3 Too Many

T Day = 14 (Chemo only in weekends) 28 Chemo to go this round.

Another little sleep night bugger it  all really – kept waking with different things – but mainly pain   It’s OK – not overwhelming or the likes – just dull throbbing headache and back.  FInally give in and get up at 4:45 as I find standing eases the back pain.  Sort my meds out for the day and pain killers.  Get brekky stuff already too as the boys are off to What Now and need to be up at 6:15!!  Early start all round.  Go up and roust the lads.  All in-car and on the road by 7am – bloody freezing – minus 5 outside!! Thank goodness the TV Studio is not far away.  Delivered safe and well and Sue & I go home to watch the show on TV.  It’s been years since I watched What Now – oh how it has changed! The boys are doing the Super Challenge course (or something) around the studio and they come on at 9:30am.   Lachie is in his favourite green and Jacob is in yellow.  The time to beat is 1min:25sec – they race very well – and Jacob completes it in 59 seconds!!!  Awesome job Dude – Lachie finishes about 5 seconds behind him.  Poor Lachies comment when they ask him how he feels he says ahh – Sad Jacob won a very cool super soaker water gun for his effort!  We have a good 4.1 quake just after they have their race and wonder if they’ve noticed it there.  Ngaire (SUe Aunt) then calls for a catch up  – nice to hear from you. Sue shoots off to collect them about 10am.  We decided that as a reward for their footy Player of the Days and their effort on What Now they can choose what they want for lunch  – I know they’ll probably only go for KFC which suits me perfectly! Except I’m having a lot of nausea waves today – so it maybe fun having this.

Boys home and buzzing understandably.  Tell them about lunch – dead right  – KFC it is!  Off to DressMart first to look for thermal boots for me when watching footy.  Find nothing but Jacob finds a new school bag. Then go have lunch – Gordon Bennett – I’m sure I’ve just brought shares in Restuarant brands with the food – want to print money – invest in a KFC store!  For that price I would expect it to be silver service.  All the same it is rather good.

Off then to see Sarah & Rowdy and drop back a couple of plates.  Have a good catch up for about an hour and a haf – and I manage to stay awake for about 90% of it.  Home then to just chill out. I go and have a 45 min nap, while the boys take some dishes back to the Bisleys up the road.  Kat from next door comes over to visit too and brings a fun 4.6 quake with her – joking Kat.  Deb and Glen (Kat’s parents) then come over later with a little present for me – they have found a jar with The Press on it and have filled it with choccies for my desk in the new building – very cool.  They then drop over dinner very yummy Pumpkin soup.

I get a call then from Scot Woodhouse in Aussie – nice surprise – thanks Scotty – Hi Junior and kids

Quiet evening all round then – discover that the internal access slider to the garage one wall has let go from the floor – bloody aftershocks!  Thank goodness Fletcher’s coming tomorrow to look at repairs – another to the list.  thinking it’s M&D time and bed as fading again and lots on tomorrow – radiation at 9am then Fletcher’s at 10:30 then Chemo Doctor at 4pm. Doesn’t sound much but the radiation takes its toll so take a bit to bounce back from.

Till the morrow folks.

Kia Kaha.