END OF THE WEEK

November 7, 2009 Saturday

We are always thankful for the end of the week. A weekend of No Work. To be able to sleep in, perchance. To spend time with your family. Get chores done, you couldn't get done during your busy week. Go see a movie, hang with friends, or go on a date....For me, the end of this week is acupuncture. Thank God for that. I woke this morning feeling completely disjointed. My mind in a complete fog. How I hate the steriods. They make you so fuzzy. I feel like one of those actors on the Soaps who have been slipped a 'mickey' and the camera blurs in and out, and the room "spins", and the only thing I don't get is the Hot Guy right before the actress passes out. Dang it!

So I get up and get a bowel of shredded wheat and soy milk, since Milk kills my gut. The world is asleep, Ian and Ed both snoozing away this morning while I, poor soul, can't sleep, but feel as if at any moment I will pass out. So I harvest on Farmville, my new obsession, check email, cut checks, and do paperwork. All the while wishing I could sleep. Ed soon wakes up and joins me, followed by the dragging heels of my tousle-headed teenage boy. The house slowly comes to life, and I find I have to get ready for acupuncture. So I head for the shower and feel very uncertain about being in the shower by myself. This fog is so annoying. I grip the soap dish for balance and shower and with it try to wash the fog away, it doesn't work. By the time I'm done with my shower, I feel the need to lay down to get my center.

Mom calls, and she sounds so happy to be home. I'm happy for her, she must have missed her friends so much. Her house is covered in dust from being away so long, being she lives in Surprise, AZ. Dust is a big problem out there. But she doesn't care, she is home, with her friends, and majong, and her big comfy chairs. I'm so glad she came to help out while Ed was gone, and it is not lost on me the sacrifice she made for me, especially on her back since we lack comfortable seating. We speak for a bit, but I realize I have to go to acupuncture. So Ed and I bolt out the door, leaving Ian to his own devices.

I adore Jackie Payne! She is so good. After treatment, I feel better, my gut is calmer, my head less fuzzy, and my appetite is back. I still have balance issues, that usually stays for several days after chemo. That is why I have Ed with me, to keep me on the platform. ; P We head downtown to meet Ian at Union Square Park to give the teenager $$ to hang with his friends, Happy Birthday Maddy! and then we head to Pret a Manger to share a sandwich before I go to Toso at SGI (chanting). I tried to go for an hour, but my heartburn kicks in and makes it impossible to continue, so 15 minutes into chanting I have to stop, and admit defeat for today. I clearly did too much today. So I return home with Ed who selflessly makes dinner. And Ed making dinner is a Big Deal, because I knew he couldn't cook when I met him. But it was a good steak dinner with sweet potatoes and asparagus.

So now I search to watch Nebraska play Oklahoma and hope that Nebraska will think of me tonight and play like the Huskers of yester-year. Go Black Shirts, don't forget the gal who cheered for you during the labor of her first borne. Go go Huskers. Go Big Red!!!!!

Give me a perfect ending of a good day. WIN UNL WIN.

Nite!

Light and Love!

Melissa