The Last 30 Days: My Health

So, I get this stomach ache. Not just a regular tummy ache, but different. Little spasms. Went to bed with no dinner only to not be able to sleep from the pain. Called my surgeon in the morning and he sends me to the hospital to get some tests done. Did the catscan thing. Swallowed 32 ounces of that thick white stuff, got more of it up my butt and iodine through my veins. The radiology doc comes to talk to me afterward and tells me that there is something going on with my liver and lungs and wants to do another scan, this time of my whole chest. More iodine in my veins. How much of that stuff is safe to have? Another scan done.
What about my tummy?? Ahh, there seems to be a distention of the area just past my stomach in the duodenum/jujunum area. Could be afrom a blockage. And?? "Your doc will talk to you". So I get a bit concerned. I am supposed to go to Spain in 2 weeks. I am moving, I am buying my house (see above posts). Doc Crooms calls me and tells me I can go home, drink clear liquids and call him if it gets worse. Well the stuff up my butt wants out. So off to the bathroom I went, I evacuated (hehe I love that term) and the spasms disappear. OK, that's good. The achy part is still there, so I drink clear liquids and soups for the next 4 days. Thank you Alina for the yummy soups. But I want to know the results of the second scan. What about my lungs and liver? After repeated calls to his office, and getting no calls back, my oncologist calls me and tells me he received the results of the scans and thinks it should be ok. Just does not sound that great to me. Well, I have a visit with him anyway in 4 days, so I will have my list of questions then.
Yeah, so I see him (that was 4 days ago, btw), and he read some of the report to me and it just did not sound like it was a clear result. I wanted to hear "it's nothing". But instead he said we should repeat it in 3 months. Ok, it's not bad, but it does not sound like I am out of the woods either. SO I will see him in November.
I am visualizing very clear lungs and a very clean liver. Would you do it for me too? Thank You

The Last 30 Days: Home

Mariano and I went to mediation on July 11. We got divorced April 11 and had an order drawn at that time. At mediation it went significantly different. I pay my attorney 250 an hour. He pays his attorney 250 an hour. We pay a third attorney, who does the mediation, 250 an hour. We started at 8 am and finished at 6:15 pm. Do the math.
I lost all my back child support. He had not paid one penny of support since 2003. My child support which its amount was decided in April got cut in half. The house which we had agreed prior to this day that we would split the profits 50/50 went way wrong. Instead of 75K, I pay him 95K. So financially, I got shat on. But, as my attorney reminded me... you have your house, your family and your dignity. He has nothing but money. OK, yeah I can dig that. It's just that...
He has no obligations! Ethically he does, but he does not see it that way. There are too numerous financial obligations to mention. He feels none are his. Ethically, he should.
So I refinanced the house with the bank and got a little extra so I could not just buy him out and get the house back, but also to buy a little condo apartment that I can then rent out. Well, I am "renting" it out to one of my boys. Intermission...
OK, I'm back. Got me some French bread with Danish butter and a glass of German wine, Spatlese. The world is awesome. Hmm American chocolate...
So all this banking took some work. And some ass kicking!
Gave my landlord notice that I would move out by August 10th. Now, Mariano gets to stay in the house until I get back from Spain in October. I don't leave until the 15th of August. I did a mad dash to move everything out. It is now stored in my house which I cannot live in yet. So basically I am homeless for 5 days. I am staying at my son's house for now.
Let's see what else...
Moved Leon out of FSU and now have his stuff in storage. I drove him to Jacksonville a few days ago so he could visit my brother in St Croix. You do know that we in Tally drive all the way to Jacksonville because the flights are significantly lower from there, yes? It was a nice drive. In the middle of my move. He is having a very nice time with my bro.
Oh yeah, and my son Kristopher and his girl split up. She kicked him out, basically, and I took him in. So we moved him into my house (the one I just moved out of) and of course 2 weeks later we moved him out as well since it was my moving day. He is now staying at his sister Layla's house. Until I get back from Spain, at which time he will live with me at my house. And we will do th emove all over again.
Enough? Let's see, what else. Oh yeah... I have my regular life too. I go to work, I am on call, etc

