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I'm A Bad, Bad Girl
I've been away from DA for months upon months. To summarize the last year: my mom died, I dithered, I found a job that is physically demanding, I vacillated, the car needed expensive repairs - twice, I procrastinated (it's what I do best), one of my two remaining aunts died, I started an online course in Introduction To Programming and found out that I don't know squat about Real Basic.
And worst of all, I've neglected my photography and fiction writing. Today, I re-open the door, and slowly, cautiously ease my head inside. To see what is going on, to see if anyone missed me, to see if anyone is going to bite my head off.
I realize that
Oh, that's too bad
So my mom's anemia returned in February, and she had to have a bone marrow test.
Oh, no, that's bad
A bad infection, plus a fever sent her to the hospital in late February
Oh no,that's bad
Antibiotic cleared up the infection.
Oh, that's good.
We were really afraid that she had leukaemia, which is fatal in a woman her age
Oh, no, that's bad
The diagnosis was Peripheral T-cell lymphoma. It's an aggressive little bastard, but it's treatable.
Oh, that's good.
She had her first chemo treatment, and tolerated it well.
Oh, that's good
We found a nice rehab for her, but then her heart went into arterial fibrillation be because she couldn'
Horse Racing Fans!
I've been a fan of horse racing for a few decades now, ever since watching the 1970 Kentucky Derby on TV. I started out model horse racing (actual models were required back then) in 1977 with a showing club. A bit later, I found a racing club called The Blood-Horse Seminar in 1981, and eventually ditched the showing all together as it was getting too expensive. Racing required only a 3 x 5 card back then, and the requirement for model bodies was eventually done away with entirely. The BHS wasn't really a club, more of a loose circuit, and the monthly newsletter carried the news of other clubs, like TOBA, MTAR, IMTRA, etc.
As the years pa
Whoa...
I haven't posted a new journal entry since WHEN?!
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