Good News

• Cape Cod is coming up this week. For those of you who don’t know, every year my family goes to Cape Cod for a giant family reunion. Friends of cousins are invited, cousins of cousins are invited, and we all take up a hotel that is right on the water. I’ve been going to Cape Cod literally every year of my life (except the year of the Pandemic. That was a tough time). It is my favorite time of the year. I brought Justin last year and he’ll join us again this year, sitting with me on the beach under the stars, playing Werewolf with my brother and cousins and sitting down to a lobster dinner on a picnic table right on the water.

• My sixth book (The Meg and Other “Shark” Stories)  is now in print and on Kindle. Next month I will have a book launch party where I can sell my books and do a reading. Details to follow

• I don’t have a brain tumor. That possibility was eliminated several weeks ago after an MRI.  It was kind of nerve-wracking to think I might have one for two weeks but luckily the scan was free of all tumors.

• My prolactin levels are decreased. Prolactin is a hormone that dictates the milk ducts in your breasts. This is why I was lactating for a little while. Thankfully since my prolactin levels have gone down that has stopped.

• I have a heated blanket.

• My amazingly talented cousin just graduated from NYU. We had his graduation party yesterday. Steven is about seven years younger than me. I vaguely remember in the dead of night visiting my aunt in the hospital to see the new baby. I even held the baby in  the hospital (it is one of my favorite pictures) and that’s when I knew I loved babies and everything about  them. Since then Steven has grown up doing theater, being a part of a band and even officiating his brother’s wedding, plus cantering at his local synagogue, all the while being the kind and sweet little cousin I’ve always known and loved.

• I’m going to get to see my brother. My little brother (well not so little. He’ll be 26 in July) lives in Boston and I only get to see him a handful of times a year. He always goes to Cape Cod however and I am really looking forward to seeing him. Growing up with him, we did fight alot but also we had a lot of fun. He loved hearing my stories, we would play games together. My childhood would have been much lonelier without him.

• People are taking their time to help me with my astrology project. For those of you who haven’t participated yet, it’s not too late. Just let me know your star sign and I’ll send the survey over. Takes about five minutes to complete.

• I have a mom who buys me new clothes. Today we went to Sierra and she bought me some cute skorts. Perfect beach wear- I can get into a rough and tumble football game in the sand without flashing my whole family.

• My cat is so sweet- he really stole my heart. Now he’s getting older but he’s still with us. By the way he loves the head blanket even more than I do.

• My boyfriend’s dogs are so friendly. I love how excited they get every time he brings me home, like they’ve been waiting to see  me all week. I don’t even mind sharing the bed with them even though it can get crowded.

• My bathing suit fits!!!!! Okay this is major news people. I was stretching it (literally) last summer when I wore it. Since then, I’ve gained even more weight so I was sure it would do me  no favors. But (and I really don’t mean to brag) it looked better than ever. I felt so confident in that moment. I must have owned that swimsuit for three or four years and I haven’t always felt comfortable in it. But today I felt beautiful. I really hope that feeling doesn’t go away. So many times I’m around men who make comments about another girl’s body and I feel insecure about mine, especially since after all the weight gain since I know Im not the size of a typical beauty queen. But I got a bathing suit that fits. Right now that’s all that matters.