A Productive Day - 10/18/07

Today was busy. I spent quite a bit of time on the phone arranging to have data faxed from NIH to Georgetown and arranging to get a CD copy of the recent CT scan and MRI. I think everything is done on my part, except to pull together a concise list of all the chemo therapies he's had in the last f0ur years. I have his medical history in a Microsoft word file, but I want to pare it down to one page for ease of catching them up with everything. I also got the 31 page email from Georgetown so we can start filling out forms. NIH needed a signed medical release form to make the CD for us, so they emailed me the form. I filled it out, Warren signed it, I scanned it and attached the scanned copy to an email and sent it back to them. Don't you just love technology? I think Warren was impressed, but I'm very process oriented so I know how to make processes work efficiently.

I even broke out the ironing board this afternoon (I hate ironing), but I just wanted to get that taken care of.

Today's picture shows the curtains we put up this week. The room is our guest room which has an alcove that Warren uses for his office. My goal with the curtains was to sort of block the view to that cabinet he insisted on putting in there. They are so sheer they don't do a lot of blocking though. I bought those in the Spring to use doing the warmer weather and haven't gotten around to getting something different for winter. If I get something opaque it will block the light and that's the only window in that room. Let's just say the room is a work in progress. Eventually there will be color on the walls. Right now its a big beige box (like all of the apartment actually). As soon as we moved in here, he got sick so there hasn't been a lot of time and energy for decorating. The quilt was made by my Aunt Mary and her Mother in the 1980's. The pattern is called "Wedding Ring". The quilt you can partially see on the wall was made in the 1930's and was a wedding gift from a friend of mine. Its called "Grandmother's Flower Garden" I believe. She bought it at an antique shop in Californina.

My Granddaughter is here tonight because there is no school tomorrow. So she'll get to spend two nights with us this week.

I hope those of you in the middle of the country stay safe tonight with all of the tornado warnings in effect. Be safe and well.