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28 June 2012

I Call a 3-Point Update 1. Got a spam email from the account of an old acquaintance whom I have not seen or talked to in 10 years.→[More:] I went through college with him and so I emailed him letting him know that he as a virus. He knows it. So in the exchange of emails, catching up, I mentioned that my daughter now has my 1960 Guild F-40 sunburst (which he heard me play for countless stoned hours), and refuses to give it back (which is OK. . she loves it and she needs to play). Dennis mentions that he as a blonde Guild (no idea what model) that is mine if I want it. Do I? What a nice gesture! And we are taking a road trip to CA in Sept and wanted to stop in Ojai anyway, so, now, doubly. Between now and then, asking the model is tacky although I am really curious. Won't though.

2. Had my prostate biopsy yesterday. Gross-out warning. . .So they put an ultrasound wand up there to survey the thing. But on this probe they snapped something like a gun sight. First they shot some novacaine around the area, but then, as the ultraround tech moved the probe around they shot 12 (count 'em) spring loaded biopsy needles here and there in the prostate, and THE DAMNED NOVACAINE HAD NOT KICKED IN! It was not a fun few minutes. Back at work this morning but just barely. The upside is that the gland looked "normal," and if there is any cancer, it is microscopic but my PSA is below 1.0 so not a sure thing but I am optimistic.

3. Yesterday at early morning volleyball, I was notifying the group that I would be a no-show due to yesterday's biopsy. They seemed to be curious about details so I told them and turned to Alison, the only female there that day, and said something like, "just feel lucky you do not have one of these things." And once that statement had left my mouth, I knew that I had stepped in it. She just smiled sweetly, and said, "Welcome to our world, honey."

post by: danf at: 13:34 | 28 comments

Hooray for a free instrument! (And a clean biopsy!)

1. It's my weekend already! I haven't done much since I got home from work at 115 except make CDs for the new solos I'm developing. I've got a lot to do before I go to a travel magick class tonight. Including making some food since I am hungry.

2. Saturday my Wicca 101 class restarts, which I'm nervous about. And then on Tuesday, there's the petitioner's moon. Or at least, I hope it will actually happen this month. It's been cancelled for the past 2 months. But yeah, I have no idea what's going to happen at it. (But that's why it's called a leap of faith.)

3. Still really want to spend money that I so don't have. I need to quit dicking around and try to sell my old dance costumes. I'm not going to wear them (they don't even fit) and there's no point in keeping them around. I'm just worried that when I post them for sale that people are going to be costume snobs and not want them. (It seems like most of the costumes for sale are the designer ones that go for over $400.) I have to put gas in the car tonight and put some money on my layaway stuff at the shop.

posted by sperose 28 June | 14:10

Well the biopsy results are not back yet but I feel OK that even if there is a malignancy, it is just starting and treatable. But hopefully there won't be.

posted by danf 28 June | 14:23

1. The end of June approaches and the warmest day so far in Seattle has been the mid-70s. Totally loving that.

2. I seem to have dragged myself out of a 6-week long depressive slump that appears to correlate with my decision to cut back on breakfast calories. I am back to eating large breakfasts and the lethargy is lifting.

3. I will end this month with a net gain in my savings account balance, the first in years.

posted by Ardiril 28 June | 14:33

I'm sending good thoughts, danf, to go with the excellent good thoughts you're already reporting!

1. My motto this week is "Let's actually do that." Instead of sitting around thinking "Yeah, that would be good to do," when I think of something To Do, I --- are you ready for this? --- ACTUALLY DO IT. Things I have Actually Done (or booked for the weekend) so far this week: several loads of overdue laundry, made 14 pairs of earrrings, some personal paperwork, lots of physical therapy and other exercise, general tidying, a talk with the landlord, an appointment with the cable company, solved a word-processing style problem, booked a much-needed haircut, have a lunch date with Mom, and three dinners with friends.

2. Right now I'm operating on ~4 hours sleep on top of a two-week sleep deficit (for a variety of unrelated reasons). Not ideal. But I get to take a nap later; The Fella, who is similarly sleep-deprived, has to be cheerful during a nine-hour night shift at work. I am the lucky one.

3. Big family visits start next week! My brother's family will be arriving from Bulgaria, then in August my sister's family will come from Montana. I can't wait to see everyone!

posted by Elsa 28 June | 14:46

1. I'm going to the pool on Saturday! Never been to an NYC public pool or the Bronx, and Saturday I will do both. And the beach on Sunday! We were going to take the ferry but friends we had over for dinner last night just happen to be going in their car! Yahoo! Hope my swimsuit situation is workable....really not wanting to buy a maternity swimsuit this late in the game.

