Home again, home again, jiggity jig. R&R was the theme for the day. It was nice to get back to the house where Steve and Nancy had been moving stuff from there to Nancy's place. Steve, my brother-in-law, was visiting from Scituate for 2.5 days and the goal was to move some furniture to Nancy's house and continue going through the 50+ years' worth of accumulated stuff in our house. I appreciated Steve, Greg, and Nancy's efforts at this overwhelming task. They just kept chipping away at this project, little by little. And I enjoyed their company while I was sitting around trying to think happy thoughts. Their energy was contagious and their spirits were high which kept me from going towards the dark side. The doctor's office thought I should be off the entire day after the procedure and they were right.
Steve treated us to ribs and pulled pork sandwiches for dinner from City Barbeque. Oh, so delectable. Then, more Graeter's. It's a Hartlaub tradition to have at least three flavors of Graeter's ice cream stocked in the freezer at all times whenever the Kaplan-Hartlaub Crew is in town. This week was no different although three-fourths of the Crew remained in Scituate. We could not break with tradition.
The white death was predicted for the next day when Steve was scheduled to return to Scituate. I went to work very early along with my suitcase planning to spend the night in West Chester at Staybridge Suites. It might turn into my annual retreat. The motel gives us a great corporate rate for one snowy night's rest and relief from icy roads, a long commute and impatient drivers.
I expected Dr. Runk to call me Friday, not Thursday. So, when my cell phone rang Thursday evening while I was relaxing in retreat-mode and Dr. Runk told me that I had invasive lobular carcinoma, I was stunned. She wanted to make an appointment with me for the next day and I agreed.
From that point, I went into shock. I called Greg, Diane and Joules for support. But I went to bed that night with a great weight on my mind.
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