Surgery--Again

I was kvetching (quel surprise) to my art therapist that I had to be at Bellevue on my birthday. She asked me to draw a picture of a present to myself. Here it is:



Yes, a dog. The yellow thing on the dog is a boid. The cat is coming out of a gift box. The cake was essential. I'm a strong believer in birthday wishes. You can't have an official wish without candles.

There will be no poiple hair on this actual head. But I'm glad you like it. Also, my hair curled up a bit since childhood. That do is out.

HAPPY BOITHDAY FOR THE SIXTEENTH!!!!

Sending you some birthday cake, kiddo - the whole cake, not just this slice.
Will be thinking of you, what with the hospital trek.

My boithday is Nov. 18, not the sixteenth. Thanks, though. I love birthdays, and I love good wishes.

Osso, Thanks mucho for that amazing cake. Saving up my breath for blowing out candles.

Well, the cake is big, see, but there's only one candle, for the one and only Roberta..

That's yesterday here.

Is it today or tomorrow there?

Tomorrow. This dateline thing makes my eyeballs spin around like cherries in a slot machine.

No, no, Roberta!
Today is the 18th of November in Oz.
We have started our celebrations here already & there'll be more to come tomorrow when your part of the planet celebrates the big day!
So birthday greetings & much love to you, possum!

yay! Happy birthday!

It's the 18th here - and I'm celebrating with a salad lunch.

I'm such a party girl.

Have a great day!

You've given yourself a great gift - dog, cat, bird, cake! Nothing more required, really!

Happy Birthday tomorrow Roberta! (Long day at work and I don't want to miss it!) May all your birthday wishes come true.

This is special. You grew from a smart kid into a smarter lady... love this.

Animals have always been special to you - if you could give you a birthday present, you would have your animals with you for real.




Happy Boithday Querida... will be thinking of you tomorrow and you must find a candle to light... Hope the endocrinologist will be a shining light for you too, and a way forward.

Love you (((((((((((((((((((Boida)))))))))))))))))))))))))) xxxxxxxxxxxx

olga, Thanks mucho for the good wishes. I love that little cat doing cat stuff at the bottom of the message. Oh, how I miss having a cat. Sigh.

Margo, Yup, I gave myself a present. Thanks for the good wishes.

Tai, A lion cake with delish little cupcakes. Mmmmmmmm. Thanks for the goodies and the good wishes.

Oh I know, I know, Roberta.

Sighing (heavily) with you that you can't have a cat companion around anymore.

I love that little cat as well. Watch out Mickey!

From one Roberta to another:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW1CSUV0dEQ&feature=fvw

Happy Birthday, Roberta!

For your birthday, I found a virtual pet site you might enjoy.



http://www.foopets.com/#pet-30

Thanks to Letty and ButtrflyNet for the wonderful birthday wishes.

Back from Bellevue. Spent two hours waiting on my birthday. Snarl.

Saw the endocrine doc. Thyroid levels normal. Vitamin D levels normal. No need to change meds.

Saw Sheila for a preappointment meal. She had lunch. I had breakfast (silver dollar pancakes and bacon). No room for cake. I stuck a candle in a pancake and lit it. Sheila sang Happy Birthday to me very softly. I made a wish and blew out the candle. Then she ordered a piece of chocolate layer cake for me to take home. What a good kid she is. Also a mensch.

BTW, when I arrived for my appointment, there were about 30 people standing. All out of chairs. I resigned myself to a long and horrible wait. But a woman jumped up and gave me her seat. When I was finally called, another woman leapt up to help me gather my belongings and get out of the chair. I said to the doc that I must look really old and feeble for those people to do that. Then I said, "Isn't that great!" No standing.

Happy Friday, Roberta!

Thought you'd get a few laughs from this:

Butrflynet, The quintessential cat. Loved watching this. Thanks so much.

That really made me laugh out loud!