***This is insane. It's midnight here in California,.***

[CaliforniaPeggy]

I need to go to bed.

And what am I doing? Starting a thread.......

I have been in a very weird mood tonight......sad, restless, full of odd emotions........

There are some things happening in my personal life that are much on my mind...

But they haven't bothered me that much lately.........

So I don't know what I'm doing right now.......

I guess I'd like to hear from all of you.........

How are you doing? Need anything?

:shrug:

:loveya: :grouphug: :loveya:

[reyd reid reed]

1. I know the feeling

Personally, I could use a hug right about now.

And a double-dose of...something. Courage, maybe?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I hear that! Courage..........

Maybe we can buck each other up......what say you?

Have a hug, sweetie! :hug:

Things have got to get better, esp. for you and your family......

My stuff will be resolved......no worries for me.........:hug: :loveya:

[ghostsofgiants]

It's almost 5:00 AM here.

I should really call it a night, ahha.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear primate1!

Almost five?

There must be another time zone that I'm not familiar with!

The sun will be up soon, for you, won't it?

:hug:

Good to see you tonight!

[ghostsofgiants]

34. Newfoundland Standard Time

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_Standard_Time

[CaliforniaPeggy]

41. Thanks for the Wikipedia article!

That is most illuminating!

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

2. Some days are just like that, darlin' Peggy.

Best thing I can say is don't fight it - just makes it worse if you try to force yourself to go to sleep.

I'm doing pretty well. Been BUSY this week with work -- woohoo!!!! My workload has been very low for the past few months, but it's starting to pick up some, which is great. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Hang in there, my friend. Things will work out. And PM me anytime, if you need to talk. :loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear SeattleGirl!

Glad to hear you're busy, sweetie!

And no worries abut going to bed before I'm ready........I never do that...

Things will work out......it just takes time, effort, some tears...

You know the drill.........:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

PM's do work, don't they? How well I know ........

[SeattleGirl]

12. Tears can be very healing.

I think of them as a liquid form of emotion -- sometimes happy, sometimes sad, sometimes from frustration.

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[Robeson]

3. Hey Peg!...

...it's the weekend, so give yourself a break, and stay up as long as you want. Here's a...:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. My dear Robeson!

Sweetie! Lovely to see you tonight......I can stay up nearly every night, thank goodness!

Being retired has some distinct advantages.......

Thank you so much for the hug......Never can have enough of those...:hug:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

5. Eh, it's been a long crazy day...

My mother & stepdad headed out for Toronto this morning, leaving me home with my grandmother. Well, she ended up collapsing today and was out for like 2 minutes. I had to call 9-11 and she was rushed to the hospital. I spent a few hours there today and they think she needs a pacemaker (her heartrate was down to 40) but they're running some tests to make sure it wasn't a seizure. So my parents turned around while they were halfway to Toronto and came back to NJ.

I was supposed to go to a DUers house to teach her about digital photography & fix her printer, but I ended up not being able to and I wasn't able to call her to say I wouldn't make it. I sent her a PM tonight though. After that I was supposed to go see a play one of my friends wrote, but I can do that tommorow.

Plus I've had terrible PMS cramps all day, so I eventually caved and took a percoset. All around a crappy day. Bleh.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. My dear haruka.........

Bleh is right......how horrible your day was........I'm sorry!

Mine has been nowhere near as bad.......

I can talk myself into nearly any mood if I really feel like it......

And tonight I did.......

Tomorrow will be better, I am sure of that........:hug: :loveya:

[cwydro]

8. oh for god's sake Peg

It is THREE Effing o'clock HERE and I am still awake and I blame THAT on you...SO there! And darn it all ...if I knew how to bold and italics things..then my post would be even MORE colorful. Hey..I may be awake to take those sunrise pics after all.

So what is bugging you woman...Talk to us night owls...whooowhoooo

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear cwydro........

I'll happily take the blame for your still being awake!

I"m just moody tonight......it happens, sweetie......

If you use the HTML lookup table, you can do the bold and italic things...

Just use these brackets: [] with the i or the b inside to start the italicized or bold words......

And at the end of the phrase, insert this: /. And then put the i or the b after that. And of course, you still need the brackets!

