Plain Vanilla #6

[Ggrass]

Was seen gal round the place, funny gossip will fly that bone back directly.

Totally directly. Meh. Nice so there moment. crying with laugher.

[Vanilla]

Laughing with you Gg.

V

[Vanilla]

Wonderful day at spa. Plenty of time to think and had a celestial float for a whole hour. Picked the last session of the day and there were only three of us in the pool floating.

Did a typical V thing, I signed up for body building! Got myself weighed measured and checked. I am just in the range of BMI where they allow this, am just flexible enough and just squeaked in on body muscle percentage, although in top 10% for women of my age grouping. Crikey help the rest, if V is in the top 10%. I get 6 weeks with a trainer. If at 6 weeks my BMI is 29 and muscle mass is up by 1lb or maybe 1 kilo ? Then can go to next level, which is cheaper and goes for 10 weeks. If not have to repeat the 6 weeks. V go to the naughty step please. Anyway I have big changes planned for V.

V is very tired but oh so happy tonight.

This last few weeks has told me
1. I can do more than I think I can
2. My manual systems at my office are good and my team are amazing
3. I need more software to present what I do. acquired portfolio looks better on paper to client than mine. I am not communicating enough.
4. DB has more to offer than just R
5. I am ready to grow my business and move into new office space. I want to be more front office and let go of some back office routine.
6. GAL is essential to my wellbeing. I can GAL without PMA but not the other way around
7. I do minimum maintaince on my body, I feed it well, i do no damage to it but I treat it as something to carry my spirit around. It is worth more than that. If I look at my measures on Sandi scale this is where I fall down. So plan coming up.
8. I do not like toothache and I function better without it
9. Offering fruit at the office is better than biscuits! duh.....
10. I need stronger boundaries. NMMNGirl!
11. My DB chums are vital to my spirit

I shall sleep tonight.

V

[edz]

Night v!

[jim0987]

I'm glad you had a good few days, and you should be really proud of all that work you put in.

GAL is essential to my wellbeing. I can GAL without PMA but not the other way around

Such a good sentiment, and something that we all need to remember all the time.

That would be wonderful. I sometimes imagine that you are with me discussing issues around a table in my garden, it's summer there is a BBQ and wine beer and sparkling water. Bees buzzing and birds singing, sitting the chiminea lit chewing the fat giving each other support on our sitches. One of my avatar scenarios.

Love the sound of this

[Vanilla]

Jim

I wonder if there is a board out there that works on Avatars?

A second life type scenario would not be effective as the board posts are more like a journal and designed for the readers as much as the writer. By writing on our own and each other's sitches we slow our thinking, review and reflect. By rereading threads including our own we gain perspective. I was encouraging the lovely young dad Ins to post on other threads as we learn much from this. By doing it we get a lot of feedback, and some 2x4s. But I love the idea of avatars instead of Ms. Would need to be open like life.

It would be fascinating to see how we represent ourselves.

V

[Karma12]

What awesome goals! Love the positive additude

[Vanilla]

Thank you Karma.

V

[rd500]

As usual showing the way but doing it. More power to you vanilla. Take care
Rd

[edz]

Morning V in your purpleness

I think you're right if we all had wow/second life avatars it wouldnt be as easy to work through the really hard stuff. Sometimes the anonymity really helps, well me at least.

I'd like to be able to reach out in PM somehow though, I can understand how that may be a bad thing since some of us on here can be in a bad place when we arrive but I think I've made some good friends and it would have been helpful to be able to discuss some things knowing they dont end up in the Google Cache forever open to the world.

I did ping the mods on what can/cant be done insofar as allowing outside contact (or even a GAL db'ers get together) but no reply unfortunately