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Awww, sorry to hear about the bad couple of days… glad to hear that overall things have been a bit better though, and hopefully the bad days are less and less!! Sounds like you’re keeping very busy with that Ph.D.!! Yes, Christmas will be here before we know it. We had a really cold and windy rainy day today, and even a chance of snow…brrr… I wasn’t ready for this yet!! Some parts of NJ did get snow. My email is cattails @ gmail if it will let me post that here! :) I’ve missed you too, and I don’t want to lose touch!! Though I must admit I’ve even been neglecting email… but sooner or later I do check it… LOL!!! My problem is toooooo much spam in my email accounts, it gets the best of me. Hope today is going a bit better for you!! *HUGS* I’m not sure if I can get back in the swing of things here yet… LOL… I don’t know what happened exactly… burnout?? :)

awww im sorry to hear you got fustraited with the site hun, but i understand.

Im doing so so, just had a bad couple of days but i have been better recently. At the moment im working all the hours god gives on my phd which is very challenging and stressfull. (already loking forward to a break at christmas lol). I finally had the resutls from the hospital. but they cant find anything so im trying not taking the B12 to see what happends :S.

IM sorry to hear the back and things are still giving you problems hun hugs you. No body expects these sort of things. Im sure there will be more improvment with time hun. Backs are slow things to heal (or tho im sure you know that better than most). Hugs it will get easier im sure of it :).

Im so pleased to see you cattail, if missed you alot and like i said before i couldnt find your email adress to contact you so i thought we had lost contact for good. So im really glad you have come back to tsay hi and tell me how your doing :). Hugs misssed you loads :)

Hi Ben…. I’m sorry I’ve been so bad not coming here for so long. I guess I was getting stressed and a bit frustrated with some fighting here, and I wandered off and then got sidetracked hanging out at other places. So how are things? I hope things are going better for you by now?? Any new developments??

I’m still plugging along I guess… still with the back problems and aches and pains, and soon it will be a year. BUT… I am getting around, just not like I used to. I do what I have to do, but not too much extra walking. I wonder if it really takes such a long time to get better or this is as good as it gets anymore?! LOL Ahh, nobody said getting old would be fun… but I wasn’t ready for this just yet!!

hi hun hugs how are you?

Are you comming back to us? or is it easier if i email

CATTAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D.

Hi hun hugs you. I have missed you loads :). I have thought about you too hun. I wanted to email you after i didnt see you for weeks but i looked and couldnt find your email address anywhere, i was upset i had lost it so could contact you. Im ok hun working hard on my PhD. Seems to take up all my time, but i still look out for my freinds on here :).

How are you hun??, {{{big hugs}}} how have you been. Hows the back and evreything, abosolutly everything hehehe :D

Ben… *hugs* Hi…How are you?? I’ve been thinking about you. I’m sorry I’ve been away from this place for so long!

hey hun, missing you lots. How are you doing.

Hi Ben!! I’m doing OK…. same old stuff I guess. And how about you? Are you feeling better…. taking supplements?? I’m hoping things are improving at your end!!! *hugs*

hi cattail, how are you? I hope your ok.

hugs you, thank you

awww thank you, thats very kinf of you. I was getting a little worried about you hun as you had vanished, so im very relived to hear your ok :). Hugs I hope your surviving with a smile, well as much as possible.

Hi Ben…. how are you? I hope you are doing well!!! I’m sorry I haven’t been here much these days… I’m still surviving though!! I’ve missed you too and I’m hoping the good days are more often than the bad days?!! Thanks for all the kind words!!!! Likewise, you’re a terrific guy and I wanna hear that things are going good for you one day soon….!!! You deserve so much happiness!!

Hugs hello cattail, i havent seen you around lately, so a little worried about you. i hope you are ok hun and resting well, Bug hugs. Let me know how you are and take care my very good friend :)

Hello cattail, I hope you are ok and feeling well and rested. How are the naps going? I have missed you my friend. let me know how you are doing when you get the chance ok :). Hugs you

I always find your name very comforting, im not sure why……. maybe because i have always had cats all through my life, or maybe its because i assosiate the name with the really lovely and nice person behind it :).

Lol ill go with the second definatly hehe. Thank you cattail, i knoe your not even there to reply tonight, but even writhing this to you has helped and comforted me on a really bad night. Hugs… Take care hun

Maybe it’s come to that!! :) I’ve never been a nap person before, but these days I’m starting to feel like I could use one and could just go right to sleep if I closed my eyes!! But then when you wake up, don’t you feel awful? Hmmm… Yeah, maybe my body’s just changing and I’ve gotta find what works for my old age now… LOL.

take naps during the day lol, i think thats the answer hehe

LOL… it IS!! Kinda frustrating. Seems like I used to be able to sleep till 9:30 or so… ahh well. I suppose it’s actually better to just stick with a schedule… but I so feel like I need SLEEP!! :)

yes i know the feeling. when im at work i long for the weekend to sleep. But then at the weekend i stay up later and wake up by my body clock at the normal time. So i actually end up with less. Crazy huh

