Chondrosarcoma – ah shit, bob's sick

It’s already late, (11:15 pm) and I’m just settling down to write my post for this evening. I poured a big glass of iced Chaga tea and relaxing in my chair.

It rained all day today, and it was cool for summer day. It’s the last weekend of summer and Alberic is getting ready to go back to school! He’ll be in 6th Grade this year! Yikes, time goes by so fast.

Today, I made out a “bunch” of invoices for our server company Scifillian. I’ve been slacking in that department … probably because I don’t seem to have the  ”drive” at the moment. I can’t really complain about business because its actually been pretty good lately. We’ve been adding new clients and websites to our servers every month. I feel lucky about that because in the current economic climate, I thought we’d be going in reverse. That’s a good thing because it helping support us financially and I’m not sure how much work I’ll be able to continue doing outside of the house.

I recieved several emails from a good (great) friend in Sweden over the last few days and they have been so comforting to read. She had a problem similiar to mine several years back, and we have kept in touch ever since. She didn’t have cancer, but she did have a series of very serious brain tumors. I always enjoy hearing from her. I hope someday maybe she’ll publish her own inspiring story about how she personally dealt with it.

I got a lot of email, phones call etc etc. about last nights article ” Road Trip To Boston” … but I think this morning post calmed that down.

I felt “crummy” today, it’s the first day that I had some different kind of back pain, and I’m not sure what it’s from. There could be several reasons for it, for one thing, I used to have this huge old 26 inch monitor and it broke, so I got a new one and disconnected it and brought it out to the barn … but it was heavier then I realized. I also drove 6 hrs. yesterday to Boston … that could’ve done it too. Of course it could be new pains from the cancer, but I don’t think so. At least I hope it isn’t. The pain I’m experiencing from the cancer is mostly in my legs. The nerves and muscles are being stretched by the tumor and that causes some constant pain.

Sher brought some giant carrots in from the garden! I was amazed at large they were. I haven’t paid much attention to the garden this year but Wow! … they were great. She had planted them for Al (he loves raw carrot sticks) and they were the best carrots I’ve ever seen that were grown in Vermont.

As of right now, I’m planning on going to work all week in White River Junction (as long as I’m feeling well enough). I enjoy that. I feel like I’m getting trapped in the house a little too much lately … so it should cure that feeling. I work at a small company called Aris Solutions and I must honestly say that its the nicest place I’ve ever worked at. Most of my life I’ve been in my own business … but this place is just amazing. The people and the bosses are just some of the nicest people I’ve ever met.

I guess today was a kind of quiet day and beleive me thats ok with us. We’ve had our hands full of excitement lately and its wonderful to have a break.

I didn’t have a chance to add the new audio file from Bostons trip yet but I hope to sometime tomorrow. It contains our discussion with Dr. Delaney and it pretty interesting to listen to. I also set up a contact page for this website. Folks have been asking how to contact me so I thought I’d try it … we’ll see, if it gets out of control, I’ll just turn it off.

I also added a few new items to CookingWithoutBob today … now that was fun.

Well, I think thats it for this evening. I’m tired, its rainy and cold, and I’m ready for a long sleep. But if you’re wide awake yet, go check out my friends site at StreamingOldies.com and listen to some tunes!