What's with the darn rain?

It's this rain that kept me from exercising today. Oh well. In an hour, at 8 pm, my prospective landlady is coming to our place to get me to sign a form of hers, to meet the boys and to meet our dog, Bella. Sheila tells me that the landlady is also going to be checking out how I keep house. I like that, because I know I'll exceed her expectations in that department as well as the others. And I know that she's done this before with her other tenants - that makes me feel safer somehow.

The volunteer appreciation event we attended today was lovely, as usual. Our 'mensch' award (a mensch is a person, a good person) came with a small glass heart paperweight which had been engraved with the name of the agency, the year, and the name of the award. Years from now I know I'll look at it and remember this day. My best friend in California, Deb, sat there next to me and we had a chance to visit a bit, always a distinct pleasure for me. She's one of my brides, by the way - I introduced her to her husband, Jim, whom she would have never met if not for my help. Now THAT was a lovely wedding.

Oh, speaking of weddings, I was a little sad all day yesterday because I was not in Philly with Cindy, my oldest and dearest friend in the world. She called today to tell me it went exceedingly well, that it was, indeed, the wedding of her dreams. They are now off to Europe for their honeymoon. If I were planning a trip to Europe, I'd be gathering information for great walks in old cities. Knowing Cindy, she's just going to be a newlywed and be spoiled rotten, as is her due, believe me.

Draining continues, although it has definitely slowed down considerably. Tomorrow morning I have an appointment at the radiation place in Hayward. They are planning to do a CT scan and use that info to mark my body (tiny tattoos) to show where the rays should be directed. How they can do that with this big, honking drain sticking out of my body, not to mention the butterfly bandage on top of it which measures 4" X 4" (and I think I'm only exaggerating a little bit), I don't know.

Of course the facility doesn't open until I am on my way there, so I'll go and see what happens. I had a feeling that the draining problem would impede my ability to proceed with radiation at this time, but Veronica assured me that I could do the planning part while I'm still healing. We shall see.

And one more thing - please, if you are a praying person, please pray for my friends Sarah and Lior.