Hi everybody!

This week wasn't too bad considering it was a chemo week. I felt pretty good by Wednesday actually. I had an appointment with Dr. Fenig (urologist) regarding the stent. He might be changing it out in May but is going to coordinate it with Dr. Kasamon. Later that day I did a little yard work. Then I realized I overdid it and was totally wiped out. I did manage to get into work for 4 hours on Thursday and 5 on Friday and felt better as each day went on.

Emily and I went out and did a bunch of stuff today. We bought a Tucker-proof trash can (has a lid) so that he can't knock it over every night and shred all of its contents over the floor. Then we went to AAA and finally picked up a bunch of maps for the surrounding area. Now hopefully when we find ourselves in some strange area around Baltimore we can actually find a way out. Then we went to REI. It wasn't a terribly eventful trip, didn't find anything spectacular. I did buy a new bike helmet though. Hopefully someday I'll be able to use it again. Then we went to Cromwell Valley Park which we had never been to before. It was alright, but it's still basically winter here and there were no leaves. I like Patapsco more. I have not felt very good all day nonetheless. I hoping going out and doing stuff would change that, but it didn't. So now I'm just resting.

I see everyone (well, at least everyone I know from Florida!) is very encouraging in my homesick thoughts of moving back. Emily and I will certainly be up here for another few years I would imagine. We both feel silly in wanting to move back to Florida, just because it's familiar to us. It seems like you ought to be able to move somewhere and have a new life too. We've found lots of neat places in Maryland that we like too, which we'd probably miss if we moved away. I'm certainly no fan of cold weather though. If I ever move anywhere else, it's not going to be any colder than Maryland that's for sure. I personally enjoy my job a lot as well and am pretty sure I wouldn't get the same sort of job satisfaction doing something else. But then again there is more to life than that! Seeing as how my entire extended family, sans father-in-law (who we still have to go visit in Kentucky), lives in Florida though.... that's very nice. It seems especially so when you're sick and laying in bed at home after having come back from there. I suppose Emily and I are still pretty young so there's plenty of time for us to make more life-altering decisions. Plus our house has to gain quite a bit in value again before we could abandon it anyway ;) Damned economy! Anyway, those are my thoughts on moving. I appreciate all of the encouragement to move back, but I think we'll have to settle for visits for now. Hopefully more often than once a year and not only when something bad happens.