Cycle 4, Day 19--It's Friday...again!

I really can't believe that it is Friday once again. Time really seems to fly these days...sometimes that is good and other times not so great. I guess the thing that is the hardest to believe is that November will begin on Sunday. The year is quickly drawing to a close.

Woody got up early, went to work, didn't walk at lunch as he is still favoring his knee, stopped by the fruit market on his way home and got tomatoes and apples. He relaxed in his recliner for a while...until his back got to bothering him (pressure on his back in the scapula area hurts him at times--this is the area where Dr. Sosman did a needle biopsy that proved to be melanoma the first time that we saw him in December of last year.) Anyway, Woody suggested that we take a walk around the block. He said that he needed to get up and move around and get the pressure of the recliner off his back. He thought that his knee was doing better and that if we took a "careful" walk it would be okay. So we did take a walk around the block staying on level surfaces as much as possible. After he got back home, he put the heating pad on his knee.

We survived...or I guess I should say that our three youngest grandchildren survived our taking care of them last night with "only" one bloody lip! Esther (2) fell out of one of their recliners and hit her lip on the corner of an end table..."ouch!" She was very brave and Joy (4) helped us by getting one of the ice packs that they have stored in the freezer door for such occasions. Woody read them lots of stories. And, I got in some good "Elijah holding time." Nathan, Kathy, Graham, and Abigail enjoyed their night out. The play "Little House on the Prairie, the Musical" with Melissa Gilbert (Laura in the TV Little House series) playing Ma was definitely a hit for both the parents and the children. I got to hear about favorite parts from each of them today. Graham and Abigail told me how they made it look like there was a storm and a fire and also how they made it look like there were horses on stage when there weren't. Abigail got fascinated with the lights and seeing the dust particles in them! She also had to be convinced that Mary wasn't really blind...today she told me that Mary was "acting like she was blind."

We are looking forward to a relaxing weekend before Woody goes to Vanderbilt on Monday for a CT scan. For the first time, we have received no word about this appointment from either the nurses or from the automated Vanderbilt voice. I went online to make sure that the appointment had been made and it has...guess we will go without any prompting!