1) Does anyone remember the Great Cookie Plan of 2025? Well, last weekend I made some of the brown butter sugar cookies (of course I made them gluten-free, blah, blah blah) and they were delicious. My husband really liked them and it was really easy to make. I also brought them to book club and the non-GF people also liked them. They're a hit! (Also, A LOT of butter and sugar.)
2) I want to talk about this because I feel like it's important, but I also kind of don't want to talk about it. I had a concerning health screening and today I'm going in today to do a follow-up and I'm kind of nervous about the whole thing, even though it should be fine. In the meantime, I'm sorry to be so vague. I promise that once I find out if it's fine/it's not fine, I'll be more open about what's going on. Maybe especially if it's fine so that everyone else can learn from my (what I'm learning is) common experience.
3) This weekend is the big Labor Day extravaganza! I will bringing two salads. I am not overthinking this and I'm going to bring green bean salad and my regular green salad with berries.
4) Tuesday was a bad day for me. I got a phone call about point #2 in which they tried to reschedule me. At first they were going to reschedule me for Wednesday instead of Friday, but when I asked a follow-up question, it couldn't be done on Wednesday, so they were going to push it back until mid-September. I may have started crying on the phone. She called me back and said she could do it later in the day on Friday. And then I got off the phone, sobbed for a bit, and took the day off on Friday. Today! I'm off!
With some perspective, I realize that my reaction was over the top, but here we are.
5) Once more with a random photo collage from this week. No explanations will be given.
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For my American friends, what are you doing with your long weekend? For everyone else, do you think it's weird that I made sugar cookies outside of Christmas?
It's not over the top to be worried about a medical test and get upset when they reschedule you! That's normal! I've had several almost meltdown with nurses/schedulers about appointments for big scary things and frustrating things. However, if they were willing to move you to mid-Sept, it might not be bad. I've found that really bad things get instant treatment, where maybe not so bad can be put off. The medical people know it's probably going to be OK or low key statistically, but you are a person, not a statistic.
ReplyDeleteI will be binge reading T. Kingfisher this weekend. Thank you for posting your reviews- I never would have found these books on my own.
No explanations needed, and if making sugar cookies outside of the Christmas season is wrong, then I don't want to be right. The forecast is looking gorgeous, so Hubs and I will be hitting the bike trail this weekend.
ReplyDeleteTell the universe that it's the wrong time to pull #2. I don't know what your situation is, but I'm getting flashbacks to my first mammogram. The statistics were everywhere that most abnormal mammograms turn out to be nothing, but facts weren't much help while I waited out a few weeks of follow ups and a biopsy.
Oh, goodness, same here! I knew that callbacks after the first one were very common, but I was still convinced I had breast cancer.
Delete1) COOKIES! No, I do NOT think it's weird. I used to make sugar cookies for literally any occasion and now I wish I had one to eat right this second.
ReplyDelete2) Good luck today!
3) I hope you have the best time at the extravaganza! I seem to remember you had a lot of fun last year, I hope this year is great too.
4) Idk, I would have probably cried too. Given *waves hands* everything you've been through, I think you're justified and yay for an appointment today.
5) I don't know WHO that dog is but I like that face!
It's a long weekend here but long weekends mean next to nothing to me anymore! I'm just doing my regular stuff, I guess.
Good luck today Engie- I hope everything is okay. It sounds like it most likely will be. My fingers are crossed.
ReplyDeleteSugar cookies can and should be eaten year-round. My only advice is, now you have to start cutting them into cute shapes. Pumpkins! Bats! Ghosts! Something tells me you won't want to go to this much trouble though.
Have fun at your party! I'll be working on Monday, but that's okay- at least there's no school so that makes my life easier.
Sending love your way today as you head to your appointment. 😘💜
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for your health follow-up. I don’t think getting emotional about a rescheduling issue is an overreaction at all. Dealing with medical stuff is incredibly and legitimately stressful in so many ways, even for things that (very hopefully) turn out fine.
