We had a good time in NY. We found a buyer for the house, and we will be relieved after the closing. Bob had a fabulous time at his grandma's house and at his cousins' houses. He enjoyed playing with them. It saddens me to be leaving NY, but it is time to move on. I miss all my family and friends, but we hope to return for a visit in the end of the year.
All of our belongings are packed in a POD which will be delivered in the beginning of August. I am going to stay with my travel nurse company until October so I can get another 20% of my 401K, and then I will go staff somewhere. I should be eligible for both a relocation and a sign-on bonus.
We are going to go on the Grand Canyon Railway for Bob's Birthday with my in-laws. They have a video on their website, as well as some pictures. ( http://www.thetrain.com/ ) Jim made one of the pictures the wallpaper on the computer. Bob loves it. It is a picture of a train on a bridge going over land. He will sit on the computer and tell us how the train goes on the tracks, it has lights and wheels and a bell and it makes smoke and it is black and people go in the train and the conductor sits here and it goes choo choo and the wheels go round and round, and it goes on the bridge over the dirt...... He will go on for about twenty minutes. I asked Jim if the train goes along the rim of the Grand Canyon (it does). Bob told me "the train goes on the train tracks mommy." He is absolutely correct.
It is hot here in Phoenix. And, according to what I have read, tomato pollen dies above sustained 90 degree temperatures. Needless to say, the tomatoes on the tomato plants are all the tomatoes we are going to get this season. We now know to plant seedlings in the end of August so we can have tomatoes in the fall months. Most of the people in Phoenix have fall/winter gardens.
I thought the heat would bother me more than it does. It does not. 85 in NY bothers me. 85 here is cool.
I had my thyroid scan today. I had a small "hot spot" in the area where my thyroid was. There is no way to tell if it is cancer or a little bit of residual thyroid with that scan. I had bloodwork done to check my thyroglobulin level. If that level is high, then I will need a thyroid ultrasound. After that we will decide if I need radiation again. I really don't want to go through that again. I don't want to be off of thyroid hormone for six weeks, but if I have to, then I have to. There are worse things in life that could happen. I don't know what we will do with Bob for the three days if I have to go on isolation, but I will figure it out if it comes to that point.
I will keep everyone updated with the latest news.
