I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Bren, I am thinking of a place that is accessible by car, bus and train and airport, and well known (not hidden in a mall or a suburb with no public transport).....maybe the Sculpture Garden - would people be attracted to an outdoor site in cold weather. Or else the National Gallery? Or the Lincoln Memorial?

Or the Baltimore zoo or Harbor??

(Seeing if we can get our Canadian and New York friends to bite....)

Please do, Pip, I'd love to meet you.

Alexandria - hoping your MIL is feeling better. She sounds like such a wonderful person.

Athena - I too am being tested by my oncs for D levels with blood tests.  PCP was "ok" with it being at 23.  Changed PCP, but sadly they use the same lousy labs - real mistakes, so my oncs took over the blood testing.  Now that my level is up to 68, I feel ok letting he PCP do the annual tests.

Kam - I think we're all SO different about our D3 needs, really best to work closely with PCP with BLOOD TESTS to determine dosage right for you.  Took 8,000ius D3 to get me up over 50.  Was below ( 48) at 6,000ius. I take D3 ( 2,000ius) times 4, divided over the day - usually with other supplements, and food. 

SO HAPPY there's a Party at Blue's - everybody take pictures.

Lassie - broken shoulder?  OUCH, OUCH, OUCH - how did I miss that???  How did you do it?  Button up the front for a while, arms at side, pulling up one side at a time..hope it heals FAST.

Athena - don't know about DC - getting there from the North ( by car, at least) is SUCH A BUMMER.  TJP. yuck.

Maybe someplace in VT - "mid way" for US, Canada???

Athena ... I would really like not to have to go into DC.  The driving and parking up there scares me.  And I get lost so easily!  I still get confused about my east and west after growing up on the west coast and now living on the east coast.  Maybe I could catch a ride with Layne in Arlington and go from there.

hugs,

Bren

PS ... Pip it would be fabulous to see you again!

Offering my place in VT as a get together location!!  But not until things smooth out here.

Millie (my MIL) went nuts today.  She ripped out her iv and was talking total nonesense.  I did, however, get her to drink half a McDonald's milkshake and eat some of her dinner.  They were putting the IV back in when i left, and they had assigned an aide to stay in her room, because in her addled state of mind, she keeps trying to get out of bed, and she'll fall.  The nurse told me not to give up hope, so I won't, but it's difficult. My poor husband has to finish a project for his job over the weekend, which is a struggle even without his Mom's situation.  He ran over to the hospital with me when she first pulled out the iv and started throwing ice cream, but then he had to come back and go to work.  It's almost 8:30 here and he's still working.  thanks for all the good wishes, everyone.

Bren, fingers and toes crossed for the job.

Lassie - so sorry about the shoulder.  Just what you needed.

Blue, Enjoyful, Sandy - envious for your get together. 

Alexandria, so sorry about your MIL, I know how upsetting and terrifying it is. But I'd echo Kam's comments about many drugs (and also many common conditions, like UTIs) having a dramatic effect on the mental functioning of the elderly. For that matter, just being hospitalized can be terribly disorienting.



My good news is that I'm just coming from a totally delightful dinner with our totally delightful chaplain (Bren, we're both here in Chicago). Even though the chaplain is not a brusselsprout fan (gasp!), she agreed to take one for the team, and we shared a roasted Brussels sprout appetizer.



Heading to the airport now for an early morning flight back home.



Linda

Let me see if I can show you what my son printed off for me today

I can offer our chincoteague island condo for a get together as long as it is before June which is the beginning of our rental season. We can sleep 9 if we share beds or 5 if we don't. Once here all shops and restaurants are close. The beach is on Assateague island. It is very low key here, sort of like being in the 50's. I have friends who rent their condos so we could rent another place if we had a large # wanting to come. About 3 hours from crofton, 31/2 hours from d.c. We are on chincoteague bay. I'm there now and being near the water calms my spirit. It is nice, even in the winter!

Alexandria

That must be so hard. hang in there.

LOL, Rosemary!

So, posting that comic apparently killed my internet. It was worth it.

It came out too big on my screen. Maybe the mods can fix it.

It was so sweet of my son to give that to me. My kids have not talked much about my cancer and it takes something like this or my daughter crying when she told me her college roommate had BC for me to really know how much they were affected.

Hahaha Rosemary! Great cartoon for those of us "in the know!"