Random thoughts for Wednesday

I went to the gym this morning for the first time since before I went on my vacation.  Weighed in like I always do.  Ack!  I am never eating again!

Hubby's PSA is stable.  First time in a while that it is the same as it was 3 months before.  Still in watch and wait mode.

I had a massage today!  Very nice..... 

Time....too much, or too little?  I actually have to much time on my hands.  My babies are home with their parents.  I am working 3 days a week.  I go to the gym at least twice a week.  I game the rest of the time.  Well, sorta.  So, what would I do if I had too little time?  Not sure.  Never been there, I don't think.  The first thing most people give up is sleep.  NOT!  I get mine no matter what!  Then, maybe social life slips cuz work responsibilites or whatever have gotten so BIG!!!!  Having fun?  Who has the time?  LOL 

Ok, I have had my share of stress lately.  I'm over it, most of it.  So, I took this little test.  Hit the nail right on the head!  Oh man.....

http://www.blogthings.com/howstressedareyouquiz/

Your Stress Level is: 54%

You are somewhat prone to stress, especially when life gets hard.
When things are good, you resist stressing over little problems.
But when things are difficult, you tend to freak out and find it hard to calm down.

Yep, that's me.  That was my last Wednesday thought......

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Not worth a title

I had to go back to work today, slinging chemo.  It was actually a good day and I got out on time.  Rare!  But it was good to be back.  I always eat well when I work.  LOL.  Today we had cupcakes, several kinds of cookies, and banana bread.  mmmmmm...   I tried them all.  Even better are the days the drug reps feed us lunch.  That can be anything from box lunches (yuk), to pizza (better) to, well, really good stuff!  I'm going on a regular schedule now that the kids are in school.  I miss them a lot.  I think I am having empty nest syndrome.  They may be my grandkids, but I have had them so much they feel like mine.  Now, they are both in school, yes, even Adtler!  My littlest booboo!  Working more is part of the plan for dealing with some of the losses I have experienced lately.  Well, not all were losses, but I have had some STRESS!!!  Weird that work would be less stressful.  NOT!  Just keeps me busy.  Ack!  I'm babbling again.......  gone.....

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Home Again

I am back!  I got back last night.  Drove for over 9 hours to make it in one day.  Traffic was only really bad around DC, 50 miles or so either way.  Other than that, i put the pedal to the metal and sorta flew most of the way.  Started out meeting an old friend that owed me lunch.  i say he is an old friend, but I had never met him until now.  Yep, met him right here almost 2 years ago and we have been buds ever since.  Well, he is cute as a bug's ear and I just had to hug him all up!  This is rumbagod, and he doesn't owe me lunch any more!  Oh, and that nice little lady that is on the other side of him?  That's Mrs. God.

 

Unfortunately, lunch was all we had time for.  I wanted to kidnap them both, but he had to go back to work. 

The drive to DC was uneventful, and we found our hotel without any problems.  Great internet connection!  Oops.   Yeh, y'all know I don't go anywhere without my laptop.

We did the monument thing.  First we went to Arlington Cemetary and the tomb of the unknown soldier.  Impressive.  All those graves and tombstones......

Just a couple pics.  It doesn't do DC justice, but they are also well known and seen many times before.

 

We walked about a hundred miles that day.  And it was in the mid 90's, sunny and omg, HOT!!!!!  It was worth it, tho.  Slept very well that night.  Actually, I think I died for a while....  I did NOT look like this at the end of the day.....

Ahhhh, New York!  I have met this clannie before, and we are brother and sister.  Well, we act like brother and sister.  We tried to behave with the spouses around, tho.  The highlight of our trip was New York.  We saw everything in the entire city that there is to see.  Why?  Well, we lost the car.  New York is a huge parking lot.  You just drive around until you see someone back out of a parking space, then you fight 6 or 8 other people for it, and, hopefully, you now can park your car and walk around to see the sites.  One thing you have to remember is to make note of landmarks or names of streets.  Oops.

We went to the "twin towers" that aren't there any more.  Ground Zero.  So sad.  We listened to some stories.  Everyone knows where they were when it happened.  I was at the gym. 

This is my online and now offline friend, Landmark, or Boomout, whichever.  He is a native New Yorker.  Yikes!  We had a blast!  The other two are the aforementioned spouces.

My "brother" and I on the Staten Island Ferry.  Aren't we cute?  And we look alike, too, on our mother's side. 

Wouldn't be a trip to New York without including Lady Liberty.  It was hard to get a really good pic due to SMOG and distance, but this was the best one.

It was hard to say goodbye to my new brother and sister-in-law, but we had to catch a ship to Bermuda.  Soooo, off we went.

That's hubby and me, posing for yet another pic.  See me gritting my teeth? 

Due to popular demand, I had this one taken.  Note that I am not completely sober.  Oh, you can't tell?  Ahhh, that's just as well.

There is something nice about cruising with the same cruiseline all the time.  You get perks.  My favorite perk was this little hidden room that you had a private key to.  They had food most of the day.  Ack.  More food.  BUT!!!  In the evenings it was all you can drink, as long as you don't leave the little room.  Yikes!  I was lit the entire cruise!  I danced in the "street".   I reacted appropriately to male posteriors.  mmmmmm  And, I went to the quest.  What fun!  Men running around in their underwear!  Wow!  So, ya think cruises are for being formal and dressing up?  HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

So, I am home.  What next?  Thinking.........

 

 

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Home Friday

Eeek!  I'm homesick!  I don't believe it!  I am used to emailing everyone to keep in touch, and it costs FIFTY CENTS A MINUTE!!!!  on the ship.  Ack!  I will be home Friday, and have I got an interesting and likely very long blog to come.  Whew! 

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Hey Y'all

Thought I'd slip in and say hey to y'all.  Ahh, can't say y'all any more.  I guess it's more like youse guys, or something.  Dunno.  We are in New York and will be in the City this afternoon with the lovely Bill (Landmark) and his wife Victoria.   This morning is a laid back wandering thru small towns and shops waiting for the lovely Bill to get his butt out of bed!  Um, j/k Bill.  I managed to get suburned in DC, so I've got a good start for the cruise.  I met Brian (rumbagod) and his wife Melora in Richmond.  They are soooooo cute!  Luv 'em to death!  I think they may be the ones that gave me a sore throat, tho...   Ahhh, it's ok.  I don't feel sick or anything.....  Nothing will spoil my good time!  We will be cruising tomorrow for 5 days.  Nice.  I promised no computer on the ship.  Well, I'm not leaving it in the car!  Gone!!!!   So, the compromise will be no computer use on the ship.  Well, 5 days is a long time.....LOL

Pics to come after I get home.  Woohoo!  Heading out for more adventure.

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