Thursday, June 21, 2012 late AM

It's time for an update.
Work at Creekside is much slower without me being there.  I just have to stay home and rest while trying to get ready for the start of chemo.  That happens on Monday at 8:00.
The Nurse Practitioner told us yesterday that there will be a long wait while the pharmacy at the hospital mixes the drugs.  They don't prepare them ahead of time, because if there's a no-show, the very expensive drugs would be wasted.  They don't keep well.
She told me that I might not lose my hair, but it might thin somewhat.  I talked with the people at the Cancer Resource Center there, too.  That was a nice surprise.
When I walked in the door, the lady at the desk smiled and said, "You must be Claire".  I was wearing one of my lovely hats, of course, and DRESSED.  I think my reputation might preceed me.
I was a feature story in the Grainger Today this week for The Rutledge Hat Lady making and designing hats for the chemo patients who might want to still look nice.  Barbara wrote the article, and she did a pretty fair job of it.  Ann Cason, the editor and owner of the paper, came to Clairemont to take my photo with some of the many hats I've already got ready, and she published a lovely color photo of me in the center of the front page.  It can be seen on-line at GraingerToday.net.  If you're not a member of their staff, you can only view the front page. 
Steve is rather proud and amused at the whole thing, but he hates the mess I've made of the living room making all these lovely hats.  The silk flowers, the netting, the beads, the buttons, the ribbon, and the various assorted items I use to decorate the hats make a terrible mess when I'm cutting and fitting them, but it's part of the creative process.
Lynn, Steve's sister, is planning to come next week, and she's bringing her beading equipment, so we can share beads and techniques.  Steve will go crazy.  I love to make things prettier than they are, and beading and flowering are good ways to do just that.
I keep being inturupted, so I'm not sure what I've dealt with yet.
John has not been to work in three weeks, but Janie just called and said he showed up at Creekside and cussed her and myself, and then left, saying he was not coming back.  He also said that there was a plumbing leak at the trailer, and had ruined the carpet.  He had told me two weeks ago that he had the carpet up and was ready for the laminate flooring.  His stories are not consistant.
Sister Valentine now has a dog.  She loves it.  It was the dog of a patient at the nursing home where she has a service for the patients.  The lady died, so she adopted the dog.
She's getting a new back porch, but I think I told of that in a previous post.
Stumpy, our kitten, has learned that mommy loves her so much, and she can get her way about almost anything.  She crawls into my lap when I'm sitting on the living room floor making hats.
I stopped by the Family Dollar last night to see Joan.  I haven't seen much of her sinse I've been having so much surgery and been going to doctors and hospitals.  She assured me that she prays for me every night and morning when she says her prayers.
I'm glad for that.