One Big Nuke Coming!

Not Iran, my radiation treatment. And Levothyroxine in my system again the next day!

I had a dream that I dropped the radiated iodine capsule under the chair, then had a little action sequence like that movie where Nicholas Cage popped the green nuclear warhead bits in the bad guy’s mouth. What was that one? Alcatraz or something?

Spikekid peeled 35 apples today for a massive “Apple Crisp” bake, hubby got a great deal on apples so the kids will have a warm, yummy different breakfast while I am in radiation isolation. We’ve been practicing ‘radiation hugs’ again, blowing kisses, and they want to send ‘Get Well’ paper airplanes into my ‘chamber’. MommaBean and El 3atal have graciously agreed to watch our brood while hubby transports me.

I’ll let the kids have the lap-top, since it is a ’screen-day’ for them and I don’t want to contaminate the keyboard. They won’t be allowed in the adult bathroom, which will mean a sink free of toothpaste spills and a toilet…well, you know how little boys are. I’ll have an excuse for as many hot showers as I want, and eat lemon drops all day. Citric acid helps keep saliva glands from being affected, some studies say. Bless my husband,  he brought home lemons. I said “Why?”. He said “Well, how much better to have the real thing?” I said “Honey, I cannot suck on lemons at all, much less all day.” EEyyyew. I told him he will have to make hot lemon and honey water drinks all day. I bet he goes and gets lemon drops.

What books will I be reading? Still working through the John Piper book on suffering, but also have one called “Play Station Nation” (the kids are afraid I will return the XBox over it. No chance. We are learning moderation) .

The other is “Parenting Teens with Love and Logic”, which is the system their school is now using in regards to missed or late project or homework. It is choice,  and I love what I have read so far. All about teaching personal responsibility and consequences for behaviour. Wow, if we could get this implemented into the Jordanian educational system, there would be, well, I can only imagine.Or the American system, come to think of it.

Thanks for all your prayers and good wishes and happy thoughts as I under go the ‘big glow’! God has been with me in fear, weakness, sickness, emptiness, alone-ness, now in semi-isolation and BOREDOM. Now that is one thing I havent’ had to deal with is God helping me through boring days. Maybe just what an ‘excitement-junkie’ needs.