I did not realize how tired these last couple of days have been for me. This morning I slept in until 9am, something that I rarely do and only really do when I am not feeling well. I do not feel sick at all, just tired. It was to the extent that I actually took a nap this afternoon as well because I felt fatigued. This morning Mel and I went to run a couple of errands as her father was over to help out with some things and we needed more insulation. The only place that was currently open where we could buy it was at Home Depot and we needed some other things from there as well. I also picked up some small things to setup for the house. I also setup the smart lights in the house so that more of them work now as well. We have quite a few spare ones as well so I will swap out some of the other ones that we currently have in the house. At this point I as so tired and I think I was done for the day but still waited another 2 or 3 hours before I took a nap. It resulted in a mish-mash dinner as I had not prepared anything. Right now I am still feeling quite tired and will end up going to bed earlier. I went to my computer though in order to buy some things for the kitchen. Some chef’s press and a small wok so that Xavier can make his fried rice. I am going to transition away from some of the non-stick things and teach the kids how to properly cook using carbon steel or stainless steel pans. The issue is that you need to clean the carbon steel things right away and all of the new stuff should be hand washed and not put into the dishwasher. I do not think that Mel will like that one too much as she likes to put things into the dishwasher. Xavier wanted to cook anything to try out the new stove. It will be a bit of a learning curve for them to learn how to use it and I am not sure if they will like the hum that occurs. I do not mind it too much. What is a bit annoying though is the external vent flap when it is windy outside. I will need to come up with a solution for that.
As we wait for the pathology to come back Mel and I were talking about Paris and when is the best time to go. If they plan to do months of chemo treatment we were going to ask when it was going to start. If they were going to start in the new year then we would consider going to Paris over Christmas. If we are just going to monitor and not do Chemo we would look at going in either April or June before it gets too crazy hot. When we see what the treatment options are then Mel will call the school about seeing if Xavier can write his exams early so we can leave June 15th or so. Mel said she would play the cancer card if she had to. We would not be going to celebrate 5 years cancer free though. It would be because life is too short and I am not currently a two-time cancer survivor, so we want to take the opportunity to do this while things are going well.
A couple of days ago we made the area upstairs a bit more functional with the couch so we could all sit around a bit. Olivier said that he loves eating at the island and it was nice to have everyone up there all at once while we ate or lounged around. This is what Mel had envisioned when she wanted to bankrupt out family with opening up the space. It is debatable about who spent the most money in the kitchen renovations, but I compromised a lot more than Mel who basically got her first choice for cabinets, flooring, countertops and backsplashes. I think we can just ignore the small minor fact that the cost alone of one of the ranges, or column fridge/freezer combo that I really wanted to get was the same cost as what she wanted combined. Minor details. It would benefit everyone in the long run as we would have a professional grade kitchen. Now we just have a really high end looking kitchen. Apparently spending $30,000 on a fridge and freezer is not fiscally responsible. I told her that I would forgo spending any money at Sephora for the rets of my life in order to save money. Think of the money I could save by not buying any more beauty products for myself.
Over the next couple of days I will make sure that I do not push myself too much, because I think the cumulative effects of the whole week and increasing things repeatedly led to me being overly tired today. I will test this again and see how things are for next weekend. I did not drive today, and my core strength seems to be doing much better, but I still feel some soreness on my side when I remember that I should not be pushing myself and lifting too much. The pain reminds me that I should simmer things down a bit and pretend that I have the strength of a 12 year old. My body weight is roughly the same, so what I should think is, would i want my 12 year old son carrying this and if the answer is no then I need to stop doing it right away.
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