Bonfire of the Goddesses
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Joan - I have been trying to retire but not having much luck at it. I am back working in the park I managed for 14 years training new managers. Hope to be done by the end of June and then hubby and I plan to do some traveling. We do have a cruise planned for the end of Sept - heading to the Bahamas. I hear it is beautiful. Never been there so this will be quite an experience.
6 mo MO appt was boring - routine. Labs were fine and I see him again in Nov. My appt was at 8:30 and was back in my car before 9:00. Isn't that just awesome!!! I hardly ever have appts that are so short.
Hugs to Everyone.
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Good news Jo.......
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thanks ducky for quoting my mothers words
Kath,sulphur can cause an allergic reaction
And it could last a while
U must drink lots and lots of water...that's one of the dangerous drugs
OMG I sound like the queen dr.X that out,,I don't no anything.
I'm still waiting for JOJO to retire,,,did she tell u she finally took a day off?
The Bahamas is beautiful,the water is absolutely beautiful..I remember takin a chair and just sitting with friends with the water in amazement....
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thanks firekracker! i am drinking lots and lots, of WATER, i mean, i had no idea that i was allergic to it. So now i have to read labels even more closely. you DO know stuff.
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Hello girls!
Checking in! Winding down a hectic day! Had my surgery today so being lazy and actually taking a chance trying to ketchup.
First I want to throw the rat bastard cancer back into the fire. It keeps creeping out and hurting too many people. It was 2 years ago yesterday I lost one of the best ladies I will ever k ow to vaginal cancer. Yesterday was the 1 year mark from my original MX. I know Sue was with my in that OR guiding my docs to get it all out of me and she is still with us in spirit.
So into the fire with the rat bastard. Let it stay and really burn today.
FK you have lost more than your share and it is so hard. Mary holds a special place with me from when I first came to BCO. It's tough to get so emotionally invested and then lose our friends. The beautiful thing though is that they are still here, on BCO, we will always have those posts that let us get to know them. Theat is so much more than some get when they lose someone. Hope you get straight and feel better soon too.
Kathe! Was it Bactrim? I can't do sulfa drugs and that one messed me up a long time ago! Cipro gave me a bad reaction too even though it's not technically a sulfa drug. I just tell them I can't have anything sulfa now. Come to find out too that most diuretics have some sulfa. I have never been a wine drinker either. Just a little makes me feel really crappy. Come hear they sterilize the bottles with with some sulfate something and also US wines have sulfates (or sulfites? Amani anesthesia!) added to them. I'm sure for preservation :0(. I don't know if it is the same sulfa stuff that is in meds or not. I just don't drink wine and only cook with it rarely.
Hi Jo, Val, Aly, And anyone else I am missing. Can i blame the anesthesia from earlier today?
Sand! Love the mug!
Ducky, great mammo news!
Ok, sorry if I missed anyone. I'm heading to bed! Long day, BUT it was the last day of school and we all lived to tell the tale!
Good night!
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4......glad your ok, and yes I am thankful for the good Mammogram......thanks for thinking about me............
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hi 4! yes, bactrim was the culprit. glad that you are doing good after today.
aly,that is the cutest pic!
i am throwing nightmares into the fire! i have been having some doozies, one so bad 5 am, it gave me the hiccups! anybody have those?
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Kath
I'm sending u a pm
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Jo ~ love those awesome "wax in-wax off' (in & out) appointments!! I don't know why I called it that, it just came out... nuts!
The *nuts* words reminds me of a stupid little saying from long, long ago...from my childhood.
~~~ Man standing on street corner
with hands in pockets
not feeling crazy,
just nuts~~~
I'm wacko tonight........sorry!
night, night.....♥
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My little Grayson, and her new baby sister Mila......she looks more like Mila then she does her twin sister Isabella...........lol
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aww so cute Ducky!! They are so precious..
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Thanks Crog............she is a cutie...............hugs........
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duckylicious........could your family be any cuter....lovin Grayson...how is the tolerance to the upsee going. I have seen people post it on FB....ho[ping for a chance to work with it.......looking forward to many more pics.
Hugzzz all!
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ducky - Love the tweety pictures. That sounds so much like me. The second picture - so very precious.
Have a great day everyone.
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Thanks ladies.just got service at the shore house.........will be catching up........yes they are cuties.............
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happy Memorial Day everyone
Especially our Queen
Both her and her hubby served our country.
Thank u JOJO..
Forever grateful
Xoxo FireKracker.....
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Jo, thanks for your service, and thanks for starting this bonfire! And I must have missed where you didn't REALLY retire - I heard you counting down the hours one Friday afternoon, and apparently that didn't happen as planned???? Am so sorry, and sure hope your next attempt at retirement is successful!
Sorry to hear about rashes, glad to hear about good scans and test results. I probably missed some stuff - my sister came for a couple of days to help me clean my house, getting ready for an onslaught of visitors over the next couple of weeks, it's grand central station here. Most of it is good, but in the middle of all of it I have to have another PET/CT and am starting new drug (Faslodex - not real excited, but that's what MO says to try next as I haven't been on it) and am kind of glad to get off the chemo for a bit! And I am joining in tossing in the rat bastard cancer - right into the hottest of coals and highest of flames! Burn, you rat bastard, burn!!!!!!
DH bought a new flag and is pleased to be able to display it this weekend. He is in the Reserves, and we had not replaced our flag from our last move, so this is something he is very happy about - makes him feel a little more "connected" or something like that. Have a good weekend all, I will try to drop back in if I get a few minutes.
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Jo to you and your husband.........I celebrate this holiday........hugs girlfriend..........
Still laughing at FK............ask her why............
Hugs Linda..............
