Finally Friday Roll Call!!!

Good Morning All - I managed to scrape myself together and come into work today - I'll try for a full day but I'm not pushing myself! I came back to NOTHING on my desk so I guess they survived without me lol

Today I am working until whenever I can - 4at the latest then home to make dinner, maybe straighten up a bit and do lots of resting!

This weekend is much of the same, although I do need to make a run to the fabric store and maybe walmart for some pumpkins.

Good Morning Liz & PA:

Liz hope you feel better soon.....

Today is pretty much the same. I'm not used to staying at home. Getting home from class late I actually slept a bit later this morning.

Gene is off today for a dr. appt. so I'll take the ride with him. Then maybe stop at Target on the way home to return something I picked up in error.

Will be going out for a walk later on. Thinking that maybe I'll run out to AC Moore or Michaels to pick up some things to make a new fall wreath for the front and back doors. Not having any little ones anymore I decorate for fall rather than Halloween that way it lasts through to Thanksgiving

Will be trying to get a jump on my reading and homework for next Thursday's class.

So much for my exciting day.....

Hope everyone has a great day..............

Ida

Hi all,

Well today I send hubby up to Watertown to visit with his son before he gets deployed on the 15th.  He only wanted to see him so I will be here enjoying the Falling Leaves Festival on the town square.  That's about it.  Oh I ordered my dress for the fashion show!  I think it will go well with my song I will be dancing to teehee.  If you want to know more, you gotta go to the OH Conference up in Rye Brook, NY teehee...

Good Morning all -

I'm glad it's Friday too.  I've had the grouchiest pouch this week.  In fact, yesterday, I went home because the nausea was messing with me so much.  I usually don't get like this, so I'm wondering if it's some kind of bug that I'm fighting.

Today has me at work til 3:30pm and then I'll hit the grocery store to pick up a couple of things and maybe Marshalls and/or Kohls.

Hope everyone has a super weekend.

Lisa

Morning all - take it easy, Liz - feel better soon.

I'm back at work today - mom's appt went ok yesterday. Scan showed some shrinkage in the lymph nodes in her chest but sadly also showed an area of new growth in her upper left chest. The doctor is recommending more treatments but with only one chemo med this time - its called Alimta and targets non-small cell lung cancer, which is what she has. He said 'most' people tolerate it well, so hopefully she will be one of them. She has to have a port put in for the treatments, tho, because they blew two veins in her arm yesterday trying to take blood. So now she goes for an IR consult; then outpatient surgery to have the port put in; then she can begin treatments. I'm not sure I'm 100% okay with the decision but I know she's fighting for her life right now so I didn't have the heart not to stand behind her on it. He used the term 'prolong your life' - hopefully it will be a quality life and not one that lands her back in the hospital or a nursing home.

So now we're dealing with getting her to this next round of appts and procedures - one day at a time.

Kathy

Kathy thoughts and prayers headed out to you and your Mom. My mom had one of those chemo ports put in her neck too - it was done right in the office under a local anestesia - painless and quick.

Here's to hoping that it prolongs your mom's QUALITY of life!

Feel better soon LIz!

Regular "stuff" of the day - Working from home (need about 5 hours on the phone and about 5 hours of writing reports), going to the gym, picking up some dinner at Costco while I"m out...

I am also calling the applicance store to finish the deal on a new washer and dryer (front load Whirlpool Duet...nice! and on sale!), and dropping some clothes off at Goodwill. Going through the closet is a regular "must do" and I was in there at 6 a.m. putting things in boxes. Between consignment, Goodwill donations, and "just toss" items...plus a few things I have yet to be able to wear...well, it's quite a balancing act, as I'm sure you know.

Late in October I have a week of work travel and my thought has been, "Good heavens! How will I come up with 5 different work outfits for those meetings!"

Back to today - I'm also evaluating my schedule and looking for ways to pump up the exercise a bit. I currently go 3-4 times a week, but my weight loss is slow and I think that exercise may put some punch into the equation.

Had a good talk yesterday with a WLS veteran - 2 years out and has lost 156 lbs. She's gone from 300 + lbs. down to a size 10 jeans/medium top. Will I ever be there? Can't even imagine it!

Good morning all!

Liz and Lisa---I hope you're both soon feeling better!

Kathy---I wish for the best for you and your mom! 

I'm at work today for 5 hours.  We're still on summer hour schedule.  Makes for long days the rest of the week, but I love getting out early.  Not sure what's going on the rest of the day.  Maybe do some thrift shopping; I need to find some long sleeved stuff for work.  (I'm always cold at work now.)

I'm looking forward to the First Sat meeting at Barix tomorrow.  I haven't been one since I was pre-op, so this will be a new experience for me since I'll be with a different group. 

Have a great day, everyone!

Julia

Hi Liz and all of PA - Liz - I hope you can make it through the day - feel better and continue to take care of yourself!

I am at school today until 3:15, then I run home, relax for about an hour - then pick up Molly from Field Hockey  practice, get both girls dressed for synagogue, figure out what to bring for dinner for the three of us, then head to the synagogue for a brown bag dinner and service for yet another holiday - this one is Sukkot, it is our fall festival and lasts a week.  It is an outdoor holiday where we eat outside and play outside and basically live outside while the weather holds out.  We used to build our own little Sukkah, a three-walled, temporary structure in which we can see, "moon and stars."  However, with our busy schedules, and Larry;s new work life, we have decided to use the synagogue's Sukkah during the week as well.  We will be in it tonight, Sunday and Tuesday.  It is a fun holiday - especially after the solemness of Yom Kippur.  Aren't you glad I shared all this with you - it turns out that even when I am not actually speaking, just typing, my brain still has far too much to say....OY!

Sadly, tomorrow I am NOT going to be able to get to Barix as I have a twice a year scrapbooking event in Reading which I totally LOVE to go to!  So - although I will not be at Barix, I will be enjoying my day.  

I hope you all have a wonderful Friday and a great weekend!  Those of you at Barix, make a silly and loud comment for me - that way you will think that I was there! :)

Good Morning PA~

I feel like I have been run over by a bus.

I am glad to be home and even more happy that I got to sleep in my bed.

Today I am doing a whole lot of nothing.

Happy Friday!