March 13, 2008 ADJUSTING!!!

Good morning to all.....
The message for the day:

Laugh with your happy

friends when

they're happy... (Romans 12:15)

A week has gone by and I am doing pretty good. I have just finished Round 1 of my Chemo treatment. Dawn, Jane and I went to Weisbergs on Wednesday. The 3 hour treatment lasted 6 hours. Oh what fun. My body is having a hard time with the BENADRYL, that they need to give me for the side effects from the Chemo. Drugs and me just don't mix! Hopefully we found out that I need the BENADRYL to be spread out longer. They can't give me the dose in a 5 minute interval. So now I am just dealing with the side effects and trying to get a handle on them. I look lie a 14 year old girl going through puberty. What a side effect. Plus some other side effects that I won't bore you with.

Other than that life is pretty much the same. Matt is trying to get the roof ready for the roofers who come out on Monday. He is trying to clean up his attic. He sure does have a lot of stuff, but we all new that. Also, my brother and Matt are trying to get the half bath toilet up and running. Plumbing problems. YUCK!!!!! Soon and very soon the door wall should be fixed. I feel so bad for Matt. When it rains it pours.

Jac is doing fine she had to work her whole spring break. She is saving for that study abroad to Italy this May. Life is tough!!(HAHAH). She did manage to come home for the week-end. She was a great help. Her next time home will be Easter week-end.

Myles is plugging along with the Lacrosse try outs. He has two scrimmages this week-end. Too far for me to go, but Matt will go and tell me how he did. He should know by Monday if he makes the team. Were all praying that him and his friends all make the team. That would be SWEET!

Matt did get out and see his favorite artist Robert Cray. Thanks to Jenny and Ross for taking him. They had a great time. While he was out we had Craft Night, you all know how much I enjoying crafts. Ashlee, Dawn, Jane and Jac sat and used Ashlee's Cricket and made cards. It is a pretty cool machine, but too much work for me. I played Wii with Myles.

I want to say THANK-YOU to Laura, Jenny's sister-in-law, she came over a gave me two acupuncture treatments this week-end. I sure wish she lived closer. Connecticut is too far for me to go. They really seemed to help.

Dinner thanks goes to the Peters and the Berlins. I do appreciate all that you guys do for us. The meals have been a big help.

Round 2 of Chemo is March 19th, which is the big one, and March 26th. So I will up date after the 19th. Pray that this round isn't as rough as the first one. Look for a picture of my second pair of "Kick Ass Cancer Boots" in the next blog. They are just too cute.
As the saying goes:

Life isn't about how

to survive the storm,

But how to dance

in the Rain!

I am sure ready to dance in the rain with my new boots. I just might have to get something new for each round of Chemo. I sure do like boots and clothes. I think I deserve them.

Well that is all for now so remember....

Live, Love and Laugh... One Day at a Time!!!

Love ya,

Julie