Annette
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I know you will be in my prayers tonight and thoughts tomorrow. I think you know everyone here is offering you a gentle hug and hoping that chemo and radiation re really really doing the proper job!
Annette
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Judy - I hope all goes well today - I will be thinking about you.
Eric - I know I find all of your stories fascinating - surprising the governmental red tape seems similar to that here in the States - hope you can help. Going to the gym, sigh, if I had known how much you were going to 'get in shape' I might have done some exercising of my own to keep up with you. (Let me think, no probably not - it will be better this way - you are on vacation you need to slow down and smell the car exhaust like everyone here.)
Also have my fingers crossed that Sally is on the up and up - wouldn't it be wonderful if she turned it around with Jennifer as her watcher.
Definitely not as funny as Ann - don't you just love her jokes!
Another day back to the grindstone - (AA = Administrative Assistant) sorry forgot the question Eric. I need to get busy - and I am absolutely beat - had another little incident with the wayward at 2 a.m. this morning so I had to drive my mom to the police station at 3 a.m. to pick his little hinney up.
Work Annette work,
Check back in later.
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A great way to start the day on a laugh!
Annette
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Both Judy and Bud have inspirational stories. When I first came here I was lost - and now I think of everyone as family. It was so beneficial to tell my story, get encouragement and see there is hope - that's what this place is really all about to me. Hope,
Annette
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Another busy morning at work. We are supposed to get rain later today so I hope it cools things off.
Lots of work to get accomplished but I am having trouble closing Spider Solitaire - a new game just keeps popping up every time I hit that new game button. I may have a virus - called "Vacationitus" you know the one - where your extra special vacation is coming up and your mind no longer focuses on anything work related.
Now I am really worried because our AA just came in and said her doctor might put her in the hospital - she has a "mass" floating close to her "her" parts. (She had stomach cancer many years ago.) I think this office may just be jinxed - so say a little prayer for Jama if you can.
I better run see if I can help her - anything to put off my own work. Check back later,
Annette
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Doing something completely different - Bud - you are funny.
That would be like me doing something different like watching seven seasons of the Gilmore Girls.... hmmm.... wonder if I can do that this weekend - cause I do have different plans on the 4th!
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Afternoon - where did the morning go...
I was in and out of here yesterday - kinda took it easy after the long drive and fun. Now, as you can see, I am ... hard at work ... yep that's it. (Well I should be anyway - won't be long til I start counting the hours til Sunday.)
I'm so excited - I think I got a commitment out of my daughter to meet us in Williamsburg on Tuesday - she is a history freak - I mean she likes history - and I will simply act like I taught her everything she knows (and yes I told her that was how I was going to act). I have never even been there - she has been so many times she even started telling me about the courthouse and the declaration of independence and .... stuff .... all of which I knew (not). I told her she should save it and impress Eric with her vast knowledge - especially since I ask people if they are trying to punish me when the conversation turns to history.
We all know my knowledge lies in reality television.
My next assignment - is to find some place to take Eric on the 4th - I am usually a stay at home person but he will want to share in our celebration of independence - surely no one will notice the kilt.
I may just have a smile on my face this week in anticipation. I have my camera out just need to remember to use it to record everything so you don't miss anything.
Well I guess I better return to "real" work - I am on call to help our AA she spent yesterday in the emergency room with a cyst and still she is here today - I have to keep an eye on her to make sure she doesn't do anything heavy but I honestly don't mind. She is like me - here no matter what - I came back to work 2 weeks after both my surgeries.
I wanted to share something funny - well it makes me look 'dumb'. Yesterday when I finally logged onto FaceBook I saw a couple of posts wishing my mom a happy birthday - yep you guessed I had forgotten. I knew the date just didn't realize it only takes 3 days to go from the 23rd to the 26th! So i called her and sang a couple of lines of Happy Birthday to you.... and when she picked up the phone again she acted like I might have affected her hearing. Guess I should continue to miss Karaoke night.
Glad you got the handicapped pass Judy - it will cut a little bit off your trips anyway. $15 million sounds like a lot but I bet it doesn't go far when you are building animal exhibit expansions or new.
Bud - you will of course tell us what a Qigong is - right?
Annette
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What is everyone up to next week? I am usually a stay at home person and now I have to come up with something fascinating and fun for my company.
I will tell you that I am so excited I think this week is going to be the slowest week ever!
Annette
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What an awesome anniversary to celebrate. Huge congratulations!
Annette
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Judy - animal farm at the jail - what is that.
One week to go - next Sunday - I don't know how I'm going to contain myself to wait for that train - I am truly just really excited. I just hope I don't bore the pants off Eric.... hmm..... maybe that's why he is wearing a kilt - how can we not cause excitement wherever we go. (Please note that I did not call it a skirt - my fingers really wanted to type it but I managed to overrule.)
