what a sunday

Hello everyone. 

Chemo begins today.  I take the first pill in about one and a half hours.  I am going to purchase a plastic cover for my keyboard in case it comes to chunky toss.  To prepare for today I enjoyed a great Sunday. 

It started late morning when Amy and I were invited to a friend's home for a soup extravaganza.  We chose several soup recipes.  Five of us chopped, sliced, peeled and laughed.  At last the pots were filled and the cookin commenced.  We made a lunch of the first one finished; a chicken tortilla that had some peppers that stood up and said,"BANG!"(Bill, Doug, Shannon and other hot fiends will just love this.)   The rest of that batch and the others got divvied up into freezer containers and sent home with everyone.  What a great idear.  Thank you Kelly, Sue and Mike for opening your home and hosting such a fun event.

To finish the day off we drove to Lawrence for a late summer wedding.  It was filled with love and great people and was presided over by the Omnipotent Overlord of Carbon.  The bride and groom had a wonderful surprise for me when I went through the food line.  There on the table was a large pink brain with a tag indicating that it was indeed mine.  My brain had a wonderful strawberry flavor, jiggled appropriately when spooned onto your plate and came complete with a large hidden strawberry-tumah, which when found, was eaten with ceremonial vigor.  Thank you Jim and Tanya.  I hope you have more love and laughs than either of your souls can hold and that it froths out on the many people who care about you.

So I now feel ready to face chemo.  Thank you to everyone who has sent words and thoughts of support. 

ming the merciless   ( I shaved my head)

Comments

[Lori]

Sending hugs and positive thoughts! I'm sure you look dashing bald. :-)

[Bill]

If you replace "animal crackers in my soup" with "strawberry-tumah", it sounds pretty good. Extra points if you sound like Shirley Temple.

[Lael]

I'll be thinking of you!