Woot! it’s Friday!

And oh YAY!!! 

some times, I just want to go back to bed, and I just got here. it’s not that bad really, it’s just…. OI! lol :p

But on the other hand, it looks like I will be able to go to the event tomorrow in Fishers. Star Trek Into Darkness, and have fun with my friends and the crew of the IKS PongHa’lu’ .
Yes, I am a card carrying nerd, and a member of Starfleet, as well as being on a Klingon ship. My life is so much fun and fantastic! well IMO! lol

I have other cool and nerdy news, but I promised to tell on my Facebook page first. LOL  

I’ll give the 411 here later as well. sweet! 

so what are ya’ll doing this weekend? Something fun, relaxing, crafts, or tackling that HoneyDo jar?? What ever it is, do it to the best of your abilities, and have an awesome time.

till later, LLAP aka Live Long and Prosper!

Ahhhh Massages & missed opportunities

Okay this was to be the subject for Monday evenings blog… and I still feel it’s relevant.

Massage therapy is a healthy thing to have done for you. It reduces stress, physically relaxes you, and it’s also beneficial in pain management. — if done correctly.

Now then a lot of massage therapists do not want to work on people with fibromyalgia. Why? Because they usually do deep tissue massage and um, not a lot of people with fibro want that done to them. For example, if I have deep tissue done to me, I better have the next week off- for recovery time. It hurts worse than it’s supposed to. Now for others it’s fine. Hubs can have deep tissue done on him, and it hurts for a bit, but then he’s ready to go.

Other issues I’ve had with some-not all- massage facilities, omg, I’m a fluffy girl. Yes, I’ve lost weight, however I’m not oh a skinny Minnie. And yes, I’ve been turned away from a massage therapist for being fluffy. Now then the one’s that have worked with me, I’ve noticed that it does help me lose weight and I’m more apt to be able to do some more physical activities in the days following a massage. I don’t overdo it, as sure I feel good, but I know what can happen to me if I do overdo it.
Second issue I’ve had…this one is hilarious… I’m a girl. (Um sarcasm alert) OMG! No really? Yes, a few of the massage therapists do not want to work on a woman. Why? Their personal hangup’s is my number one guess.
Third issue and another funny reason IMO, noises. Yes, noises. You know it feels good when you are getting a massage, and honestly, some times people moan. It doesn’t mean it’s sexual! It means it feels good, and oh yes, do that again. IN A NON SEXUAL WAY!! Get over yourselves.

So if you are a fluffy girl with chronic pain issues, and make noises where do you go? Well you ask around. Do your research, do you just wing it? Some do, and I have while on vacation. But…that’s a one time deal. If you’re lucky enough to be able to get a massage session at least twice a month, you’re going to want someone that you can be with. This isn’t an intimate, intimate moment. But let’s face it. You’re pretty much nude, and this person is touching your body! Shouldn’t you want to look into it a bit?

If anyone would like to know the name of my therapist, she’s good, works with anyone, can be quiet not chatty-also a bonus. I tend to want to zone out when I’m in a session. And she’s inexpensive. So I could afford a massage once a week. And yes, I am looking into that possibility. Leave a message and I’ll update her into the blog. My best research is a friend that I trust! Or in this case, hubs. He went to see her first, and like me he’s picky. Now, he’s not fluffy, he’s not a girl, and yes he is chatty, however he is critical of pressure and what muscle groups are focused on more than others. And when I went to see her, she is a trained reflexology therapist as well. OMG, she was able to massage my feet! That is Awesome! I have the most ticklish feet of anyone I know. And she was able to manipulate them and wow!

