Well, I don’t know where to begin, a lot of things are kind of blurred. I guess I’ll start from my last post.
I spent Thurs & Fri of last week just trying to get as much work done as possible and to get us packed for the weekend. Our trip of fun visiting wasn’t really going to be that. We lucked out the last 3 times drive the I-5 past Seattle, but it wasn’t to be these 2 times. It SUCKED! Got stuck just before the Seneca Exit of 165 again….interstate turned into a parking lot. And they never have the express lanes open when you need them. I HATE driving the I-5 past Seattle….gggrrrr But we got through it. The border, both ways, wasn’t too bad. We’ve had much longer waits in the past….still hate the wait, but nothing to do about it.
We visited with Diesel in the hospital Saturday. He was having a hard time talking and was nodding off a lot, but he was surrounded by family and visitors were coming in from all over. We worry about how his wife is holding up with 2 young boys and a sick husband.
The hospital is in a town outside of Vancouver and our hotel was down the King George Hwy in downtown…..took us about 45min to get there. We hit about ever stop light, including all the pedestrian lights. Our hotel wasn’t much to talk about at all….but we didn’t spend much time in there at all and it was great for walking where we needed to go. We had friends that provide us with a great distraction Saturday night & Sunday. The city was not something we could ever handle living in, but I really like being able to walk nearly every where you needed to go. I hate having to drive all the time.
Monday we were heading home, but we stopped by the hospital to visit some more and to see if the doctor has said anything. Now there is where it gets kind of confusing. We found out from his wife that when he was diagnosed with the brain cancer in 2007 he was given 6months to live, but he never told anyone. Well, he did get better and even went back to work for time.
So we were waiting on finding out whether or not they were going to try surgery or chemo again, even other 1 doctor Thurs/Fri said it wasn’t going to help. So Monday there still was no word on it and it really didn’t sound promising. Today we got an email from him wife, they are going to try a different kind of chemo. Just don’t know when….fingers crossed it helps. Hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst…..we seen 2 friends of our die of it.
But Monday, D may not have been able to talk much, but still was able to pull a joke or two and be a smart ass. =) That was great to see.
It was really good to get home, after spending so much time on the road….icks. We did stop half way down to have lunch with some good friends. Wish we had time for more, I love visiting with them.
Drew must of just gotten bored in the last few hours that we were gone because he got on top of the fireplace and ate the leaves off of one of our plants…there was still drool on it….the little demon.
Tues it was back to the gym, did better on the treadmill then expected. But the rest of the workout and Wed wasn’t much to speak of…..I maintained, so I guess that is a good thing. Today was a much better workout. I even had one of the regulars stop me to ask how much weight I lost and compliment me on it. As she pointed out, women don’t hear as much as they should and she felt that she should say something. It felt good that it has been noticed, I feel bad because I suck at observations on others to return the favor. But that really was nice of her.
It is kind of weird, we’ve been going to the gym roughly at the same time for about 18months now. You ended up working out with the same bunch of people everyday. In fact, it is when they don’t show up or there is someone new when you notice the difference. Neat, but weird to observe.
This has been a strange week in celebrity deaths….Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and now Micheal Jackson….all this different peaks into eras. MJ was messed up in his personal life, but made great music.
Well, it is late here and the gym comes early…..