The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Blowing Away The Cobwebs, Brushing Up The Leaves, Whilst Travelling On The Battle Bus, To Our Own Sobrieties.

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Hello I'm Mouse

Welcome to the Brave Babes Battle Bus, aka Gerald. It's a lovely place for drinkers, non-drinkers, wobblers and thinkers...... we're a really mixed bunch who all have one thing in common, alcohol.

Whether that be past or present, it can always be our future due to the nature of the beast.

Everyone can join this thread, the support is unconditional. And it is here for anyone who wants it, now or in a little while, there's always a spare seat or three!

Why not take a look at the journeys so far at the link below, it'll take you back through the last two (plus) years, and also I've posted a link to the very first thread....... the reason that we are all on the Bus in the first place

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Well done for sorting the school thing Joey. Sometimes things gang up on us and, by themselves, don't appear to be too daunting - but when you get a landslide of things it's hard to see past them. And a big cheer coming your way for not buying any wine. HOORAY!

What did they say about DD bites?

Hang in their girl, you're doing brilliantly. x

Glad your head has calmed down a little, Alias.

Well, I did it. I went for a swim. A non-alcohol focused trip out of the house in the evening. Bizarre. It was quite nice, in a chemically way. It's just a shame that in my rush to be a normal, active, healthy, tampon-advert sort-of-a-gal who absolutely isn't nearly at the bottom of the bottle at 7.30... I temporarily forgot I'm still getting over this wretched 'flu. 20 minutes in the pool doing graceful breast stroke lengths and suddenly I turned to jelly. I got out and dressed by myself , but the nice lady had to help me down the stairs to sit in the foyer with a can of coke and a mars bar for 20 minutes before I was safe to drive.

It's very strange being this physically feeble. BUT I haven't had a drink and I'm not going to have a drink. (Couldn't lift it, probably).

Just looking in. Wonderful news about Nemo x Brave little fighter isn't he?

Been reading back, some fab posts, really rang a bell with me, especially recent ones by Leu and Fairie. Been doing a lot of thinking lately. Busy, exhausted and super stressed about work and Christmas (both the cost, the hassle and horrid in-law issues), but how exactly will losing time, money and family respect by starting to drink again help solve it all?

Next time I feel like buying a bottle for home I will say to myself, 'you don't want calorie laden wine - you want to feel happier. This isn't making you happy or healthy'. Now need to do some hard work to find out what will.....

Last mouse update for the night:

Bleeding stopped completely,no bed on the ward so still in picu.staying there overnight,DH and I doing shifts as he won't sleep there without us. Home in the morning. Hopefully one of us will sleep. Thank you all for the support and love sent. Will update in the morning.

indie can't believe you were up here for TWO days on your own and didn't meet up! I am going to have to reconsider our friendship after such a slight.

leucan swimming, wow brilliant. don't overdo it and crash & burn though will you?

purple the doc said insect bites, maybe fleas. but I'm nearly certain the dog hasn't got fleas, and I have now seen 3 tiny bugs under dds mattress. I am a bit worried about how to control them as I've read they can be a bugger to shift. pun intended.

but I've had some diazepam and feel a bit calmer now

www.bestpestcontrol.co.uk/bed-bug-killer-products-43-c.asp looks informative Joey. A few months ago I had a mouse in my bedroom. I woke up to scratching noises, put the light on and saw little 'Micky' head under my bedside cabinet! I'm not scared of mice but I didn't want to sleep in the same room as one! I relocated to the sofa - for nine whole bloody days!! I had put down humane traps (x 2), nasty 'Nipper' traps (x 3) and poison (2 pots of)! It ate the poison but still lived! It couldn't get back out so I kept the door shut (little sod scratched the carpet by the bottom of the door trying to get out) because I rent and I really didn't want him going anywhere else to cause damage. My ex and I even went in there, moved all the remaining furniture and saw it three times - but still couldn't catch it! On the ninth night it succumbed to the Nipper trap but it had been in all my clothes draws and pooped everywhere and in fact, a second mouse (which I didn't know about) had been fatally caught in one of the nasty traps and crawled into my clean washing pile to bleed to death! I had to wash everything again and Dettox the surfaces (incontinent little blighters!) I was beside myself that whole time, not to mention knackered as sleeping on the sofa wasn't easy. I didn't understand how I just couldn't catch it. I felt totally pathetic at being defeated by a tiny mouse! Cried a bit too. Anyway, a long winded way to say - I feel your pain. Hugs.

