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The New Me 2.0


In March of 2015 a friend I had known all my life died from inoperable cancer and when she died, she took a piece of me with her.

She was diagnosed the same year I was, and left her husband and 2 young children behind. She had worked very hard in her short life and I decided that if we could manage it, I would welcome a chance to take the time to share experiences with those I love and maybe not spend so much time at work.

The New Me is happy to report that after a number of years, I am on a sabbatical from work...again! So the New Me is "New" again!

For a long time-
  • I needed to work so I didn't spend my days and nights worried that every ache and pain could be cancer.
  • I needed the work challenge for my brain to recuperate from the fog that is "chemo brain".
  • I needed to know that I could be successful and productive again in spite of the trauma.
This year will be 5 years since my diagnosis and I feel I could breathe a bit easier even though I could find out tomorrow that my cancer has metastasized. I feel my time with my loved ones is running out - my older son is fast becoming less interested in Mama and I won't have him for much longer. So even though we will need to make adjustments, I am taking a break.

I started this blog back in September 2008 - 7 years ago! At that time, I had quit my job to stay home with my kids (my younger son had been having some health issues), and the first post I did was this one: Flexible Schedule Work from Home.

In that first post in 2008, I had ended with "Now..getting daycare so I can read and eat bon bons, now that is something I could get interested in." And so it has come to pass, that the kids are in school, and I can read and eat bon bons. (However why I have done that yet is a story for another post.)

In these past 7 years I have grown older and had opportunities to reinvent myself, and I am looking forward to doing just that again

But first, a few pictures of what I have been doing in my first months off.

Some celebratory flowers; reading trashy novels in bed

Going to the movies

Pool time
Playing video games with little one
Reading
Hanging with the Aged P

Trip to Trinidad, here on Maracas beach.

Adult karate! With my pink belt for October

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Austin Trini said…
I should also admit to an inordinate amount of time on StrikeBack http://www.cinemax.com/strike-back/
21 January 2016 at 21:53
G said…
Awesome post Sally... so happy we can do this.
25 January 2016 at 11:24
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