Busy, busy, busy

Since I got sick last September, I have not been as busy as this last week.  We have hired all these new people and new people need training so you would think, "well I'll just explain to them them what I do."  Easy to say, but not to implement because you are trying to pull things from your intuitive nature after doing something for 3 years.  It seems natural for me to respond a certain way or behave a certain way and that is not what these folks know how to do.  So I am writing almost everything down.  Everything.  It is a bit time-consuming.

Had a root canal on two teeth by a doctor who will remain anonymous.  She sang through the entire procedure or made sarcastic remarks.  Did a good medical job, but otherwise, would not go back and hope to Gawd I don't have to go back.  They had to shoot me with numbing fluid 7 times to get my nerves calmed down so she could work, so yes, that meant 3 initial shots ( to be expected) and then 4 more times of excruciating pain as she hit a nerve with the drill.  Oh my, let's not even remember that.

  We made it alive through Bele Chere but the Friday before (last Friday) I got sick due to the combination of meds I am taking and the heat.  As my body temperature rose and we were in the car (I get car sick anyway), the nausea hit me.   So I was  very lucky not to have to work in the  blazing heat of downtown Asheville for Bele Chere much. . .it was then I realized how much I REALLY appreciate our new staff handling these efforts.  !  Yea!

Also on Friday we saw my cancer center going up in flames.  We were actually in the neighborhood and saw the smoke coming out of the 5th floor, where the fire started. No cause has been identified yet. One fireman died (of a heart attack) and 8 were admitted to the hospital.  They have moved all the chemo facilities to  St. Joesph's Hospital campus directly across the street.  The 5th floor is where all their records resided.  Hmmm. . no one knows what this is going to mean for insurance purposes. 

This Sunday is Veg Fest and I am not involved at all except in the prep work, although Patrick has agreed to set the booth up and take it down.  Another great moment, validating how good it is to have staff.

Tomorrow we're doing outreach to dogs on chains and training our Outreach Director to handle this job.  Another piece of stress just leaving the mind.  Yea.

Monday we go to New York.  

I am so excited.  We are taking a grand tour of Brooklyn (private tour guide), as well as taking in two muscials, dining at 21, eating at Eataly (several Italian restaurants under one roof -- a new concept in dining), seeing the Tenement Museum again, having a drink at the Top of the Rock, taking a tour of Broadway behind the scenes, and one of Harlem.  We shall visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art (where we could spend the entire day),  the Museum of Photography, and the Museum of the History of New York.  We will also be staying in free accommodations due to our time-share.  We had just enough points to get a room for us and one for our friends who are traveling with us (the Palmers).  It is a Hilton on West 57th Street, 2 blocks from Central Park, between 6th and 7th Ave.   We have stayed there before and LOVED it!  Cannot wait.  I will report out our happenings in a blog when we get back.

Well, thanks for stopping by, and know that I think of all of you often and hope you'll fill me in on your lives.


Love,

Peggy