Tuesday's Tiredness

This is really getting old, I got about 8.5 - 9.0 hours sleep last night and I am still really tired. After getting up a bout 0700 I went downstairs and made myself some breakfast, and then I went into the living room and read the paper and mail.

After recycling the mail and the paper, I called my surgeon's office, and told them what my concern was. They said that the doctor would only be in this morning as he had surgery this afternoon, so I sat around and waited for the call back.

Then about 1100 I decided to go outside and mow the back yard as it had gotten pretty high. After doing that I cut some dead branches out of the cherry trees and the mountain ash. Speaking of the cherry trees, they are all out in pink flowers and the ground under them is getting pink from the flowers as they fall off.

The apple tree is in bloom also and the other day in the wind it looked like it was snowing as the flowers were falling. The apple tree will need to have the dead branches cut out of it one of these days, but I just did not even have the energy to even start on that project.

After filling up the recycling garbage can I decided to go inside and rest for a while. After catching my breath I decided to make myself a roast beef sandwich, so I got out the dark rye bread, and sliced some cheese and put it on the bread, than I sliced a tomato and an onion and put them on the bread. Next I put them into the toaster oven and toasted them, when they were done; I put a slice of roast beef on then and than sat down to eat.

Still being tired, I went back into the living room and sat down for a while. As I was sitting down I realized that the doctor's office had not called back yet, so I recalled then and they told me that the doctor's physician's assistant would call me a little later.

After dozing for a while I decided to go out and mow the front yard, before it got to the point where I would have to use the power mower. By the time I finished it I was really tired, so I went back inside to sit down for a while. One of the nurses finally called me and said that the doctor would like to see me tomorrow and asked if I could come in about 0900.

I told them that I do not do mornings very well, so they looked to see what other appointments were available. It turns out that I would have to wait a couple weeks, so I said that I would give the 0900 appointment a try. I want to see what options are available to me, and I figured the sooner I find out the sooner I can start what-ever process is next for me.

I have not felt very well all week, so I hope that I can make tomorrow's appointment. Even though I have gotten a fair amount of sleep lately, it has not been really good sleep, and most of the time I wake up almost as tired as when I went to bed the night before.

About 1630 Kathleen came down and started the corned beef for tonight’s dinner, she was pressure cooking it. We ate round 1645 and she made some potatoes and opened up a can of three bean salad for dinner. She also heated up the yellow waxed beans from last night. Kathleen had the three bean salad and I had the waxed beans. The way my stomach has been feeling lately, I did not think that the three beans would be advisable.

Well, I am really tired, you are probably all tired of me saying that, but I have been really tired for several months and it is getting old for me too. With that said, I think that I will just say good night.

Miserable Monday

It is hard to believe that just last Friday the temperature was almost eighty degrees and today it just made it up to about fifty-seven. Besides the temperature it was also windy out today, it felt almost like a winter day.

I got a good night sleep last night and did not get up until after 0800 this morning. After breakfast I went into the living room to read the paper and then the mail when it came. I went outside and weeded for a little while, but it was kind of drizzly outside so I did not stay out there too long.

I called the radiation/oncology office and spoke with the doctor that I had the appointment with a little over a week ago. He was also surprised about my PSA results, and said that I could either do another PSA test or wait until next month and do it again. Then he also said that I may want to talk to the surgeon that did the initial surgery last June.

So I called his office, but he was not in today, so I guess that I will just have to try again tomorrow. Everyone that I have talked to about my test results has been really puzzled at the rise, so I must be really unique.

Kathleen suggested that we needed to go to the grocery store as we really had not done a really good grocery shopping for almost a month. We shopped for about an hour and a half and after putting away the groceries I heated up the left-overs from Alyssa that I only ate half of yesterday. I also added the left-over ravioli from last night.

This afternoon I gathered up all the cardboard from the chipper/shredder and the composter and took it up front for pick up tomorrow. Then I gathered the trash from the house and took it outside and took the garbage can upfront.

I dozed for quite a bit this afternoon, and woke up just a little bit before Kathleen came downstairs and asked what I wanted for dinner, I did not care, so she heated up some roast beef hash and some yellow waxed beans for me and some corn for her.

Well, I did not do much today, but I am still pretty tired so I think I will just say good night.

Sunny than Showery Sunday

Happy Easter! I got a pretty decent night's sleep last night, I only woke up once and then slept until 0715. Compared to how I felt yesterday, it was almost like night and day. When I got up, I went downstairs to make myself breakfast, so I opened the refrigerator to see what I could find.

There was a container of egg whites from Kathleen's breakfast yesterday, and I found four open jars of pepperoncini, so I combined two of them; I also found two partially used onions, so I threw the one out that was kind of beige in color and took two slices out of the other one.

Then I got a couple potatoes out and scrubbed and grated them and then added all the other vegetables together and added the rest of the container of hot salsa with a dozen or so of the pepperoncini that I cut up and fried the whole mess up. While that was cooking, I took the egg whites and added some onion, garlic power and cayenne and then shredded some cheddar cheese to the top and made kind of an omelet.

