Another birthday comes to a close!
It was a nice quiet day- the way that birthdays should be. I went to my granddaughter's lacrosse game this morning and then went to the "graduation" party for our docent class at the Zimmerman House this afternoon. Everyone there wished me a happy birthday which was much appreciated. Someone did ask me my age and when I told her - she couldn't believe it. I didn't know if I should take that as a positive or a negative! We'll assume that it was well intended.
I can help you guess my age when I say that I received an e-mail from a friend that I have known for 59 years and we were in school at the time we met. Nuf said!!!
The day was capped off with a Pizza Hut pizza for dinner. Now that says birthday to me!!!!
Since I was out most of the day, I missed a lot of the phone call from family wellwishers but I was home to receive the telephone call from Janne in Norway. What a wonderful surprise and what a wonderful person she is to think of me when she has so much going on in her life. It's a holiday weekend in Norway and she has family staying over - so it's a busy time. I would like to publicly thank her for the call and let her know how much I appreciated it.
Tomorrow, it's my grandson's baseball game and the a little celebration at my daughter's house as her daughter's birthday is Wednesday.
A fine day with, hopefully, many more like it to come...
Bob
May 14, 2010 11:30 PM
Deja vu all over again!
That's right, tonight was the wrap up gathering for our couples bridge league and once again we finished first in our bridge group after having to take last year off due to my illness. We don't play for much - the winners get some cards and score pads - but it's fun and it helps to have a good partner which my wife happens to be.
Today I also signed up to do my first two tours - June 3rd and June 9th. Wish me luck! I know that I'll be a little nervous the first time but I'm sure that the butterflies will eventually come to rest at some time.
Tomorrow is my REAL birthday and I will always remeber the American Cancer Society's motto that they are "The proud sponsor of birthdays". I can't argue with that! Their efforts have now provided me with two birthdays that I would otherwise not have had.
Tomorrow is also our graduation party for the Zimmerman House docent class that was recently concluded. I'm looking forward to that as well.
Lots of things going on which is how it should be.
Life is good right now...
Bob
That's right, tonight was the wrap up gathering for our couples bridge league and once again we finished first in our bridge group after having to take last year off due to my illness. We don't play for much - the winners get some cards and score pads - but it's fun and it helps to have a good partner which my wife happens to be.
Today I also signed up to do my first two tours - June 3rd and June 9th. Wish me luck! I know that I'll be a little nervous the first time but I'm sure that the butterflies will eventually come to rest at some time.
Tomorrow is my REAL birthday and I will always remeber the American Cancer Society's motto that they are "The proud sponsor of birthdays". I can't argue with that! Their efforts have now provided me with two birthdays that I would otherwise not have had.
Tomorrow is also our graduation party for the Zimmerman House docent class that was recently concluded. I'm looking forward to that as well.
Lots of things going on which is how it should be.
Life is good right now...
Bob
May 13, 2010 10:45 PM
Good news on many fronts!
And not all for me, either. My ex-boss finally got a job after 17 months of effort. And effort is certainly the word to use here as he said that his spreadsheet showed that he had applied for about 270 jobs! I don't care what they say. Situations like this indicate that this economy still has a long way to go before we can say that we are back to where we want to be.
As for me, my insurance company formally extended my long term disability. I know that I say that I am feeling fine - and that is true! But, I still have some evidence of graft vs host disease and I am not out of the woods yet. It takes two full years after the bone marrow transplant before they feel that the cancer is fully in remission and I have nine months to go before that date occurs.
And, even though I do quite a bit around the house, I can stop whenever I want and work whenever I want - which I could not do at work. There are deadlines that must be met - sometimes dictating long hours! Presently, I'm not sure that I could keep up that pace for an extended period of time. In a year - who knows?
Only time will tell...
Bob
And not all for me, either. My ex-boss finally got a job after 17 months of effort. And effort is certainly the word to use here as he said that his spreadsheet showed that he had applied for about 270 jobs! I don't care what they say. Situations like this indicate that this economy still has a long way to go before we can say that we are back to where we want to be.
As for me, my insurance company formally extended my long term disability. I know that I say that I am feeling fine - and that is true! But, I still have some evidence of graft vs host disease and I am not out of the woods yet. It takes two full years after the bone marrow transplant before they feel that the cancer is fully in remission and I have nine months to go before that date occurs.
