"you look good"

That seems to be first thing everyone says when they see me. Guess they all picture a pale, bald, feeble guy w/ tubes protruding from orifices. Well, I look pretty normal- for me. I'm never THAT normal, but you know. Aside from minor hair loss (no one seeems to think there is any, but i can tell) I'm basically the same ol' guy...just sporting some metal pieces under the skin in my chest.

Anyway, so far, the trip's been so great. We did xmas eve at mere's mom's, a brief sesh at my mom's on xmas morn, then xmas night at dad's. Then yesterday we did xmas again w/ mere's dad at her sister's house, so we had 4 kids running about and mere's g-ma there, too. It was chaos (we are SOOOO not used to 2-7 yr old kids FIRED up about xmas) but so much fun. We laughed a lot about the kids reactions to opening presents (they were so pumped, it was hilarious) and also laughed about how we were so tired after just an evening w/ those kids. After I've had to examine my own mortality as of late, I've realized there's a lot of things in life i wanna do that i haven't yet, including kids. Of course we have to wait until after chemo and get settled more, but it's funny how it sounds so good, then you spend an evening w/ four of them and it acts as birth control. Comical.

So, we will hopefully see my mom's sis and her fam and her mom (gramma!) tonight, and after that, we'll have seen 30 family members in 4 days. Full schedule. Been great tho- we sure miss everyone. And, we haven't even seen a single friend yet!