To Do List

I will share one of the basic pieces of my life: I have a to-do list. I'm a procrastinator, and a disorganized one at that. On my to-do list for the week is to write a blog entry. But just because it's on the list doesn't mean it gets done this week. I might just get moved every week to the next week until I decide to just neglect it forever. I'll come back to this. . .

An update on my health: I feel grand! Good as ever. Unfortunately, my white blood count is too low, so I haven't had a treatment session for about 4 weeks. Next week I will probably be healthy enough for another treatment. I'm eager to get these done with. I should have only 3 more left. But that's not something I'm focusing on. I'm eager to be disease free, and so far it seems that that's where I'm heading. Not that it's a guarantee, or that it will stick around even for the next 3 months after treatment. But I'm hopeful. Thanks to all who have and are praying. I suppose what I heard from some source (sorry I don't remember who to give credit to), that the reason it's good to have many praying is that when God answers that prayer, many can rejoice in his goodness. Of course that assumes that you're praying the right prayer. God may not choose to answer it in a way that makes you immediately want to rejoice. But that becomes your problem and not mine ;-)

Back to my to-do list. Entry 3 for the week says "Volunteer Search". That's my sloppy way of telling myself to "look for someplace to volunteer, make yourself useful maybe once a week, in something that you enjoy". A few people have offered suggestions already -- Rest Haven, Spectrum, Kent County Jail, PRC. Thanks to all for those ideas. If you have any other ideas, I'd love to hear them. Or if you have specific ideas for what to do with the aforementioned facilities, let me know that too. I'm quite serious about this, even if I do procrastinate on it for a few more weeks. I'm curious to begin exploring my options.

That's it for now. All you silent stalkers, this is the time to comment and make yourselves. I look forward to the input, or random comment, whichever you like!

On Government Doles

I'm not one who likes to take money without working for it, but these days, I reluctantly find myself on multiple government doles (check my usage :-). Disability insurance (non-government), social security, and unemployment. And no, it isn't considered double-dipping, else I wouldn't be posting it. It works out to be enough to get me by. Anyone who's been out of work for more than a few weeks knows how dull and undesirable a state that is. Add to it chemotherapy and it becomes 100x worse. But I'm hopeful to return to a "productive roll" in society at some point in the near future. Not that I consider myself unproductive at the moment. It's just a type of productivity that doesn't and shouldn't pay.