My Mom & I

Today was kind of a big deal for my mom & I.

After months of battling cancer with chemotherapy and the help of the nice people at Dana Farber in Weymouth, MA she received some not so reassuring news.  That the chemotherapy was really not going to be able help anymore.  There is still going to be another scan to double check and make sure that there are no other options available in her particular case, but I think my mom's body is tired of the chemotherapy.

My mom & dad got the whole family together the other day to prepare us for the inevitable.  I know my mother is a fighter and will not give up.  I know that the RickSimpson Oil has helped already and will continue to help her immune system recover from the abuse the chemotherapy causes.   That being said, as we were having the meeting delivering the awful thoughts of the cancer winning this battle, I was making my mom an appointment at MedWell Health in Brockton.  I told her that I was taking her and we just got back.  

My mom got approved for her MMJ card as I knew she would but the Dr approach to someone who had been a nurse her whole life is quite different from that of a regular guy like me.  The things he explained to her were not different per se but they just used words she was used to hearing from her days as a nurse.  Before 1937 he explained, every good Dr had cannabis oil in their medicine cabinet.

Anyway this not exactly how I hoped to get my family introduced to the world of cannabis, but sometimes you can't chose the how and why of things only how you handle both of these things.

April Fool

I know I didn't even tell anyone at Trader Joe's that I was taking a vacation until a couple days ago, but it was necessary and if they asked, they knew.  It's no big deal I am one of many on the morning crew at Trader Joe's and everyone else has time off planned or taken, so I do not feel bad at all that I am not there.  That is huge for me, because in the past I have always taken my responsibilities at Trader Joe's waaaaaaay too serious.  Today starts 10 days off from the store we call the 513 (or I do anyway).

And of course I am not going away on some lavish vacation, I took the time off so I could help Rodrigo, my brother-in-law and boss-man at my other job.  Rodrigo started a landscaping company seven years ago, Gardenin' Angels.  Look back at my last post to see why 7 years ago was a turning point in my life.  Anyway his company is now flourishing and for the last 4 years I have helped him with his office in some capacity.  It started with helping with the lawn mowing & fertilizer schedules and invoices associated with those jobs.  From there it just took off, I mean I have learned what I can as I go and figured the office out as much as I can. 

Gardenin' Angels is a great company and they are so young.  Rodrigo is an inspiring dude!  I really don't know how he has done it, but I can tell you first hand that he does it, every day.