I really don't try to skip nights, honest

Okay, here it is Monday night again and today was the second round for the harsh new Chemo. The doctor saw us both and she was again feeling good about things. Thought the swelling went down and wanted to keep on this new one for a while. Of course I would have liked to change only because of the side effects. But we will push on. The few days leading up to the Monday Chemo didn't make history for me , that's for sure. What happens is, that if i have a rougher evening and push more meds, which is ok to do, then my sleeping and stamina schedule gets all out of wack. For instance. Saturday night I woke at about 3 and thought about the blog, then i immediately got smacked in the face with why i woke up and after taking the meds, i just wanted to crawl in a whole, so you see the blog lost.

Okay enough of the crappy parts. Good things happen too, remember,if you give them the chance. First, My little second cousin Alexis did her first Marcou Family New Hampshire newsletter for me to put on our page. It was exciting to read and will be exciting to post soon.

My friend Dick's hip replacement went so well he is at home in rehab all ready. This is such a good thing for him. In six weeks he will probably have the other hip done.

Carrie and Bill were chaperones on the WWHS Atlanta band and orchestra trip. Sounds like they all did well and had a good time. The WWHS play comes up in late April, so don't miss it if you can. It will not dissapoint you as a great show.

Cindy and I actually walked the park circle last night on Chemo day, go figure. I just at about 7 had to get out of the house. It was a push but such a pleasant walk. And then when I'm the most tired and wanted to quit, we run into one of my doctors and his wife and you have to know how much that impressed him to see me there, so lots of medical brownie points there for sure.

I'm getting Cindy's new computer up to speed so that will make it easier for me to write these as well.

We made contact with Elodie from Fance, Chiaki from Japan and Guro from Norway, 3 of our students for next year and that is always exciting for us. Our NY city tour is coming up on Apr 11th and I am really looking forward to that. Kristine from Norway this year, had her parents and siblings visit and momma made me and Cindy a beautiful warm pair of wool Norwegian slippers and they are great. I wore them to my Chemo session. They were a big hit.

We did some shopping for new phones so my major phone frustration has been solved. we are now in the 21st century with phones, so it should be a lot easier for me to answer them , which I really want to do so I can hear from many of you.

So the overall summary is still the same, bad days mixed with good, but the good always outweigh the bad, thanks to the will of God, and the hearts of my friends and loved ones. You are all appreciated even down to the 3 year olds and newborns. God bless you all.