Week 14 - Study and Yarn

I had hopes of another normal week but also figured I get the call about the study. If I got in, I'd have a 50/50 chance of being in the radiation group but I'd cross that bridge when they called.

I started Monday dropping packages all over town - the big box of yarn at the hardware store for UPS pick up and several at the post office. After shipping off most of the Jean Moss books, I'd pulled emails from years old trip contact lists and had found takers for the last 2 so dropped those off too, happy to be done with book distribution. I then moved all the yarn and projects from the back room into the front room and did all the floors, ending the day knitting at the library.

I got the call Tuesday. My cells had passed the test so I was in the study but I lost the coin toss so was in the radiation group. I would have had the same amount of radiation if I hadn't done the study so it was just delayed. The gave me an appointment next week to see the radiation oncologist again and get my radiation schedule. Oh well. Thems the breaks.

I had done all the neatizing and cleaning because Lori would be in Wahoo on Wednesday for a hair appointment and was coming over for lunch. She called on Tuesday afternoon to say she was sick and couldn't come so I got busy. It was the first of the month so there were new socks and tallying entries for my sock group but then I started clearing surfaces. I started with some hot spots in the back room - the chest under the window and the Ikea rolling cart. It was a start.

With my newly clean house and a free day, it was time to tackle the front room. I had a Chewy box in front of the hutch where I'd been throwing donations so went through that  then started the big yarn sort. My friend Becky was planning her first Stuff for Strays sales of the season so I was going to donate another load of yarn for her to sell. I got out laundry baskets and started going through all the yarn I'd moved to the front room. That was step one and took most of the afternoon.

Since I had no appointments nor lunches with friends to take me to Lincoln, I needed to do a grocery run and had to convince myself it was OK to leave town just for shopping. There was a bagel shop in Omaha that I wanted to try out so I started there. I also hit a few thrifts, the bread store at the Rotella factory, Trader Joe's and Aldi. I had left early so I would be home to talk to Janice so after my last stop, I called her from the car and then we talked for another hour when I got home. It was nice to get out and about in Omaha rather than Lincoln or Fremont.

It felt good to have no obligations on Friday. I cleaned up the kitchen and fridge, zoomed with Cindy for work, ran errands in town, bagged up some yarn from Wednesday's sort and then settled in to watch Long Bright River and knit. I kept that up all weekend, bringing up yarn from the basement to go through when I was done with the upstairs yarn. I culled my yarn for making charity hats to 20 skeins that I put in an over the door shoe holder. I also did some cooking and chores and ended the weekend with bags and bags of yarn for Becky. 

So I enjoyed another normal(ish) week but it would be the last one for awhile since my radiation would most likely start soon after my meeting with the doctor on Tuesday. I wanted to be done before I needed to start my heavy spring garden work. Here's hoping.