Spinnakers party

It's been an up and down weekend for me in terms of energy. Friday wasn't bad, Saturday, I felt strong in the morning, but beat in the evening. Today, I've been wiped out from the get-go. I can't complain though, after hearing the stories of others. Apparently a lot of people end up with terribly low energy and nausea, sores, and all kinds of other issues. Knock wood, my biggest complaints have been tiredness/weakness, pain and general malaise. For the most part, I haven't been kept from taking the dogs for walks, playing with the kids or doing anything else (apart from running). I don't know whether the future sessions will treat me the same. It's strange, sometimes I feel like I could go and go all day, but then the body just doesn't want to go there.

On Saturday, we (Jane, the kids, my brother Jeff, and I) went to my grandmother's 90th birthday party at Spinnaker's in Chesterfield. It was a great time, and nearly everybody on my mother's side of the family was there. I love going to events like this and catching up on what everyone is doing. If you're reading this, happy birthday Grandma!. The girls wer up later than they've ever been, and were wired until about 10pm. I knew I shouldnt' have given them that Dr. Pepper :) Needless to say, they were a little subdued on waking up this morning. Margaret lost her first tooth on Saturday, and last night the tooth fairy came by. Apparently inflation has hit the tooth market as well - there were two shiny coins under her pillow this morning. I seem to recall only ever getting one.

Our neighbors did us an incredibly nice favor today, bringing us over a hot home-cooked dinner, which really helped out, because as it stands, I haven't much energy to put into getting a meal together. It was delicious, and if I keep eating this well, I'll need to be put on a diet following chemo.

I'll try to get some more pix of the garden - as a number of you have asked after that.