No walking for me today.

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The picture on the blog today is me standing in the kitchen beside one of the pictures Trish sent that has several pictures of her kids. If looking at pictures could wear them out these pictures would be just about done. I’m enjoying them so much!

When Don took this picture we were just heading out to get lunch at Long John Silver’s. I haven’t been there for a decade. It was a nice change, but if it’s another decade before I go again, it’ll be okay with me. It was nice to have something different and to not have to pull something out of the fridge and nuke it.

I didn’t walk with Don today. I’m swinging cans of green beans to get my exercise because I think my knees need the rest. He walked and then we went over to the pool and got some sunshine for a while. The weather here is awesome. I imagine it will be sultry hot really soon. Hot is good; cancer hates it.

This apartment complex is really very nice. Have I mentioned that it is gated? That’s good because downtown Houston is pretty rough. We have a parking place right in front of our door. Across the street a shuttle comes every hour on the ½ hour. There are 750 apartments in the complex, so it’s a big place. Lots of advanced students from the nearby universities and staff from the nearby medical complexes live here because this is so close. Many ride the shuttle because parking is so expensive. The shuttle costs $1 each way, so that’s lots cheaper than parking which is $12 a day or $15 a day for valet parking. When I begin the radiation treatments the parking is free; they validate out tickets for 2 hours but it only takes about 15 minutes for a treatment, I think.

I’m sure my drains will be removed this week. One will be removed tomorrow and maybe 2, depending on how much they drain today. I’m so ready for them to all be gone! I’m used to people gawking at me because I’m wearing knee bands and 4 or 5 hats, but now they stare at these three drains the size of my head hanging around my waist. One poor bicyclist nearly wrecked his bike yesterday getting a good look at the eccentric old lady that old guy was dragging on his trail! I thank God for the ability to laugh at it all and for Don’s ability to laugh with me. We are richly blessed to know that our many blessings are what counts in life!