Hello out there.

So, this has been an interesting week. Overall, not much to report. Friday was nice, but I kind of overdid it a bit. I made it through dinner and almost to dessert, before I went lighthead and started to pass out. I had my friend Georgette lead me out of the resteraunt so that I wouldn't trip over anything. Then of course movement made me sick so that wasn't pleasant. And then mom had to calm down the waiter who thought it was the quickest case of food poisoning he had ever seen. So, mom and I left before the dessert and coffee, but I think the evening was still a success.
Saturday was a lazy day and I skipped church on Sunday. We did go up to my cousin Barbara's for Mother's Day, which was very nice. The sisters even went snooping at some of the model homes in Barb's neighborhood to see what they were like. It was kind of amusing. They all brought their drinks, and I don't dring when I do chemo. (I try to limit my types of poison at any given time.) However, when we left the last house, Marta was holding me up on one side and Katrina on the other, while Carol got the door. So, you know that those women working the open house thought I was drunk. We didn't stop to explain.
I played hookie from work both yesterday and today. I took my last Kytrl yesterday, and I wanted to make sure my stomache would hold with out it. The morning wasn't great, but I was mostly fine for the rest of the day.
So, tomorrow it's back to work with a quick stop after to see Dr. Ahmed and have my blood work done. See how the chemo is treating my system. I also have to start memorizing and working on music for this weekend. For those of you who don't know. I am in my church choir....along with quite a few of my family. We are going to sing in Italy this summer. (Don't look at me like that. I know I'll been in the hospital for a month. ...But I AM going to Italy.)
So as a practice run to our Italy concerts we are performing on Saturday. However, I have been more than a little neglectiful in learning the pieces. Most of them I already know, so thats a bit of a relief, but there is one piece that I do need to learn. Oh. and last year I suggested that we bring the handbells with us to Italy. It was a great recruitment measure for those who wanted to go to Italy, but couldn't sing. We now have a very full handbell choir, but our insane director got it into his head that we should memorize the piece. I have yet to do that either. On the plus side I practiced my solo for the first time with him today. It's not bad. I have to breathe a lot more than usual. One of the draw backs of chemo and surgery, but it doesn't suck. So, I think it should be OK.
So here is my gratuitous plug. We need money to pay, not only for the orchestra here, but also for the hired orchestra in Italy. To raise that money, we need to put people in the seats on Saturday. So, if you could.

Saturday May 17th at 7:30pm

Grace Lutheran Church in Yorktown Heights

Admission is $10

It's going to be a blast. And you can come see the last time I will perform with this much hair for at least a year. I think I have had thinning or no hair for every concert for the last 2 years. You can also feel free to point and laugh at the handbells. We won't mind.

Alright. I'm going for an early bed tonight. I have work in the morning.

-Elizabeth