Friday ~

Whatever you decide to do, 

make sure it makes you happy...

Where Arvid goes, Sniff goes.  Arvid works, 

Sniff wants to work.  They are attached at all times.  Of course

 there are times when Arvid would say to Sniff, "I need a minute 

for myself."  He said the same thing at times to Brutus, but at

 the end of the day, he loves when Sniff is all over him.

Last night as I was going to sleep, I looked at some pictures 

of Brutus.  I saw one of Brutus taken on November 5th,

 just hours before he died.  I was holding him and I am 

convinced there were tears in his eyes.  Yes, last 

night I cried and cried again for my Brutus.

This morning when I told Arvid about Brutus having 

tears in his eyes that day, Arvid said to me, "we all had tears

 that day."  I know Arvid misses Brutus, but unless I talk about

 him Arvid never brings it up.  For Arvid it's best to ignore

 something rather than talk about it.  It's OK, but not always.

It's a good day here at home. We had lunch at our favorite

 Cuban-Mexican restaurant.  Food was very good and we are 

full and content.  Hope your day is going great as well.

Happy Friday to all.  Happy 21st birthday to our Gabby.

Arvid said to me, "I can't believe Gabby is 21 years old today. 

 When I met him he was only 2 years old.  Our Gabby is now legal.

You can close your eyes to reality, but not to memories...

~Nadiya~

It's Christmas After All ~

I'm actually really nice until you annoy me...

Coming back to Florida means I have to re-establish myself 

with all of my doctors.  Easier said than done.  Take in 

mind I am not the most patient of people.  Weeks ago I made 

an appointment with a new general practitioner  That's

 the start of everything depending on your insurance.

A 9am appoint turned out to be 11:30 until I actually

 got the see the doctor.  Let's just say I was fortunate they 

still saw me.  I am not a mean person, but like I said to the 

receptionist, "my time is as valuable as the doctor's time."  

I got a round of applause from everyone in the waiting 

room, and the stare down from the receptionist.

Three weeks ago I also made an appointment to see

 a new endocrinologist. Having had Thyroid cancer it's important 

to do yearly follow ups and thorough blood work.  I finally 

found one.  I told the office manager my entire history 

regarding my thyroid and cancer.  She said,

 "no problem that we can handle."

Today I call the endocrinologists office just to ask a

 few more questions.  Like the times before, I have never been 

able to get hold of them.  Yes I was ready to call the whole thing 

off and find someone new, but here the wait to see a specialist

 is very long.  So I controlled myself and kept calling.

Finally I decided to go to the office and talk to them.  

Office closed.  I call another number listed there and they said 

"we are only there on Mondays."  So I said, "how come you

 have me scheduled to see the doctor on Tuesday?"

I was told they were sorry about the misunderstanding, but if

 I wanted to keep the appointment it will have to be at their 

other location.  I agreed because it's not easy getting an appointment

 anytime soon elsewhere. We talk some more and I asked her 

if they followed up with my previous endocrinologist.  

Her answer, "endocrinologist?  We are pulmonary doctors. 

 I am sorry that the other girl misinformed you, but it's 

Christmas after all." I want to know what any of 

this has to do with the fact that it's Christmas.

That everyone is how my day is going so far.  I sure it

 can only get better from here on, for it is Christmastime 

after all.  That seems to be a good reason it seems.

Time to find another endocrinologist. Life.

You cannot control everything.  Sometimes 

you just have to relax and have faith things will

 work out.  Let go a little and let life happen...

~Nadiya~