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5/1/2021

Today is Paul and my 26 th year wedding anniversary. I did a Google search on the number of couples that stay married for 25 years. 40% was the answer. That seemed high to me…but if it’s on the internet, it must be true. I had an early morning interview to conduct, then I had a presentation to do virtually to tech students in a school in Texas. As I was getting ready to present, a technical issue happened and I was without ALL of my notes. CRAP! I had a quick talk with myself….”Self! Looks like we are doing this on the fly…..Best of luck.” With that I started the presentation. Overall, I feel the hour long presentation went pretty well. I feel it was played off well that I had NO idea which slide was going to be next. My co-worker (and friend) that was on the presentation with me. I called her immediately after it ended. I asked if she could tell I didn’t have my notes. She shared that she had no idea that I didn’t have my notes. So I considered it a huge win. I achieved a status of “e...
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4/30/25

 Ethan’s biopsy preliminary results came back as no rejection. We weren’t suspecting rejection so that we are grateful there were no curve balls there. We still have to wait a few days for final results. I have been reading up on terms used in the report to do a deeper dive into things. Not that I think I know better, just to be sure I am asking the right questions.  In our local news, there was a car that rear ended a delivery truck. I don’t know what happened, but the driver didn’t survive. I know car accidents happen every day, but this one stood out.  Maybe it stood out because I saw the picture. The car was crunched up. The man that passed away, his daughter wrote something in the comments of the news article. She is a young adult. Her world forever has changed today.  I stress to my kids all the time…slow down, pay attention because things can change in an instant. Showing up late and alive is always better than the alternative. Paul and I went to pick up a fre...
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4/29/25

 Ethan had his biopsy today. We arrived at the hospital at 7:00 am. They took Ethan back and had me wait in the waiting room. Ethan was nervous that they were going to make him do this procedure with anesthesia. He did NOT want this. Once his IV was in, he was in a gown and had signed his consent forms, they had me join him. There was a question about on of the medications he was taking. It was a newer medication that Ethan had forgotten the name of. No wonder, it was hydrochlorothiazide. Say that three times fast. Once it was time to take Ethan to the biopsy room, I headed straight for the cafe. It was after 9 am and I was hungry. I got a sandwich for Ethan when he was done, and one for myself. I sat at a table in the cafe, pulled out my computer and started working. I heard a song playing. Hey…I know that song! It was my phone ringing. “Strong Hospital” was calling. Oh god! That can’t be good. I answered it just in time for the person to hang up. Damn it!!!!!! As I was trying to ...
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4/28/25

 I called the surgical center for our appointment time for tomorrow. 7:00 am! When I shared that with Ethan, he was annoyed at first, but quickly followed up with “that means we will get to leave sooner in the afternoon.” He put a positive spin on it! That made my day. We see progress continuing with his outlook and mood. I have a few positive things I am taking away. 1. We don’t have to drive 6 hours for this and invite all the expenses associated with that. 2. I can work while we are waiting but still be present. 3. Ethan will get to hang out with me all day….who wouldn’t want that? I am already working on my annoying jokes that I can tell him. I had my day of punishment today. Punished for going on vacation. 160 emails I had to sort through. Ugh! My alarm is ready for tomorrow. Bag is packed, we are ready!
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4/27/25

 We had happy dogs today! They were so glad to have their people home.  I saw Ethan quite briefly as he was leaving to go with his buddy to a car event. He came home mid day and said he had fun. I did a training session with Moe. We only have 2 sessions left. One of the sessions is a test. We will both be graded. I am grading us on the pride I have in Moe. He has done well. He also has to come even further…but that will give us something to work on.  Paul and I did boring chores today to catch up from being away. I even emptied the dishwasher which is my most hated chore.  Tomorrow is going to be intense, but I think I am ready to tackle the day. 
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4/26/25

  We woke up early to make sure we got to the airport with plenty of time. I am not going to miss the hair pin turns with potholes and the panicked opposite side of the road AND opposite side of the car driving. It took about an hour and a half to get to the airport. We went through TSA with no issue.  We boarded the plane by walking outside and going up the steps of the rear of the plane. Bye bye, beautiful turquoise water, blooming flowers and warm sunshine! We landed in JFK without incident. It was grey. No turquoise waters. No sunshine. We found that our flight to Rochester had been delayed for an hour. Ugh! We went through customs and then had to go through security again at JFK. Each one of the guys had purchased spiced rum at the Duty Free store in St. Lucia. Each one of the guys had their carry on flagged due to the purchase. I was the only lucky girl that got felt up by the TSA agent. They had to touch my entire body looking for contraband. They found none. We killed ...
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4/25/25

 Today we had beautiful weather! We decided to have a pool day overlooking the beach. This way we could still keep our drinks cold, not worry about our things on the beach and no people trying to sell us stuff. We had some good tunes and good drinks. The beach had some seaweed wash up a couple days ago. Last night Paul and I walked to the beach and it smelled yucky. No thanks. We were visited by a few different types of birds. There are a lot of doves here. They sound like mourning doves but they aren’t. Anna came back with a partner and for 2-3 hours prepared an authentic carribean meal. She had chicken with a spicey chili sauce, corn on the cob, salad, veggie kabob’s, and creamy macaroni and cheese. Yum! They don’t really seem to have many sweets here. There was a pumpkin pie option stuffed with tuna and tomato’s which sounded NASTY 🤮. Everything Anna made, was delicious. She had the table set all fancy. We cleaned up after dinner and sat around chatting for a bit. We decided to...
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