Uneventful is Great

The last 10 days have been quite uneventful wrt side effects, and I'm so grateful for that! I've been sleeping easily, and doing errands, helping the kids, cooking, and spring cleaning. Of course, I get tired so I lie down for periods during the day to recharge.

I like tracking the things I've been able to do since I've felt better:

I went to Keenan's band concert last Thursday (he plays clarinet) and was impressed how much they've improved in a year.

On Saturday, I went to a funny movie (My Family Wedding) with Kemi, Yinka, Olivia and Beckie. As Yinka and Olivia got ready to leave, Yinka mentioned reading about risk factors that can lead to breast cancer. We agreed that there didn't seem to be any direct correlations... that it can just happen - to large and small women, large and small breasts, those who eat well and those who don't, those will cancer in the family and those without, etc. The important point was that as each of us was either already 40, or had a sister ,aunt, grandmother or mother who had had cancer, so we all need to be diligent with checking for lumps, and following up with mammograms. We started to talk about how we face stress each day, how we can just keep going and going, and actually be wearing ourselves out while not really enjoying what we do. As Olivia said, at times we get so stressed about keeping it all going, that we forget to ask "What's the worst that could happen?" if I let go... It seems each of us wants the same thing - a way to earn money that we look forward to doing each day, and having the energy to give our families our love and support to keep them happy too. We need to keep trying to consider the options that can lead us there.

We visited a new church (episcopal) for Palm Sunday cos I missed the traditions of the services in Freetown, with the hymns and the handing out of palms - Bianca wants to be sure that we go again on Easter Sunday cos she thinks it will be really 'festive'.

I took walks with Monsoon (Kemi's family dog) and the kids, and saw deer (which terrified Bianca and Tarin) and a Great Blue Herons (needed Keenan to identify it for me) several times. On Sunday, we went to Lifetime Fitness instead cos of rain, and since that was new for Bianca, she had to try nearly all the machines....

With Kemi and Enmartz's help, was able to get the furniture Bianca's room rearranged yesterday - really wanted to get that done before my next treatment tomorrow.

Anyway, I have started to take the meds in preparation for tomorrow (Dexamethazone, helps prevent nausea). I welcome this next round of drugs and will work to keep my mind focused on the good they are doing in me over the next week.

I thank God for this New Day!