all you need is a glass… of wine/juice/water/neat gine
NO MUGS allowed - it’s a nice bar - you can have a bone china mug
be funny
be sad
few rules…
if you do drink neat gin… WOW!!!
Jennifer - aka the management
no we don’t do food
Jennifer - could this be the international wine bar for all courageous, wonderful women undergoing chemo and other horrible things???
I think I will…
yes of course - this is the place… it may have a country name - but it is the nicest of bars… no hassle, lots of friendly people…
so… which of the wine list would you like?
grumping is allowed… we do funny…we reminisce…
we do whatever we want
i so like that…whatever we want…
no IVs allowed
no nurses or doctors (pardon us as we actually forget about it all for a bit)
no meds, pills, juicers, healthy stuff
just us as we are, getting better each day
laughing, crying, complaining, whining…
speaking of which the wine list
champagne list, please
can we maybe have virtual food? nice appetizers would be yummy
Emily
xxx
so… go over to the dew drop inn… u can be the virtual food mannager - euch i hate anchovies
jennifer, do you run tabs in this bar… i have a feeling i may run up a huge one. mine’s a mojito by the way, followed by a whisky chaser and a glass of red… well i have had rads so what’s a girl to do!
EmilyJane, my friend suggested yesterday that in order for me to get through radiotherapy that i should attempt to make friends with the machine. she said it worked for her when she mentally made friends with her temporary colostomy bag! So today as the machine buzzed and whirred above me, I looked up at it and smiled. It even has a face, kind of… and so I decided to call him Ray! So that’s it really, it just gave me a different outlook as I realised that Ray is doing his best for me when all’s said and done. Now… all I need to do next is find a way to make friends with the Arimidex tablets, then the herceptin… gulp… i can’t even bear to think of the long road ahead, top me up will you barman/Jennifer and whatever Tiddler’s having.
Carrie xx
hey… so we have Ray in the bar…give the boy a drink… no need for a tab - virtual drinking is free!!!
tids is a straight tequila cat, likes a lot of salt on the glass and skip the lime
so many drugs/things… maybe thinking about the next lurve fest is worth it???
Jennifer
lots of hugs… i should go to bed now but some one shoul look after the bar???
Emily… can i hand the bar over to you?
Large vodka.tonic. ice and a slice
mmmm
thats going down well
cheers all
Mary
x
well, if you must Jen, tuck yourself in
better yet get a good looking guy to do it for you
I am going over to the DDI to get a menu up for the crowd
…pate, nice sloppy dip, cheese balls…this is making me want more
you know what…
yes of course, you can feel safe leaving the bar to me
(as she silently but quickly looks over the bottles stacked up the wall of the bar
examining the wines, champagnes, goodies…)
well, I need some help bartending here…Carrie?
here is our appetizer menu…please feel free to add to it!
Stuffed mushrooms
Baked brie with walnuts
Swedish meatballs
Lobster canapés
Deviled eggs
Chocolate by the pound….
Any karaoke?
I have insomnia so it’s gonna be a loooooong night.
Do you think prune juice tastes good with a drop of bacardi in?? (Just had another mastectomy and those codeine tabs make me a bit - ahem - bunged up!)
But it won’t stop me partying – let’s boogie on down!!!
sets up glass with large swish of bacardi – and some liquified prunes…
ready for you girl
music is drifting through the background…sizzling mushrooms and hot brie are delectable…
any special songs?
sipping rum…
sees no one around…
closes up the bar for the night…
oh well, it was fun!
is it open today yet i already need double bacardi and coke!!!
Annamarie -
well, all I can say is that the little splash of rum in ginger ale I tried last night felt very good – since I don’t drink much (meds) even a little goes a long way! You guys are corrupting me…
since we are all over the map – and in diff time zones – the bar can be manned (womanned?) 24x7 with a rotating bartender…would do you think? it is fantasy, but fun…
Emily
xxx
OK Emily, line 'em up, am just back from radiotherapy so please forgive the slight glow i have about me! Oh and some devilled eggs would be nice (what are devilled eggs by the way?!). Think Jennifer has given you the longest shift in the world but glad to see you’re still managing the bar.
So, today I got zapped for the 9th time and Ray was in good spirits, whirring and buzzing, doing his thing. No music today though so instead i decided to hum a little tune for Ray and myself and when the nurses had finished manoevering me with their freezing cold hands, i even had a little sing! Then I remembered that they could see me on their cameras. Surprised they didn’t have a straight jacket waiting for me when i got off the bed.
So then i decided to go and treat myself to a new dress for my friend’s wedding… first dress, lovely, but very pretty and maybe too pretty for me. Sales Asst said it might look better without the headscarf. I told her I would remove the headscarf but was afraid I’d scare the horses… think she got my drift. Second dress in and I get stuck… couldn’t pull the dress down over radioactive breast as it’s slightly swollen at moment! had to call assistant in. Then she definitely had got the drift. All a bit embarrassing but I laughed on the drive home and imagined a huge glass of cool chablis waiting for me… so… where is it?!
Carrie x
p.s. i love the fact nurses and doctors are barred!