Prudie Day

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• ei34 member

  

  March 5

  Totally slogging through this week.  Nothing crazy even happening, just trudging through and thankful that the weekend is getting closer.

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• levioosa member

  

  March 5

  I started my morning off by spilling my tea all over my staff's desk area when I stopped by to say hi to them. Oops. Otherwise not too much is happening here. I'm working on reading all of my books before the book club dates so I at least have the option of going. I've never done a book club before so I'm looking forward to trying some out. I'm really working on expanding my network and I hope a book club can introduce me to some new potential friends. Meeting people in your midlife when you don't have kids is hard. Also hard when you really hate small talk and extroverting. But one of my resolutions was to push myself out of comfort zones so here we are. Otherwise, SSDD. 

  
  

  
  

  

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• banana468 member

  

  March 5

  This is perimenopause
  Yesterday I unplugged my laptop to work remotely while I took Chiquita and her drama club castmates to do some promotional stuff in town. 
  I came back and plugged my laptop back in, but did not plug in the cable USB charger that I use for my phone.
  
  Today I plugged the USB-C end to my phone to keep it charged and I realized, the battery is going down and it's not green.
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  BECAUSE I DIDN'T PLUG THE OTHER END IN! 
  
  
  

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• CharmedPam member

  

  March 5

  Yes @levioosa, and then sometimes when you DO meet friends at this stage in life, you find the mask comes off later and your questioning their finger pointing at “all the narcissists in their life” and wonder who the real one is? Oh. That’s just my life? Just me? Lol
  
  I made it home just before midnight last night and had a productive dr appt today, so missing out on my fun sales dinner was a good call. They flew me first class and I’m not sure how I can go back to coach anymore! Haha.  

  Also, anyone following that Big Arch hype? It worked. I was curious enough to try the new product today and NOT worth it. Big Mac still wins. They replaced the big mac sauce on this and it’s bland. Don’t change up the sauce, McDonalds. Americans like their thousand island.  

  
  

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• levioosa member

  

  March 5

  @CharmedPam It is both a blessing and a curse that having grown up with a diagnosed Narcissistic Grandmother, I am fantastic at spotting them out, even when they are the "life of the party" for everyone else. And any time someone is always the "victim" it automatically makes me suspicious. 
  
  I followed the drama between the two burgers with the taste test. The McD's CEO looked disgusted by the burger lol. He took the weakest bite. "Yum, what a great...product." 

  
  

  
  

  

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• MyNameIsNot member

  

  March 5

  So true on making friends in midlife without kids, @levioosa but I actually did have a little luck with one of the book clubs I was in. Depending on what you're reading, the conversation can help you learn a lot about people a lot sooner than you might in other circumstances. Well, my one friend is still neurotic, but I learned in the first 10 minutes that she's left leaning and a ton of fun. I hope you'll make some connections too.
  
  Nothing much going on for me. It's spring and super nice out. My MIL is back to doing the thing where she's hiding from her dad, so she's here all week. I want to be understanding with her needing to get a break from caretaking, but spending weeks here disrupting our work days is getting really old. I might log off work and just go to the park by myself.

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• CharmedPam member

  

  March 5

  I like to think I’m getting better at detecting narcissists in my dating life. Especially with the charm and love bombing. Friendships tend to be harder to pick out, since no love bombing usually takes place lol.
  
  Re: socializing. I found out this weekend from 3 full days of networking that I’m pretty easy to talk to and can join a convo pretty well. What I falter in is when to leave in a “work the room” atmosphere. I get comfortable with one group and don’t know when to leave. I just wait for them to get bored of me and move on. Lol. 

  
  

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