Football Season is Over (at least for now)

Since I've blogged about Vicki's sports, I thought I'd give David some airtime. Yesterday was his team's last football game of the year. The boys played well but alas, they lost 14 -12 on missed extra points. It's the third time this year they lost on extra points! But it was a very good game that literally came down to the last play - where they came up just short of scoring the winning TD as time ran out (they were down to the 12 yard line).

Dave played a great game including stripping the ball from the runningback at their own 1 yard line to stop a drive (he played linebacker this game although he played a lot more free safety during the year). So, we are on to basketball season - and next year - freshman football at the high school!

Here are a few pics - of Dave about to make a tackle (number 81 in red in the center of the shot). of him also about to make a tackle and getting blocked in the back (so he got the tackle and some penalty yards), and his disappointed I-don't-want-my-picture-taken post game portrait.

Am going for treatment tomorrow...hope you like the pictures (and are patient with me braggin' on my boy!) BB

Round 26

I moved my chemo treatments this month to Tuesdays to work around some other scheduling things this month so I had it yesterday. It was a very, very long day as the place was packed and Dr. S had to cover other patients. I didn't get home until about 9 pm! But, treatment was the usual fare. I did confirm with Dr. S that he wants me to stay the course on treatment for as long as I can put up with the side effects. Since I've been able to manage them so far, I told him that I will just suck it up and keep going. If it gets really bad, I may get a holiday - but I'm going to do my best to just stay the course.

Today, we leave for a couple of days in Washington, DC to take Vicki to see some colleges. (Vicki in college - I can'r believe it!). But junior year is the year to do your homework on schools. We will be seeing American University, George Washington and Georgetown. And we'll have a half day off to just see things in DC. Since I'm on the bottle for the next day or so, I hope I have the energy to take the tours. I may just do the info sessions and then sleep in the car while Vicki and Robbie get the campus tour. We'll see.

As a brief aside to yesterday's trip to the clinic, I had lunch during my break with a former colleague at AXA. I went to her place on 46th street so I got my walk in. On the way, I passed a construction site and two guys with shovels were mixing a wheelbarrow of concrete on the sidewalk. As I passed, I heard one say to the other "It's not my f**king fault that Darwinism failed!" I really wonder what these two philosophers were arguing about!

Be well! BB