A little behind:

Sometimes I get so behind on blogging that I just don't even know where to start.  Because to tell one thing leads to another, and then another, and pretty soon we have a whole freaking book on our hands and everyone is bored by the details.  SO, I will summarize.
1.  Last Wednesday we drove to Little Rock, AR.  In a minivan that we rented.  With the dogs.  It was a hoot.  Not really.  Eight hours on the road and I got my first speeding ticket ever.  Ugh.

2.  Last Thursday we had testing for Scott.  In Little Rock.  They were interested in Scott for a study drug.  They wanted to screen him and so they did a bunch of testing.  Things got mixed up, tests got ordered wrong and he ended up spending a total of  5 1/2 HOURS in the MRI machine.  His blood tests came back pretty good - the calcitonin is holding steady, he is a little less Hyperthyroid (closer to normal), the bone scan was negative for cancer, the MRI of the head was negative, and we're still waiting on results from the MRI of his entire body.   Needless to say we are having doubts about this study now that we are seeing how unorganized things seemed to be.

3. Friday we drove to Tulsa (four more wonderful hours in the car) and spent the weekend in Oklahoma.  We went to OSU Homecoming and got to see lots of friends which was a blast!  We also got to spend a good amount of time with the family and our Tulsa friends.  All in all it was a great, busy, fun weekend.

4. Tuesday we drove allllll the way back to New Orleans.  The dogs did great and spent the trip staring at (and sometimes jumping and biting at) light spots that moved across the ceiling of the van.  Scott and I spent the trip talking about lots of interesting things in life - including how sick of the car we were getting :)  We made the trip in 10hrs and 10mins and are quite proud of our time - even with almost three stops!  We're quick man.

5.  We've both been working since we got back.  We work tomorrow, then my friend from college flies into town and we go to a Halloween party! I need to get my costume ready now, so that's all folks!

P.S.  Next Tuesday we are having more testing done here in town that the study didn't cover (an Ultrasound of Scott's neck, and triple phase CT of his chest and liver), as Dr. Moley has recommended he have these.  Hopefully they're clear!  And then we'll be done with stuff for another three months :)  If not, we go from there.

Instructions on how to have a good time - From Lucy and Ariyah

1) Make one dog (Lucy) stand on owner's bed in play position 

2) Have another dog (Ariyah) race up and down the length of the house repeatedly with her butt tucked, past the first one (Lucy) as fast as possible.  

3) Every now and then add a bark to make sure everyone knows this is the best. game. EVER!

Disclaimer: This game works best in a shotgun house.  Must have at least two dogs.  Dogs must be able to bark and growl for extended periods of time to show delight and disrupt any work being done by owners.

Update on Scott:  It is time again for repeat testing!  October 21st (next Thursday) is Scott's follow up day.  We're going to be having all the regular blood tests, as well as some additional scans done to see where we're at with cancer.  Or hopefully our lack there-of, right?  :)

Date Night

We've still got it.  Last night Scott and I had an all out date night - a really fun, live like we're college kids again date night, complete with pizza and music.  After I worked my 12hr shift yesterday (which included delivering a beautiful baby boy named Tye, who decided he just couldn't wait for the doctor to arrive), I rushed home to quick clean up in time for us to grab dinner before the show.  One of our favorite bands, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, was in town and we've been looking forward to this for the last few weeks. A groovy new band, He's my Brother - She's my Sister (who have a tap dancing percussionist), opened for the Zeros and we really like them now as well!  We stayed out late and danced the night away until 2am - even after the piece of glass I got lodged in my big toe and Scott almost getting punched in the face by some little twerp who kept trying to shove in front of us.  It was an exciting night and we had today off to sleep in until the afternoon.  I love our lives.

Light at the end of the tunnel

A week later and I am finally starting to feel better (after sleeping the day away on the couch again yesterday)!!!!  This plague lasted for over two weeks for me. I've only had two uncontrollable coughing fits in the last 12hrs (better than the hourly sessions we were experiencing), and I'm finally starting to cough stuff up, instead of the dry smokers cough.  I'm trying to stay positive with all the loss of productivity and chapped nose I experienced, but the only two good things I could see to come out of it were:
1.  Weight loss of > 3lbs, due to not having as much of an appetite aaand
2. A more toned tummy from my constant core workout.

Let's just say there are better ways to get those results in my book, and I'm happy to see this virus heading out the door.

Sick

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't posted in ages, but there's absolutely nothing to write about.  I'm sick.  Scott's sick.  We have some nasty virus that will not go away!  So, until we recover and are among the living again, doing something more interesting then calling in sick for work (me - Scott still has to drag himself there) and drinking down bottles of Nyquil (and Barley Green mom, don't worry), that's all I've got.