Tag: The Cielem’el Cancer Journal

It’s 10:30AM of the first morning here and I’m sitting alone in the living room typing on my blackberry wondering if there’s any way I can leave early, or if maybe I can skip out altogether to go somewhere away from the drama. I’m just trying to lay low and stay out of people’s way and play with the kids […]

Got the cats to the kennel then was early to the house on the lake so I did a little jeeping before checking in and figuring out where to put my stuff. The house was really cool except for being really close to the road (right outside my bedroom window). Everyone else got there about 5PM when I was doing […]

Uff da, I started working at 7AM and kept going until 9:30PM with one half hour break. But that worked out perfect because I had just enough time to get ready to go out with Laura. I met up with her at Mac’s in Mountain Iron, where Blitzkreig was playing. All these years, and who’s the live band? The same […]

Johnny V. came into town a little early, and as soon as my conference call was over, we met up. First he took me on a tour around town, reminding me where things were, where things used to be, and we talked on and on about people we knew and what he knew about where they ended up. Then we […]

So I’m walking through the woods, and I see a tree. (Sounds pretty normal, so far, eh? Aside from the fact that I actually saw hundreds of trees, of course.) The tree is along the walking trail I have that follows the borderlines of my property. And in this tree, at just about eye level, is . . . a […]

Well my cardiologist is thrilled, that’s the good news from the doctor appointment this week. Man, it still seems like I go to the doctor constantly, every month it’s someone for some checkup or another. Sigh. But, anyway, my cardiologist is happy because I didn’t have to get adriamyacin chemo, which damages the heart, my heart medicine seems to be […]

OMG, that was sooooo worth cramming the drive into one day and being here three nights early! I hadn’t seen my cousin in YEARS, and we just had the best time having dinner tonight, she and I and her fiancé. What a fun couple. And yes, I will definitely go to the family reunion next summer now. 🙂

Argh, ridiculously long day, I started working at 5AM, it’s been twelve hours so far and I really need to do another three hours or so of work tonight. Which isn’t bad really, I could be in bed by ten and asleep by midnight. It’s a week to release, which is always just an insane time for me, coordinating stuff […]

I had an appointment with the surgeon today. Let me start off by saying that the most exciting moment of my day was when I had to stop the car on the way there to wait for a chicken to cross the road. I kid you not! So, nothing exciting from the surgeon. I told him I’m still sore and […]

Nostalgia is a strange thing. I can’t explain why, but high school has been on my mind lately. Maybe it’s because High School Musical (1, 2, and 3) was on TV this weekend and I kept seeing it in the movie list. Maybe it’s because I’ve been thinking about my life and how many times it’s changed so completely. Even […]

OK, my two cents on Dancing with the Stars . . . 1. It is a reality TV show first, popularity contest second, dance competition third. 2. The first season I saw (season 2?) the real winner got robbed. Actually, I think there have been at least three seasons where I thought the real winner got robbed, but season 2 […]

I played my flute this afternoon, at a neighbor’s music party. It was a nice little party; I didn’t play any difficult music. And then this piano player who was there, well, it turns out she’s really an outstanding accompanist and she could sight read the piano parts to my easy flute solos, so we did a little of that […]

I want to write, honestly I do. But I’m so tired. Short version of the day is that I missed my alarm at 4:30AM, made the drive to Sac in 70 minutes, was ten minutes late meeting Susan at her nursing facility, walked a mile from parking to registration, wandered almost hopelessly for 40 minutes trying to find Susan, then […]

One good thing about the blackberry is that’s it’s handy for jotting down little thoughts or a quick blog at unexpected times and places. At the moment I’m in a sushi restaurant by myself already finished eating my share of the sushi Brian ordered and, finding that there’s not enough signal in here to surf, I’m clicking away, only occasionally […]

Hmmmm, I only feel relieved and amused, and a tinge of guilt for not being upset. A student sent a complaint to my department chair today saying “I will never again agree to take any class given by Prof. Cynthia Miller. I refuse any classes with her. Total disaster of a class and prof. experience, on a great many levels.” […]