Well, a fairly blunt question. Did the last 30 days or so make a difference in your life, or is everything the same boring routine?
My perspective has changed a bit. I have grown, but not enough to call myself a grown-up. I realised that I am quite ignorant about many things. This Summer I will chill out by the at my mates pub, having a drink and generally enjoy myself…
Wat about you?
I’ve had great changes in the last 30 days. One of my changes was to quit hanging out at the pub. My ass was becoming nothing more than a bar prop and a double wide at that! I’m getting in shape, met a wonderful guy and took some time for “ME” to gain some much needed perspective into my sick mind.
A year ago (5/15/2002) I quit smoking after 20+ years of over two packs a day. This was just the next step of the transformation. Thanks for asking!
I retired on June 1st, after 34 years as a factory worker. Since then, I have been striving to change my work ethic. When working, if I took a day off, I felt I had to either have enough fun or get enough done to justify losing a day’s pay. Now, I get paid my pension whether I get things done or lay around all day. Enjoying myself is my job now, and I’m getting better at it. Funny thing, though. I don’t get any holidays. Here it is July 4th, and I can’t take a day off from being retired. 
This is no belly pack, pal. It’s a superhero utility belt.
Within the past month . . . One of my cats developed hyperthyroidism, I broke a toe and sprained my ankle, and lost my publisher, probably ending my writing career. Oh, and I had a haircolor disaster.
It has not been a Happy Month.
Eve, geez, so sorry. What type of books to you write?
Last month…
Well I met some people whom I became friends with online…for the first time. The month before the same thing. (If you see Jessondair around here, she’s one of them).
I found out that my Effexor really does work lol.
School was out 6/21 therefore giving me a new work schedule for the summer…
Other than that, it’s fairly the same…
I had 3 pets die within a week and a half of each other, and I threw my back out.
I’m actually having trouble walking, which sucks in a big way.
I also cut my shoulder lenght hair so it’s about 2" long.
I need a vacation. Fortunatly, I’m going next week
My relationship with my long term girlfriend came to an abrupt end - and it has to be said, a long-overdue end. I’m still having trouble dealing with the feelings running through me all the time, but deep down I know it’s for the best. I made mistakes, I lost touch of who I really was and became someone I, and eventually she, hated.
Other stuff has happened but I’m a little busy dealing with this tonight to notice.
My hubby and I decided to try and have a child sometime in the foreseeable future. We rescued a puppy. My agoraphobia kicked back in. 
For those doing better… congratulations!
For those having problems and are by extension, doing worse… you have my utmost sympathy. May we all hang in there.
Last 30 days, well, lessee – went on a low-fat low-sodium diet, stopped smoking cold turkey after 30 years sucking down 2 packs a day, started a regular exercise program, generally more appreciative of the sheer sensation of being alive…
A serious heart attack will do those things to you pretty darned effectively.
Alice & Eve I’m feeling for you both. No 30-day thing here but lost 2 longtime feline friends in the last year. And our 16-year-old guy has heart disease just like I do. Or did. Sadly I’m in a much better position to get better than he is.
The last month… hmm.
I discovered a physical and emotional connection with one of my online friends… nothing’s going to heppen with it, of course. That’s for the best according to both of us, but it’s certainly a good thing to have this connection with a friend of yours. Even one you only know from the Net. 
I’ve found out that I can really trust a select group of real-life friends with the rough times that I’ve had. It’s amazing to know that they will be there for me… I wish I could do the same for them someday.
I found out that I’ve been having more notably weird dreams than usual… maybe I should look at one of those “dream interpretation” books to find out what’s up with my life these days as filtered through my subconscious.
I’ve been thinking a lot about whether I really mean much to people who supposedly care about me. Yes, there ARE people in my life who DO care about me… they show me that care and love every time we get together and see each other. But sometimes I wonder if other people who SHOULD care about me, actually do. Maybe I’m looking for their approval when I really shouldn’t be doing that… coz I won’t get it at all.
Yup, that’s been my month pretty much.
F_X
I started my first full-time permanent, salaried “real job.”
I bought a horse, which has been a bit of a fiasco from the get-go, and I’m now out twice a day treating the leg infection she came down with, and trying to remember all my horse skills and knowledge from when I was last heavily involved in the horse world several years ago.
I’ve been trying to meet people as I’m in a new town; this has met with mixed success.
I’ve been trying to get back into my gym routine, and am determined to drop ten pounds more because I can’t afford new clothes (see item #2, above) than anything else.
It’s definitely been an eventful month in fizgig land. 
Hmm. I started back at the gym, and started eating healthier. I’m down 12 lbs in the last 2 weeks, and 21 from where I was 2 months ago.
I also have a better outlook on life. In general, I’m happier. It’s a good feeling.
I’ve gone from being a responsible student…to a degree nurse who now feels the need to party all the time.
I’ve gone from comforts and security…to the unknown…and i have to say…i kinda like it!!!
In the last month, the tables have rather scarily turned, and I am now in the position of taking care of my mom, who broke her leg in 4 places and required some extensive surgery to repair. It has caused me to deal with the unpleasant truth that mom is not eternal.
I have lost about 20 pounds. Yesterday I wore a shirt I haven’t worn in years because it was too tight around my stomach. I can ride my bike around the block in less 10 minutes (big country block) without it feeling like my lungs are being ripped out. My left knee which I had surgery on last April rarely hurts or aches anymore. The pace at the large airplane company has picked up, I worked 18 straight days before July 4th and unless I use vacation I probably won’t have a day off till the end of July. The paycheckes will be nice though.
We also found out my step daughter has cervical cancer. It was discovered in the very early stages and is treatable. My wife has lost half of her income because the father of our grandchildren decided he doesn’t want to pay his court ordered daycare expenses. Again. This will mean dragging his butt to court for the third time in the last year.
New puppy.
Found out I was pregnant.
Confined to bed for 8 weeks.
Found out the love for hubby keeps growing and growing
Big hugs to those having a rough time. My email is available if anyone wants to chat.
I moved out of my parent’s house, technically just for the summer, but given the general chaoticness of college it will probably end up being permanent.
I discovered I have a deep love of quilting.
Hrm. I found out that it’s really hard to trust people. Not that I didn’t know this before, but I had it rather forcefully brought home to me.
I also discovered that I can stay friends with people when I don’t trust them very much. I have yet to decide if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
I found out that without my Trileptal I become very very irritable. Maybe I haven’t been posting as much because I’ve been taking it regularly.
Due to an accident, got my right big toe nail torn off (ow!)
Got my first NDA, and what looks to be my first free-lance writing job (yay!)
And really wanna scritch Washte’s puppy behind da ears!
i found out i couldn’t go back to University unless a special permission due to certain circumstances that helped me keep a below avrage GPA…grr…
I was finaly able to really talk to my ex best friend of 11years…we seem to have always been on the same plateau of emotions to one another, while before we both thought the other was trying to gloat or have hidden ugly messages between the lines of our emails. Those days really hurt because we love each other like sisters but couldn’t trust each other untill we were able to be truthful and not be resentful.
Finnaly we shredded the ugly doubts and start working on becoming good friends again.
3 cat strays that i feed turned out to be pregnant and all gave birth to 4kittens, another 4 kittens and one of them 7kittens…
Found out that my bestfriend had suicidal thoughts…i mean serious ones…she is afraid of herself, that she’d just snap at a moment and do something that is irreversable. Tears me apart.
other than that…IT’S TOO DAMN HOT HERE! i think i lost a few pounds due to prespiration…shish