Holly always hated the picture on the old site. I liked it and the idea of creating a new header was just not that appealing to me.
Last week, on probably the best day of our lives, the Wordpress & k2 totally lunched on me. Technically, it was all K2, but I was pissed at the internet in general and couldn’t make things work properly.
Today, JJ backed up Wordpress for me and I nuked the whole thing. My prior WP theme was K2, and despite it blowing up on me for no known reason, I’m still a little partial to it and wanted to keep it.
What I didn’t want to do was spend a bunch of time designing something. CSS really isn’t my forte and the thought of spending hours on a lazy, rainy Sunday was less than appealing. So I kept it clean, kept it simple and got it launched. If you’ve been to the site the past couple of days, you’ve probably noticed that it was pretty messed up. Sorry.
Should be good now. New look for a new chapter on life.
We haven’t posted anything in a while. Part of this is due to me having a new job. I’ve been pretty heads down.
Part of it is that I don’t need the reminder. It seems like each time I turn on the radio or the television, someone has been diagnosed with cancer or has died from cancer or is somewhere in between (media should do a better job of highlight survivors, but that is a different rant). I don’t want the reminder. Holly is starting to slowly, very slowly feel better, that it is easy to sometimes forget about our situation.
Part of it is that we are on pins and needles about Holly’s PT scan on 2/12. We, of course, can only have positive vibes, but in the back of our heads, it is hard not to think of the alternative.
At this very second, Holly is walking the dog downtown to get bagels and OJ for breakfast. She is persistent in her exercise routines, hitting the gym a few times a week. She isn’t running yet, but at least getting a few miles in. Yoga and light weights helping too.
She is still tired, though and, periodically, the effects of chemo hit her unexpectedly. The road to recovery is a long one. We believe that we are on the right track. I guess will know after the scan.
Thanks, Eric, for the plug.
Happy new year. Thank you very much for all of the kind words.
The pox I wrote about last time has left our house. I’m feeling better. More importantly, Holly is awake. It is almost 8:00 and Holly is awake!!! It is really nice as it hasn’t happened in a while. the chemotherapy has just crushed her system and by 5 o’clock or so, she has just been spent.
We celebrated the New Year by her taking the last of her Xeloda. The last week or so of treatment was really brutal. Thankfully, I was off of work so I was able to take care of the kids. Holly was literally not able to get out of bed for about 7 or 8 days. It was really no fun to watch her go through it.
The good news is that we are through it. Well, almost through it. I don’t suppose it is ever really over. Now it is the healing process.
Over the next 6 weeks, Holly will be building back her strength. She is dying to get to the gym and to start running again. On or around February 15th, she has a PT Scan to make sure that all of the cancer is out of her system. She also will more than likely have a colonoscopy around the same time (so that week will be crappy - get it?). We also find out if she was accepted for the 2009 Colondar. Fingers crossed on that one.
It has been almost a year since Holly was diagnosed. It has been a brutal year. I’m glad it is over. Here is to 2008 being better.