The Leaving/Returning Thread

[Magnolia Grandiflora]

@tremor I am. In fact you caught me less than a week away from becoming a Mrs.

How are you? I hope things have been well on your end.

 

[Rain611]

@tremor I am. In fact you caught me less than a week away from becoming a Mrs.

How are you? I hope things have been well on your end.

Congratulations!

 

[Magnolia Grandiflora]

@Rain611 Thank you.

 

[tremor]

@tremor I am. In fact you caught me less than a week away from becoming a Mrs.

How are you? I hope things have been well on your end.

Really?? Congratulations darlin’! I’m so happy for you!

I’m managing the best I can. I lost my mom back in September so life seems really odd lately. But I’m okay, I promise. My brother and I took care of her for 10 years just about, and we couldn’t have jobs so I’ve been working my butt off to get things in order so I can get back into the world and start working again after what feels like forever.

 

[Magnolia Grandiflora]

@tremor I'm so sorry to hear that, my love. You know that if you ever need to vent my inbox is always open. I can't imagine having to try and find my way back into the workforce after that long on top of losing mom; losing her was hard enough.

 

[Hania]

@tremor I am. In fact you caught me less than a week away from becoming a Mrs.

How are you? I hope things have been well on your end.

Congratulations! I just joined the forum and here such beautiful news comes to me. Where are you from? I am asking because I am curious how the matter of weddings in your country looks like in these strange times. In Poland, from what I associate, there is a limit of 5 people, and more is an illegal gathering

 

[Magnolia Grandiflora]

@Hania Welcome to the forums!!

I'm from the US. I don't remember exactly what I was told when I booked about three months ago but I believe outdoors, which is what we are doing, it had to be less than 50 people. (We have 10 including us but not including the officiant and photographer, so 12.)

I believe that indoors it all depends on the capacity of the venue. You're allowed to run at a certain percentage of the normal capacity for a venue. We never considered indoors though so I'm not 100% sure.

 

[Angel]

Really?? Congratulations darlin’! I’m so happy for you!

I’m managing the best I can. I lost my mom back in September so life seems really odd lately. But I’m okay, I promise. My brother and I took care of her for 10 years just about, and we couldn’t have jobs so I’ve been working my butt off to get things in order so I can get back into the world and start working again after what feels like forever.

I'm so sorry to hear that Tremor - I know from your previous posts your mother was unwell for a long time. I hope you and your brother are ok and I can confidently speak for everyone when I say we are really happy to see you here again

 

[Romero]

@tremor Welcome back honey! I've been waiting for your return.
But I'm heartbroken to hear about your mom.

 

[Jen]

Hello everyone I think this may be the first time I've posted in this thread myself.

I've not been around for almost a solid couple of months now and only patchily before that, for various reasons. I've been mentally exhausted, mostly because of my job (the only other person who does my job has been off sick for a good while, meaning that I've been working long hours and covering two workloads). I'll be honest, I've found it quite tough and just needed to take a break from pretty much everything for a little while, so I sort of withdrew from everything. I haven't even felt like looking at a computer outside work hours. It's also been fairly tough working from home for almost a solid year now, and being in my bedroom working for usually ten hours a day has meant it's not been the sanctuary it once was for a long time. We also had to care for my grandparents for a few months, but fortunately they've recovered well from falls and need a much reduced amount of care from us now.

I decided I needed a break from work as I was at breaking point, so I took three weeks off work recently to recuperate and feel much better for it. I've also been doing things to try and reduce stress and relax myself - even small things like putting fresh flowers in my room to brighten it up, meditation exercises and talking to friends more regularly has helped, and I shoved my work computer into a corner while I was on leave to open my room up a little more to claim my space back a little.

Hope you're all doing well, and I'm hoping to be a little more active from now on. Fingers crossed!

 

[Magnolia Grandiflora]

@Jen Welcome bank, Jen.

 

[Jen]

@Jen Welcome bank, Jen.

Thank you Magnolia, and congratulations on getting married!

 

[Magnolia Grandiflora]

@Jen Thank you.