Week Thirty-Seven

(The Header is Carol, Chris, Heidi and Scott atop Mt Ralston at Echo Lake)

I had some technical difficulties with the blog site this morning…apparently some sort of domain certificate ran out and the website became ‘insecure’…meaning, among other things, that I couldn’t get on the site to add this week’s blog.

I called my ‘webmaster’ and a technician fixed the problem, but the blog will have to wait until Sunday afternoon before it gets composed.  We are off to San Francisco very shortly to see Vietgone, a play at the American Conservatory Theater.

Okay, we’re back, it’s Sunday afternoon.  The play, Vietgone, was excellent, written by a young Vietnamese whose parents escaped from South Vietnam in 1975.  It was a love story as well as a look at the American involvement in the war from a South Vietnamese perspective….they were glad/appreciative we were there, trying to help them.

Well, anyway, back to blog-topic stuff…

Weight this week very steady, 127.5 lbs last Saturday, 127.5 this Saturday (yesterday).

I missed going to the gym while up in Oregon last week, but did get in a workout back here on Friday, then that afternoon played golf…18 holes for the first time. I was pretty tired that night, but not too worn out right after the game.  My score was probably 10 strokes above my handicap, and I have lost a lot of distance on my shots.  But, I did play 18 holes and did have some decent holes, including a few pars.

I guess my only complaint for the week is the uncomfortable feeling I get when I have too much to eat.  I try to eat as much as possible to maximize calories and protein, but if I go too far I get a quasi-nauseous feeling.  Gotta somehow identify the ‘max point’ before I get there.

Next week I go in for an MRI on my prostate, to see if the cancer there is still low grade and localized.  And then on Wednesday I see the doctor to get the results of my PET scan from a week ago Friday.  The PET scan will show whether or not the cancer is all gone, so that’s a biggie.

I guess that’s about it for this week.

I’ll leave you with another Lenten reading.  This one is the result of our spending a few days near Grants Pass with son Scott and wife Heidi.  They live just off of Jump Off Joe Creek Road in a quaint little abode that looks out over a crease in the mountains and above a creek.  It’s very peaceful there.

Lenten Reading #19

A trumpet rests on the floor in the front

Beside it a smooth electric old bass

A six string acoustic adds to the hunt

Close by, a bongo drum, there just in case.

 

A computer monitor on a stand

Flanked by speakers with succulents atop

Across the room is the piano land

Where a player might play Chopin or Bach.

 

Out the window there lies a pine-covered crest

The down slope sprinkled with thin-skinned madrones

And Jump Off Joe Creek is a watery guest

Meandering loud past moss-covered stones.

 

An Idyllic place in forest north west

A home for a puppy and a baby soon

And two thoughtful people filled with a zest

For living and loving and singing their tune.