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Though She Be Crepey, She Is FIERCE!

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QueenQueenie · 26/07/2015 17:14

Ta Da!

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MontserratCaballe · 17/08/2015 08:55

What ho, crepeys! Greetings from Cornwall. We arrived on Saturday, after an epic rainy drive. It's warm and sunny, though rain is predicted for later on in the week.

Hope everyone is well. BD, thinking of you this week and your nasty work situation. Rose, how are your folks? Any progress with the social worker appt? Dementia is such a cruel disease.

Right, another cup of tea then I am going to attempt some skipping. It's an alternative to a ladyjog, as it's awfully hilly round here. I won't drive to the front of our house as its a one in 4 and I doubt the ability of my car to get back up....

Rosebag · 17/08/2015 09:52

It's two steps forward and one step back with DParents monty..... Thanks for asking. DM is accepting increased carer hours, pending the return of the SW from annual leave. DH and I have spoken to a home and encouraged DM to do so...she has, although she's kind of banking the information...not really acting on it, not surprisingly. I am hiding in Sussex but taking a lot of calls from DM. Cornwall sounds so lovely. We have similarly gorgeous weather...I had an afternoon on the beach yesterday with my book after breakfast with friends along the coast. Perfect.

Today we are walking...weather looking good. Smile

Rosebag · 17/08/2015 09:59

Ps Beachy looks like I might have some time down here on my own over the next could of weeks...will message you re MU etc x

cremolafoam · 17/08/2015 11:07

Morning Crepeys , just starting my 4th load of washing this morning in the countdown to holiday at T minus 6 sleeps. I am factoring in sporadic ironing sessions and not being sure what to bring given the weather. Typically 25 degrees atm in destination, but alarmingly like Autumn here already. Can you tell I can't wait to go? Poor Dh , so tired and flaked out yesterday with job nearly wept when he realised that we were away in a week.

Attempting to book lnd accom for Crepey meetup on 26th sept. It's all go.
Any ideas where we can meet and who can come?.. Looking forward to that very much.

Distracts self from imminent job newsShock

hattymattie · 17/08/2015 12:21

Crem - reasonably warm here today and apparently heating a bit more towards the end of the week. You should be OK unless you are in Bretagne - it is not really cold.

DD1 got the bus back to London yesterday, quite an ordeal I think with the French bus driver shouting "paysans" at English driversGrin . She says she finds English very soothing as a background language.Smile

wordassociationfootball · 17/08/2015 12:38

Thanks Rudy. I think I might be friending Strangers on fb. They look friendly enough . I had a friend request from a builder I was openly extremely pissed off with which is just ridiculous.

I am also a non-graduate crepey btw. Fuck knows how I talked myself into the BBC. I think the head of department at the time was unusual: three out of six trainee prods were non-grads (we were all white though. Not that inclusive).

Rose, your walks sound idyllic. Absolutely lovely. Drink it all in. Mindfulness rocks. I have been so less overwhelmed since starting sporadic daily meditiation.

Can't make BD-cheering MU on Fri. But I send my supportive wishes and hope to get to the 26th Sept MU.

Off to buy DD2 a backpack for her final year of school bag freedom before secondary.

Stropperella · 17/08/2015 13:07

I am very much not coping and am running around in circles biting my own tail. I have reached the upper limit of my tolerance level for being pissed on, frankly. It's also very obvious that I need to give up on the pretence that I'm going to find teaching work that meets my specific needs before we run out of money, so I'm off down to the Job Centre this afternoon to see what min wage shop work they have. I will be able to teach my one private pupil for a few weeks before he starts his new school, but I can't afford to do voluntary/ a post-grad course and there is no supply for people like me (losers who can't do whole class teaching).
I have to go to the job centre in the next town by train, as dh has booked the car in for a major repair (has apparently got insurance company to cough up for the consequences of a re-ending incident, without having the car written off) but has got a replacement car that is effectively only insured for him to drive.
You have all been immensely kind to me over the years, but I think it's about time I stopped pretending I'm in your league. I'm not, but it's been an education being along for the ride. Thanks especially to BTM, who has been very, very kind. I wish you all the best.

Stropps.

Stropperella · 17/08/2015 13:12

Sorry, forgot to say - I'm disabling my MN account with immediate effect and have deleted most of my FB account and disabled the settings on that. Would delete completely, but there is every chance I may need to get back on FB in the future and I think I'd probably have trouble setting it all up again once I've deleted it (FB is a bit funny like that). Bye for now.

herbaceous · 17/08/2015 13:16

No stropps! DO NOT GO. I would miss you terribly, apart from anything else, and worry about you.

I admire you enormously, and find you inspirational. Don't talk bollocks about not being in 'our' league. You have reserves of strength and insight well beyond anything I can muster.

