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Onwards and Upwards - the cvq/ns support and hot chocolate thread

984 replies

Habbibu · 06/09/2008 20:33

Since we've nearly tipped the last one over the 1000 posts mark, here's the new thread for cvq and for her friends to help this lovely lady to keep on getting better.

OP posts:
CvQ · 19/09/2008 01:19

what lovely words.
thankyou thumbwitch and sweetdreams xx

TarkaLiotta · 19/09/2008 02:05

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mellyonion · 19/09/2008 08:23

hey cvq...

i've been neglecting you...i'm sorry.
life is very busy for me at the minute.

i just want you to know that you're always in my thoughts, and i'm still willing you onwards and upwards.

hope today is a sunny one for you... will come back for a proper chat when i'm able. in the mean time, my email is on this thread somewhere if you want me....

take care, and have a big hug from me. (((((())))))
xx

CvQ · 19/09/2008 10:08

i have had a rough night with a nightmare so am abit unsettled this morningi so wanted to take j out today but i just cant manage it.
life is busy mellyonion so dont fret x

ive already needed to take a diazepam this morninggrrrrrrrr

thumbwitch · 19/09/2008 10:32

mornin!
try this for an idea - look at your diazepams in the same light as your plaster cast on your wrist - a bit of a nuisance but a necessary one to support you while you get better. They are there to be used, so please dont be cross that you needed one! Well done for recognising the need for one before you spiralled down again!

thumbwitch · 19/09/2008 10:32

mornin!
try this for an idea - look at your diazepams in the same light as your plaster cast on your wrist - a bit of a nuisance but a necessary one to support you while you get better. They are there to be used, so please dont be cross that you needed one! Well done for recognising the need for one before you spiralled down again!

thumbwitch · 19/09/2008 10:33

whoops - got sticky biscuit crumbs stuck to the touchpad, hence double-posting

CvQ · 19/09/2008 10:50

yes i suppose that is true but even so grrrrrrrrr and dam my stupid brain

bellavita · 19/09/2008 10:57

helllooooooooooo

just in the middle of putting my tesco.com shopping away - half of it turned up without bags and some of it had to be returned because it was today's date.

ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

sorry you have not had a good night, try and relax a bit today eh?

CvQ · 19/09/2008 11:06

oh noare they replacing the stuff today bearing in mind youve got guests coming!
i will relax today.its not too bad outside so will spend some time in the garden later.that is once ive changed the bed.we had a rogue aero bubble it seems

bellavita · 19/09/2008 11:13

luckily, it was not stuff for tomorrow, so it is ok, but no they are not replacing it just knocking it off the bill.

Most important things turned up though - the wine that was on offer and buy one get one free on selection boxes

there is always a rogue piece of chocolate isn't there

CvQ · 19/09/2008 11:17

dam it seems ive missed these offers because i used asda to get the cheap nappies
HUFF!

bellavita · 19/09/2008 11:25

what you need to do is look for a coupon code on here and use that for Tesco, which in effect takes care of the delivery charge.

we are a bit naughty because the money off is using say £8 on an £80 shop, £9 on a £90 shop, but and here is what we do, I will do my normal weekly shop that comes to normally between £60/70 (I do a huge shop once a month) and put some extra in the basket ie. a couple of bottles of champagne so that will take you over what you need to spend to get the money off, put in the coupon at check out, make sure you get the confirmation e-mail saying you have used the coupon, then go back in and take said bottles of champagne off check out again and you still get to use the money off coupon. Does that make sense?

bellavita · 19/09/2008 11:27

XX-CRDJ £5 off £50 spend valid until 30/11/08

CvQ · 19/09/2008 12:46

ok i think i understand but whats the bet if i do it i end up forgetting to take champagne off
am not known for my memory

bellavita · 19/09/2008 13:25

well, you do it more or less straight away

CvQ · 19/09/2008 14:21

hmm somehow i dont even trust myself to remember to take it off straight away

mind you would champagne really be such a disasterwell apart from finacially of course

thumbwitch · 19/09/2008 23:42

are you watching this thread as well?

CvQ · 20/09/2008 00:10

jesus fucking sodding christ
hold your ears whilst i scream the bloody place down!
aggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

thumbwitch · 20/09/2008 00:14

now do you feel better?
((((((((((more hugs)))))))))))) for you - am so that your ma is being an old bag.
Get your purple blanket round you quicksmart - and breeeeaaathe. Sloooowly in and slooooowly out - find a happy place (where no family allowed) and sit there for a while.

CvQ · 20/09/2008 00:17

thumbwitch really.what the fuck do i do
am sick of bloody mind games.if honestly feels like if i ignore it im wrong if i do something about it im going to be wrong.sometimes i wonder why i bloody bother giving them headspace!

thumbwitch · 20/09/2008 00:28

well they are intrinsically linked with you, blood and bone, so it is very very hard to disassociate yourself from them entirely. I hope you are using the toxic family threads as well - they may be of some help?

There's that lovely saying "they fuck you up, your mum and dad" - part of a poem by Philip Larkin (but having just read it the rest of it isn't particularly helpful to you!)

It's easy to say "don't let them get to you" but of course it isn't easy to do. It will be a gradual process of building yourself up to be the only family that you and j need, and it will take a bit of time yet.

Your mum is screwed up - obviously - and still hasn't accepted your situation, whether through obstinate bloody-mindedness or denial, I couldn't tell you. So she doesn't think beyond the end of her nose how anything she says or does will affect you, or how your situation might affect your reactions to events. I doubt she is playing deliberate mind-games with you though.

Ignore your dad, he isn't relevant - send a card or some flowers to your grandad but keep the message minimal. And if you choose to send flowers, the card with them will be addressed to your Nan anyway, saying that you are sad she has gone, or you will miss her, or something like that. Flowers are always to the person whose funeral it is, in my experience.

CvQ · 20/09/2008 00:41

thumbwitch my head is officially fucked

thumbwitch · 20/09/2008 00:44

not surprised. but it doesn't need to stay that way you know.
Tell me, what would you like to do?

Is your grandad another one who you can't speak to? If not, is there any chance you could ring him briefly?

CvQ · 20/09/2008 00:49

yes but right now i dont know where i stand with that because we havent had contact for over a yr.
what i would like to do is go to the funeral and that just isnt possibleso monday everyone will be together and yet again i am excluded.
am close to telling them all to go jump and just pack up and move again tbh