So any one have any other things you look for in a massage therapist.
Pain management for me is a big issue. I don’t take meds for my fibro. I use meditation and other coping skills that I teach. Pain however is vastly unique for the individual. There are days when I’m at a level 20, yeah… but I keep going. I’m um…stubborn. LOL I say tenacious. but whatever? So with a massage therapist to is able to work with someone with fibro is very important. They can help reduce the pain level to where it’s highly manageable for more than a day. I had my massage on Monday and the majority of my pain is at a 6. That is very manageable. Without any massages I’m higher than that. And the massage was on Monday, this is now Thursday, so for me, three days so far with a lower level of pain. That helps with your stress reduction, if you’re not in pain, your stress level automatically drops. It’s easier to deal with ‘issues’ when you’ve had enough sleep and aren’t in pain. Just FYI. (I’m a therapist, I know that!) LOL

so that is Monday’s blog entry-and later today, we’ll see what else is stuck in the hamster wheel I like to call my brain. LOL okay okay, it’s more like an amusement park in there. A good sense of humor is also vital to being a Healthy Human Being.

speaking of humor, watch the photo blog for some fun pix from me! I downloaded the Buddy Poke app for the iPhone/iPad and I’m having a blast playing around with it. Yes, you should play as an adult, it helps keep you young, healthy and active. If what you do isn’t physical, okay, it still keeps your brain active.

and one more healthy tidbit; Drink your H2O aka Water!! The temps may not be in the heat index yet, but why wait, hydration is good for you. Fights fatigue.

Till later, Have an awesome Day! YOU Are AWESOME! Yes you are!!!

Some days…

Some days I feel emotionally overwhelmed…however I remember something I read once; slow down, breathe and carry on. So I take my time, focus on one thing at a time & keep moving. Everything that I can do, gets done. Maybe not as quickly as others believe it should happen, however it gets done. And then the moment I feel like …sighs… Is what I’m doing making a difference?

And then, I stop to pick up a few items at Walmart and I run into someone and they tell their family; this is Michelle, she helped me. And then it hits me, as I’m being hugged by their family. Yes. What I do matters.

So even with emotionally charged days, and when I’m moving at sublight, and not hyperdrive, ( remember scifi geek) it still matters.

This isn’t the blog I intended to write today, but this is the one that matters to my fellow human health workers; Nurses, Res Techs, Therapists & Social Workers. Thank you, we matter! Because we don’t always hear it, or feel it.

Hugs!
😀

Um…sighs…

So the other day there was a tragedy here Sad

It’s now part of the public record, so I can share it, and put down in words some of my feelings.

As most of you know, I’m a therapist, specifically a crisis therapist. And that means I’m one of those available for the kids to talk with. This has been an emotionally exhausting few days for me. And for the community!

So time to switch it around and turn this tragedy into something positive! Bullying has been around since I was a kid. Not to the extent that I’d think of killing myself. I just don’t understand why there appears to be such a huge difference in how I learned how to cope with it. I know everyone doesn’t learn the same coping skills, and I think my siblings and I benefited from being Military Brats. Monster’s two & three your opinion?? :p

The attention that is now here on bullying, while brought on by a terrible tragedy, is letting parents know what their children are going through now. I hope that the majority react positively. I also hope that the area schools get better informed and start being pro-active. The person being bullied needs help, but so do those that are doing the bullying. It’s a two way street, and everyone needs to be aware of that!

I’ll save my personal feelings for later…it tugs on my heart strings when I deal with kids that can’t think of any other solution than suicide… Suicide is a permanent solution, to a temporary problem. If you are having these thoughts, please call this number: call 1-800-273-8255 they are the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

Have a wonderful Wednesday! to my friends that are posting hugs and pix on my facebook wall, thank you so very very much! It truly really is appreciated. HUGS!

Happy Monday! let’s get this party started [_]>

What do I want? Caffeine!

When do I want it? NOW! LOL [_]> yes, the smartass is strong in this one today!

so let’s recap the weekend:

May the Fourth be with you; and it was also free comic book day! I ran some errands, picked up an outfit I ordered online for Hubs at Hot Topic. For the upcoming May 18th Star Trek “Into Darkness” movie. I’ll be in uniform at the 16 IMAX in Hamilton with my Klingon brethren of the ship; IKS pongHa’lu’. Sorry no, not a Klingon. I’m just lucky enough to serve on a Klingon ship!
I’m also working on putting my uniform together. OH yes, I am a nerd! DUH! LOL snorts

So I went to a new comic book store in Indy, I’d heard good reviews on it, well those reviewers must’ve been dudes! You know, I really really thought the whole gender stereotype about which gender reads comics was dead! OOPS! I was apparently wrong. OMG! I didn’t tag the store in my Facebook feed, because honestly I’m not giving this store any advertising.

