Losing track of time

Roger and I both seem to have a complete inability to keep track of time with the exception of radiation appointments.  Maybe its intentional on our parts?  Hard to say.  Anyway, our evidence:  1)  we have a flexible spending account for medical expenses (thank heavens!), the deadline for 2011 claims was March 31....guess who didn't realize it was the end of March until Friday (the 30th!), and 2)  What follows March the 31st?  Um APRIL 1...or more importantly April 15th,,,,tax day!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Holy hell.  So Friday night and Saturday all day was receipt chasing, form filing, scanning and emailing to the insurance company of little bitty drug store receipts, doctor's office receipts/bills, and hospital bills.  In a word....sucks.  And now its tax receipt time.  Fortunately its April 2nd (read that with a tone of HUGE sarcasm, please). So, I have loads of time to sort, organize, and total receipts. 

UGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next, all of you out there ....I need to ask a HUGE HUGE favor.  Please screen all movies for us and send us your list of "dos and don'ts" .  In particular, the don'ts, please.  We innocently purchased a movie on pay per view Friday evening as I was busy sorting receipts.  Roger did the picking.  He picked one of those movies nominated for loads of awards, and I think it even won.  George Clooney's The Descendants.  UM, BIG MISTAKE. BIG BIG MISTAKE.  Hello????  We both thought it was a family movie, about a wife cheating on a husband, and the family dysfunction which follows.  Ok, not rip roaring funny but it was supposed to have cute moments.  Well, Mr and Mrs Oblivious, the Wethingtons,  missed the important movie detail that one of the spouses was injured and in a coma on life support.  (sorry if I just did a spoiler for those of you who haven't seen the movie).  NOT the uplifting laugh alot movie we needed.  Must be why I gravitate to the sci-fi or "magic" movies.  Guess, we'll stick to car restoration tv programs.  zzzzzzzzz, can you hear me snoring now?

We drove down to the river again this weekend.  Left Sunday morning.  Saw my parents briefly at their river house.  They were headed back to Indy and we were moving into their river house.  We then went to the boat Sunday afternoon and worked into the evening.  When we finally left for the evening (we stayed way to late and Roger totally over did it), Roger said with a sigh of relief "I feel so much better that we came down here".  We also managed to sell off a few things this weekend. Sold a couple jet skis, sold a law mower, and sold one of the automobile projects, the Mercedes.  yea.  Yea.  YEA!  We both actually finally felt like we accomplished something.  AND we continued to cross things off the list. 

A girlfriend of mine who stopped by the house late last week, she was trying to encourage Roger to take it easy.  and he said:  "I like to tinker and do my projects.  It brings makes me happy.  I can't do as much as I did...but I can do a few things.  And, I can't be happy holding hands and walking on the beach until I get some of these projects completed and gone".  So, for now that's the focus.

He is definitely weaker, more tired, and seems to get a little confused here and there.  I have been driving us most of the time.  He is fine with small trips to run errands but doesn't seem to have the necessary focus for long drives.  I witnessed that this morning when we were driving back to Indy from Southern IN.  Roger decided to drive.  I noticed he was periodically swerving a little left of the center line or onto the shoulder.  It happened a couple times and I finally asked.  He said he just didn't have the focus for long trips and even was dozing off.  Ok.  I will now be the official driver for the longer trips and we will watch the shorter trips.  We only have this week of radiation to go - 5 days this week - and then recovery.  I expect he'll be very tired, spacey, and out of it this week and next and then will slowly come back.

Radiation is starting to take its toll on Roger's skin.  His skin around his head is starting to have a very ruddy reddish tint, link a sunburn.  His hair is starting to fall out.  We knew both symptoms would happen from the radiation. Roger has started to wear this cool hat my dad got him.  Very Indiana Jones.  I think Roger was skeptical about wearing it.   As he was tooling around in it today, I said "you look really good in that hat" and he said, "Yah, you know, it is a good hat and does look pretty good"   He really does look super cute!

Thats life in our lane.  Hope life is moving along well in your lane of the world. 

hugs, a & r