It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Hi All!

It’s almost the end of January! Where does the time go??

My birthday was great – thanks for the belated bday wishes now that you know it was my birthday. It was also Jaypo’s birthday. I remembered it but didn’t get around to wishing her a good birthday, too. Happy Cappy Birthday!

My broken tooth was fixed, fairly painlessly. My dentist is great. He wanted to put in a post but that tooth wouldn’t have made it. So he built up the inside with some kind of resin and stuck the old crown on top of it. The first floss felt like it was going to pop off again, so I’m being very careful.

What else?

– Today I tried to sign up for a long term cancer study of people who don’t have cancer but they couldn’t get enough blood out of me. Kind of like the time the Red Cross people told me to not feel bad if I never gave blood again, but thanks for trying.
– My GrandmaM (MomH’s mom) passed away at the age of 98 at the end of December. She was an amazing woman. They livestreamed her funeral straight from the Northwoods of Wisconsin so the rest of us could “be there.” That was pretty cool. MomH read the obituary Gram wrote for herself. MomH: “As most of you know, Iola has been planning for this day for a really long time.” It’s strange for Gram to be gone after being a part of my life for so long.
– BSG/Tom bought a fancy-pants Kirby vacuum with a shampoo attachment. He’s being going at my carpets all night. That’s not a euphemism, sadly.
– Work still rocks. Some frustrations but so much opportunity.
– Miss K and I may be going to Spain in March to see her friend and husband who had been based in Rio. We may as well visit them while on this assignment in Rota/Cadiz (he’s a Naval Attachee (sp)).
– For those of you who know Brown Amazon, she’s getting married in April. I’m going to the wedding and need to fit into the Purple Dress of Loveliness (I think that’s what we called it). But it’s more like the Purple Sausage Casing. I need to lose about 5-ish pounds. It would be a better goal if I didn’t have so many booze, food and schmooze events on the horizon. Or a trip to Spain. Maybe I better buy a new dress just in case.
– Remember my friend whose ex-husband spent $30k on a short, fat, handicapped hooker over a year-and-a-half period? He has a new non-hooking girlfriend.

How did that convo go?
New Girl: “Why did you two get divorced?”
Ex: “I had a long-term affair with a prostitute. It was an affair because after a while I just gave her money to help her out, not as payment.”
New Girl: “That’s hot. I love guys with whom I’ll have trust issues. You’re a great catch.”

I mean, really.

I always think I have more to say, but now I can’t remember what that was.

Hope everyone is doing great!