Tagged: littlemisssunshine

I was going to post this week, more than once, but have been prevented by massive flare-up of the inflammation in my arm & shoulder I’ve been dealing with now for what feels like years. Pinched nerve two years ago started the whole thing and it has never really gone away completely, coming back with painful regularity. This time it started hurting last week and by Thursday was so painful I left work after lunch. My arm was totally useless, no strength in it and stabbing pain constant; worse when I tried to move my arm either in front of...

I’m awfully tired right now, sad and pretty down. My freelance colleague, Lena, died of cancer on Sunday night and it’s affected the whole team. We’re all really dragging and it’s hard to concentrate at work or at home, or even while driving in between. We sent her a card last Friday and all I keep thinking about is that I didn’t get to say goodbye to her and she didn’t even get our card in time, and it just sucks. Work is insane as well, which doesn’t help. I come home and power-walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes...

This past week was pretty horrible. We found out that one of our freelancers, a wonderfully kind woman, whom I’ve been working with for the nearly 10 years I’ve been at my company, is very ill with cancer. It’s the second time for her…she beat breast cancer several years ago, but the cancer this time is worse, metastasized and in her skeleton and stomach. Apparently they won’t do chemo or radiation, which brings one to the conclusion that the doctors don’t think it will help and that it’s not worth going through. Yesterday was the day I was scheduled for...

This living like it’s 1999-with-dial-up-modem thing for HALF THE MONTH is for the birds.

Today was my day for what Martin so amusingly terms my “spelunking procedure” or in other words, the hospital visit to have my IUD retrieved and replaced. I got a call from the nurse on Wednesday to tell me my operation time was at 10:00 a.m. and that I was not to eat anything after midnight the night before, and that I could only drink water or “clear liquids” up to 2 hours beforehand. Does vodka count as a clear liquid? Inquiring mind wanna know. Last night I was kind of freaking out about the whole thing and I couldn’t...

Eaten so much at lunch Laid down on the couch after the in-laws left, to read Fallen asleep Napped for 2 hours Talked to anyone after I woke up Now I’m tired and grumpy and I’m still full.