Hello, Dolly!

[ivyblossom]

So, just to recap: I got cancer, I had the surgery and the radiation treatment. It was a little rough for a while there, I learned a lot about being, as my doctor says, "in a compromised body", but I'm doing really well now. And while my first test (a whole body scan) came back showing more remaining tissue than anticipated (they did the test while I was still processing the radiation), my blood test shows that there's none left anymore, which as good as someone actually doing what I'd been wishing someone would do: look me in the face and say, "Ivy, you don't have cancer anymore." I'm doing pretty well these days, and I'm trying to get back to a normal life.

I've been playing around in Second Life a lot, ever since I got my attention span back. I've gotten pretty addicted to building things in there. If you have an SL av, let me know, it would be cool to hang out.

I got married in March; Mr. Blossom is living with me at present, though he's moving to Virginia in a few weeks for a job. (He's an itinerant professor at the moment.) We still need to sort out where we're going to live in the end. Just kind of taking it as it comes for the moment. He's currently in the kitchen making a raspberry cheesecake. He's an excellent chef. I wash the dishes, that's the trade off.

While the vet suspected it, I recently learned that my dearly-beloved 11 year old orange tabby cat (Horatio) does not have FIV. Yay!

I got permanent status (tenure) while I was off recovering. Each year I have this job the harder it is to think about leaving it. Let's hope Mr. Blossom can find a job in the area.

I'm waiting with baited breath to hear more about the Lexicon trial; did I miss something? Any news?

I did some clean up on the flist, and I'm trying to add a whackload of people, but LJ won't let me. Something about trying to add too many people at once. So more during the week, I expect. I'd like to get my friendslist balanced and add back everyone who's added me.

So what's new with you?

Comments

[starlitshore.livejournal.com]

Wow! Congratulations for getting better and for your marriage and for your tenure and for everything else! It sounds like things have finally taken a really good turn for you. I'm so pleased for you and am glad to see you back!

I'm currently working away the summer after my third year of undergrad, and counting down the days until I go back. I was hired on as a residence don this year, so I have to go back early for training. I'm sort of scared about having to be a real grown-up after this year, and am really terrified of having to apply and wait for an acceptance/rejection to teacher's college. Alas, I have no boy in my life, but I've got great friends and a super family and a lot of plans for the new school year. And that's me in a nutshell!

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Ooo that's a fun job. You'll love it!

Where do you want to go to teacher's college?

[starlitshore.livejournal.com]

I hope so!

This may sound terribly boring, but I'd like to stay at Queen's. For the sake of eight months, I don't really want to uproot myself and start again at a knew school in a new city. If I must, I will, and I'm going to apply to other schools as well (including Ottawa, Western and UofT), but it would certainly be nice to just stick around a few more months. By the sounds of your post, you probably understand what I mean. ;) After that, my heart is set on teaching in Europe for a little while!

[starlitshore.livejournal.com]

Alas, I erased part of my comment!

I hope so! Were you a don in university or have you just heard good things?