3/28/2013

Me and Melissa got to spend the majority of the day together.  Not crazy about how things went with SSD....I was told by multiple sources that there was no waiting period for her condition....yet they insist there is a 5 month waiting period, though, it goes back to December to start.  Not sure what you can do anyway....though it means loosing thousands of precious dollars, those would be turned over to a lawyer if we went that route.  Suppose we will just see if she is even approved before exploring that.  The system is quite disgusting, actually.  To think, if I could have just banked all the money we paid in SSI/SSD, we would have a small fortune.  Oh well....slaves to the man....what can you do?

After that, we traveled up for her treatment....followed by a indulgent treat....Cheeburger Cheeburger.....OMG.  So good...and affordable.

Won a pile of lottery tickets on the radio....$19 in winnings for $50 in tickets.  THAT is why I do not waste money on Lotto...not sure I trust our luck too much anyway.  At least it covered lunch.

Here it is....

Cancer Battle Hawk...ready for action!  haha....the angle is funny....makes her look conehead-ish....that thing is round....got a few more notches in it these days....custom work...but round.  Her scar is uncovered...but kind of looks cool.  I am sure some dude out there has a scar tattoo on the side of his head.  I would post more pictures, but this is the one "Melissa Approved" pic....I only post approved shots...for my own well being.

3/26/2013 & 3/27/2013

Treatment is still chugging along.  The end of treatment is closing in.  Pretty happy about that...I know Melissa is too.  After missing Christmas, she has focused on Easter....which little man will greatly benefit from.  Great thing about little kids is that you can spoil them with far less money.  Not sure what is on schedule for Easter yet, but I am sure little man will clean up.

Melissa's hair is driving both of us crazy....has to go.  Mohawk, anyone?

3/25/2013

Sunday delivered some snow, prompting schools to be closed today.  Roads were fine by this morning...but yesterday (Sunday afternoon) this is what they looked like...

Quite a sight, especially since this was expected to be a "mainly rain event".  Not complaining though, I love snow.  We never seem to get quite enough for good sledding, not that I personally want to sled, but it would be nice to show Michael the Snow-Hill in Walnut Hill.  By morning, the roads were clear, dry in some spots, and by the end of today the snow was gone.

The weather did not, however, effect Melissa's treatment schedule...thankfully.  She is well ready for this to be over....and honestly, I will be very glad when I have my perky, happy wife back.  In case you haven't heard, Cancer Sucks!

3/23/2013 & 3/24/2013

It there was ever a weekend that was referred to as a "lazy weekend", this was it.  I managed to sluggishly do some dishes and cleaning up...but the majority of the weekend was spent sitting around, watching movies and TV, napping, and little to nothing....which was all Melissa was interested in this weekend (besides food).  Tweaked out on steroids, Melissa has not been able to sleep well, despite the pain medication, sleeping aides, and any other holistic trick we could find (within legal means).  She was explaining to me how she feels....unsettled, anxious, and constantly hungry but seldom satisfied.  She is beyond wanting all this cancer crap to be over.

A little over a week from now, Melissa will be finished with radiation treatments.  I know she is eager to get back to some normalcy...right now, she has little energy to do much but can not sleep either.

It is hard to keep cancer from running your life....by that, I mean, it is hard for it not to be the focus of every action...it is hard for it not to be the thing everything else works around.  For her, I know she wants nothing more than her average health, crappy job, and mediocre way of life back...something either of us would have been happy to bitch about a year ago.  All I know is that, after all of this, she deserves a break...preferably one with sun, sand, and tropical breezes... margaritas by the sea anyone?

03/22/2013

I am not the kind of person who demands respect at every interaction with people.  We all know those kind of people.  As a matter of fact, with people I know, meet, or work for/with, I earn the respect I receive.  When disrespected randomly by people I do not know, I tend to laugh, but make sure they know I recognize disrespect and perhaps, I do give them back a touch, in return (of course).  Yesterday, I had such an exchange...though this time I was the "customer"....without going into detail, let's say I received sub-par customer service and a big F-bomb delivered to me at the end of the call.  I hung up saying, "did he just say?....no."  This morning it got worse.  I try not to talk about work on my blog, but let's just say somehow the story was reversed and my accounts, and those of other 3 witnesses, where not even listened to.  So, in light of that, I leave you with this....

"This world of ours must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a confederation of mutual trust and respect."  President Dwight D. Eisenhower

I refuse to hate...with that said, you can loose my trust and respect...and there is no guarantee that you will have a chance, or even enough time, to earn it back.

Thank the Lord the weekend is closing in.

03/21/2013

Despite a valiant effort on my part, I was unable to talk my wife and kid into watching the Hobbit with me.  After the first hour, I thought it to be worth watching.  By the end, I was left feeling like, uh, well not much at all.  It was not near as interesting or as polarizing as the first three movies...or even the animated version of this one.  The scenery, costume, and even characters were well done, but it is like the story was stretched a bit thin for the 3 hours (or maybe less) time slot it had to fill.  It was, in short "Uh...ah...whatever".  Long story short, wife and kid made a good call.....should have just watched Greys.

Melissa had her sleeping meds upped today....let us see how that does.

03/20/2013

Melissa is still having a lot of trouble sleeping.  Though I am not crazy about sleep aiding medications, I think it is obvious that the one she is taking has little to no effect helping her get to sleep.

This has been a long week for I think everyone in the house.  I would go into further detail, but it is such a hodge-podge collection of the usual woes....work, house, healthy....everyone knows the tune.  Bring on the freaking weekend, already!