Blog of Random Thoughts
I am generally aware when there are some bugs on the website. Every once in a while I need to update certificates on the website as technically it uses some levels of security. None of the security really matter though because there is no real content on the site that anyone would want to steal…
I am not strong enough on my own. A lot of people have made comments about Melanie and my strength throughout this. What people may not really realize is that a lot of my strength is because of Mel. I am not sure she realizes the impact that she has on all of this. She…
Yesterday flew by as we spent most of the day doing our usual, going place to place to eat. Olivier made a remark to Melanie that was a bit heart wrenching. He had said that we go on a lot of trips for Xavier’s hockey and we went on this trip for a food run…
I started driving this morning and drove for approximately 45 minutes or so so Mel could eat breakfast and to see how I would do. I made sure not to push it too much so that I would not get too tired for the rest of the day. During our drive we were chatting and…
In case people are wondering, the titles for my posts sometimes come from songs that I happen to be listening to. This one is a random song that happens to be playing at the time and it is not really reflective of anything else. The patterns from chemo are starting to come back, but as…
I have not had any chemo for a while and there are a lot of things that I forgot about. The first one yesterday was the jaw lock when I first start eating, numbness and sensitivity to cold and worst of all, the incessant peeing on the first day of treatment. I think it is…
It always amuses me how many people read my blog, Mel’s coworkers read it and see insights into her life through my eyes, or friends of her get to experience the daily nuances of our life. Last night I found out that Mel was the one that invited my parents to our house. They had…
Last night we had some friends come over for a quick visit. Over the last couple of months we have had people bring various religious books to our place. A friend of mine asked if I would read the Quran and I said I would read whatever people brought me. Yesterday I got the NIV…
Yesterday for Mother’s day i spent a large portion of the day cooking things for breakfast and for dinner. Everyone loved it, but I was quite tired and struggled to clean up afterwards. My core pans I tend to wash myself as Mel is not a fan of washing my cast iron or my carbon…
In the middle of the night, sometimes it is difficult trying to be strong. When every motion in bed sends a shockwave of discomfort through your body and you know that this is the tip as it slowly gets worse over time. It is difficult to be positive. What comes to mind is all of…