Today is Tuesday, February 11th

Here we go again... a week has gone by and I'm playing catch up but I do have a good excuse... life got in the way...

Another very long day at Stanford yesterday...  Dr. Liedtke very gently informed us that T's counts were still too low for chemo and his liver panel was awry too so,  we hope to re-start the cycle next week ( depending upon his counts ).  Penn is waiting on the FDA approval for new patients (who knows how long that will take) and we have an appointment with the transplant folks soon.  It was T's  lucky day tho...  T was due for his lumbar puncture with chemo and he would receive treatment 3 hours later.  Oh boy!  T is my hero... methotrexate injected directly into the spine and our T never complained.  He had to lie still for an hour afterwards and then, we returned to our home... our refuge.   T retreated to bed .. I served him toast & eggs & raspberry mousse ( been experimenting with the recipe .. think I've found the key).  The poor guy had a terrible night and this morning he's eaten oatmeal in bed with the papers while Riley drooled awaiting his share...

Been busy with my biz... thank goodness!  Short sale for David was finally approved yesterday and other clients are starting to get interested again... the interest rates have been very enticing...

We are very social creatures and this enforced isolation is tough but we'll get through it...  we're able to watch movies and now the Olympics which is exciting...

I almost forgot....Sunday was the most amazing day for marine life at the beach!!!  We were walking along in the drizzle when we noticed several blows and then, a tail and then, a nose and we realized - whales!!!  no more than 100 yards from the shore in what appeared to be likely shallow water... someone said she thought it was a mother with a distressed baby... we thought it was a couple adolescents and a baby but we were mesmerized...  what a joy!!! rain and whales!!! enough to satisfy our souls...

Carpe diem!!!