At Last, (and not the Etta James song)

it's been a long time since the blog has been updated, way too long aand i'm sorry about that.

i don't know where to start, (probably reading the last couple posts would have been good, but it's been so long that even i can't remember where it's at)

so, lets start in April, that's when things really started happening.

by now, everyone knows that jackie retired from anthem the 15th of april, (after almost 40 years on the job)

what most people don't know is that the last week, in and around all the fair well, and good luck parties, we got some bad news.

while the chemo was working on all the spots, and dots, and engaged lymph nodes, even clearing several, and giving jackie much clearer breathing and such,
a new spot was found in a scan on her liver.

with additional looking and scanning, it was determined that there was a new spot of cancer that was growing there, even while everything else was shrinking.

her chemo changed that week, and she went to a new treatment that now is a weekly dose of a different chemo.
(she is adapting well, and her new curly hair is still hanging on and acting however it chooses to)

we are not at a point in time where the doctor is ready for another round of scans, but jackie's mood, and drive, and all those other indications of well being are just fine.

on the regular side of life, several weeks ago, we went to St. Pete, in Florida to celebrate Chris and Sara's wedding.

it was a fantastic trip, did us both a lot of good, and we even got to see some homeless guy from the beach play the music at the wedding.
(no, wait... that was no 'homeless' guy, that should have said 'jobless' guy, me!)

the day after we returned i started a new job, (real job, no contracting), with Catholic Health Partners and so far, my badge is still working to open the doors every morning. (it appears that we DO need 'stinking badges')

other high points since the last posting are:

- there is now a new back door on the bodmo' house! (ok, it's big news to us)
- i turned 58 last week
- this week we had a very successful, and very fun MS fundraiser at 'Cheers to art' in maderia.

for upcoming news:

- gretchen and brian are getting married in Julaugust
- jackie and i both have 40th high school reunions this summer. (this makes me feel older then the whole 'turning 58' thing)

so, in the coming days/weeks/months, i think that our newly retired, and queen of free time, jackie, will be updating the blog, with occasional guess visits from me!

again,
sorry for such a dry spell, but hey if i can't neglect my bloggly duties, what can i do!

namaste,
dab