Pete's ultrasound showed NO signs of cancer.
He also hasn't thrown up since last Saturday, with no trace of steroids in his system. It's as though he has mysteriously recovered from his months-long mystery illness JUST after we shelled out the $750 for this test.
Be that as it may, we are SO glad he seems to be well without medication!
I had my testing done on schedule on Wednesday. No phone calls from the clinic = everything must be okay.
I see the P.A. on Tuesday, and if we are good to go ahead, my usual treatment will be on Thursday.
I did notice the word cirrhosis in my CT results.... I wonder if that's an effect of the chemo, because, while I DO consume alcohol, I don't drink THAT MUCH!
Now, I am drinking even less, so we will see what happens.
My dental cleaning and exam went fine, too.
I successfully gave my notice at work on Thursday. I got nice, respectful emails from the Director and the Manager, but NOT ONE WORD from my direct supervisor.
She said NOTHING to me that day (when we were all in the office), or the next.
Whatever.
We got our new freezer on Thursday, but it came so late in the day that we had to re-schedule our meeting with my financial guy. We will see him tomorrow after I get off work.
Need to get the ball rolling to convert the investment account my dad left to me into an income-generating IRA.
My raise has come through at work, so now I am just waiting on the contribution from my employer into my retirement account.
When I submitted my retirement notice, I asked if I would be paid for un-used time off hours. The answer was YES.
I also asked if I can just bring my work desktop and phone to the office myself on my last day, rather than having the I/T guy come out to the house. The answer was YES.
So...that all sounds great to me!
My main source of anxiety right now is not knowing what my income stream will be, or when it will start.
Fortunately, Dave's is more than adequate, and we will be FINE until mine starts to flow. Especially if I have a really big last pay check from work.
My sister and brother in law called yesterday, and they said that my social security ought to start by the end of August. I am anticipating a letter in the mail, since I called them over a week ago to give them my retirement date.
My brother had his second cataract surgery this past week, and all went well. Better than the first one, from what my brother in law reported.
Last Monday, the lawn clean up happened on time, and they dragged everything (mostly unwanted/poorly located saplings) to the curb, where it was successfully picked up on "bulky trash day" Wednesday. That was another pile of money out the door, too, HAHA! We used the proceeds from selling the telescope to pay for half of it, so that helped.
Then, our mowing service came on Friday.... so everything looks really nice right now.
The only down side is that the crew we hired for the clean up cut down my herb garden, which was NO WHERE near the areas we hired them to clear. They just randomly hit it with their weed whacker on the way out of the gate!
Fortunately, the parsley and sage are already sending out new leaves....but still...WHY???
Anyway, the weather has turned insufferable, so it's good that we have someone to mow for the rest of the summer.
The friend who was going to buy our old freezer backed out of the agreement, of course. (I had a feeling she would.) SO now we have a little chest freezer and no where to put it. Yay.
I checked with the shelter for homeless youth that we help support, and they can't use it. I've posted three times on Facebook, and no one is interested.
That's about all I have for this week. Cabin fever will be setting in soon.... sigh.... I am pretty sure I won't be able to get Dave up to take walks at 6:30 am - now that he isn't working, and lies in bed until 9 most mornings.
Have a good week!
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