How's life treating you right now?

Things could be a lot worse for me. Luckily I have managed to be surrounded by loving people which I am grateful for. However, things aren’t exactly going smoothly and I can’t settle down and get on with it. A tough phase filled with fear,uncertainty and inconfidence. Don’t see it ending any time soon!

It’s alright.

Good!
Still losing weight and maintaining.
Exercise regulary outdoors in the Summer Sun and tanning nicely.
Meeting all kinds of interesting people ( tourist resort) and socializing and learning from them.
Shut the TV off more often now to listen to relaxing soothing music and have as a result
noted musicians that I like. ( Instrumentals SPA type music).
I play this music as I go about cleaning my apartment etc
It is very soothing and at times bubbly music makes me feel like dancing/exercising with music.
Negatives: I have pulled back from attending functions ( coffee room) in our seniors apartment complex as I had suspected many gossips abounding over everyones privacy.
I keep a low profile in that area. Say HI and Bye, and keep it simple as I stay out of everyones personal business.
God, does anyone ever grow up?
I assume that these gossips were always gossiping in there youth too, just had hopes that as they aged that they would mature? Guess not for some!

Could not be better.

Life always treats me the same way I treat it.

I am not in an analyzing place right now, so I’ll just say life is treating me as life is treating me.

Champion.

Better than ever. I just had the best 2 months of my life. I’m flying high and I don’t foresee anything bringing me down anytime soon.

I guess the only negative is that the boyfriend and I have been fighting a lot lately. We’ll probably work it out, but if not, I guess I’m onto another phase of life. That wouldn’t be the end of the world.

My son starts Kindergarten three days after his fifth birthday, in a couple of weeks.

I’ve started exercising again. Bike riding. Get time to myself and don’t spend precious gas money on quick trips to the dollar store.

I get just enough money from unemployment to not be evicted from my shit-tastic lodgings.

I’m embarrassed to mention what I might do for a meal of fresh steamed vegetables with real butter.

I think I’m on the edge of another emotional low. Hoping not to fall in.

I allowed another woman to steal my heart and eat it raw before me. I just…ugh…feeeelss

But on the flip side, I found a new friend…....Samuel Adams

Also these peaches are the shit.

The positives: I have three jobs I absolutely love, three fantastic kids and a husband I adore, health is stable. I’m happy.

The negatives: Getting ready to evict my non-paying tenant. I’m working three jobs and my husband works, too, but we still don’t make enough to pay the bills.

Still happy. :)

The Positives: I am employed. I have a marriage that is about to hit 29 years. My step-daughter is about to get married. My son moved out several months ago, and for the first time in our marriage, my wife and I are alone together.

The Negatives: I can’t retire yet. We are living paycheck to paycheck, and end up borrowing on the credit cards to pay some bills. My step-daughter is getting married, and my wife and I are unable to help very much. My son moved out, and we feel very alone.

Positives: I’m in good health and have a great family to look out for me and stuff, band camp starts tomorrow and I have most of the music down already, and I have good friends I’ll be seeing again tomorrow at band camp.

Negatives: band camp starts tomorrow and I have to get my sleeping schedule back in order for it, I’m almost out of library books, and my junior year in high school is going to start soon and I’m kinda nervous.

I had 8 years of “ups”, but am still able to create them as I go, just smaller now. lol
Todays “ups”, saw 2 guns with a friend, hilarious, then spent some time being the wise middle aged woman counseling my daughter and her good friend who are both going through boyfriend breakups. The good news is they are handling things pretty well, I am proud of them and they going to get their own place together as they were room mates a few years ago before the bad boys came to stay. haha

The “downs”, losing my home of 7 years last March and my beloved pet geese and now trying to recover and pay off debt after being debt free for, freaking, EVER!
Am I “happy” no, am I a resilient, creative and optimistic? YES!
I have no idea what’s next for me but I mastered the art of learning to live with uncertainty years ago.

Into the great wide open.

Positives: I am happier than I ever dreamed possible for me. I am betrothed to a wonderful sweetheart who loves, respects and appreciates me – and spoils me, too! My fiancé is the head of his department and his company has been increasingly busy over the nearly 20 years he’s worked there. My son is continuing his training at his job where he’s worked for nearly three years. I work in a group environment, yet I am alone and independent most of the time, the group of people in my office are pleasant and mostly efficient, and I still love my vocation even after 20 years. We all get along well, and earn a decent wage to live comfortably and have reliable vehicles.

Negatives: My symptoms of what is likely rheumatoid arthritis are getting worse. I noticed changes very early and responded well to low-level maintenance medication, but after almost a year it does seem worse and I’m not too keen on taking stronger drugs. We have tiny ants invading our kitchen and I found two ticks (dog ticks that weren’t embedded – positive) on the cat today, so I’m itchy and hating on insects.

Positives: I’m alive, I feel loved and I’m happy.

Negatives: Too many illnesses in the family.

It ain’t so bad, Jack. Could be worse, could be better, could be whatever. Real complaint is, my job sucks, not enough hours, not enough money. I mean look at me, I’m on Fluther at three in the morning, because I only work six hours tomorrow. Ass.
You think I’m cool? I’m not cool, lookit me, I can’t sleep. Lol.

Thank you for asking us, @Tbag.
The ups: I feel great. I’m in France for almost a year to do research on a grant (and, in my mind, recover after 3 years of grad school stress that probably took 10 years off my life, as well as compensate for the fact that I earn below minimum wage in the U.S…) My move-out and traveling went well even though I was very nervous. My landlady in Paris is kind beyond compare. We have so much in common it’s almost spooky, and she has a gorgeous apartment, and is not trying to make a killing off her tenants. I have become involved with a gentle, brilliant, and very kind man who can cook as well as I can and loves animals, and who feels the same way about me. He feels like an old friend. We are trying to ride it out long-distance because it feels like we were meant to meet. I’m hoping to lure him to France for Christmas.

The downs: I still have diabetes (the kind that could kill you on a daily basis), IBS, and two other endocrine disorders. I’m still not read as male 100% of the time and it makes me feel unsafe and anxious, especially in a foreign country.

I’m doing quite well, thank you. The negatives in my life are minor so all in all, I can’t complain.

yay, @bookish1! I’m so happy for you!

Crappy and terrific at the same time.

I am doing excellent, my life is about to change in a really big way. Next Friday, I am going to be moving to Japan for work, I am super excited, but I am scared. I will be leaving all my friends and family. Plus I will have to wait at least 4–6 months before my husband will be able to move out there with me.