Round One

Oh, Happy Days...I just got through my first round of chemo and celebrated the next day with that huge birthday...the Three O. Now MamaJD did call and made mention of it being another year, but since she was out of town at a resort, I told her to go take a hike. A girl can only handle so much truth in a 24 hour period. Don' t you agree?

The chemo went well even though it was 6 hours, but snooze time was allowed and that passed quickly. The Duke amused himself with 'Ladies Home Journals'. He says now he knows every thing there is to know about waxing. Wait till the shock of chemo hits and no waxing will be necessary! I strongly suggested that he bring something else to read or at least go out for lunch. What a trooper he is. God has really blessed me.

This past couple of weeks we have found that there are some truly wonderful people in our community and we know a lot of them. The are the flower bringers, the handy man who cooks wonderful meals, the teddy bear senders and the house cleaners and last but not least the wood cutter. And to think that they are all friends. Our puppies were taken care of while we were in Pendleton for the Round-up on Tues. and Wed. Chewy went with the cook and 'Bear' and Chico stayed with his cousin Casey at my daughters. The cats stayed home and I think so did the skunk. We haven't seen much of Flower since she was house sitting that night, but there are telltale signs that she is still in the area. I have the seen Rocky Racoon a couple of times. Back to the Round-Up for a moment, if you haven't been down there, it is something to see. We attended the VFW's Cowboy breakfast on Wed. and they had the best pancakes. I am not too fond of them as general rule, but I ate 3 of them that day. They separate the eggs, whip the whites and fold them back in, add a touch of beer and my oh, my....the best. They say on a windy day they have trouble keeping them on the plate as they like to take flight. I was glad we were there on a calm morning.

Till next post..Ciao

Keeping Time

Do you ever wonder why we have statements like 'keeping time', 'time keepers', etc? I guess I have been doing some of that lately. Mostly I have been asking how can I keep time from slowing down or speeding up. For instance, when you are having so much fun having 'animal' scans as oldest daughter insists on calling them. (I personally think the bone scan needs to be renamed 'dog' scan as in 'doggie wants a bone'.) It goes along with PET Scan, CAT scan, and other such names. Anyway, time just crawls when you are laying in the MRI machine with all those wonderful noises going on around you. I am not claustrophobic so I have no problem with the confinement, but I do wish they could cut the noise level a bit. It seems to interfere with my naps that I take. Which by the way is one way of speeding the whole process up.
Next comes that time when you have to talk to your doctor for the results. Time seems to slow down for days on end. Could it be that's because it is days on end? Nah! But, that is when you want time to hurry up so you can get in to get the results, only to see the Doc for a short period of time. (Which, of course, goes lightening fast.)
Then there is the coordinating of the these new people who are directing your life, and you have no clue of who they are. It doesn't take long for me to find out they are people just like me who have families, troubles, jobs, school and all, but still manage to put you into their schedule. Which brings us to time management. It all belongs to them now and I have decided to just go with the flow. My friend DC says to save the energy for the good stuff.
I suspect that MamaJD and PapaJD have very similiar days. (I was fortunate to see PapaJD in action last week. He's very good!) Or as MamaJD says and I quote, "Same road, just different bricks".
Perhaps walking in the sand would be pleasant to a while. These cobble stones are hard to walk on. How did horses do it? Well, at least my brain is wandering all over the place and keeps me busy and off the streets.
Till next post.

Time Marches ON!

Sometimes it's hard to understand why time flies when we are supposedly having so much fun. It just seems like it's flying by and I'm not sure how. I don't think I am having a lot of fun right now. I am meeting some of the best people in my journey through the Cancer Center/hospital.
I start chemo on Friday so far and that will be an interesting experience. I do know that the Diva and MamaJD are going wig shopping with me just in case. That will prove to be a hoot with those 2. At least I will think I am having fun for a bit. They have failed to make me laugh yet. Out of the mouths of Babes.
I have more to add, but since we are installing new carpet in the office, the Duke says I need to unplug. Interesting wording, eh? The eh is for my Canadian side of the family. My one cousin that live in Drayton Valley thinks it is rude to use the American 'huh'. I have been leaning towards agreeing with him on that on a regular basis.
I think I will write about my long lost sister and brother next time. That is such a wonderful story that I can't hardly not share it. It's good enough for Oprah!
Till then.