It was good and filling. After eating I loaded up the dishwasher and did the pans that I had used for breakfast, and then I went into the living room to read the paper. I would have tried to make it to church or Sunday School this morning, but since it was Easter, I thought that I would wait a week or so longer. I was also pretty tired, although I did feel a lot better than yesterday; I needed a couple days to build up some reserve.

Anyway, after finishing the paper and recycling it, I went outside and got out the reel mower to mow the front lawn. I probably should have used the used the Honda rotary mower, but the reel mower leaves the lawn looking better, especially when the weather turns hot and dry.

Anyway, it was suppose to start raining later this afternoon, so I thought that I would try out my new chipper/shredder and composter, so gathered up some branches and filled a thirty-two gallon garbage can full of branches and shredded them into about ten gallons (two five gallon buckets) of chips. Then I put them into the composter and added the compost from my old composter.

Just about the time I was finishing up chipping it started to drizzle a little bit, so I gathered up the chipper, extension cord and put them back into the garage. Then I added some compost starter and turned it a few times to get everything good and stirred up.

Once inside I sat down for a while and rested, I could not believe how tired I was, I had not really done much of anything physical, except mow the front lawn. The chipping and shredding was not hard on me, it just involved picking the branches out of the garbage can and putting it into the chipper/shredder.

After I had rested for a while I decided to make myself some lunch, well actually Alyssa sent along a plate of things that they had last night. There was a couple tortellini and frank bunnies, zucchini bake that Alyssa made, some KFC chicken that Kathleen brought and some Trader Joe's orange chicken that Andrea had brought. I ate about half of what was there and if Kathleen does not want any, I will finish it for some other meal.

It started raining again about 1530, not really very hard, but enough so that one would not want to be outside. Kathleen came downstairs about 1600 and we each had a piece of double threat chocolate cake with chocolate icing and Bavarian cream filling that Tami made last night. That was really good!

After resting/dozing most of the afternoon, I decided to vacuum the downstairs carpeting, it has needed it for a while, but I have not had the energy to do it. I am hoping that since the weather is suppose to be wet for the next few days that I will be able to get some of my energy back.

Kathleen made some ravioli for dinner tonight she also opened up a jar of applesauce and we had the rest of the KFC cold slaw from the KFC Chicken bucket that she brought over to Alyssa's last night. Now I am stuffed and ready to go to sleep, but I need to stay up for a few more hours or else I will be up about 0300 in the morning.

Well, I think that just about covers my day, I hope everyone had a Happy Easter! Good night for now.

Saturday's Surprise Showers

Well, I am almost awake, yesterday, I could barely function. I had no energy and I think I took at least five naps. I awoke about 0500 and finally got up at 0600, but not really rested. I made myself a couple eggs, a soy sausage patty and a couple pieces of toast. Then I emptied the dishwasher that I started Friday night, then added the dishes from breakfast and then did the stove full of pots and pans from the last two days.

After cleaning the kitchen a little I went into the living room to read the paper and mail. Somewhere along the way I dozed off. After a while Kathleen got up and after she had some breakfast, I reminded her that we needed to pick up the chipper/shredder that I had on hold at the store. It was on sale and they were only going to hold it for me until the end of the day.

We picked it up and then headed home, getting some gasoline for Kathleen's Acura, $51.00 later we headed home. It is a good thing that we do not go too many places, we could not afford to do that every week.

I was really tired when we got home, so I took another nap, but the phone woke me up, so I got up and made myself some lunch. I combined the left-over noodles, sausage, some rice, some hash brown potatoes that Kathleen made herself for breakfast and a can of tomato soup. Not bad!

I cleaned up my mess and then went out to the garage to put together the chipper/shredder, it did not need much assembly, so it did not take too long to do, but I was tired from just moving it around, so when I had finished, I went back inside, cleaned up and took another nap.

Kathleen came downstairs and started putting the Easter baskets together for the grandchildren as we were going to Alyssa and Dan's for a get together with the children and grandchildren. Then she went back upstairs and I fell asleep again, only to be awoken when Kathleen was opening some plastic bags to put the baskets in.

I was still really tired, so I told her that I did not think that I could make it. I physically could have gone, but I was so tired that I did not want to push myself and I knew that Kathleen would stay longer than I would be able to, so I told her that I would stay home and dozed off shortly after she left.

I would have liked to go, but I could not handle the activity that it would have involved, plus I probably would have just sat around and tried to stay awake.

Somewhere around 1730 I awoke and reheated the left-over soup that I had made myself to lunch, I kind of just vegetated the rest of the night. Kathleen came home around 2130, and I was just about ready to head upstairs to go to bed, but she called and said that she was on her way, so I stayed up until she got home.

Well, that was my yesterday. I did sleep a little better last night, I did not wake up until about 0630, I am not what I would call wide awake, but at least I do not feel like I need to take a nap...at least not just yet.

A Fan for Friday

Well, I did not write yesterday, I awoke at 0300 and could not get back to sleep by 0500, so I just got up. Then tried to take a nap in my chair mid morning and the phone woke me up, so last night Natalie's school had a school program and I went hoping that I could stay awake. I did, but was really tired when it was over.

