I did not take a sleeping pill last night and I slept fine which is a good thing. Mel had brought some of my high calorie drinks for me to have but I did not drink any last night. It is remarkable how quickly I can deplete my energy. Getting up quickly or moving a lot will result in me requiring to take a bit of a breather before I continue. I am not sure if it is because of the surgery or that it is week 2. If we had to travel on a week like this I think that it would be manageable but it is a bit hard to say. Mel drove out to Capreol with Xavier and originally I had wanted to go with them on the ride, but we have a lot going on today and I thought that I should conserve energy as he has a game today, we have dinner and then the drive back out to Capreol. Mel had thought that moving my treatment day up to Wednesday would allow me to enjoy the weekend more. It has to a certain degree and we have been able to do things, but we keep on throwing new wrinkles into things like the surgery. We will see if this makes things better or not. Monitoring my weight I have not seen that tell tale ascites build up. Mentally this weekend is interesting in the fact that things are not too bad, but they are not great. As Xavier would say it is pretty not bad. There is some discomfort still as the wound heals, a bit of fatigue from treatment and management of energy. The neuropathy in my feet has been annoying so I will need to chat with my team to see if there is anything that can be done about that. In the hands it has been manageable and having the mouth rinse and doing it every couple of hours has done wonders. It has helped me out with taste, but I am not sure if I can eat more or not. When I eat I can feel things moving around and things shifting and it is an interesting feeling.
I am interested to see how Xavier plays today, it will be the second time his girlfriend has watched him play and normally he is pretty good about not letting anything in the stands impact his game. Xavier did not make his rice before he left to get his girlfriend, but luckily I was home and was able to make it. Being fully Asian it is going to be awesome. I am not sure exactly what he plans to make for her right now, but she is allergic to sesame so he will need to make sure that he does not use any. I appreciate that our kids are able to cook for themselves and that they do their own laundry. I am curious to whether Olivier will harass his brother and his girlfriend today as that is what a younger brother would do. We do not know much about her, but I do know that she has 1 sibling who is younger. I wonder if the two of them will sit there and study together. That is what Mel and I did for most of our relationship. Mel is not monitoring the kids and is going about getting the laundry room ready for our new basement. We need to order a couch soon for downstairs and determine how we will see things up down there. There is alot of space on my desk now as i purchased one that is basically 70″ for each table in an L shape. I will be able to place our printer on the desk and most likely the scanner as well. There are some small drawers that I would like as there are quite a few small knick knacks that I like to keep on my desk.
Mel was talking the other day about neuroplasticity and being positive and making sure that you always have positive intent with everything that you do. Instead of thinking that things are difficult you can just do it. As Mel is responsible for the bulk of the household chores there are times where she does not want to do them but she needs to just suck it up sometimes and do it. I think it helps they the kids will do what is asked but they will rarely initiate it on their own to help out. There were times where I would help her with some of the chores, but if it is later on in the day it is difficult for me. We were out for most of the day today and it is quite tiring for me to do that. It also did not help that we were driving the truck that has extremely stuff leafs and suspension, so every bump in the road that Mel hit I felt. I am pretty sure she always doing it on purpose for pay back for all that I have put her through. Every time she saw a pot hole she swerved into it. It was a rather pleasant experience. Xavier won his game today, but in the third period he seemed to have forgotten that he was a goalie and let in 2 goals on 2 shots. In his defense though it was our top scorer from last year, and he had all of the time in the world but it still annoys me to watch him let those goals in. As I am quite tired I am going to try and rest now.
Q