The Last 30 Days : Las Vegas

So New York got me all excited with its shows. But, I would like to see a Cirque de Soleil. Seen enough of them on TV... how about a real one? Yeah there's one in Orlando. Go online and see? There are 4 of them in Las Vegas!! 4! I always wanted to go to Las Vegas! Check flights, work out the time off at the Cottage... ready! But, alone? Hmm. So I call Layla... "Hey Layla, want to go to Las Vegas?" Hell yeah, went her end of the phone. Wow, I have not done a real vacation with my 2 oldest kids. So I call Kristopher... "Hey Kristopher, want to go to Las Vegas? Sure, went his end of the phone. So, reservations made, time off arranged.... perfect!
OK, you saw the last post where I said I want to cram as much in. I might never go back there again!
Checked into the Luxor. We are in Egypt. How neat is that hotel.
First night we decided to do one of Vegas' famous buffets. Where do they get all this food??? Awesome. A little pricey but what the hell... we're on vacation. And I thought Vegas gave away food and drinks ( I meant that supposedly it is very cheap, since they are getting your gambling money). Oh well.
Yeah did a little gambling. I must say the slot machines are boring as hell. They have taken the fun out of them by making them computerized. I like the activity of putting in a quarter, pulling the handle, waiting for the results and hearing the quarters coming out of the bottom and putting them back into your little bucket... much more interactive. Now you put in a paper ticket or bill and use your one finger to click the button. Watch people's faces... they look so bored.
Walked to another hotel. Saw the Shark Reef. Pool with wave action.
Layla and I went to the Hoover Dam. Took a picture of the temperature reading of our car... yeah 115 degrees. The water is way down. They too are having a very big dry spell. Toured the whole thing.
Went clubbing. Well, they did, I just went for the first part. An 80s band playing great music. Layla and Kristopher danced away. People getting nutty... I loved it.
Went to the pool. I had to buy a bathing suit for the occasion (all 1 hour of it) The place is too damn hot!
Walked through other hotels so we can see their themes... the castle one (they have a knights and horses battle show), the pirate one (they have girly pirates doing some swashbuckling, titty swinging stuff), the Volcano (fake of course, but still fun), the dancing waters (to music, very nice).
AND... I got to see my Cirque de Soleil show. The Beatles' LOVE show. OK, so I cannot describe it because it was very trippy. It's one of those where you say "You just had to be there". Worth the flight, the hotel and the price of admission. What a wonderful show. The music, the acrobatics, the costumes, the trinkets, the sheets that went over the whole audience, the colors, etc It was a trip! So thankful that I got to see that one. We had incredible seats, too.
The kids did not want to go with me, so I decided to go alone to Zion National Park. Drove the 2 plus hours just to be in touch with the natural beauty of that area of Utah.. I had been there 25 years ago and wanted to see it again. There it was...just how I left it. I got to hike a little in one of the canyons.
We did some touristy shopping and came home.
About that never going back thing? In those 5 days we managed to see only one side of the strip. Never touched a hotel across the street. There is the Venice one, the Paris one....

The Last 30 Days : New York

I have been a busy girl..
Went to New York with Betsy. (thank you Betsy!) Did the whole tourist thing there. Crammed as much as I could figuring I would never return there, since I want to see the whole world.
-Museum of Modern Art (so I am not a big modern art fan)
-Harbor Cruise at sunset (saw Manhattan Island from a boat and the Statue of Liberty, too)
-the Guggenheim Museum (I like the architecture better than the art)
-Central Park (didn't see enough of it)
-5th Avenue, 42nd Avenue, Broadway (I like city life....so much happening...so many people to see - did some shopping in those posh stores)
-the Italian restaurant (with the mafia guy and his bodyguards)
-Norah Jones at the Good Morning America show (she is so cute and little)
-of course LIVE EARTH (the lineup: BonJovi, Alicia Keyes, AFI, Dave Matthews Band, Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, the Police, Roger Waters, Melissa Etheridge, Smashing Pumpkins, KT Tunstall, Ludacris, John Mayer, Fallout Boy, Akon, Keith Urban, Taking Back Sunday , and a bunch of famous movie people, and also Al Gore)
-up the Empire State Building (which was our back door neighbor at our hotel)
-The Lion King on broadway (opening scene got me crying - incredible work... a must see)
-the Color Purple on Broadway (yes I cried... alot! Very powerful and well done musical; I got a picture with Fantasia!)
-saw Ground Zero (nothing there but machines and alot of dirt, I was hoping to see a memorial or something more meaningful than a chin link fence with some dried up flowers hanging from it)
-walked through Soho (very nice area), walked through Greenwich Village (yes, I went into a head shop)
-and saw my frined from Gainesville, Jana (hung out on the rooftop of the flat where she was staying).
So we got bumped from our flight and was given a voucher for a future flight. PHEW!! that was all in 5 days!
So, remember when I said I crammed it in since I would probably never return there? Well, now I got second thoughts.... I just did not see enough. New York is incredible! So many more places to see... and of course those Broadway shows are still there.... Phantom, Miss Saigon, Chicago, Les Miserables....Christmas in New York would be nice.
OH!! I know the subway system real well now... let's go!!

