Brave Babes Battle Bus - Holding our heads up like thistles

[MaryMungoAndMidgies]

I bit the bullet - Come on in, excuse the faint whiff of dog!

The last thread

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/2756292-Brave-Babes-braving-the-Autumn

If only! Feeling so so so fed up this evening. And also been drinking, which obviously doesn't help. I'll post again in the morning (if you'll forgive me for the pity party this evening)

Sorry hope. Faire, mouse, demented, lala, Elba, baby, Venus, inside, claret, lits of absentees and all new babes, I can't do it. Wish I could delete my last four posts lol

Mimsy thanks for the new thread

Lala what's up babe? Talk to us. Massive hugs xxx

Still having intermittent horrid IT issues and had a drink tonight (but did 5 days as planned so ...)

Will post properly when I can over weekend, love to all xxx

lala big hugs. Sorry things are so crap at the moment. Did you do a test in the end? Hope you got some sleep.

mrs thank you, that's such a lovely thing to say xxx. Been wondering how you are you getting on?

answer hope today goes ok.

This is day 7, and if it goes as planned day 14 for the month. Been up since 6 (not sleeping well at the moment) drinking tea in bed. Off to parkrun in a bit, followed by brunch with friends. Been avoiding evening socialising as if feels too hard to see everyone drinking, so looking forward to catching up with people and feeling less like a hermit.

Keep catching myself thinking how much easier life is not drinking or hungover, then feeling almost guilty like I'm somehow disloyal to alcohol?! No logic there I know. It's halfway through October, and I'd only planned a month, so now starting to wonder what next. I hate December, Christmas etc Scrooge and can't imagine doing it all sober.

Anyway, hope everyone has a good day.

Thanks for the new thread mrsmimsy. How are the Borogroves?
Elba you are totally rocking!
Pissing rain here so no sea glassing today. What are you all up to?

Going to a vegan fair with lovely niece and the kids and hoping they can't smell bacon on my breath I was vegetarian in my younger days and actually stopped because I got so into it I could no longer carry on being vegetarian without being vegan IYSWIM as didn't seem logical to me because of the dairy industry (not judging anyone - DD is now a vegetarian who still eats salmon and tuna, so pescetarian really, I was just going all or nothing about it and fell down on the 'nothing' side and gave up). So seems an odd thing to do on a Saturday but they are fun events and I like being with lovely niece and the kids.

Also have work to do because laptop playing up again yesterday (grrrr) and lost another day!!!! Ended up having a furious row with the helpdesk as apparently my extended warranty on my 2 month old laptop doesn't mean they will replace it until they've sent it away to be repaired without offering a replacement for the duration and couldn't make them understand I am paid by the day and losing 5 days work is not negotiable. I went a little Basil Fawlty on them I'm afraid, then booted it up and fixed it myself with a solution I found on a forum via Google. Treating it with respect now and might run it in tomorrow, but the motto is don't trust the KnowHow staff at Curry's!!!!

Elba well done on your sober run. You ROCK! Enjoy Parkrun.

Ma what are you doing instead of seaglassing? Why not do something for yourself? Read a book, watch a boxset. Don't know your tolerance for vulgarity but have you watched Fleabag on BBC3? Hilarious! (don't watch if easily offended but guessing you aren't )

Mimsy, Answer, Sweet and everyone else out there this morning - hope you have a great weekend

Lala please check in babe. Am thinking of you...

Wry, Mouse, Baby - thinking of all of you too and hoping you are OK

Elba when you first joined the bus you couldn't even contemplate one day without a drink. You couldn't go to sleep sober. You were too afraid. Look at how far you have come.

Change is happening and it's not supposed to be quick. It will take time but it is happening. Don't worry about next month, next week or even tomorrow. Just focus on one day without alcohol.

It's so great to hear you say that you actually enjoy not drinking. I know it scares you because it's all so new but there is a tiny, dawning realisation that, actually, it might not be so bad to have another alcohol free day.

