It's been Awhile ....

Wow !

I hadn't realized It was THAT long since I updated. Carrie's subtle hints at work (hey .... you still blog, right?) have finally hit home. What's been happening since the last update you ask ?? Well .....

1. The Playoffs are OVER !

Did we win ? No ..... wahhhhhhhhhh. The Oilers DID make it to the Stanley Cup Final, and to game #7, but the Hurricanes played just a little bit better than we did and won the cup out from under us. I never thought in a million years, we would get as far as we did, and I'm sooooooooooo impressed with our team. The city had a Thank-You rally planned at City Hall on the 21st that I went to, and it was very well attended. Fans from all over packed the area just in front of City Hall to say thanks. Players in attendance were: Jason Smith, Ethan Moreau, Ryan Smyth, Georges Laraque, Steve Staios and hometown hero Fernando Pisani. Kevin Lowe said they were not a team to celebrate failure, and that's why more players did not attend, but they wanted to basically say thanks to the fans for supporting them throughout the playoffs. They did say we would do this again NEXT year ... WITH the Stanley Cup this time ! I can't wait !

2. Another Cancer Scare at our House.

So this time it was My Mom. She had a lump on her leg, about the size of a fist, that had been getting bigger and redder over time. I had to go to the Doctor and dragged her with me to get it looked at. He sent her immediately to a dermatologist, who did some minor surgery and removed a cyst from under the skin of the lump. She also said it was Cancer, and it was the worst possible kind to have. She wrote a letter back to our family Doctor, who broke the news to me and Erin. They sent the lump out for a biopsy, so we didn't say anything to Mom until we had the results back. And guess what ?? It WAS Cancer, but slow-growing and totally treatable! Mom has an app't with a Plastic Surgeon on July 10th that I will take her to, and then we will find out further treatment options at that time. Yay ! Not nearly as bad as we thought it would be !

3. Work goes on. Ugh.

Why do people think that they are the center of the Universe, and if they don't get their way that we owe them something ?? The install business has had some challenges lately, that I think we have remedied quickly and efficiently. I have one customer right now, that thinks that we haven't done enough, and owe her money because we screwed up. (Our install company did .. but that's another story.) We gave her alternatives to figure out her install, we worked within dates she gave us, she said we charged her too much money, we owe her MORE compensation, and she can'tr believe that everyone is booked and can't do her install sooner. I just don't get it. I should be used to this by now, but people like this really bug me. Especially when I went in on my days off to fix her order !! I know, i'm crazy .... and Carrie is soon to leave me to be a Mom (hi Peanut ... Auntie Tracy loves you already!).. and now I think 2 more of my girls are leaving me to move on to bigger and better things. I can't blame them for leaving, but the powers that be are making it out to be my fault .. and why haven't I hired anyone yet ... and I better be making sales plan again this month ... yada, yada, yada.

So there's my update. I promise to not forget to do this again ..... (shhhh Carrie!)