2. Welcome to our world indeed, danf. Wait until a doctor reaches in to poke your cervix with her hand!

3. I think I'm going to get a new iPod Touch. I want one with a camera so I can do lots of pics & videos of the new beebee. And then Stynx can have my old one, since his iPod is about to die.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 28 June | 15:00

Ardiril: #3 sounds awesome! I applaud you (and everyone else) who has gained a little bit of financial stability, because every little bit of encouragement helps.

1. In celebration of today's SCOTUS decision regarding the health care reform act, I ate fried chicken from KFC today.

2. However, I will also go see a doctor either tomorrow or next week regarding my hypertension!

3. Cooking at home is awesome. I never want to take another job which will take me away from this.

posted by TrishaLynn 28 June | 15:20

1. Running out of money and kind of limping along until payday next week. On the plus side, that means I'm eating up the stuff that's been in my pantry and fridge for too long (nothing that spoils, don't worry).

2. I need to weed the flower beds but every time I go out to do it it's raining. The few things I put in for vegetables aren't enjoying all the rain; they're just sitting there with their arms crossed refusing to grow. Or maybe it's just my usual bad luck with growing vegetables.

3. I have been feeling crabby ever since Sunday.

posted by JanetLand 28 June | 15:22

1. I am in Paris.

2. Fuck, yeah, Paris.

3. Did I mention that I'm in Paris? 'Cos I am.

posted by Senyar 28 June | 16:18

Pah. That's nothing. I'm in Montpellier. The Mediterranée. 30 C. Lovely wine. The beach.

posted by jouke 28 June | 17:52

[falls over dead with envy]

posted by JanetLand 28 June | 18:19

1. Senyar is in Paris, jouke is in the Medi.

2. Daaaaaamn!

3. Ah-huh.

(Have a kick-ass time!)

posted by MonkeyButter 28 June | 18:23

1. Last day in this job today, along with most of my staff :-(
2. But we all move to new jobs in a new agency on Monday :-)
3. Partner phoned me furious at me because she ran into the garage door????

posted by dg 28 June | 18:35

"Partner phoned me furious at me because she ..." - Been there, too many times.

posted by Ardiril 28 June | 19:13

1. I want to put my fist through work.
2. I'm also somewhat frustrated by my inability to focus more on improv/performing.
3. The third frustrating thing is waiting for my new health insurance to kick in so I can finally get treated for my sleep apnea.

Also frustrating is being far away from my sweetheart for extended periods of time, but that's not new.

posted by Eideteker 28 June | 20:35

I passed someone in a center left turn lane (outer solid, inner dotted on both sides)near Petoskey MI last night and a cop pulled me over.

Had to give him $47 in bills I had in order to keep my license "as a court bond" (Supposed to be 50, but he refused to take coins.

The good thing is that he didn't charge me for not being able to produce my receipt from Hertz proving I'd bought their insurance.

posted by brujita 28 June | 21:38

1. Five day weekend coming up with my birthday included! I'm so sick of my job that this break is super needed.

2. I'm in charge of the QA testing effort for the upcoming new release of our product. That's the good part. The bad part is that the product is not in great shape and I'm going to be the constant bearer of bad news for the next two months. It's going to be ugly.

3. The freaking Kenny Chesney concert is at the stadium in our neighborhood on Saturday so the whole place is going to be full of faux-rednecks drunk-driving SUVs. The show starts at four and they usually start tailgating for these things at 8 in the morning or so.

posted by octothorpe 28 June | 21:39

QA testing *shudder* That's like the 5th level of hell for me :)

1. My power came back Tuesday night after 30 or so hours. Which means I had the joy of tossing most the stuff in the fridge & freezer due to my not so great fridge. So I brought a new fridge but it won't be delivered until 7/11. Interesting the delivery company called me yesterday evening to say it would be delivered today and then I got a call from Lowe's this morning that essentially said the delivery company was smoking crack because they didn't have it in stock and it'd arrive 7/11 (which is the date the website gave when I ordered it).

