Today…

I haven’t been writing much because everything has become the new normal. It’s routine, mundane, and not all that interesting. So here is today as of 7:45 a.m.:

• woke up at 5
• sat on the toilet for a bit and pooped
• sat in bed until 6 looking at Instagram and Facebook
• got up, put on daytime hat and warm sweater and let the dogs out
• fed the dogs
• made hot tea (favoring Rooibos Madagascar Vanilla these days)
• ate a bowl of raisin bran while…
• reading the newspaper and doing the Sudoku
• took an Ondansetron
• brushed teeth
• rinsed mouth with baking soda and water
• took a Clotrimazole lozenge
• made another cup of tea
• sat down to laptop (I sit on the couch in the living room – the warmest room)

And I do almost exactly the same thing every day. Now I’ll log in to Seattle Children’s remotely from my laptop and work for the morning – following up emails, attending meetings, etc. If I’m fatigued by early afternoon (which I probably will be) then I’ll clock out for the day and spend the afternoon doing several of four usual things:

• napping
• reading
• watching Friends on Netflix
• Facebook and Instagram

I’ll eat a mid-morning snack – cottage cheese, or peanut butter toast. I’ll eat lunch – sandwich, or soup, or leftovers. I’ll eat a midafternoon snack. I’ll suck on a Clotrimazole lozenge 5 times total throughout the day, and rinse my mouth with the baking soda and water after every snack/meal.

Like I said… it’s mundane now. There isn’t anything new to report. This is the part of the journey where the newness has worn off and the finish line is still a long way off. It’s riding on the flats with a bit of a headwind and miles to go.

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming swimming swimming (to quote my favorite blue fish)