Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Now it's.....Happy Birthday to Lindsay!.....

Hey All........Today 9/2 is Lindsay's 25th Birthday! Hard to believe I gave birth to her so many years ago. I look at the woman she has become and am so proud to be her Mom. She is and always will be my "baby"! We are 5 days and 29 years apart, so that makes her a Virgo like me and supposedly Virgos aren't supposed to get along with each other as we tend to be know it alls (who me?) and we are perfectionistic folks who always tend to think we know the best way to do things (who me?) hee hee BUT it turns out that some of the people in my life I have become closest to have all been Virgos!! So go figure. I do believe in astrology type things but that one doesn't hold any water in my book! It's been a really busy week starting with the garage ordeal of cleaning it up and making room for her "chit" to go in there. My house looks like a war zone because we figured the things she was actually packing and taking to Vegas would be lined up on one side of the dining room table and the "I'm not sure I have to go through it" is on the OTHER side of the dining room table so therefore, thankfully I have a pretty large table in the breakfast nook so we at least can sit there and eat or at the bar at the kitchen because every other place is packed with boxes and "stuff". She's only here a week before moving to Vegas so she's on a time frame to get a bunch of her own stuff done......see some friends she won't be seeing for awhile......and going through a MASSIVE amount of who knows what in piles. Sheesh.....it's wearing me out just thinking about it! On top of everything else going on I've committed myself to show my jewelry at a local but rather big "Fall Festival of the Arts" the 2nd week in September......I have a Moffitt Cancer appt. a few days before the festival.........I need to start 2 websites where I plan on selling my jewelry BEFORE the show so I can have the website name on my business cards at the show.....and I can't begin to tell you the endless list of misc crap that is also on my "to-do" list. So.......for a recovering cancer patient I'm not heeding the advice of "take it easy" very well these days!! I like being busy though, but want to PICK what I want to be busy with.......LOL......and some of these tasks are not my choice! Making beads and jewelry is fun for me......I can feel the endorphins for happiness helping to repair my body, so that's a good thing. It's like........oh, I have cancer?..that's right, I do! LOL I'm too busy right now to give it a 2nd thought so it's being put in it's place in a dark corner and being ignored for now, which is exaclty where it needs to be! Before I go, I want to mention that I have received comments on my blog from those who have just "happened" upon it. I want to thank you for joining me on my journey and welcome you to my "family". Although we have never met, I appreciate your replies and comments and it makes my day when I receive a notice that someone has commented. Your comments do not show me your email address though, so I can't respond back, so if you'd like email me at jrgaf@aol.com and I will be glad to email back and forth with you. If you have any questions re: treatment, the BMT or meds....anything I can help you with, please write and I'll be more than happy to help. If I can give back in any way, it's the very least I can do. Peace to all

2 comments:

Ann said...

Thanks for sharing your journey. Looks like I am heading in same direction and am SO encouraged by your success. Sending you STRENGTH.

Jan said...

Thanks Ann. I'm sorry that you will be traveling the MM road, but it'll be OK. You are much stronger than you ever dreamed you were and I have faith you will do well. Think positive, my friend.