Still Here

After 2 years of fighting this cancer, it is weird to say I am used to it.  Chemo has become a way of life to us.  The kids don't really even register that I have cancer anymore. That is a curse and a blessing all in one. There are rather high expectations where my energy is concerned.  The expectations are set upon me by me but my Joe and the kids are guilty of this too.  I won't stop until I literally drop.  I monitor my energy level. I nap before big events or long activities and then I usually plan one day in bed a week. (This does not mean I don't get really angry or depressed sometimes but it kind of like "Oh well...." around here)

Joe is gone until SEPT 3. Yes, I said 3 months.  It will benefit us in the end but right now I feel like I have Satan at all four sides and he is whipping my butt. I am pretty stubborn by nature.  I am trying not to add to my plate (which is full to the brim right now).  Don't worry, I am armed with various weapons-figuratively and literally.

My prayer request is an odd one.  The regular "heal me prayer" is always the first thing I ask for from my friends.  Pray that I am miraculously healed. COMPLETELY.
But my second prayer is that I publish my novel.  I want to leave that as a legacy and a provision for my family.  Some people have relayed to me that this should be the last thing I worry about. Well, I still have dreams cancer can not erase.  If you pray, I appreciate it!

Caged Up Humor:)

Kids see things so different.  Today, during Ethan’s award ceremony, SJH showed a super cute video of the 8th graders.  Total goof balls…..loved it.  It was set to the Katy Perry song, Roar.  The kids danced, held up signs, and just generally acted like fun kids!  Wish I had the money on the spot to buy the dvd but I didn’t.  

Anyway, there was this one part where it showed where the band equipment goes-rows of like giant cages (lockers).  Bigger than my Labrador's huge kennel. In the middle of the video, the kids had gotten in them and were “rattling” the cages.  (Note:  I worked for this school.  ALL CONTROLLED….NO ONE WAS LOCKED IN THEM!!! I repeat no children were harmed in the making of this graduation video!)  

I was laughing so hard.  Ike did NOT find it amusing.  Here is the conversation that followed.

Ike:  Those JERKS…they are putting kids in cages!  (His face was priceless…total outrage.  I tried to keep a straight face.)

Me:  Shhhh….Ike!!  Oh no, honey…..that isn’t…

Ike:  Is that what they DO IN MIDDLE SCHOOL?

Me:  No, it is joke, they aren’t really…

Ike: That’s NOT funny.  Wait, is my brother, Ethan in there?

Me:  No. Honey, no one is in there. No one is in a…

Ike:  Is Zach? (friend of Ethan’s)

Me:  No

Ike: Is Colton? Is Andy? Is Allyn?

 (The list went on and on and by this time the parents behind me were giggling.  Ike’s grave expression was priceless.)

Me:  No (to all).  Ike, it was a joke.  It was just to make the video funny.  

Ike:  Well, it’s not funny and they better not put my brother in there.  You don’t put kids in cages. What is wrong with this school?   

Me:  (Trying to calm him down because he was getting louder and louder and more outraged) Hush.  No one is in a cage.  Oh my gosh. 

Ike mumbled for about five more minutes about the unfair life of middle school students.  

At the end of the ceremony, an administrator (awesome principal who I worked for in the past) spoke and made reference to the video.  I don’t remember his exact words but it was something like “I saw some great dance moves and some not so great dance moves.  I saw some cages.  We don’t have that in high school.”  

We all laughed.  The kids laughed. 

Ike said, “See, he didn't think it was funny either.”  

Classic.  I have laughed all day even though a particular 8 year old still doesn’t see the humor!!!