no kitten yet!

haven't found just the right kitty yet, but I will. We drove to Libby last weekend and had a great visit with son, daughter-in-law and grand kids. Grandson is sporting a cast on his broken arm and we went to watch his team win their football game. He thinks he will play again next year. One never knows about expectations and changes. I would not have bet on that boy ever joining any kind of team. He is even thinking about becoming an altar boy! Granddaughter, who is into jitterbug and high heels, has her fancy dance clothes hanging on the wall in her room. Pretty attractive.
Beuford, our Beagle, has been suffering from separation anxiety. According to daughter-in-law, who has the patience of Job, Beuford wined all afternoon when we left him and if they put him outside he bayed!
I had some separation anxiety this past weekend. Our houseboy, the oldest son, decided we could fly on our own and he went back to Oregon. He is working as a cook and also helping with some sound equipment in Astoria. He calls and tells us how green and lush everything over there is. I think he is glad to be home in Oregon. I am learning to run the vacuum again and husband has been picking up apples and plans to mow the lawn. The oldest could not have picked a better time to visit us, what with husband's heart surgery etc.
I went to the oncologist yesterday and he says all is quiet, no spread of lung cancer. I feel pretty good, except tired. I guess I might be tired the rest of my life? My upper back and across my chest aches like I have had a cough and made those muscles sore. Doctor says it is from the radiation and other patients have described the same sensation, so guess I'll stop complaining out that. Also he said the blurred vision is probably from the steriods, so I am in the process of weaning off the steriods again. I have a lot of tiny bleeding points and bruises, from the blood thinner I take. I told the doc. I would rather have leaks than clots so we are keeping me on the same dose of coumadin (rat poison you know).
I can't decide about memorial services. I keep going from religous to secular to nothing. I'm tired of the whole role of dying person, so I don't talk about it much anymore. I saw a job on the internet I might apply for. I don't know how an employer would feel about hiring a "short term" employee, but who knows which employee is the shortest term.
We are without a phone because I blew a gasket. We are going back to Bresnan, on the 18th. I made the wrong assumption that Bridgemax was a triple bundle. It is not. They are internet, the TV would be dish and the phone was vonage (they are in N. Carolina!) so it got out of hand with the phone company who has no technitions in Great falls and they expected to walk-talk me through the intricate wiring! After the third trip up the stairs I lost my ladyhood and told them to come and get their crap. Then the bank tried to charge me $27 for an accidental overdraft, never had one before, so I talked them into erasing that charge. EGAD! Bad Week.