More things have finished

Went to court today and I am now officially single again. Marriage is ended.

Finished with My Sweet Nectar

So I walked into the chemo room for the last time yesterday morning. Was not feeling particularly excited, just somewhat curious. I know my cancer cell treatment is finished, but there is more ahead. Blood testing next week, visit the surgeon in May for a follow-up (of what I don't know...last month all he did was look at one of my incisions and asked how I was doing and left - 5 minutes and 100 dollars! But that's nothing to me now.... he saved my life), then see the oncologist in June for more tests. When I come back from Spain, we will do more tests, ie cat scan and colonoscopy and more blood tests. THEN, if all is normal I will feel more complete. Then it will be yearly checkups. Looking forward to that!! Maybe in NOvember when all comes back as normal I will feel more finished. But for now, HOORAY!! I am done with chemo. I can start focusing more on my walk in Spain, my divorce, my son Leon's college admission and my paperwork (I have a mountain or 3 of papers to deal with). Maybe I will be moving out of my house as well. The divorce will tell. So yeah, my plate is still pretty full. But I tend to thrive on being full.
SO, I am ready to leave the chemo room after my nurse unhooked me and she told me to wait a sec, for my thing. (my thing?) She comes back with a camera and a tiara, puts it on me and takes my picture SMILE!! Which I did, big time.
The other people receiving chemo all congratulated me and I told them good luck, and that their's is coming as well (and yet I know for some of them it will be a routine until they die). Carrie, my nurse gives me a little certificate, like the one teachers give to a kindergartener, with little yellow stars and a big smiley star. Hehe, how cute. I asked after she took my pic what they do with the boys, and she said, "We put the tiara on them too."

Little that you knew...

Look what I found!! Yes,'twas 1980.... anniversary of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Several stars from the movie were there. Big, fun costume party, and I decided to go. I was between relationships and no partner of mine was going to tell me not to go out dressed like that!! My friends Jeanie and Steve, who are very daring, and I went and we were hits! Anyway... just thought you might want to know another side of your little community midwife. Tee-hee. I wonder what else I will find.

If we didn't laugh we would all go insane

Oh what fun to attend Jimmy Buffet's concert! I decided to get tickets on a whim. Layla and Kevin wanted to go so I did too. I bought two tickets and looked for a date, within my family, and my son Salvador went with me. I bought him a tropical shirt earlier today at the mall and I got one too. Layla and Kevin got dressed up and also bought some trinkets to wear.




Layla and I played with our noses

Then off ot the concert. I think what makes his concerts fun is not just him....although he is so in touch with his audience and has fun playing with his group...it's the people that attend the concerts. What fun it is to see so many people dressed up with all kinds of props... parrot hats, hawaiian hula grass skirts, leis, etc. Then it is the singing along with the band and the dancing to the music that makes it even more fun. Another cool thing is the ages of the people were varied... JImmy has been singing for 40 years,yet there were mature adults, like me and young teenagers who knew all the words to most songs!!
Layla caught the first Buffet shirt that was thrown out to the audience... that was cool. So I danced, drank a Margarita, sang the few words I knew and just enjoyed myself alot!! That's the way uh-huh uh-huh I like it... uh-huh!

