03-14-2018, 11:07 AM
Thank you, JonTom! Yes, I thought from reading some other threads that OldTimer is there as we speak! Gosh, I would really LOVE to meet him in person someday!!! And meeting him in Negril would be the icing on the cake. I'm now nearly 7 years out from the cancer dx & nearly 6 years out from the final treatment & surgery. That really was one heckuva year. I give extreme thanks that I had hormone-receptor-positive cancer ("triple-positive"), & so could benefit from the extensive amount of research & chemo treatment protocol that's been developed for that, ala the Komen Foundation. I'm at a point where I can more-or-less view what happened as a "blip" in my life. The retirement thingy is pretty great, although I've yet to "settle into my groove" on it in the 10 months I've moved to this lifestyle. As an only child of 93 & 91 year-old parents, I'm pretty busy. Although I will say that their intellects are very good, they need some physical help. However, they still live independently, with their Russian Blue kitty, Stacia! Have a grandson (nearly 4) & a granddaughter (nearly 1) now too. So very busy. I need to "Book, Pack & Go"!!!!! As Smith used to say.....speaking of, anybody seen Smith lately??