So we left and Alyssa gave us a container of leek soup. I was so tired when we got home I just kind of vegetated in my chair the rest of the night. So that in a nut shell is pretty much all I did yesterday.

This morning at 0515 my alarm clock went off, Kathleen had done some rearranging the other day and must have set it. She said that it went off yesterday morning, but I was already up and did not hear it. So this morning when it went off it totally woke me up and I finally got up at 0600.

So this morning after breakfast and reading the paper the mail came followed by the UPS truck. I had ordered a new composter and it arrived in three boxes weighing a little over 150 pounds. So I spent the next couple hours I putting it together. It is really a big unit, much bigger than my old one and better engineered. Now I just need to keep up the composting.

I had the leek soup that Alyssa made today for lunch, and it tasted so good. After eating, I sat down in my chair for a while and fell asleep only to be awoken by the phone again, so I went back outside and finished putting together the composter .

Then I came back inside and rested in my chair again, only to fall asleep again. As you can see I have been rather tired, mostly from lack of sleep, but also it has been rather warm today, almost eighty degrees today and something like seventy-five yesterday. Tomorrow is supposed to be in the seventies again, so I am hoping to get the front yard mowed tomorrow morning. I was planning to do that today, but it took so long for me to get the composter put together.

Tonight Kathleen heated up the noodles and sausage that she had made last night, plus she also heated up some frozen lima beans and we finished the cranberry sauce that we had earlier. Well, I am still pretty tired so I think that I will call it a good night.

Winded Wednesday

I slept really well last night, but around 0400 I was awakened by the Wrangler's alarm going off. It was in the garage and I could see the door was still closed, so I just used the remote and shut it off. I could not get back to sleep for about an hour. I guess that I was just completely awakened and it took the hour to wind back down and get to sleep, but once I did I slept until almost 0800.

I made myself a couple eggs for breakfast and heated up the rest of the hash from last night along with a couple pieces of toast and coffee and was really satisfied. I emptied the dishwasher after I finished eating and then loaded up my breakfast dishes into it. Then I made some orange juice since I had forgotten to make some juice yesterday when I finished the pomegranate juice yesterday for breakfast.

After finishing up in the kitchen I went into the living room to read the paper and then the mail when it got here. The were a couple catalogs and the Visa bill, but the rest of it was junk mail.

While I was reading the paper Alyssa called to invite us to Natalie's school Easter program tomorrow night, and so I talked to her for a while. Then shortly after that Sue and my Mom called and talked to them for a while as well. They were all concerned about the rise in my PSA count, as am I, but I think that I am more at ease just waiting to see what the doctor says when she returns from her surgery.

Kathleen called after her sleep study and said that she was going to do some shopping while she was out, so I went outside and mowed the neighbor's front yard and the side that borders on ours and then did our back yard. Kathleen was still not home so I got cleaned up and went to the credit union as I had three large insurance checks and some cash that I needed to deposit.

Kathleen was home when I got back and told me a little about her experience last night. I was hungry so I got the rest of the chicken/macaroni salad from a couple days ago and while I was eating it Kathleen asked if she could have a bite or two. I finished it off and then got a couple kumquats to top my lunch off.

After a while I went outside and cleaned off the table that I had used for potting plants. It had become more of a storage pile and was really rather useless. After that I decided to put up my driving net and hit a few golf balls around. I was pretty worn out by the time I started it, but it is suppose to be in the seventies for the next few days do I thought that I would put it up now and get a couple days use out of it before I needed to take it down to mow again.

I hit balls for about a half hour, and since I was tired to begin with I decided to sit and rest for a while. Well the resting went so well, that I decided that I would gather up the golf balls and driving mat and put them back into the garage. Then I got my driver, glove and phone and went into the house and got cleaned up.

After a while Kathleen asked if I wanted a DeLight pizza for dinner, it sounded good to me, she had to go out and get some distilled water for her sleeping devise that she has to wear when she sleeps. She got back in about forty-five minutes and we ate about 1915.

Well, I have put the dishes away, put the left-over pizza in the refrigerator and now I am ready to crash. I am not ready to go to bed yet, but I am extremely tired and I think it will probably be a rather early night.

Alyssa called again tonight so Kathleen and I talked to her for a while again. Well, I think that that is all I can think about so I will just say good night.

Tuesday's Termoil

I was awake for quite a while last night so naturally I fell asleep again just before daybreak and slept until about 0800. After eating breakfast I went into the living room to read the paper, and then the mail when it came. I did not have much of anything, but Kathleen got a few things. I think that the most exciting things I got were a Bi-Mart sales book and a Costco sales flier. Like I said, not much.

After recycling the paper and the mail, I went outside and got my vegetation killer and sprayed the fence line all around the house. Luckily there are no neighbors in the back, the house to the east is vacant and the driveway on the west is an area that I mow anyway, so I am always there anyway.

After doing that I did a little more trimming on the birds nest spruce and then pulled up some more ivy, something that I had not done for a while. Right now there are a lot of daffodils, tulips and grape hyacinth growing in there and I do not want to disturb them until they finish blooming.

