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My friends, my loved ones,
Another year comes to an end in freezing weather and dreariness, but this does not prevent me from making a review of 2017 as well as my predictions for 2018.
Review of 2017:
Short version: “It’s about f*?$@#* time it ends!”
To be more specific, 2017 has been one of the most rewarding, fulfilling and gratifying years professionally but one of the most exhausting, hazardous and demanding years health-wise and the most disappointing having missed my Grand Prix, which explains my comment in the short version!
My year has been extraordinary because I taught math to two 3rd grade high school classes, four times a week. I had the chance and the pleasure to spend a whole school year with 45 well-rounded, cordial and dynamic young girls. They finished their school year in total exhaustion but proud to have successfully passed their course and the Brevet exam. For the 2017-2018 school year, I was offered to teach three 2nd year high school classes in one full day (from 9 am to 4:30 pm). So I continue to do what I love to do, which is to teach math.
Unfortunately, this same year has been an ordeal as I suffered from beginning to end. I began the year with a cold that lasted for months and I am finishing it with a new one! I began the year with an overdose of cortisone to overcome the pain in my left foot but it transformed me into an inflatable balloon! All of my hopes for a long rest at the end of June disappeared when my left knee decided to break down on me as I crossed the street after monitoring the Brevet final exam: last day of work, last day of walking without crutches! After useless physiotherapy during my summer vacation at Notre-Dame-du-Portage, I decided to end all of this suffering by taking the bull by the horns: cortisone injections.
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| Two injections in the heel! |
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| Three injections in the knee! |
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| Two injections in the shoulder! |
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| And one in the ass for prosperity! |
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| A few days of convalescence at the du Temple/Radecki rehabilitation center in Saint-Sauveur, highly recommended. Daily care : white wine and "herbal" gummy candies...😉 |
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| Incapable of waking for two days. |
It is during these appointments that the doctor discovered with the help of ultrasounds that I have calcareous deposits in every joint! Ye!
Luckily, after six months of suffering, of crutches and a cane, I can finally walk without pain! Hallelujah! All that remains is to figure out with blood tests and X-rays the reason why I accumulate so much calcium in my joints. It remains to be seen…
Christmas this year was snowy but we all managed to meet in Saint-Sauveur.
Christmas Eve
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| Santa after a few glasses of wine! |
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| I'm too sexy for my wife! |
Christmas day
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| The real Santa came to town! |
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| The morning after. |
I still have a few days before January 1st to get rid of my cold and will then be able to start 2018 in great shape!
Predictions for 2018:
I predict a calm winter during which I will finally be able to work on my novel, but a difficult spring because a math teacher has asked me to replace him again during another paternity leave and the delivery is expected for April 1st! Therefore, I will finish the school year with, as my mother would say, “mon trou d’cul en d’sous du bras,” which Google Translator would translate as “my ass hole under my arm pit” but it really means “I’ll be pooped.” Luckily, Notre-Dame-du-Portage will be there for a big snooze.
I predict I will be teaching math in the fall, since the demand has remained strong for years.
I also predict that I will find my dream property and move in the fall in a high-rise condo with a waterfront view, which water, I do not know, but a waterfront view for sure!
Being in better shape and having more time on my hands, I would like to see my friends more often as I unfortunately had to put aside my social life in 2017 for the reasons mentioned above.
I wish you all a wonderful 2018, health, love, downtime to enjoy life, diners with friends and nice moments among family without too much bickering!
A very big kiss to all of you!
Diane