Shiloh got Stoned

Tauntee Speaks

mermaidxrose:
ingafinch@hotmail.com: hey my dear
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i havent called you
ingafinch@hotmail.com: have you missed me
ingafinch@hotmail.com: ??
ingafinch@hotmail.com: um well, maybe you are mad?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: ignoring me but taaunting me that you are online and not talking to me
ingafinch@hotmail.com: or, you wrote me a small message and then fell off the bed and cant get up
ingafinch@hotmail.com: or........ you have run to get water because you know what my next question was
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ingafinch@hotmail.com: i know!
ingafinch@hotmail.com: you are writing me a poem
ingafinch@hotmail.com: and you are concentrating very hard
ingafinch@hotmail.com: and cannot multitask and chat with me at the same time
ingafinch@hotmail.com: or you remembered that i am in atlanta and you are drivingv here as i speak to hang out
ingafinch@hotmail.com: oh but what it really is....
ingafinch@hotmail.com: you had to go potty and you have developed ADD and you got distracted by the mold growing on the tub
ingafinch@hotmail.com: so after doing your business
ingafinch@hotmail.com: you started scrubbing
ingafinch@hotmail.com: and worked up an appetite and had togo get some food
ingafinch@hotmail.com: but now you're all full and fat and needing to take a nap
ingafinch@hotmail.com: and just tooooo tired to chat
ingafinch@hotmail.com: ok
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i'm done

Hair, Hair everywhere

Every once in a while I wonder if receiving my sweet nectar is going to make my hair fall out. I say, "I got so much, it probably won't show". Or, "I don't think I am losing any more than normal". But, every once in a while I put that brush through it and think it has maybe 10 to 20 more strands than I normally lose.
This morning, my brush looked quite full. Then I showered, washed my hair and rinsed it. As I rinsed, I could feel a sensation of something smooth crawling down my spine (on the outside) and I turned around just in time to see a large group of hairs going down the drain. So I tried to catch the rest and flung those at the shower wall so they would stick. I did not want my drain to clog up! I looked at that wall and thought that is alot of hairs. That did not count the ones that kept going down the drain and those that stuck on other parts of the shower (which I grabbed after the shower was over and added them to the other collection).
Damn! That looked like alot of hair. I did not want to put the brush through my scalp for fear I would "pull" out those that were meant to stay in. I let it dry naturally.
My bedroom floor carpet! OH my stars! It is covered with hair. I do not vacuum them because the brush on the vacuum would clog and that is a pain in the ass to remove. So I kneel down once a week and scrape the hairs on the carpet with my hand and put the hair into clumps. OK this is alot of hair. I look in the mirror and accept the fact that it looks thinner than it used to. I have cut it to make it shorter so it looks fuller. How much longer can I do that?

Why am I writing about this? This has been hard to accept! My hair was my crown, my glory. I had a head full of hair all my life. When I was a little girl and mom would send me to get a haircut, the hairdresser would say aloud for all in the shop to hear, "Here comes Alice... get the brooms!" I was always proud of my crowning glory, so to see it falling out a little at a time hurts. It means I am changing. Metamorphing. To?

I am finding my new glory now is my soul. My mind has spent alot of years at work, helping me grow, going through the different stages of life. Cancer has changed alot of me physically, but mostly it has affected my mind. (LOL) It went through many thoughts and new experiences with the process of getting and accepting cancer. So now in the mirror I see myself differently. Older looking? yes. Thinner hair? yes.
I do not see my physical self as much anymore... I can see through that mirror and feel my soul. That is my crowning glory!

Confessions censored, Read on..

