New Years Eve

Two days into the final chemo. It's been worse and I'm hoping to get over it quickly. A lovely morning here in Davidson, 55 degrees at 10:30, sunny blue skies. Maybe puppies will get a long outdoor playtime.

Think I'd better get a guitar in my hands before the next wave of unpleasantness hits.

Seems that everyone is ready to kiss 2011 goodbye and start 2012 with a renewed sense of optimism.

One of the most amazing things about us humans is our ability to see a brighter future than our present.   

home from chemo and ...joke

Home from 7 hours of chemo. Sick almost immediately. Last one scheduled to cure this cancer.

Watch the UNC-Elon game.

Humor ahead:

chemo tomorrow (last one)

Hi Friends,

Chemo tomorrow, so I'll spend the day getting things ready. It is easier if I don't have things I have to do for the next few days. My brother and his girlfriend will be helping out through the weekend.

Enjoying watching the Republican candidates race to the extreme right heading into the first state primaries. Personhood, my ass.

Christmas Eve Day

Christmas tomorrow. Going to my step-mother's for a late lunch. I'll pick up a couple of new sweaters and hand out gift cards. I guess without kids, the holiday is none too exciting.

Still finding it hard to walk very far. Next chemo in 5 days. The last one. Hit a fatigue spell the last couple of days. Laying in provisions for the days after chemo.

The daylight hours are few now. I'm out with the dogs each morning before the sun rises.

Watched Woody Allen's, "Midnight in Paris" today. Recommend.

Actually went to the theater to see the American remake of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" yesterday. Recommend, although the original Swedish version is better.





Restrung the Martin and much improvement. Some guitars can tolerate dying strings better than others. Also restring my 1986 Yairi, the guitar I bought to take to grad school in Athens. Even after buying 6 more great guitars (Gibson, Santa Cruz, Martin, Yamaha, Yairi) I can report that my choice in 1987 was spot on. I've always had a good ear for tone.



Think I'll go play it now.

rainy day

I just haven't been feeling all that philosophical lately. I feel like I am "circling the wagons" in my mind and in my life. Making sure I'm attending to the simple things; the house, the bills, the puppies, and my health. Once all these treatments are done, I hope to get in better physical shape, walking and working out. Sort of a physical rehabilitation.

The new antenna is working well. Now waiting for the solar conditions to create better reception. I need to take it down to make a simple adjustment. Just need to borrow a ladder.

Off to see the remake of the "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" this afternoon. UNC basketball tonight.

I'll sleep well tonight

Busy day ahead (that doesn't involve a medical procedure). Up at 6am, guitar playing, some light cleaning, or dog hair removal. My mother is coming for a visit and bringing two friends from Asheville.  Angelo plays guitar and we know many of the same songs. We're both baritones, so we struggle with the harmonies. They'll stay throught the afternoon and beat it back to Asheville before the traffic gets bad.

Then the piano movers will arrive, bringing a check. Took me three years to sell this damn piano. I hate that this piano brought so little money that I can't even buy a decent Gibson acoustic. Oh well. Like I need another guitar, lol.

UNC basketball late tonight.

My guests should be arriving in and hour or so, and I should get moving.

weird day

This morning I awake to find my back porch awash in water. The water seemed to have come in through the screen as though introduced through a large hose. I look around  and ask the workman next door if they had done it. Come to find out my upstairs tenet had left the water on again. Last time cost $650 to repair the ceiling. This time it ruined two Persian carpets that has been safe and dry out there for 4 years. Rick has offered to pay for them. I probably spent about $1,100 on them. I could file on my homeowners and just let him pay the deductible. The plan now is to let the water dry and assess the damage.

Then back to the second day of trying to get my dental insurance to pay their part, of a year old bill. Hours on the phone and looking for documents that are 3 years old. What I won't do for a $1,000. May have succeeded. Again.

My ex- and friend Vicki sent me another hat for Christmas. 

Woman interested in the piano has agreed to buy it. Not getting what I'd like but this is the 3rd Christmas. I've tried to sell it and she is only the second person to ever see it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a day and it's only 1:30p