Then I went to Keystone at the Crossing, love <3 Brighton. I had bought a hair clip um, maybe five years ago. It was my favorite! And it broke. But they exchanged it for me, no problems. And I got cookies and coffee too! LOL
After that it was Castleton Square to pick up hubs cool outfit. And *wave* hi to a friend that was behind the mall. LOL Gotta love social media. Virtual waves. After that it was time to fuel up the car, and me. Starbucks!! Woot! Yes, I know I have an issue with caffeine. If I don’t get it, it’ll be an issue.
Drove back home, stopped by Walgreen’s to grab a few items, and say HI to some friends. And then I waited till Hubs could take me to the local comic book store. I can never find it. Course it doesn’t help that he takes a different route every time. The name of the store is Temporal Comics and Sci-Fi, so he teases me, it changes location every time. LOL And no, I’m not directionally challenged. I know that Ft Wayne is up/North, Indy is down/South, NY is East, and LA is West. LOL Drives me bonkers when ppl here in North Central Indiana say they are going up to Indy this weekend. NO no no, you’re going DOWN! oi! LOL
Anywho got my free comic, and a rubber bracelet thingie too! And bonus, he’s ordering a special order for me too!! Awesome!
So the organization thingie that Hubs had planned for me to do on Saturday, nope didn’t happen! oops!

Cinco de Maio; And the awesome outfit I got Hubs, didn’t fit. OMG! He’s lost a ton of weight, but the shirt was cut to small… so I ended up going to my ‘local’ Hot Topic in Muncie. And woohoo! It’s like cheers there for moi. I walk in, and they say hi Michelle! sweet!!
Oh back up, I got to the mall to early, forgot it was Sunday, and that they didn’t open till Noon. So I was in, walking with the mall walkers, cracking a few of them up. And then found a nice place to sit, read my digital book, and cheer on the walkers. I had done five laps. I was good. LOL So back to the story, I was able to return his outfit, and they refunded the money with no issues. And then…I started browsing, yeah, that’s dangerous in Hot Topic, it was buy one, get one half off. So I um…yeah. I’m the proud owner of the new Wonder Woman mini messenger bag, as well as getting a Tardis keychain for one of Hub’s friends. She loves the Eleventh Doctor. So that should make her a happy camper!
After that, my local comic book store was closed-boo! So I went to go get my nails done. I have to have them pretty for the movie. And natch, I needed my hair cut as well. Decided to keep it long, and try something different. Texted my stylist to see if she could fit me in Sunday for a color enhancement- aka- color my grays. Yeah, I’m not going gray gracefully.
Then went to Starbucks…what? It was right there, fueled up the car, and drove back to Marion. Where I went to Walgreen’s again, and for the make up girlies, forget Mac’s Paintpots, time to switch to Maybelline’s Tattoo eyeshadows, you can wear alone, or add your shadow over it and watch the color pop! Not to mention that the price difference is very noticeable and this week at Walgreen’s, it’s buy one, get one half off! If you’re a rewards member, and why aren’t you? You earn 2,500 points on each one. So I got 5,000 points on my card, and saved about $20 for my eyeshadow primer. Or if it’s a lazy morning, the color looks good on it’s on. I’m wearing Bronze this morning, and it looks great by itself.
My stylist got a hold of me, and while she quit the salon she worked at, she was an independent renting a booth. She wasn’t getting enough time there. And so she decided to barter with me, for the color enhancement. I’ll be doing some flyers for her, and bought her Chinese take out. She colored my hair back to it’s beautiful brunette. And then after all of that, I decided to be socialable on facebook. And my flygirlie friends had me spewing my soda three times with the pix and comments that they made. I needed that belly laugh! Heaven help if we ever get in the same room together. LOL
And no, that organizing thing, dang. Still didn’t happen! lol oops!

And now to today; Revenge of the Sixth! LOL
It’s Kavan Smith’s birthday, aka Major Lorne of Stargate Atlantis. And I’ll be posting some pix later on the photoblog to celebrate with my flygirlies!!
And now, it’s time to go find some more caff, and look at my schedule for the day, and see what’s what.

