Sunday, April 23, 2023

I’m coming up on my third post-treatment week and I’m feeling good. I don’t think I felt as bad this time around, although I did have some bad days. I think having the trip to Vancouver interrupted my “usual” schedule and that may have made a difference. I had my last injection this morning.

This week I’ll be busy preparing for our three-week stay in Vancouver. I want to take some non-sewing projects with me so I’m figuring out what I might take and then doing a bit of work on each project to be sure I have everything I need. Pat suggested some knitting so I’ve started knitting a baby blanket; just a few more tweaks and it can go into my suitcase. I’ll take my next sashiko project; it takes very few supplies so I don’t think I’ll need to do a test. There are a couple of other projects I’m considering – both of them are crochet. One takes a bin-full of yarn and I still need to do some design work on the other one. There should be room in the truck if I can’t decide and end up taking both.

The weather has been absolutely miserable so we haven’t even been out for walks. I’m also waiting for some good weather to weed a patch of the garden bed so I can plant my sunflowers. Pat will take the weed whacker to the grass in the yard. Most of the weeding in the beds will have to wait until we get home.

We’ve been watching and enjoying some of the Stanley Cup playoff games. I think my new favourite team is Edmonton, although I’m hoping for all of the Canadian teams that are playing. Will’s favourite player is on the Edmonton team and one of the players that we used to see when we had season tickets to the Vancouver Giants now plays for Edmonton. There really are very few players whose names I recognize.

I had a good sewing day with Stacia and Deloise last week and I’m making progress on my monthly UFO. I hope to finish my Baubles Galore cross stitch before we leave but I’ll have to keep at it as there is still a lot to go.

I’m not looking forward to my next round of treatments but it will be good to move on and be that much closer to just recovering.