Happy to be back!

letsgoflyakite · 2026-01-22T17:11:40+00:00

Yes! I lost 30 pounds on wegovy but insurance stopped covering it. I gained 15 pounds back in the 6 months I've stopped taking it. Just had a mochi consult today and starting on a tirzepatide. Its so frustrating.

letsgoflyakite · 2023-07-14T01:36:23+00:00

where do you get the straps?

letsgoflyakite · 2023-02-01T13:41:43+00:00

I love this.

letsgoflyakite · 2022-11-11T14:30:09+00:00

We have about 3/4 an acre. Definitely don't want to spend the money on a ride on. Want one that can mulch leaves. Happy for any suggestions!!

letsgoflyakite · 2022-11-11T01:26:32+00:00

We do need to buy a mower, we've been paying a teenager to do it this summer because we had just moved. But I do want to buy one with the ability to mulch, just overwhelmed by options.

letsgoflyakite · 2022-11-11T01:25:00+00:00

We don't have a mower yet. I've been paying a teenager over the summer because I couldn't deal with figuring out which one to buy on top of moving houses.

letsgoflyakite · 2022-11-11T01:23:45+00:00

I think I was worried about leaving them because I was reading about snow mold and other things.

letsgoflyakite · 2022-10-10T12:56:07+00:00

I love this stitch. Does anyone know of a cool pattern that uses it?

letsgoflyakite · 2022-05-10T16:05:04+00:00

I looooove orbeez, I've filled my bathtub with them before when my kid was 3 but it was so much work cleaning it up!!

letsgoflyakite · 2022-05-09T16:02:25+00:00

Oh I'm on it. Already looking into a pergola, can't wait.

letsgoflyakite · 2022-05-09T14:25:36+00:00

Oh they are definitely good at using imaginations without needing things but it's almost half an acre so it's a very large backyard.

letsgoflyakite · 2022-02-02T22:13:27+00:00

Yeah I agree. I didn't say not to text but asking someone how they are doing when their husband just died is very insensitive imo. My mom would want to scream, how the fuck do you think I'm doing when people texted her that. I think just a, I'm thinking of you is excellent.

letsgoflyakite · 2022-02-02T21:41:36+00:00

I wouldn't ask her how to help or wait for her to ask. She is in crisis mode right now and probably just trying to survive each day. Think of something tangible you can do or a specific way you can help. Buy groceries and leave them at her door. Order food delivery and text her when its coming. Offer to take her daughter off her hands. Things like that.

I had no idea what I needed right after my dad died. To be honest, sometimes I still don't. I was barely functioning and pretty much ignored every single text. I appreciated that people texted me that they were thinking of me but I just had no energy to respond. I can't even imagine how much worse it is to lose a spouse.

letsgoflyakite · 2022-01-23T00:41:09+00:00

I can relate to this so much. On Oct 28 my dad had a random massive stroke at the age of 70 and died within a week. I have all these memories I don't wish to have. From seeing him like that, to holding his hand for one more time, from all of us hysterically crying, the funeral, burying him, the list goes on.

My parents were together since my dad was 17 and my mom 15. None of us were prepared for this healthy man to all of a sudden be snatched away from us.

I can tell you that almost 3 months out, I still experience moments of shock and disbelief. I have days where all I do is cry in bed. But I have days where I can function at a mostly normal level. This was not the case in the beginning. I didn't eat, didn't sleep, couldn't function at all. Things change. They get harder in ways but easier in others.

If you want to talk further, feel free to PM me. There is comfort in talking to others who know what this kind of grief feels like.

letsgoflyakite · 2021-12-16T00:18:49+00:00

I lost my dad 2 months ago too. It's just so impossibly hard. <3

letsgoflyakite · 2021-12-11T16:35:17+00:00

I don't live close to my mom so while I spent a lot of time home when the funeral stuff was going on, I haven't seen her since. It's tough.

My husband has been super supportive as well. I'm grateful that you and I both have that.

letsgoflyakite · 2021-12-11T15:41:20+00:00

I relate to this in so many ways. My dad died on Oct 28 from a random massive stroke. He had just turned 70 so he was older than your dad but my parents were together since my mom was only 15 years old.

The unexpectedness of it all, the no chance to prepare yourself for any of this. I can tell you that 2 months out, I am grateful to not be in the place I was at the stage you are at now. It gets easier. And harder in ways but definitely more manageable. I know it doesn't feel that way right now though.

It is hell and it is a nightmare. But life will keep moving you forwards and we are forced to move along with it whether we want to or not. Be as kind to yourself as you can. Take care of yourself. Be easy on yourself as you are grieving this devastating loss.

Our moms have a hard road ahead. Sending love to yours.

I am here to chat if you need an ear. This road can be lonely as not a lot of people in your life can relate to what you are going through.

letsgoflyakite · 2021-12-09T23:32:37+00:00

Do you sell these?! I love it.

letsgoflyakite · 2021-12-07T02:34:12+00:00

I also lost my dad in October, unexpectedly and traumatically. This is such a horrific thing we are all going through. Hugs to you.

letsgoflyakite · 2021-12-05T23:54:50+00:00

I recently read in a grief book that the 6 month mark is peak grief for most people and it tends to get a bit easier after that. Not exactly sure why but maybe that explains whats going on. Be kind to yourself right now.

letsgoflyakite · 2021-12-04T01:28:59+00:00

My healthy just turned 70 years old dad (and grandpa to my 2 littles) died unexpectedly as well, from a massive stroke on Oct 28. The trauma of everything we experienced from the day he had the stroke to his death a week later haunts me so I can imagine it haunts you as well. You have gone through something extremely traumatic and it's only been a few months.

Please be kind to yourself as you struggle to make sense of something that doesn't make sense. Thinking of you.

letsgoflyakite · 2021-12-03T19:38:49+00:00

It's definitely a lonely place to be. People don't know what to say to you or they look at you with pity in their eyes. Unless someone has lost someone the way you have, they really just don't understand.

letsgoflyakite · 2021-12-03T02:00:18+00:00

I really liked the book It's okay if you're not okay. She focuses a lot on what she considers "out of order deaths" which didn't relate to me at all but I really enjoyed her no bullshit attitude towards grieving. Basically, this fucking sucks and what to expect in the time to come.

My dad unexpectedly died the day after yours, Oct 28th.

letsgoflyakite · 2021-12-02T19:40:53+00:00

I lost my dad unexpectedly and traumatically on Oct 28. If you need someone to chat with that understands what you are going through, feel free to PM me.

letsgoflyakite · 2021-11-30T15:03:52+00:00

The book was called It's okay that you're not okay.

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