May 23, 2009

• A Rare Saturday Post

  Hello, everyone!

  I didn't have time to write yesterday.  JoAnn took the girls to their Friday appointment and Marie stayed with me.  Good thing she did.  JoAnn's (and Jesse's) mother had been admitted to the hospital a few days ago and she called JoAnn to say she needed a ride home.  Of course, going to the hospital and picking up their mom is never that simple . . . Their mom wanted Mexican food, so they stopped for an early dinner.  She needed prescriptions filled, so they did that, too.  They left here at 11:45am and got back around 6:30 or 7:00pm.

                                     
                                 To answer the questions about Chirper "hanging" in the window. 
                                                          No, he wasn't hanging.
  
  I'm SO glad Marie stayed.  I would have, most likely, been okay but I fell Thursday night . . . in the bedroom . . . right in front of Jesse's eyes.  I had stepped on one of Sushi's rawhide strips (it hit smack in the center of the arch of my right bare foot) and, as I lifted my foot off of it, down I went.  I fell forward, with arms and legs off the floor, and looked like some comedic prat fall.  I only sustained carpet burns, as I fell on the rug that is atop our bedroom carpeting.  I came within inches of knocking my face on the dresser.  Falling is an odd occurrence for me.  I never fall.  I used to be a dancer and even taught tap and ballet for years and I was born with an incredible sense of balance, much like a cat who lands on all fours.  We're still not sure what happened.  I think I lifted my right foot, went to step forward with my left foot, but my left foot never made it to the floor.  It went behind me and pitched my body forward so I landed face down.  I have been really dizzy and more weak this time after chemo, and maybe my left leg DID hit the ground but couldn't hold me.  I'll never know.  I guess this will go down in history as one of those rare occasions where Cherylyn fell on her face!!!!!

  My time spent with Marie was enjoyable.  Thursday afternoon, I had made a curried chicken salad for our dinner and there was enough left over for us to have lunch, yesterday.  Marie talked a lot about herself and her childhood and it was nice to get to know her better.

                                      
           He saw birds in the backyard and "talked" to them (a sort of twittering or chattering, not a meow). 
                   The window was open, and I'm sure he not only SAW them, but smelled them!
  
  Jesse has some sod to lay and a few trees & bushes to trim at a woman's house, today, and then I hope to have him to myself until Tuesday morning!  JoAnn will leave late Sunday afternoon.  She isn't taking clothing or anything and will return June 9th with baby (well, she's 2 years old now, not exactly a "baby") Abreanna.  Marie said she was "happy" to step in and seemed surprised that we intended to pay her something while she helped.

  I'm not sure our girls know that Aolani will be joining Abreanna this summer.  They will be thrilled to see their cousin!  Jesse and JoAnn continue to look for a swing set and a smaller pool for our backyard.  It's not quite warm enough to swim right now, but the heat will be here soon enough.

                                       
                                      He "hid" himself (his face) behind the blinds to stalk them,
                            but had no clue his whole body was clearly seen.  Kind of like a child
                                           who covers their face with their hands and says,
                                                                "You can't see me!"
  

  I was a little down this week (as "down" as I ever get, any more, which isn't very low!) and contemplated asking the oncologist to postpone my next chemo session until my red blood count was higher.  Everything I do, even the smallest of tasks, leaves me breathless and my heart beating like a band in my chest.  Recovery from the last treatment has taken longer this time.  Anyway, I decided to let the doctor look at my blood work and make the decision to go ahead with or postpone the next chemo therapy.  The sooner I get through this, the sooner it will be over.  Like I said, drying off my body after a bath and putting on body lotion leaves me with that "whew-ee" feeling I keep describing.  And, I've been blacking out more than I did after the last treatment.  That also means there is very little I do around here.  JoAnn has really taken the bull by the horns and done a wonderful job of taking over my responsibilities.  She tells me all the time I can "keep my job" and she doesn't know how I do it all.  I guess what I do (did) around here is just second nature and I can do almost all of it while standing on my feet - asleep!!! 

                                 
                                       To prove he is okay and was not hanging in the window (LOL!!!),
                                                        I took pictures of him at dinner time. 
                                      He was sitting on a school bin of supplies that is next to the table.
  

  Luci and Annamarie are almost finished with their math book.  Rissy has a lot of pages left - in fact, one whole section is untouched.  I told her she would have to do more pages a day to be able to take a summer break with her sisters.  She is trying to do 6 pages (front and back) to put the book behind her.  I'm helping her from the sofa or bed instead of sitting at the table and teaching.  She and Annamarie grabbed books and read to me last night while I sat in the den.  Rissy is reading close to third grade level (she is completing first grade right now) and Annamarie (who couldn't read at all last summer) is doing VERY well - better than those people diagnosing her condition EVER expected.  I'm pleased with their progress.

                               
                                   Seeing that JoAnn feeds the cats at night, she is his new best friend. 

  The crowd is beginning to creep out of the different bedrooms around here.  Slowly but surely.  I guess I could go visit with my husband before he leaves the house.  We are supposed to have short rounds of rain over the next few days.  I guess it will come as a downpour and then cease for a while.  Enough to make the sod Jesse is putting down take root, nicely.

                                    
                                JoAnn thinks he's pretty cute, but still doesn't pet him because of her allergies.
                                          He was "just looking" not touching the cup!   He's so little that
                                                      the "Big Gulp Cup" almost swallowed HIM!!!

  No plans here for the weekend.  I'm still staying at home all the time and not mingling with the masses.  I don't think Jesse even has plans for cooking a "mess o' meat" outside! 

  Be Blessed  ~

   

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