I'm back in the bloggy mood. As in typing every day or something close to that...not to mention that I finally have my computer at home back. We sold my original computer and zac still had his and my work computer doesn't allow social networking site for more than 10 minutes at a time so Ive had to do other things. not to mention this past month has been insane.
For starters, we found out Zac had testicular cancer and went in for surgery for a nut-ectomy the day-of emergency room visit. (not nerve-wracking at all... ha.) We later found out that the cancer hadn't gotten through the outer layer of the testicle and they got every visible cell! However, he still is going through a shot of Chemo for any microscopic cells that still may be residing in his lymph nodes. But its only a one-time shot of platinum - which somehow someone figured out that platinum is the only thing that kills testicular cancer cells - and he will only be out for a weekend if he even feels the side effects at all. So then that week, mom-in-law and bro-in-law came up to help out for a week so I could go to work, and then Zac and Pierce left with them for Idaho for 10 days. I, thankfully had auditions to run and work to stay late at to keep myself busy until that weekend when i flew into Moscow to meet my parents and my sisters boyfriend to watch her end of year dance performance at the college. That was Saturday, Sunday we drove 6 hours back to Nampa where I reconvened with my hubby and baby, then spent Monday visiting friends until my plane left for Portland that evening. (that was the FASTEST weekend ever.) Then I had two more days until my boys came home.
Zac is doing very well, back to normal now. Still waiting to go through Chemo. He is out on a man-date right now with his friend at REI...I am sitting here contemplating another cup of tea, my furball is sleeping on my lap and I somehow convinced my 8 month old that he was indeed tired and in need of a nap. (hallelujah.)
We all had bronchitis for the past week and a half...over that now, I still have a stupid little residual cough though...which made it fun to sit through 36 hours of Business Managers Meeting last week...but thats ok :) My house is a disaster now.. our normal cleaning routine got creamed by the happenings of this past month. Its definitely getting to be spring time up here. It still rains like it always does in Portland, but its not freezing anymore. And the sun is coming out a little more. Beautiful.
Man I hate apartments. The guy that lives next to us has been re-living the 80-90's since 10am this morning. So far we have listened to Baby Got Back, Oops I did it Again, Ice Ice Baby, the entire MC Hammer album..the one with Cant Touch This on it...among others. PITA. (pain in the arse.)
Had Papa Johns for the first time in ages last night...OMG. I forgot how good they are. Its funny, in high school they used to sell it for lunches and it was so greasy and gross I never ate it..although when i did eat in high school (which was almost never) I went for the cookies instead. Hey - they were good cookies! Not to mention ENORMOUS. About 800 calories per cookie probably...
Ive finally discovered a laundry soap that smells like laundry after you wash things...(yes i've been searching for one) Arm & Hammer...the metallic blue stuff in the clear container. For some reason its a stress reliever to smell clean laundry...not to mention then you can tell which clothes actually are clean in case they end up on the floor...(not that I'd know anything about that....)
My work pays for our gym membership...sooooo nice. And we have a gym right down the street from our house.. YAY! And it has child watch. The girls are great there. Although now since Pierce has hit 8 months...i think he's starting to realize that Mom or Dad isn't there... he goes into such fits and panics and turns completely purple and splotchy just like his aunt Shannon when she used to and still does get overworked. He only let me work out for 20 minutes yesterday... He'll figure it out eventually. He is working on crawling now...he can get on his hands and knees and just rock back and forth with a worried look on his face...it will come...and then we are going to have to figure out how to fence off the kitchen. He's a huge fan of sweet potatoes and butternut squash... he's growing up too fast. :( I kind of miss my itty bitty guy...but oh man is he fun! Zac's having a great time too...he's a stay at home dad and is just having a blast with Pierce.
Well, I think I've exhausted my gray cells for the time being...im going to make another cup of tea and contemplate cleaning. (which in reality will mean that I will get on facebook.)
