Update on Dad
Quick post today.
My Dad went to see his oncologist today after his latest CT scan. Because things looked good before, he has not had a scan in 3 months which seemed like a long time to be honest. Well, it is all good news. The doctor reports that there are no new spots or lesions and that the existing tumors are shrinking. My Dad will not have to increase his dosage of the drug he is taking which would bring with it new and unwelcomed side effects, so this was the best possible news. He will have another ct in 3 months.
Over all, he continues to deal with some side effects from taking the drug, but they are relatively minor and in general, my Dad is doing quite well. Thank you to all who have been keeping him in your prayers. I know it has made a difference.
God is good all the time.
My Dad went to see his oncologist today after his latest CT scan. Because things looked good before, he has not had a scan in 3 months which seemed like a long time to be honest. Well, it is all good news. The doctor reports that there are no new spots or lesions and that the existing tumors are shrinking. My Dad will not have to increase his dosage of the drug he is taking which would bring with it new and unwelcomed side effects, so this was the best possible news. He will have another ct in 3 months.
Over all, he continues to deal with some side effects from taking the drug, but they are relatively minor and in general, my Dad is doing quite well. Thank you to all who have been keeping him in your prayers. I know it has made a difference.
God is good all the time.
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Now go celebrate with Dad and take him out for hotcakes.
You are a lawyer, you stinkin' should know that!
It just does NOT get any better than that.
Now, in your opinion, would it be entirely out of line to have a generous plate of those smores for dinner?
Keep in mind that my lunch today was tomato soup and I had a pretty frustrating day.
Consider this the next best thing to a doctors note. It WAS on the internet after all!
What's up with that?
Fortunately he and David are going to the Duck B-ball game tonight, so I can have my modified smores feeding frenzy when they are gone.
I shall have them...yes, I SHALL!
I'm thinking smores for breakfast. Breakfast of champoins, indeed!
Here is what I am pondering today: What is it in some people that makes them never give up no matter what obstacle they face? I am thinking about Team Hoyt, that father and son who do Iron man.
Let the discussion begin.
Okay, enough of that.
On another topic--Peanut butter cup smores were the hit of the staff room today. But we had to unplug the microwave when it overheated.
Like overheat a microwave due to overproduction of peanut butter cup s'mores!
I saw a very normal looking man today. He was approximately 50 years old, clean cut, wearing a nicely tailored suit and polished moderately expensive shoes. However... he had heavily pencilled in his eyebrows. I mean OBVIOUSLY falsified his eyebrows with something that looked like a black Sharpie pen. What exactly is my role there? Assume he has NO loved ones to steer him straight and so I should brandish my fashion police badge and issue a citation? Just assume he has a hairloss issue and poor judgement as to color matching? An obsession with Groucho Marx? Admittedly, I am the last person who should look down on a heavy dark brow but this was really very disturbing, such that my 3 year old son commented in hushed tones.
Please advise.
For some reason, he decided to shave off his eyebrows, then tried to correct his mistake with black sharpie, then did not know when to stop, then convinced himself that it didn't look that bad.
Or...he is Ramaldo, leader of the planet Vector...but he is supposed to be invisible.
Or, he passed out at a party and his roomates did that to him.
OR, scenario number four...ALL OF THE ABOVE.
Here is today's speculation: When Tomo lived with us, one time Tim and I were dancing in our kitchen, just like regular people always do,(I am sure it occurs regularly in your kitchen)and Tomo exclaimed that he had never before seen people dancing in their kitchen, and in fact wanted to document the dancing with photography.
Why don't Japanese people dance in their kitchens?
Was it a particular dance you and Tim were performing that so intrigued Tomo?
Tim only knows one dance which he has maintined since 7th grade. Perhaps that is what intrigued Tomo.
Speaking of Tim, he mentioned the other day that he is convinced that people are becoming more stupid, and also that stupids seem to have more kids,and stupid begats stupid, and eventually stupids will rule the world, if they don't already.
I think he is on to something.
I think it is halloween candy. It clearly has the power to make you do things you don't want to do like sit down and consume a whole bowl during an episode of Law and Order. When the show is over, you are candy stupid and 10 pounds heavier.
Not sure, but that is my theory on the stupids. AND children always gather where there is candy.
Once again you are correct as usual. I always feel more stupid after eating a lot of candy, yet I do it again, which proves your theory.
Last night Tim and I went out for Chinese food and I recieved the best fortune in the history of the world! It reads: "Treat yourself to a wonderful time this coming weekend."
However, in a rage of jealousy,Tim declared the fortune invalid, reasoning that when this coming weekend arrives, it will be THIS weekend,and so I will have to always have to wait wait one more week to treat myself to a wonderful time that will never come.
Just now Tim tried to make ammends by saying I could have a wonderful weekend right now by helping him clean the gutters. He likes me to hold a box while he stands on a ladder and flings down soggy leaves at me.
His offer was declined.
Peggy and Tanya, a few things....
1. I am both troubled and fascinated by the s’more discussion. First, I am very anti-microwaving for s’mores. It seems nearly sacreligious to prepare s’mores when there is no chance of doing permanent retinal damage from holding your face in smoke while you prepare them. S’mores are partly good because they have become a welcome addition to the camping experience. Microwaving them is like setting your tent up in the living room and calling it camping. It is just wrong. On the other hand, finding new and yummy alternatives to the Hershey bar is a fantastic idea and I have high hopes. I have not yet tried the peanut butter cup, but I think it is pure genius and even more evidence that my wife should have her own TV show where she makes stuff and thinks of cool stuff and just generally shows off her awesomeness.
Here are some other possible s’more ideas: Rolos, After-Eights, slices of those chocolate oranges they sell at Christmas time. And while we are messing with the chocolate, why not the graham cracker? How about a good shortbread cookie instead? Why has no one thought of this stuff before? Why? Because they have less awesomness than my wife, that’s why.
2. Peggy, you can not have s’mores for dinner. Even if you only had Tomato soup for lunch which is I will admit, quite unfortunate, that is still no excuse. You must always have at least one meat item or it does not qualify as a meal. There are a few very rare and select exceptions to this rule, but a plate full of s’mores is not one of them. I’m so glad you asked. Also, Tanya, I think it likely that most doctor’s notes would not recommend long periods of time standing staring into your microwave oven.
3. Tim was justified in his insistence on meat.
4. Peggy, since you didn’t ask me for my thoughts on your question about people’s levels of endurance, I will nevertheless push past that obstacle and give you my brief 2 cents anyway. I think to have the never give up drive, you have to value the never giving up more than the thing you are driving at. I don’t think people keep going when they hit a bump because they really want the thing they are going for, but because they want to not give up, if you know what I mean. Of course, I’m really only talking about the extreme cases here, the iron man folks and things like that. If you are only pursuing the prize, some challenge may come up that outweighs in the value of the prize. But if you are pursuing not quitting, then there is no obstacle large enough to stop you.
5. Tanya, that story about the guy and the eyebrow pencil is quite disturbing. Your responsibility in that situation is to hid the fragile eyes of our children so they are not haunted by such awful images.
6. Stupids have always been everywhere, it is just that the older the non-stupids get the more they see the stupids and it feels like they are closing in and multiplying at astonishing rates, which of course, they are.
7. I don’t know what causes the stupids, but I do believe the people who developed the wrapping for cds and dvds are heavily involved. That’s all I can say at this time.
Ok, I’m taking my blog back today for a while, though I know that probably won’t change anything.