FRIDAY FIVE
Chemo Day - 5 hours of infusions #3 of 4 infusion completed, yay! (BTW the bruise to the left by my elbow is a bad stick by the phlebotomist who drew blood yesterday to make sure all my levels were okay for me to have chemo today)
Farm Visit - Steve was outside and a bunch of kids were looking at the chickens so Steve invited them in to see the farm. It was my neighbor, her 12-year old daughter, her son and her daughter’s 4 or 5 birthday party guests, the whole experience was hilarious! They spent an hour naming birds, carrying around chickens and chicks, feeding everyone and learning about the other animals on the farm. I LOVE when kids come to visit. Added plus Steve is terrific with kids.
Steve - I wrote about Steve a bit yesterday in my TBT post, but here’s a bit more. Steve and I went to college together at Pratt in Brooklyn, NY. We were both graphic design majors and were next door neighbors in the dorm my first semester but though he was dating a guy in my class, we never met. I met him the following year and we became fast friends. Steve remains one of my favorite people on the planet. We worked together at Clairol, and for several years at a Financial Magazine where he was on staff and I was a contractor. We started traveling together early on and found we were a great travel match, we just fall into a comfortable rhythm, always have, hopefully always will. We’ve been through a lot of history together by now and I was delighted when he came to stay for a month when I had my mastectomy in February and is back on Wednesday for 3 weeks while I’m undergoing chemo. It feels like he was just gone for a weekend in between.
Gifts - I have received a box from Amazon every time I’ve returned from chemo, all from my main client. Always great, appropriate gifts. From serious helpful stuff in the beginning today’s more light-hearted pair of Fuck Cancer cats socks! I will post a picture in a bit. He’s Awesome!
Shooting - Like everyone, I find this so disheartening and the shameful lip service paid to these shootings by the powers that be — who are fully lining their pockets with millions on the backs of dead children — entirely unconscionable.