long time, no blabbing

hi everyone.

i know its been since before Christmas, but life has been pretty good to me lately.

work has been more busy than usual. tasks being added to my job, and training someone to do parts of my job that will not be done while im gone. just a little inconvenience here and a little there, adds up to a few days of "get me the heck outta here"!

i went to another slumber party. at deb's, this time. one of the same gals that came to the original one. again, great hostess, and a fun-abulous time. deb's husband was there but she kept him locked up in his room most of the night. LOL! im told that its my turn to have the next one. im really looking forward to it. this i plan to do while im off work for 4-6 wks with my breast reduction surgery.

yes, im still nicotine free. people keep asking me if i used that new drug that everyone says works so well, or did i use nicotine gum, or patches. come on, you guys. im too cheap to pay for any of that stuff. i just quit. i want the surgery and i cant have it if i have nicotine in my urine on the day of surgery, so i just QUIT! and yes i have gained weight. i gained 10lbs pretty quickly, then lost 5 of it, and this past weekend i "junked out" and put it back on plus 2 more. ill get it off tho. am i gonna go back to smoking after the surgery? i dont plan on it. (originally i did) ive washed up all my ashtrays, cleaned all my wastebaskets (that i used to dump the ashtrays in), and the lack of pure "hassel" is worth more to me than the money i save or the health benefits i get. at about 4 wks i began having a pretty constant "clearing of the throat" thing going on. sometimes theres phlem, sometimes it just feels like there is. smokers cough is gone tho. but this clearing of the throat is bugging the crap outta me. i hear its a normal thing and that everyone goes thru it at different stages in their quitting.

since we've spoken, janis and i have been to beef n boards a couple of times. that was great. earlier this month, janis, suzi, anne and i went to indy to see "menopause the musical". what an absolute hoot. havent laughed that hard, for that long, since i quit doing psycheladelics back in the 70's. all of our faces ached for laughing. if you get a chance to see this play, do it. it plays in indy thru march. i "GUARANTEE" you wont regret it. men can go, but probably wont "get it", or appreciate it like a woman would. there were only a handful of men in the entire place, and most of them were ushers, and in the lobby serving drinks and such.

http://www.menopausethemusical.com/main.php?page=about

American Cabaret Theatre
401 E. Michigan St., Indianapolis, IN 46204

well, folks, i go in for my breast reduction one week from tomorrow. im so excited. fear? nope. maybe i should have a healthy fear of this, but the thought of lobbing these suckers off to about 1/2 or 3/4 the size they are now by far outweighs any negativity in my mind. i have 2 little caretakers/caregivers to help me when i get home. suzi and anne. theyre gonna take turns. (i guess that a little of me goes a long way, lol!) suzi has so many irons in the fire, plus joshua and rusty. all anne is doing is caring around a human being 24/7. LOL! dont know if ive told you all..........its a boy. for sure. i saw the "proof" in the ultrasound picture. (if you get what i mean)

i dont expect to have much of a problem after the first 3-4 days as long as i follow dr's orders, which i intend to do. i sure do hope the weather is nice by the end of march so i can really enjoy being off and maybe sitting out on my front porch watching the world go by. but......if not, ill be warm and well taken care of. i know that Purrrty, my cat, will be pleasantly surprised to have me home so much.

well, friends, i gotta go for now and i'll be blabbin atcha all in about 5-6 wks or so.

take care all, and begin to think about those gardens and getting the mower tuned up. spring is coming, tho the weather channel isnt committing as to when. so what else is new, huh? God bless you all and come back and visit me, here at my T's & OP's.

IBKARYN4U :)