Yuk Travels

Dear Barb.

Argh. Hard day for you. I am glad that you went for a steak, though. Always good to take care of oneself during a crisis.

I did have a good day, although I had D in the back of my mind, as well as C, who is going through crises of her own this week. On Friday, she got abnormal PAP results from her gyn, then, after reviewing them, her doctor told her that they thought she might have HPV (funny, because she had the shot). ALSO, that they are concerned because her cervix is showing cancerous signs (I am paraphrasing here.) At any rate, she doesn't even have an appointment for the culture test until this Friday, so she went home with the C word in her head. To make matters worse, she chose the weekend to do her taxes, at which point she figured she owed the IRS $1200. By dinner time, a cocktail was in order (this was Sunday). When J (the NB) came over, she told him about the medical stuff. He freaked out on her, and now, Wednesday, (I am skipping mucho details) they have broken up.

I have been on the phone with her for the past hour and she's a wreck. Oh, to be in love at 25 again. Of course I want to call him and rip him a new one for breaking my girl's heart, but I won't. There are no words that will assure her that this isn't the only guy she'll fall in love with and that this will stop hurting. Eventually.

So instead, I recounted funny details from my evening with the gang last night, where K was insanely drunk by accident and totally hilarious. I made her laugh and she thanked me. I guess if that's all I can do, I'll take it. That makes me a good mom, too. Dad will fix her taxes when she comes up for JJ's birthday and, from what I understand, the cervical stuff sounds exactly like what I had in college, which was completely solved with a minor, out-patient cryosurgery. Of course my fingers are still crossed on that one.

Today was quiet and productive - met with Kim and a friend of hers to plan her release signing at Borders and the after party that evening. It was very fun and very surreal. I am so excited for her, and kind of dorkishly honored to be asked to do this. Naturally, I'm in my bossy girl element; her friend Jac is kind of that way too, so we'll see how this all rolls. Just kidding. Kind of.

J's home from bagpipe band practice now - just heard the car lock beep. So I'll sign off with good thoughts for you tomorrow, and white light for D, always.

Love you!
A

P.S. In case you were wondering, accidently drunk means that she went out for cocktails then never ate dinner, and kept on drinking. You know, technically not her fault :)