I think I'll make French toast

How does that sound?

I am in my last month of "eat anything you want."  I weigh more than I have ever weighed in my life, and I want French toast.

I usually don't keep bread in the house, but I bought some last week with the groceries.  We always have eggs, so it's going to happen!

Just a picture of Black Peter, lounging in his bed while I worked my ass off cleaning the house yesterday.  Isn't he gorgeous??

Why was I cleaning the house, you ask?  Because the free cleaning never happened.

I worked my ass off LAST weekend making sure that they had something to clean, and then they canceled our appointment at the last minute, and pushed me back a FULL MONTH.

I can't let it go any longer, because I worked so hard to get it ready, so I did it myself.

This morning, my feet and legs still hurt from being on my feet all day long....but WOW is this place CLEAN!  Nice to do a spring cleaning.

Would have been nicer if the charity that's supposed to help chemo patients clean their homes had done it, though!

I was really excited about that happening, and was VERY aggravated when they called it off.

They said something about how they can only service so many charity visits a month.

Okay, I get that, you're a business.... but why in the hell did you schedule me in the first place?

Why in the hell didn't you call me SOONER to cancel??  They had already called to confirm when they called again to cancel!

And why didn't my "patient advocate" with the organization who does this not let me know?

The cleaning service said that they have to notify the organization of everything..... when they contacted me, when they scheduled me, and that they canceled me!

When the confusion ensued, I emailed my patient advocate to alert her to the situation and stupidity, and all she said was "thanks for the heads up."

She never admitted to knowing all about this, and not letting me know.  SO, I am done dealing with her.

I was NOT PLEASED.  This has been a cluster fuck since day one. Volunteer organizations apparently do not work very well.

This is supposed to HELP ME, not stress me.

Anyway, the upshot is, I was completely honest with them and said that this process has now taken so long that I will be finished with chemo before the cleaning service even ever shows up.

They said that's okay, and that I will still get my 4 months of free services.

Good.  Fine.

But right now?  My house needed cleaning, because it was all set to be cleaned.

Dave helped me.  He dusted up high (the mantel, above the doors and windows), and today, he is going to do the bathroom floor, and the laundry room floor.

I did the rest of the dusting (ALL OF IT, like even the window sills), polishing, and cleaning-- by cleaning, I mean including the kitchen backsplash, counters, sink fixtures, the outside of the stove, fridge, and dishwasher, and the bathroom.

I vacuumed the area rugs, but then I had to stop cleaning in order to cook up a batch of chicken and dumplings to freeze for Dave's dad.

By the time I was done cooking, I was completely exhausted.  I didn't have it in me to cook our dinner, so we ordered a pizza.

Remember that "eat anything you want" thing?

Yeah.... I will get back on track at the end of this month.  Most of you know what I mean by "on track," so I won't elaborate here.

Between the MUCH HOPED FOR end of chemo (and end of weekly steroid infusions), and getting the diet cleaned up, my weight should return to normal pretty quickly.  Maybe by summer, so that I don't have to buy new clothes again, like I did for the cooler months.

Anyway, where was I.

Oh....we had also gone to a clothing swap at the dance studio in the morning yesterday, and then to a thing at the fair grounds, BEFORE I started all of this house work.

Oh, and I did three loads of laundry too.

SO, today, after I make the French toast, I still have the hardwood floors to do, and I will be done.

Other than making up for lost cooking time yesterday.

I will still make what I was supposed to make for dinner last night, and put it away for lunches this week.

I've been up for 2 hours and Dave is grumbling about being hungry, so I am off to get that French toast idea underway.

OH, forgot to mention.... body and nasal hair is completely gone, eyebrows are down to about 50%, and scalp is still thinning, but there's enough length there that I can still hide the shiny pink scalp, for the most part.

Have a good day!