OH Hubs just texted me, I have till Friday to do some of that organizing thing he wants me to do. wooooooo! oh yay, be still my heart. We have a contractor coming out to look at the Water Heater, and natch it’s in my closet. Oh well, I can go back through the clothes again and get rid of some more stuff. After losing the weight, a lot doesn’t fit me anymore. So time to get rid of it. But but it’s purple and sparkly….LOL

I hope ya’ll have an awesome day! It’s another beautiful day in North Central Indiana, I have blue skies, little cloud cover, and it’s 66 degrees Fahrenheit.
Laters!

wooooo Happy Friday

Tomorrow is May fourth, aka May the Fourth be with you day aka Star Wars day! 

It’s also Free comic book day! Woot!! I’ve been deciding if to go to just one store, or the main one’s I frequent? That would be about seven maybe nine… I can’t quite remember. Why so many? Because this store doesn’t carry that, that store doesn’t carry this, if the creepy comic book dude is working- yeah- I’ll go to the other store across town. 

Comic Book Store Owners, it’s lovely when you want to connect with your female consumers, but there is a ‘right’ way and a ‘wrong’ way. Sneaking up behind me, and patting my ass, uh yeah, that is what’s known at the ‘wrong & Creepy’ Way! OMG!  I would love to see you try that with my little brother, who is over six feet tall! Go on! I dare ya! LOL 

Honestly! Where has common sense gone? The way of the Dodo! yep, I knew it. 

perhaps another post later… have a beautiful day!

Did you know?

May 2nd is International Wiccan Day? It’s time to come out of the Broom closet. LOL
Update: It’s also International Siblings Day! Hugs to my fellow two monsters!

However, while I am out, I still watch to whom I talk with, in person. I’ve had some pretty horrible stuff happen to me, and I really do not want any repeats. Overall, it’s not been that bad, the good has definitely outweighed the bad. )O( Blessed Be!!

And now for the rest of the story from my facebook post yest. I got upset when I heard something, and naturally….I posted it there first… oops! A little bit of drama, that is usually not me. But damn, I needed an outlet.

The 411; I was told I’m a bitch, a snob and I’m responsible for someone’s problems.

let’s break this down shall we, and then the matter is dropped.

Bitch; Uh yeah, B-abe I-n T-otal C-ontrol of H-erself. that’s me! And I am a bitch because I’m opinionated, stand up for myself and others. That is never going to change. And calling me a bitch, oooh. So doesn’t hurt! Bring it!

Snob; Because I use big words! No seriously! I’m a snob because I’m educated. Okie dokies. This has never bothered me either, I’ve been called a snob since I was a child. Most people don’t know or don’t believe I’m a shy person. Yeah, I know! But I am, until I get to know someone, I’m quiet and reserved. The whole, I use big words, omg. That floors me. And in conjunction I’m also a know it all. LOL NO really? I consider myself an adult Hermione Granger, so that’s cool! I’ll take being called a snob too!

But the thing that floored me the most, was the amount of ‘power’ this person is giving me, I’m responsible for all their problems! Dude! Seriously? WOW! You have issues. And I’m only responsible for my issues. You are responsible for what you think, say, do and feel. Leave me out of this equation!!

Now then, I will forgive this person, cause obviously they don’t realise the awesomeness that I am. LOL However, I will NOT forget. Next time this person requires my assistance (oooh big word lol) I will be busy! Yeah, I don’t care what it is, “No, I’m busy.” No sorry, no excuses, just no.

I can put up with a lot of nonsense, I do on a daily basis. Usually that’s my own nonsense. But this came out of left field on me. I don’t understand why and honestly at this point, I really don’t care. My happiness does NOT depend on this person. It depends on me.

Okay Matter is now closed! I will still take hugs, virtual flowers, kitties. Send Kavan or Joe pix to me- of course I always want those! LOL

Remember, YOU are responsible for your own happiness, what you say, do and how you feel. Don’t give someone ‘power’ over you. Because there are those that would exploit that!

and it’s a beautiful day in my neighborhood. Blue skies, sunshiny, and it’s already 70 degrees. Simply beautiful!! Have a Beautiful day and don’t forget to be Awesome! You have the ability to do so!!