As soon as I arrived, I started suffering from allergies - at least that's what I thought. I bought over the counter meds which seemed to work about half the day (although advertised as 24 hour relief). Then when I got home, I developed what seems to be a full fledged cold, so I'm not sure if it was allergies, allergies plus cold, or just cold when I was in Atlanta. The 12-hour travel arrangement - Hartford-Ft. Lauderdale FL-Atlanta and reverse - didn't help, especially as the final flight from FL to CT was delayed 2 hours so I arrived at 12:00 a.m.
Anyway, I ended up taking yesterday off of work (well, mostly - I worked a little bit from home). I thought I needed the rest and the weather was chilly and dreary. We had about an inch of snow Thursday night into Friday morning.
My grandson is big and bossy (when playing HIS games) but smart and generally sweet with better manners than a lot of adults I know. It makes me very proud of his parents who I think are doing a very good job. It was good to see my daughter. She has returned to Haiti and as far as I know, accepted an offer that she commit to stay and work for SOIL for another entire year. She'll get to come back to the US about once every 3 months or so. She was busy with various SOIL-related tasks and errands, and we spent some time together as I drove her around in the rented car. I stayed with my brother at the new place he's renting. It's a lovely house and he seems happier, more relaxed than the last time I was there. We got to spend some time together, too. My daughter-in-law is very pregnant and we're all looking forward to the new baby to be born in early May.
Now Spring is struggling to push winter out of the way, to the back of climate's closet where it belongs, with mixed success. I hope we've turned the corner. I feel like a week of sunshine would help me kick this cold.
I have a CT scan on Friday, April 15 and see Dr. R the following Monday. That will be my 1 year milestone (1 year since treatment ended; hopefully 1 year NED - no evidence of disease). I guess I am nervous about it. From talking with D at work - who had leukemia 18 years ago! - the nervousness won't be going away any time soon, not when it's time for another scan or blood work, etc. On the other hand, what can I do about it? It is what it is. I feel good - other than having a crappy cold (although it's true that, in the corners of my mind, the places where mental dust and emotional detrius collects - there is the thought that this cold, which is my second in a month, or a continuation of the same one, shows that my immune system is somehow compromised. Oh well, got to just get over it.)
To tell spring to stiffen her backbone and make winter get lost, I'm going to post a photo from my trip of my lovely daughter and my handsome grandson, who love each other very much - as is obvious from the pic - as well as the fact that they are having a good time.
Peace, peace upon us all.
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