A day in the life of me
What's it like in the day of me right now? Well let me break it down for you.
7am: This tends to be the time that I start hearing the pitter patter of the paws. This typically comes from Bailey who likes to sleep in the living room and wake me up by doing her swing dance in the living room. In turn with my waking up Sandy and Tucker wake up and begin their morning routine of stepping on me, trying to roll over on me and sneeze in my face. Where is Lucy you ask? Oh she is on her dog bed trying her best to bury her head under the pillow and ignore us all.
8am: This is typically around the time I finally manage to roll myself out of bed and let the dogs out. I normally make something to eat. This all does depend on how I feel. If I'm not feeling the best and not sure if I am going to be able to keep it down then I forgo having breakfast. If I do eat then I make my breakfast and sit out on the back steps in the backyard with the dogs. Normally this means I have Bailey and Lucy both staring at my plate or trying to be little thieves and steal from me. There is a lot of me telling them to get away followed by some shoving. This doesn't work by the way. They even try to steal my orange juice or apple juice. We typically enjoy about 30 minutes out in the morning.
9am-12pm: This really all depends on how I am feeling, what needs to be done and what day it is. If it's a chemo day then I am at my oncologist enjoying the drugs being pumped into me while watching Let's Make A Deal and The Price Is Right. If it's not a chemo day lately I've been enjoying playing some Mario Kart on the Wii. I forgot how fun that can be. Also how much the computer players cheat. Some days, ok ok most days, I'll go to my dad's and bug my dad and my stepmom cause they live so close to me. This could be morning or afternoon. If I am needing the time to rest then usually its spent in bed binge watching something. What shows have I gone through since I have gotten sick? Well I've watched, The Good Doctor, Last Man Standing, binged all the Harry Potters, both Fantastic Beasts, I've caught up on any shows I have missed out on. Now I am starting The Unit. If I am feeling well then the morning is when I take one of the dogs for a short walk. I really don't have it in me to do long walks with them like I use to. My cousin comes over twice a week and takes Bailey for a good walk for me so that helps with the healing process of her leg.
1pm-5pm: Again this all depends on what day it is and what needs to be done. My chemo is administered over three days every other week. So my chemo days and the following 2-3 days I am pretty rough. Tired, nausea, emotional. I tend to spend quite a bit of time in bed. If it's not the chemo week and I have the energy I try to work around the house. For about every hour of work I manage to get in I end up having to rest for a couple of hours. I guess this is the downside to the chemo. Sweep the floor? Now it's time for an hour nap. Clean the bathroom? Why hello there bed! Somewhere in this time I also have to make lunch. Lately it's been making lunch and playing Mario Kart. Anyone want to challenge me? By the time I go back to work I'll be the best in the world at it.
6pm-11pm: Man where has the day gone? I was so busy doing pretty much nothing that the day slipped by me. It's dinner time now. This is normally when I bug my dad and stepmom to see what they are having and scrounge off of them. Or if not I make something simple. Then it's the morning routine only it's dinner and I sit with the dogs outside. Again I have to fend off those pesky beggars. Nightly there is typically some movie that we watch and in bed no later than 11. Here I am writing this and it's almost 10 and I'm not tired tonight. Know what this means right? Mario kart time!
So see this is my life right now. It's nothing exciting. Nothing glamorous. Between having cancer and then the added fun of having the corona virus going around hasn't really led me to be able to do anything fun with my time off. Truth be told. Having all of this time off isn't ideal. Yeah I know that we all would like to have some down time, myself included, but I am ready to go back to work. Not full time cause yeah I definitely could not handle working 8 hours a day but I'd like to go back a couple hours a day. I miss the interaction with people. Crazy right?
7am: This tends to be the time that I start hearing the pitter patter of the paws. This typically comes from Bailey who likes to sleep in the living room and wake me up by doing her swing dance in the living room. In turn with my waking up Sandy and Tucker wake up and begin their morning routine of stepping on me, trying to roll over on me and sneeze in my face. Where is Lucy you ask? Oh she is on her dog bed trying her best to bury her head under the pillow and ignore us all.
8am: This is typically around the time I finally manage to roll myself out of bed and let the dogs out. I normally make something to eat. This all does depend on how I feel. If I'm not feeling the best and not sure if I am going to be able to keep it down then I forgo having breakfast. If I do eat then I make my breakfast and sit out on the back steps in the backyard with the dogs. Normally this means I have Bailey and Lucy both staring at my plate or trying to be little thieves and steal from me. There is a lot of me telling them to get away followed by some shoving. This doesn't work by the way. They even try to steal my orange juice or apple juice. We typically enjoy about 30 minutes out in the morning.
9am-12pm: This really all depends on how I am feeling, what needs to be done and what day it is. If it's a chemo day then I am at my oncologist enjoying the drugs being pumped into me while watching Let's Make A Deal and The Price Is Right. If it's not a chemo day lately I've been enjoying playing some Mario Kart on the Wii. I forgot how fun that can be. Also how much the computer players cheat. Some days, ok ok most days, I'll go to my dad's and bug my dad and my stepmom cause they live so close to me. This could be morning or afternoon. If I am needing the time to rest then usually its spent in bed binge watching something. What shows have I gone through since I have gotten sick? Well I've watched, The Good Doctor, Last Man Standing, binged all the Harry Potters, both Fantastic Beasts, I've caught up on any shows I have missed out on. Now I am starting The Unit. If I am feeling well then the morning is when I take one of the dogs for a short walk. I really don't have it in me to do long walks with them like I use to. My cousin comes over twice a week and takes Bailey for a good walk for me so that helps with the healing process of her leg.
1pm-5pm: Again this all depends on what day it is and what needs to be done. My chemo is administered over three days every other week. So my chemo days and the following 2-3 days I am pretty rough. Tired, nausea, emotional. I tend to spend quite a bit of time in bed. If it's not the chemo week and I have the energy I try to work around the house. For about every hour of work I manage to get in I end up having to rest for a couple of hours. I guess this is the downside to the chemo. Sweep the floor? Now it's time for an hour nap. Clean the bathroom? Why hello there bed! Somewhere in this time I also have to make lunch. Lately it's been making lunch and playing Mario Kart. Anyone want to challenge me? By the time I go back to work I'll be the best in the world at it.
6pm-11pm: Man where has the day gone? I was so busy doing pretty much nothing that the day slipped by me. It's dinner time now. This is normally when I bug my dad and stepmom to see what they are having and scrounge off of them. Or if not I make something simple. Then it's the morning routine only it's dinner and I sit with the dogs outside. Again I have to fend off those pesky beggars. Nightly there is typically some movie that we watch and in bed no later than 11. Here I am writing this and it's almost 10 and I'm not tired tonight. Know what this means right? Mario kart time!
So see this is my life right now. It's nothing exciting. Nothing glamorous. Between having cancer and then the added fun of having the corona virus going around hasn't really led me to be able to do anything fun with my time off. Truth be told. Having all of this time off isn't ideal. Yeah I know that we all would like to have some down time, myself included, but I am ready to go back to work. Not full time cause yeah I definitely could not handle working 8 hours a day but I'd like to go back a couple hours a day. I miss the interaction with people. Crazy right?
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