ingafinch@hotmail.com: my sweet alice?
mermaidxrose: c'est moi!!
mermaidxrose: la meme personne
ingafinch@hotmail.com: how are you
ingafinch@hotmail.com: we looked for you saturday nite
mermaidxrose: je suis bien, merci, et vous?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i'm well
ingafinch@hotmail.com: thank you
mermaidxrose: ahh j'ai avec Owen et Noah
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mermaidxrose: je suis "babysitting"
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mermaidxrose: yes i did
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ingafinch@hotmail.com: omw?
mermaidxrose: on my way
mermaidxrose: hush!!
mermaidxrose: I'm reading!!
ingafinch@hotmail.com: haha
mermaidxrose: cute
mermaidxrose: you could have come to my house and gotten one of my exercise videos
mermaidxrose: i have about a hundred to choose from
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i should have
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i pretty much blew 20 bucks
mermaidxrose: lol
mermaidxrose: I won't admit how much I have spent on shelf decorations
ingafinch@hotmail.com: shelf decor ahahhahah
mermaidxrose: makes my video section look full
ingafinch@hotmail.com: HAHAHA
ingafinch@hotmail.com: LOLOOLOL
mermaidxrose: until you get up close and read the titles
mermaidxrose: then you say, "Aha, impulse buying, is it?"
ingafinch@hotmail.com: haha
mermaidxrose: and I say, sheepishly, "yeah"
ingafinch@hotmail.com: ahhahah
mermaidxrose: and you say, "I understand"
mermaidxrose: "I just did it myself, blew 20 bucks!!"
ingafinch@hotmail.com: any good ones?
mermaidxrose: good what?
mermaidxrose: ones of what?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: good videos hello?
mermaidxrose: ohhhhhhhhhhhhh
ingafinch@hotmail.com: lol
mermaidxrose: exercise?
mermaidxrose: yeah the best
mermaidxrose: I got them all
ingafinch@hotmail.com: right now i am weepy sad!
mermaidxrose: why
mermaidxrose: pray tell
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i started my period and it kicks my ass
mermaidxrose: i want chocolate
ingafinch@hotmail.com: ME TOOOOOOOOO
mermaidxrose: ohhh
mermaidxrose: i got some
mermaidxrose: in the car
ingafinch@hotmail.com: CHOCOLATE GOD!
mermaidxrose: but i don't want to go out
ingafinch@hotmail.com: ahhahha
ingafinch@hotmail.com: lazy
ingafinch@hotmail.com: lazy'
mermaidxrose: in bed in my PJs
ingafinch@hotmail.com: lazy
mermaidxrose: ohhh
mermaidxrose: i got some here
mermaidxrose: why I had forgotten
ingafinch@hotmail.com: bragger
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mermaidxrose: ohhh
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mermaidxrose: I have shitloads
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ingafinch@hotmail.com: u
mermaidxrose: I have so much I my cup runneth over
ingafinch@hotmail.com: t
ingafinch@hotmail.com: u
ingafinch@hotmail.com: p
mermaidxrose: lol
ingafinch@hotmail.com: LOL
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i had a blueberry beer tonight
mermaidxrose: what does that taste like???
ingafinch@hotmail.com: it was actually quite good
mermaidxrose: besides blueberries
ingafinch@hotmail.com: it tasted exactly like...
mermaidxrose: never heard of it
ingafinch@hotmail.com: beer and bluberries all mixed up
ingafinch@hotmail.com: for real
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i was surprised
mermaidxrose: so I can get a pint of blueberries...
ingafinch@hotmail.com: ye
mermaidxrose: ... a can of beer...
ingafinch@hotmail.com: yep
mermaidxrose: put them in my blender and give it a whirl?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: do it
mermaidxrose: can you imagine the mess?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: do it! yes!
mermaidxrose: the froth
ingafinch@hotmail.com: eck
ingafinch@hotmail.com: yes
mermaidxrose: talk about my cup runneth over
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ingafinch@hotmail.com: you're
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mermaidxrose: hilarious
