Diet Diary - Day 10

April 29, 2002
     Day 10 Thursday April 25, 2002 Chemo Day

      I believe we have to leave by 7:45 AM for the hospital - this is our early day I think. Meeting someone at noon at the mall to get scented candles I had ordered. My Easy Spirit sandals - very old high-heeled slip on feel good wear like iron sandals - are showing signs of wear after three years. I lived in them in the hospital. Maybe I will peek into their store. Chemo should be brief. Kid has been working out for a month, looking good.
     
      Email says candles will have to wait. Oh well. Will go home and do dishes - I am ignoring them. They are crawling out of the sink. They have not started moving on their own which is when you want to do them. Should be home early today I think. Need to vacuum family room again. Didn't I just do that?
     
      OK - so I wasn't home early. He had the horrid stuff today and back on IV Benadryl so I got home around 4 PM. We were early at the hospital. I had served breakfast (cereal) and we had coffee (white mocha for me) and tea (for him). Then we went in to the Day Hospital. I had a book. He slept because they hit him pretty fast. I read P.D. James. Two murders already.
     
      I came home to papers I must fill out for a job interview and email in all directions. I need to run to the post office with the deposit (certified) in the morning before driving down. I had ferried a chicken sandwich and big salad to him for lunch, I had a salad and 1/2 of that chocolate chip cookie I had shoved in my purse yesterday. I came home and wanted --- waffles. So I made Belgian waffles and I made the kid a ham and cheese sandwich. He had one waffle. I had one waffle and the little bit leftover, drenched in defrosted raspberries. I had this sudden desire for comfort food. If I had CoolWhip in the house, I would have added that. I only had chocolate RediWhip. Pass.
     
      We need to drive to Team in Training tonight and find out about dates for the two Giant's Games. I probably ate the waffles because I knew it would be a long night and I would be tired, and I needed energy. It also gets cold at night and I need to stay warm.
     
      The trick tomorrow will be to find nylons, girdle (light) and shoes never mind a dress and jacket. I haven't dressed up since March 5th. Time to sort that mass I call a closet! I have two metal pipes that should run the length of the small third bedroom. I want them as closet poles. Hmmm. Call the contractor.
     
      For now, I run out to water the yard (still hopeful some grass will sprout out back). I also still want the front yard soft so I can plant tomatoes. That MUST happen this week-end! Procrastinate. Procrastinate. Procrastinate. My mantra.
     
      We did training at the track tonight (we are the cheering section). It got suddenly cold. From 80-degree days to "expect snow on the hills this weekend". I was actually beginning to get hypothermic when we drove home. I turned up the heater and blasted us until I could feel myself relax. At home by 9PM, I fixed a whole wheat English muffin, peanut butter and jelly for me, a Healthy Choice Peanut Thai bowl for him. I will now take all my pills (I sometimes take only the Rx stuff in the morning).
     
      I am now, having driven back and forth to San Jose twice in two different cars, in traffic, tired. I drive back in the morning. For now, I wish to sleep.