I was getting pretty tired so I put my tools away and went into the house and got cleaned up. Then I made myself a Limburger cheese and onion sandwich and had some of the left over chicken macaroni salad from last night and a dill pickle.

After resting for a little bit I went out side and dug out some plants that Kathleen did not want and disposed of them. Then I came back inside and as I was sitting down I remembered that I had not heard from the doctor about my PSA test that I had taken last Wednesday, so I called the radiation/oncology office.

My doctor was out having surgery and the doctor that I saw last week was on vacation so I talked to the nurse. She told me what my PSA was and I thought that it sounded a little high, but she told me that it was okay. After hanging up and thinking about it for a while I suddenly realized that it was about two and a half times higher than it was before I had my radiation, so I called back.

They had a doctor there that was filling in for the other two, but she had never seen me so she took a look at my folder and then called me back. She said that it was higher than expected and that it is something that I need to keep an eye on. She also said that she would leave a note for my doctor so that when she got back to work after her surgery she could call me if needed.

So I still do not feel really too good about having gone through what I did for the last few months only to have my PSA climb as much as it has. So I guess it is not over with as much as I would like for it to be.

Anyway, Kathleen needed to take some books back to the library and pick up some she had on hold so we took off to do that. On the way Kathleen remembered that she had some prescriptions to pick up at Fred Meyers so we stopped by there on the way. While we were there I went back to the lawn and garden department because I have been thinking about getting a small electrical chipper/shredder to use before I put the stuff into the new compost tumbler that have on order.


We also stopped by Home Depot to look there, but I did not see any electrical ones at either place. I stayed in the car while Kathleen went into the library and then we headed home. I gathered up the clothes and started a load of dark clothes and then went into the living room to rest. Needless to say before long I had dozed off and woke up just in time to put the dark clothes into the dryer and then loaded up the whites.

When the clothes were done drying I went upstairs and folded the dark clothes. On my way upstairs I asked Kathleen what she had planned for dinner, she did not know. She has had an upset stomach, from anxiety over her sleep study tonight, so she did not want anything too spicy.

She asked what I though about hash, since I could eat hash just about anytime I said okay. She also heated up some green beans, Kathleen only had the beans, and even the hash did not appeal to her.

Shortly after we finished eating and I cleaned the table off, the dryer went off, so I gathered up the clothes and went upstairs and folded and put them away. Well, Kathleen just took off for her sleep study and I have run out of things to write about, so good night.

Misty Monday

This morning I woke up at 0900 and stayed in bed until 0700, I was kind of hoping that I would fall asleep again as I was not really rested. I did not get back to sleep, so I finally got up and made myself some oatmeal for breakfast. After breakfast, I cleaned up the kitchen and then went into the living room to read the paper.

Kathleen had a doctor's appointment at 1030 across town, but she did not leave until about 1015. The mail came shortly after she left, but there was not much of anything there. I went outside and rearranged some of the irises that I had dug up earlier this spring and put them back by the back fence.

Then I went back inside and did not feel like staying there so I went back outside. The ground was dry so I thought that I would mow at least the front lawn. So I got the Honda out and then thought that I would get out the old push reel mower and see if I could get through the lawn with that. It was rather energy consuming, but I did it, I needed the extra workout, as I have not been doing much of anything physical for several months.

I was tired when I finished, but I had wanted to trim the birds nest spruce, so I got out my hedge clippers and hacked away at it. I got it so that one can walk past it with out brushing into it every time. Then I got the loppers out and finished cutting out the dead wood from underneath.

While I was walking back to the garage, I realized that Kathleen's SUV was not in the driveway, so I decided to get the blower out and blow off the fir needles off the driveway. By the time I was done with that I was pretty tired. Kathleen came home just after I got cleaned up Kathleen came home.

I asked her if she wanted the crepes that were leftover and since she did not, I heated them up for myself. I thought about sitting down and resting for a while, but I knew that if I did I would probably not get up. So I went outside and decided that I would try to take out the old dog run.

So I got my shovel and started to work the post loose, I took four of them out and rolled up the fence up to the next post. The sun was starting to come out so I put the shovel away and got my spading fork out and decided to so a little weeding in the old dog run.

I worked on that for a couple hours and got a little bit done; I am trying to get all of the crabgrass roots out of the area so that it is not a problem this summer. It is something that has needed doing for a couple years, but I have just not had the time to do it.

I finally reached my limit and decided to clean up my tools and get cleaned up myself. It was 1630 by the time I got back into the house. After cleaning up I sat down in my chair and before long I had dozed off. I woke up a little after 1730 and just in time to get ready to watch the Ohio State/Florida finals game.

Kathleen asked me what she should make for dinner so I suggested macaroni and chicken salad. It took a while to make, but it really tasted good. Well, I think I have run out of things to write about so I will just say good night.

Smiles for Sunday

I slept in until about 0800 this morning, I still did not feel well enough to go to church or Sunday School, but I have been feeling better just about every day. So after breakfast I went into the living room to read the paper. I am not sure why but I did not finish reading the paper until about 1130.

I dinked around outside for a while and then went into the house to make myself lunch. I had just about run out of leftovers so I opened up a can of hash and mixed in some hot salsa and cooked it. After cleaning up the dishes, I went back outside and decide that I would do some weeding.

