Mel🥄MeMe LaS'Mores
Educator originally trained in political science. Immigrant. Pottymouth. Spoonie. Into cats AND dogs, bellydance, and cancer survivorship. She / her. Typos.
Joined Apr 2022
My new identity: Cancer Karen. Middle-aged, Midwestern, glares at valets who don't drive stick, angry at grammatical errors in hospital signage, resentful at having to walk through the foyer of Labor and Delivery en route to radiation for uterine #cancer , wears a hat handmade by a friend and lots of Eddie Bauer, vivacious or sobbing and occasionally both.
Australian Shepherd aficionados often refer to these amazing dogs whom I adore as Aussholes. Let me explain why, without words but through an image.
#Mozart #DogsOfCoSo
Hair washing is great but if you do not follow it with styling, this could happen.
#Neville #DogsOfCoSo
#FuckCancer
For this #Caturday , #Twin and I are just cancer patients loving on each other - except that he is dying and I am likely able to leave the illness behind at some point. He is eating, demanding attention, and generally holding on. His body is all angles and bones. But today, he wants to be here.
#Twin went to X rays today and seems to have fluid in his abdomen and in his chest. He is wasting away, but eats like a beast and seems to be in a good mood. Our vet thinks he has liver cancer. We are working on getting a specialist clinic not to be a dick about scheduling him for an abdominal ultrasound. He is our Original Cat - the first adoption who started the clowder. We are devastated.
L'ancien regime means that in 2024 I have the same Emperor I had in 2023.
#Neville #DogsOfCoSo
Hello #2024! Could you please not suck? I even made an effort to go out and greet you - well almost. Danced a bit, 'I Will Survive' made me cry so I danced to stop the tears, then started to feel bad right before 10 and we went home. Comforted dogs when the big fireworks happened.
Plans for '24: ✨beat #cancer , ✨speak out against third party vanity candidates, ✨keep job searching for something better, ✨dance.
Okay, let's do this NYE thing. I have a hideous head cold, radiation has wreaked havoc on me, etc. Ergo this shade called "Plum As You Are" and a dinner with my love and some friends at the casino overlooking the river, then there is a cover band playing disco, and if I feel really ill, we will be 15 min from home. But I could also dance, and still leave well before midnight to then comfort our dogs at home when battle zone sounds begin. Wishing all a scintillating night and sending love.
Got a proper #Caturday photo and it is a double decker! #Balazs is the big cat and #Elsa is the tiny cat. #CatsOfCoSo
Not a cat, but #Lepke is very rarely photographed because she has a sixth sense to flee cameras. So here she is this morning, my Heeler healer Dragonchild, reporting in on the excellent state of my right eyeball. I do have a brand new head cold... #DogsOfCoSo #WeDontDeserveDogs
Peak peace: sneaking out of bed, knowing the dogs will follow me and my partner can sleep on, undisturbed. Peak silly: putting ugly sweater over pajamas. May your day be the perfect mixture of peace and silly, whether you are celebrating #Christmas or coasting on the day off.
I took my holiday spirit and wrapped my nails in it. Happy and merry to those who are celebrating this weekend - and love always to my lovely CoSo tribe, regardless of holidays.
TFW it is #Christmas and all you want to do is cry and stay in bed because the treatment side effects are incapacitating you, but you also have an incredible person in your tribe who started making things for you as soon as you were diagnosed, and her package arrives. With a note of love and support and an explanation that she uses yarn made from recycled bottles. Tiny ninjas chopping onions.
In the spirit of dancing until I cannot dance anymore, I put on makeup and I am ready to leave for the studio hafla.
#Caturday special: #Gandalf curled into a small tray. He is our oldest and is 15 this month. He came to us when he was seven. #CatsOfCoSo
@TheNewsOwl said we should have positive stuff posted, so of course here comes The Latest Kate
Because of some amazing women I spend time with, I am becoming more focused on solctices and equinoxes. The approaching solstice is especially meaningful to me and my struggles this time around. Maybe this from the Latest Kate will hit right for someone else also.
#MentalHealth
Mel🥄MeMe LaS'Mores
Educator originally trained in political science. Immigrant. Pottymouth. Spoonie. Into cats AND dogs, bellydance, and cancer survivorship. She / her. Typos.
Joined Apr 2022