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NJM14: Preparations in These Foolish Things
Today was a good day. I prepped. I was successful with some preparations and not very successful with others. Got up early and walked the dog and then took her on our weekly Target trek. I live...
NJM13: Chrysanthemums? in These Foolish Things
Today was a good Saturday. Good dog walk, putzing around the apartment, a little organizing and thinking about Christmas shopping, a trip to Lowe’s to get a planter and some potting soil and tha...
NJM12: The Rat Takes the Cheese in These Foolish Things
Friday night. I am in bed. It’s been a fucking week. Today I had to give a presentation to the licensing people. My boss and boss’s boss were in the meeting and we all had to give introductions ...
NJM11: 11/11 in These Foolish Things
11/11 is Singles Day in China. 1111. See all of those singles just standing there? For a while it was the day that the Chinese and I think some other countries would break the internet by purch...
NJM10: Wine Wednesday in These Foolish Things
Following the prompts again today. Wine Wednesday - Do you like wine? What’s your favorite kind - or, if you don’t, what do you like to drink (if you drink at all)? Do I like WINE?! What kind of...
NJM9: Updates on Various in These Foolish Things
Watching the Bachelorette while I tap out an Update on Various. Don’t judge. I’m multitasking! The Treehouse: Looks like I will be hosting Thanksgiving at the Treehouse this year! I’m excited ...
NJM8: Interessante Colpo di Scena in These Foolish Things
Well, here’s an interesting twist of events. I found out this morning that Maria’s friend Giorigio is coming to town from Italy and he’s bringing a friend. They will be here over the holidays a...
NJM7: What Did and Didn't Happen in These Foolish Things
It feels like days since I’ve written an entry because I wrote so early yesterday and now I’m writing late-ish today. I don’t feel like writing right now, but I will because I said I would. I go...
NJM6: Saturday Stuff in These Foolish Things
Good morning! Gotta get an entry out early because I have a good long day ahead of me. First, still working on getting my apartment together. Yes, it’s still a work in progress after moving in f...
NJM5: Prompted in These Foolish Things
I don’t even know where the prompts come from, but I’ve seen this one in others’ entries so I thought I’d give it a whirl! List five (5) interesting facts about yourself. I have never colored m...
NJM4: See the Future in the Past in These Foolish Things
And here I sit, again in the office, taking a quick break from numbers (you know how much I love numbers) to get my November 4th entry out. Over the last couple of days I’ve been looking back at ...
NJM3: So Freaking Much in These Foolish Things
Hi. Eeek! Super buried at work right now - doesn’t that always seem to be the issue? I’m nervous though, because, remember all of the entries I wrote about supply chain and making sure you sto...
NJM2: On Getting Back Into the Swing in These Foolish Things
Day 2 of getting back into the swing of normal life again. What IS normal life? Let’s start with morning. I used to love my mornings. I’ve always prided myself a morning person. Something happene...
NJM1: Here We Go* in These Foolish Things
Happy November! I went to a small gathering last night at the invitation of a friend of mine. She told me that her neighbors get together on Halloween to watch the trick or treaters. Why would ...
These Days in These Foolish Things
What do I do now that I’ve been declared cancer free? It’s a really good question. One that I’m working with a therapist on to help me tease some things out. I’m going to do NoJoMo again this ye...
#TMIFiles: The Typo in These Foolish Things
I didn’t want to leave you hanging since you sent me suuuuuch great juju notes on my last entry. Had an INSANE day yesterday - my mind was spinning with all kinds of thoughts ranging from, “I won...
Super Annoyed and a Request: in These Foolish Things
My computer at work froze up on me after I spent hours on a spreadsheet that was making me insane in the first place. I decided to metaphorically walk away and write a quick entry to make myself...
Big Updates on Various in These Foolish Things
I’m still working on my End of Chemo story. It appears I got sidetracked by life. I suppose I should update on various: Cancer: because this is the biggest thing in my life going on right now. ...
#TMIFiles: The End of Chemo, Part 2 in These Foolish Things
I need to come back and finish my End of Chemo story. I hate that it got sidetracked by my sucky experience at work, but it was all going to come to a head soon anyway. I have a lot to consider...
Quick Clarification on The Ambush in These Foolish Things
If you read my entry about my annual review at work yesterday, I have a clarification to make. Not that it makes any difference how shitty it was, but our company is working with a new automate...
Breaking: Surprise Annual Review in These Foolish Things
Late-breaking news: I just had my annual review as a surprise (!!!) meeting today. It got scheduled this afternoon and the location was my (new-ish) boss’s boss’s office. Cue the panic attack...
#TMIFiles: The End of Chemo, Part 1 in These Foolish Things
What a week it’s been…and it’s only Wednesday. Actually, I wanted to write an entry about my last week of chemo, number twelve, which was last week - a week ago, exactly. It truly was an incred...
#TMIFiles: So Much to Tell You in These Foolish Things
Oh my gosh, everyone. I am on a complete HIGH from yesterday and I can’t wait to tell you ALL about it. But unfortunately, I’m at the office and buried in stuff since I missed yesterday for my 1...
#TMIFiles: Chemo Brain is REAL in These Foolish Things
Hahah…leave it to my chemo brain to miscount even the simplest of things. In my countdown to the last chemo I actually got the days wrong! Regardless, last FOLFOX chemotherapy for this GD CRC be...
#TMIFiles: The Countdown in These Foolish Things
This morning I noted it on Instagram - I’m now in the countdown for my final FOLFOX chemo treatment! 7 days until my 12th and final infusion begins (this is when I’ll celebrate because I’ll be ...