Cancer crap, Gulf Shore Life

So I went to the dermatologist to have a couple spots looked at, one on my upper arm and one up on my shoulder/deltoid area.  The doc took all of 2 seconds to identify them as basal cell cancer with a 90% probability.  He numbed the areas and then cut portions off to have them sent out to be verified.  He said there were two options to remove the problem spots, cutting them out our burning them off.  Because of the location of the cancer, areas that typically see a lot of movement, he said if it was him he would opt to burn them off as stitches could leave a bigger scar as well as being more restricitive to your movement.   I said that was fine.  Once the results come back I will be going back in to have it done. Yay.  Basal cell cancer isn’t a huge deal, it doesn’t metastasize like a melanoma does.  However it typically will not get better on it’s own and could grow, so it is always best to have it removed.  It does however certainly put me at risk for developing the more serious sorts of skin cancer so I need to always be aware of anything funky looking that pops up on my skin.

Yesterday on the way back from the gym I stopped at the ATM in the government complex.  As I was standing at the machine I heard loud swearing off in the distance.  I turned and saw an angry looking man storming away from the courthouse, alone, with some yellow paper in his hand, surely a court order or citation of some sort.  He was stomping and swearing the entire time.  “Mother f’rs,  f’in a-holes, f’in bullshit!!!!”  on and on it went.  He continued his rant even after I returned to my truck and drove off.  I guess he needed to vent.

Sadie passed her first mini-test yesterday although her and Nicki were only alone for around 4 hours.  We’ll slowly increase the duration.  She has calmed down a little bit but is still very energetic.  She is a lot of fun to have around even if Nicki doesn’t always agree.

The picture that was taken of us for Gulf Shore Life at the Pet Lovers Ball has been posted on their website.  I’m not sure if it will actually make the print version or not.  It’s still kind of a cool thing though.  You won’t see me in a suit very often. Click it to shadowbox it, ohhh, neat….