Not quite the Winter Olympics but with 8" of snow we were able to turn our street into the neighborhood sledding/snowboarding slope.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Sledding in Seattle ?
Not quite the Winter Olympics but with 8" of snow we were able to turn our street into the neighborhood sledding/snowboarding slope.
Monday, June 02, 2008
Relay for Life 2008
Ok, so it's not the Susan B. Komen 3-Day walk but it was still a whole lot of fun. About 170 teams totaling 2,500 people walk for 24-hours, this year they raised $350,000. Greg, Skyler and I camped out with our good friends The Crowley's and walked as much as we could Friday and Saturday (in between eating, chatting, gossip
ing, a bit of shopping at the booths, etc). I vow to get serious next year, I'm embarrassed to say how little I walked (only 12 miles, yawn...). Next year I will try to do 20. Skyler made a "lumineria" in honor of Grandma J, she wrote a heartfelt peom for her and burned a candle all night. I don't usually get choked up at these things but sometimes I'll see a young child in a purple shirt (cancer survivors) and that just makes my gut hurt. I don't know why it doesn't bother my that I have it, I mean I don't like it but I'd gladly take it over a child getting it. ugh, makes me sick. Greg and I together have 5-time treatment status, just sick. oh well. Guess you have to pick your struggle. If it's not cancer, it's something else right?
ing, a bit of shopping at the booths, etc). I vow to get serious next year, I'm embarrassed to say how little I walked (only 12 miles, yawn...). Next year I will try to do 20. Skyler made a "lumineria" in honor of Grandma J, she wrote a heartfelt peom for her and burned a candle all night. I don't usually get choked up at these things but sometimes I'll see a young child in a purple shirt (cancer survivors) and that just makes my gut hurt. I don't know why it doesn't bother my that I have it, I mean I don't like it but I'd gladly take it over a child getting it. ugh, makes me sick. Greg and I together have 5-time treatment status, just sick. oh well. Guess you have to pick your struggle. If it's not cancer, it's something else right?
Sunday, March 30, 2008
State of the Union
I got the results of my scans this week and they were not too bad. All the of previous tumors are still there but most of them did not grow during this 3-month break from chemo. There are approx 20+ spots on both lungs, and there was only one tumor that grew to 1cm, so now is the time to get back to Swedish Hospital and start up the chemo again. Same program as before, Navelbine and Herceptin, every Monday night.
Skyler and I took this picture one morning before work, the moon was full and reflecting on the ocean.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Hello 2008 !
On the agenda for this year, in this order:
1) Sell the house godammit already!
2) Pass CCNA
3) Stay healthy and employed
Juggling 2 houses and 4 mortgages is killing us, but don't know what to do to move it any quicker other than fire the listing agent (hhmmm... thinking...). We're enjoying the new house and having some extra space to spread out, I have a craft room where Skyler and I can do stuff like make jewelry or paint or whatever, and we watch movies and stuff there too.
I'm studying to recertify my CCNA, testing in March and then I'll be burning this stupid book because I am SICK TO DEATH of studying. 5 nights a week I'm stuck with a 960-page textbook and a bunch of highlighters and a router simulator and when I'm done with this test I'll perform one last big "data-dump" and forget all this useless trivia stuck in my head. ... sigh....
I'm in the middle of a break from chemo and overall really feeling good right now, amazing what a few weeks away from the weekly-rat-poison will do. I'm due back in treatment around March, can't be away from it for too long these days. I have another CT/PT scan coming in March, stay tuned for the "state of the union address" following that.
1) Sell the house godammit already!
2) Pass CCNA
3) Stay healthy and employed
Juggling 2 houses and 4 mortgages is killing us, but don't know what to do to move it any quicker other than fire the listing agent (hhmmm... thinking...). We're enjoying the new house and having some extra space to spread out, I have a craft room where Skyler and I can do stuff like make jewelry or paint or whatever, and we watch movies and stuff there too.
I'm studying to recertify my CCNA, testing in March and then I'll be burning this stupid book because I am SICK TO DEATH of studying. 5 nights a week I'm stuck with a 960-page textbook and a bunch of highlighters and a router simulator and when I'm done with this test I'll perform one last big "data-dump" and forget all this useless trivia stuck in my head. ... sigh....
I'm in the middle of a break from chemo and overall really feeling good right now, amazing what a few weeks away from the weekly-rat-poison will do. I'm due back in treatment around March, can't be away from it for too long these days. I have another CT/PT scan coming in March, stay tuned for the "state of the union address" following that.
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