Pat's Adventures in Dialysis, the "Family and Friends" edition.

Well, we're trying the fistula again. I've turned a little bitchy as to who I want to "stick" me. My tech is out sick (/cry). My back up sticker isn't in today, and the assigned tech is the new lady !
O.o. Yeah that's not happening. The charge nurse did the stick. Yay Margaret!!

So now that my left arm is immobile, I'm doing the right hand one finger typing trick. iPod shuffled to "Be My Girl", The Dramatics. I can listen to Ron Banks all day. /swoon.

 

Family and friends. I mentioned how four old friends from Pastuer Elementary school reconnected. We've know each other almost 50 years. Those friendships were the building blocks for all us to develop new friendships during our lifetime. In other words, we learned how to make friends. The amazing thing about when we got together is, and understand that some of us hadn't seen each other since 6th, 7th grade, we were so open and loving. Open arms and open hearts. Amazing.

The ability to make lifelong friends has served us well. I ran through a list of friends I've made in my lifetime. My friends from church. My friends from Shay Lake. My crew from high school. The people I know from college (all of them - lol). My sorority (AKA), The people I've met at work. People I've met through Brian. People I've met at Shawn's schools. My World of Warcraft crew. These people are blessings and I let them know. :). iPod is giving me a Dramatics-fest. :-D. "Toast to the Fool". I imagine that the other four ladies have developed other wonderful friendships over the years. These are the lessons we learned from each other.

The other group is family. As best as I can remember, my cousin Karen was my very first friend. We have pictures of us together as babies. Our mothers were close and we were together often. I always enjoyed being with her. We'd plot and play. We teased her little brother and were delighted when she got a baby sister. Her mom let us suggest a name for the baby, which was summarily discarded. Lol. If I mention "Teary Deary", we'll both roll our eyes and chuckle. Little brother will laugh.

My Perry family is loving and supportive and too many to mention. A family reunion is a thing of beauty. And diversity - lol. You walk into the room and feel the unconditional love, even if your tag says "David's Granddaughter". Lol lol. And I'm finding more and more Uddybacks. We all just look alike, but when we connected, it was with open arms. :)

It's such a blessing to have friends and family and I feel so blessed and grateful. Thank you all. Each and everyone of my friends is so special and mean the world to me. You are loved and appreciated.

Signing off with "For the Love of You", The Isley Brothers. Omg. If that was coming out of the dorm room, you kept on going. Please don't knock. ;-) Just close your eyes and enjoy Ron Isley. :)