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Skriven 2011-12-07 17:48:52 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 18726 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
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Hi Hap,

->  HN> There are good days and days when she
->  HN> has to pace herself to get through the
->  HN> entire day...but she's not often needing
->  HN> extra naps during the day now!

-> I fully understand that. There are still lots of nights that 8 hours of
-> sleep seems inadequate. If I get to bed late, I sleep in (if I can).
-> Some days I can't and just feel tired a good bit of the day. Those are
-> the times I'm glad there's something in the freezer I can pull out for
-> supper. I can't nap (most days) or don't sleep that well later on.

 HN> Anne is slowly building her stamina back
 HN> up. Today was her exercise class at the
 HN> cancer center but the teacher did not show
 HN> up...Anne was ok with that as she was saying
 HN> her legs were a bit wobbly today.

Suspect just walking can stil make her feel wobbly at times. But,
overall, all sounds good.

->  HN> Anne has two Associate degree's and
->  HN> I have one..but I just add them into
->  HN> the first bachelors (grin).

-> Steve has an Associate's, Bachelor's and in a year will have a Master's.
-> I have a Bachelor's and in May will have a Diploma in Women's Studies.
-> Downloaded the first (of probably a bunch) of paperwork needed for
-> graduation today; it's due back by Jan. 9. I'll probably fill it out
-> tomorrow and have Steve turn it in on Wednesday.

 HN> I was about 1/3 of the way through a Master's
 HN> program when I graduated...never did get back
 HN> to finishing that up...and not even interested
 HN> in trying now! (grin)

I thought about a Master's but decided against it. Time, money & family
were more important. BTW, had a problem with, and ended up leaving the
line blank on one part of the paperwork. It asked what should be listed
as your home town in the graduation program. I can't honestly say the
place where I was born is home, hasn't been home since I went to
college. Longest I've lived anywhere since going to college was in AZ
but left there 10 years and 4 changes of address since. So, the line is
blank.

->  HN> Her Oncologist has been very complimentary
->  HN> on how well I have cared for Anne during
->  HN> all this...her blood numbers have been
->  HN> very good throughout. I don't mind being
->  HN> a bit Obsessive/compulsive when it's for
->  HN> a cause so important to me! And it seems
->  HN> to have paid good dividends at this point!

-> Seems so. My blood numbers were always good. We try to eat better than
-> the standard American diet anyway so that probably helped. I'd have a
-> small yogurt before going to my radiation session, then come home and
-> have more breakfast. It got me back into having a mug of hot tea in the
-> ones or tea bags. He'd bought another unit but wasn't quite as happy
-> with it; this will hold him until we can afford the cost of one of the
-> fancier name brand ones. I tease him that he's turning into a coffee
-> snob. (G)

 HN>  I like to think that we also eat
 HN> a better diet than the standard, but
 HN> not always..yesterday we went to Seattle
 HN> and after my errands, we thought about
 HN> going to the Pig Iron BBQ for lunch.
 HN> Turns out the Pig Iron (several of the
 HN> echo folks have eaten there) was closed
 HN> on Mondays...so next door was "Slim's
 HN> Last Chance Saloon", so I got us Burgers
 HN> and fries to go from there...not the
 HN> best burger (fries were GREAT) but not
 HN> the worst either.
 HN> I'll have to go back there with Michael
 HN> one of these days and try out their
 HN> chili offerings!

You need some food like that every so often. Steve had to make a bank
deposit today but the timing was wrong for him to swing into a small
kebap place nearby for take out. Too late for lunch, too early for
supper. We've enjoyed their food at another location but couldn't try
the new place to see if it was just as good.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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