Yesterday, we met the Williams and went downtown for barbecue. We had lunch at Coopers and then walked around the lake and Auditorium Shores. The city was setting up for the New Year's party, so we were able to hear some music of a band rehearsing. It was a nice day.
At night, we met the Edwards at Alamo Drafthouse to see the movie, The Passengers. We enjoyed that. We got home around 11pm and Grandma and Papa came over to celebrate New Years. They stayed until a little after midnight.
Today, we went to the Polar Bear Splash at Barton Springs. We all jumped into the cold (68 degree) water.
In the afternoon, Aunt Sandy and Uncle Marvin had us all over for lunch.
Grandma/Lynn/Mom came over to the house this morning to hang out with Noah, Evan, and me. We decided to go out to lunch and then to Zilker park. We drove over to Austin Java Company on Barton Springs, but there was no parking out front. Luckily they have a parking down the street and a free shuttle that will take you to the restaurant. It worked out well and Evan loved riding on the “bus”. It looked like one of those over-sized golf cart things. Lunch was fun. We were able to sit in the enclosed patio that overlooked Barton Springs road. We got a high chair for Noah and Evan sat in a regular seat. I ordered a turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce on it. Evan ate most of my turkey and cranberries so we ordered him his own sandwich. He ate quite a bit of it.
After lunch we went across the street to Zilker park. They have a small train that goes around the park. Luckily it was leaving within the next 10 minutes so we were able to get tickets and not wait too long. Both Evan and Noah love train rides. Noah was talking and jumping up and down in my lap. Evan and Grandma shared a seat, but Evan insisted on sitting on Grandma’s lap. Evan enjoyed waving to the other kids in the park.
When we got off the train we went to the concession stand and got snow cones. We gave Evan his own and let him choose the flavor. He got Banana/Strawberry. Noah had a little of my snow cone and seemed to really like it. We sat at a picnic table overlooking Barton Springs Pool. There was no one there at the pool for us to watch. We later found out why.
As we were eating our snow cones Evan noticed some men with large video cameras. We thought maybe they were shooting a movie or something. One of the guys keep looking at over at us and I jokingly thought maybe they are looking over here because they want me in their movie. One guy who was holding a notebook came over to talk to us. He asked if we knew that the pool was leaking. He told us the pool was closed because it was leaking about 4 inches of water an hour. Then, he asked if I would like to be on TV and talk about it. He said they were there with KVUE news. So, I got interviewed for the news. Those of you that know me well know that I always seem to get on TV somehow. Unfortunately, I didn’t have an opportunity to say “It tastes like chicken.” (from when I was interviewed eating alligator a few years ago). We’ll watch the news tonight and see if I really got on TV.
Not only is October tough because of all of the breast cancer awareness promotions, but it is also the anniversary of the beginning of my journey back in 2009.
Angelina says, "There is more than one way to deal with any health issue. The most important thing is to learn about the options and choose what is right for you personally." I appreciate Angelina Jolie and all of the others that have chosen to be open about their health and share personal details.
Shortly after I finished chemo, my feet started feeling like someone took a hammer to them. At first, I thought I had an injury or arthritis. I went to a podiatrist and a rheumatologist, but they couldn’t find anything noticeably wrong. My x-rays looked fine.
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