Hellooooooooooooooo, Possuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuums!
Today is Monday, February 20, 2023. It’s a partly cloudy morning in Dallas with a high of 81.
Happy Belated Birthday to:
Billy Joe Stover
Christopher Long
Jason Salazar
Lee Davenport
Mandy Barrera
Marion Fischer
Jason Ramsey
Cass Castillo
Mildred Lacey (may she rest in peace)
SueAnna Newsome McPhail
Happy Birthday to:
Eunice Hiott Blain
Charles Urich
Jeff Sams (may he rest in peace)
Good Morning, Possums, from the Celebrity Suites of the Wyndemere Condominiums on Turtle Creek in Dallas, Texas and Happy Presidents Day.
I am enjoying a day off from work catching up on a few things (and still doing some work as well). Getting back in the swing of things has been a little more difficult than I thought. Adjusting to my new working schedule - working from home and also going into the office - physical therapy and occupational therapy - well, it certainly has been an adjustment and exhausting. 5 years ago I could have knocked all of this out in a heartbeat. It’s amazing the things that can change in the blink of an eye.
I have been negligent of posting daily but I am back to doing that now. It is so therapeutic for me type out what I am doing and what’s going on whether anyone reads it or not.
I miss so many birthdays too. I may not see a lot of these friends but it’s still their day and everybody deserves a Happy Birthday!
I seem to be putting ‘may he/she rest in peace' more and more behind my birthday wishes. Am I already at that age where it is going to start happening more and more?
The search for my personal assistant has ended. MY SEARCH has ended. Since I have had NO luck, I have a meeting with an agency at 9am to tell them what I need and how often. They will send someone. That person will be my Personal Assistant unless it tis not a good fit or my MS decides to go into remission and I no longer need him/her.
SO - tomorrow is Fat Tuesday which means Wednesday is Ash Wednesday. What are you giving up? Or what are you taking on?
I am giving up MS. God can have it for the next 45 days. I am going to do my best to get my ashes at church, but I’m going to need to wait and see how my mobility and neuropathy is.
My boss has been working from home with some health issues the same time I have been. She started going back into the office I few weeks before me. She will be taking a leave of absence for the next seven or eight weeks. So we are going to be down a team member. She is going to be just fine but I told her that she has been trying to steal me thunder since I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 1:30pm and to knock it off. LOL
Softball Season is going to kick off in a few weeks. I am excited about that. I am trying to plan a few trips - one home in July to the beach with my family and the other right before I fly home at Christmas.
I want to see New York City at Christmas AND as many times as I have been, I have never seen the Rockettes Christmas Show at Radio City Music Hall. I want to see that (just to say I have seen it) and a few other shows and do a little shopping as well. Two or three friends have already said ‘YES’ so now it is just a matter of planning the trip.
I am scheduled to be HEAVILY sedated and gently placed in the MRI monster in three weeks. I am very anxious to see if this new treatment is doing/has done what it is/was expected to do. Some days I think it has, others I have no idea. I have been walking with my walker - more than before - but it’s slow and shaky and some days it is painful. The painful days are the ones I have to push myself and that’s OK.
There is just so much going on - stuff I could organize and do and take care of in a heartbeat. Now I spend so much time each day figuring out how I am going to accomplish a task. A lot of times I can never do things the same way every day. It is time consuming and frustrating and funny. Those are the times I either fuss at God or just mutter, ‘well shit,’ and get on with my day.
Well Shit - that’s a lot so I will stop for today. I’m off work and The Price is Right come son in an hour - and I will be watching.
Anyhoozle, what are your plans today?
Whatever, your day holds and whatever your plans may be, I wish you all a SPECTACULAR day. Do everything today with kindness in your heart. The world is full of kind people. If you can’t find one, be one!
To all of my fellow MS Warriors, keep fighting the good fight. And to all MS Warrior Supporters, Thank You! Your support means everything.
Peace, Love and Blessings to you all. -AJ
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