Sunday, March 27th

The weekend has been a quiet and recouperating couple of days.  As per a usual trip to the IWK, we were tired and emotionally drained.  Our good news was inspiring, and our wait for the final decision on the radiation definitely was heavy on our minds.  Michellie was inquisitive about all kinds of things on Friday, and then she became overwhelmed with it all on Saturday.  Her rash exploded to encompass much of her body and it was itchy to boot!  She was tired of mention of any remedies, but finally let me put some arnica oil on most of her body.  She felt like one big oil slick.  Her muscles were extremely sore from the physio tests on Thursday, and the pain of this carried through to Sunday morning.  It really is amazing how much she has tightened up and how little strength is in her atrophied muscles.  She did her best on Saturday to do The Star and support the remylenation of the nerve cell endings, and she did put Olive Leaf Extract in her smoothies.  She tried some of the stretches recommended, but she still cannot sit up straight or touch her toes - all you dancers reading this will remember how tight Michellie has always been!  I keep pursuading for Tai Chi, but she is refusing!

Last night David and I finally made it to the dance at West Mabou.  It was so great to be out and to be dancing!  Mac and Howie were playing which was fabulous.  We had a wonderful time, and our bodies were happy for some fun exercise.  We hope this is the start of a more regular appearance at the dances, and in the community.

Today Michellie and I spent some time in the kitchen talking about what it means to convert recipes to Gluten and wheat free.  I think she is thinking ahead to next week when I am away, and her and Dad have to figure it all out.  She started taking notes.  We also tried a Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe today with some ground garbanzo beans and molasses.  They turned out pretty good!  Then, Michellie set out to learn how to make barbeque sauce, and a whole dinner was born of that.  Michellie's Foods teacher will be quite impressed when she finally makes it to class.

Tomorrow we hope to get Michellie to school for the afternoon, and David and I will be in the attic finishing the last of the cleanup and board pounding, and then the storage shift can happen.  That has been a long time  coming.  It will feel good to get this part of the renovations completed.  David has quite the job to fit in the small spaces of the attic and work on his knees mostly.  Missy has been joining him to see if she can catch the squirrels and eat the flies - this is a little bit of heaven for her. 

I am working on getting back into some teaching and launching some new home parties with healing and dance.  A few more weeks of building the last of these programs, and then they should be ready, and I know I am.  I also am finally able to start an Introduction to Tai Chi class for the Mabou area.  I am very excited about getting my hands back into Tai Chi regularly and to share the incredible benefits of the exercise with others. 

David's work has been very slow, so we have decided that if the economy is going to stay there for a bit longer, then we will put his hands to work and go a little more at the renovations with our own manpower.  MacKenzie will arrive in a few weeks, and we will be eager to put his muscle to work too.  In the meantime, if anyone has some house plans, renos etc. now is the time to talk to David about them if you need some design work done. 

Kenzie spent the week with Cochrane High, and Mrs. Stonewall's production of Beauty and the Beast.  He helped with the choreography for the show for several months now.  After a full week of shows, they had an excellent run, and MacKenzie was very proud of the work his dancers did.  We were sorry to miss the show, but a thanks to Mrs. Stonewall for getting Kenzie on the stage, even if it was after graduation.  Now he is rehearsing for a show with Tara Wilson and Pulse Studios.  We are glad he is so busy with his own dance, especially with his day job and other teaching assignments.

Thanks again to everyone for all of your support this past week as we wait for the final decision.  We feel the incredible love everyone has sent, and we know that the best will happen for Michellie, whatever the decision is.  Just a few more days to wait...