Well another year has zoomed by. Hard to imagine so much has happened within this year. First the CT scans to figure out why my carotid artery was so swollen, then in emergency and then hospital for a bit, a new diagnosis as I was "misdiagnosed" , the tumour is inoperable but I did the radiation, had the best care, tumour has shrunk, pledged allegiance to my wellness mentor on taking the supplements that are helping me on the reg, felt phychic when I knew the 1kg bag of skittles that was handed to me by my daughter to help with some of the bitter meds would NOT be eaten by me (ha ha hah and I was right, the midnight shuffles into my room by two legged creatures was on point!) laughed with the many wonderful volunteer drivers from Bloomhill, who took me in every day for 6 weeks to ACS for my treatment, did the Conga with the radiation Techies and nurses on my last day, told everyone I got a few tattoos (it was for the radiation... but I'm thinking of a proper one... hmmm) lobbed off my long hair to the former cleopatra look I used to have as a lot of hair fell out during treatment but was told that "radiation doesn't cause hair loss.. one also has to look at one's age..."Well colour me purple... was coddled by my close friend and healer who helped me stay in the zone and just get through it all, she made me envious as heck when she went away for a month to travel through France, Greece, Egypt and had the nerve to text me whilst she was on a house boat on the river Nile! but it just made me more determined to travel again! another birthday came and went, another Christmas, and during all this dodged and swerved around the Covid Crises Delta and now sitting in the eye of the Omicron storm.
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| The Clowns cheering me up on the last day |
Between all of that I bit the bullet and decided to try dating again... whoaa that's a lot of raised eyebrows.. well when you realise that tick tock, now is the time, you go and do what you can. Unfortunately the dating online thingy just didn't work for me, I'm gonna admit, and you all can groan and make noises as much as you want, I'm an old fashioned romantic. You gotta connect face to face with the person, energy, chemistry, what ever you want to call it! Looking at pictures and reading stats is what I did for my modelling agency when we were putting talent up for commercials not dates!! however I did make a couple of wonderful friends from that! (always look on the bright side of life)
I finally went back to Adelaide to visit my besties as I had to cancel the trip due to my prognosis, had a total blast, did a load of videoing, ate a lot, drank a lot, gained weight a lot.. ha ha ha.. I got my junk in mah trunk back dat is for shore! Met some fab people, flirted a little, hey I still have a pulse!
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| Me and Miz P |
Then when I returned I went .. wait for it.. camping! Oh yea... those images of the bush with no loos and mozzies flying everywhere can now be expunged from your grey matter, I was told I did a version of what people now call uh Glamping! heh heh whatevveeerrr.
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| Getting the Wetta in the Water... |
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| It's called a SWAG! |
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| The Regatta set up |
I had tons of fun, was taken sailing on a Wetta, which was exhilarating , it's been awhile since I've been on a "boat" , then did some kayaking with a friend on the lake whilst the sailing regatta was on and discovered "hey I got the energy and capacity to do this!", which led me to take down my road bike, give her a little sweet lovin and start over on the riding. I even bought a pair of .. PURPLE ROLLER SKATES! go me! he he he. ok ok now that was my daughter's fault, no really, it was ALL her fault, she wanted to start roller skating, asked me if I would join her, COERCED me into buying a pair of skates and bam! howsyerfather!
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| Told ya they were purple |
Lastly but not least, I've been working on something I've loosely called The Art of Giving, , I'm launching it in the next couple of weeks, took my own sweet time to get it together, but it's ready now and I hope you'll be there to watch the launch and support me.
In my quiet moments between Christmas and Boxing day, I raised a glass to the Universe, the Angels, those spiritual guides and the ancestors who keep any eye on us all who are earthbound and said "Thank you, I'm still here, I'm alive and I am well".
Yes it's been a tough year, we've all had to really dig deep, cry, rage and do some deeeeppp meditation, So I say to you all
What can be said in New Year rhymes,
That’s not been said a thousand times?
The new years come, the old years go,
We know we dream, we dream we know.
We rise up laughing with the light,
We lie down weeping with the night.
We hug the world until it stings,
We curse it then and sigh for wings.
We live, we love, we woo, we wed,
We wreathe our prides, we sheet our dead.
We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,
And that’s the burden of a year.
From A Poem for Every Winter Day
An Incredibly Awesome New Year to all of you, may you all be happy, loved, safe and healthy.
Dx
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| Cheers! |
