Yesterday Xavier came back and he said that he was bringing back some bread. I asked for a rock. That is something that I ask people to bring me and he stopped on the side of the road and got one. I told him that he had better have a story or reason on why he chose that rock. Mel and her sister 20 years ago had gone and they found me a rock and there was a story associated with it. This is what he wrote:
“I chose the rock because unlike the other rocks in the road, it was not small. This one seemed much larger and easier to take out of the ground. It was also much closer to the vehicle as we were on a gravel road and the only rocks other than these were in the park. The park had many parts to it such as swings, monkey bars and ladders. However the most fun part of it, at least for my younger cousins were the rocks and a tree with a few pinecones under it. This was, according to them “The good guys spot” and I was the bad guy who had to stay on the gravel road. This is what eventually led me to having a connection with the rocks on it and had a huge impact on my decision. In the end this rock is not just any rock, it is a symbol of unity, a symbol of family coming together from everywhere. Family from Quebec and Ontario coming together and that is why I chose this rock.” – XRSM
I love how ridiculous his story is and his nonsensical weaving of things that do not even matter into this story to give it more depth. Some of the things that he writes to his grandmother in text is amusing. A lot of times he makes it sound much more complex than it should be and I love his creativity with it all.
With all of the damage to the basement we had the contractor come back to visit today to assess the basement. I did not know exactly when he was going to come but he gave a window and it was when I was in the middle of making some lunch. He was nice enough and I showed him some of the damaged area, but I did not know enough details on where the most damage was or anything. He made a remark that we have a lot of things and the max cost for everything for our insurance was $50,000 and it goes fast. He suggested we move out some of the things on our own to save money. We do have quite a lot of things down there. Most people do not have the extra coverage or they are only covered for $25,000. We increased it to $50,000 but by the sounds of it, if we need to redo the shower it will be close moneywise. We will focus on the work that we can not do and then if we have money left over for content we can use it for that. He said anything with wood that was touching the wet carpet you would need to get rid of. I think that he was also really concerned about the fireplace and whether there was moisture that went behind there. They will put a quote together and then we can review it, but this will give us an opportunity to get rid of a lot of things. The area that worries me though is the office as the amount of things that we have in there is a bit on the ridiculous side. It is going to take quite some time to clear out that room. We have a lot to pack and move out of there.
This morning when I woke up I was a bit tired so I thought that today might be an interesting day. I have worked throughout the day and what I have realized is that when I have my mind engaged it is not too bad and I do not feel too tired. That is until the end of the day when all of my energy is actually depleted and I still have things to do. I am going to take one of the energy gels to see how that helps me out. The neuropathy is still present, but it is not too bad and the other symptoms are all managable. Today is just the fatigue day and the day is half done so I think that it will be all right. I took a nap a 45 minute nap this afternoon and it helped out a bit. My appetite today is interesting, as I will eat and then a short while after I will be craving more food and want to eat again. Right now though I am eating controlled small amounts and it has not been to bad. We had to rush through dinner at my parents today because Olivier had a migraine and stayed home. He called as soon as we arrived and asked if we were on our way home. We informed him we had just arrived and that we would be rushing through. He thought that we had eaten and were at the store already and almost done. Time flowed quite differenty for him and he then called again about 10 minutes later and I asked him if he wanted us to buy the food he wanted and he said yes. In the end the trip of driving to my parents, rush eating, shop at Costco quickly and No Frills and back home took about 80 minutes which I think is impressive. He is in bed resting and I think that he just wanted the comfort of his mom. Typing today the neuropathy has been pretty bad in my hands. The thing though is that it is not consistent, it gets better and worse over the course of the day. I think that today I pushed myself a bit much with everything that happened and not being able to rest in the afternoon has quite the detrimental impact. Now that I have rested I am doing much better. I think that for this week it has been under control and hopefully now I know what the pattern and the new norm is for next round of treatment next week.
QHM