The fallout from my hair was kind of making me a little crazy today. I had horrific bald patches, and then lots of baby chick patches, and long bits. I kinda had a Friar Tuck thing going, and while that might be fine for a Friar, it was less than attractive on me. :D
I had my sister, Nancy, take the clippers to me, and this is the result. And yes, it's nice and cool!
I felt good enough to make some dinner.. and guess what I made? Slumgullion! Or at least what one person described as "fusion slumgullion." Of course, I just took their recipe as a 'guideline' and went from there.
I had some ground turkey, portabella mushrooms, zucchini, several chili peppers, an orange bell pepper and an onion. I simmered them all in vegetable stock and Jane chopped up some roma tomatoes. I let it reduce and get all tasty from the cumin and chili powder I'd added, and then we had it over our favorite rice blend. It was great! Oh and I need to order some more of that rice.
The squash row in our garden is doing so very well! I'm excited about the little flat white ones on the farthest end. The first section is the Mexican Grey, then the Zucchini, the Yellow crook neck and whatever the name of the flat whites was.
The row in front of them has one section of squash, and the rest is all yummy chili peppers!
I must report that my sore throat is now a thing of the past, and the nasal congestion is still with me, but much more manageable. So I think there should be no problem in having the next chemo. Of course, that depends on the outcome of tomorrow's visit to the phlebotomist. ;) I'm feeling like it's going to be fine.
Now, I'm going to go play a little World of Warcraft and dream that someday, Diablo III will be out while I'm still alive and well enough to play it. Hear that, Blizzard? GET A MOVE ON!!!
I think by now, it's well-known how much I love to say the word Phlebotomy. Today I headed to Sonora Quest to get my pre-chemo blood work done. I felt so good today, I went by myself. :) My sisters have gotten in the habit of either driving me everywhere or at least accompanying me, just to be on the safe side. It was nice to be self-sufficient, for a change.
Today's phlebotomist was one of the regulars, but bless her heart, she spent most of the time with me apologizing for hurting me. I tried to tell her that on the pain scale, blood draws barely register, but truth be told, she really was hurting me. But the main thing is, she got the blood, and out of my arm, not my hand. Woohoo!
As I got into the car for the trip home, I removed my handicapped placard, and lo and behold it began to disintegrate in my hands. Now, here we are in Arizona, land of the sun; the relentless, bright, overbearing sun. It's not a secret that we enjoy sunshine for 360 days a year, on the average. Bright, overbearing, handicapped placard disintegrating sunshine... it happens! So, wouldn't it follow that the Department of Transportation would fabricate a placard that wouldn't fall victim to sun rot?
I think I'm probably a normal commuter type. When I'm not out on sick leave, I work five days a week, and park outside... in the bright, overbearing sun...for more than eight hours a day. Oh wait, actually, I telecommute sometimes three days a week. And then the car's in the garage. But, my point is... I can't be the only person with a handicapped placard that disintegrates. My last one did, too. Oh well.
So, I called the MVD and the very happy lady that answered the customer service line said I'd have to bring the placard in to have it replaced. Hmm, my placard will be replaced anyway in June of 2011, so if I don't run out of this see-though packing tape, I think we'll just make do. :)
Yesterday's dinner was OH soo good. Jane had gotten us a nice bit of salmon and some beautiful asparagus. We made some of our favorite rice, steamed the asparagus and pan-seared the salmon. WHAT a great dinner!
Oh, and I made that Paula Deen chocolate cake. It was divine, but I doubt we'll do it again; it's just not at all good for you, although, it does have walnuts and nuts are a good source of those GOOD fats. ;)
And now, I'm off to play a bit of World of Warcraft and beforehand, I shall make a pot of tea. Keep warm and safe, all... and give someone a hug today.
