Catching Up!

It’s April 13th, over a month since I’ve written anything so I thought I would try to find enough to do an entry before Charlie and I hit the road Friday for what I hope is an extended trip. Normally since I started blogging I haven’t gone this long between entries but there just doesn’t seem much to write about anymore unless it’s medical stuff. As a matter of fact I’m writing this while I wait to do lab work and then see the doctor at the Willamette Valley Cancer Institute. 



All I can say is thank God for the VA. This was what the charge was for my last treatment. 😳

What happens when the dog gets through the gate and then the gate closes and you’re holding his leash. 





Most years wherever I am even if I’m alone I try to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with corned beef and cabbage or at least corned beef sandwiches. This year I opened a can of potato soup. Potatoes are symbolic of Ireland right. 🤷‍♂️ Then I followed up with some mint chocolate chip gelato to keep my ice cream tradition alive and had ginger ale because at least it’s in a green can. Didn’t even have a beer 🍺! Harder to keep traditions going when you’re alone. Oh well IIWII!


After I finished my Navy blog the question of what to do with papers, pictures and stuff kept coming up. I found a book on Amazon and read it to see if it might provide some suggestions. 





This bag was the start. 🤷‍♂️ I have a long way to go the pictures and papers are still hard to just throw away. 

In 2019 when I first moved to Oregon I bought season tickets for Oregon track. It wasn’t until this season that we could finally use them and so I went to the Hayward Premier meet. It was a college invitational. The rest of the season I’ll miss because I’m leaving tomorrow 4/15 after my treatment today. 





Continuing to go through and get rid of stuff I came across the UCCS sports program from when I coached there for three years. I sent it with some other books to Robert Spell. 





Continuing with my ongoing health issues I had to a nuclear Gastric Emptying test. It consisted of eating a breakfast they gave me and then tracking its journey through my stomach. Simple but took several hours. Then I also had to have a Dexascan to check my bone density. 



Waiting for after dinner treats. 



We had a surprise snow this week and the weather has been pretty rough. This might explain why. 😄





Then it was finally time for final trip planning and packing. 👏🏻  







One final treatment before I can hit the road with Charlie tomorrow morning. It’s getting harder for them to find veins to cooperate. Took both arms today.




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