Time Does Go By Fast!

Wow I can't believe how fast time goes by. I haven't blogged since December 1st. So here it goes.

December 4th Weekend

I spent the last weekend in Beverly Hills with Mom, Gary and Debbie. Oh and Mia came too! We had such a great time. The hotel is so beautiful. It felt just like home. We had a wonderful room complete with a little bed for Mia and her own silver feeding dishes. She roamed the halls of the hotel like it was her own palace. She became so protected of her space especially when other dogs were around. It was funny to watch her.


We had dinner at E'Baldi on Friday night. Wonderful food but soooo noisy inside. It is the place to be seen. It's funny to watch the people in Beverly Hills. I can only say one word, "plastic". The hotel staff is wonderful and they are good down to earth people but the people visit the hotel can be alittle fake or should I say alot of fake. On Saturday night we had dinner in the Montage Kitchen with our own private executive chef, John. This was fabulous! We had 8 courses including wine parings (which I didn't have cause of the drugs) but everyone enjoyed it. The food was wonderful. Little portions but so rich!! Mom enjoyed herself so much. I love to see her smile from ear to ear to experience these wonderful things. And of course this could not have happen without the generosity of Debbie and Gary. They are truly dear friends. The things I have been able to see and do I will never be able to say enough thank yous. This weekend was filled with many moments that took my breath away.


I spent time with Matthew and I'm sooooo happy to say he is moving home to the Bay Area. I want him closer to us. He got his old job back in Oakland and will start on the 4th of January. He will stay with us for a few weeks and then move in with his friend Laura. It will be a fresh start for him and less stress. Los Angeles is very expensive to live there and he would have to get two jobs in order to stay there. He is waiting for a test date to take the radiology test to take x rays. I'm just happy he will be coming home.


I need to do some catching up in time on my blog. The week of December7th I spent at home sick. Mark came home from Pittsburg with a bad cold and of course by Wednesday I was sick. I was soooo sick I couldn't attend the company party on Saturday. Monday was the worst and I had to take blood tests to check for low white cell count. Thankfully, white cell count was good but I was so sick. I still have the cough.

This past week I had a doctor's appointment at Stanford with Dr. Schrier. It was the first time in over a year that I could see in his eyes how happy he was with my treatment. My numbers have been going down and he walked into the exam room pumping his arms in the air with a big smile on his face. He was so happy. My numbers have come down from 341 to 130. I will get my results for this past month tomorrow. Hopefully another decrease. He wants me to continue with the same treatment which is Decadron Monday night and Tuesday infusion of Velcade. My numbers have to get down to 26 or close to that. I have a heart biopsy scheduled for January 12th and I will have to do a test for Amyloid in my new shared heart.

This weekend I spent at the trailer. Another relaxing and restful weekend. Christine and I took a ride yesterday to Lucerne to visit her friends. It was a nice ride around the lake. I finished hanging my curtains in the trailer. It looks so good. We ordered the new windows and hopefully Scottie can put them in next month. That will really help with the cold drafts I feel when we are there. It should make a difference. I felt so stressed leaving on Friday night. I had Matthew's dog Cassie staying with us and I couldn't bring her too to the trailer becasue the park only allows one dog. I left Cassie with our neighbor Jane for the night until Matthew came on Saturday night. I felt bad leaving her. Once we were driving to the trailer I felt the stress leave my body.
It is so amazing how much being up there makes me feel so good. We will go up again for the New Year. Our neighbors, Jane and Steve will be staying at Konocti Casino in the RV park. We are going to spend New Year's Eve at the Casino and at their trailer. Another fun weekend to come!

This week is Christmas week. I can't believe this year is almost over. Where did the time go. I brought a beautiful picture with the quote I live by "Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but the number of moments that take your breath away". I hung it in the trailer and I love reading the quote everytime I'm there. I am so grateful to spend another Christmas with my family and look forward to next year when my little grand son will be here. I will have many moments that take my breath away when he is here. I can't wait!

I wish everyone a blessed Christmas and Happy New Year!

Love,
Debbie