IT'S BEEN A YEAR

It has been a year since I was admitted to UW at 6 am on Halloween. I was on two anti-seizure medications and still having seizures in my left foot every 30-45 minutes, 24 hours a day. Then in about two hours time, I had the top of my skull drilled, a little tumor removed and my skull glued back on and here I am 50 pounds lighter, no more seizures, feeling great and so-o-o-o-o-o happy to be able to celebrate this anniversary.

I wanted to be able to photograph my scar, but it is hidden in my hair and it is really a better touching experience anyway. So here is to many more celebrations of this anniversary...here, here!!!!!

SPARE TIME

This is what I'm doing with my spare time,
creating baby sweaters to sell at the hospital gift shop.

BIRTHDAY DAY AFTER

I had such a wonderful birthday from start to finish. The highlight was taking the Locks Cruise which begins in the waters of Puget Sound and they tell you about the history of the buildings on the waterfront and what can be seen from the boat. The weather for the cruise turned out to be PERFECT! When we took the ferry over, we were delayed because of the fog and we couldn't even see any buildings in Seattle until we got off the ferry, but by the time the cruise left about an hour later, it was clear and beautiful.

This is the bridge as the boat is approaching the Ballard Locks.

The captain steering the boat into the lock. We at still on the salt water side. Once we are raised up and the gate opens, we will be on the fresh water side.

This is lake water being allowed in as part of the way the locks are engineered. This is the same way the Panama Canal works.






Once through the locks, we were in the fresh water of Lake Union. This is Gasworks Park on Lake Union. We also saw the houseboat where they filmed "Sleepless in Seattle".

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLOG

Tomorrow my blog will be a year old. WOW! I don't know that I can say the blog has grown so much as I have learned about the blog.

It has been quite a year, blog, it has been quite a year.

SHOUT OUT

Let's give a big shout out for HOT WATER! You never know how much you love it until you don't have it. Our 15 year old hot water tank stopped suddenly on Saturday morning. Old age was what the final diagnosis read (I am taking Medical Vocabulary I). The plumber gave us an estimate and promise of delivery and installation of a new one for Monday the 8th. We could all hardly wait. We hadn't showered. The laundry was piled and the dishwasher needed to be run.

Monday morning the company calls and says, "Oh he gave you the wrong price. It's $600 more than what he told you and we have to order the tank. It will take 10 days."
Thank you anyway.

To make a long story short the plumber's who were able to install the heater same day were the one's who don't advertise on TV and who drive the beat up van. They answer their own phone and actually return your phone calls. We ended up putting in an electric hot water heater which was half the price and available for same day installation. By late in the afternoon we really didn't care, just put it in already so I can wash my hair!!!