Three down; Five to go
Topic: September 2005
Yesterday was treatment no. 3. Nothing unpredictable. Saw the doc, said my blood work ws great. what I did learn is that my blood count goes back to normal between each treatment; so it is not like it is "bad" all the time, just for a period of about a week between treatments. So, it starts out normal, then slowly goes down to low, then crawls it's way back up to normal, then they infuse me. It takes about 3 hours for the infusion because they do each drug one at a time. My sister came along and did some homework and visited, then and DH came too. Afterwards we went to dinner, but I didn't eat too much; but wanted to eat something before the nausea and drrrrrrrrrry mouth set in. So, today, I'm tired, my mouth is dry and oh, aunt flo showed up with her luggage, so there's probably some PMS mixed in.... oh great!

This past weekend, my sister cindy and I went to Palm Springs and shopped until we ran out of money and ate until we had to unzip our jeans. It was a good weekend.

Oh, I almost forgot, I stopped at the LA County fair to check on my entries, and well.... drumroll... I got first place on each item. My jacket, shirt and purse (which I trew together and used an old belt for a handle) all won a blue ribbon. I was very excited. But, I was most excited for my friend who's entry won three ribbons, Blue/First, Best of Show and a Special Award from a local Quilt Shop. She wasn't with me and didn't want me to spill the beans and tell her and I could hardly contain myself. Here's a picture of her quilt which was hand and machine quilted with trupunto









here's a picture of my jacket, taken with my cellphone, so it is not a good quality, but you get an idea. It was all tailored and lined.










I can't wait to get it back, since it's the only jacket I have since everything was packed up until they fix the upstairs. Which, still hasn't had any progress, but I won't ruin my good mood with THAT story.