Its all Good

To me, this is what is best in life: The Simple Things

Well it was a great night on Friday! Sat outside with Theresa and Aaron and had a fire. It was great!!




Saturday, Cameron and I did another bottle drive for our Seabase Adventure!! Took all day but I think we did great! I went a got a new BAR-B- Q!!! My Costco special died. But they gave me a full refund! So I went to Home Depot and bought an awesome new one. I finally get to hook up my Natural Gas. I am so excited.

Hey, good things are a coming!!!


Tomorrow ...WE GRILL!!!!

Everything else is going well. I am beat so I will talk to you later!!

New Counts

Had my check up today. Counts below:

WBC- 4.4 (Wow!! Best ever!!!)
RBC- 4.36
PLT- 198,000 (down from 264,000 from 5-2)

HGB- 14.5
HCT- 42.4

NE%- 75.3
LY%- 7.6

ANC- 3,330 (which is awesome)

I will add my spreadsheets later on just thought I would get these up right away.

Looks like I am in full remission and I don't go back to my Doctor until September.

Well got to go. Talk to you tomorrow.

Happy Memorial Day!!

Its been a very soggy holiday!! Oh well we went to the movies this afternoon and saw the new Narnia movie. It was good. Everyone enjoyed it...

We also saw the new Indiana Jones movie Saturday afternoon. It was a tad bit cheesy but good.
The ending was a little over the top but typical Steven Spielberg.

Besides the Movies we did get a few things done over the wet weekend. Theresa and I trimmed the hedge in the front yard. Well, she did the trimming and I did the supervising. Also we worked on cleaning up our oldest Piglet's room. He has dust bunnies bigger than Chase.

We got most of his certificates and medals put in frames and are working on getting them on the wall. Also going to touch up his walls. It has been over 5 years since we painted his room.

Now we are watching basketball.. I am little tired but so is Theresa.

We had a great time talking with the next door neighbors on Saturday. I got a chance to let them know what has been going on with my Cancer. They are very supportive and offered to help any time we need it.

I must say I am very blessed to be surrounded by people who care about each other. This is a great neighborhood. We are very very lucky.


I have a doctors appointment tomorrow at 2pm and will get new counts. I will post them as soon as I get home. I don't anticipate any major revelations. They have been very predictable and should be considerably higher than they were 3 weeks ago. After this appointment I will only be going every 6 months, which will be nice.

Anyway, hope all is well with everyone and I will talk to you later.

Long Week

Quick update before I am off to bed!

It has been a very busy and long week.. Activities everyday after work which is great for Cameron but tough on me.

Aaron is at outdoor school and gets home tomorrow. I am concerned because it has been so cold and rainy. He didn't pack his warm winter coat. Hopefully not to bad for him. He has been very excited to go and I want him to have a great time.

I think I got him set up with Soccer. I went to the parent meeting tonight. Too many kids came out for the team and they will have to make cuts!! This is crazy it is a lot harder then I thought to sign him up for soccer. Theresa has been doing tones of research just for SOCCER!!

It will be worth it though. He loves it and I want to see him do well and finally have a good coach!

Work has been interesting as usually, demanding and never boring. That's good, job security!!

Looking forward to 3 days of peace and quiet at home. I have been a tad depressed again the last few days. Not sure why??? I think I am getting nervous about my appointment on Tuesday. My counts should be fine, normal would be my guess. However, I still worry. That is why this "Watch and Wait" stuff is going to take some getting used to. I don't have the personality for it.

I will shape soon. Otherwise I will be getting a boot in butt!!!

9:23pm and past my bed time (Yawn)

GOODNIGHT!!!

First Camp out since Treatment

Took the boys to Butte Creek for the 08 Camporee for our Boy Scout District. There were only about 200 kids and adults. This is small compared to the over 600 kids we had in 06 and the 500 we had last year in 07.

However, it it was the first time it did not rain!! But it was 95 degrees, very hot. Cameron and Aaron had a great time. Despite the fact that Cam got heat stroke on Saturday. He was a trooper and stuck it out so that he could go to Saturday Night Camp Fire.

At the Camp Fire he was very surprised to find out that after 3 years of trying he made it into the Order of the Arrow!!!! Congratulations Cameron. Here he is after is Tap Out Ceremony!!















I can not tell you how proud I am of him. He has come a long way since he started scouts. He is becoming a very solid leader and wonderful person.


Aaron had a blast to, he went all over the camp on Saturday doing all the activities and despite the heat he had a great time..












Check out the platform and flag pole they both worked on this weekend!!
















Check the new tent I got. It worked great and is easy to set up.













It was a great time! This is why I am glad to finally be feeling better and getting back to the things I love to do, spend time with the boys doing Boyscout stuff!!!











Thank God for 2cda!!! All in all things are back to normal!!!!!!

Howdy - Howdy

Sorry!!!!

I know I have not been posting every day. But like I said earlier, things so far physically are moving in the right direction so I don't want to be boring.

