Happy New Year - 2021

“Sometimes we can only find our true direction when we let the wind of change carry us.”  Mimi Novic

1. The maker . . . 

I woke up hungry today - it was day 11 from infusion so I am beginning to understand the cumulative impact of this journey.  We usually eat cereal - hot or cold - with berries but I wanted eggs and toast and potatoes so I decided I felt good enough to cook.  Bob was right there to help because I knew my "wants" are sometimes more than my "cans".   So together we made our favorite "egg scramble with toast"  and we added a mandarin orange.  It tasted good, but I could not eat it all.  

2. The love . . . 

And Bob, my love, was right there to help and clean up.  I am blessed for sure.   

Yesterday we spent our afternoon making phone changes.  Our cell service reception out here where we live has gotten really bad in the past couple months.  It is something Verizon is doing with the addition of 5G capabilities, or something, to their current towers.  They sent us a signal extender and that worked great for me with my iPhone 8,  but Bob's phone was too old to use it so he needed a new phone.  I wanted a new phone and he didn't care so I got the new phone, an iPhone 12 and he took over my phone.  AND, we worked together to make the changes of transferring data and records, and changing SIM cards from his old one to the iPhone 8.  We feel pretty darn capable!  Or else we just don't have much else to do in this isolated life.  

Love the new camera in it!  Now to get better photographing my art!  So I have a lot to learn!

3. The fight . . .

As I said earlier, it is Day 11 from infusion.  The last two times previous, I was better by Day 9 so I am starting to understand "cumulative".  I am way more tired.  Eating was hard for the 10 days.  And for those who know me, know I have rarely missed a meal or met food I didn't like.  Nothing sounded good or tasted good. And I have quite an army of "anti-nausea" remedies at my beck and call. It was a nice feeling to wake up this morning and actually feel like I was "wanting" something for breakfast. I now have about 12 days to feel pretty darn decent and to get some work done.  I am excited about that!  We are going for a ride today - I am going to drive.  I have not felt like driving for 11 days so that is also a good feeling.  It is all good!

Happy New Year!