We landed in Florence around 1:30pm local time. The Florence airport is really small which makes life easier for people who’ve just flown for 15 hours. We grabbed our suitcases and wheeled them over to the tram stop outside of the terminal. The tram system is new and although most blogs and guidebooks to Florence still say to take the… Read more »
If you’ve read through the archives, you would know that I’ve started a tradition where my husband and I blow off familial obligations and traipse somewhere other than Ohio for the Thanksgiving time-frame. I call it Thanksgiving Abroad. Last year, we went to Asia – Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia. The year before that was London. I don’t really have any… Read more »
The past couple of weeks have been pretty stressful and sad. After I returned from Miami, the kitty sitter said that my kitty was missing her litter box. That is completely out of character for her. So we did the whole changing out the kitty litter and scrubbing the box. Still didn’t work. And then she started peeing all over… Read more »
After two stops on my 2019 midlife crisis tour – Atlanta and Orlando – it was time to head to the final stop in Miami. Monday around 1pm, after some work calls, I was in the Caddy heading south. The drive towards Miami on the Turnpike was much slower than the ride north, made seemingly much slower with the lack… Read more »
After my night living like a rock star, I was severely sleep-deprived when I made my way to the Atlanta airport. I was hoping to sleep on the flight to Fort Lauderdale but there was a young boy in the seat in front of me who spent the entire flight asking his mom questions every 20 seconds. I applauded his… Read more »
OK y’all, with a title like that you know what time it is… time for my random thoughts while following Adam Ant around on tour. As usual, if you’re only here for the cancer stuff, you’re going to have to wait a few posts before my mundane life reasserts itself and I’m not traipsing around the country behaving like a… Read more »
Holy, do you know how hard I worked to get that alliteration to work for y’all? I’m still not 100% happy with it; but it’s the best you’re going to get on a Friday. Anyway, a team of researchers from Johns Hopkins and the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Center in Florida identified RNA molecules in melanoma that seem to… Read more »
Sorry I’ve been so quiet on the blog front. As the title will lead you to believe, I’ve been pretty busy lately. Starting with the middle of last month, I’ve: spent a long weekend in Denver hanging out with a close friend and then immediately flew to Las Vegas with that same friend and a group of ladies to see… Read more »
Melanoma, when it metastasizes, has a high likelihood of spreading to vital organs such as the brain. Although treatments have gotten better for melanoma patients overall, because of the increase in melanoma rates and treatments to prolong the lifespans of melanoma patients, it also means that now there are more diagnoses of melanoma-involved brain metastases. Obviously, this prospect is a… Read more »
For the past couple of years, it seemed like I was going to Florida quite often. I have a close friend that lives near Miami and another close friend who got married there last year. And although I have a scar from melanoma, I still find that the beach relaxes me; but nowadays, I’m slathered in SPF and wearing a… Read more »