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Linda,,gonna help u burn the rat bastard cancer
Along with some other things
I just shredded all my bc papers...but I still have the bag of shredding so into the fire it goes
JOJO retire?????? She really does love to work ua no
Ducky,,,why r u laughing at me??????
I no I do funny,strange and crazy things....I could laugh at some of the insane things u do too
Once again have a great weekend sistas
Maybe I'll strike it rich with my estate sales....
Hey u never no
Huggs
FireKracker..
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It was our privilege to serve our country. I also celebrate this holidays for all the others who served.
Linda - I will also help you throw the rat bastard cancer into the fire. Those flames are getting higher. One day I truly will retire, Guess it is just not my time.
Hope to have a lazy long weekend.
Hugs Sistas.
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Jo, you crack me up about the retirement. I actually tried to retire several times, first time we had paid off our mortgage and I stepped down as department chair and had planned to teach one course a semester, thus limiting my commute (I was commuting 90 miles at the time, through the snow belt). But then DH got a job offer he couldn't refuse, so we moved, but to my dismay, housing costs were so much more that to get a house equivalent to the one we were leaving, we had to take another mortgage, so I went back to work. And of course, I did love it, but planned on retiring after about 3 years in that position when our finances were back in shape, although in the meantime a dean position opened up that I was all set to go for (yes, vanity and ego are very powerful motivators for me!). Well, then I got my diagnosis, so decided to not apply for dean, just do my treatment and go ahead and work because that's what so many women do, and I thought it would make me feel more "normal" to go ahead and work as best I could. Well, you know the rest of the story - man (woman) plans, God laughs. So I was actually forced to retire a little earlier than I had wanted under less than ideal circumstances, but at that point, it was "my turn" and time to do it. I still crave some of that work, and on my really good days, think to myself "gee, I could teach one course this fall" but then a few hours later, I am exhausted and think "WTH was I THINKING???? No WAY could I really do the job and do it well!" so I am content to sit back and doodle, dawdle, piddle, and enjoy my many hobbies that I never had time for when I was working. You will eventually get there, and meanwhile, ENJOY yourself! Take time off as you need to care for yourself, and give yourself kudos for contributing to society!
Thanks for all the support with tossing cancer into the fire, ladies! Now I want to toss bunnies in. All of them. If I weren't a vegetarian, I would have rabbit stew for supper every day. Those damned rabbits stripped every leaf off one of my two new Rudbeckias that my sister just planted yesterday. Overnight. Bare stem. One still has leaves. So I put some netting over it and hope that will keep them out temporarily until I can get a little fencing - the net is too heavy to allow the plant to grow much. It is wabbit season around here, and I am hunting wabbits with primitive weapons (rocks) and am losing the war.
FK, you truly are pretty funny lady, but is there something special Ducky is referring to? Something out of the ordinary, even for YOU? In any case, I will laugh WITH you, never AT you - much fun in sharing laughs. And if you strike it rich, NO ONE will be laughing AT you!!!!! They will all come groveling would be my guess!
Sending hugs and high-fives around the fire today. I got most of my garden weeded, and if I am able to do just 15 minutes a day, I can keep all of it in good shape the rest of the summer.
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Linda - I don't mind the work since it is right here where I live and there is no commuting involved. Hubby on the other hand wants to do some traveling this summer and you can imagine how that discussion is going. When we retired from this job last August - he by gosh retired. When we talked about finances which is always on my mind - he thought I should work for at least 3 more years until I could get my Social Security. Sounded good to me but you know, I am tired of working and he is not much help around the house. I don't think he really realizes how much cancer treatment the wind out of me. As a side note, he went through cancer treatment twice and even though he did have to do chemo both times, it didn't seem to slow him down at all. It is such a vicious cycle we all are in - isn't it? So for now, I take it one day at a time.
Don't try to figure out FK and Ducky - it will drive you crazy - hahaha. Those two are quite a piece of work and you can't help but loving both of them.
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I'd like to burn the fear and insecurities that I developed after my DX. I don't know this person who just finished treatment, but I want the old gal back.....
I'd like to burn this fishnet tube top they put me in Friday to hold a mini-diaper under my armpit while my skin weeps from the axilla and the crease-- (I've been weeping with it since a week ago Friday).......
And I am going to burn these Xclair stained sports bras as soon as I don't need them.....
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FK..............Think about the Kentucky Derby......then think of yourself, and then think of what I am laughing at.....................
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she is talkin in code again!!!!!
Did u check ur pms?
Please excuse us we r goin a little crazy now
We will get back on topic
Just keep that fire burning
And no I didn't strike it rich,not even close
My little GGrandsoon did,every place we went he got something and because he is so cute most stuff was free..
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redheaded - Believe it or not, we have all been in your place and can certainly understand what you are going through. Contrary to what you may think now, it does get better. It takes time. This is such a warm, caring, and friendly place. Come back here often and ask questions, vent, or have a few laughs with us. You could not have found a more supportive group of ladies.
Oh and don't pay attention to FK - she tends to get crazy every now and then but then again we all do. hahaha
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Redhead,I think ur new here
Let me be the first to welcome u
U will find out for urself if I'm crazy,I'll tell u this much....I'm Italian,I come from Brooklyn and I'm a Scorpio..some combo right
JOJo is the queen
Ducky is the oldest ,oh she has a list of things she is but she will tell u herself when she gets back
Seriously we have a lot of fun here
And we never argue
So pull up a chair and watch the show
I'll be back
FireKracker......
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Great fun here Redhead and yes we have all been where you are. Doesn't pay to figure out folks here cause we are all mad.
Jo and Linda I am so happy to be retired and it's even better now I am getting my pension. I took early retirement because I had multiple health issues as well as BC. Not sure when DH will retire but he has reduced his hours by taking longer holidays which means we can travel.
Must go and see if the gate is open so I can get rid of my big bag England here I come.
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