I wanted to weed along the east side of the property by the old fence, so I started on the outside of the old dog run, something that really has not been used since Caleb. When I get a little more ambitious, I want to pull it out and plant flowers in the old dog run. I could never get anyone to put Reggie in it and it has been a difficult area to mow or do anything with.

Anyway, I spent a couple hours working on that area, I did not get a lot of area weeded, but I did get a lot of weeds pulled. Part of it was hard to weed because it had fences on three sides. I also pulled out some roots from trees that I took out a long time ago. I finally got tired enough to quite so I cleaned up the tools and put them away and went inside and got cleaned up myself.

When I looked at the clock it was 1530, so I made my way to my chair and rested until about 1830 when Aaron called and we talked to him for a while. Kathleen heated up the crepes from the other night and mashed up an avocado and opened up a can of peaches for dinner. I added some hot salsa to the avocado and was all set to eat.

After dinner Kathleen and I loaded up the dishwasher and then I went into the living room and Kathleen went into my office to check our tax return for me. So I am in the living room on the laptop doing my blog and Kathleen just finished checking the taxes. It looks like we will get some back from the federal taxes and pay a little to the state.

Well, I am tired, but it is a tired because I did something today and it is a good tired. So I guess that this is all that I can think to write about, so I will just say good night.

Sleepy Saturday

I was up more last night than I had been and woke up about o600 and could not get back to sleep again. I finally got up about 0715, not really feeling as rested as I would have liked to. After breakfast I went in and read the paper, and almost fell asleep. After I finished the paper, I decided to go outside for a while since it had stopped raining.

I try to go outside and walk around as often as I can, I would like to talk more walks away from the house, but I do not feel comfortable doing it very often. Anyway, I decided to fertilize the roses and after I did that, I got a different bag and fertilized the berries. By the time I finished that I was tired enough that I needed to go inside and rest.

After a while, I decided to make myself some lunch, so I opened up a can of sardines and got a kosher dill pickle out of the refrigerator and made myself a sandwich. I thought about going outside, but it had started to rain again, so I just sat in my chair in the living room and dozed for a while.

After I was more awake I watched the Ohio State/Georgetown game and then took a shower at half time. Tami was having a birthday party for Alexis at 1700 so I wanted to get the garden dirt off of me. Then I put on my clean shorts and tee shirt and finished watching the game.

We left for the party at 1700 and stayed until a little after 2000, it was my longest outing in the last three months. All of the children and spouses were there as well as all six grandchildren, Alyssa, Dan and their family had just returned from Disneyland earlier in the day, so their children were a little tired as were Alyssa and Dan.

Anyway, I am home and really tired, so I will close for tonight and say good night.

Feel Good Friday

Last night was another good night, I got up about 0730 and I probably could have slept in longer, but I was mostly awake and more sleep might have made me more tired. After breakfast, loaded up the dishwasher and turned it on. Then I went in and read the paper and mail.

After I finished the paper and the mail I recycled them and then I put away the dishes that I had washed earlier. It was a pretty nice day again, so I went outside and did some weeding. I worked on that until about 1330 and I was starting to get tired so I went inside and made myself some lunch. Actually, I just heated up the last of the lasagna that Alyssa made for us last week and it was still good.

After sitting down for a while I went back outside and did some more weeding, I finished what I had started and decided to quite before I was too tired, so I cleaned up my tools and put them away. Sitting down for a while, I soon dozed off for a while, what is it about these daily naps?

Kathleen came downstairs and asked if I was ready for dinner, I said yes so she looked up a recipe on the internet and came up with chicken and mushroom crepes. They were really good; they also had water chestnuts in them to give them some crunch.

Well, I am really tired and can not think of anything else to write about so I guess this is good night.

A Tremendous Thursday

I had a pretty good night last night, I only had to get up one time, which is pretty good, and so when 0730 rolled around I was ready to get up. After eating, reading the paper and the mail, I went outside and mowed the back yard. It did not take that long and I probably could have finished it yesterday, I am just learning that I cannot push myself too much or else I crash.

I do not have anywhere near the energy or endurance that I did a few months ago and I am learning, sometimes the hard way that I need to build up my strength and endurance gradually. This for me is not the easiest thing to do, I have always been able to kick into another gear and keep going, and I no longer have those extra gears to kick into.

After finishing the lawn, I went back inside and rested for a while. After I was feeling better I made myself some lunch out of the lasagna that Alyssa made for us last week. There is still one piece left, so I will probably have it for lunch tomorrow.

After I ate, I cleaned up the kitchen a little bit, mostly just gathered up the dirty dishes and silverware. Then I went outside to take advantage of the really nice weather we are having, I decided that I could best spend my time by doing some more weeding around the blueberries and around the walkway behind the berries.

Chucky came over to borrow my jump starter so that he could start Dan's John Deere tractor, as he wanted to mow their yard while they were away. I told him to call us when he finished and we would see about doing dinner together. Then I went back to weeding, I worked on that for about two hours and then realizing that I was getting pretty tired I decided to stop so that I could go inside and rest.

