Are weekends ever restful?  I'm guessing no matter who you are or where you are, weekends are probably busy with yard work, house work, shuttling kids, etc.  Ours are pretty busy as well. 

Happy to report yet another "thing" is crossed off the list of things to sell. Thanks to Paul and his magic ebay efforts, the 1973 BMW 2002 is gone!  We had to go to our rental where Roger had all the parts and pieces stored. He had previously disassembled the whole thing with the goal of rebuilding it into a vintage race car to take racing. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to get back to that project.   So, today Paul, Roger and I headed over to the garage and started pulling pieces.  Roger was the official supervisor.  I was the grunt and Paul got to do all the heavy, dirty lifting.  After Paul crawled around in the garage attic and handed pieces and parts down to me, we finally had a heap of car in the middle of the garage.  The guy who bought the car had/has a lot in common with Roger.  Both big into racing, both did fabrication, and a lot of other stuff.  The buyer plans to turn it into...a vintage race car!  How awesome is that???  Felt like we were sending the car off to a good home.  Once the guy had everything loaded up he shook hands with Paul and then shook hands with Roger accompanied by a big bear hug (the guy was huge!).  it was a really sweet gesture and touched Roger.  A nice way to cross something off the list.

Well with all this crossing off the list, you should be anticipating we are adding to the list or rather creating a NEW list.  Roger wants to get a new car.  And, as you can well imagine....he isn't looking for something ordinary.  Nooooo, no everyday car for him.  No Ford Focus.  No Volkswagen Jetta.  Hell, no Porche 911....Roger, aka James Bond Jr, has decided he wants an Aston Martin.  Again, nothing ordinary for our Roger.  If not that, then possibly a BMW 625.  I'm guessing the Aston Martin is going to win out.  The one nice thing about this little adventure is that Roger has spent the last couple evenings and part of the day searching the Internet for listings which means he isnt staring mindlessly at the television.  He does a lot of zombie-like focus on the TV.

Health update:  it looks like Roger *did* break a bone in his foot.  A small hairline fracture.  Naturally it took us 2 weeks to go into the ortho doctor. The doctor gave us the long eye and said with a non-cancer patient he would collect the office visit fee and send the patient on his/her way because it had been 2 weeks since the original injury and there was no further damage.  Since Roger's system/bones/whole being is sooooo fragile, the doctor thought it would be wise to give Roger a "boot" to prevent any further breakage.  There were a few minutes spent between the doctor and Roger about shoes Roger could wear instead of the boot.  Basically anything with a hard stable sole...not the flipflops Roger was then wearing.  Roger said he had a pair which seemed to provide good support but didnt wear them because they didn't go with his outfit.  The doctor looked at him sideways and said "you mean to tell me fashion won over function/form?"  Roger nodded yes back.  Meanwhile I watched the scene unveil as the doctor took in Mr. Fashion's outfit du jour - baggy, wrinkled shorts with a bright bumble bee yellow shirt with the collar turned all cattywhompus.  High fashion?  No.  The new boot is now thrown in the corner of the family room and hasn't been worn since last week.  Instead Mr. Fashion Plate is foregoing fashion and is now wearing his stable shoes. 

Roger has been feeling crummy lately.  Tired, headaches, and new pains possibly pinched nerves around his right and left shoulder blades.  The left shoulder blade pain is new this afternoon.  The right shoulder blade pain has been with him for a week or so.  The pain was pretty terrific this morning so much so, it woke him from his sleep at 4:00am.  He finally gave up and got up at 5:00 to take a bath.  The bath seemed to help a little.  I've tried messaging the shoulder blade area(s).  He says it helps but its temporary.  So, I've added more padding to his side of the bed and have set up the recliner in the bedroom with extra pillows (in case he wants to sit up) all in hopes of getting him comfortable to sleep the night through as much as possible. 

We're still doing fluids at home.   Every other day a large bag of salt water and a small bag of sugar water ( they have fancy names, but that's what the stuff is without the fancy name).  It definitely seems to help him stay hydrated which is good for his blood pressure and generally helps prevent him from feeling worse.  We did fluids Saturday evening.  My folks had stopped by for a visit.  We all sat in the back courtyard and chatted away, Roger with his IV pole next to him and the fluid flowing into his system through his port.  When it was time for them to leave, we walked them out.  Roger hung back at the gate to the back yard with his iv pole in tow.   Mom, Dad and I turned back to see Roger standing under a tree next to one of my hummingbird feeders.  Dad asked him if he was a bird feeder himself at which point Roger stuck out his finger as though creating a perch for a passing bird.  Made us all laugh...he really did look like a skinny tree with bird perches. 

Hope your weekend was a good one and that your yards and gardens are hanging on.  Its been a hot dry summer so far!

hugs, a & r