2. Today and tomorrow are filled with chicken cooking and freezing because I was not going to toss out thawing chicken. I baked the chicken legs and prepped crockpot curry chicken tonight. Tomorrow I will cook curry chicken, roast a chicken & potatoes for dinner, and try out a crockpot chicken taco recipe some online friends love. I will be very tired of chicken after the next 6 or so weeks.

3. After running errands with a friend who had foot surgery, I came home and tided. A friend is visiting this weekend so I figure I should make a stab at having a sorta clean house. We are taking a day trip to the Green Valley Book Fair Saturday.

posted by bluesapphires 28 June | 22:08

friends we had over for dinner last night just happen to be going in their car! Yahoo!

Just LEAVE EARLY. I was a big fan of the ferry plan because it lets you avoid the worst of the traffic. Let me not overstate the TRAFFIC. Leave early, early,early in the morning. It's ridiculous how this particular beach gets backed up; I once went to go there with my folks, maybe 5 years ago. They live 4 miles away from the beach. It took us an hour and 45 minutes. LEAVE EARLY!

1, 2, 3: sure, fine, job, summer.

posted by Miko 28 June | 22:50

I have spent enough movie to make two independent films on the behalf of a child who throws money at everything to fill the unfillable inside them. And she still doesn't get it. She's in the hospital for a stretch and I can finally get something done.

John's silver and co2 openers have been stolen, just like countless number of mine thinks. He is saving me a spot to survive the planet. He is my most powerful ally right now and we've just met. Navy seal, count, cal tech alum,-- whenever I think of something, it happens. I studied Cotard's, met a guy with Cotard's. Oh, how I could go on. Life is an oddity.

Music may be keeping me alive. Busking tomorrow. Need to learn Kimbra. Can't do Gotye for 10 years if ever.

Talking to novices now.

posted by ethylene 29 June | 07:08

Leaving early is the plan, though we're not going to Sandy Hook anymore- friends are going out to a beach in Long Island instead. We'll have to save the ferry for another day! Stynx was worried anyway I would go into labor on the boat, which I doubted would happen, though I suppose anything is possible.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 June | 07:18

Oh, I see. On the other hand, with only a 45-minute ride you probably wouldn't be able to get too far along...but if you delivered on the boat, hey, you'd make the news! And those guys are EMTs. But I can understand why you would prefer not to. Hope you have a great beach day.

posted by Miko 29 June | 07:42

I will NOT be one of those women giving birth on public transit! I hate those stories. Woman gave birth on the J train just two days ago. No no no no no no.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 June | 08:18

TPS, I'd advise the L train. Those cars seem a bit more hygenic. Maybe you can just get on the L, and ride back and forth and just WAIT.

posted by danf 29 June | 08:34

If you gave birth at the beach, the sand would soak up all the blood n stuff, Colosseum-style, which could be cool.

1. Feeling sniffley since returning from Iceland. Today we are moving offices so I packed yesterday and am working from home.
2. Vacation was great! When's the next one?
3. My bunny has a stomach ache and he spent the night with his butt pressed up against my arm for comfort, which was really cute.

posted by rmless2 29 June | 09:19

TPS, you are very brave and tougher than me! I don't plan to venture more than an hour from the hospital when I'm as far along as you are, and definitely not to the beach! I don't think I'm going to the beach for the rest of the summer, and my in-laws have a shore house we frequent. Just too hot and too hard to walk on the sand. Plus I can never seem to get my bladder to let me pee in the ocean, which is a problem with few public restrooms and a frequent need to pee.

1. Our house has only been on the market for about 11 days and we got an offer! And it's a decent one and not a lowball! We are going to counter and see what happens.

2. My workload has finally been decreased to a manageable level for the first time in years! I may not start job-hunting after all.

3. TGIF!

posted by amro 29 June | 09:37

So glad the news thus far is good, danf. Thinking of you.

Have fun in the sun, intrepid mom to be TPS!!

My update:

1. Involved in an extraordinary trial which had extraordinary, unforeseen developments this week. Very glad today is not a trial day and the dust can settle a bit.

2. I too am enjoying the air conditioned Seattle weather. Trying to figure out if it will rain per usual or not on the 4th, and what to do given that we have both a guest from the UK we want to take to an all-American experience, and a dog that hates fireworks with all his brave doggy soul.

3. Nothing at all scheduled this weekend but fun with the guest. Doesn't that sound lovely!

posted by bearwife 29 June | 12:15

1. Y'all are making me tired.
2. I'm gonna have a nap.
3. There is no 3.

posted by deborah 29 June | 17:06

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