You are in a trough at the moment, but remember how you felt when you emerged from your last trough to triumph on your course? What good can cutting off MN do... you don't have to post, but surely just touching base in a virtual fashion now and then would be a kind of virtual lifeline?

magimedi · 17/08/2015 13:22

Stropps, I don't 'know' you at all but I think that cutting off the support you have had here is a bit daft.

I am also not in the same league as the rest of the crepeys, but hugely enjoy the chats we have on here.

Give it 24 hours to mull over such a big decision.

Blackduck · 17/08/2015 13:22

Stropps please don't go. You are not out of our league or in a different league or whatever. That is guff young lady and you know it! You are an inspiration and wise and kind.

What I loves about the crepeys is how diverse we are - that is important.

I get it is tough at the moment but we are there for you - please don't go :(

CointreauVersial · 17/08/2015 13:24

Strops, don't go.....maybe take a break if it's all too overwhelming, but we would miss you terribly if you went for good. There's no "leagues" here - we are all different, but none of us more or less worthy than others. Please keep talking to us.

lalsy · 17/08/2015 13:33

Stropps, I will be really upset if you leave, and miss you. What league? Don't feel you have to post, or read, if it isn't helping at the moment, but please don't vanish. You have many friends and admirers here who value your wisdom and humour, and care about you.

This weekend, I was grappling with dMIL who has a strange relationship with food and has health problems. MI's posts about her DM really helped me join the dots and see what was going on so much more clearly (thank you, MI). Just a little example.

NUFC69 · 17/08/2015 13:38

Noooo, please don't go, Stropps! I am very different to most of you and most definitely not 'in the league' of some, as you put it, but everyone is so lovely and supportive of each other, it's like a bunch of big sisters being around, and the GM, in my case. Please stay in touch, even if you feel atm that you can't post anything.

Rosebag · 17/08/2015 14:12

One of the reasons I'm on this forum is that there is no league. We are just all women from different walks of life supporting each other through a range of challenges, celebrating each other's joys too. And occasionally talking about clothes and makeup. This isn't a necessary move stropps and we will miss you. Please reconsider xx

hattymattie · 17/08/2015 14:12

Stropps - if you take a break do know we will still be here. You are a great lady, we are not all high fliers on the Crepeys thread - believe me I feel like a useless housewife compared to the rest of you. I think we are all different and from all sorts of backgrounds but everybody seems immensely kind and non judgemental. Do keep the channel open, especially with the individuals who have much better more concrete advice then me.SadThanks Thanks

beachyhead · 17/08/2015 14:23

Stropps, I would very much like you to stay, particularly for crazy dog and chicken anecdotes.

You have achieved so much in the last year, that you (and Herbs) put us to shame.

It will come good and we'd like to be there to share the ups and the downs, please.

herbaceous · 17/08/2015 14:23

I do hope you're still here reading Stropps, even if you don't reply.

There's no crepey league - it's like some kind of lame non-competitive sports day, where we all get a medal for our various triumphs. You have an especially huge and shiny one.

motherinferior · 17/08/2015 14:51

Stropps, please stay. Lurk and stay and come back to talk to us when you feel up to it.

I know what you mean about leagues - and fwiw this is one of the places where I feel there isn't one. You all make me feel simultaneously fab and slightly inadequate by comparison. I seriously do not know how I would cope with quite a lot of things if it weren't for you lot, since over the years you've become the sort of sounding-board where one can go WAAAAH and occasionally WOWEE.

You are having a truly horrible time at the moment. Please let us be there for you. Because we'd miss you horribly.

MollyAir · 17/08/2015 15:07

Stropps, your posts have always been inspiring, you must stay with us. In the event that you've resolutely de-regged, you must come back. I'm sure you're aware that countless, countless MN regulars have done that, some on a regular basis - de-regged and re-regged; you could be Stropperellaella, in the style of Rhianna's song "Umbrella. Ella"

And if you do manage to beat an addiction to MN, then you have to come back to tell us how you've done it. Have to.

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QueenQueenie · 17/08/2015 15:42

Oh Stropps, Please don't bugger off - I for one would really really miss you on here and at our meetups - you have great spirit and chutzpah as well as a wicked sense of humour which makes you a delight to know. I'm sorry things feel and are so hard for you at the moment but not sure how cutting off the opportunity to vent and share on here will help?? Pleeease don't just disappear. X

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bigTillyMint · 17/08/2015 18:07

Stropps, what the others said. As you know.

RudyMentary · 17/08/2015 18:56

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herbaceous · 17/08/2015 19:04

Ah. Give me the address, Rudy, and I'll go and winkle her out while in Dorset next week.

Taking DS here tomorrow - a garden at the top of a skyscraper in the City! Hopefully annoying some bankers en route.

Blackduck · 17/08/2015 19:12

Ah yes...I believe I may have the address too.
Stropps please don't make a set of grown women beg