Update from Sun. 6/19 - 6/25 and ceiling fans

Sorry that I haven't posted in a week...

Sunday-Went to church in the am, and in the afternoon, went to see Nacho Libre with a friend. It was okay, but save your $$ and just watch the DVD when it comes out...
Monday- Dave Johnston came over to look at some of my electrical quirks and fix them, and in the course of the conversation we talked about ceiling fans and how it would be really good if I did have them. He graciously offered to put them in for me so I started thinking about it more. That night, I went to the James' house to hang out in the evening with folks and it was a nice time. It was really great to see little Hannah Berg who seems to have her mother's gentle and peaceful diposition, which I just love. I also went to church and did some planning for the video cafe service with Scotty, which was fun. While I was there, I talked to Vonnie Miller and she said that she wanted to help with the ceiling fans which was so great, because they can be expensive. So, I was pretty set to move ahead on that front which was great. Physically my sleep pattern seems to get really messed up on the non-chemo week and I'm not sure why, but crazy stuff like up from 2:30 until 3:45 but then needing to sleep in the afternoon sometimes. I'm pushing myself now to stay up the whole day or just rest for a shorter time so that I can hopefully sleep through the night.
Tuesday-Went to get my bloodwork done to see how my counts were and they were fine, and I didn't need any additional shots, which was good news. This was the same day that James and Sherry DiBari shaved my head and it was great (btw, that's in a different post). After that, I went to see a friend who is a breast cancer survivor who chose to have a double mastectomy with reconstruction, and she showed me the end product and there really are some good things about it. For one, you never have to wear a bra again and there's a minimal chance of the cancer coming back in the breast tissure becaue it's all gone. the visit with her was great because it made me much less apprehensive if that's something that I'll have to face doing down the line. I still think that I'm probably BRACA negative, which means that I won't have to have other things removed and I can just do lumpectomy with radiation-if I need to. I have one friend that prophecises that I won't have to have surgery becuase it will be all gone. I love his faith and that would be soo cool.
That night a friend took me to a great steak dinner and it was really wonderful. I'm into steak these days...and mashed potatoes, too...
Wednesday-Rested and then had worship rehearsal in the evening with Surrender and Scotty to prepare for Video Cafe on the weekend. It was great to be back together again playing and having a good time. We learned a couple of new songs as well. Roy and David hadn't seen my bald head so that cracked them up. I think I wore my rasta hat to rehearsal. Good times.
Thursday-Did some work with music planning and then went to mexican food and saw the Break Up, which was good.
Friday-Returned phone calls, went to the bank and paid medical bills. Skip Osgood came over and gave me a book that shows you how to decipher your blood work readings and that was helpful. I also rehearsed a little, and Todd and Glynis came over to help me lok at celing fan options and it was so great to have their help! I e-mailed my family to ask them if they wanted to contribute towards them and my granmother really blessed me and said that she would pick up the approximate $500 cost. It was so cool. That really was neat. That night for dinner, Debbie Geyer came over and brought me a steak, salad and mashed potatoes. Chris makes a great steak. She also did some shopping for me which was great, and brought by all of the stuff at the same time as the dinner. Meanwhile, my e-mail had some bugs so Todd was talking on the phone with Paul talley about how to resolve it and it was just fun to have so much going on at the same time.
Saturday-Did some rehearsing in the morning and then brought my keyboard with me to church that night since we had a little more of an acoustic feel that evening. People really seemed to like the format. It was great to have the two Daves: Dave Ramirez playing congas and Dave Morales on bass. I think it really turned out well. It's just neat on Saturday nights because it really seems like there is becoming a sense of community and cameraderie there and that is so cool. Afterwards, went to dinner. Later I discovered that I had a urinary tract infection which kind of scared me because I've never had one before so I didn't know what to look for. Seeing blood in my urine kinda scared me so I called the doctor. I called Glynis and she went to pick up my prescription and some cranberry juice and some pro-biotics. I was so grateful to have her help and to know that I can call the doctor even on Saturday night if I need to. I even found out wher the 24 hour pharmacy was. One funny thing was that I was totally pounding the liquids to the point where I couldn't sleep very long and in one trip actually tripped and fell on the toilet (okay, how is that possible) no, really, I did, so I have this bruise up my backside that i just see and laugh. I really really hurt at the time, but all I could do afterwards was laugh at how funny the whole situation was.
Sunday-Okay, I hardly slept on Saturday night but thank God Video Cafe worship went well. It was funny because each service seemed to have some variables of its own, which they always do, but it was really fun and it seemed like people were really responding, so that's great. That's what it's all about, helping people to worship the Lord. It was really wonderful to see and hug and talk to lots of people and I sure wish that I could have seen more. That's okay, cuz I'll see them next week :-). The wig was a big hit in video cafe as well as the saturday night venue. Fun!