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I am a retired English teacher and department head, the mother of three grand mother of four, and have been married to the same man for 53 years, two years after we met at college. I taught in both middle and high schools as I really love teens and in-betweens. I was also a certified Lamaze instructor, and for a short time a volunteer chaplain at Howard County General Hospital. I am a two-time cancer survivor, ovarian (2003), and breast (2019) I was born in South Philadelphia and grew up in the 'burbs with great parents, in a bilingual household. I love soft pretzels and cheesesteaks, the Phillies, the Eagles, the Orioles, and sometimes the Ravens. I love being Mom, Aunt Kathy, Nona Kathy (Kath), and Teacher. I spend a lot of time in my gardens in the spring and summer, and in the winter I plan what I'm going to plant. I also am an avid reader, cook, photographer, lover of languages, music, and four-footed furries.

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Showing posts with label Christmas Eve. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas Eve. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

And We're Off!!!

We enjoyed a lovely Christmas -- especially Christmas Eve when we gathered at son and DILs home for lasagna, presents, chaos, and Italian cookies. Christmas Day was quieter; we stopped in to see Ariana and give her some presents Santa had left for her at our house.  I spent most of that time wiping her schnooky nose and playing with her new fairy house.


On Monday, I went to the gym had a fantastic workout in spite of my misbehaving  knee, came home, made chicken piccata, cleaned up, and sneezed about 20 times....Hmmm, never done that before.  Then I started to cough -- just a little at first.  By 12:00 AM I had a fever of 102.5°, was shaking with chills and suffering from body aches.  It seems that little, schnooky-nosed elf had brought me the flu.


A week and a half and two postponed surgery dates later.  I'm still here with the remnants of a cough and a sinus infection.  Let's just say I'm able to get a lot of reading done.  Did I mention on New Year's Eve I was in bed by 7:30?  I waited as long as I could.


The surgery has been re-scheduled for Thursday.  Whether I make it or not is anyone's guess.