Thank you for those recommendations. I'm going to look them up.

Thank you for all the great information in this thread! And for the hugs, they're sorely needed right now.

I was kinda hoping you would chime in here. Can I ask why counseling is contraindicated with abuse?

Michelle, I PM'd you.

That helps a lot! Thanks you

I'm quite disillusioned with the whole counseling thing at the moment. We/dh have tried 4 different counselors over the last 18 months and things have only gotten worse.

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And when one of them loses this, it becomes torturous. :crying:

No and I can't call him at work either. :glare: A few people were abusing the personal call issue and so there's been a ban put on that for the time being. I'm glad to have gotten some other perspectives.

I started noticing issues in my late 30's (turning 41 in a few weeks.) I didn't like myself very much until I started treating my thyroid/adrenals and hormones. It changed my life! I love life again and my cycles are back to being fairly regular and totally manageable now instead of debilitating for about a week. No more excessive bleeding and horrible pain. I've got energy again like I haven't had in over a decade! I get a little more sluggish for about 3 days around the start of my cycle but that's really nothing to complain about.

I've been homeschooling for over 12 years. I've always loved it! We're quite relaxed in our schooling and have very productive periods followed by not so productive periods. I think the ebb and flow like that is part of what's kept me going. When I get tired of it or need a break because of a crisis or something, we take a break. Having older kids and seeing how they learned IN SPITE of me has helped me be not so demanding of my littler kids.

This is kinda the way I feel. I have friends that I text with and it will sometimes be hours or even a day or two before we answer a text, depending on when we get it. I don't assume they don't like me or something just because they didn't answer my text right away. I know they're busy moms and they'll get to it when they get a chance.

No, he's really not but we've been having some issues lately and this is one little side effect of the issues.

Considering I was driving for over an hour today when it happened, I can't exactly take that advice. ;) Really, I'm not ignoring them on purpose (no matter what he thinks to the contrary!) I don't have my phone plastered to my hip. My little kids will carry it off to play games and then it's a hunt for it or, heaven forbid, I want to take a shower and get dressed without having to worry that I might miss a text.

Apparently not what I should be doing which is sitting around waiting for his texts so I can answer them immediately. :glare:

Looks like I'm not the one overreacting then. :D

I had a friend send me an "i love you" text one time. She meant to send it to her dh. :D

FYI, *I'm* the one not responding quickly enough.

If you (or your SO) send a text to each other (just saying something along the lines of "love you, have a good day") and you DON'T get a quick response or even one at all, what are the thoughts going through your head?

They're looking into it. There was a witness, but his testimony has been thrown out. His description of the vehicles was vague. Honestly, he didn't hang around. He checked to make sure I was ok and that the other car was turning around. Then he left. It just galls me that they are LYING!! Oh well. It's only money right? I knew there was a reason we didn't go with a high deductible. Because of the storms we had several weeks ago (LOTS of hail) I won't be able to get the car into the body shop til the first week in August. The good part about that is, I won't need a car that week so we won't be out of pocket for a rental like we would be for the next 5 weeks. (I'm taking a class.)

They make a great flourless brownie!

Thanks for the laugh!! One of my favorite movie lines is from Disney's Tarzan. Jane is hanging between two trees and says "it cahn't get any worse, cahn it?" It starts to pour and she says "obviously it cahn!" I feel like that's our life these days! :lol: And truly, I know there are much worse things that could happen (because they HAVE happened in recent years!) It just feels like things pile up sometimes, YK? Especially things that require money I don't have!

That's a good idea!

About a month ago, after some really bad storms, a huge branch fell on dh's truck, shattering the windshield and denting the cab. We sold it because it would have cost more to fix it than it was worth. Last week, while I was on my way to class, someone coming the other direction, crossed the center line, hit my car, taking off my mirror and dragging it down the whole length of the car. I know it could have been much worse BUT their insurance company is denying the claim. The witness wasn't a very good witness and the other people are lying about what happened. On the day of my accident, our dog killed the two baby bunnies we were watching in the field. Yesterday, my oldest ds left his turtle outside in 100 degree heat and, of course, it died. Today my dd broke a large glass measuring cup in the sink, on the side with the garbage disposal. I cut my hand several times trying to get the glass out. It's still full of glass. Sigh......I know, in the grand scheme of things, it's all not that big of a deal. Add to that the horrible stress my marriage is under right now and I'm just at a loss. Sigh.........