TJ North

Tomorrow night I am hosting my department’s holiday party. I have been doing it since I took this job, but the first year there were 2 staff and now there are 9, so it is a bit more of a chore. I am having veggies, dips, breads, and cheese to start, then a real international selection: moose sausages (from my mother, the great hunter in the family) that I will bbq, hungarian goulash (for those who don’t like wild meat) that i will do in the slow cooker, and a couple of cold salads from the deli - edame salad and sweet potato salad, and rice or noodles, maybe noodles would be better. Someone else is bringing desserts.

I didn’t get the redecorating done so the den will remain off limits, but the rest of the house looks presentable. Then I will sleep in Sat. Sat afternoon I am planning my first snowshoe hike of the year. The dog will be happy for the exercise as I have been neglecting him this week. Also neglecting myself.

Tomorrow afternoon I go for my first laser treatment at the clinic - hair removal (yuck). It is much less expensive than I expected so I will try it. I have no guilt about spending this money on myself, amortised over the rest of my life it is a bargain.

Next, I will try botox. They won’t try anything with the scar until I get clearance from the surgeon that removed the cancer, so I have to set that up first. And when I win the lottery, another nose job. The first one did not turn out as I wanted, and now after this other surgery I look like I was a boxer in my youth - it is lumpy and crooked.

Yes, I am very self-centred. There are worse personality traits to have!

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