Jackalopes

Today was a much better day at radiation therapy than yesterday. No computer problems and no waiting really. The Mask was feeling tight, but not too bad. I went by myself today... it was strange not having mom there with me. The reason I was alone was because I was going to meet friends for dinner up the street at Chili's after my treatment.

Sometimes, when I feel crappy about my life and myself, I just want to stay home and never go anywhere. But then I couldn't see my friends like I did today, and I would miss that. It was nice spending a couple hours with Deb, Sue and Beth. They always have some funny stories and news to catch up on. Thanks for being such great friends to me always!

One little story... I sent out an email game called Scategories where you had to give a word that started with the first letter of your last name, and Beth filled it out and sent it back to some of us, but also included her sister on the email. One of the questions was "name an animal". Beth's last name is Johnson and she said, "Jackalope". I emailed back, hitting reply ALL, and said, "Beth, a Jackalope isn't a real animal LOL", and she replied back, "You are correct - I wonder where I heard that word before?" And I replied back (to all), "Jackalopes are a legendary creature famous out in the northwestern states. When I went to Jackson Hole Wyoming, they had them all over the place. On T-shirts and on the walls, etc." So, anyway, tonight Beth tells us that her sister kept calling her and asking her why was she getting these dumb email about Jackalopes and she didn't care if they were legendary creatures. I realize now that her name is Deb on the emails, and so I didn't notice her name and thought it was my other friend Deb. Her poor sister!

Oh, and Deb had something comforting to tell me after I told them about how on Monday I thought they might have forgotten me in the radiation room. Apparently her sister Nancy was at a doctor appointment and was waiting in the room for her doctor to return and he never came back and finally she looked out and everyone was leaving and they were closing the place up. So, I guess it's not such a far-fetched possibility after all. Thanks, Deb!