It's F R I D A Y !~!!

[CathyB59]

WooHoo!
Finally!
Lots to do here in DFW, most of it chores. Unpacking from recent travels.
There's a car show in town, and maybe an RV show.
If we do anything it'll prob be the RV show.
I'd like to take J's Mom out to thank her for watching my animals.

What does evyone have planned this weekend?
Regardless, bundle up buttercup.

[Yip]

Pick up a Winnebago for me, Cathy :)

Working here this weekend (damn the luck!)

Wishing I were in Eureka.

[angela]

:D I second that one, Yip! Lisa is at work, and I'm at home with our 4 children. This weekend will be full of studying for Midterms.
Angela

[emeraldsea]

Enjoy the time with your kids Angela it is alot shorter in hind sight than it seems when you are there. Good luck on the studies too. You are a strong and lucky girl. Ya know that? :D


Maggie

[angela]

:D :? Sometimes I wonder about that one. Well, I've pretty much came out to two people at school due to classwork, and I survived. Secondly, my mother would have had a birthday yesterday(her 54th). I survived that as well, even though I was moody all day. Anyway, have lots of fun!
Angela

[CathyB59]

Angela,
Yikes - How did it go with the 2 people @ school? How are you feeling now? Do you believe it will negatively impact your studies?
I did not know your Mother had passed. I am sorry for your great loss.I would be devastated. Not to pry, but do you have siblings or family members still alive to speak to?
Since I go into 'business mode' during tragedies my family thinks death doesn;t bother me. All my immediate people still live.
Here's a bright sunny wish for you, to retain positive memories and celebrate the loved ones in your life.
Miss you guys,

[emeraldsea]

I am sorry too about your mother Angela, that is very young. I lost my mama 10 years ago and it is one of the hardest things in life to deal with but it really does get easier in time. That was when I finally left my ex husband and decided to live for me and came out as a lesbian. I lost alot but I believe I gained way more than I lost and as for him it was wrong of me to pretend all those years with him but he has survived and we are really better as friends.
It is very gutsy of you to come out at work as that is always risky even to a few people. I am always out and Chel is too, it does cause her some problems but very few. I have to admit I am not making it obvious in my business, I would rather not take the risk at least for awhile til it gets going pretty well. Good luck on all that Girl. Wishing you the best!

Maggie

[angela]

:D I'm sorry some of you got the wrong idea. I came out to two people at college. And the first one, I actually came out to. She is quite a bit younger than me, and she seemed like she would understand. We had to partner up with someone to talk over our assignment which ended up being about a few different things about our culture. One of them being when we discovered our sexual orientation. Obviously, I had to talk about that. I was unsure of whether I would tell her or not and then decided at the last minute. I was so afraid because I thought, "what if it gets back to my work?" I finally had to go ahead because I felt that I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't take the chance. The other person was in my Career Counseling class. She is my career counselor and I am hers. The assignment was "A Circle of Life" activity. Well, obviously, I spend my time with Lisa and our kids when I'm not at work or school. I didn't like say,"I'm a lesbian" or anything, but when it came time for me to say who I spent time with, I said my partner and our kids. She didn't let on one way or another how that affected her. That was one of the scariest because she works in a school district too, not mine though. As for losing my mother, the loss is always there especially at certain times of the year. The thing I regret the most is my Mother wasn't around when I figured out I was a lesbian, and the fact that my children don't know her. Cathy, I do have relatives that are alive, most I don't see or talk to much. I have siblings thru my father and his former wife and I now have a stepsister thru his current wife(my stepmother). I have a pretty good relationship with him and his wife. The rest of my family I see a couple of times a year when I go see them. Anyway, thanks everyone for thinking of us. And Lisa and I were both sitting at the table last night studying. I asked her what possessed us to do this and she didn't have an answer for me either. Hers will be finished in December and I have at least two more years.
Angela :D

[ConwayRay]

Angela,
Mike & I can sympathize with you on losing your mom. I lost mine 12 years ago and as you know Mike lost his just 2 weeks ago. You always think about them and there are rough times during the year. We just remember the laughs we all shared . I am thankful and really feel blessed that Mikes mom accepted me and loved me as her son-in-law and thats how she introduced me to people as her sons partner and her son-in-law.
Just remember your mom is always close to you. Do as we do if there is something you want to say to her just say it. She'll hear you. Love Mike & Ray

[angela]

:D thanks, and I know she would be very accepting of Lisa and I.
Angela

[Westwood]

Losing one's mom? October 23rd, 2005. Held her hand as my sisters were doing their best to bump away against the wall. Me, kissed her on her head and gave her away to the goddess, she rallied for 2 minutes then she died.

Damn, sometimes you never know the power of a kiss. Or the curse if you're dying. As Connie and Carol looked on . . . . she died. I simply kissed her on her forehead and she breathed again, well hell only 30 secongs. Someone somewhere paid attention, she knew i,t and then she died.