Week 15 and 4 weeks + 2 days to go

I am counting down. Not days yet. When we hit Oct. 1 I'll start counting days. Right now it's still weeks.

I started my new job this week. I feel officially incompetent, however, I don't have the threat of imminent dismissal and dissatisfaction hanging over my head. That's good. Our layoffs tend to be annually toward the end of Oct. into Nov. I don't think I'll have the same concerns this year that I tend to have since 2002 when I got exterminated! Lots to learn though. Whole bunch. My aunt tells the story of playing hide and seek with us as kids (she was maybe 7-9 years older than my oldest bro) and my brother just older than I would count, 1, 2, 3 hoe bunch. I love that story and count that way often. Hoe bunch.

Saw Dr. C this week. I had my grid of pros/cons, procedures, goals and all that stuff. I was thinking about him and how he seems to work. I thought, no, I'm not going to pull this out. I'm going to just talk about symmetry, proportion, and that what I look like unclothed is important. I won't get into procedures, we'll just talk. Seems to work well for him.  Had a good visit. Didn't really talk much about procedures. I'll ask him what he did after surgery. This is kind of difficult for me. I want to know who, what, when, where, how. But I also want what I want. I think I will be more likely to get it if I don't make him explain everything in advance. He goes a bit by feel. I can kind of understand that. I often need to do things myself  because I need to feel it. grrr.

We are at the beach this weekend. I've had opportunities to make jewelry. I need more storage space at home to keep the jewels. If you want something, let me know, I'll consider making it for you. I especially like wire and stone. I'll show pictures in a bit. A couple pieces are for friends and some are for me. Here goes....

My photo theme this weekend at the beach was seaweed. Have you ever noticed how many different shapes and colors there are? Amazing.

Can you just imagine working Monday with the ocean sounds crashing in the near background? I can, and I don't have to imagine it. I will hear it. I'll be on a conference call for about 3 hours. I think the folks on the other end of the line will hear it too. I'll have to try to muffle the sound.

I wore a very lightweight tank top this AM w/o bra. I/yi. It seems sans structured bra is not a good idea. But I think it's a matter of deprogramming or desensitization.  Need to change that cuz omg, not a good thing. Funny that nipple conservation ends up being painful! Only on part of it though, not all.

Hang in there. We only have a few weeks to go. I'll take you into recovery a bit, but won't bore you forever. Thanks for hanging out.