grania on Nov 10 2007 | Filed under: Cancer, the body project, The Journey
I talked to my aunt this morning. Our family Matriarch. She’s 89 years old, 4’10″, and a 90 pound powerhouse of a woman. I called to tell her I have cancer. She got quiet. Then something that NEVER happens, happened. She cursed. OMG it was the funniest thing ever. She’s usually a very proper, well put together, classy [...]
grania on Nov 09 2007 | Filed under: Cancer, the body project
It’s funny what happens when someone tells you that you have cancer. That happened to me this morning. I have it. The dreaded C word. I have a very curable version of it, so other than some surgery and a 4-6 week vacation from work while my guts heal and I’ll be fine. After the [...]
grania on Nov 08 2007 | Filed under: meme
I haven’t done a meme in a while. I saw this on RedShoes and it’s one that I haven’t seen before, so here goes: Two names you go by: 1. Mom 2. Goddess J Two things you’re wearing right now: 1. brown t-shirt with a satin trimmed v-neck 2. blue cable knit button down sweater Two of your [...]
grania on Nov 07 2007 | Filed under: the body project, The Journey
Today I had this test (OW!!!) and this test (and I didn’t even get a free dinner first) and this test (piece of cake after the other 2). I have an estrogen problem. Apparently all the steroids that I took for the ruptured disk that I had earlier this year scared all my dear little progesterones [...]
grania on Nov 06 2007 | Filed under: The Journey
Christmas Music: I have mixed feelings about it. There’s a radio station in Chicago that plays Christmas music 24/7. Until this year it’s always started the day after Thanksgiving. This year they started at the beginning of November. My first reaction to that was that I’m going to be SO sick of christmas tunes by [...]
grania on Nov 05 2007 | Filed under: Geekdom
What do a group of 25-30 year olds do when the power that runs everything that their job is dependent on goes out? It’s kind of interesting to watch. I’m one of the elders on a team of “kids”. At my day job we are dependent on technology. Computers and phones, instant messanger, and e-mail. Very little [...]
grania on Nov 04 2007 | Filed under: home sweet home, Randomness
I’m writing this while I’m watching The Amazing Race. I don’t, as a rule, watch any reality TV, but I make the exception for Race. It’s not a backstabbing, dog eat dog typical reality show. It’s a journey around the planet, while figuring out how to navigate through different challenges, exotic places, and relating to a teammate [...]
grania on Nov 03 2007 | Filed under: The Journey
I did something yesterday that I haven’t done for nearly 5 years. *hanging head in shame for not going sooner* I went to the gynecologist. The last time I went to the gyno, it was a bad situation. She was mean too. There’s a whole long story there that I’ll tell sometime. Suffice it to [...]
grania on Nov 02 2007 | Filed under: home sweet home, The Journey
OK, maybe not 47, I don’t know how many labels I’ll come up with, but the point of the title is that they’re in no particular order. Today’s label is “mom”. I have been a mom for more than half of my life. I was young, late in my teens, when I had minime, but I [...]
grania on Nov 01 2007 | Filed under: The Journey
I’ve been thinking a lot about how I identify myself. All my life, it seems, it has been easy to wear a label. To hide behind something, and let it define me. This morning I was thinking about how getting divorced is easy to hide behind. In a few weeks, it will have been 2 years [...]
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