Try it, and you'll get it.......if my instructions made sense!

Now go to bed! I'll be gone in another half hour or so.......:loveya: :hug:

[Deja Q]

10. 2:27AM here,

How are you doing?

How am I doing what? :rofl:

Or "how am I doing who?" :spray:

Need anything? (imitating Paul Lynde) Yup, I need something! A bottle of 200 proof! :beer: :spray:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. My dear Hypno!

Seems like you're doing OK tonight, I think!

Pass that 200 proof over here, OK? Thanks! :toast:

Hope the sun will improve your mood, much as it will mine... :hug:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

26. 200 proof is 100% alcohol.

It's technically impossible to have 200 proof liquor, because it will absordb water from the air.

:P

[Heidi]

11. Love and light to you, my friend.

:hug: :loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. My dear Heidi.......

Thank you, my goddess warrior woman gf! And back atcha........

Life is weird sometimes, no?

And I am truly OK........thank you........ :loveya: :hug:

[AutumnMist]

14. Don't Make Me Come Over There!

Ok I will. The more hugs the better. I know we have shared some similar comments this evening/morning but I thought I would make a comment as well. About you. You can do it. Whatever is on your plate right now? Most likely it will fade in the future. When you need to work through it do so. Whatever is on your mind will be better when you are rested in the morning. Throw it out with the moon and face the day with a new dawn. You are loved here and embraced. And I have to ask you...because I really mean it. Need anything? I will be up for awhile. Always here to listen. :):hug:

[cwydro]

17. hey misty woman

ditto on your nice words...

[AutumnMist]

27. Well Thank You

Anytime you need to hear the same? Give me a shout. I should be here. Lurking or otherwise. :)

[cwydro]

30. I will remember that

and I love your name, btw...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. My dear AutumnMist........

I want to tell you what a lovely username you have.......I really like it...

I know that right now, my mental state is not improved by my fatigue.....

But I didn't want to go to bed just yet.......so.......here I am.....

I have been told many times, and I have seen it demonstrated as well.....how much I am loved here......

It always astonishes me........

I'm just trying to live up to my sig line, is all........

All I need right now is what I'm getting .......all of you, talking to me.......

Thank you so much! :loveya: :hug:

[AutumnMist]

31. Thats Ok

We can stay up. I am getting ready to make some popcorn and watch my latest Japanese horror flick on DVD. Would you like buttered or plain popcorn? There is always room to share! :)


P.S. Thank you for the comment about my username. My favorite time of year is approaching. Hence the name. Fall is right around the corner. Pumpkins, canning, and outdoors galore. I am slightly biased with the seasons. Ok, maybe much biased in seasons. :bounce:

[billyskank]

19. It's quarter to nine AM now

I'm eating my breakfast.

:hi: Peggy! :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Good morning, my dear Billy!

Enjoy your breakfast, sweetie!

I gave KW your message, and she appreciated it a lot.........

It is lovely to see you on this side of the day, you know!

Hope you have a lovely and happy one......:loveya: :hug:

[billyskank]

23. Reciprocating your good wishes

:hug:

[aquaman]

20. Hey Ms Peggy.....

You always bring a smile to my face. My son is growing so fast, he is about seven months old now. I remember my wife being pregnant and me asking you for advice and you always being so comforting. You are an amazing person and don't ever forget it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. My dear aquaman!

How lovely to see you today! I am thrilled to hear of your son's progress!

I thank you so much for your wonderful and cheery words.......They mean the world to me........:hug:

[BlueIris]

25. I definitely know how you feel, C-Peg.

A lotta weird, conflicting stuff happening for me, too. It may be for the best, but it doesn't feel very good.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. My dear BlueIris.......

Well, sweetie......we'll just have to get through it the best we can......

Won't we? :hug:

[cwydro]

29. Hey Ms. Peg

I responded quickly and kind of off the cuff before - without reading everything...hope your mind and heart are settling down in their proper places (they never really do know their place do they?) You have been soothing to me tonight, so I wish you to feel peace and calm also. A storm is rolling in from the Atlantic (or the Gulf) hard to tell on this little spit of land...and a storm always makes me calm..sending those thoughts your way, the soft sound of rain and the soughing of the wind in the palms.....Talk to you soon I hope...and a blue island shirt will be winging its way to you...sweet dreams from your island friend...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. My dear cwydro........

