Starting Again, Moving Forward...Onwards and Upwards ! :)

[Startingagain88]

Following all your wonderful messages of love and support since my partner of 15yrs up and left for OW, my previous thread reached the 1000 post mark and so i'm starting this new thread with a more uplifting subject title!!

Its only three weeks in since EXDP left and so i know i have a long way to go...but slowly each day I'm feeling more positive and believing that my life can be wonderful without him!

Here's the link to my old thread -

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/1421736-In-shock-cant-quite-believe-it-Long-Sorry

Yes, Wrongbow he was lovely.... his wife died a little while ago.... :(

Pink, i know :) im just getting fed up of moping and feel miserable... i want to feel sunshine again! :)

The sunshine will be here soon. I bet you.

I know this for a fact because DS was ill all over my duvet it was so bad it soaked through the cover and into the duvet. As such I have spend the last week under a single summer weight duvet freezing my butt off.

I know the day my shiny new 15 tog appears on the door step we will have blistering sunshine.

It just has to happen

Thanks Xales, i needed a good laugh! :)

Had a bit of evening sunshine here - it's been so long since I've seen sunshine it seemed quite strange!

It's been lovely here in the west of Scotland today .. i was out for a 2 hour walk tonight ..

There seem to be a lot of bugs going round.. hope your DS is better now Xales x

Rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain in Malvern Wells!

Oh xales - rancid puke duvet! Lovely!

Even worse midwife. Other end!!!!! I think they are only the 3rd and 4th days off sick DS has had, he is 11. One of them was the first time it really snowed once and I let him have a sickie.

He is pretty much back to normal now thank you kirsty. Not eating enough to keep a sparrow alive apart from at the cinema yesterday where I got 2 out of the bag of sweets!!!!

Oh no!!!!

Xales and I thought DD puking chow mein over her own bed on my birthday was bad!! Poor you ( and poor DS) xx

Great to hear you're enjoying the voluntary stuff, Starting.

I was cornered into helping out at a Senior Citizens' Luncheon Club a while back. I had a good moan about it and was cursing myself for not having an excuse at the ready. But I ended up really enjoying it! The old people were a hoot. It wasn't all sweetness and light - there were always some mini-feuds going on but it all added to the fun, really.

Hope you have a good night. It's absolutely freezing here - will be clinging to my hot-water bottle.

Morning Starting. Hope you are still feeling a bit brighter.

Was just thinking that you may hear something about your job today. Whichever way it goes I can see pluses. If you get it, it will be fantastic for your confidence and your finances. If you don't get this one, there is no doubt that with your abilities, you soon will and it will give you time to recover a bit more and to pursue other activities and do some more volunteering.

Wow, great start to May Bank Holiday, grey, cold and miserable and we might even get snow!! What joy! xx

Roxy, yes it was fun, there were romances going on and everything! :)

Thermal, i should hear back today or Tuesday, i need to refocus on my job search i had a spurt of enthusiasm about three weeks ago, but since then i haven't been actively looking as ive had a bad couple of weeks.....feeling down/lack of confidence etc.

If i dont get this one, next week i will be focusing all my efforts on getting a job, or I'll go crazy in the house, i wouldn't mind if the weather was nice, but its grey AGAIN today!! :)

Well, I predict glorious sunshine from now until Tuesday. As I. 1 got my lovely new duvet and 2. In the most bizarre episode this morning managed to come off my bike on an open empty road at about 2 miles an hour and it won't befixed until Tuesday. Lol

How are you?

morning Starting

I am hoping you logging in is good rather than bad. We are thinking of you /hugs

Morning Starting

Hope you are ok.

Bank Holidays can be a difficult time when you imagine everybody else being with partners/family and having a great time ---- they are NOT!

Think about all the things you would have liked to do with dickhead but couldn't because he was too boring/lazy/unsophisticated/drunk and now you can.
If I lived where you do I would take myself into London and go round some galleries then go to the cinema.

I'm off to kettlercise then going to look at the bluebells if they haven't been battered to bits and before it starts raining again.
Thinking of you. xx

Hi Starting. I'm going somewhere this weekend, but not to enjoy myself. DS has just moved into his first home and there is loads to be done, so I'm going down to help - or do it all, more like, as he is an idle so-and-so! My fault, I suppose. The weather down his way is supposed to be worse than here, so not particularly looking forward to it. Hope all goes well for you xxx

Yes us "smug marrieds" feel just as lonely on bank holidays for various reasons

Hi All,

Saw pinkwellies on Friday night and drank too much! Had a lovely time!! Saturday watched some dvd's did some housework!, today been really lazy and been watching crap tv.

Starting to feel a bit lonely now though :( tomorrow im going to get out of the house and do something i want to do..... and next week im going to concentrate on getting back to work....i haven't really been putting the effort in, my confidence has been on the floor and my heart hasn't been in it.

Hope youre ok Midwife and not feeling blue today :)

Sounds like a good plan for the week

I hope so! :)

Yes I'm fine starting. Glad you're feeling proactive!

How did today go sweetie? I've been trying to get an essay done but the brain just isn't getting into gear - probably not enough fear pumping through it as the dealine is friday