Things are ok. The flu bug seems to be gone now. My son went back to school on Wednesday. He has a bit of a cough but it is getting better especially with the breathing treatments. So far no one else has come down with it.
My brother started chemo. It's rough. His partner called me yesterday morning needing a shoulder to cry on. I can only imagine what it must be like for him to watch his partner of 18 years battle this. But I talked with his parnter a little while ago & my brother's appetite was up tonight. He was out getting chinese.
My brother loves chinese. They remove the pump on Sunday then he'll have a 3 week break before starting another 4 day round. After that he'll be finished with the chemo.
I started counseling this week. I have a lot to think about. Been spending most of my spare time reading & journaling. This is going to be an intersting journey of self discovery/redefining. On one hand some of the things I'm learning is liberating. But on the other it's left me with no real sense of who I am. For too long I've defined myself by the wrong things. I recently went back & looked at an old paper I wrote for a values class I took in 2004. The values in & of themselves aren't the issue but the reasons why they're my values. That's the heart of the matter. My past is not just a part of who I am . . . it is who I am. (I can't believe I'm admitting this to everyone
) Now that I've realized this I can do something about it. It will take time but now I can finally move past & move forward.
Anyway so that's where things are at. I worked out a couple of times this week but nothing to write home about. Going to the gym with no plan is not working for me anymore. It's time to take it in a different direction. So I'm starting SL beginner program on Monday. I've laid out my progression. I'll be back at my old strength levels maybe more by mid December. Once I've milked that for all it's worth I'm going to find something that requires ZERO thinking. As evidenced by the last 4 months I'm not cut out to do any programming myself. Maybe some day but definitely not now. 5,3,1 will have to wait awhile longer.
I've been on the AD for 2 weeks now. I defintely called it right only allowing one carb up day. However the dairy is giving me problems. I may have to modify it a bit. It may end up looking more like paleo as opposed to AD.
So there's the recap of my week.
Now aren't you glad you asked?
He starts his treatment this week. I plan on calling him on Friday to see how it's going. 
