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I had a wonderful day yesterday - The dreaded doctor's appointment was painless, well except for the B12 shot I requested, ouch ! EKG looked fine - the x ray machine was down so I didn't get the chest xray - set up my appt for the annual squish and see for July 10 and blood work Aug. 11. Then after T'giving I'll set up the other tests that need to be done because of maturity (not age *chuckle*) i.e. colonoscopy and whatever else is deemed necessary.

After that my cell phone died - I picked up my older sister and we went to the Verizon store to be told they'd send me a new one by FedEx today and I'll send them my broken one ?? Why is it they have stores ?? Weird. Then the most pleasant part - we spent the rest of the time sipping iced coffees and browsing the Books A Million until it was time to run over to Old Chicago and pick up calzones and pizza for a take home supper so we could enjoy a few cold ones as we ate.

I also went to Pet Smart and picked up those (should be made of gold from the price) clippers and I'm going to BEG SAUNDRA to come help me clip old Copper - she's miserable, I'm miserable and I cannot stand to take her into the groomers, she just hates it so and at her age we give in a bit around here. And, just guessing Saundra will not hop a flight to come teach dog grooming - I'm going to find someone if I have to take an ad in the paper to come show me how to do it. Sadie and Emmitt need their paws clipped and a little work done around their ears and stuff too believe me .. *laughing* maybe I'll start with Sadie, she just doesn't care, I swear you could wrap her up in gift wrap and bows as long as you pet and talk with her.

I have also narrowed our rental house on Tybee to two - both are available .. I'm wanting the newer house mid island and SteveO doesn't want to change I don't think from what he's used to .... so, I have to decide - hmmmmmm

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To day I'll run into the pharmacy and see what old Doc has prescribed for my hands - they're doing SO much better *knock on wood* - I may not use it anyway, the holistic practitioners I saw in Louisiana did fine with what she told me to do. It's taken since the 15th or so of April but I don't have to wear the cotton gloves anymore and I seem to be getting my layers of skin back. What a weird condition that is. I also need to drop these invitations at the printers ...

I don't know if you know this, but I'm over 50 years here. And some pretty eventful 50 plus years at that, some good, some not so, all of them a learning experience. That's a real important thing in life, to take and accept an experience after it's over no matter how you handle it - but learn from it. The good ones, bad ones and the ugly ones. You don't have to question why it happened to you - you just know you're better for living through it, gracefully or not, and you know if it occurs again, you've lived through it, and if in fact you've learned from it, hold no surprises for you and you become graceful.
I ramble, but that's what blogs are for.

This week with the passing of Ed McMahon and Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson - it's an end of a bit of my childhood, teen years, and motherhood years - I told you I was 50+ didn't I?

Yes, I had the Farrah Hair, more often I kept the Cher Hair, my hair rebelled against the wispy look.

I stayed up late and watched my generation's precurser to SNL - The Johnny Carson Late Show - I saw the first Karnack, and the Alpo commercial first run. We talked about it at school the next day just like we discussed SNL / The Killer Bees at work on Mondays years later.

It also adds yet another link between my generation and the now younger ones in our chain of life occurances. We have experienced and remember the moment we learned of the passing of John Lennon, Ronnie VanZant, Jim Croce, Elvis Presley, Stevie Ray Vaughn. I think of the heated conversation between my son and I years ago about how Michael Jackson will never be a classic artist in the same respect like Paul McCartney or Eric Clapton - I was wrong sometimes as a Mom *chuckle*. All the hours Michael babysat for me with my son playing The Making of Thriller VHS over and over again and him adapting the dance moves into "his style". My son is now a Music Therapist - there's no doubt in some way, along with others, Jackson's music, helped him, molded him into that career direction.

I opened my last pound of Community Coffee this morning to help make it a special one - and I dedicate my morning thoughts and reflections on 3 people that gave me such wonderful memories through my life in small but meaningful ways. I know that welcome over party going on right now is one knarley and jammin scene !
(makes me smile, I rarely get to talk like that anymore)

CHEERS
(and could you send down some artistic inspiration when you settle in)

I'm in a bit of a quandary these days - It maybe my frame of mind, and I think it is, but I'm beginning to feel a bit put upon by a couple of friends. I know I'm selfish with my time and heart, but you don't reach 50+ after working 26 years with the public and not build up an instinct for what's going on in a situation whether to defuse it or to walk away from it, sometimes quickly. *laughing*. I maintain my sense of humor for the most part, maybe not at first but eventually humor can be seen in just about any situation for me. But more and more lately my time is what is precious to me. I don't give it up easily and for shallow cause - it irritates me when I have to.

I have an associate, that I met through a very good friend. Apparently they had an argument, nothing new there - that's their relationship.

Background: A couple of years ago, at a party this associate was a bit on the tipsy side, and in all honestly I shouldn't have had so much to drink either. But she didn't like something I'd said to her son (in college), and started screaming, yep screaming at me - telling me how negative I was and how judgmental I was. I was embarrassed - nothing had ever happened to me like that, I tried to apologize about my statements to her son but she continued her rant and you can imagine I called a driver and left. It has taken about two years for me to even begin to have spotty conversations with her - she's never brought it up again, I do sometimes when she appears to get too close to let her know I don't trust her and when I see it's going to be a drinking evening I leave.

Immediate Problem: Her son is in the wedding party of the party/shower I'm giving. She called me last week and was gossiping and telling me about an argument she had with my friend. I pretty much told her our friend needed our backup right now, not our advice so much. I don't trust the girl so I told my friend that she'd called and put me in the middle of their petty and stupid problems (yep, that's what I said). I also told her that when they began talking again, to be sure the associate knew that I was not going to be put in the middle of their junk - if I want to be in conflict I'll pick my own, thank you very much.

Now: My friend has yet to get me the invitation list to the party - I talked with her yesterday and she invited herself to come over Monday to stay over and "help" me, I want to do this myself without a social evening about it (her husband will come and that means dinner and drinks). She also told me they were going to the associates house to watch fireworks last evening. That's fine, I'm glad they worked things out, it's just their relationship type, they argue, they get over it and I know that. Last evening, around 9ish I guess, the phone rang, it was the associate calling, she never calls unless it's a "situation" - she's mad at my friend, she's mad at her husband, she's mad at her son. I didn't answer the phone, I just couldn't deal with anything she might have said. I wish so badly right now I wasn't doing this party .. it's being ruined by this crazy situation and I don't know how to deal with it - except badly I'm afraid.

Thanks Girls for responding .. I'll give my doc a call tomorrow morning, or SteveO's if mine isn't in. He'd be totally miserable and in turn so would I. Today has been kinda bad, but still nothing like what it apparently could be. Don't think I don't take those antiviral pills right on time .. whew !

As I sit here and munch on trail mix and iced tea after a turkey and cheese sandwich and chips .. yep, I'd say I was hungry alot, I hadn't thought about it until you mentioned it .. OK, calling the pharmacy to see what they say about what's in it or if it might be reacting to something I already take. Let's fix this before I Alice Cooper somebody. *lauging* Thanks again.