I got home today from Aaron's soccer tryouts and was very excited about my very nice yard. All mowed, edged and weeded. You have no idea how it makes me feel to see such a nice yard!! It takes away a ton of stress..

Believe me I have enough to worry about, just getting through the work day the last few days has been interesting. Its nothing physical its all in my little noodle.

Getting back into the swing of things started out fine. What I didn't realize is how emotional I can be without much to push me over the edge. My customer has been a tad bit "chirpy" regarding my pricing and threatening to pull business (what ever-they wont). Also, for some reason my boss jumped my butt in a meeting I called at his request to fix issues in another department. I had a side bar meeting with him afterwards and still have no idea where he was coming from.

Normally, no big deal!! But, I was shaken up I had trouble getting back into the swing of things. I finally went to restroom , went into the stall and believe it or not I started crying!! I have no clue why..Its embarrassing and absolutely can not continue down that road or I will get eaten alive.

I thought I had my self together but apparently I don't. I am hoping it has to do with my low counts still. If not I hope it goes away soon.

I have to admit I ask myself about a million times a day, what do I do next?? Why did I go through this and what does it mean?? There are people who always say "Things happen for a reason" and I am trying to believe that but lately its been very difficult.

I mean honestly, if things happen for a reason then why did I loose my job 5 time after leaving Omaha in order gain more security (money) for my family and end up with Cancer??

While you are pondering that ask yourself why my 18 year old neighbor who has been battling cancer since middle school finally got his life back 2 years ago, got accepted into OSU only find out he has cancer again 2 months before Graduation.... Think about it...WHY???

What ever the "message" is I don't know yet but I am hoping I will find out.


I just want 2 things for my well deserving family:

1.) A steady well paying CAREER
2.) A well deserved break and vacation for them especially Theresa.


I not looking to get over or big the man on campus. Just take care of my family and take them to a few places they will always remember.

I am not asking for anything from anyone and I am not asking for someone to say, "I'm sorry"... I am just trying to get my sh*&^ together and catch a few breaks.

Yet, when I think of my neighbor I actually feel selfish for complaining. He is still in the hospital and has battled harder then I ever will. Everyone pray for him and his family, please.


Well, this is what I call a 'VENT POST"!! Its the only way I can get this stuff out of my head right now so that I don't drive my wife nuts!!!

But hey, my counts are on the way up and things can only get better!!!

By the way, I would not have been able to get through this with out all of your help and support....

Thanks for listening....

Happy Mothers Day Weekend

Its the end of another work week!! It went very well, fairly low key again. I have not been as tired by the end of the day this week as I was last week. Maybe my counts are going up and up??

We have another busy weekend.. Fill the Bus fundraiser for the Food bank, night out Saturday night and Mothers day Brunch.

All in all another fun weekend!! I am looking forward to next weekend. Boyscout weekend with the boys, Camporee.. It will be fun to get out camping. Hopefully no rain. However, it has rained at every Camporee for 4 years...

Last night Cameron and I went to a Boy Scout meeting to discuss his path to Eagle Scout. He got more motivated. I think the guy made him think twice about putting it off. He also wants to apply for the Eagle Scout Scholarship which would be very helpful for college.

Not much going on tonight just watching basketball and taking it easy.

Not much else to say so goodbye. Have a great weekend.

Busy Weekend

Well,

We were very busy this weekend. It is back to the mad dash!! We had Sea Base Barbecue all day Saturday. We raised $600 cooking hot dogs!! SWEET! Cameron is about covered for the trip!!

After that we went to see IRON MAN.. This is very significant because I was extremely upset that would not be able to go see on Opening night the movie I have been waiting A YEAR to see. Since my counts were so good I threw caution to the wind!!

It was a tad bit stressful at first but we absolutely had a blast. Great movie!! Go see it!!

On Sunday I took Aaron for his try out for Sherwood Soccer. It was kind of a cluster and we ended up having to come back later in the day because no 13 year olds signed up for the try out so he had to work with the 14 year olds. He did great and he has another try out Tuesday! Cross your fingers.

After that I crashed hard and woke up and went to work!!

By the way, my mother, best mom in the whole world, is setting me up with a Lawn Service for the summer. Very excited about that... Finally my back yard wont look like WHITE TRASH central!!! Also the home owners association wont foreclose on my house due to the crappy yard.

Work is going good. I am back in full force, yeah haw!! Its almost like I never left and nothing ever happened.. Except for the owner, who is very cautious and wants to make sure I am feeling good and not coming in contact with anyone, including himself, who is sick or who could infect me.

I told him before I really appreciate it.. I am very lucky to have that kind of support.

Well, nothing else to report. I don't see the Doctor until end of the month so everyone will have to wait on pins and needles until I get my next CBC results. Boy, its almost like a cliff hanger isn't it.. VERY DRAMATIC!!!!!!!!!!!!

Getting goofy... Good night.

New counts!!

See!! Counts are off the charts!! I think I am moving faster than expected, especially my White Counts...

Feeling very good. I think its going to be a good weekend. I am also not as tired as I was earlier in the week.

ITS ALL GOOD!!!