posted Wednesday, 9 November 2005
Taxol #3 has been and gone, with relatively little drama. Mom came down to take me to chemo and stayed for a few days visit. She came down on Tuesday night, and by the time we went out for dinner, the place I wanted to go to was closed... so we opted for Cold Stone Creamery for dinner... yum! (though I would take halo pub over cold stone any day of the week!)
On Thursday, we had a picnic lunch with Charlene and then took Otis & Quinton to the dog park. Quinton is Otis's new buddy and they LOVE going to the huge dog park in Medford.... but they are also quite happy just hanging out in the dog run at Charlene's!
Mom took good care of me -- cooked me dinner, brought me cookies & cranberry bread and played with Otis while I went into work on Friday (yes - I occasionally go into work... I know... I just can't keep away!)
On Saturday, Nancy and I took Otis down to the Lebanon State Forest in the pine barrens for a little hike... Rumor has it that the Jersey Devil haunts the pine barrens, but we didn't come across anybody except for this beautiful stray puppy who followed us out of the parking lot. Otis and he were like two pees in a pod, and they had a blast frolicking about on the first half of our trip. We hiked an easy 3 miles along a very wide, flat path, out to Pakim Pond, where we rested for a little bit. A couple that was hanging out by the pond offered to take our new little friend and try to find his home, which was probably for the best (since my car was pretty crowded already and I don't think Nancy was looking forward to riding home with this strange dog)... thank goodness, because I certainly couldn't have left the poor guy out there by himself! We hiked the 3 miles back to our car along a section of the Batona Trail, which is a 50 mile trail through the pine barrens.
MOM MADE THIS COMMENT,
It was my pleasure to be able to be there and be Mom for a few days. I miss you so much. Looks like you had a great day in the woods.
No comments:
Post a Comment