Sunday, March 25, 2012

a woman does not fart



So, yesterday I got my every-5-year colonoscopy.  This is not a pretty thing.  Anyone who has ever had one will tell you...the sleep is great...the prep is horrible.  I puke while prepping and I am someone who will do anything to keep from puking!  I won't even talk about the water poop you get from the prep.

The sleep is amazing...the nurse said...your lips are going to feel numb and immediately you are asleep!! Then twenty to thirty minutes of your life are unaccounted for while they do unmentionables to your body. Suddenly someone says "Wake up" and you are wide-eyed again.  It is amazing...and you are hungry as all get out!!

You know I have a new man, who was kind enough to take me for my procedure.  Now this is a new man...he doesn't even know I have bowel movements yet.  It is still early in the relationship, you better believe I've never farted in front of him!! Part of a colonoscopy is they pump you full of GAS and leave some up there...resulting in expelling of gas. 

Do you know how uncomfortable it is trying to act all ladylike and all the while gas is exiting your body and NOT QUIETLY!! Plus, you have a nurse saying "push it out", "get it out of there".  Well, he is a witty man and had some nice one liners about my situation.  This is why he is so special.

A colonoscopy is a necessary evil.  It detects early colon cancer.  Thank goodness I was all clear and I now won't have to do it for another five years.  By then Dave should know that I burp, too!

Saturday, March 24, 2012

i'm back

You know the thing about New Year's resolutions...they don't stick!! I was going to make sure I write every day...wrong!
But the nice thing is...we can keep trying!
I know this blog was about divorce but now it has seemed to turn the corner and is about new beginnings and new loves.  As I was going through the pain of separation and divorce everyone kept telling me...it just takes time...time, will get you through.  I am here to say they are so right.  Do I still think about it...yes...but the sting is gone and I see a new beginning.  Has it been tough and is it still tough...yes...but I am trudging along.  I am happy.
In November the ladies at church commented on how happy I was looking...at the time I was corresponding and had met a wonderful fellow from the east coast.  I thought I was moving east...so I was happy and planning...then when you least expect it, God throws you a loop.  What do they say...if you want to make God laugh tell him your plans...he was hootin' and hollerin'.

I still look at Dave, who I've known for years and say...I can't believe this!!  He called to see if I wanted tickets to a concert and it started from there...a long breakfast where we talked about EVERYTHING...and it is still going strong.
The day Dave called I truly believe God placed a special gift right in my lap and told me, you have suffered long enough...now enjoy this!
The greatest thing is he loves all of the kids...whenever I say "the kids" he says wait...I never know which ones you are talking about...yours...the grand kids...mine or the church kids!!  None of that group frightens him...we are getting ready to leave to spend a week with my son and his family in Washington state.  He is a brave man!  Did I say my mother is going with us?
One of the kids at church looked at him not too long ago and said..."You didn't know when you started dating her you got all of us too."  and he said..."that's OK".  See my gift?
What will the future bring?  It doesn't matter...I am right now enjoying all of it!
God is good all the time!