Friday and its day 5 in the chemo house (said in my best big brother accent) and I woke feeling pretty good like every other morning.....but what had the day in store for me?! Had set the delay timer on the washing machine before I crashed into bed the night before, so hung out the laundry and realised that although Tony had put the recycling bin out.....he hadn't emptied the kitchen caddy into the food caddy and put that out, so quick dash round the front in my white bathrobe and a white hat - well one has to try and co-ordinate - only to be let down by my fluffy black mule slippers 
Got the food caddy out and as I shut the sidegate I heard the refuse lorry pull up at 7.40am......phewww just in time. Todays photographic intermissions are inspired by Normally....and are just some manipulated photo's I have taken and messed around with except the last one, that was my pumpkin from last year.
This is: Who's Shrooming Who?
Another washing load on the go before the kids start to surface and Sean pretty much heads straight out to go swimming with his friends. Lara and Jack get the two boxes of Halloween goodies out of the loft and Lara starts sifting through and deciding whats going to go where. I am not allowed up ladders anymore......but putting a dining chair outside to hang my ghosts & ghouls from our porch roof is ok dontcha think?? Ah well its only you lot that know I am going to do it.......who's gonna squeal on me??
This is: Web of Fire
Lunchtime and Lara made me a lovely crispy bacon sandwich and Jack some scrambled eggs on toast - she is doing quite well in the kitchen, at least she knows when the gas is on - thats one up on me already! Now it was 1pm and I still felt good, no headache, nada.....maybe the marathon sleep of 7.45pm to 7.30am was just what my body needed?!? 4pm and Tony was home, coffee waiting for him and still no headache but a little nausea was creeping in so popped a couple of domperidon's and hope that will do the trick.
This is: Mystical Forest
We sit and chat while he drinks his coffee and then head to Tesco's as I didn't go today, gave myself a rest. He wanted....fishfingers & chips.......chips.....two days running! So I cooked up a big ole pan of sweet n sour chicken and rice....much more healthy LOL I relented and bought prawn crackers for them as they all like to dip them in the sauce! Oh but guess what Tesco's is selling........WASABI PEA'S. I love these, got our last lot from the Japan Centre. They are roasted green peas coated in wasabi (like a horseradish taste to me). They are spicy and very, very addictive! So yes I got me a packet!
After dinner Tony, Lara and Sean headed off to table tennis and Jack was entombed in his bedroom. Just me and the dogs down here for a few hours. Watched tv, played some scrabble moves and bejewelled.
This is: My Inner Peacock
Tony and kids arrived home in not such a good mood, apparently Lara had a go at Sean in the middle of the hall for cheating at PING PONG (sheesh she is a fiery one my girl) and called him a bad name. Sean actually did the right thing for the first time in his life and walked away and upstairs to his Dad in the viewing gallery. Lara was sent to bed in disgrace forthwith!
This is: Swan Lake (imaginitive huh lol)
Chatted to Tony for a bit, watched a bit more TV with him and realised I had managed to stay up beyond 10pm for the first time this week.......wohoooooooooooo day 5 was a breeze. I just can't work out these cycles, no two are the same, indeed sometimes no two days are the same...weird huh taking the same drugs throughout! Oh well, who cares cycle 5 DONE & DUSTED BABY!!!!!!!!!!!
My pumpkin from last year - not done one this year - yet!
Thought for today:
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown
H.P. Lovecraft
