Good morning world! It's a lovely cloudy morning here. I have the window next to me open and am enjoying the breeze blowing through it. I'm having a wonderfully lazy morning. I haven't done much writing in my journal this past couple of weeks because thankfully, nothing much is changing for us right now. Mr. Grinch is doing very well. The humid days, and some of these fronts make breathing more difficult for him. But, we did get a little walking time in Sunday. Mr. Grinch enjoyed watching the fish feeding frenzy after I tossed some food flakes into the pond.
Yesterday we were both feeling a bit crummy. Headaches and nausea from either a bug going round, or allergies. Or perhaps a touch of both. We are both feeling much better this morning though. My plan is to enjoy this week as much as possible because next week the chemo treatments begin. Nobody is really sure how bad the side effects will be, so I'm trying to ensure we do as much as possible to enjoy this week to the fullest. Striving for as much normalcy as I can, before the chemo routine that will become our norm begins.
I've become really adamant about recommending everyone enjoy each and every moment to the fullest because you really do never know when your life will dramatically change. You or a loved one can develop cancer or some other life threatening disease, have an accident that forever changes your world, or have something else happens that totally changes your world. So please my friends, do not dwell on the negatives of life, dwell instead on the positives and enjoy each and every one of those positives to the fullest. And remember, if like us, you find yourself in a situation that at first appears totally bleak, miracles do happen, especially if you help them happen by keeping a positive attitude even in the darkest moments. Mr. Grinch is living proof of that.
On a personal note, I had a wonderful time at our Halloween Potluck Party Saturday night. Unfortunately, Mr. Grinch was not able to make it to the party due the heavy humidity. But, I dressed up as a Garden Faerie, with boots, because as Led Zeppelin once sang, faeries wear boots. My "wand" was a yellow glow stick with a star on the top of it. It felt great to put aside my troubles for a little while, wave my wand around, and have a good time among so many friends who have been so wonderful to us both. May the brightest of blessings rain down upon all those who attended that party and helped make it the great time that it was.