So I put the tools away and got cleaned up then proceeded to doze off in my chair. I slept until about 1730 and then turned the news on to see what was happening around the world today. Kathleen made dinner around 1900; actually she heated up the casserole from last night.

Chucky never did call back, so we ate without him as I do not like to eat dinner much beyond 1900. After eating I soaked the pan that the casserole was in and put the other dishes into the dishwasher. I cannot think of anything else to write about so I will just say good night.

A Waiting Wednesday

I felt pretty good again this morning although I was up quite a bit last night. When I got down stairs I had a pretty good idea about what I wanted to make myself for breakfast. Since Kathleen did not want the rest of her fish, crab and shrimp from Tami, I decided that I would fry a couple of eggs and heat up the fish, crab and shrimp and have that for breakfast.

It was not quite as good as it was yesterday, fresh out of the oven, but it really tasted good. I have told people before that I could eat seafood three times a day; I think that most people think that I am crazy, but I think I could.

After breakfast, I read the paper and the mail. Then I vacuumed the carpet, it is no longer Reggie fur, but the fir needles that are getting all over the floor, it is not quite as bad as the dog fur, but not far from it. After a while I swept and mopped the kitchen floor as I noticed a couple spots when I was in there earlier.

The spots were mostly from water drips that had collected dirt or dust and were now just dirty looking spots. It had been a while since I really mopped the floor, most of the time it was a lick and a promise.

I had my radiation checkup appointment at 1300 today so we took off for that. The doctor was surprised at how well I had healed externally and that I was not still experiencing the pain and other symptoms. So in that respect I guess I am lucky, I had also thought that I would get the results of my PSA test this afternoon, but they told me that it probably would not be until Friday of maybe even early next week.

That is where the waiting comes in; I am more concerned with that result than what the doctor told me today. I already knew that I was not experiencing much pain and that externally I did not have any scaring or anything like that. Oh well, patience I guess!

This afternoon I mowed our front lawn, one neighbor’s driveway path next to our yard and another neighbor’s front yard. The one neighbor has not moved in yet and I do not want the house to look too vacant, so I have been mowing it about every other time that I mow ours.

For dinner Kathleen mixed some of the chicken from the other night with some peas and pearl onions together with some rice and creamed soup. My kind of meal! Well, I think that is all for tonight, so good night!

Tireing Tuesday

I got up about 0700 this morning, I just did not think I would fall back to sleep again this morning, so I just got up. I felt pretty rested, but not like I should. After breakfast I read the paper and then vacuumed the downstairs.

Feeling kind of restless, I noticed that the front porch needed some attention, so I picked up the rugs and swept down the walls, and then the floor. That helped a lot, but I wanted to get rid of the fly paper goo that was on the corner walls from the fly paper I put up there last summer. So I got up the cleaner and a sponge and wiped it down, then decided to wipe off the mail box, which was looking pretty sad.

Kathleen had gone to Epic Imaging to have her sinus' checked out, I was expecting her to be home sooner as we were suppose to go to Aaron and Tami's house for lunch. I called Aaron and said that Kathleen was not home yet. So I said that I would wait about fifteen more minutes and if she had not come home by then I would come over by myself.

She did not come home so I went myself. She called about fifteen minutes after I got there and said that she had developed a bladder infection and probably would not make it. Tami fixed a really good lunch, some stuffed fish (flounder) and a fish and crab casserole.

Tami gave me Kathleen's portion to take home for her, and I was a good boy and did not eat it on the way home. I spent some time dozing in my chair this afternoon; I guess the physical activity from this morning wore me out. Well, just another sign that I still have a long way to go before I am back to somewhat normal.

Kathleen had to go to Fred Meyer to pick up a couple prescriptions and also some groceries, I was still too tired to go, so I stayed home and heated up her dinner from last night. She said that she did not want it, so I will have my left over dinner for lunch tomorrow.

Well, Kathleen just got back and I helped her unload the car and put things away. She was supposed to do a C-pap sleep test tonight, but since she has the bladder infection, she canceled and made an appointment for next week.

I have my two weeks after radiation appointment tomorrow, so that should be interesting. Well, I cannot think of anything else to write about so I will just say good night.

Making Progress Monday

I felt pretty good again this morning, so when I went downstairs I took the white clothes with me and loaded up the washer. After emptying the dishwasher I had breakfast then went into the living room to read the paper.

There was quite a lot of mail this morning, I had a couple magazines and most of the rest of it was just junk mail. So after finishing the mail, I took the recycling out to the garage and sorted it out. Then I took it up to the street for pick up tomorrow.

Then I gathered up the trash from the house and took it out to the garbage can and took the garbage can out to the street as well. Shortly after I got back into the house Andrea came by with Brandon, they had been to the doctor's and Brandon has gained a pound since he has been home.

Kathleen made some tomato and vegetable soup for lunch, which Andrea stayed for and then left after she fed Brandon. Kathleen went and pickup up Toni so that she could get her Kitten, "Spooky", from the vets. While she was gone I vacuumed the downstairs carpets. Toni came back here with the kitten and then Chucky came by with dinner after he got off work.