Hi Ben!!! :) Hope you’re enjoying the weekend some!! Amazingly I haven’t been sleeping as late as I’d like to…. the first day I only slept an hour later than a work day(!) and I stayed up later too! Hrm. Maybe tomorrow morning I’ll sleep in…. I hope!! Seems like something or other wakes me up… the sun, or my body clock(?)… and then I have trouble getting back to sleep!

hey cattail, hope your doing well my dear and getting lots of well deserved sleep :) Hugs

Ahhh…. 10 hours!!! Nice!!! :) Glad you feel better!!

hey cattail yes thankyou im a bit better today. I slept very well for about 1o hours. Im glad you were there last night. Hugs

How are you today? :) Did you have a good night’s sleep? I slept, but never enough… LOL!!

Hope today is better!!

i dont know hun lol. But if i find the solution ill let you know. Thank you so much for catching up and talking to me cattail, it has made my night. I needed a friendly voice tonight as i was going out of my mind a bit :s. Thankyou, your a great friend

Yeah, sleep is good!!! :) True, it’s a good escape from thinking sometimes too!! During the week I only feel half awake during the day!!! Why are we feeling so darn old?!!! I’ve missed you too…. *hugs*

god bless the weekends hey lol. I know what you mean about the always tired though, i seem to do nothing but sleep and im still tired. Or though better that than having to think about things at times lol. dear oh dear i feel 100 too. Do you think we would get a discount for buying 2 zimmer frames at the same time :P. Hugs cattial, i missed you

Awww sorry it’s one of those nights. Well, work is OK… but long hours and long days, with not so much to do lately either, so they drag!! … and, you know… I’m always tired. (wish I could stop sayng that!!) The back is holding up but the past week or so I’ve been more sore again. Nothing too bad though… just feel about 100 years old and stiff and a bit sore?! LOL! So… I’m just muddling along still!! :D Hanging on for the weekend again, so I can sleep… LOL!

iv had a good few days recently, but tonight is a bad one. I missed you cattail…. How is work and your back and the dive and everything? :)

Hey Ben!!! :) I’m doing OK… how about you??

hey catttail my good friend :) Hugs. I havent spoken to you in a few days. How are you hun?

*blushes thank you cattail thats really nice of you to say. Have been such a good friend to me your great!!! Hugs!!!!

Awwww…. you are the best!!! :) I did nothing really…. just sympathized with all you have been going through, and found you to be a real nice person to chat with!! I’m so glad this burden is off of you…. and you succeeded even under the most difficult circumstances!!! You are amazing!!

aww thank you so much cattail. I owe you so much, as you have helped me so much and made my exam period easier. Thnak you HUGS

CONGRATS BEN!!!!!! That is so awesome!!!! *hugs* Yay for you!!!!!

I’m doing OK, just muddling through my very long work days. I’ll have tomorrow off though… whew!! :)

I hope the counseling goes well… guess it depends on who you get and how things click, right?

aww thank you hun, im doing ok working my way through. I hope to get some counseling soon, which may or may not help. Iv been thinking about you too, hope everything is going well. How are you??

*hugs* Ben… how are you? I haven’t been around as much lately, but thinking about you!!

Thanks, Ben!! You too! *HUGS*

yeh thanks cattail have a good day and enjoy it :)

So far…. :) All I’ve done is eaten breakfast and been sitting here in front of the computer!!! I hope to accomplish something today, at least a couple of errands… but otherwise I will probably be lazy!!

Well, I guess you should just make sure to take some vitamins with B12 anyway….

yes they are…. Well they are sending me for blood and other test and hopefully ill know some time. How are you though hun, have you enjoyed your day off?

Hmmm…. seems like they could just give you B12 shots? My friend used to get those to help with depression!! They sure are dragging this out…

im ok. ben to see the doctor who tells me i dont have anemia just B12 deficiency. But they have no idea why and what to do more tests to find out.

Hi Ben! I’m OK… day off, I’m being lazy!! :) How are you today?

hi cattail how are you my dear :). Hope things are going ok

im up and down at the mo. So pretty normal for me at the mo lol. Yeh its really hot here too

Hi Ben! Oh, another long day… I’m still at work! Heat wave in NJ…

How are you??

hey cattail how has your day been?

‘nite Ben… sleep well and take care too!!! :) Talk to ya soon!!

lol you sound how i feel hun. I love sleep but im always tired and can never get to sleep, I find it hard to switch off and stop thinking. Any way its 2:30 am here so im going to try and sleep. Take care hun and sleep well enjoy your rest and let me know how you are :). see you Hugs

I’m definitely 90 something then!!! :) Really, I do have the dark circles too…. ugh… but also red eyes!! I must need something!! Can I really just need rest sooo badly? :D