How Does He Do It?

I looked outside my bedroom window Thursday morning as I was drinking coffee and thinking about the day ahead. I spied this guy in his usual corner of my garden showing off the last of his tomatoes. I don't know how he does it, but he manages to leapfrog me every year-if I put in 3 tomato plants, he has to plant 4. If mine stop producing in October, his go clear into November. Fortunately he is kind and shares them with me. Tee hee, as Susan says.

Well it is October no more, since I'm writing this on the evening of November 1st. We have set our clocks back, and I'm already missing the daylight. The weekend weather in Asheville was unseasonably warm and rainy. At one point, I was pretty sure I'd been transported to Seattle or some other Pacific Northwest clime. Today, finally, it was a respectable 45F with at least some patches of blue sky for a few minutes. That sunshine was a welcome sight. I used it to do a terrific 8 mile run around Beaver Lake (my first in over 7 weeks after my hamstring pull) and to clean up the garden a bit. I only had time to transplant a few perennials & trim some wild grapevines before heading back to Hillsborough. There is always next weekend to tackle the next two or three jobs that need to be done.

I'll be seeing my bone marrow doc and his PA later this week. I have an appointment with Dr Long and Tanya this Thursday afternoon, my usual 3 month follow up. Since they skipped the bone marrow biopsy when I saw them in July, I suspect that I won't be so lucky this time. I am hoping that all will be well with my blood counts, and maybe, just maybe, I can defer this biopsy too.

I have another big anniversary coming up this week. My last hospitalization for chemo last year was November 4-8th. I had 2 treatments each day on the 4th, 6th, and 8th. You can bet Holly and I will be celebrating how far we've come. As I always say, Yippee!!!