They say that waiting for results is hard to doo-oo. Now I know, I know that it's true! Naw, really the weekend flew by. Well, not flew exactly. Apparently my body decided it needed to get a flu-like illness. So except for Easter dinner at my mom's, I pretty much slept and took meds all weekend. Which isn't as bad as it sounds. I wasn't worried at all about hearing back from the doctor. I wasn't thinking about much other than the strange medicine-induced dreams I had (including one in which very large knitting insects came to life and chased me down. And no, I have no idea why LOL!). But now? Now it's Monday. And there's just a chance that if the results come back early I'll have them today. So I have the phone near. And should it actually ring, I'll probably jump into the ceiling and then checking caller ID to see who it is. This is kind of silly. Especially since I was told I'd hear back late in the day Tuesday. Which is more than 24 hours away. And yet still, I'll be anxiously awaiting for the phone to ring. To get the results. Ugh. I hate waiting! LOL!

MIA ... Sorry I've been MIA again. It's just, sometimes it's hard to do the things I used to. It seems weird, but I'm at an awkward phase in treatment I guess. Pus, chemo has sucked all my energy out and stole it all from me. Other than that, we started our school year so most of my energy goes to educating my girls. We started early thinking we might be taking days off because of my health. Also, this will most likely be my last year homeschooling. We have a lot to do to get them ready to go into the public school. We've been fans of unschooling and I'm still a fan but we are not doing that anymore. It's textbooks and worksheets and report writing and spelling tests! Phew. We are all adjusting a bit to the new routine, but also mostly liking it! The boy starts Kindergarten Wednesday. I've never sent a child off to kindergarten. I'm sad because I'll be at chemo and won't be able to put him on the bus for his very first day. I'm not even sure I'll be home by the time he gets off the bus from his very first day. I do hope at least I'll be there to hear all about his first day! That's life over here. We are all in general doing good. I'm still fighting side effects, but not as many as before so that's good and I'm very grateful for that. Hope you are all well!

We just downloaded a bunch of education apps on my children's iPad. I'm impressed at how they are using them without me asking them to and my 8yo is asking for things that are harder because some of them are too easy for her. I was thinking if everything they needed to learn was on an iPad app in the form of a game, she'd learn her entire 3rd grade curriculum in about a month LOL! But this works out well. On the days I'm not feeling well or at the doctors for a long time, they can still do lots of learning without needing me. I also think, especially for the things they are still in the process of learning, they can make a lot of mistakes without me looking over their shoulder to see the mistakes ... they are willing to try more and do more. Who would have thought? I struggled with school at my daughter's current ages (8 and 11) and I can't help but wonder if the iPad had been around or I had access to more games than just Oregon Trail and Math Blaster if I would have spent more time working on things and done better. Anyway, just random thoughts from me when I should really be sleeping LOL!