Lauren's Lair: Here be dragons...

[Emma1017]

Lauren you could teach the class. You are a natural and everyone is lucking to have you in their corner....as am I. ❤️😊

[Sephirah]

Lauren you could teach the class. You are a natural and everyone is lucking to have you in their corner....as am I. ❤️😊

Thank you, sweetie, but I always have more to learn. I will be okay. And if I can help one person to not feel bad, I will consider that a success.

[Sephirah]

Hi Sephirah

As you know if I hear someone mention "swimming", I have to poke my head out of the water and chuck in my two cents worth on swimming.

As Lori said "swimming is a great exercise", please ignore her on this.  Why? Swimming is a fantastic exercise.  One of the great cardio exercises you can do with absolute minimum stress on the body.  Given your mobility and the ability to do lap swimming so that you can catch up with me.  Is to use a pull buoy (pull boy) not (pull booee,) which you can place between your thighs.

In addition when you get into the rhythm of swimming you will notice that you will want to do more and more swimming.  Why? doing lots of swimming will release natural endorphins into your system and a nice high! Match me on laps? you are definitely on.

For fun you can hold onto my ankles and I will pull you along for the ride and yes you will match my laps certainly.  I have always known that I have an affinity with the water since I was about eight, so yeah I can relate to the saying "I'm a water baby!"

The dichotomy of becoming a counsellor and a reserved person that you are.  Is certainly an admirable trait to get, along with constantly learning throughout life.  You will surpass the wonderful person that you currently are.  What you can contribute to others with your current knowledge of transgender issues will be unsurpassed and in addition to your wisdom and knowledge of life that you have travelled.

I will be waiting at the pool side to cheer you along.

Best Wishes Always
Sarah B
Global Moderator
@Sephirah @Lori Dee
PS You beat me on the 17 years by 2 years, so yeah you win this one.

Sarah, you are someone very special. <3 I have to have a kind of weird setup because I can't use my legs, but... I am making it work. I am loving being back in the water. Even if I can only do the butterfly with my arms, lol. Big shout out to my local pool for accommodating disabled people. It's really cool! Girl, if I ever get to that point, nothing would make me happier than to go swimming with you. I know you antipodean folks are like... genetically pre-disposed to that kind of thing, haha. But it would just make me happy. Not least because I think you're kind of awesome.

Thank you. All of you. I can only do what I can do. And be okay with that. But I am getting better at being okay with that.

If one broken person can fix another, I call that a win.

[Sarah B]

Hi Sephirah

Well, if we were talking in the same room, then this is how the conversation would go:

Sarah, you are someone very special. <3  Ah shucks.  I have to have a kind of weird setup because I can't use my legs, but... I am making it work.  One step at at time. I am loving being back in the water.  Endorphins at work. Even if I can only do the butterfly with my arms, lol  Well then we can do synchronization swimming then.  I love Butterfly. Big shout out to my local pool for accommodating disabled people. It's really cool! Girl, if I ever get to that point, nothing would make me happier than to go swimming with you.  Lets swim together with dolphins, I hear they are good therapy. I know you antipodean folks are like... genetically pre-disposed to that kind of thing, haha.  You keep forgetting I hail from the land of Tea Drinkers.  But it would just make me happy. Not least because I think you're kind of awesome.  Now I'm exceedingly red faced and embarrassed

Now which one of the following should I use to end this message?

• And now I am off to perfect my synchronised dog paddle routine.
• Us Tea Drinkers must unite, just keep the biscuits dry this time please.
• We practice Butterfly arms today, mermaid tail tomorrow.
• When you can drink the water through your nose while swimming, you will have reached Nirvana.

Best Wishes Always
Sarah B
Global Moderator
@Sephirah

[Sephirah]

Sure you hail from Tea Island (it's like Love Island with a much bigger rod up it's... you know. ) but you are very much my favourite Aussie Sheila! I think you're better off where you are.

I actually did swim with dolphins, a couple of times. Back when I was in the Navy. They are amazing. Extremely intelligent and nurturing. There's no wonder God should have stopped with them, right, @Emma1017?

Trust me, it's on my bucket list. To go meet my friends and give all of them a big hug. <3

I love all those endings, haha. But to end this, I'm just going to say simply:

Thank you for being my friend. And I love you.

[Sarah B]

Hi Sephirah

Here be Two Dragons and yes they are mine!

Best Wishes Always
Sarah B
Global Moderator
@Sephirah

[Sephirah]

Beautiful, like my favourite Antipodean. <3

I had a very, very weird dream the other day. There was a big thunderstorm and that was very soporific. I had an impromptu nap and... it's funny how things bleed into your dreams. I dreamed I could hear water dripping, which was probably because I could hear the rain outside because I keep my windows open, even slightly, most of the year. And I dreamed the ceiling in my room was somehow collapsing. Then the floor. I was a kid again, for whatever weird reason. And... sharing a room with Randy Quaid. Lol, just don't ask. I have no idea.

The floor of the room sank down halfway into the floor below. And my mum was there, and was panicking, talking about how we'd have to move. There were more people than I knew, and more rooms in the house. But we all somehow moved into this mansion type deal, and I got lost trying to find all the rooms. All I remember is that there were a lot of stairs and hallways. And bathrooms, weirdly. But Randy was still there, with a beer. Like the National Lampoons movies. My room had all these computers in it, but there were snotty little kids playing on all of them, and I wasn't sure where I was.

It was very surreal. And I can't tell you why I dreamed of Randy Quaid, lol. I woke up slightly confused, with the rain still pouring down outside. My brain is messed up, lol.

[Lori Dee]

I had a dream about flooding about a week ago.

I was at a cafe in Italy, or maybe France. The cafe was near a river and just outside the walls of an old castle. It got really cold out very quickly, and everyone was moving inside the castle walls into a restaurant. The restaurant had a nice view of the river through some large windows.

We watched as the river began to freeze. There were chunks of ice floating down, then more and more until they formed an ice jam. The river started to flow over the jam, but it froze solid as it did. Soon, it was flowing out of its banks, and it would freeze solid. Then the water would flow over that and freeze.

Soon the floor was covered it water, but it was warm inside, so it didn't freeze. But it kept rising higher and higher. I kept telling people we need to get upstairs. I remember helping people up the stairs, and I saw an older woman whom I couldn't get to. I didn't recognize her, but somehow knew she was my mother. A crowd of people was pushing up the stairs as I was trying to fight my way downstairs, then I saw the water where she was sitting turn to ice and rise over her head.

I raced upstairs, and I was looking at the stone wall of the castle. I was thinking that surely it would be strong enough to protect us. Then water started seeping through the cracks and running down the wall. I kept telling people we need to get to higher ground.

A man showed me a back door to the restaurant that opened out to a hill on which the castle was built. A few guys ran past me out the door, headed to the top of the hill. They got about a third of the way and froze in their tracks. I was no longer worried about the people behind me; I was thinking about getting to a small garden shed at the top of the hill. I thought that I could run faster than they could; maybe I can make it.

I took off running as fast as I could. The air was so cold I could feel my lungs freezing as I inhaled. I tried holding my breath, but the cold was too intense.

I woke up, never knowing if I made it or not. Ugh!