Cathy Metzger's Blog
FOLLOW THE JOURNEY TO WELLNESS

Cathy had a full week of work and got there on her own.  She was tired when she got home and took a 1-2 hour nap each evening. We have an incredible time at her birthday celebration on Sunday which I think buoyed us up through the rest of the week.

The weather is changing to spring and that makes all of us happy, dogs included.  We are heading to Sarasota, Florida in 2 weeks for our annual vacation, this time with Erick and Patty again.  (Cathy’s brother and his wife)  This time we’ve spent our wad and have a place right on the beach.  Going to sleep and waking up with the surf sounds in our heads is my idea of heaven on earth.  It’s a bit bittersweet this year, because the Cincinnati Reds have taken their spring training to Arizona.  This means that Erick will have to suffer through the Orioles spring training and spend lots of wind educating his sister and sister-out-law about which players to watch, etc.  He’s an encyclopedia of baseball information and we come away from the games feeling like experts.  Ha, ha, ha!

Let’s not forget March Madness!  I promise to post news pictures this week, so stayed tuned.  Oh—-CONGRATULATIONS TO WASHINGTON, D.C. and all the same sex couples who now can get married.  It’s about time we all took our relationships seriously enough to be responsible for each other.  We can’t wait for Maryland to follow suit.  Watch the headlines so that you know when to expect your invitation.   XO from the Nation’s Capitol.

Yesterday we went to see a movie, and out for sushi…our first big night out since forever! And, I drank a beer, first since the tonsilectomy. Real life coming back!

I went to work all the days the Gallery was open this week, for about four-hour days. It was alright, not too exhausting. So, the blog is probably winding down…On March 9 I get a pet scan to see whether the cancer is gone; it gets read and interpreted for me a week later. So I’ll post the results, hoping for the luck of the Irish, on St. Patty’s day.

It keeps snowing and snowing. I can very happily use the “free” hours at work, since the government is closed, and there is plenty of time for napping while its white outside. The doggies thought they wanted to go for a walk, but soon decided a SHORT walk was plenty!

Can we go in, please?

going under

That’s what they call it when it lands on DC. Here are some snaps of what it looks like:

It is beautiful, and there is plenty of time to enjoy it because the Government is closed. So, we are snuggled in and healing.

Beth drove me down to the National Gallery today for a four-hour stint. It wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be…in fact, it was a little anti-climatic. I’ve been through so much, enormous changes, and the workplace seems like a very smooth,unruffled pond that didn’t change at all, except for the construction and plywood everywhere. Both reassuring and unsettling, the sense of time warp. The good news is that my energy held up just fine. Now tomorrow is predicted to have “historic” snowfall, so we are in a perfect situation to stay in, plant starts for our garden, and watch the fire burning in the fireplace.

I had though I would go downtown for a 4-hour workday today, but yesterday I was really not very well, with lots of dizzy spells and many naps. So, today I worked at home again. I’ll try to get to the National Gallery on Thursday. I got a call from a fellow-customer at Johns Hopkins, who had just gotten the all-clear from his PET scan! really wonderful to hear!

I was looking at back entries and  that helped me realize the progress that I’ve seen. For example, my mouth sores have gotten small and fairly insignificant…I don’t need Lidocaine mouthwash to eat anymore. This morning, for the first time since the end of treatments, I woke up feeling a bit of energy! So, spring is on its way, I’m sure of it now. And I think maybe we’ll put some seeds in to sprout. hooray, hope!