I have been slacking a bit with updating the blog lately. I have been doing a lot of different reading. During some of the development sessions people have been recommending books or interpreting parts of books and my preference is to read the books so I can comment on it. A certain series came out about vampires a long time ago and people were commenting about it, I had read about how poorly written it was and people were saying that I had not read it so I could not comment on it. I read it and I was not a fan of it nor did I think it was well written. That being said, as long as it entertains you does it matter if it is well written as long as you enjoy it. I have some guilty pleasures for reading and not all of them are well written. Every one in a while I like to read Ender’s Game. I enjoy the book, but there are complaints about it.
1.) Happy Canada Day. Today I am grateful that I am Canadian. The story of how we came here I think I have mentioned before. My parents have to sacrifice a lot for us to get here and it was a tough decision to come here. I am grateful that they tried to make our lives better and came to Canada. For most parents they strive to give their kids a better life than what they had. I grew up in a different time compared to now. When I see what my kids have they know that they are spoiled but they are growing up to be well rounded people who are respectful and kind.
2.) I appreciate the quick thinking of my eldest. He is a trouble maker and he comes up with ridiculous stories constantly or will always back me up regardless of situation. If I say something and Melanie disagrees with me, he will automatically defend me and come up with a story. Today in the vehicle driving home, he was trying to convince his younger brother that Big Hero 6 is a series and that they have made Big Hero 1 all of the way to Big Hero 10, but we just have not seen them all yet. The story is that there is only 1 guy that can translate it from Japanese to English, and he was hired for 6, but then he got another job and could not finish the rest. He came up with the story on the spot and said it so convincingly that his brother believed him. He is quick witted and should be able to get himself into lots of trouble.
3.) My youngest can get excited about the smallest things. I appreciate his enthusiasm for small things and his genuine appreciation for kindness. I love that he tries to make up his own jokes that are god awful and make no sense at all. He will tell us a joke, we will not get it and he will tell us that it is funny. We are not sure why it is funny and we either tell him we do not understand the joke or pretend it was funny. He has yet to tell a joke that makes sense but he constantly comes up with one.
I had dropped weight in the last week to 193, but have gotten it back up to 195 to 196 range. I realized on vacation I slack a bit more when I get up to eat. It makes it a bit trickier. I try and avoid carbs as it creates a ball of dough in my stomach. I am still waiting to hear back from the radiation clinic to book my appointments. They were suppose to potentially start this week or next week. I have not heard back yet from my chemo oncologist who ordered the CT scans, which to me indicates that there was nothing so pressing that they needed to inform me right away. In the past when there was a potentially bad scenario they would contact me as soon as possible to discuss it. It was interesting though to receive an appointment notice via regular mail. I have never had that before as they normally call me and we do it via OTN. I do not check the mail daily and would be annoyed if I missed an appointment because they decided to mail it to me. So far I have been feeling fine and will start to race my son soon biking. He is getting quite fast and I think that by the end of the summer I am not sure if I will be able to keep up with him in my current condition.
Quoc Hao