Time Out.

 Thanks to my BFF Susan, I actually stood

up . . . got dressed like a big girl . . .

 stood up from typing my dissertation 

proposal and went do a little shopping . . .

 talked girl talk . . . shed a few tears . . . 

shared TONS of laughs . . . 

and had a fun little dinner at my new

fave spot Cafe Rio.

I have NEVER been through anything

like this before in my entire life.  I have

remotely known others at church who 

have gone through similar trials, but I

can tell you one.thing:  Family and

friends cannot be underestimated for

their support.  Sometimes it just takes

someone to pull you by the hair and

drag you out of the house even for

a few moments . . . it does the soul

wonders.

Mike finally woke up a little bit

late this afternoon and evening.  We

celebrated the fact that he was up

and reminded ourselves that it is

back to TK1258 in the morning.

Holy.cow.  It was great to sit with

him and watch the Olympics and to

share a meal.  On the positive side,

I will have five days to type, type,

type while he sleeps away as one

of the dramatic side effects of 

this treatment.  My dissertation 

proposal is progressing nicely and I

plan to resubmit it by the beginning

of next week.  I am really pleased

with the progress.

Onward.comrades.