celebrating two years
it was two years ago that I began my cancer journey. while many people who have never traveled this path think that the major part of the journey is over - surgery and chemo - they have no idea the ordeals that the preventive cancer meds can cause. and the physicians who counsel you before-hand leave that part out. granted, it is necessary if you want to survive, but only my sisters in my support group know the breadth of discomfort that we all endure as we travel this five to ten year road.
last month I attended the celebration of life for two beautiful people who died too young. on the first day of this month I heard that another theater friend, closer to my age, lost her battle with pancreatic cancer. we all thought, if anyone can beat this she can. but we were all sorely mistaken. Cancer ain't for sissies, and as my mom would say, "she was tough as old boots." our theater ghost light is shining a little dimmer today.
the Synagogue where I attended the Shaloha dinner last year was performing a Wicked Purim Shpiel this year that I just had to attend! after making Butter Chicken for us for dinner, I rushed out to drive across town to see the merriment! it was tremendous!!
I took the train to the bay area one day to attend the going away lunch for my manager. the train was held up on the trip down by periods of slow-down so that commercial trains hauling products took their right-of-way. I was nearly an hour late so met my colleagues at the restaurant. luckily I was able to get work done while on the train, so it wasn't a total loss. I had painted a small 6x6 inch painting of the front of our building, with the dates of her years of service, and gave it to her at the lunch. I had a delicious Asian salad with teriyaki salmon that was so good, I decided to try making it at home! After hitching a ride to the office with a co-worker, I checked in with my colleagues in Security, and then caught a rideshare back to the train station for the next nearly four hour, delayed again, ride back home.
Friday the Thirteenth Craig needed me to take him to the ER. it turned out he had an infection that was causing dizziness and loss of leg strength. after 36 hours of IV fluids and meds, he was released to go home on his birthday. I had made the Asian slaw with teriyaki Steelhead Trout that I had enjoyed earlier, and my version was just as tasty!
over these two days Joyce did FaceTimes with each of us, and during one of them Finn showed off that he could stand up! I just love that even though we're not there with him, we can still enjoy his growing activities from afar over video <3
one of our African Daisies is doing great after three seasons but the other one dwindled and died. I decided it might be a good time to plant a Lantana, the color is Fiesta Limonada. That way the yellow and pink motif will carry on when this blooms.
we also have buds on the orange and lemon trees! the lime is only leafing right now.
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