And, even though I do quite a bit around the house, I can stop whenever I want and work whenever I want - which I could not do at work. There are deadlines that must be met - sometimes dictating long hours! Presently, I'm not sure that I could keep up that pace for an extended period of time. In a year - who knows?
Only time will tell...
Bob
May 12, 2010 11:00 PM
Maybe this leads to bigger things!
I was watching the movie Julie and Julia today and saw that Julie was writing a blog describing her yearlong adventures cooking Julia Child recipes. The blog gathered a large following which led to a book and, ultimately, to the movie. Hope springs eternal here. Perhaps Tom Cruise could play me or maybe Randy Quaid! Chris Farley would have been perfect!
Anyway, there's not much chance that any of that will occur and that's not why I'm doing this. My walk has been a good one but for many others that has not been the case. If I can just make people aware that there are so many leukemia and other blood cancer patients out there who need support and need people to step up and get on the bone marrow donor list to give them a chance then I will have done my job.
It's a lot better today than yesterday but it can be a lot better tomorrow than today...
Bob
I was watching the movie Julie and Julia today and saw that Julie was writing a blog describing her yearlong adventures cooking Julia Child recipes. The blog gathered a large following which led to a book and, ultimately, to the movie. Hope springs eternal here. Perhaps Tom Cruise could play me or maybe Randy Quaid! Chris Farley would have been perfect!
Anyway, there's not much chance that any of that will occur and that's not why I'm doing this. My walk has been a good one but for many others that has not been the case. If I can just make people aware that there are so many leukemia and other blood cancer patients out there who need support and need people to step up and get on the bone marrow donor list to give them a chance then I will have done my job.
It's a lot better today than yesterday but it can be a lot better tomorrow than today...
Bob
May 11, 2010 11:10 PM
Another fine day!
Yesterday, as mentioned earlier, I played bridge with friends and went to the support group in the evening. It was fun to play cards(and win!) and it was interesting that several members of the support group had seen interviews that I had done in support of the bone marrow drive in April and had saved them and brought them to me last night. I do appreciate it. But, I think that my fifteen minutes of fame is drawing to a close as there is nothing more on the horizon at this time.
So, what am I currently doing? Just some R&R until the weather gets a little warmer and work can begin in the garage. It's been a little cool here this past week and will remain so for the forseeable future.
I still have not been cleared for work and I am eternally grateful for that. In truth, I am still on medication and there is still a small amount of graft vs host disease so such a status can be justified even though my counts are where they should be.
However, I am very satisfied with where I am today...
Bob
Yesterday, as mentioned earlier, I played bridge with friends and went to the support group in the evening. It was fun to play cards(and win!) and it was interesting that several members of the support group had seen interviews that I had done in support of the bone marrow drive in April and had saved them and brought them to me last night. I do appreciate it. But, I think that my fifteen minutes of fame is drawing to a close as there is nothing more on the horizon at this time.
So, what am I currently doing? Just some R&R until the weather gets a little warmer and work can begin in the garage. It's been a little cool here this past week and will remain so for the forseeable future.
I still have not been cleared for work and I am eternally grateful for that. In truth, I am still on medication and there is still a small amount of graft vs host disease so such a status can be justified even though my counts are where they should be.
However, I am very satisfied with where I am today...
Bob
May 9, 2010 11:45 PM
Just getting ready for tomorrow!
Today was a good day - going to my sister-in-law's house and then to one of my daughters to celebrate Mother's Day.
Tomorrow, it's bridge with friends at church in the afternoon and then the monthly support group meeting at 5:00. There always seems to be some sort of activity in our lives which serves to keep us going. I want to make every day be something. And, if it's not a something day, then at least I'm preparing for something.
I'm going to try to accomplish something with whatever time I have left...
Bob
Today was a good day - going to my sister-in-law's house and then to one of my daughters to celebrate Mother's Day.
Tomorrow, it's bridge with friends at church in the afternoon and then the monthly support group meeting at 5:00. There always seems to be some sort of activity in our lives which serves to keep us going. I want to make every day be something. And, if it's not a something day, then at least I'm preparing for something.
I'm going to try to accomplish something with whatever time I have left...
Bob
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