My mind and heart are indeed settling down......and I thank you!

Sounds to me as though you're heading off to bed......

Me too.......sweetest of dreams, my new friend! :hug:

[IChing]

33. While she was so busy being free

Theres a man whos been out sailing
In a decade full of dreams
And he takes her to a schooner
And he treats her like a queen
Bearing beads from california
With their amber stones and green
He has called her from the harbor
He has kissed her with his freedom
He has heard her off to starboard
In the breaking and the breathing
Of the water weeds
While she was busy being free

Theres a man whos climbed a mountain
And hes calling out her name
And he hopes her heart can hear three thousand miles
He calls again
He can think her there beside him
He can miss her just the same
He has missed her in the forest
While he showed her all the flowers
And the branches sang the chorus
As he climbed the scaley towers
Of a forest tree
While she was somewhere being free

Theres a man whos sent a letter
And hes waiting for reply
He has asked her of her travels
Since the day they said goodbye
He writes wish you were beside me
We can make it if we try
He has seen her at the office
With her name on all his papers
Thru the sharing of the profits
He will find it hard to shake her
From his memory
And shes so busy being free

Theres a lady in the city
And she thinks she loves them all
Theres the one whos thinking of her
Theres the one who sometimes calls
Theres the one who writes her letters
With his facts and figures scrawl
She has brought them to her senses
They have laughed inside her laughter
Now she rallies her defenses
For she fears that one will ask her
For eternity
And shes so busy being free

Theres a man who sends her medals
He is bleeding from the war
Theres a jouster and a jester and a man who owns a store
Theres a drummer and a dreamer
And you know there may be more
She will love them when she sees them
They will lose her if they follow
And she only means to please them
And her heart is full and hollow
Like a cactus tree
While shes so busy being free

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. Good morning to you, my dear IChing..........

This is a beautiful poem, my dear.........

I truly like it! Did you write it? I can almost see myself as the lady who's busy being free.......

Thank you for it....

:hi:

[bridgit]

35. it's that addiction you were referring to, maybe time for an intervention

:rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. My dear bridgit!

EEEEK! No interventions, please! :scared:

I do appreciate your good thoughts, however!

:hi:

[rug]

36. That KY jelly thread had the same effect on me.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. My dear rug........

KY Jelly?

Yikes........guess I missed it.........:scared:

Thanks for coming by today.......:hug:

[tinfoil tiaras]

40. California weather is amazing

Be grateful...be very very grateful that when you go outside, it's not like walking into a steam room that smells like grass...ew.

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

42. My dear tinfoil tiaras!

You got that right!

I love love love my California weather.......It is wonderful here......

I am grateful nearly every day for it.......

:hi:

[tinfoil tiaras]

43. Yay!

Southeastern weather in general is hell. So damn humid and steamy and hot as hell....you feel so nasty as soon as you go outside-which sucks b/c my school is really centered around outdoors (like if you walk out of a classroom, you are outside)..

[driver8]

44. Peggy, I have been like that for the past week...sorry to hear that you

are going through it, too.

Let us know if there is anything that we can do for you!! :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

46. My dear driver8...........

Well, you know..........some days or nights are like this........

I've lived long enough to realize it.....

And you're doing exactly what I need......

You're here, and talking to me!

I think one of the worst things about feeling sad/weird is the feeling that no-one has ever felt this way before......

The feeling of isolation from others......

So when my friends come and talk to me, well......that takes care of it!

Thank you, sweetie.......this too shall pass......

:hug:

[Aristus]

45. Oh sweetie...

I need to know that you will be all right. I'm sorry things aren't going well for you right now.

:hug::loveya::hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

47. My dear Aristus.........

Please don't worry about me! I am doing just fine today.......

I do get in these weird moods now and then.........

I am having some personal difficulties these days, and I am in therapy for them......

But it is going along well........but sometimes things just boil over the way they did last night, and then I just need to vent.......

You know that I will be alright, baby.......:hug: :loveya: :hug: