18 Days (Plus a Couple More)

Cause its been too many days…
But to me it feels just like
It feels like a lifetime
I’m trying hard to re-arrange
Some say it’s the hardest thing to do
But that’s just too many days…

~Saving Abel

I’m sorry I’ve been MIA for so long here. I’ve got a whole lot to say, but probably won’t get it all said today.

First, I’ll address what’s happened with my whole boob lump situation. I was supposed to have appointments for various testing, the Tuesday after we returned from our Kansas trip. Unfortunately, we got stuck on Interstate 24, because of a car accident. We were sitting there for nearly an hour. I ended up having to reschedule. So, the following Tuesday (last Tuesday), Jackie went with me. I was told that I would leave that day, with an idea of what the radiologist suspected was going on. After being squished, poked, and prodded, I was sent out to the waiting room, to wait with Jackie. After a relatively short while, the lady who’d done my last test came out there. She told me the radiologist had gotten everything he needed, and I could go home. My heart about stopped, and I asked her, “Wait?! That’s all you’re going to tell me now?” She said the report would be sent to my doctor, and he would go over it with me. Then, she leaned in and whispered to me, “But from now on, you’ll be going back to screening mammograms”. What she’s just said, informed me that they did not find any cancer. My eyes welled up with tears. Jackie hadn’t heard what she’d told me, and she began crying, thinking it wasn’t good news at all. As we walked out, all I could get out was, NO IT’S GOOD! Of course, I called Adam right away, and then let the rest of my family and friends know that good news.

When Jackie and I got back home, we decided to go to PetCo, and look at the kittens…

I got a phone call from my doctor, a few days ago. He explained the findings, on the report he’d received. I have a “fibroadenoma”. In short, a non cancerous tumor. Unless it continues to grow, or causes me pain, we are going to just leave it alone, and monitor it. I will have to go in for yearly mammograms, from now until forever. Even though I’m not yet to the age women are generally recommended to do that, because of this tumor, and a family history of breast cancer, it’s recommended for me.

Jackie and Justin came over, Saturday afternoon. Jackie, my girls, and I went out shopping for some Fall decor, and anything else that caught our eyes. Then, the boys grilled supper, and we all played some cornhole games. Sunday, we all went to Poppy’s house. It was a really great weekend.

The kids are back to school. Summer is definitely not at its end yet, though. We’ve got temps around 100 degrees all through this week, with heat indexes 115(ish). I’ve already decorated my house for Fall, despite the hot weather outside. I love celebrating the seasons, and holidays, but I’d be perfectly content to have the weather stay like Summertime, year round.

It’s been a pretty darned good August. I do have a couple of “I got in trouble” stories to tell. I actually got so angry, I threw the contents of my coffee mug at Adam, a couple weeks ago. The bruise on my behind, I got for that, is still fading…We’re all good, now. It was just a bad evening, full of pent up frustrations. Not that it’s any excuse to do what I did. I lost my mind for a minute, when he’d spanked me, and made me spill my vanilla cappuccino on myself. So, I threw the rest of it on him. Which is why I found myself with a very sore ass. I’d never done anything like that, before. I won’t do it again, either…

I’m washing bedding, and cleaning floors this morning. I’m making my sloppy joes/sloppy nachos for supper, tonight. Oh, and I have just gotten up to 100 pounds! First time in a very long time. And, Adam is down under 200 pounds! Damn he’s looking sexy, too. His neck, shoulders, and arms are getting very toned. I love it!

I suppose I’ve written enough, as well as shared a ridiculous amount of pictures. I have so many adorable pictures of Gary, too! He’s made friends with all our other animals.