HAHA! I love being retired!
What day is this?
There's not much to report this week.
My blood work looks okay, and no one called me from the oncology clinic to talk about it, so I will start my second cycle of the new chemo this coming Wednesday.
The only change is that I got a call from the clinic when I submitted my refill request (this was BEFORE my blood draw), and my Dr changed her mind regarding the lower dosage, so my next cycle will be at the full dose.
Today, it's chilly and blustery outside, so I am seasoning cast iron, which STINKS, but needs to be done during cold weather, since the oven goes up to 500 degrees for a while.
(If I had a fancy gas grill outside, I could do it in that, but we don't have one of those.)
We went to a couple of bigger, trendy grocery stores (think Whole Paycheck) this past week, hoping to find something different for my Yule/Solstice dinner, but we ended up with cornish hens again.
I am hoping the weather will cooperate, and I can roast them in the fire pit again, like last year.
My brother gifted me a little pre-cooked Virginia ham, so we are set for Christmas Eve's main course, too.
I am jealous of my friends and family in Chicagoland, where they are having a real winter.... I know it's not everyone's favorite, but I sure miss it.
I do NOT miss living in that condo, though, with the big, open parking lot, where my car would be plowed into its spot (I had to keep a shovel in the back), or when the car doors would freeze, or my tires would get stuck in re-frozen snow melt that was 3 or 4 inches deep.
Good times! Especially when I would call work, and the woman in charge of personnel (we didn't have an h/r department, per se...we were too small of a company) would insist that I find a way to get to work. Through a blizzard, unable to close my doors, driving a stick shift, for my ten mile commute.
(She lived a mile away from the office, in a McMansion, with a heated garage, and a giant Range Rover SUV.....and had NO empathy what so ever for we lowly wage workers.)
I am SO GRATEFUL to never have to worry about working in a toxic environment ever again.... I had MORE than enough of that, for 90% of my working life.
Anyway, even in winter, I would go to the forest preserves and go hiking on Sundays. It was my church, and I sure do miss that. I miss snow, and cold, and get SO excited when we get some here in OKC.
I'm hoping to get myself motivated to do my holiday cards this coming week, and have asked Dave to get out one of the bins (where I keep decorations) out of the shed for me. That will hopefully happen when the weather warms up a bit this coming week.
There's no other news to report. I hope my gentle readers have a good week!
