Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Enjoying my week off

After last week, I am thoroughly enjoying my week off. In fact, I am not really nervous about the tumor board meeting and my fate. I just need a break from that building for a bit. I don't want to go in this week for results, I would rather wait until chemo next week to meet and talk to the oncologist. I just want this week to be me, my boys, my husband, and October. Thus far, if has been a pretty good month for my family. Last weekend was fun filled even though it was chemo week. I did however eat something that laid me out for five hours on Sunday. I don't know maybe it was the fondue Friday or the amazing smoked Cajun chicken on Saturday, but it was worth it. I have learned to negotiate it enough that I was back on track by the evening and full steam ahead on Monday. Oh, here is a note you should know, we went to the pumpkin patch on Sunday morning. At the one that we go to, there is a pumpkin sling shot where you launch small pumpkins in air trying to hit a target 100 yards away on the fly - no bouncing into the target. If you do, you win a giant pumpkin. Well, guess who hit it this year????? Yep, that would be me! The horn sounded and I wrote my name on the board of winners for the day. I figured I should be able to do it since our conpadres two kids have done it two years in a row - they are five! Of course, they had assistance, but come on!!!!! Anyhoo, Grant was a bit miffed (sp) and I didn't do much to make him feel any better. Not one of my more gracious moments, but I didn't care - I won I won I won!!! We now have a giant pumpkin on our porch and I think, if I can bull eye that what else can I do?!?!?! Enjoy your day - the victorious Ang

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hail to the all conquering Angela, more powerful than a speeding pumpkin able to overcome Fondue and Cajun Chicken at a single sitting she is known to her friends and family as SUPER WOMAN!!
You are right it is time to bathe in the resevoir of love that is your family, strengthen yourself for whatever lies ahead. Even an elephant can be eaten, one bite at a time. Love to all, pat&mag

Bob said...

You have to tell me where the pumpkin slingshot is! And I wish I got to go see the tumor board - I'm jealous.....

Anonymous said...

At the Pumpkin patch in Everett, they actually have a pumpkin CANNON! And while you don't get to necessarily operate too much of it, you do get to fire it and that "Thwump" sound of a pumpkin being launched from the barrel of this contraption is almost as incredible as the exploding mass of orange goo upon the ground when it lands.

Auntie Jane Hainsworth said...

What is it with Seattle/Tacoma and pumpkins? The elephants at the zoo eat them, people can go any of several places to catapault them at stuff or into space and win them....I guess I'm jealous, all we do here is carve them into goofy faces. Orange with envy, Jane

Sandy Grancaric said...

Now if you could use the force to bullzeye Wamprats in your p-52 fighter back home...