks. I offered to go to the grocery store for her. She lives over an hour away. Now, she wants to go to the grocery store WITH me.
This has been happening a lot lately. She waits for me to offer to do stuff for her, so she doesn't have to go anywhere alone. I'm not exactly sure if I'm helping. You know what I mean??? I think that I may be making the situation worse.

I so relate to this from mom's side - I have some anxiety and depression issues - most of the time I'm ok but when it hit me, going shopping - especially grocery shopping - was very difficult. I have abandoned several carts in a desperate rush to get away from all the people, the noise, the colors, the everything. I've been known to pay double for something small at 7-11 because it's not so overwhelming. When I was feeling like this, my mom would sometimes come over and shop with me. I hated to ask her to do it, she lives a state away! But she would - I should say it's very rare that I asked lol. Now, when I have it available, I'll take an ativan or valium. That really helps, and I can shop on my own. I also had a few sessions with an anxiety specialist and that helped me to learn how to get out on my own.

The problem with needing help in situations like this is that it can spiral out of control - the most important thing is re-learning how to be 'on your own'. I know it got much worse for me when I got laid off - the structure of a daily routine and being around people every day kept it at bay I guess. maybe she could find a social group to spend time with locally?

Anyway - not sure what I'm trying to say here. I guess it's something like - give her a fish now but also teach her how to fish? So that's my 2 cents.
 

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Just thought I'd post a little hello. :) New to forums, and new to PIF, but so far from what I've read, I think I'm going to fit right in. ;) My name is Steph, or ya'll can call me Lil,or LOG,or whatever you want. Looking forward to meeting new people and hanging out while I play around with my vape. :) Just started vaping Wednesday, so this is all really still pretty new to me.
 

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I've been talking about the ECF board to my mommy board. I've been bragging about how the Mods work here and how they handle issues. My mommy board just fired all but 2 of their MODs who are now responsible for boards in every city that Gannet News has a major paper. IdIots. It's led to gangs of mommies RAing threads and posts (it takes 3 RA to make something *poof*) and this roving gang of "adult" women have taken to deleting the posts or threads of people they don't like.


SO Mods - continue the good work. I know you can't be everything to everyone, but you do a mighty fine job as appearing to be!
 

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At this point, I'm using one of the Xhale02's...the ones you can get at 711. Yea, not the best, but for a first time ever, not horrible. Looking to tryout new ones. I've got a 501 I ordered from iVape.net on the way, so maybe that will be better. The reason I started was the hubby to be was getting upset about the damage our hookah was causing. Coal's would pop, and now there are singe marks in our hardwood floor. And sometimes It's just too dang cold to smoke outside. Well, because I've been an avid (almost ever night) hookah smoker for 6 years, I can't just stop, I'm probably addicted lol. So I read about these, and thought they would help me get my fix for the hookah taste and sensation, without the flame. :)
 

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Yea. So far, pretty awesome. The bad thing about hookah is you get your hands all messy loading it, you gotta light a coal (similar to a briquette for the BBQ) and sit it on top. then smoke away. There is nicotine in the tobacco you use, but yea. Can be dangerous. And with my three pets,oh man. Most of the time it's an accident waiting to happen LOL.
 
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