Recovered from the weekend now. Such a nice day on Saturday that we went to Alki Beach; the opposite side of the bay to where we are staying. Spotted a couple of brave souls standing in the water - with the run-off from the mountains it must still be extremely cold in there. Spotted a Fish and Chip shop - will pop in there next time and see if they can reach the standard of Aussie Fish and Chips. Had a stroll along the beach then waited for a shuttle bus to take us to the ferry back to the city. We gave up after about 45mins of waiting (so that's why everyone drives a car here!) and having to witness the same cars driving back and forth and all seemingly playing the same music...we caught a taxi home. Not quite as dramatic as the ferry but we'd had enough by that time.Sunday we went over to the lovely (they're reading this...) Ruth and Louis' house for a barbecue. Their daughter Naomi kindly picked us up to take us over to Mercer Island where they live. Had an excellent meal of Salmon and Lamb with the added surprise of a smersh (wasn't that the name of James Bond's Soviet adversary?): a biscuit concoction comprising of chocolate and melted marshmallow - a bit of a revelation. I'm sure the kids would like it. Naomi is off to Hawaii for 10 days so she has kindly let us borrow here car (good job we didn't tell her about the last car Sam drove - Oops forgot they're reading this!). It's nice having the freedom to get around the city and it certainly makes the grocery shopping easier.
I'm feeling very well still. I had a Platelet transfusion on Sunday as they had dropped quite dramatically to only 10 (normal is at least 150) and are now holding at around 30. It shows the chemo has worked as everything has been knocked down. The bone marrow biopsy has been postponed. It would have been a miracle of modern medicine if I had been well enough for it - a tad optimistic methinks. I'm surprised by the amount of energy I still have, usually by this point with such a low red blood cell count you tire very easily. I'm doing plenty of walking and not feeling exhausted by it.
Very pleased that Jack's birthday box has arrived safe and sound. Of course, being the bright spark that he is, he read the customs slip to see what was inside. I should have written down: Slippers, T.Shirt, Socks, Pencils - that would have thrown him. Poppy has a surprise box on the way too and I'm sure Jack will be indignant about it - "Why is Poppy getting a box?"
Looking forward to watching 'Flight of the Conchords' tonight. We have joined a DVD club which, for a mere $15 a month, sends you unlimited films to watch. How good is that? FOTC is another brilliant piece of HBO television featuring 'New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk' duo. Very funny and one of the best comedies since 'The Day Today'.
Current Reading: 'The Nasty Bits' by Anthony Bourdain
Current Listening: 'Bowie' by Flight of the Conchords
Currently (thinking about) Eating: Chocolate Digestive Biscuits (fat chance of that...)
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I'm glad you're making the most of your Seattle sojourn. My sons introduced me to Flight of the Conchords a while back. I watched several episodes and it was pretty funny in a whacky way. I think they gave a concert in NYC a few weeks ago. Keep eating!nuvzc
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