January 31, 2009 11:59 PM

Gotta beat the midnight deadline!

The end of January(yay!!), time certainly does fly. Only 11 days to the start of the bone marrow transplant odyssey! I guess that I am as ready as I am ever going to be so I know that the waiting will just get to me. The earlier we start - the earlier we finish. As they say - patience is a virtue and I want it right now!!!

It was a good day today. In fact, I did something that I have not done since November the 4th - I actually drove! Up until now, everywhere that I went, my wife would go as well(doctors, movies, restaurants, etc.) so she just kept on driving long after my counts had returned to normal. Today, I did an errand on my own and then drove with my wife to the movies and then to dinner together. I know - I sound like a teenager who just got his driver's license!

The movie theater that we went to in Concord, NH was a funky little place. We sat in a room with about 50 seats that were just chairs that we could orient any way that we wanted. The screen was far from a wide screen - maybe 10 feet wide. The movie itself(Doubt) was on a Blu-Ray DVD disk that was started via a remote control and shown from an overhead projector - so no annoying pre-show screens that seem to recycle every 5 minutes, no annoying 27 previews, no annoying Coke ads, etc. before they actually got to starting the movie.

There was further excitement at the end of the show as we wished to take the elevator back down to the parking garage. The button did not seem to work properly and then we heard pounding coming from inside the elevator shaft and the alarm was being pushed as well. After using the stairwell and making our way back to the car, as we were leaving, we saw half the Concord fire department come storming into the parking garage and make its way to the faulty elevator. For the want of 5 minutes, it could have been us trapped inside. Who knew that my restroom break could save the day!

Not much else to say. It is, after all, the weekend and life kind of slows down during these times. But I still feel great and that's the important thing.....

Bob