First, a few more photos from Ben's installation. Here we are meeting a few of our new friends. Please notice that I am wearing a dress: the universal sign that Susan recognizes an occasion as super special. I may have last worn a dress at my brother's wedding two years ago.We also only seem to get handsome-couple shots on super special occasions. Here I think the heat, humidity, stress, and joy of the day are all visible. We're a little shiny.
This evening I discovered that I can see into the church sanctuary from my kitchen. Ben is over there preparing his sermon and I can see him pacing near the altar. It's kind of cool, except that it also means you can see into my kitchen from the sanctuary. I'll be closing those blinds on Sunday mornings.
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I'm not the only who has been tired! This photo was taken at 6:00 one evening. Jude is reading my Harriet the Spy book that is roughly 25 years old. The next morning he told me it was a good book.
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Poor Owen was sick last night. He threw up four times, never into the toilet. This generated several loads of laundry, and I've been warned that our sewer line needs to be repaired and it's best if I space out laundry/dishwasher loads so we don't get any backup. I remembered this advice at midnight as I started load 3. Got to use the handy delay feature on my machine. This morning the vomit was all washed away and there was no water in my basement.
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I have been feeling MUCH better this week. I've been sleeping and eating normally for a few days now. It's so pleasant! I saw my oncologist this week and it sounds like I am doing fine. Every time I go in they take blood and check things like my white blood cell count, hemoglobin, and other mysterious numbers that tell something about how I am handling chemo.
I told my doctor about the side effects I've had, especially the fatigue that was more intense than I expected. She looked sad but neither surprised nor concerned. Apparently the side effects come out differently for every individual person, but tend to be the same (and eventually intensify) from one round to the next.
Would you believe that I have already lined up people to take all 3 of my children on each of two days next week? If I were inclined to believe in karma I would have to give it up by now. I am receiving far more care from others than I could possibly have earned in 35 years. I will chalk it up to God's grace.
2 comments:
Glad you're having a good week. "Normal" is the new wonderful after what you've had to go through.
I think your kitchen window is a good spot for top-down bottom-up blinds--with sheers pulled up to about nose level--so you can see out but no one can see anything much more than your ceiling from the outside.
We can see the illuminated chapel spire at Gustavus from certain places in our house, and I find it comforting. Your vista of the sanctuary must provide the same plus the added bonus of gazing at your husband!
Looking forward to your next post.
Oh, Laurie, you are so kind. The kitchen window has a perfect half-curtain. There are also sliding doors in the kitchen. Blessedly, they have full-panel in-window blinds. The church was very mindful of our privacy when the worked on getting the house ready for us.
I'll think of you and Gustavus next time I spy on Ben in the sanctuary. :)
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