A Day on the Couch

I'm not used to staying up late, but with a houseguest here (and one who is one of my oldest friends, who I don't see often enough) I've been staying up late, going out to eat, and even drinking beer, which I very rarely do.

So today I had a small crash and canceled my appointments for the day and just stayed on the couch, napping, except for checking e-mail and taking care of all the animals.

The kittens are thriving. Just about old enough to try them with a dish, which will make my life with kittens easier--bottle-feeding four kittens takes almost half an hour. And they need to be fed about every three hours.

Intermission
Short break there while I went out with a friend of a friend to rescue my Corvair from the mechanic who thinks charging me $800 for something is "nickle and diming" me. So I (over)paid almost $2,000 for the repairs to date, and said no to the $800 repair that he was proposing on top of that, and my friend, who is a mechanic, is going to see if he can sort out the problem for me.

I took him to dinner to say thank you for his help with the car, and that was really fun. It's not often I meet an attractive, single guy these days. And he has a 10-year-old son, which I consider a bonus. I miss the kid years, much as I love the young men my sons have become.

A Disappointment
I received an e-mail from ASCO this afternoon, saying they were not going to give me a grant to go to the annual meeting in Chicago as a "patient advocate." That's a bummer.

I e-mailed her back asking her what kind of patient advocates they DID give money to, because I'm curious. I haven't received a reply yet, but when I do I'll post it. I thought I wrote a pretty good application, and I have a very long list of things that I've done in support of cancer patients, so, quite honestly, I thought I was a shoe-in for the grant.

But I'm still planning to go. Just have to find (under a rock, maybe) the $1,500 that it will probably cost for airfare, hotel, meals, and the registration fee for the meeting.

@ Jeanne Sather 2008.

Comments

[Dee]

Hi Jeanne,
Sounds like you did what you needed to do by staying on the couch. I overdid it this week-end myself and then felt tired both Mon and Tues.

Glad Mechanic Guy was able to let you know about the Corvair - I really hope he can sort it out!

Sorry to hear about ASCO, too. Boy, they really made their decisions quickly . . . I'm used to granting agencies where it takes up to 6 months or more to decide.

Hope you're having a good day!

[Teri]

Sorry to hear about the ASCO scholarship. I doubt it has anything to do with the "type" of patient advocate you are (but if it does, boy, let me know - you are top drawer, and they need to know about it!). I think it just means that they have given out the limited number of scholarships they had available. They don't list the number of scholarships - it could have been two, and they were snapped up by friends of the planning committee. Anything could have happened.
Good news that the Corvair is getting the proper attention. Watch out -I have a friend that is celebrating a decade of marriage to the guy she called to fix her piano (grin!).
I will send you a hello from the shore. Pet a kitten for me, please?

[jeanne]

Teri--I did get something of a clarification, although it was a bit vague and she didn't tell me how many grants they gave out, although I asked, twice.

I'll be posting this.

Will cuddle the kittens for you. Just finished bathing them, because they aren't old enough to use a litter box yet, so they get poopy paws--ugh! I'm going to try them on the litter box in a few days.

Have a great time at the shore. I'm writing that story today that I e-mailed you about. It's going well. I'll be using quotes from you, and Dee, and Carver.