Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Yes @Former-Member, I am okay. I have been a bit flat this week but that stands to reason after a lot of driving on the weekend and bringing home some happy, but then tired and progressively grumpy baby dragons.

They are carrying some baggage and with WH away it is acombination of unwind and spill, so we are having some flare-ups here and there, which is tiring too.

On top of that, I am seeing some changes in WH's behaviour which indicate that more changes are on the way, and that's a it unsettling because you don't know what that will entail .... we're moving forward blind ... but that has been the case most of the way through with our situation, so it's not new ... just unsettling.

So when that happens I need to step up the self-care, time out, distractions, and all the other things we talk about here in terms of coping mechanisms.

Had an evening out with my girls tonight ... three daughters ... 💜💕

Good to hear @Faith-and-Hope re the going out with your daughters. The unknowns with WH, obviously not so much. Unknowns and warnings, the waiting, the alertness that brings to the heightening of the senses - all very taxing emotionally and psychologically so you are going to need all that built up resilience. Don't bottle it in though, make sure you not only have that external balance but you have a way to let that internal build up out. Because it all goes somewhere, even when you think it doesn't.

You take care and I will talk to you soon.

Goodnight

Tooky

Thanks @Former-Member ..... 😏

Yeah .. I have learned it goes somewhere ....

I have struggled with metabolic syndrome, not from unhealthy eating or exercise patterns because I maintain both, but from long term stresses beyond most people's experiences causing insulin release resulting in insulin resistance. While I have ironed all that out now, the visceral fat stores from metabolic syndrome are really hard to shift in a healthy manner, but can cause major health issues if they are fouprced out in an unhealthy manor, and the ongoing stressors don't help with that.

Learned about panic attacks in the process too ... reference in the thread above somewhere ... so I have a range of coping strategies in place now, including a psychologist I visit when I feel the need to do a mental detox.

I woke this morning and was up for maybe 45 mins and fell back to snoozeville... it's now afternoon! Though I did wake up this second time when it was still morning just!

@Faith-and-Hope Good I am we aware you do have a fantastic balance but I've been in the situation where everyone thought I was superwoman.... and it puts expectations on us.... even if those expectations are not consciously realised they make us just that bit less inclined to show just how troubled we might be. So that's why I'm going to continue to just make sure you really are ok. So .... get used to it! It's cos I care!

now... I have this.... a slice for anyone who wants it. And for those of you... vegans... slice from the right half 😛

@Determined @Faith-and-Hope @Appleblossom @Former-Member @Anony18 @Smc @soul

and no... I have not had any....

Hahahahahaha @Former-Member - I love chocolate but am not a big fan of chocolate cakes or ice-cream. WHY? I don't know...guess am weird but in a good way

Ohhh a free perfume. Always great when you receive nice gifts. What is the perfume? A gucci? chanel? Do you like floral smells or more citrus? I think I tend to go for the younger smelling perfumes.

Had a half day meeting which was a good distraction. Dance was a bit better yesterday so am glad about that.

YUM! Yes please. I'll make a cuppa now to go with it. Thanks @Former-Member

How's your day?

Good thanks @Former-Member dark day here so good sleep in day 😄 Don't let BamBam near my cake please, you know what he will probably do to it! 😉

oh @Anony18 don't like chocky cake but like chocky?

The perfume isn't of that range, it's more a floral woody rather than pure floral, which is good for me because I don't like the more pure florals. I don't know how to describe it.. go to a chemist and have a whiff and tell me! 😛

It's Marc Jacobs Daisy Dream... so yes obviously supposed to be classified as floral with a name like that.

No way! Bam Bam is not coming near this masterpiece, he can't be trusted with that thing

Love a good sleep in. Any rain? Also love laying in bed and listening to the rain.