ReplyDeleteI’ve made the green bean salad twice via your link, so thanks for that!
I think holiday-type baking year-round sounds perfect since there is just not enough time in December to make/sample/share all the good recipes. Wkend plans include meeting up with my family for brunch/early apple picking to celebrate my dad’s bday. Enjoy your extravaganza!!
Canadians have a Labour Day too, unless the ‘U’ makes it different. 😀
ReplyDeleteI had the most marvellous cookie this week. It was a perfect chocolate chip with sea salt and caramel (I think). I was so taken with the taste that I will have to return and confirm the caramel. I didn’t really analyze it at the time.
I wish you well on the health front. I am also in an odd place. We know what something isn’t but not what it is or if it matters. .
Sugar cookies are an All The Time Cookie. My grandmother said so, and she made the best big fat sugar (and molasses) cookies for her grandkids (and great grandkids). We were always very appreciative and grateful.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're getting answers for Whatever in a timely manner. It's awful to be in limbo, and while I do understand the demands of scheduling, I think that medical people often forget that we are humans and not just conditions or time slots. I'll be thinking good, strong thoughts for you. XO
This weekend we will be at the lake. First, we will visit Theo and parents at his house before they go abroad for a while. Then lake time with Sam and Zydrunas. I'll probably have to wear a winter coat on the boat, but it will still be worth it.
Have fun at your Extravaganza! I know that you will.
I'm sorry about your scary health situation; fingers crossed that it turns out to be the least worst option. Of course it was upsetting to have the appointments times messed with!
ReplyDeleteI am happily off on Monday and plan to sleep in and have lunch with friends. And just not work! Maybe play around with reorganizing my yarn stash, it needs it.
I have cried during two medical appointments. My first was a follow up after a mammogram, I have had 3 friends go through treatment for breast cancer and it was scary (but nothing to worry about, I was fine). The second was when I had to have an MRI on my head to make sure I didn’t have a brain tumor, which YEAH, scary. With everything that has been going on, of course you were upset. I remember after my parents died (and Mulder too, really) that I could handle life as long as there were ZERO curve balls. Someone cuts me off in the grocery line or I’m put on hold too long? Meltdown.
ReplyDeleteMy cousin’s daughter just moved to the area last week to attend UC Berkeley, and we are going to have her over for BBQ on Sunday. Maybe I’ll make your green bean salad, I love it. No plans for Monday yet.
I don't think you overreacted. It's hard to need further testing after a health screen. I bet a lot of people would cry in your shoes if they were trying to push it to mid-Sept. That is way to long to wait in limbo. I'm glad they could fit you in. I've cried on the phone with schedulers plenty of time sadly.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your big LDW gathering! Your dishes sound excellent. I'm at my parents to get the boys as they've been here all week, but I'm also here to attend the memorial service for my uncle that died in March. His daughter was very pregnant when he passed so they decided to have the memorial service 6 months later. The upside is that I will see all of my mom's living siblings. This is the 2nd sibling she's lost - first she lost the 2nd youngest sibling, this time it was the baby of the family who was only 68. Sigh. So it's going to be an emotional weekend but I'm focusing on soaking up time with family honoring his life. Phil decided to stay back so I'll have the boys and I am hoping and praying they hold it together for the memorial service and don't cause too much commotion.
The only cookie I associate specifically with Christmas is Spritz cookies. It would be weird to make those any other time of the year...and yet, they'd still be delicious.
ReplyDeleteHoping you get the good health news you're hoping for.
I am a cookie monster, so I say everyday is a good day for a sugar cookie! As Rosey Grier sang, It's all right to cry, it might make you feel better. I think it is important to advocate for yourself, and letting professionals know how you are feeling is a part of that. Have a great long weekend! I had a long weekend this past week, and I'm jeal - I need another!
ReplyDeleteI count sugar cookies as a secular and non seasonal mainstay and yours look DELICIOUS!!
ReplyDeleteSending all good vibes for your health followup appt. today, Engie. XOXO