We haven't been up to much lately. Working. Being bored. Playing video games. Not a lot of money to do much since we've had a few computer problems that required buying a new motherboard, though we did have date night several weeks ago. We went to see Tropic Thunder -- very funny!
The last of summer is still hanging on and I feel like everything is just waiting for fall to really begin. I don't want the days to get shorter (though they already are), but I do want the sky to turn that certain lovely shade of fall blue. I love when the trees around here turn brilliant fiery orange and make the sky even more blue. Plus, there are more things to do in the fall. Fairs come to town. The Dixie Classic fair is the first weekend in October. Hopefully I can drag Jamie off to Grandfather Mountain one weekend to take pictures of the fall leaves. I bet our new camera does wonders with the fall colors. Maybe we can go back to the zoo -- fewer people, cooler weather, animals that might be a little more active since it isn't sweltering outside.
Check out the neat shots I got of a flock of geese that grazed in the vacant lot across the street from our place. They let me get pretty close. I had fun traipsing amongst the goose poop. Hehe.
Mom had her first chemo treatment on September 9. Her chest port worked really well for that. The next day she went back to the doctor to have a shot of Nulasta, which ramps up production of white blood cells. She's on several anti-nausea medications (including one that is $100 a pill!) and they seem to be holding off the nausea that usually comes with chemo. She is suffering from the side effects of Nulasta -- pain in the hips and legs where white blood cells are being pumped out from the bone marrow. But other than that she's doing ok. Only five more treatments left! She should be done with chemo by the end of the year and will start radiation at the start of 2009.
Jamie's mom had a heart attack Saturday night. From what he told me, it wasn't a normal heart attack but a spasm. Luckily she lives next door to her local hospital and was able to get there quickly.
Hopefully both of our moms will be better soon!
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