To add to everything else, I had a skin cancer taken off my face yesterday. I went in feeling fine and came out looking like I have a marshmallow stuck next to my nose. It was a last minute thing. They had a cancellation and my appointment wasn't until the end of the month and I was glad to get it over with.
Poor Jakey did a double take when he saw me. We all went out to lunch and since the pressure bandage went over part of my lip, I had to eat weirdly. Who cuts up a bread stick into little pieces.
I was still in an adrenaline rush when I left Kaiser and for a while after, but then when it ended, I was drained. There was no way I could work on my manuscript when I got home. Instead I watched too much TV and drank some cold brew coffee with vanilla foam through a straw to divert it from the bandaged part of my mouth.
But today, I feel like myself again, though the marshmallow is still stuck to my face for another hour. I was told I could take off the bandage after 24 hours. Underneath is just some skin colored tape which is water proof.
I am still in shock that it's September. Summer always feels like its going to be endless with all the long days. But there's no denying that we've turned the corner on those days of endless sunlight. Now that it's September, it seems okay to start wearing my Halloween themed clothes. I have a colorful Day of the Dead T-shirt, a Disney sweat shirt with Mickey pumpkins, and some other random Halloween shirts. Jakey's favorite holiday is Halloween and he is already talking about how we should decorate.
I have some glow in the dark yarn and should try to make some little ghosts. Of course, I have to find that yarn first.
But for now it is back to going through my manuscript this last time. It's never just proof reading.
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Good morning -- Glad all went well with the skin cancer removal -- I sometimes think the doctor and/or nurse puts on an ugly bandage just because they can. When Floyd was having treatment for bladder cancer, he had to have a catheter put in numerous times. The nurses were talking and one said men were so much easier to cath than women -- she said "I can't tell you how many times I've put a cath in the wrong place."
Summer did fly by -- we didn't have too many days of horridly hot weather. Unfortunately, we also didn't have much monsoon weather -- just a couple heavy rainfalls.
I finished the big granny square blanket and have started a ripple -- been ages since I've made a blanket from that pattern. A cousin in Lincoln taught me a simple pattern many years ago and it's the one I always use. I'm using a Red Heart Bitty Stripes yarn in a color called moonbeam -- very soft shades of cream, ecru and gray.
I hope you find your glow in the dark yarn -- and hope your work on the book manuscript goes well.
Enjoy your day and take good care of yourself.
Patty, the doctor who did the Mohs surgery was super nice and friendly. I think she realized how uncomfortable the big white pressure bandage was and said I could take it off the next day.
It's creepy what those nurses were saying about putting a catheter in the wrong place.
Our summer wasn't terribly hot either.
Good luck with the ripple pattern. The yarn sounds nice.
I hope you heal quickly. My husband has had several go arounds with Mohs. We laugh that he is the one having plastic surgery rather than me.
Meanwhile, we've had a bit of temperature change in Florida; slightly cooler. I have put out all my fall decorations but I'm holding back on Halloween for a few weeks. I love this time of year when the days get shorter and the weather cooler. Although it is Florida so its not that much cooler. I enjoy it anyway.
Happy weekend!
Wow. Definitely not a good thing to go through, Betty, but I'm glad you're improving after your surgery. Maybe you could use the experience in a book someday.
Sally, It's the same here in Southern California. It's more like a hint of fall. What I notice is the change in the light. The angle of the sun is different. I like the change as well.
Linda O. Johnston, it is only a few days after and the whole surgery thing is almost forgotten. The only reminder is a small piece of skin colored tape on my face. I'm sure you're right about using it in a book. The part I would most likely use someday is what was going on in the Kaiser lobby while I was waiting for my ride. They have volunteers playing the baby grand piano during the day. The guy at the piano was all stylish wearing a Hawaiian shirt, white sport coat and a straw fedora hat. He was indecisive to say the least. It seemed like he never actually finished a song. Then he would start singing and stop. He seemed to be spending most of his time holding court with people who stopped by the piano.
I'm glad your surgery went well. I am waiting for the cooler weather too. I like watching the sun that shines through my windows change where it hits on the walls.
Miriam, that's a good way to really see the change of the angle of the sun.
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