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[daeana]

Re: attention girls: embrace your inner twitch.

Kestra, here's an example of a lip crayon (although that's not what they call it). it's like a combination of lipstick and lip pencil. they're actually really awesome.

at first, i thought color looked really weird and noticeable on me too, but then i got used to it.

Toresica, i'd say that jean jackets are appropriate with everything except like an evening gown or business attire. maybe i shouldn't help...

 

[Kestra]

Re: attention girls: embrace your inner twitch.

Peach Wookiee said:
Toresica, it looks as though you're wearing a very dark-washed jean jacket with a traditional stonewash blue jean. You could put the jean jacket with khakis or with a darker jean.

I've gotta agree with that. I've never worn a denim jacket but I'd suggest pairing it with darker denim, not lighter.

daeana said:
Kestra, here's an example of a lip crayon (although that's not what they call it). it's like a combination of lipstick and lip pencil. they're actually really awesome.

at first, i thought color looked really weird and noticeable on me too, but then i got used to it.

Oh, that's quite nice! Thanks. Yeah, I suppose it's a matter of just getting used to the color. I've been pushing myself into trying new clothes and makeup recently though, so it might take me awhile to add something else.

Also, I recently had the salon cut some longish bangs on a slant across one side of my face and now I've constantly got hair in one eye. It looks pretty cute though, so I'm not sure how I feel about it. This is about as adventurous as I get with my hair.

 

[daeana]

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^hey, the most i do with my hair is braid it.

i decided recently it would be nifty to add eyeshadow to my life. so i've started collecting eyeshadows. because, you know, i have an unlimited budget.

 

[Ariadne]

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^^ Well, if you can keep it untangled and looking nice without a lot of work...

 

[daeana]

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yeah, i'm really lucky that my hair doesn't really tangle easily. long, straight, and slippery hair rocks. :thumbsup:

 

[pookha]

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Toresica
i agree with the above about darker denim pants but i am curious to see that same as above but with a lighter colored shirt.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

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My uterus hurts, and I have to go to the doctor today, and I can't go to Lush!

 

[Scatta]

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[Reappears with a "female" question]

Is relocating supposed to mess with a woman's cycle? I had September's period right at the beginning of the month. Then I had October's period at the end of September. Now, I feel like I could start in the next week or so. This is so not right.

 

[Ohappydagger]

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Yeah that happens to me whenever I do something stressful or at least out of the ordinary, such as relocate. I spent the summer at my mom's house out of town and failed to have my July period, I suppose just because I was off my daily routine for a long term.

 

[Ariadne]

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Being surrounded by different people has an effect too, I think, especially if you sync easily.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

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I might try going to Lush soon... I haven't been there in two months... I think if I wear my boot to the mall, I can handle it. It's arthritis that felled me, BTW. I am a bit bummed because the diagnosis means the end of nannying for me. I had to tell my next-door neighbors I couldn't nanny for their three very sweet kids...
I guess I should be glad I didn't end up becoming a kindergarten teacher... It'll be six years ago next month I gave up that dream...
I'm feeling a little down on myself at the moment, thinking about all this...

 

[pookha]

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maybe other doors will open peach.
even though it is a really hard thing to go through.
if i had been able to follow my dream i would only been able to do it for awhile.
but i found a desk job that is useful to society and at times enough of a challenge to be interesting.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

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Thanks, pookha...
I wonder sometimes if my getting out of the education program I was in was the start of a downward spiral. I know this sounds a bit dark for me...
Right now, I'm hobbling around like a woman about 60 years older than me. My mom tells me to think positively, but I'm just really feeling discouraged. And the way this all started was my own idiocy, fourteen years ago at the end of this coming January.
I can't carry my niece down the stairs except if I scoot on my butt with her in my lap. I've tried to act like it didn't bother me, but now it's finally really hit me. I'll probably feel like this for a couple of days...

 

[daeana]

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Scatta, i can buy that the moving stress screwed things up.

*hugs Peach*

arthritis? already? urgh...

 

[pookha]

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with arthritis you may still go into periods were it isnt so bad.
try to get things stable enough so you can go to a good rheumtolgist plus even if you can only go a little a physical therapist who can show you the right way to exercise ect.

i went through several periods were i could hardly walk even with a cane to getting better to the point i could walk a mile.

i am in a rough patch now but then i am fifty but i still havent giving up about walking a little more then i can right now.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

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That'd be great if I can walk normally for a bit. If this doesn't clear up enough, though, the doctor says he'll have to fuse the damaged joints together (there are three...).

daeana, yeah, it sucks. The ankle was broken once and badly when I was almost fourteen. I broke the foot in two places over three years ago. The orthopedist says it was all cumulative and something just gave out. He classified it as a sprain that severely aggravated the underlying arthritis.
A few weeks ago, my regular doctor said my eventually developing arthritis was inevitable. And Tuesday, the orthopedist diagnosed it...

 

[Scatta]

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Peach You can still become a kindergarten teacher if you change your mind and pursue it. You'll just have to work for a private school so that there's an assistant who can chase the kids. You could even teach Sunday school, or the equivalent, if you're religious. I'm sure you could find a teenager to be your helper there.

Sorry to hear about that, though. I hope you feel better. We all know how much nannying meant to you.

 

[daeana]

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urgh, that sucks Peach. i have no idea what to say. however, i do have the urge to make an inappropriate comment about how you can teach special needs kids who can't run away...

 

[Peach Wookiee]

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Thanks, Scatta.
I am thankful that this hit this year instead of last year. Last year, I was teaching ESL for college students, my niece was born at the end of August and it'll be a year on Wednesday that my grandmother died. Had it hit this time last year, I'd have been in real trouble. The university where I taught isn't exactly friendly terrain for those who are disabled and last year, the parking was all fouled up.
I found out today how good it is when people have problems. Target, Costco, Safeway and Fred Meyer all have those motorized carts!
Also, for the first time in many years, my mother is faster than me. When I was a little girl, she got a disease that messed with her legs and made her slower. If there's a bright spot about me being down like this, it's that she's really improving. Her gait is faster.

 

[May 20]

Re: attention girls: embrace your inner twitch.

Scatta, having your cycle be thrown off because of stress is common. Once your life settles back down, your cycle will, too.

Peach, I'm sorry. poohka is right, though. Find yourself a good rheumatologist. You will have good patches and bad patches. And you'll learn to live with what you've been handed. Remember Job. Honest; it helps.