I was happy to hear from KarenW this morning - I sent her a pm some time ago since we hadn't seen her. Now we know she is busy working and undergoing treatment. She went up on my admiration scale that's for sure.
I will admit to being a lazy bum this morning - afternoon - and now I have to get motivated. I am going to jump in the shower and take a run down to figure out exactly where the hotel Eric will be staying is - so I can check out restaurants that we might be able to have a relaxing early dinner so he doesn't fall out from jet lag. Then I have got to do some grocery shopping. If you really want to know I have been a bum pretty much all week and now I need to do some cleaning too. That just is not my thing.
I will check back in later.
Annette
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Very glad to see you posting - and actually reminded me that Sara is now going through the WBR treatments too. From things she has said I think that she may be copying you - now we have two super women!
Annette
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I know it is already Sunday - but boy was it a slow day Saturday. I stayed up late and ran away from home Saturday. I drove to West Virginia to Charles Town Slots and donated some money - sigh. Now I am home and relaxing - it was nice to be away from here!
--- one week to go til Eric arrives in Richmond!!!---
Annette
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It's Friday - I'm really busy at work today - but wanted to pop in and say good morning. I've got a lot to try and get done before the holiday - July 3rd at approximately 1p.m. - I wonder how on earth I will recognize Eric when he gets off the train. I mean there will probably be a lot of people and I've only been to the train station once.
Oh - wait - I keep reading here that he is going to wear a skirt ... hmm... a kilt. Well I won't look for that I'll look for the Lungevity teeshirt. (I am laughing and smiling as I think of this - now it's only one week away give or take a day).
I am trying to decide if I want to take a chance and drive down to see my daughter or take a bigger chance and drive myself to Charlestown Hollywood Slots. Hmmm. Well, if I go to the bank after work and make myself turn off the DVD player at a reasonable hour - maybe I will get up in the morning and flip a coin.
No matter what I am having a male teenager free weekend! Yeah!!!!
I hope everyone enjoys this weekend as well - I will try and pop back in later and check on everyone.
Annette
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I forgot to mention that while you are here Eric, if you get to meet my daughter you should mention the Titanic - lord when she was young she was overly fascinated by it - thought she knew everything. She even got a replica of the plates they had on the ship - she loved them - wonder if she still has them....
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What am I gonna do with Eric - the first thing I thought of when I saw his bucket list was New York - I've been there - nobody wants to put Richmond on their bucket list - but I would not mind seeing the Statue of Liberty - and it just happens to be pretty near the Chrysler Building - and my mind starts turning....
Silly mind - I think it would be about an 8 hour drive (on the right side of the street by the way).
Travel abroad - I may be well rounded but it's food that did it to me. I did get to some places while I was in the Navy - Malaga, Spain; St. Thomas, Singapore, Mombasa, Africa; the Gulf of Oman (that one I saw while on the water - lol - it was the only one that I didn't visit a bar in too - tells you how young I was back then).
I keep saying it is too hard to get a passport - but some of Erics' pictures make you want to see Scotland first hand - I would have to take my daughter on that trip though she loves everything Scottish. I would like to go to a casino in Morocco; the pyramids and I have thought I'd like to say I had been to every one of the 50 U.S. States - maybe an Alaskan cruise.
Nothing that great here - but this was an interesting, thought provoking question.
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I have to say that I don't drink a lot of water - even though I guess I should but Dr. Pepper is my friend. I do buy jugs of water and make sweet tea because the "city" water is not very taste friendly. I know that some of what you buy is municipal water - but they are not getting it from Richmond, VA I guarantee. So I understand why Lillian gets bottled water and that is an excellent idea to divide it up into several bags - I know I about kill myself dragging a 24 pack in and then add a couple of cases of soda and well yikes.
Ahhh, Judy, where to start. Tuesday when I got home - part of the closet was empty. I said something that was mean and hateful and that put him over the line I guess. Then my mom had dropped the kid off at the mentor's office to go to an AA meeting and he called me and said he was bringing him home - he was sick. My mom had allowed a little girl over all day to visit with him but he was too sick to go out with his mentor. He has been staying at my mom's since the hearing Monday afternoon. When the mentor dropped him off I invited him to put some bodily fluids into a package. The results were not good. Positive for whatever is in marijuana and positive for opiates (new one on me). I am not a happy camper. 8 weeks of negative screenings and now this. I went to school on Monday and defended that kid to the hilt after he got caught "possession and consumption" of alcohol on school campus. And now the story is changing - he also left campus before drinking the alcohol and smoked some marijuana. An hour or so after I called my neighbor down because I was concerned for my safety (him screaming - veins popping out of forehead - please don't call my probation officer). My neighbor was going back upstairs and told him now was the time to come clean - now he says he also snuck out of his grandmothers house one night and walked some 20 minutes to get something called suboxone. I am just over it - tired of having a stomach ache every day because of the stress. I went to the WaWa and purchased something that I haven't had in over 2 years. Came home and told him to get all of his stuff out of my house he was not welcome there anymore. So Tuesday night, yesterday and today I have been a bad girl. I don't know what I'm going to do - he is supposed to go on a camping trip this weekend and I am gonna relax. Technically he is supposed to be staying with me Sunday - Thursday by court order and I don't know what to do about that. But for a few days - I'm cutting myself off from it.
