Nothing better than "live music"

Well first, I must apologize for missing a few days. I was shocked at how many people let me know I was slippin!. I honestly didn't realize how many are reading these. What a thrill for me to find that out. So here I am back on my normal middle of the night, popsicle-pill break and back to bloggin. I am off the Chemo till Dec 18 and it made a few changes to my physical routine by giving me a false sense of stamina. I started staying up later like the old days and it threw me off. After a couple of nights of waking up at 4, asleep on the basement couch, with my body screaming obscenities at me, I learned my lesson. So last night, I didn't fight it and went to bed when when the first signal came. I am feeling a little better in some areas from the lack of Chemo and a bit rough in some new areas from the radiation. They say that the radiation effects will show up later so we will see. Okay, now for my blog title for today. As a music lover, band parent and music groupie for many years, I always could be heard saying, "There is nothing better than "live" music." Today I found out that I was wrong. What is better than "live music" is "live music" in your own front yard being played just for you. Absolutely incredible! I'm in the basement watching the end of a good movie and I hear this resonance and hint of thunder and run upstairs and outside just in time to see the Winton Woods High School Marching Band turning left and lining up in my front yard to play a musical "get well" card just for me. I can't easily explain the thrill, but I can share the emotions. My heart burst with love and admiration for each kid standing there and tears took command as I realized they did this for me. Thank you Dani and Kim and Ari and Dana and all of you for one of the biggest thrills of my life. In the morning, ater radiation, Jim and I took a side trip to visit his good friend, Jimmy Aglemesis, the owner of Aglimesis Brotheer's Ice Cream and I watched them make some of the incredible treats and candies they have sold here in Cincinnati since 1912. And of course the trip did end with a wonderful chocolate milk shake for the road. Thanks Jim and Jimmy. I continue to get great cards in the mail and wonderful emails and calls from so many of you and I just again have to say how uplifting that is for me. Tonight I heard from a Norwegian movie star and I can't tell you how wonderful that was. It was a grand day for sure. Say a little prayer for Nina, she isn't feeling very good right now either. Nurse Cindy is taking good care of her. She really just needs some green vegetables!! Right Nina? Okay, the body says I'm done. I figure Friday certainly is destined to be a bit boring relative to the excitement of today. As always, we take them one at a tie and enjoy them to the fullest. God bless you all!