Two weeks ago I learned that I can't get any writing done in the Batcave. No big surprise then that I got no writing done in the Batcave. It did not help (definitely not) that I was in a room of the Batcave with a tiny tv flung somewhere to the left and overhead of me... the screen of which I could not see... which had women fighting on Jerry Springer's show. and more women fighting. and some yelling. and then a rap off. That was a bad display of Americana. Nobody was nice. The mother and son sharing my room and watching the show were nice. But they seemed to really like watching not nice people. It boggles the mind.
Mom and I got a flat tire on the way to chemo. I couldn't find my iPhone with my pictures of the family. And Tom took the kids to the zoo with Brad and his baby Beatrice, so he couldn't give me his. Instead, I had grabbed my boot charm from Mia (thank you!) and my lioness from Amelie (George's piano teacher searched most of Manhattan for a lioness and finally found the perfect one in FAO schwarz). Another lioness... this time a mysterious soft lioness... showed up from New York on the day before Christmas. There was no note or return address. Anyone? Anyone? I tried to take her too, but Adeline keeps "borrowing" her and I couldn't find her as I ran out of the house.
I made it through the poke and the drugs. I made it through the time when I was without company. Mom was at yoga and then had to deal with AAA and USAA. AAA refused to come to change a tire without my physical presence at the car, which was impossible because I was in my chemo lab (45 steps away), so Tom had some heated words with them and turned to USAA.
Lucia, our nanny for 5 years, came today to see the kids and us. Adeline has been asking for her and the boys always love to see her. Her mother has been going through cancer and the same surgeries and pain. It's the first time we've seen her in 6 months, and we've missed her.
I'm feeling okay. We upped the dosage to the maximum for my body weight. I have a headache and am nauseated. I'm tired. The kids knew. We'd told them that I had the strong medicine today. Cole claimed a snuggle right away. George wanted "to talk" because he hadn't seen me all day. Adeline wanted me to stay with her until we fell asleep. I snuggled as much as I could, talked as much as I could and held Adeline until she fell asleep.
Now I get to fall asleep next to Tom. All in all it was still a good day.
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