A little better every day (or night)

As we anticipated, Roger has continued to feel a little better each day since his last chemo dose. The best evidence of his improvement is how much more he communicates, what he is saying, and just his overall nature. I can tell you based on two nights ago, he must be feeling better (but...or butt....for intestinal issues...couldn't resist :-)) . Roger was watching TV and I was doing work while sitting in the TV room. At some point he ended up turning on one of the recorded TV shows, Masterchef, the finale. TWO hours later the show ends and I realize its 1:00 a.m.!!!!! Holy hell!!!! Neither of us is ever up until 1:00 a.m.... waaaaay past our bedtime! Anyway, at the conclusion of the show upon realizing how freakin' late it was, I get up and announce I'm going to bed. Roger indicates he is doing the same. So, off to bed we went. I get settled into bed before he does, then he crawls into bed and turns the TV on. Ok, I prefer to not have the tv on especially at 1:00 a.m. when trying to go to sleep...but whatever if it helps him fall asleep. I end up putting on one of those eye masks to help keep the light out.


So that's where I was, trying to drift off to sleep, with my eye mask on, and the TV blaring in the back ground. Not ideal sleeping conditions. As I'm drifting off to sleep, Roger is trying to fluff his pillow(s) and squish into his nest. I then feel this whoosh of fabric across my face... the edge of Roger's pillow grazing my face. Hmmm, that's annoying but I'm sure it was an accident. Then I hear the thump thump thump of him fluffing pillows and ANOTHER whoosh across my face...this time the edge of a another pillow. Now, I'm no longer drifting off to sleep. Now I'm trying to determine if my head should spin on my shoulders with annoyance or ignore the constant fluffling, whooshing and noise of the TV because my poor hubby is trying to get comfortable. As I'm trying to process this and decide head-spinning or ignore....I feel ANOTHER whoosh across my face.... now the sheet grazing my face?!?!?!? Seriuosly?? That was it! No more could I take. While flipping the eyemask off my eyes and shooting Roger a big ol' glare , I bark out "WHAT the HEEEEEELLLLLLL are you doing??????" Only to be looking Roger in the face who has this huge smirk on his face as he responds "What? who? me? whhhhaaaatttts the matter? Did I accidentally hit you with the pillow a couple times?" And then he starts to GIGGLE..... REALLY?!?!?!?!? 1:oo am on a "school night" and Mr. Funnybones is going to mess with/tease me by tagging me with his pillows and cover??? Really? As I threatended to pop him upside the head with MY pillow ....he starts laughing again. And just like that my really good "mad" got squished and we both ended up laughing.

So there you have it. My best proof Roger is starting to feel better...his obnoxious sense of humor is returning. Be careful what you wish for. ~ angie