Mustache.

Woah.

Sorry about the no post last night.

it was completely unintentional. The Marsh got me completely absorbed in this climbing Mt. Everest movie and I just completely forgot. People dying on a mountain will do that to ya.

anyway. so tonight I'll be grateful for two things. first up, what i had originally planned to blog about last night...

I am grateful that my washing machine is only sort of fucked broken. It's been acting funny for awhile, and then yesterday morning it just completely died. and then my basement started to smell like it was going to burn down.

good times.

so The Marsh called Sears to have them come take a look at it. at first we thought it was the motor or transmition. and it was going to cost more than the freaking thing was worth to replace either one of those parts. so the repair guy gave The Marsh a coupon for $100.00 off any new appliance and we were going to send him on his merry way. well he ended up discovering right before he left, that it was actually the timer that had something wrong with it, and he basically showed The Marsh how to replace it himself. after he left, The Marsh actually did one better and has managed to fix the thing to a point. the only really bad thing right now is that the washing machine won't actually shut off by itself when it's running, so someone has to be home to stop it. but since i spend about 98% of my life in this house, thats not really a problem. and it buys us a little bit more time before we need to get a new one. so....I'm grateful for that.

and TONIGHT, I'm grateful because my father-in-law is FINALLY able to take a break from chemo.

He's been having chemo since, what? like feb. now I think? and that's just a long time. chemo takes a huge toll on his body. he's always feeling sick because of it and he isn't able to see my children as much. and of course, he also lost all of his hair which up until this point he had managed to keep. it's just been unpleasant all around. we've been a little worried about him for our up coming trip to disney world in october, because having the chemo every 3 weeks he hasn't been able to recover from all of it at all. he's weak, and we didn't want the trip to be too much for him, but with a few months with no chemo, hopefully he'll be feeling much better and be able to gain some of his strength back.

the doctors decided after taking another scan of him today that his body was pretty much done responding to this particular chemo cocktail he's been on. it's done a pretty good job at breaking up his lymphoma, but he's pretty much plateaued at this point. which isn't necessarily a bad thing. they're just going to let his body rest for a few months, gain back some strength and then if need be they'll put him on a new type of chemo in the next few months.

but i'm grateful that he gets to take a break for a little bit. hopefully feel better and really enjoy our vacation.and i'm grateful that he'll get a chance to grow some of his hair back. it's already starting to come in. and dude is finally rocking a killer mustache again.

Thanks for reading!
Lana