Hoping April Showers Bring Sunshine With Them

March was a hard month. I don't know if it was the dreary weather, the memories surrounding this month, the stress of things at work or more likely a combination of all of the above. Regardless, I welcomed the arrival of April I am hoping that the sun will shine more this month and my attitude will brighten along with the sun.

Hope.....

Michael gets another scan tomorrow. I am nervous about this one. This medicine is supposed to be the latest and greatest. I don't know that we have many other options if this one doesn't work. The seizure last week scared me. How do you keep having hope when you just seem to keep getting knocked down?

Not so good at this

So, I am not so great at keeping up with this blogging! I am much better at being a lurker - keeping up with reading others blogs, even friends of friends blogs! Just not so good at keeping up with my own.

Michael started new treatment this week. We are hopeful that it will reduce the tumor that wasn't responding to the other cancer meds. We got a great report from the neurosurgeon this week. He got the all clear from him. They were able to remove all of the tumor. He has to get another scan in three months to make sure it doesn't come back.

On a positive note, we are looking foward to celebrating our one year anniversary next month. We are going on a cruise!! We are both very excited as it will be the first cruise for both of us! We will depart from Mobile, AL on our anniversary, October 10th! We are equally excited about stopping to visit Michael's cousin, Nathanael and Erin, on the way home. Michael speaks very highly of Nathanael, so I am excited to get to know both of them better.

My Sweet Valentine

This weekend Michael and I got to celebrate our first Valentine's Day together. He did a really good job of making the day special for me. He took me to dinner at Macaroni Grill. We passed the restaurant on our way home from small group on Thursday night and I mentioned that it was one of my favorites, but that I rarely go because of the cost. So, he picked up on that and took me! He also had concert tickets for a concert at Graceland Baptist Church. We really enjoyed the first two artists (Jason Gray and Matthew West). We didn't care as much for the other band. So, we left a little early and Michael took me to Graeter's for icecream! Another favorite! He did a very good job making me feel special that night. It was good as tensions have been high at the house. He had to take some vacation time to get through last week. He developed pretty severe blisters on his feet during this round of treatment. He also developed a skin infection that make things rough. Luckily, he took his last dose for this round on Friday. They will do a scan next Monday to determine if the medicine has been helping. Please keep him in your prayers. They will do the scan at 3 p.m. on Monday, February 23rd.

Snow Day!!

I have mentioned before that I attend Bible Study on Tuesday mornings. The rule is that if Jefferson County Schools are closed, then we do not meet. I must admit, I felt like a little kid again laying in bed at 5 a.m. watching the news to see if I had to get out of bed and go, or if I could roll over and get a couple more hours of sleep before work! I was so excited when Jefferson County came in as closed!! I ended up not making it to work either. Michael called and said the roads were really bad. So, I did some work from home today. I feel bad that I didn't get more done around the house. I should have worked on the house more. It has gradually gotten into a major state of disarray. Michael is nice about it though and takes partial responsibility when it gets in this shape. He hasn't been doing much around the house. He usually comes home from work and falls asleep. The medicine is pretty rough on him, but he continues to work everyday. I appreciate his endurance to get up and do that!

We have family night at my parents this Saturday and then Superbowl on Sunday. I praying that Michael is feeling well enough to participate in the festivities!

Scrapbooking!!

Tonight I got some much needed girl time. My friend Donna and I went to Archivers to Scrapbook. I absolutely love to scrapbook. It give me a creative outlet and allows me to remember people and places that I love so much! I started worked on some pages from the honeymoon tonight. It was fun to relive the fun times we had in New York. This has beena rough week for Michael and I. But, we worked things out. I am so thankful for a husband that is willing to learn and wants to step up and be a good husband. I am praying that the Lord will surround him with some strong Chistian men who are godly husbands that he can learn from. If they teach him nothing else, possibly just to reassure him that Im not crazy! Im a woman and I get weepy and emotional at times. It doens't necessarily mean he did something wrong. We went and see Bride Wars on Tuesday. A very funny movie, but I ended up crying at the end. He wanted to know why in the world I was crying, and he didn't understand when I told him I didn't know!

Michael started round two of the sutent for the cancer last Saturday. So far, things are going well. We are hoping and praying that things go smoothly this go around. We appreciate continued prayers.

American Idol!!!

I'm so excited. The new season of American Idol is on as I type. I love this show. I like seeing the first ones where they have the super crazy people with absolutely no talent, and apparently no friends. It always kills me when people get up there and sing and say that their friends and family tell them how good they are. Seriously? Seriously?? I know that I cannot sing well. And, I know my family and friends are honest enough that if I was living in a delusional world where I thought I actually had talent and wanted to audition on national tv, they would set me straight. They are supposed to have the Louisville auditions on tonight. It would be neat to see someone that I actually know.

On a different topic, they did another protein level on Michael. I dropped off the sample on Monday morning and they said that we could call later this week and find out the results. Michael is confident that the results are going to be better than the last time. I wish my faith was as strong as his. He believes that God is going to heal him of the cancer and everything. I am much more cynical. It's hard for me to have faith that God is going to heal him. I think I have too much baggage from James. I prayed for years that God would heal James, and he never did. Its hard for me believe that Michael's situation is going to have a different outcome.