Day 3

I was not able to get back to sleep last night until after 3 am and I discussed it with the nurse when I got here this morning. She said the anti nausea medicine affects sleep and that I should try some over the counter sleep pills and if those don't work, they will get me something stronger to help. It makes it tough when I am tired to start.

It's been a pretty simple day and Karen has been working on Gary, the guy with the head stuff. They covered his head again today and drew some spinal fluid out. He has IT really bad and Karen has been talking with him about his home meds for a half hour. It makes me feel fortunate that mine is so easy to clear up. Speaking of that, when Jen and I talked with Reznick yesterday, I asked if the success rate of my treatment is still in the 90 percent range. He said it's now in the 85+ percent range, which is still extremely strong and I'm still low risk. He was very happy with how things are progressing.

I had the chance to watch Will Ferrell's movie, Stranger than Fiction, this morning. It was amazing and I really enjoyed how different it was. I am now listening the a Grateful Dead show that I went to with Jeremy Mears on June 2, 1995 at Shoreline in Mountain View, CA. It was the last weekend of shows I ever went to and it was great because the sun was shinning, it was Jeremy's first and Only show and Brian Hoffman made it to the Sunday 6/4/95 show. They opened Friday night with Alabama Getaway and it was the first time they had played it in years which got the crowd pretty excited.

Jen, Addy and I stopped by Young American's this morning to see GG, Robert and Eileen. They sent me a gift yesterday and I wanted to thank them. Addy was very attached to GG and she always likes that.

Karen just gave me the Lasik and she put it into the tube, about 6 inches from the port. It goes directly into my body and I can feel the tempeture change and a different taste in my mouth. It's really a strange sensation and it happens instantly.

I decided to take Briley to the bus stop at 635am this morning. I opened the back of my car and let Maizy jump in, got in the drivers seat, opened the garage door and backed out. I'm not sure what I was thinking about but it clearly was not if the garage door was completley open. I hooked my rear window hinge on the bottom panel of the garage door and broke the door. There is a huge rip in the wood, I bent the rails and pulled some of it off the track. When I got back, I checked the yellowpages and called on place who offered 1 hour service and it went right to voicemail. The 2nd place had chanced their phone number number and It did not forward me to the new number. Jessica answered at Precision garage doors and I set an appointment for Thursday morning. FYI - the replacement cost of a wood garage door panel is $450 installed. As you can guess, the timing sucks and Brendan might have to wait a few more years for his $5. Sorry.

So, we just sit here, Jen reading a Jackie Collins book as I type on the blackberry. I need to go as the Lasik is kicking in.

81 days to go........


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