Yesterday I caught up on laundry, things Pixi and I wore while I was away. And towels. Tons of towels. I was behind on doing those.
Also, I colored Pixi's hair. She's naturally a medium brown with red highlights, but she keeps it colored red. Strawberry blonde in summer, auburn in winter. (She's got very fair skin which freckles, so red hair looks natural on her.) I remember when I was doing chemo, coloring her hair was too tiring for me, so she got my son to do it. (She can't do it herself because of her ability issues with her arms.) But yesterday I did it, and it was a breeze. Which goes to show how weak I was on the chemo. And now, what with all the exercising, I am strong like bull.
I also trimmed her hair some. I just blunt cut it. I need to go back and layer it out. But we ran out of time to finish the hair cut because she was going to her bf's for their usual Wednesday night, and I was going to swim.
So nice to be back in the pool. Oddly, I didn't swim in Florida! There was a big storm north of Florida (a foot or more of snow in Asheville NC), and while the area I was in didn't get rain, the surf was very rough. I didn't dare risk actually swimming in it, because of my iffy back. We did wade though. And when I tried to go in the pool at the hotel, it was unheated and SO cold. They'd had nights in the high 40s already, so pool water gets damn cold. The ocean was warmer.
My bestie who came to Florida lives right in the Asheville area. She had planned to go home on Sunday, but ended up not being able to go home til Wednesday! She visited another Florida friend Monday and spent the night at her place, and then on Tuesday night got a hotel room near the airport. She might have stayed at my sister's that night, but we weren't sure if my sister's husband was getting released from the hospital or not, and our friend sure didn't want to be around if he did get home.
And I also heard from Ravi and some more from BigGuy yesterday.
Ravi appreciated the pix, was glad I had fun... he said sorry for not getting back to me sooner, but the previous day had been his and his wife's 6th wedding anniversary, so he made her breakfast in bed, an afternoon movie out, and dinner too. We didn't plan our next date yet. I feel it's more important to catch up with Pixi and BigGuy.
BigGuy and I might get together on Sunday. He thinks he can get away from the wife and kids.
We're starting to plan our activities... and we talked a little about his other gf and our possible 3way. Maybe that can happen in January.
Saturday afternoon our friend T is having his annual cookie swap party. He has certain friends that always come, but this year Pixi and I invited more of our own friends, and also Pixi's bf, which T is fine with. Our closest friends whom we invited to Thanksgiving are all invited (except for my son, we'll next see him at Xmas). Pixi and I plan to make baklava. We made it once before a few years ago, and it came out great. It's a dessert her Greek aunts made for every holiday. It's not easy to make, but it's a fun thing to do together.
I only minimally chatted with my sister yesterday. I wanted to give her a break after our visit, where we did so much talking about her husband and her enabling and all that... apparently she had the day to herself yesterday, but today she finally goes back to work, at least for a few hours, and her husband is getting released from the crisis ward at the hospital. Ugh. Now she needs to plan getting him to a partial hospitalization program, for ongoing therapy. He's so resistant to treatment though. I dread the idea of her getting him to go every day.
Also, I colored Pixi's hair. She's naturally a medium brown with red highlights, but she keeps it colored red. Strawberry blonde in summer, auburn in winter. (She's got very fair skin which freckles, so red hair looks natural on her.) I remember when I was doing chemo, coloring her hair was too tiring for me, so she got my son to do it. (She can't do it herself because of her ability issues with her arms.) But yesterday I did it, and it was a breeze. Which goes to show how weak I was on the chemo. And now, what with all the exercising, I am strong like bull.
I also trimmed her hair some. I just blunt cut it. I need to go back and layer it out. But we ran out of time to finish the hair cut because she was going to her bf's for their usual Wednesday night, and I was going to swim.
So nice to be back in the pool. Oddly, I didn't swim in Florida! There was a big storm north of Florida (a foot or more of snow in Asheville NC), and while the area I was in didn't get rain, the surf was very rough. I didn't dare risk actually swimming in it, because of my iffy back. We did wade though. And when I tried to go in the pool at the hotel, it was unheated and SO cold. They'd had nights in the high 40s already, so pool water gets damn cold. The ocean was warmer.
My bestie who came to Florida lives right in the Asheville area. She had planned to go home on Sunday, but ended up not being able to go home til Wednesday! She visited another Florida friend Monday and spent the night at her place, and then on Tuesday night got a hotel room near the airport. She might have stayed at my sister's that night, but we weren't sure if my sister's husband was getting released from the hospital or not, and our friend sure didn't want to be around if he did get home.
And I also heard from Ravi and some more from BigGuy yesterday.
BigGuy and I might get together on Sunday. He thinks he can get away from the wife and kids.
Saturday afternoon our friend T is having his annual cookie swap party. He has certain friends that always come, but this year Pixi and I invited more of our own friends, and also Pixi's bf, which T is fine with. Our closest friends whom we invited to Thanksgiving are all invited (except for my son, we'll next see him at Xmas). Pixi and I plan to make baklava. We made it once before a few years ago, and it came out great. It's a dessert her Greek aunts made for every holiday. It's not easy to make, but it's a fun thing to do together.
I only minimally chatted with my sister yesterday. I wanted to give her a break after our visit, where we did so much talking about her husband and her enabling and all that... apparently she had the day to herself yesterday, but today she finally goes back to work, at least for a few hours, and her husband is getting released from the crisis ward at the hospital. Ugh. Now she needs to plan getting him to a partial hospitalization program, for ongoing therapy. He's so resistant to treatment though. I dread the idea of her getting him to go every day.
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