Almost couldn't blog today :-(

But after putzing and trying everything I knew (which, in reality, is not much), I reverted back to the old standby... just shut 'er down and reboot.  As you can see, that did the trick.

Poor Alex had his own technical difficulties this weekend.  After working non-stop at both Carrabba's every evening and the car wash every weekend (plus going to school) he finally arranged a weekend off to go snowboarding in Flagstaff.  Left here at 3:00 Friday afternoon, only to sit in stopped traffic.  (Sadly, it turned out that the holdup was because a motor home had gone off a cliff.)  Eventually he got moving again - at least for a little while, until his transmission blew.  Yes, the same one he just got put in a couple of weeks ago.  So he sat and sat and waited for the tow truck.  To make a long story shorter, the tow truck guy dropped him off at home around 8:30 before he took Alex's car to the repair shop.  Who knows how late that would have been?  Alex borrowed Tom's truck and continued on to his friend's house in Prescott.  

Saturday morning I got a text from Alex that they were on their way to Flagstaff for a day of snowboarding.  Unfortunately, sometime that morning Lauren had a boarding accident involving her knee, and Alex ended up taking her to the hospital in Prescott.  So much for a day of boarding on Saturday.  He had hoped to make a whole weekend of snowboarding, but gave up on the whole thing and arrived home just as I was crawling into bed to read.  He's one pretty bummed guy.

And speaking of sad puppies, check out this short clip. 
Only runs a minute, but be sure to watch (and listen!) all the way to the end:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFrw3NnoSuM

This morning chatted with my sister Marilyn (in Texas) who is dealing with the latest nasty upper respiratory crap that's going around there; apparently "everyone has it."  She sounded awful, but promises to be be over it by the time she comes to visit in 2 weeks. 

I was actually out in 'real' public last night (we went to a busy restaurant) but luckily got seated after only 5 minutes (love that 'call ahead seating') and ended up in a booth pretty much off by itself.  I had a nice healthy dinner: naked salad, delicious sirloin perfectly cooked, and al dente broccoli.  Okay, I did have a couple of their freshly baked rolls, too.  For breakfast each morning I'm having a nice tall glass of fresh OJ; eventually we'll run through the zillions of oranges of the tree, but in the meantime I'm sure enjoying them! I am really  doing my best to eat well and help my body cope with the cancer and onslaught of cancer-fighting drugs.