Well that's what you get for asking. I think I'm gonna go get my hair chopped off this afternoon - really looking for something new.
Sorry to "sound" off on here - but my fingers feel better - my sense of humor seems to have gone missing -
Annette
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Well this is not what we wanted to hear that's for sure. But take heart - I think there are members here that have successfully had WBR. Hopefully the results start taking effect sooner rather than later. Please let us know how things are going - and know that my prayers and thoughts are with you and your family.
Annette
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Great news - what a way to start the summer!
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Ann - I am so so jealous of your count down clock. But that's okay cause Eric is almost here and that means - Annette and Keith will be on vacation - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and maybe Thursday will be Friday - - Now that will certainly bring a smile to my face - and speaking of exercise - everyone can smile - just a little - we all know I need a vacation.
Ok - let's face it I will never make it on Master Chef - or Gordon Ramsey's other fine show that contains a curse word. But seriously sometimes with all this talk of exercise and eating right just makes me need a nap (well after the hamburger of course).
I think I will go on a short walk outside so it will feel like the air conditioning is working in my office - I chose the office in the very back - there is no circulation in here I may have to get me a little fan. Check back in later,
Annette
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I think we will all pass on the way you spent the time not worrying about your scans. Heartfelt congratulations on the 8 year mile marker. And prayers that your mom gets through this surgery and the next.
Annette
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As usual I'm in a rush this morning - have a lot of work to do and well just other junk too.
Honestly don't know how yesterday went. I got some positive feelings but you just never know. This big mean woman says she has to go talk to the Deputy Superintendent with her findings and then she will call. And it probably won't be before Summer School starts next Monday. So the problem is do I call Social Services and say hey it looks like they aren't going to let him go so could you use this money on another child - or hold off. I just don't know. And this is only about the school issue. He will still have to go to court on the charges in August. Although the Supreme Court just passed an opinion that I know will help with that- just don't know if his court appointed lawyer will have a clue. Sigh.
I went home afterwork and just relaxed. Played a Playstation game and then watched the Bachelor - first time I've done that in months. Tonight i will have to make the kid stay with me - I am really worried when he stays at moms - they went to the grocery store and for some reason she bought 2 lighters....what for - then i found another one on the floor - - I went over once every hour to "smell" the house - but never smelled smoke - I will absolutely wring her neck if she bought that kid cigarettes. But I just have that feeling.
Anyway - I have to get busy. It has been a struggle to get any work done. I am mentally just not able to concentrate on anything - I know I can't but that just doesn't help.
I'll check back in later (this is always a great place to hide out instead of work....lol).
Annette
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Cindy - who said it has to get easier - no matter what you will always miss your dad. The easy part is saying how important it was that you got to exchange I Love You's on Father's Day - what a great memory to cherish.
Wishing you gentle memories that make you smile,
Annette
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I agree with the others - after you made the hardest decision of your life - it's now time to let your mom have the benefit of hospice. They can come in and help you make sure she is comfortable and give you some respite.
I wish you all the best and hope you are finding some peace with your mom.
Annette
Wednesday's Air.
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Judy - your BIL lives in San Antonio - you should ask him if he has ever been to New Braunfels which is about 30ish miles away - that is where I grew up. (I was born in El Paso at an Army Base.) My best friend from third grade still lives in between San Antonio and New Braunfels. Maybe I should call her tonight...couple of weeks ago we talked for four hours and I can feel my ear now so we must be due a call.
Consider this - I stayed up a little late last night and took my Ambian after 11 p.m. - so I did not want to wake up when mom called. Got back home and back to sleep around 4 and reset the alarm for 7 - and here I am suffering at work. Probably should not have driven - but I wouldn't want my mom driving at that hour of the morning either.
Bud - love Rose's sense of humor. Those miles this month are piling up. With you doing all that and Eric spending 4 hours at the gym we should all feel pretty health about now.
Judy (KW) - I totally missed part of your post - I am so sorry about your family - I think we are all due for some good news!
Check back later, Annette