We watched the Blazer's game while we ate, and then they left about 1930. There was enough left over from dinner that we will be able to have it for some other meal. Well, I cannot think of anything else to write about, so I will just say good night.

Soggy and Sunny Sunday

This morning when I woke up it was raining pretty hard, just as it had been off and on all night, so I rolled over and went back to sleep until about 0900. I cannot believe that I have been sleeping in so late myself; I guess that I was more worn out than I realized and my body is just trying to get caught up.

I sorted the clothes before I went downstairs and left the laundry bags in the bedroom so that Kathleen could put her clothes in them when she awoke. Once downstairs I looked in the refrigerator to see what I could make for myself for breakfast. I found some egg whites, a chopped up red potato and a couple slices of bacon.

So I fried up the bacon and chopped up half a slice, then I drained the bacon grease and fried the egg whites adding the chopped up bacon, some onion, and garlic and added a little cayenne. While that was cooking, I heated up the potato. I not only made a decent breakfast, but I also emptied two containers out of the refrigerator.

After eating and putting my dishes into the dishwasher, I cleaned the frying pan and then cleaned up the stove. Then I went into the living room and read the paper. After reading the paper I watched the first of the March Madness games today. Once the paper was read, I put it into the recycling, and then I took the recycling to the garage to sort out into the different containers.

Before I knew it, it was time for lunch, so again I opened the refrigerator to see what I could make for lunch. I found some beef tips, gravy, a couple red potatoes and some asparagus. So I took one of the potatoes opened it up and put the gravy on it, then put the beef tips on the side and put it into the micro wave and cooked it. Just before it was done I added the asparagus and finished cooking it all.

Not too bad for a leftover meal, and I was able to clear out three more containers out of the refrigerator. I have always liked leftovers, so doing this is almost a treat for me. Kathleen sometimes forgets what is in the refrigerator and it goes bad, so I do not feel too badly about using what I find in there for my meals.

After resting for a while, I decided that I needed to take a walk since the sun was out and I was getting cabin fever. I have thought about it for quite a while, but for the last couple of months, I could not get that far from the toilet. The other reason I have not done it was that I just did not have the energy to make the effort. I realize that taking a walk would be really good for me, but it takes a lot of energy and knowing that I will not have to rush to make it to the bathroom.

I felt pretty good after my walk, so I went out to the back yard and pulled some weeds and small tree sprouts. After a while I could feel myself getting tired, so even though I did not want to, I gathered up my tools and put them into the garage and went inside and cleaned up.

Kathleen had added her clothes to the laundry bags, so I took the dark clothes downstairs and loaded them into the washing machine and started it up. Then I went into the living room and sat down in my chair for a while and before I knew it I had dozed off.

About 1815 I got up and put the clothes into the dryer, then I went upstairs and asked Kathleen what she had planned for dinner, and then I suggested that we have the lasagna that Alyssa made. She said that she planned on doing that, so this is three nights in a row that we have had it. There is just enough for tomorrow night, so that is four meals that we have enjoyed the lasagna.

Speaking of Alyssa, she and the rest of her family are flying to Disneyland tomorrow morning for the week. I am not sure that I envy them, as this is spring break for many of the schools around here and Disneyland will be really packed.

After dinner I folded and put away the dark clothes, I will save the whites for tomorrow morning. Well, I think that this is all for tonight, so good night!

Another Soggy Saturday

I slept pretty well again last night, if fact I did not get up until 0815. After getting up and eating breakfast, I emptied the dishwasher and then loaded the towels into the washer. I waited for Kathleen to get up, because she had said that she wanted to take a shower, so after I heard her upstairs I went up and asked her if she were still planning on taking a shower.

She said that she was, so I waited for her to finish her shower and then she put her towel into the washer and turned it on. When that load finished I put it into the dryer and than gathered up the throw rugs from the upstairs bathroom and washed them. In the last week I have washed all the throw rugs from around the house and I am still finding Reggie remains.

After folding the towels and putting them away I took the rugs out of the dryer and put them back down in the bathroom. By this time I was getting a little hungry so I made a couple backed bean and hot salsa burritos for lunch.

I wish that I could say that I accomplished a lot today, but that is about all I got done. I spent most of the day in my chair reading and watching "March Madness". Kathleen reminded me that I tend to think that I should get a lot more done than is possible, so I guess I need to realize my limitations and just be glad that I feel better than I have for the last couple months.

For dinner tonight Kathleen heated up some more of the lasagna that Alyssa made for us. I have been trying to eat less, as I am less active and do not need the extra food and weight that would come from eating too much. So far we have just eaten half of the lasagna, when normally it would have been all gone by now.

Well, that is about all for today, not much to write about, but I am feeling better every day, so that in itself is something to be thankful for. Well, I guess this is good night!

Friday's Fun

This has been one of my better days in the last couple of months. I only was up three times last night and one of them was because I had bad leg cramps, why I am not sure, but they were not pleasant. I had to get up and walk around for a while so that I could get back to sleep.

