So this morning, I decided that this cancer thing may be the best thing that ever happened to me. Don’t have to fix my hair, new opportunities, seeing God work in people’s lives. And I don’t HAVE to go anywhere? Being on the roads on a holiday is scary. Plus we have FIVE sides of the family. Do you have any idea the pressure in that? So this morning was so calming.During the diaper change I told Evalyn about our ancestor William Bradford that came over on the mayflower and how he was the governor of Plymouth and he had helped make a treaty with the Native Americans. Here is a website that has some info on it from his journal. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1650bradford.html. She laughed as a talked and I told her that I couldn’t tell her what we eventually did the the native Americans, it was too sad for little girls. I made coffee to wake myself up and Jonathan and I fed Evalyn her first food… bananna’s. She seemed to like it! There is a video up of her first bite. We played with her and then took a nap…. It was so nice. God I love my temperpedic mattress. When we got up we did “Skype” with my family in Cartersville… pretty cool. Daniel is getting pretty hairy. Yea, I thought no shave November was something my brother made up, I didn’t realize it was a phenomenon, I can see all these wives are shaking their heads.
** The WARREN’s” We had a small Thanksgiving five doors down at my Granny and Poppa’s. My Aunt Judy came up but my uncle mike had to doctor people that try to kill each other over who is going to say the blessing. True story. We ordered Fatz Café and Pop and Judy made a few special “Warren” dishes. With a baby, even going five doors down can be hectic if you are planning to stay for a while. Evalyn had the nastiest BM I have seen in 3. 5 weeks, Tuffy (grandparents dog) peed on the bed, and the camera was missing. I’m not fond of stuffing myself and then laying around in pain like a beached whale. It grosses me out. But I was starving. I guess knowing that I’m going to be in hospital for five days next week, feeling like who know what, I want to EAT something good while it taste good. Right before we ate, someone realized we didn’t have cranberry sauce and poppa was going toward the door…. Judy was going to jump in front of him, I briefly thought about tripping him, but he was just going to check the reserve can goods. I said that if I was alive today… we can do without anything else. Everyone agreed. Judy also brought my favorite squash casserole. She has a the recipe on a napkin that she used during an ER work day. Plus we had chocolate cake and a ham cooked just for us! Thanks Amy Tate!
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| Aunt Judy and Evalyn |
After we ate this wonderful food, Judy said she wanted me to open the present that Mike got for me. I don’t buy my uncle Mike presents unless I find something good… and I have a couple of times…. I like to think he returns the favor ;) Background: The day that my mom shaved my head was also the day that I need blood and I was a little grouchy because I felt horrible. It could have said, “ I won the lotto” and it would have sounded pissy even if I was happy about it. Sweet Judy was feeling bad for me losing my hair and wanted to know if she should come up there and we could have a ceremony. I said “I have hats.” No doubt in a crabby tone. She thought she had hurt my feelings but I wasn’t concerned with shaving my head… I just wanted oxygen to my brain. So Mike told Judy there there was one hat that I didn’t have……
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| This hat! |
Believe it or not, I needed this in the worst way. Mr. Jim takes off the scratched windshield of his pretty fast golf cart in the summer. Riding in the middle of the woods at top speeds, looking for the next Heron nest or whatever we are into, can be very dangerous. These goggles and leather fly cap may save an eye or keep me from getting a nasty scar on my bald head from a limb. Plus, now I have my Halloween costume for next year!! What a great gift. I love my uncle Mike and think that his sense of humor is far above what most people can handle. I wanted to call him so bad, but he works at the ER and was saving someones life, no doubt.
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| My Poppa and Me |
We were able to see some neighbors at the “orphan thankgiving party” and then Evalyn and Jonathan went to Monroe for a little bit to see the Cape family. My immune system is very familiar with my grandparents house so I don‘t have to wear a mask there… I couldn’t push it by going around more people and then having to wear a mask the whole time, no thank you. I did miss seeing everyone and sweet aunt Luanne sent a special treat home that she knows I like! I really missed bugging Jonathan’s little brother, Spencer. I could have gotten you good today J I enjoyed the solitude and recorded a song that I wrote years back . I hope that it will cheer someone up! I wrote this song in college after going through a break up and other stuff early adult drama and realizing that the sky isn’t falling down and I’m was going to be fine. I used to sing it a lot to my sister and step daughters . I also created about 5 more playlists on iTunes to get me though next week. I’m going to be blasting some Cake and Beck! A sweet treat today is that my step-daughter Corynne called me and I was able to talk to all three of the Gamboa Girls. Hopefully , I will be able to see them before I go back in the hospital. Corynne discussed washing fine China and the food baby, Rileigh said that when it was her turn to say what she was thankful for, she said that she was thankful that I was still here, awwwww. Shannon is going to work on an art project to donate to the 6E floor… should be fly.
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| My sweet girls... when they were just girls. |
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