Cheesebread really comes out better when you let it rise two times. I was making the bread yesterday for the staff at the cancer center and A asked if I would make one to go with the soup she was going to make for dinner. If I let the family bread rise twice it would have taken too long and the meeting B was having at 7 at our house would have bumped into dinner time. SO I let OUR bread rise only one time. It was tastey, but the second bread was BEAUTIFUL. I bagged individual pieces this morning and put them in a life is good bag and handed them out to the secretaries, nurses, vounteers and technicians at the center. Today is Presidents Day and the center was to be closed for the holiday except they had too many medical oncology patients to accommodate and thus some staff came in to work. The other parts of the center were closed. It was just the right day to bring a gift of gratitude. They were so appreciative and if you’ve ever had Nonni’s cheese bread, you know why. It’s the ultimate.
All went well. Several “special” folks came to me to comment on this being #11 of 12. We started talking about the transition and saying good bye. It was really natural and groovy. I wore my favorite blue Keen shoes with no socks as it felt like spring to me. I didn’t feel like I needed ‘tallitude’. Several came to see the drawings I was finishing up and, of course today’s panel.
I walked in the house after the grocery store after the infusion and E said “wow, Mom, you look tired.” I said “yea, I ‘m going out for a short walk with D to get some fresh air and move my body and then I’m going to cool it for a while.” He brought his bike along with me and ended up going to hang with his buddy, who happens to be D’s son. I went further than I intended to but felt so much better after fresh air and wonderful conversation. And now me and the Kat-man-doo, our big siamese are hanaging and resting. It will most likely be just B and I for dinner which is perfect.
All’s well. This is Round 2, Cycle 11, day 1. These cycles are 7 days. Pretty soon I will have a day 8 which will be the furthest away from chemo that I’ve been in 12 weeks. Just the thought of that makes me smile. I can do this.
I think one of lifes coolest things is to perfectly anticipate the sometimes complex and conflicting feelings around an upcoming event, take action to catch them all, and have everything work out as you foresaw. Sounds like you nailed this one.
I’m tired today and think that perhaps next week I’ll have less energy to do stuff, so yea, I’m glad I did it. It is nice when it all works out. Days like today my timing is all off…thankfully they are not the norm.