Remember that old word illusion?

What is wrong with this sentence:

Paris in the
the Springtime

Because people are familiar with the phrase, they tend to not notice the second “the.” I always liked things like that – or those paragraphs that are written, missing most of the letters, or with jumbled letters, but some people can read through them easily as though all the letters are there and in the right order. Your brain just fills in the gaps of what your eyes don’t see.

Like when you read a personal ad with no picture, or read a novel. Your mind creates a picture for you of the person or characters. That’s powerful stuff, but I find the brain creates positive images…and can set you up for disappointment. Because reality often (usually?) does not live up to the expectation you’ve created in your mind.

This all has absolutely nothing to do with today’s outfit…except that I keep referring to this tunic as the “Paris in the Springtime” top.

Catherine’s Plus very generously gifted me a gift card last December, but between the holidays, then the move, settling in, work stuff, yadda yadda yadda, I just this month set out to spend the gift card that had been burning a hole in my pocket for three months! So far I’ve gotten the navy blue capri leggings I showed you last week here…and this charming Paris print cream tunic. I’ve been looking for more a) printed tops and b) tunics vs. tees, so this was a win-win! I really like it under my cream cardi but I can also wear it under either the camel or black ones.

I do have to say, Catherine’s sizing is very generous. I purchased several things in a 3x (my normal size) and they were way too large for me, so they went back. Going forward, I’ll be looking at the 2x items…but it’s nice to know I have some leeway in their sizing. With a lot of brands I’m at the very tip-top of their sizing, with no more “up” to go.

I’m also trying to break my sneaker habit so wore these little taupe flats from Target, but…very quickly my feet were in pain. Not the shoes’ fault, my feet just need some extra-special care.

The confused oncologist: the rest of the story

Goodness, so many people asked about this I figured I better explain. To make a long story short, he almost seemed to be looking at someone else’s chart as he examined me. He asked me about seeing three different doctors at different times and in different locations, who I have never seen. I was like what? huh? me? what? And each time he would apologize, say “my bad,” but then move onto the next question which was about yet another doctor I have never seen. Even the “checkout” and scheduling my next appointments was confusing. I mean, HE seemed confused. Or distracted. Or something. Anyway. I go Thursday for a CT scan…and have my follow-up with him in OCTOBER. I don’t really understand the order they’re scheduling things in. So, nothing is wrong. He’s not confused about ME. He just seems sorta confused in general.

The End.

What I Wore:

Photos by me.

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