Thursday, March 6

Full day in the office for the third day in a row, and I'm tired. But it's been a very busy week and, as I always say, busy-ness is best. Tonight Lucia had musical rehearsal, and both girls had piano. Andrew went to a parent meeting at the Steel City boathouse, the official start of Greta's spring crew season. The girls and I squeezed in an episode of Lost.

Some possibly good news in the Story of the Retaining Wall: Andrew met another mason today, and this guy said that part of the wall (the part that didn't collapse) could be preserved, and that we don't need to take down the big tree. He didn't give an estimate yet but this sounds like a potentially lower cost. 

I wore the Amazon wig to work today and a colleague I don't see very often complimented me on my new hair style. Lesson from this awkward encounter, where I announced it was a wig and then realized this colleague had no idea I'm going through chemo: if someone compliments one of my wigs, just say thank you and take it as a WIN for the $25 well spent.

We're rounding the corner of week three of this cycle, which is great because I feel great, but not great because the next cycle of labs and chemo looms. I'll stay busy this weekend. I've gained another pound, by the way. Two pounds to go until I'm back in my typical weight territory.