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Dear friends -- I've gotten the results of my second round of medical tests, and all is well! Ultrasound shows nothing untoward; the only recommendation is for "routine follow-up." I'm still convinced, of course, that some day the tests will unfortunately reveal the Big C, but that day is not today. Now (at least until the next abnormal test comes along), I can go back to happily wasting precious life hours on unimportant things and complaining about trivialities.
I can't thank you all enough for how supportive and helpful you've all been. Your posts and messages have meant a great deal to me.
Even Rita Skeeter helped cheer me up. If you haven't read the June issue of the![[info]](https://stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
cackling_crone, go do so at once! And I say this not just because the "featured story" of the month is one of mine. The "magazine" is extraordinarily well-done: clever and snarky (well, we are talking about Rita Skeeter here) and beautifully-written and full of perceptively perceptive perceptiveness about history and gender. For instance, there's a wonderfully thoughtful article about the position of gentlewitches-of-small-fortune in Queen Charlotte's time. And there are real recipes to die for. And saffic smut. Check it out; I loved it.
Other RL news: This summer (June 25, to be exact), my partner and I celebrate the tenth anniversary of our having met in person (we'd known each other for about a year in the Star Trek Voyager fandom). We had planned to throw a huge party, but somehow haven't been able to muster up the energy. So instead, we decided to take a cruise. The one we wanted to take -- five days from New York to Nova Scotia on the Queen Mary 2 -- is unfortunately sold out. (We tend to dither about decisions and then have to make reservations at the last minute, which mostly causes no problems but sometimes does. But it all usually works out one way or another.) So we have signed up for a four-day cruise on the Carnival line. I've never been on a cruise before, and I think Carnival is pretty basic rather than luxurious, but it's less than half the price of the Queen Mary, and really, I can't imagine that sailing the ocean blue on a cruise ship is going to be unpleasant no matter what the liner. We're not talking steerage here. We've got a balcony stateroom.
I've been reading up on the various shipboard activities. A lot of them sound like excuses to sell you things (facials, cosmetic makeovers, etc.), but I probably wouldn't bother with them in any case. I'm not at all a group-activities sort of person. I just want to lounge on deck chairs with a book and have people serve me drinks.
Big Downside: Shipboard internet costs $24 [about 20 euros] per hour!! So I will be facing at least five cold-turkey days, unless we look for an internet cafe in Halifax or something.
I can't thank you all enough for how supportive and helpful you've all been. Your posts and messages have meant a great deal to me.
Even Rita Skeeter helped cheer me up. If you haven't read the June issue of the
cackling_crone, go do so at once! And I say this not just because the "featured story" of the month is one of mine. The "magazine" is extraordinarily well-done: clever and snarky (well, we are talking about Rita Skeeter here) and beautifully-written and full of perceptively perceptive perceptiveness about history and gender. For instance, there's a wonderfully thoughtful article about the position of gentlewitches-of-small-fortune in Queen Charlotte's time. And there are real recipes to die for. And saffic smut. Check it out; I loved it.Other RL news: This summer (June 25, to be exact), my partner and I celebrate the tenth anniversary of our having met in person (we'd known each other for about a year in the Star Trek Voyager fandom). We had planned to throw a huge party, but somehow haven't been able to muster up the energy. So instead, we decided to take a cruise. The one we wanted to take -- five days from New York to Nova Scotia on the Queen Mary 2 -- is unfortunately sold out. (We tend to dither about decisions and then have to make reservations at the last minute, which mostly causes no problems but sometimes does. But it all usually works out one way or another.) So we have signed up for a four-day cruise on the Carnival line. I've never been on a cruise before, and I think Carnival is pretty basic rather than luxurious, but it's less than half the price of the Queen Mary, and really, I can't imagine that sailing the ocean blue on a cruise ship is going to be unpleasant no matter what the liner. We're not talking steerage here. We've got a balcony stateroom.
I've been reading up on the various shipboard activities. A lot of them sound like excuses to sell you things (facials, cosmetic makeovers, etc.), but I probably wouldn't bother with them in any case. I'm not at all a group-activities sort of person. I just want to lounge on deck chairs with a book and have people serve me drinks.
Big Downside: Shipboard internet costs $24 [about 20 euros] per hour!! So I will be facing at least five cold-turkey days, unless we look for an internet cafe in Halifax or something.