The life and stories of a cancer ninja
So, yeah…
It was a long weekend and we spent too much time feeling blind in a lot of different ways.
And surgery can take the cataracts out of him, but never the “boy“.
We took a walk in the bright and sun on Sunday and he kept a blanket, hood, hat and sunglasses all over his swollen, ultra light-sensitive face, but he hopped out of the stroller for one minute to do this…
Because, you know, it’s Chase.
And after a while, you learn to expect the unexpected.
-MbM-
Today is the day …
I’m pulling myself up by my bootstraps, I’m putting my nose to the grindstone, I’m … well, I’m having a cliche party at the moment, but today is the day I’m finally going to attack my gardening dilemma.
Living in a condo makes this aspect of life a little more challenging for us. We’ve explored the possibility of community garden plots, but sadly, our community auctioned off a majority of it’s plots for the high school LaCrosse fields and so that option is out. We have also discussed a porch garden in pots, but our home faces due North and we only get early morning and late afternoon sun … ah, a moment of silence for all the things I wish I’d considered before we bought this place … although! I will say, I do save on my cooling bills in the summer because we almost never get direct sunlight in here. (it’s like a cave)
Moving on …
So, at this moment, I’m leaning towards putting a couple shade-loving plants in pots on our porch. Because we NEED (NEED!!) green things around here! And then begging my parents (who live across town) and possibly also promising to wash their dishes or take out their trash all summer in exchange for putting some pots of veggies in their yard — which gets crazy sun all the time. [Mom and Dad, if you’re reading this, I never promised to wash your dishes and take out your trash. You never saw this post. Repeat after me …]
Sound like a garden plan?
Wish me luck! Maybe not so much on the “gardening aspect” as in the “getting three kids through the gardening store without spectacular disaster” aspect.
Stay tuned …
[Disclaimer: my garden will look nothing like this garden. I’m just saying … consider yourself warned …]