Week in Review: Week 157
The week started off with the biggest snowfall of the year so far, which was still not enough for a snow day.
Hello, Lucky Cat.
Afternoon light.
Sneak peek at a top from a blog post next week. Wish I’d had this for Valentine’s Day!
March 5 was Caleb’s birthday. Watched a new show last night, “Afterlife” with Ricky Gervais on Netflix. I highly recommend. It’s heartbreakingly sad…but also sweet and funny. And early on (I watched the whole season in one sitting) about the only time he showed joy was when he was out with his dog. And it made me miss Caleb so much.
Two recurring themes in the new apartment: cats and light.
See?
This could get old real fast.
March 8 was the 2-year anniversary of my cancer diagnosis. THAT was a tough day. It’s not like in the movies where you meet with your doctor in his office with your significant other or a family member and you’re expecting some kind of news one way or the other. I got a phone call at work, confirming an appt for later that week. “Make sure you come in for that,” the stranger’s voice said, “because you do have cancer.” No – is this a good time? Or, are you sitting down, or any other comforting preamble. Just “because you do have cancer,” right there with me sitting at work. I’ll never forget that phone call.
Emotional palate cleanser photo.
Clever.
Sunset Seagull Convention
My car battery died for good one day and I missed a day of work for getting a new one. Last night the clocks went back an hour so this will be a week of adjustment. It’s always harder to get up in the morning the first week or so after that. And I think that was my week.
julia r millies
Wow! I don’t remember you saying before that that’s how you found out you had cancer. It’s like when my sister found out she had miscarried a baby when they called her to schedule a DNC. And people think there’s nothing wrong with our health care system? I’m with you on the time change though it’s nice to have light in the evening. Hopefully you will still get a snow day this winter! Have a great week!
bettyewp
Yeah I don’t think I went into a lot of detail two years ago when I was in the hospital. I think I was just like here I am at the hospital oh by the way I have cancer blah blah blah.
I think my snow day hopes are behind me, in the upper 40s this week and up to the 50s by the weekend. One year we did have a nice snowfall on the first day of spring, But it wouldn’t have been enough to declare a snow day. Oh well, there’s always next year.
jodie filogomo
What a week for you Bettye. Awful reminders and “anniversaries”. That’s a terrible call for sure, but it was delivered horribly. Obviously there needed to be some classes on how to break that news. Where is people’s empathy???
Love all the light and how it plays around your place!
XOXO
Jodie
http://www.jtouchofstyle.com
bettyewp
I can already see how much the sun has shifted from west to east just in the 6 weeks I’ve been here. That’s always useful info for when we’re trying to photograph sunsets over the water. It stinks to get all the way down to a spot and then find that the sun is so far left that you can’t even really see it over the land.
Clover
Well, first things first—-I don’t think I’d ever get tired of photos of Janey! =^..^= She’s just lovely, and your place is so pretty.
Lots of reminders, appropriate for a “week in review” I believe.
I’m glad you’re on this side of that terribly executed phone call and diagnosis. You’ll miss Caleb always, and the edges of the pain will soften a bit as time goes on. I still sometimes get pangs for furry ones long past, some of them gone 25+ years, and notice that they become more wistful than gut-wrenching with time.
I hope your current week is smooth and pleasant! 🙂
bettyewp
So far so good 🙂 I have nothing unpleasant SCHEDULED, so I will hope for the best.
Marceline S Miller
Ohhh that sign – Husband Daycare!! hahaha!!
bettyewp
Cute, right??
Iris
What a terrible way to receive your cancer diagnosis. The person on the other end of that phone call should have been fired. But, congratulations on two years survivor. Mine was a phone call too, but a more subtle one…. to schedule an appointment for the next day, so I was not expecting good news, but was able to have my daughter with me.
Love the Janey pictures. Sad that you’re still missing Caleb, but there will always be a Caleb hole in your heart. Koda has made the hole in mine a bit easier to handle.
Love you from afar Bettye.
Grace & Peace,Iris
http://www.IrisOriginalsRamblings.com
bettyewp
Well, I did make a point when I went to my appointment later that week, that the receptionist or whatever just like blurted it out and the doctor said that they do have to let you know so that you’re sure to come to your appointment. I kind of feel though like they could’ve waited to see if I came to my appointment and if I didn’t then take those more unpleasant measures of just telling me over the phone. Probably no good way of ever hearing that news but… It would’ve been more pleasant to have not been sitting at work.
Nancy
Oh my god. how awful you must have felt! I can almost feel the pain you must have had. Oh Caleb…what a beautiful dog, he stole my hart just from the photos!
bettyewp
Thanks, Nancy <3