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i know
mermaidxrose: hehehe
mermaidxrose: hy looks like the hyena word
ingafinch@hotmail.com: yeh
mermaidxrose: how come i cannot share pics or files here with you?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i have the old version of IM
mermaidxrose: oh yeah
mermaidxrose: go update
ingafinch@hotmail.com: and every time i think of updating it's late and i dont want to deal with it
mermaidxrose: it's quick actually
mermaidxrose: I did it
ingafinch@hotmail.com: well i am actually going to bed
ingafinch@hotmail.com: my back hurts
mermaidxrose: leave the puter on with the updating
ingafinch@hotmail.com: WOW
mermaidxrose: wow what?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: listen to me complain
ingafinch@hotmail.com: geez
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ingafinch@hotmail.com: i know
ingafinch@hotmail.com: my monthly bitch fest
mermaidxrose: well I don't blame you
mermaidxrose: if it hurts it hurts
mermaidxrose: lol
mermaidxrose: bitch fest
mermaidxrose: I like that
ingafinch@hotmail.com: how are YOU?
mermaidxrose: I am fine thank you for asking
ingafinch@hotmail.com: feeling good?
mermaidxrose: just don't ask me how much water i had today
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i've been a slacker
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i need to start calling you more
mermaidxrose: actually yes... I am doing much better now that the bellyaching and the diarrhea is gone
ingafinch@hotmail.com: YAY
mermaidxrose: that was not nice
ingafinch@hotmail.com: are your veins normal yet?
mermaidxrose: nope
mermaidxrose: although maybe not as dark?
mermaidxrose: not sure
ingafinch@hotmail.com: hm
mermaidxrose: sometimes they look dark then they look lighter
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i need to send you copies of the pics we took of your hands, your veins
mermaidxrose: ok
ingafinch@hotmail.com: not now
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i must sleep
mermaidxrose: why not?
mermaidxrose: ohhh
mermaidxrose: yeah sleep
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i wish i had arden to sleep with me
mermaidxrose: i should too
mermaidxrose: where is she?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: out of freakin town
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i like sleeping with arden
ingafinch@hotmail.com: esp when i feel blue
mermaidxrose: what version of IM do you have?
mermaidxrose: yeah I understand
ingafinch@hotmail.com: ??
ingafinch@hotmail.com: no se
mermaidxrose: many a nights I too lay here and I get a little bit lonely
mermaidxrose: then I go to sleep
ingafinch@hotmail.com: ahha
mermaidxrose: all forgotten
ingafinch@hotmail.com: yes
mermaidxrose: go to help, up above
ingafinch@hotmail.com: do you cry?
mermaidxrose: no I do not
mermaidxrose: maybe a few times I have
ingafinch@hotmail.com: why not?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: oh
ingafinch@hotmail.com: me too
mermaidxrose: then go to about yahoo messenger
mermaidxrose: why do you cry?
mermaidxrose: it will tell you what version you have
ingafinch@hotmail.com: 8
mermaidxrose: ihave 8.1
mermaidxrose: so it should be able to, don't you think?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i would think
mermaidxrose: why do you cry?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: are you able to share with others?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: monthly blues and i am lonely
mermaidxrose: with my niece, yes
mermaidxrose: she is the only other person who is ever on yahoo IM
mermaidxrose: really?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: well it must be my IM then
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i will update soon
mermaidxrose: ahhh i see
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i like sex with her
mermaidxrose: and?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: she is kind
ingafinch@hotmail.com: and smart

