New Aquisitions and Updates
So I have been really good at not buying anything because I have had to watch my spending lately. I have actually had to sell off some of my doll collections, which hurts, but at the same time, I need to keep my finances in order. However, when I saw Noel Cruz's Celine Dion Repaint for sale secondhand, I had to have her. I remember when she was auctioned the first time around I didn't bid and regretted it. Here is Noel's pic from his site, www.ncruz.com
How could you NOT like Celine Dion? The broken English, the Drag Queen mannerisms, the sappy love songs...ah, I can go on forever on what an icon she is. So she was auctioned for charity on ebay and I won her, thankfully, for her opening bid. The opening bid was almost half of what she sold for originally, so I got a great deal. Yay.
Well, this post isn't all about dolls. I figured I'd update everyone on everything that's been going on. Parker and I have been dating for more than a month now and things are still going well. His friends and I get along well and his brothers and sisters are really nice. I'm enjoying getting to know him in this early dating stage.
My Mom got her most recent petscan results a few weeks ago and it was both good and bad news. The bad news is the spot in her liver increased from 2 to 3 spots and it was more intense. The good news is that the other parts (tailbone, kidney, stomach) showed no change and also, the spot in her lung shrank and looked almost gone. They changed her chemo and she's been in a lot of pain. They can't give her anymore pain shots because she's reached the maximum allowed, so she just kind of deals with it. She's fighting it though, and that's what counts. She's got depressed after the last Petscan news and wanted to give up, but I'm glad she hasn't wanted to stop the chemo. She's been doing it intravenously for a year and a half now, so I know she's gotta be worn out from it.
A few weeks ago my cousin Ben got married. My cousin from Michelle from Cali, who is the only one who knows I'm gay out there, stayed at my condo. We've always been close, so it was nice to have her there and for us to explore Riverside and bond again. I took 2 days off from work and it was fun. I paid for it though, because I gained 5.6 pounds that week for weigh in. UGH. It was frustrating. But I worked hard on it, and at yesterday's weigh in, the final one, i had lost 4.8. Yay. That mean, all together, I lost 13 pounds. My goal was 10, so I'm happy I surpassed it, so it allows me to drink here and there with no worries of my clothes not fitting. This is the best shape I've been in for more than a year, so it feels great.
This week was a sad one for me, since one of my close friends from work dies from Cancer. She had been in hospice for the last week, and on Monday, she died. Peggy and I had known each other for about 8 years. She was our music teacher at my school and miss her. I've been getting teary eyed and crying throughout the week because I just can't get past it all. She would always let me come in her room and let me tell her about my weekends, about my recent boyfriends, about everything. Peggy always listened and gave great advice, and was like a big sister to me.
This weekend I take the GRE. I have applied at the College of Ed and UNF so that I can get a masters in school counselling. I think this will be money well spent and it will be a new adventure for me. My interview with the college is on May 21st, so wish me luck. I have to get an admissions portfolio together by May 15th, so I need to get on it. I'm still trying to figure out how I can handle it financially, but that's why I'm selling so many dolls stuff :)
So that's my life in a nutshell.
How could you NOT like Celine Dion? The broken English, the Drag Queen mannerisms, the sappy love songs...ah, I can go on forever on what an icon she is. So she was auctioned for charity on ebay and I won her, thankfully, for her opening bid. The opening bid was almost half of what she sold for originally, so I got a great deal. Yay.
Well, this post isn't all about dolls. I figured I'd update everyone on everything that's been going on. Parker and I have been dating for more than a month now and things are still going well. His friends and I get along well and his brothers and sisters are really nice. I'm enjoying getting to know him in this early dating stage.
My Mom got her most recent petscan results a few weeks ago and it was both good and bad news. The bad news is the spot in her liver increased from 2 to 3 spots and it was more intense. The good news is that the other parts (tailbone, kidney, stomach) showed no change and also, the spot in her lung shrank and looked almost gone. They changed her chemo and she's been in a lot of pain. They can't give her anymore pain shots because she's reached the maximum allowed, so she just kind of deals with it. She's fighting it though, and that's what counts. She's got depressed after the last Petscan news and wanted to give up, but I'm glad she hasn't wanted to stop the chemo. She's been doing it intravenously for a year and a half now, so I know she's gotta be worn out from it.
A few weeks ago my cousin Ben got married. My cousin from Michelle from Cali, who is the only one who knows I'm gay out there, stayed at my condo. We've always been close, so it was nice to have her there and for us to explore Riverside and bond again. I took 2 days off from work and it was fun. I paid for it though, because I gained 5.6 pounds that week for weigh in. UGH. It was frustrating. But I worked hard on it, and at yesterday's weigh in, the final one, i had lost 4.8. Yay. That mean, all together, I lost 13 pounds. My goal was 10, so I'm happy I surpassed it, so it allows me to drink here and there with no worries of my clothes not fitting. This is the best shape I've been in for more than a year, so it feels great.
This week was a sad one for me, since one of my close friends from work dies from Cancer. She had been in hospice for the last week, and on Monday, she died. Peggy and I had known each other for about 8 years. She was our music teacher at my school and miss her. I've been getting teary eyed and crying throughout the week because I just can't get past it all. She would always let me come in her room and let me tell her about my weekends, about my recent boyfriends, about everything. Peggy always listened and gave great advice, and was like a big sister to me.
This weekend I take the GRE. I have applied at the College of Ed and UNF so that I can get a masters in school counselling. I think this will be money well spent and it will be a new adventure for me. My interview with the college is on May 21st, so wish me luck. I have to get an admissions portfolio together by May 15th, so I need to get on it. I'm still trying to figure out how I can handle it financially, but that's why I'm selling so many dolls stuff :)
So that's my life in a nutshell.