I’m picking up my granddaughter after school, going trick-or-treating with the family tonight, putting candy out at my own door like I’ve done for years, and then taking my grandson home to stay overnight since my granddaughter is staying overnight with a friend.
I’ve got to run in for a dressing change and groceries. I’m fixing dinner for the family tonight. And I’m still editing the Halloween story. I was printing out my document and it stopped near the end, saying I needed new ink. The ink was fine. But my daughter told me they put something on the ink dispenser that stops it at a pre-programmed point and you can’t print any longer. Big business is out to do us in.
We might have thunderstorms this afternoon, but probably not.
Yesterday at my drs appointment, they said my biopsy looked good, cancer still in remission after 3 months of no chemo. But they’re starting chemo for maintenance for a year next week, ugh. That means back to nausea, hair loss, problem with tasting food, and other chemo issues, plus they said we’re at higher risk for skin cancer and other cancers. So it’s good news, but not so good news. Issues with graft-host disease can come on for over 3 years, so a lot to look “forward” to.
Well, I’m off to do another bone marrow biopsy. I hate them because I signed up to do research and they take dozens of samples for that. It’s just awful. I always ask them, “Aren’t you done yet?” If it wasn’t for the research, it wouldn’t be half as bad.
I’ll be glad when this is over with. Then I’ll be sore from that. My hip tendons or muscles or whatever I pulled when I fell are nearly fully healed at least.
I’m about to run in for a dressing change and then back home to work on Wolfish. I’m halfway through proofing it–again. I keep thinking of things I want to add to it. Hope to have it done today. Tomorrow at the latest.
I’m still adding some things to Wolfish, but I think I’m ready to proof it.
It’s still hot, warm in the mornings, not cool. After my fall, my hip is feeling so much better. It’s been 3 weeks, but pulling tendons, or muscles, or whatever takes a while to heal.
I think I can walk around the neighborhood with the kids for trick or treating on Halloween now. Yay!
Still working on Wolfish. Took one of my Havanese in for his annual checkup. He has had a heart murmur since he was a puppy and they said it had gotten worse. So I agreed to an X-ray–$375. Then they said his heart is a little enlarged on one side, and he needs an ultrasound. $775, but they had to confirm that. I didn’t hear back from them. It’s probably a lot more. And I have to go somewhere else to get it.
He’s 11 and acts like a puppy a lot of times, running all over and playing with toys. I didn’t know he had a hurt murmur until I brought him home from the breeder, and I’d fallen in love with him by then. I should have had a vet check him out from the onset. His brother is a half brother and he never had that issue.
Well, I’m off to work on the Halloween story some more!!
It’s that time of year, and I need to get candy for the kids. I thought of skipping it since I didn’t decorate, but I do it every year. After falling and hurting my hip, I thought of not walking with the grandkids because I don’t know if I can make it. But I want the exercise…dilemmas, dilemmas. I can walk a mile and a half, but not sure how much we walk during our trick-or-treating.
I need to go to the grocery store, so going super early to avoid the crowds. I always wear a mask.
Tashama is available on various sites now, just waiting on Apple and the print version to post it.
I’m still proofing Wolf Heir. Three chapters and an epilogue to finish up and then I’ll begin getting it ready for publication. After that, I’m back to Wolfish, the Halloween novella. It might be a few days past Halloween before it’s published. *sigh*
Used several layers to create this moody fun look.
Well, good news at the doctors. He’s seeing me in his clinic from now on once a week, instead of getting infusions. And he said for Friday, at least, no infusion, just go to the Woodlands instead of Houston for a blood draw. Houston’s an hour away and the traffic is atrocious. The Woodlands is 20 minutes away and the traffic isn’t half as bad, so I’m looking forward to it.
But they’ve listed an infusion for next Friday in Houston again. I’m going to ask if they can do it in the Woodlands instead.
And that’s my good news. Oh, and Physical Therapy said I don’t have to see them any longer. That I’m in good physical shape. Yay! We walked a mile and a half yesterday and walked that this morning, though it was HOT and MUGGY out. It’s supposed to be 64 tomorrow morning. Hope, hope.
Have a wonderful day and hope you’re not sweltering in the heat. it was 104 wet bulb yesterday.
Every year my granddaughter has decided what we will be for Halloween. One year it was the shark family, another, Pokeman characters, and Alice in Wonderland. This year, my grandson (3), has a mind of his own. He is going as a dinosaur! Well, my granddaughter doesn’t want to be a dinosaur, sooo, we’re doing our own thing this year. I think I will be one of the fae, or an elf. I write about both, and in honor of one, or the other, that’s what I’ll be.
We haven’t had rain in about 7 weeks and we DESPERATELY need it. So when are we supposed to be getting rain? Thunderstorms predicted for Wednesday, Thursday (Halloween), and Friday. And the rest of the week and the next week showers. We need them. Really. But on Halloween?
Little one will be here soon. We usually go to the grocery store on Mondays. He loves to shop. But I was thinking of putting it off to Wednesday. But wait, storms predicted? Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can get done today. I’m off to get ready.
Hope you have a great day!
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
