Saturday, 3 November 2012

Stronger

I had to share this ...

LGFB Stronger from Tex Whitney Productions on Vimeo.

I love this song and it helps to know that others are on this journey too. I'm not alone (with my thoughts and fears) , though it feels like it a lot of the time.

Traveling here to there with a song like this in our heart helps. My window of happiness today.

I have my chemo in 'recliner' chairs similar to these , lined up along white walls.Sans the singing - the nurse unit manager of the Oncology unit is a hoot and makes us all laugh. Our country oncology centre is a smaller unit than the first Oncology centre where I started my first round of 4 cycles.

Tomorrow I'm baking choc caramel slice or maybe banana muffins to share with my fellow chemo patients. I'll probably be there for 5-6 hrs so I'll need lots of food distraction.

Last week no one baked any goodies so we only had standard issue Scotch finger and Nice biscuits with our pots of tea in real cups, served on little trays too by cheerful pink ladies.

My back is still aching but I'm okay, I slept better last night. My nose isn't bleeding today. I'm feeling stronger but just still just as happy to do nothing.

I am determined to start clearing out cupboards, boxes and drawers and free our little shed home of some junk...one piece of crap at a time (maybe more or less 100 pieces a day ...looks of kiddie craft, ripped books, broken crap)

I ventured out to my  sad looking , little vegie garden today. A few weeks ago the cows knocked down the fence and ate a few of my seedlings. I still have one corn plant, a few beans, 2 kale, parsley, my tomato bush and lots of strawberries which I hope produces a bumper harvest. The wind has been terrible here all week. It's so dry and dusty.

The cows now have to contend with an electric fence.

We are patiently waiting the arrival of baby calves too so the cows are in the home paddock.
Pictures ? ...another day maybe.
How was your day ?


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Thank you for this post today, Trish - timely for me - and a few (other) friends are going through similar treatments to you right now, so I am sharing.

Its okay to do nothing - not to say don't try to envisage rolling it all, but just as long as you recognise just being is awesome!
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Thank you Jeanie. I hope they feel the vibe too.
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You too, Trish? I hate those mountains of crap that I... uh, I mean... 'the kids' won't part with! The only good thing about them is that they cover so much of the floor that I only have to do half as much mopping. Hmmm... I hate mopping. Maybe I won't clean the crap up after all.

Keep your happy song in your heart, Trish. LYLT!
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I don't have to mop Cat ...crap ankles floor becomes skating rink . I do have o pick up crap so the man will mop though.
I palmed a dozen things or more off to a visiting friend who isn't too humble to accept my 2nd hands clothes , pls her daughter with new skirt and shirt I bought for crafting and a headscarf but didn't use.

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A wonderful idea making goodies to help along the day..guaranteed to lift the spirits. I always think of decluttering as soon as Christmas looms on the horizon. The thought of more stuff to add to the stuff I already have trouble finding a place for does my head in!
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I read a book about the trauma of refuges ....written by a comedian Corrine Grant . It really got to me and challenged me. She was a hoarder.
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Choc caramel slice will always trump Nice biscuits (even though I'm not averse to those either). Very generous and thoughtful of you to bake - what a fab idea!

I have the declutter bug too. I don't know when or how I'm going to have the fortitude to tackle our shed though. I seriously think that if I so much as set foot inside, it may be the last straw for its structural integrity. The cat's p!$$ is probably the only thing that's holding it together.

This time of year always feels like a good time to have a lull though, doesn't it. Hope you get lots of rest when you can. xx
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We have a shed in Sydney full of crap from when we moved in 2000 / 2001 and more in 2004. Good luck Melbo. I'm hoping the rats will force my hand to toss most of it. Who needs lead crystal wedding glasses by the dozens .
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Wine , wedding gifts I meant.

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Sorry it takes me so long to comment, Trish - but I am constantly thinking of you. I marvel at how you manage to continue a 'normal' life whilst going through this... gardening, farming, baking, mothering. I'm in awe. Sending you my love. xx

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