Weekend Update - April 13th
Weekend Update – Busted Plans
This was a sort of busted week for me.
This last round of chemotherapy seemed to knock me off of my feet. I had less energy than I have had after previous treatment sessions. I also lacked some focus in my activities and was not as alert as I should have been.
It was very cool for the first part of the week and I was overly sensitive to the cold. I think the cooler temperature helped to drain my energy.
By the weekend, things warmed up considerably. I talked to Doug on Saturday; he was behind the Orange Curtain at his mother’s house. He said it was “909 hot.” That is bad.
I had planned to go to Giuliano’s and pick up a sandwich for my lunch. On my way home, I decided to change first and put on some shorts. This was the first time that I have worn shorts since before the operation in October. My plan was to have lunch and then go out on the balcony and read in the afternoon sun while I sipped on a cold Heineken’s beer.
Excellent.
Lucy talked me into a pastrami sandwich with potato salad as a lunch idea. I also picked up some semi-sweet chocolate chip cookies as well. That sounded like an excellent idea to me.
I thought that a Heineken’s would be a good way to wash the sandwich down. This was a bad idea for me because it led to a busted plan.
I planned to go out on the balcony and read after lunch. Instead, I feel asleep after lunch and was woken by a shrill woman who was yelling during a commercial from a car dealer. This is not the best way to wake up for me. I got up from the couch and went in the bedroom and took a further nap.
So much for reading on the balcony.
That also affected my plans to grade papers and then read on the balcony on Sunday. I only graded papers on the balcony.
I forgot to have breakfast on Saturday so I decided to get a candy bar at school to hold me over until lunch. I picked out a Butterfinger because I happen to like them. I noticed the price had dropped back to the old USD$0.75 from USD$1.00. The vending company also shrunk the size of the bar.
Why did that not surprise me?
I put my money and pushed the buttons. For a moment, it looked like the machine wasn’t going dispense my candy bar.
It pushed out two candy bars so that made me feel really good. Life as a way of balancing things out in the end.
Visitors
This was an unusual week in that we had no visitors stay for a long time. It is highly possible that I may have missed one or more of the long term visitors with my erratic checking of the visitor logs.
We had visitors from Canada [17], Italy [6], Switzerland, France [7], Brazil, Japan [5], Mexico [2], Poland, Germany [7], Greece, Australia, Belgium, Thailand, United Kingdom [4], Iran, Malaysia [3], Qatar, Brunei Darussalam, Spain [2], Texas [3], Latvia, Singapore, Ireland, Norway, Korea, Philippines, and China.
This was the first time we have had a visitor from Brunei Darussalam.
I do appreciate all of you who took time from your days or nights to visit the blog
Woman of the Moment Encore
I have a few more images of Sunisa Kim left to post during the Woman of the Moment Encore event. I think I will have enough to last through the week.
Be well and stay happy.
This was a sort of busted week for me.
This last round of chemotherapy seemed to knock me off of my feet. I had less energy than I have had after previous treatment sessions. I also lacked some focus in my activities and was not as alert as I should have been.
It was very cool for the first part of the week and I was overly sensitive to the cold. I think the cooler temperature helped to drain my energy.
By the weekend, things warmed up considerably. I talked to Doug on Saturday; he was behind the Orange Curtain at his mother’s house. He said it was “909 hot.” That is bad.
I had planned to go to Giuliano’s and pick up a sandwich for my lunch. On my way home, I decided to change first and put on some shorts. This was the first time that I have worn shorts since before the operation in October. My plan was to have lunch and then go out on the balcony and read in the afternoon sun while I sipped on a cold Heineken’s beer.
Excellent.
Lucy talked me into a pastrami sandwich with potato salad as a lunch idea. I also picked up some semi-sweet chocolate chip cookies as well. That sounded like an excellent idea to me.
I thought that a Heineken’s would be a good way to wash the sandwich down. This was a bad idea for me because it led to a busted plan.
I planned to go out on the balcony and read after lunch. Instead, I feel asleep after lunch and was woken by a shrill woman who was yelling during a commercial from a car dealer. This is not the best way to wake up for me. I got up from the couch and went in the bedroom and took a further nap.
So much for reading on the balcony.
That also affected my plans to grade papers and then read on the balcony on Sunday. I only graded papers on the balcony.
I forgot to have breakfast on Saturday so I decided to get a candy bar at school to hold me over until lunch. I picked out a Butterfinger because I happen to like them. I noticed the price had dropped back to the old USD$0.75 from USD$1.00. The vending company also shrunk the size of the bar.
Why did that not surprise me?
I put my money and pushed the buttons. For a moment, it looked like the machine wasn’t going dispense my candy bar.
It pushed out two candy bars so that made me feel really good. Life as a way of balancing things out in the end.
Visitors
This was an unusual week in that we had no visitors stay for a long time. It is highly possible that I may have missed one or more of the long term visitors with my erratic checking of the visitor logs.
We had visitors from Canada [17], Italy [6], Switzerland, France [7], Brazil, Japan [5], Mexico [2], Poland, Germany [7], Greece, Australia, Belgium, Thailand, United Kingdom [4], Iran, Malaysia [3], Qatar, Brunei Darussalam, Spain [2], Texas [3], Latvia, Singapore, Ireland, Norway, Korea, Philippines, and China.
This was the first time we have had a visitor from Brunei Darussalam.
I do appreciate all of you who took time from your days or nights to visit the blog
Woman of the Moment Encore
I have a few more images of Sunisa Kim left to post during the Woman of the Moment Encore event. I think I will have enough to last through the week.
Be well and stay happy.
posted by Chuck Reinhardt at 8:00 PM
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