I've Given Up...

praying to God for patience. Every time i do, He gives me more opportunities to practice being patient. :) Well, as near as i can figure, i must have asked Him to help me figure out a way to deal with stress other than eating. Why? Because, the stressors keep coming and i keep struggling with how to deal with them other than eating. i'm experimenting and practicing. there's been lots of trial and error. A few successes... a lot of mistakes. I'm amazed that i dropped a pound. i'm now at 157#. i just need to get through the rest of the month without climbing back over 160. Is it ok if i rant??? Thanks! Don't mind if i do...

• Huge difficulties in our church due to poor administrative decisions. i am on the parish council, so to a lot of people, it looks like i'm in agreement with the decisions. Couldn't be farther from the truth. i hate taking it on the chin for other people's mistakes, especially after you tell them it's a mistake. It's like when your kid sneaks a bunch of Halloween candy after you tell them they've had enough. They end up getting sick and you end up cleaning it up. Only these are grown-ups and i'm not their mom!
• The political situation in Bolivia is touchy. One of the "states"... the largest, richest one...voted for autonomy recently. The president says the election was illegal. There has not been any violence, but 3 more "states" will vote on the same thing the beginning of June and my son doesn't return to the US until the beginning of July.

ok... i'm done.....

Thanks to all of you who gave me suggestions last time. i've used them all. If you have any other ideas, i'm sure open to putting anything that works... and is healthy... into my bag of tricks. you all are the best!