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July 23, 2020

That’s Not Something You Read Every Day #13

This is a form I just submitted to the imaging place in Kirkland that is supposed to perform my MRI tomorrow. Here is what I could have said: “THIS BETTER BE AN OPEN MRI MACHINE, YOU HEAR ME?!!!! The last “scheduler” that told me the one in Bellingham was an open MRI was a big, […]

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July 18, 2020

Life & Its Curve Balls

I just can’t stop playing in the dirt. It brings back my childhood. It also brings back all the hours I spent with my flowers thinking/dreading that I was going to die of cancer “in six months.” That was over ten years ago. Then, there were the countless hours I spent with the kids when […]

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July 16, 2020

That’s Not Something You See Every Day #11

Side pony tail. Clip pulling hair back. Bun at the nape of the neck (with husband’s help). It takes about as much time to do my hair as it does to get a project done in the garden. I want my body to go back to normal. And yes, I realize that normal is a […]

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July 11, 2020

That’s Not Something You See Every Day #10

I’ve been doing a ton of gardening—9,000 steps, 12,000 steps, 21,000 steps—and a lot of complaining (sorry) about my sore shoulder. But, can we just take a moment to notice all the new hairstyles I’ve managed to come up with because I can’t lift my arm?

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July 9, 2020

That’s Not Something You Hear Every Day #30

It’s no secret that I am not a fan of the MRI machine. The last time I was asked to enter one in recent history—to check out the cause of my shoulder pain—I lasted 30 seconds and had to be pulled out. Thirty seconds, people. On Tuesday, at my follow-up appointment with the orthopedic surgeon […]

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July 7, 2020

Letter #49 To My Benefactor

Dear Benefactor, I know I have not been hiking yet because of the shoulder problem I told you about a few letters back. But, the yard is finally starting to come together. I should hope so: I put 21,571 steps on my Fitbit today. Yup, I still have that Fitbit. Oh, I guess it wasn’t […]

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July 3, 2020

That’s Not Something You See Every Day #9

  I’ve been blathering on and on about the problems I’ve been having dealing with my frozen shoulder. Trying to get my hair done in any way, shape, or form has been interesting to say the least. Problem solved. I did this to go work out in the yard today after my last post. I […]

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July 3, 2020

That’s Not Something You See Every Day #8

Friend texts, “Hi, do you have plans on the Fourth?” Me: (paraphrasing): “Sorry, too much pain and tiredness, blah, blah, blah….” Friend: “Totally understand…I feel for you.” Me: (complaining some more): “Like, I can’t even put a freaking ponytail in my hair.” Me: (texts ugliest picture ever): “Show this to anyone and you’re dead meat.”

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