You are doing great, I'm so proud of you. Keep chipping away at it and never underestimate yourself. You deserve to be fit and well, happy and nourished, to have friends and to like yourself just the way you are x

MrsM thanks for the new thread. Sorry it caused you stress but it made me laugh. Love the new thread title

Will go and bagsy a seat in a bit but we must remember to fill this thread up first so we don't leave anyone behind.

So bring on the inane chatter babes ...

Hi to all
Just noting down that I had a bottle of red last night, woke at 4, dry mouth etc, fitfully after that til DS appeased at 6.
Feel alright - but how would I feel if hadn't drunk?
I need to do a weekend night AF.
Separated H coming G round later, I've arranged that he go at DC bedtime, if he stays later we'll be chatting etc and just drink.
When he goes though I know I will want a glass of wine which will be a bottle.
I don't want to drink it. But then I do want to drink it.
Hope all are having a good day.

Have been and done a spot of Christmas shopping! Accidentally ended up with a new jumper and face cream stuff for myself. How did that happen?

Faire thank you so much, that actually made me a bit teary (in a good way!). It's quite scary to think how dark things were a year ago, especially the sleep thing. I actually love getting into bed with a herb tea, low lighting and carp tv now- far more relaxing than the drunk, agitated evenings. Wouldn't of got here without everyone's support though, you are all amazing xxx

ma Christmas shopping?! Im still trying to pretend it's summer....

hope enjoy the fair. I had a brief attempt at being vegan as a teenager but being allergic to nuts, soya and most pulses, and not wildly keen on vegetables, it didn't go too well. Plus I love cheese (and meat!).

Run felt like a huge effort this morning, but the slight sniffles that I've been ignoring have since turned into a full blown cold so hopefully that's the reason. If not then my marathon aspirations could be short lived... That said I did scrape a pb, but was hoping for a quicker time. Have long days at work tomorrow/Monday so this cold had better bugger off quickly or it won't be fun. I've gone back to bed to watch a film and feel sorry for myself.

Crap tv not carp tv...I don't spend my evenings watching fish

elba I just had the first laugh I've had all week with the image of you spending your evenings watching fish... 🐠🐟🐡

There is a magazine called Carp Monthly or suchlike. Would you like a copy Elba ?Once spotted Chris Tarrant on a train with a copy (aeons ago, like in the 80s).

Event today was packed and ended up spending money I don't have. Worn out now and at home with a brew.

hope I suspect elba has already suscribed... and is too embarrassed to admit that she spends her evenings comparing the pros and cons of different fishing rods...

Oh dear god, just re-read that!!!! I didn't mean anything obscene!!!

ooh, a smutty bus on a Saturday night! Nothing better than fishing smut - dangling bait and waiting for a nibble

ma

Tried hard to find a witty response to you all but failed then used google for inspiration and am now scarred for life

I'm going back to bed - cold has now morphed into my own version of man flu and I have 13+ hour days at work tomorrow and Monday Would actually kill for a whisky or similar to knock me out...

Hi
Sober here.......remember me ?
Just checking in but will be back on board tomorrow

Hi sober good to see you. Should hopefully all be on the new thread by then...

Noting...H came.
I do miss him. But he's so selfish.
I'm juggling money he's telling me about looking at new expensive TV (yawn, don't want one but where's the sharing money thing??), I asked him (in a conversation about moving) why he didn't help me load van as he was at home. No sensible answer. I don't think he even knows where to start with the changes he's said he'll make to see if we can try again.
Bur DC so happy you see him. And he clearly is somewhat lost.
Have had couple wines and going to bed. Not AF but not too awful.
Am ahead of where I was this time last week. Thanks for being welcoming, babes.

scooping up the end of this thread so that no-one gets left behind

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/2756292-Brave-Babes-braving-the-Autumn

See you on the new thread x

new thread x

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