Never a dull moment

It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon....

Made it through the last round of AC chemo on Monday, with almost no snow to drive through to get there for a change. I think this time is going a bit better than the last, although I am still struggling with the heavy eyelids today. It sounds kind of funny, but I feel pretty good as long as I just lay back with my eyes shut. The thing that's a drag is that I get to thinking that I could be doing something, but then it turns out to be quite a struggle to keep my eyes open when I try. Nevertheless, I'm sick and tired of being cooped up at home so I ventured to work today and am still hanging in there, writing this on my break.

Tuesday night Rob was off refereeing a hockey game and I was settling in on the couch for a quiet evening, watching Dirty Jobs, waiting for that lousy feeling from the Neulasta shot to kick in. Suddenly a guy with a big flashlight rings the doorbell, which sends the dogs through the roof. Turns out to be a city Police Officer, informing me that there is a gas leak on the next block over and that we would need to evacuate for an unknown length of time. Am I just lucky or what? Actually, I am lucky enough to have friends I can call for refuge from a gas leak, and so I packed up the dogs and myself and headed on over to RoxAnn's house. I am thankful for that because the folks who didn't have a place to go ended up on cots at the National Guard Armory until 3 am. I ended up in a cozy bed in borrowed pajamas, with the dogs safe in the car inside the garage for the evening. When we got the all clear at 3 am, I relocated back to my house since I was already awake from getting the all clear call, and because I wanted to get the dogs back home too. Wednesday morning I ended up sleeping until almost 10:30, which is super late for me. So I guess one benefit of this disruption in my evening was that I got to sleep through more of the Neulasta day than normal.

Now I'm just hoping that the heavy eyelids will lighten up soon...