Great news about Nemo!

Lol at Joey wanting to be looked after by nice nurses. Diazepam does do the trick for a short time but mighty addictive stuff if taken for too long. My GP put it on my repeat prescriptions a while back and I had to ask her to take it off because I knew I'd just be gobbling the stuff

Great news about Nemo, well done on a sober day Leucan. I'm looking forward to waking up tomorrow feeling all shiny and new. Onwards and upwards and thanks for the support today my friends xx

Glad you're feeling better Soma - only just had time to read back through the posts. Sorry you've had a trying time. Will be checking in to see you being all 'shiny and new' tomorrow.
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Funny day tomorrow. I'm looking forward to the induction at the gym (bag packed already) with a personal trainer (a one off for joining!) but not looking forward to the fact they are turning the electricity off from 8am - 5pm! Also, got a first date in a posh eatery in the evening but am hoping for a call cancelling. Really not sure I can be bothered getting dressed up (if there's any electric to do so!) and not sure how to tackle a date with no wine!

(To clarify - Electricity off at home!)

Purple, you need a cat for those mice. The lazy feckers don't actually catch them for you, but what happens is that they bring live mice into the sitting room (or 'Velodrome' as I now call it) for you. Then YOU get to practice catching live mice. I'm pretty quick now, no more than two corners and four minutes.

Isinde, thanks and hello . It's easy to be determined for the first few days; we'll see how I get on before any awe is handed out. I suspect I'm feeling a bit too pleased with myself and any day now am going to get a doozy of a craving.

Ah thanks Purple and enjoy your date. We 're expecting a report!

purple a date! what larks!

the last time anyone on the bus had a date was when soma met a guy who had invented a sex toy, but we never did find out what exactly it was...

Haha Isinde, well you gotta find something to do to while away the hours I suppose. Btw, I see those slefs are back

Ah yes, sex toy man, how could I have forgotton. Purple you have to go on this date, just so that we've all got something exciting to look forward too. Tell him you're not drinking because you've got to be up early for a big day or summat such thing. Probably best not to use the antibiotics excuse on this occasion

Can't believe mentioning mice.bloody cat has just brought one I and it got u dear the TV. I caught the mouse in a towel and then stupidly stopped to take a picture of it for Dcs and it leapt out of the towel and legged it!
Feck. I can't find the wee bastard now!
indie I'm not in the middle of Edinburgh bit not very far away. Like your description better though.

isindie neither ma nor I live IN the big city, but its damn close for each of us to get to - her from her remote hideaway across the bridge, and me from my coastal lookout. Such are the wonders of living in Scotland - easy travel and accessible remoteness .

Oops I just forgot I wasn't speaking to you. In fact I was so not speaking to you that I wasn't telling you I wasn't speaking to you.

purple I don't think the 'humane' traps really are humane. If you've ever seen the scratch marks on the inside from a mouse desperately scrabbling to get out...... quick chop on the neck is better.

Old feelings of wanting to hide in bed for the whole day have struck today - a bit like a recalcitrant teenager . I've been awake since 4.30pm worrying about all the things I have to get organised before they turn the bloody electric off (at 8am ffs!) which isn't helping much. The DC are at their Dad's this weekend so I just have to get through today - then I can have two days 'off'. Oh, how easy it would be to cancel everything and hide away in my warm, safe, quiet bed away from everyone and everything.

Leucan If I got a cat there would be a total bloodbath in the house - the dog hates them (and is scared of mice?!). I agree about the humane traps Venus but I was totally desperate - plus, I have a 'holding' tank for them (a medium sized fish tank - bedding, water, loo roll inners and everything!) until I can release them and check the traps regularly but, tbh they're too smart for those traps.

If (if, if, if, if!) I manage to not cancel this date (and he doesn't) I'll tell you all about it later. I had decided not to bother with this dating malarky (Match.com) again until after Christmas but..... And, I agree Faire best not let him think I have something that requires medication! The not drinking problem is the question of my resisting rather than having and excuse for him. How easy it will be to gaily say "Oh, thank you, I'll just have the one glass"

Not sure why today has started on such a downer. Even close to tears right now. Feel a bit of a fraud as lots of Babes on here have much more to deal with right now. Thinking of you Soma and Joey, everyone else and, of course, Mouse and Nemo

Off for a coffee now, see if caffeine can't lift this mood a little.