Saturday, May 6, 2017

Saturday, I made it, now a day to do what I want!

        The last costume was finished about 2:30  in the morning Friday  Went to bed about 3:30.  Up at 8:30 to run costumes to studio in my pj's.  Moms and dancers about died when they saw me, lovely was I.  Well a brush did get run through the hair before I left the house.  A button was missing from my pj's and I told them I didn't know anyone who could fix them.  Came home a crawled in bed with mom and slept until noon.  It was a religious experience.

     Specialist doubled my Low dose chemo to get my sed rates down.  So I have had really bad headaches and the bathroom and I are much closer friends than we should be.  Hub's is laughing at me as I am always on the toilet.  He thinks he is so funny.

     Upon getting up, the day was gloomy and overcast, windy, somewhat cold.  We had planned to finish planting the garden.  That did not happen.  Had two parents (dads) call desperate to have prom dresses ironed or pressed.  So both came over and I steamed them.  Then I proceeded to really clean the shop which was a disaster.   Stacked the red queens costume makings in a pile to do later this month. Organized wedding dresses and alterations in order of completion.

     I have been cleaning house off and on all day.  Doing things that I wanted to do and catching up ion things that have been sorely neglected.  Cleaned our room and bath and the spare bath.  All that is left is to clean out and dust around the Jacuzzi.  Tomorrow I will deep clean dining room and finish the front room, will also mop kitchen floor.  Then just the family room is left to clean.  I mean this house was bad.

     When I went upstairs to the kitchen after I got up, I realized that I had a large box of pears I had forgotten about.  I wanted them to ripen up a little more so I shoved them under the kitchen table.  Bad idea, as several of them went bad, but still had enough for a full dryer load.  Spent about an hour processing them, cleaned out the fridge, made mom lunch, cut up a cantaloupe and took a ton of scraps to the chickens. Then I made an apple cake with two large mealy apples that were in the fruit bowl.

     Mom and I went to three garden places for garden plants, and then we went to Albertsons for a few groceries.  SO the day was just hit and miss doing what I wanted to catch up.  It was nice to have a day where nothing was due out and I didn't have to sew all day and answer the phone constantly.

Kim

6 comments:

  1. Chemo? How far behind am I? It has been so cold here in AL. It's all I can do to feed my chicken! They really love cantaloupe innards, don't they? The ex-governor's wife walked her child to school in her nightgown and bathrobe. Sometimes, she even went in to talk to teachers dressed that way. So, I suppose it is not too scandalous for you to meet dance mothers in PJs. If you are like me, you may have to pay someone to fix that button.

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    1. RA medications are low dose chemo to suppress the immune system, they are horrid and lethal but they do the trick. I am monitored very carefully. I feel good and can move.

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  2. Yes, I didn't know about the chemo either?? A day to do what you want is such a gift isn't it? I had one of those yesterday too, alas, now it is over.

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    1. All Ra a meds are chemos. The first med you are put on is over 30 years old called methotrexate. It was the first drug produced to try and stop AIDS over 30 years ago. Of course it did not work but was found to be a good treatment for some kinds of RA. I was on that for 7 years but then developed antibodies so it did not work, then went to a tier 6, then tier 7 drug. Eventually you just have to take stronger or newer drugs. All are T-cell modifiers involving immune suppression. They work with side affects. You have to be willing to live with side affects. :) like toilet day? Anyway I have had this orally, shots in the stomach once a week. Drip in, once a month in the hospital, now it is oral 2 times a day. Fun with Kim I try not to dwell. I am dwelling........

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  3. Ahhhhhhh, recital season. I miss so much of my teaching, but not that. As a student, it was the highlight of my year. As a teacher, I dreaded it. Hated it, in fact.
    Feel better, and take it easy on yourself.

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    1. Just trying to get through this is hell, but it is my last one.

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