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Category Archives: change

permission to be happy

01 Thursday Jul 2010

Posted by azahar in cancer, change, diet & nutrition, friends, health & happiness, home, hope

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cancer, happiness

Awhile ago on a particularly pleasant day I said to Nog, “I feel so happy that it scares me” … and we both laughed. Since then, and especially since my good news on Monday, I just can’t shake this happy feeling. I think it started when I found out I had to wait another two weeks until the PET scan and I decided to just enjoy the hell out of those two weeks and treat them as a “holiday from cancer”. In other words, I gave myself permission to be happy. And well, okay, I got pretty nervous the weekend before the scan, but now that I know I have at least six months before I have to face that particular dragon again, I am going ahead with extending this cancer holiday season until then. And damn it feels good. No, not suddenly like everything is all sunshine and butterflies, but a huge weight has been lifted and I feel like I can really breathe again. Like I can finally be myself.

Turns out I’m actually quite nice once you get to know me.  🙂

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five jobs, no income…

02 Wednesday Jun 2010

Posted by azahar in cancer, change, home, hope, life stuff, spain, work

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jobs, work

Will work for money too!

Srsly … hire me?

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too many clicks

16 Sunday May 2010

Posted by azahar in change, gadgets, photos, work

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camera, coolpix, nikon

Meet Niko.

The little point-and-shoot Casio camera I bought back in December 2007 started fucking up about a month or so ago. Been having to click-cllick-click on the clicky button 5-10 times before the damn thing engages and actually takes a photo, which takes way too long – too many clicks – resulting in many missed moments. And half of them come out blurry. Then the other day I noticed that the moulding was actually coming off the top of it and I had to face the harsh reality of getting a new camera…

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the week that was

11 Sunday Apr 2010

Posted by azahar in blogging, cats, change, health & happiness, home, hope, internet, tapas, twitter, work

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cats, internet, social media, tapas, work

Since last Sunday’s multi-tasking az post lots has been going on. The best news is that I’ve been hired for that part-time social media job I told you about, and I am so thrilled about that. We had a four-hour meeting on Friday and got a lot done. My new client is happy with my work and this is very good news indeed.

Other news is a bit up & down. One of my four students has told me they have to stop classes mid-May because of work obligations. Nog has managed to at least pay his share of the rent this month, but I’ll have to pay for the bills and food. I sure hope things pick up for him next month. Then what was supposed to be a quick vaccination job at the vet’s  on Friday ended up costing 100 euros!  Okay, part of that was stocking up on Azar’s special prescription diet food. But it turned out that Loki’s feline herpes is acting up again, which meant getting some very expensive medicated eye gel for him. But that should be it now until he gets his balls cut off in July. For the record, Loki gets just as hysterical in the cat cage as Azar does. Go figure.

The happy news of the week was Azar’s 15th birthday. He’s been enjoying eating asparagus ever since (tis the season) and is looking very fit. Other great news is that I booked my first tapas tour! Well, the first paid one – god knows I’ve been doing them for years. So that’ll happen in a couple of weeks. Oh, and Manolo (of Málaga apt fame) called to tell me about a seminar being put on by the chamber of commerce about marketing online next Thursday and asked if I wanted to go with him – reckon that should be very interesting and will fit right in with my new job. Seems like I am making connections all over the place these days, so who knows? Maybe those five jobs will start coming together after all. It certainly feels like things are opening up at last.

How was your week?

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alternate universe

31 Wednesday Mar 2010

Posted by azahar in change, life stuff

≈ 18 Comments

So, what is your alternate universe self doing right now?

Mine is probably living in New York, married to Al Pacino and running a contemporary dance company.  And of course she is cancer free.

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