This Past Weekend - Round II, Week II Continues

The chemo is definitely kicking in, making Jenny tired at times. This past weekend she was good one moment, then down the next. But all in all, this has been a much better round than the last one (RI WII.) Tuesday starts Round II, Week III – the week off from chemo where Jenny feels better just about every day.  She is looking forward to a good upcoming weekend.  Katie will be home for the holiday and Jen is looking forward to seeing her.

This past Friday afternoon, Jenny’s friend from work, Sue, brought a very thoughtful basket from the teachers at Barley Sheaf.  This is where Katie and Alan went to Elementary School and Jen (besides doing the homeroom Mom stuff there) did some substitute teaching.  Jen was overwhelmingly touched by the thoughtfulness of the staff there. (I need to point out that our anti-terrorist protocols discovered an undercover Sock Attack force hidden within this gift.  As it turns out, this was a sleeper cell that was activated prior to the sock treaty.  Once they met with the sock High Command, they peacefully stood down and took their place in the sock drawer.)

We made it out to LI late Saturday morning.  Friday night was a “down” night for Jen.  The treatment from Thursday was kicking in and she did not feel very well.  This gave me an opportunity to spend some time with the boy’s playing cards!  It turned out to be a late night for me.  So, when Jenny tried to get me up and going at 6:00 am (yes 6:00 on a Saturday morning) she had no luck what so ever,

We got out to the summer house around 2. First thing we did was hop in the boat to cruise the bay and see the Whitebread race.  But we got as far as the KP sandbar and the engine conked out.  In short, the water was not circulating through the engine so it over heated at high speeds.  We were able to get back to the dock. 

As background, the Whitebread is an annual event that Jenny has participated in for many years… when she was younger is was the “King of the Bays” race.  She wanted to see the start of the race (8:00 am) but that just did not happen.  Now she couldn’t get out too see the race’s finish.  Jenny was just about in tears.  Of course this is now frustrating living daylight out of me.  I knew how important it was to her.  I wanted to motor out to the race at low speed, watch the race and return but this would have been Stupid with a capital “S”

Fortunately, our friends the Millers and the Goellers came to our rescue.  They pick us up at the Galley Ho dock and we made it to the race’s finish.  Jenny was able to get a bunch of pictures.   Afterward, we spent some time hang out off Wickham’s beach for a few hours with some friends and their boats.

Afterward we went to the Whitebread party.  Although we had a good day, Jenny started to get tired so we left far earlier than usual. 

The amount of support that Jen received over the weekend was overwhelming. She enjoyed seeing everyone.  The same for me on both accounts. I truly appreciated everyone’s support!  Jenny knows that if prayers and good thoughts can cure a disease, she’s cured!   Jenny appreciates all the well wishes on e-mails, phone calls, Facebook, and cards in the mail. This gives Jenny something to look forward to at all points of the day so please keep it up!  Again, Jenny and I thank you all for your support!