mermaidxrose: sooooo...
mermaidxrose: I am going to spain
mermaidxrose: and walk
mermaidxrose: and hopefullly meet alot of nice people
mermaidxrose: ???
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i hope so for you
mermaidxrose: my age
ingafinch@hotmail.com: wouldn't that be a fairytale event
ingafinch@hotmail.com: how cool would that be?
mermaidxrose: my brother told me I should join the chamber of commerce and other groups that have professionals
ingafinch@hotmail.com: yes
mermaidxrose: it would be very cool
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i think that's an excellent idea
mermaidxrose: nice viking man
ingafinch@hotmail.com: if you like that kinda thing
mermaidxrose: lol
mermaidxrose: or island man
ingafinch@hotmail.com: you could write a story after your walk
ingafinch@hotmail.com: make a million
mermaidxrose: warm island.... not iceland type
ingafinch@hotmail.com: warm yes
mermaidxrose: have you ever eaten a Skor bar?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: my dog is farting
mermaidxrose: LMAO
ingafinch@hotmail.com: oh YES!
mermaidxrose: I am eating one now
mermaidxrose: I love them
ingafinch@hotmail.com: rub it in
mermaidxrose: sorry
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i'll tell you my skor story later
ingafinch@hotmail.com: for now
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i am going to sleep
mermaidxrose: no way, I hate doggy farts, they're worse than mine
mermaidxrose: stay here and tell me the skor story now
mermaidxrose: you will forget
ingafinch@hotmail.com: its not that interesting
mermaidxrose: 2 minutes
ingafinch@hotmail.com: and long to type
mermaidxrose: long long ago.....
ingafinch@hotmail.com: mom collected coupons
mermaidxrose: ahha
ingafinch@hotmail.com: and my stepdad ran a paper route
mermaidxrose: I remember I would get a kick out of using coupons
ingafinch@hotmail.com: so the "returns" were plenty
ingafinch@hotmail.com: we would get all the coupon sections out of the sunday paper for all of the papers that didnt sell
mermaidxrose: aha
ingafinch@hotmail.com: and my mom had one of those big hacksaw boards for cutting paper
mermaidxrose: nice
mermaidxrose: guillotine type
ingafinch@hotmail.com: and we would spend our evenings sorting and cutting 1000's
mermaidxrose: whack!!
ingafinch@hotmail.com: yes
ingafinch@hotmail.com: more like a scccchhhwack
mermaidxrose: "watch your fingers, little inga"
mermaidxrose: lol
ingafinch@hotmail.com: yep
mermaidxrose: that sounds just like a whack board
ingafinch@hotmail.com: so albertsons used to have double coupon wednesdays
mermaidxrose: ohhhh
mermaidxrose: I remember
ingafinch@hotmail.com: then they stopped
ingafinch@hotmail.com: my moms fault prolly
mermaidxrose: lol
ingafinch@hotmail.com: they were payin her money
mermaidxrose: lol
ingafinch@hotmail.com: FOR REAL!
ingafinch@hotmail.com: anyway she got a hold of free skor candy bar coupons
ingafinch@hotmail.com: we got a whole case
ingafinch@hotmail.com: no joke
mermaidxrose: you mean many of them
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i ate them until i puked
mermaidxrose: wow
mermaidxrose: lol
mermaidxrose: how lucky is that
ingafinch@hotmail.com: so needless to say
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i havent had one since
mermaidxrose: I have a hard time finding them anywhere but CVS
mermaidxrose: they are soooo good
mermaidxrose: and stuck to my teeth they are
mermaidxrose: my tongue is going wild trying to unstick some of it
ingafinch@hotmail.com: but i can still rememebr my teeth sliding throught the thin chocolate outer layer
mermaidxrose: yesssssssssssssss
ingafinch@hotmail.com: then crunching on that center part
ingafinch@hotmail.com: like brittle
mermaidxrose: OH, yesssssssssss, yesssssssssss
ingafinch@hotmail.com: perfect memory
mermaidxrose: you got it right
mermaidxrose: ok you can go to bed now
mermaidxrose: go to bed
ingafinch@hotmail.com: but that memory is plenty because of the case of skor candy bars
mermaidxrose: and don't forget to drink your water
ingafinch@hotmail.com: and now i have no room for other memories
mermaidxrose: a whole case
mermaidxrose: LOL
mermaidxrose: you are funny
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i cannot make new memories
mermaidxrose: memories.... from the corners of my mind
ingafinch@hotmail.com: poor me
ingafinch@hotmail.com: HAHAHAHAH
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i will post this on my blog tomorrow ithink
mermaidxrose: good night Inga
mermaidxrose: which part?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: the skor part
mermaidxrose: the skor part?
mermaidxrose: lol
mermaidxrose: ok
ingafinch@hotmail.com: or maybe the whole damn conversation
mermaidxrose: copy and paste
ingafinch@hotmail.com: oh yes
ingafinch@hotmail.com: you think
mermaidxrose: Bwaaahhahahahah
ingafinch@hotmail.com: what about all my whining?
mermaidxrose: leave that in too
ingafinch@hotmail.com: and the crying in bed part?
ingafinch@hotmail.com: um i dont know
mermaidxrose: you know if we were on the phone we would not say all these things
mermaidxrose: IMing is fun
ingafinch@hotmail.com: it's totally true!!
mermaidxrose: yeah the crying part too
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i love the IM
mermaidxrose: and the sex part
ingafinch@hotmail.com: uh huh
ingafinch@hotmail.com: OH!
mermaidxrose: lol
ingafinch@hotmail.com: OH OH OH
mermaidxrose: LOL
ingafinch@hotmail.com: i forgot that part
mermaidxrose: LOLOLOLOL
ingafinch@hotmail.com: cant do it
ingafinch@hotmail.com: oh shit {deletes it quickly}
ingafinch@hotmail.com: AHHAHAHAHHALOLOLOL
ingafinch@hotmail.com: ROFLMAO
mermaidxrose: I will post it then
ingafinch@hotmail.com: ok you post it
mermaidxrose: right now

Happy New Year 2007

So all in all 2006 was not so good. I found I had cancer. Throw that onto the rest of my big changes...why not? I can handle it. Which I have. And for that 2006 has been good. I have seen how resilient I truly am. Thankyou to all those who remind me of that.... I have had my moments. I think what was the most beautiful thing about my getting cancer is how much my community turned out to support me, help me, love me. I think I will always consider Tallahassee my community. I have moved to many different places over my life, but this is the longest I have lived anywhere...21 years so far....and I guess as a midwife I have helped build my community and they have given back, big time. I LOVE YOU ALL!!. I think 2007 is going to be grand. I have a lot to be thankful for and a lot to celebrate. This is my family.... my kids, their significant others and my grandsons.