Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving. In all, it has been a rough year so I wanted to take the time to say the things I am thankful for since last Thanksgiving.
Mom didn't suffer a lot through her illness.
I walked away from a serious car accident with only an injury to my knee
I don't have cancer as confirmed in January
Butterball didn't suffer a lot before we made the incredibly hard decision to give him to God.
I got a terrific raise during Focal
My knee surgery went terrific and my recovery has been good.
Paul and I found us a nice place to live very close to work and everything we need.
Paul and I celebrated our 11th anniversary, just as much in love as the day we met. Paul is the biggest blessing in my life.
We were able to spend time with family when we needed to be there.
I was promoted and received yet another good raise.
I have the most terrific family, extended family and friends that one could ask for.
God watches over me everyday.
I still believe in angels and believe they are with me every single day.
Through all the sadness, all the tears, all the grief and all the pain, I found myself closer to God than ever before.
I love all my in-laws and out-laws. :-)
May God bless you. May you remember all the good things he pours into your life everyday. We can walk. We can see. We can hear. We are not poor. And we can love.
LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH!
I need a new doctor
The saga with my right thumb continues. As you may recall, dear reader, I fractured the joint at the base of my thumb on Labor Day. I saw an urgent care doctor who put it in a splint and told me to see my regular doctor a week later. I do as told and my regular (read idiot here) doctor told me I didn't need the splint, didn't need a new x-ray and to stretch it and rub it and it would get better.
So, it really hasn't improved all that much and I had just been living with the pain. (Okay, this is where you can call me an idiot.) The last few weeks there has been a ridge developing at the base of my thumb that just kept getting bigger. So, I went to the regular (idiot) doctor today. What did he do? He put it in a splint and sent me for x-rays. They called the house while I was at work. I now need surgery. SURGERY! I am going for a second opinion with a hand specialist. This is nuts! Just what I need, a third surgery for the year. Blast it!
As if Tickle really knows...
Silly, silly readers. We all know that Father-san is the wisest man we know. At least, I think of him as so. He knows so much more than I will ever know. He has seen more than I think I will ever see. And he has a way with words and feelings that I can't describe. Tickle can't capture that in an online test.
All is pretty quiet here. The transition into my new position is going slower than I would like. It seems as if extricating myself from a group I have been with for over three years is going to be harder than I anticipated. I will miss my old manager. She and I have a special relationship. We know each other so well. Change is hard. I know it is for the best but it is hard.
I have been fairly melancholy the last few days. I found a picture of my grandfather as we were hanging pictures. It is a picture of him when he was very young, long before I was a thought in his mind. I realized just how much I miss him in my life. I still want to pick up the phone and call him. Five years since he died and yesterday it felt like five days. He was my greatest hero, the greatest influence and a veteran. He fought in WWII in the European theatre. He landed on the beaches of Normandy. He survived and lived to tell me stories, all good ones. And as I mourned his loss again, I mourned the loss of everyone. There are no tears, just a wish that I could spend even 5 more minutes with them, to tell them again how much I loved them.
When I was 25, a friend named Ralph died of cancer on Election Day. His funeral was on Veteran's Day. As we were moving, I found a note he had written to me in the middle of the fight he would lose. It said, "May every day bring you flowers." It meant so much at the time it was written. To see it again was a reminder of a kind and gentle soul.
To you all, may every day bring you flowers.
IQ Test
I am smarter than Father-san!!!
Congratulations, Louise!
Your IQ score is 136
This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others.
Your Intellectual Type is
Visionary Philosopher. This means you are highly intelligent and have a powerful mix of skills and insight that can be applied in a variety of different ways. Like Plato, your exceptional math and verbal skills make you very adept at explaining things to others — and at anticipating and predicting patterns.
