Forgot to put this on my last post... when I moved into the Hope Lodge, the bathroom was, to be kind, simply dreary. I needed to grab towels for myself anyway, and also bought a shower curtain and a few bath accessories to brighten things up a bit (gotta love the clearance aisle!). Anyway, my intention was to pass them along to someone else when I was finished, so if you're interested in them, let me know and I'll happily send them along totally free. They were worth the tiny investment just to lift my spirits for a few weeks. The shower curtain is a vinyl photo view of fish in an ocean, most of the fish less than three inches in size. It's primarily a dark blue. I also have a soap pump and soap dish (which I use to collect my jewelry) that weren't designed to go with it, but are also fish. I'm thinking it would all be best in a kid's bathroom or a college dorm bathroom. Anyway, let me know if you're interested and I can send you the links to see pictures of them.
: )
Carpe diem. - Trela
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
16 down, 9 to go!
My third week of treatment progressed smoothly. I'm starting to look like I have a slight sunburn, but it doesn't hurt and it's not very red at all. My techs and doctor seem pleased with my progress thus far! They'll double me up sometime this week or next in order to make up the Monday I missed with our blizzard at home.
I've been volunteering at a local middle school a few days a week when my schedule permits. It helps to fill the time! The teacher's first two classes of the day are sixth grade math, and those are the ones she needed help with. Fortunately the math teacher on my team in Iowa has taught me well for the last few years, so I'm confident in my "helping!" Still hate fractions, but at least now I'm good at them...
Last Friday I also had the opportunity to assist in judging the regional Science Fair. They have about 100 judges from all different careers, and no, I didn't have to judge anything too "sciency." My category was creative or original topics, and they gave me about 25 high school and middle school projects to choose from. My personal favorite was the high school girl who, herself a vegetarian, decided to see what would happen if she fed a Venus Fly Trap Boca Burgers instead of meat! Unfortunately for the plant, her hypothesis was correct.... no new vegetarian versions of the plant out there, but maybe making a hybrid will be her experiment next year...
I flew to Chicago last weekend and then headed up to Milwaukee while Eric and the kids drove there Friday night. Sunday we had tickets to take Kile to "The Lion King." I decided he was old enough for Broadway, and that this show would be a good choice since it's pretty much a more beautiful and artistic version of the movie he already knows. It wasn't quite as good a production as the one I saw in Chicago a few years ago (smaller stage, I think), but it was still well done. Midway through the first act he turned to me and said, "Mommy, I LOVE this!" Three points for the parents! Meanwhile, my parents took Cavanaugh to the Pfister Hotel for a fancy mac and cheese lunch followed by some strawberry ice cream. Pretty much as long as she's wearing her fancy patent leather shoes, she's happy! Such a girly girl!
Papers to grade, my grades are due next week, so I guess that means I need to get them in THIS week when I'm home!
Carpe diem. - Trela
I've been volunteering at a local middle school a few days a week when my schedule permits. It helps to fill the time! The teacher's first two classes of the day are sixth grade math, and those are the ones she needed help with. Fortunately the math teacher on my team in Iowa has taught me well for the last few years, so I'm confident in my "helping!" Still hate fractions, but at least now I'm good at them...
Last Friday I also had the opportunity to assist in judging the regional Science Fair. They have about 100 judges from all different careers, and no, I didn't have to judge anything too "sciency." My category was creative or original topics, and they gave me about 25 high school and middle school projects to choose from. My personal favorite was the high school girl who, herself a vegetarian, decided to see what would happen if she fed a Venus Fly Trap Boca Burgers instead of meat! Unfortunately for the plant, her hypothesis was correct.... no new vegetarian versions of the plant out there, but maybe making a hybrid will be her experiment next year...
I flew to Chicago last weekend and then headed up to Milwaukee while Eric and the kids drove there Friday night. Sunday we had tickets to take Kile to "The Lion King." I decided he was old enough for Broadway, and that this show would be a good choice since it's pretty much a more beautiful and artistic version of the movie he already knows. It wasn't quite as good a production as the one I saw in Chicago a few years ago (smaller stage, I think), but it was still well done. Midway through the first act he turned to me and said, "Mommy, I LOVE this!" Three points for the parents! Meanwhile, my parents took Cavanaugh to the Pfister Hotel for a fancy mac and cheese lunch followed by some strawberry ice cream. Pretty much as long as she's wearing her fancy patent leather shoes, she's happy! Such a girly girl!
Papers to grade, my grades are due next week, so I guess that means I need to get them in THIS week when I'm home!
Carpe diem. - Trela
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