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Today is my birthday! I am now 1 year away from the big 3-0. I always thought I would feel older, more secure and settled and well more like a grown-up. But I don't! I feel just as scared as I always have.

I have to say congrats to Julie, she gave birth to a lovely little girl, Mary Pat on Sunday May 27. I can't wait to meet her.

I have my surgery scheduled for June 22. My mom will be coming out to take care of me as Paul will most likely be on the road. I think I am ready for this but I am still a little scared. This is a major operation and comes with risks, but I think that these risks outweigh the possibility of this growth becoming cancerous as pancreatic cancer has only a 5% survival rate. I am really looking forward to the 6 weeks of recovery. I need the break from work, and I may look into new opportunities while I am at home.

My sisters will also be visiting me and that should be nice, I am so grateful to have a home large enough for my family to be able to stay with me, it make things much easier. We are planning a trip to the Snyder's of Hanover factory as we all love pretzels! Ang and Nat will probably go to Hershey Park but I feel that I won't be up to a day at an amusement park for a while.

I will be in Oregon next week to see Nat graduate, she just got another scholarship. Hopefully I will get to see Wendy and Sarah. I miss all the girls out there so much I can't even describe it. I hope that I will be able to go back to the west coast in the next few years but I also know that life has a funny way of making things happen, so we shall see.

another update

I know I've been really bad about updating things here. SO here's whats going on in my world.

I moved 2 weeks ago, from Baltimore County to York New Salem, PA. I love my new apartment!!! It is big and new and has a dishwasher and washer and dryer!!! There is lots of room for the naughty puppy to run around too.

I'm waiting to have my next operation until the middle/end of June. I already have a plane ticket to go to Oregon June 6-10 to see my baby sis graduate from high school, she is salutitorian and I could not be more proud of her. She is going to go to the University of Portland in the fall and study to be a math teacher.

Hannah is getting big and is loads of trouble. She gave us a scare this Tuesday, when the pet sitter got there she found an open bottle of Tylenol, which is very poisonous to dogs.She may have had about 7 of the pills, so Gail took her to the vet, she had to vomit and stay over night for observation. Fortunately she is now doing fine and is back to her mischief.