This morning, I stripped the bed and washed the pad, sheets and pillow cases. While they were washing and drying I worked on the mud room some more, I emptied the cabinet and cleared off the junk on the top of it. Then I had Kathleen help me sort out the stuff and threw a fair amount away.

Kathleen could see that I was getting tired so she made some vegetable soup. After eating, I sat down in the living room for a while and then vacuumed the carpets downstairs. Then I sat down again and dozed for a while.

Alyssa called and said that she was bringing over some lasagna, garlic bread and dessert for dinner tonight. She got here around 1700 and had all the children with her. So in the last day, I have had all the grandchildren and all the children and spouses except Toni, Chucky, Dan and John. I have not been able to see them very much in the last couple months.

Alyssa and the grandchildren only could stay a short time as she also made some lasagna for Andrea and John. It was nice to see them today as I will not get to see them next week as they are going to Disneyland.

Well, the lasagna was really good, and for dessert Alyssa brought over an angel food cake, strawberries and whipping cream. I am a happy man!

Well, I am tired, even though I am feeling much better, I do not have much energy and tire after just the slightest amount of work. Well, good night.

Thursday's Turn-Around

This has been quite a week; I had a really bad weekend and got to the point where I wished that I had not had the radiation. Monday was kind of a leveling off day and Tuesday and Wednesday were kind of back to the old routine.

Yesterday morning Kathleen got up before I did so she let Reggie out, she had not done that for quite a time and she was surprised at how bad Reggie had gotten lately. To make a long story short we put Reggie down last night, I knew that it was coming for quite some time, but Kathleen kept hoping that he would get better.

Anyway this morning when I got up after eating, I took the covers off Reggie's beds and washed them. Then I took everything out of the mud room, except the washer, dryer and the sink, and swept and mopped the floor. Then I washed all of Reggie's play toys and gathered up his treats and put them all in a couple bags.

We had just gotten him a new bag of dog food so When Aaron, Tami and the girls came over, I asked if they wanted any or all of it for Archie, and they took it all. After they left, I went out back and pulled up some violet sprouts from the berry patch. I could feel myself getting tired so

I went into the house, cleaned up and made myself some lunch and was going to go sit in the living room, but I realized that if I did not get the lawn mowed, it might be a while before I could mow it. So I went outside thinking that I would just mow the front yard. Well not only did I mow the front yard I also mowed the back as well.

This time when I went inside I did sit down and rest for a while. Andrea came by with Brandon after a while as she was out running around. They stayed until a little after 1800, it was good to see them. They both are looking better and I think that Andrea is settling into motherhood.

Oh Sue, you asked where Andrea is registered, Target and Babies "R" Us. I think that you have asked me that a couple times, but I have been rather out of it for a while.

Tonight Kathleen made some pollack, rice and asparagus for dinner, it is not as good as salmon, halibut, cod or sole, but it is a lot cheaper and does not taste too bad.

Well, this has been probably my best day since I started my radiation therapy, so I am hoping that this is a trend that continues. Well, I cannot think of anything else to write about, so I will say good night.

A Fabulous Friday

Well, another night without much sleep, this is really getting old. I did not feel all that bad when I did get up, just did not have much energy. After breakfast, I went into the living room to read the paper, just as I finished reading the paper the mail came.

There was not much there, just a refund check, I think that is the least amount of mail that we have gotten in a long time. Kathleen and I had planned to go visit Andrea early this afternoon, but about 1230, I got so tired I went back to bed.

Just about the time I fell asleep, Kathleen awoke me when she asked if I was sleeping. Then I had just gotten back to sleep when Andrea called to find out when we were coming, Kathleen had already left. Getting back to sleep again, someone called looking for money, and by the time I convinced them that I was not going to give them anything, I was so wide awake that I decided to get up.

I heated up a bowl of spaghetti from last night and toasted a croissant and put some peanut butter and all fruit on it. I was going to sit in my chair in the living room, but I realized that it was really nice outside, so I thought why not take the phone and lay outside.

I originally planned on lying on my lounge chair outside, I got the chair out of the garage and sat down in it for a while, but every time I looked around all I could see was things that I needed to do. So I got up and trimmed off the dead stalks from plants and the dead parts of a couple other hydrangeas.

Then I lay back down in my chair and rested for a while. After a quick cat nap, I emptied the can of clippings, just as I was finishing up; Kathleen called and said that she was still with Andrea. After hanging up, I went inside and cleaned up and sat down and rested some more.


I am still tired, and I do not think that I will get to sleep until midnight or so. Even when I try to go to bed earlier, I am up so much that I do not get any rest, kind of a vicious cycle. Kathleen got home around 1700 and decided to heat up the spaghetti for dinner tonight, which was fine with me. Both of us were really tired and just about fell asleep in our dinner.

Kathleen did say that both Andrea and Brandon were looking better today. They are keeping Brandon at the hospital for observation, Andrea had been discharged, but they are letting her stay in her room as they do not need the space right now.

Andrea is glad that they are keeping Brandon until they are confident that he is ready to go home. I think it is a good idea because if something were to go wrong, he is already at the hospital and would save a lot of time just getting there.

Well, I am too tired to remember if there is anything else that I should write about, so I will say good night for now.