Thursday, January 14, 2010

The house is too quiet

Wow a lot has been happening around the Solomon household.

Connor only had one small bout of nausea after his overnight chemo stay last week. He's been a real champ. The Oncologist told us we can expect his blood counts to start going back down this week. The Maintenance Chemo Schedule is a bit confusing it will take some time for us to get used to it.

We've been enjoying our time with our family. We were real fortunate and they were able to spend several weeks with us. It's been nice to have other people around to keep our minds off "The Cancer" for a little bit.

Connor decided on Thursday that he wanted to have a "Boys night out", so he decided he wanted to take Daddy and Grandpa to the movies to see a "Boy Movie": Alvin and the Chipmunks (Grandpa was SOOO excited to see that!). The "Girls" went out to do water aerobics. Unfortunately the class times changed (My planning went awry again) so we came home and watched a movie.

On Sunday we went to Lincoln City with our family. Our plan was to go crabbing but unfortunately by the time we got there the tide was out (Missy's planning strikes again),It would have been great for clamming though!. Although he was sorely disappointed about not being able to go crabbing, Connor went searching for shells and rocks with Daddy and found a few rocks to try in his rock tumbler. It was nice that we were able to visit the Ocean so much during our families stay, the salty air always reminds me of my hometown, and special times growing up.

Our Friends were so kind to deliver VooDoo Donuts (thanks Nikki and Bryan) the family was so excited about that.

We finally dismantled Christmas. Connor was really upset, he wanted to keep the tree up "Forever" (me too!!). We played lots of card games and my family became a little addicted to "The Price is Right" on WII.

My family packed up today and flew back home. Connor helped with their luggage at the airport. Of course it's always bittersweet when my family comes to visit. It's so comforting when they are here, but so very sad when they need to leave.

Having my family here was like being wrapped inside a big warm blanket, I felt safer, and stronger. My family grounds me. My sister with her great laugh, and smile. My mom with her big strong hugs that hold me together when I feel like I could just fall apart in her arms, and my dad who makes me laugh down to my soul (and always keeps us well fed). When they are gone I miss their quirks, our little inside jokes, and the extra noise in the house, it's all too quiet.

Although Connor would never verbally admit he was feeling sad, he is. We talked about how quiet the house was, and he gave me an extra long goodnight hug.

The best part of today: Having people in your life that you love so much.