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The midwifery picnic was rained out today; we ended up apartment hunting for K who is moving back to Ottawa in a few weeks. Our quest led us to a great flat owned by a chain-smoking Eastern European man and his wife who has just had a tracheotomy and can barely breathe. They were an astonishing and very odd couple.
Liam took me to see Cirque du Soleil yesterday as a Mother's Day treat. The show was breathtaking, spectacular, wondrous. Liam's aunt, grandma, and cousins babysat Abigael while we were gone. We were away for a total of three hour and fifteen minutes, by far the longest she has ever been away from me. I was slightly traumatised by how quiet the car was, and during the show I kept worrying that the noise would spook her, only to remember that she wasn't with us. She had a marvelous time; she got to go play with the neighborhood kids at the park, she chased Aunt Liz's cat, and napped on grandma's bed. I was very relieved that it all went so well. Liam and I needed those three hours together to watch a show and run like kids in the pouring rain back to the car.
My swimmimg friend S has to undergo chemo and radiation for uterine cancer. Her daughter A is just one month older than Abigael. Her prognosis is good, but I can't imagine the fear and worry she must be going through right now. She won't be able to come to the pool anymore because of her treatment but has the good fortune of having lots of family around to help care for little A. She asked if she can bring her over to play with Abigael, and I think that would be delightful. I hope she does. Another friend, L, is just finishing up her treatments for breast cancer. She is 39 and has two children, 7 and 2. The spooky part is that she worked in a building where several young people have developed cancers in recent years, all of which worked on the same side of the building. All of them are in remission, and hopefully L will be too.
Liam took me to see Cirque du Soleil yesterday as a Mother's Day treat. The show was breathtaking, spectacular, wondrous. Liam's aunt, grandma, and cousins babysat Abigael while we were gone. We were away for a total of three hour and fifteen minutes, by far the longest she has ever been away from me. I was slightly traumatised by how quiet the car was, and during the show I kept worrying that the noise would spook her, only to remember that she wasn't with us. She had a marvelous time; she got to go play with the neighborhood kids at the park, she chased Aunt Liz's cat, and napped on grandma's bed. I was very relieved that it all went so well. Liam and I needed those three hours together to watch a show and run like kids in the pouring rain back to the car.
My swimmimg friend S has to undergo chemo and radiation for uterine cancer. Her daughter A is just one month older than Abigael. Her prognosis is good, but I can't imagine the fear and worry she must be going through right now. She won't be able to come to the pool anymore because of her treatment but has the good fortune of having lots of family around to help care for little A. She asked if she can bring her over to play with Abigael, and I think that would be delightful. I hope she does. Another friend, L, is just finishing up her treatments for breast cancer. She is 39 and has two children, 7 and 2. The spooky part is that she worked in a building where several young people have developed cancers in recent years, all of which worked on the same side of the building. All of them are in remission, and hopefully L will be too.