Twenty-five

Well, good thing I wasn't thinking about it and getting excited - NASA put the launch off for at least a week while they check a fuel valve. We're still going to Florida next week though. It'll be good to get away, even if things won't work out the way I'd hoped. We'll probably do a day tour of the Kennedy Space Center, and use the extra couple days we'd planned on for delays to see Disneyworld.

Cheers

Twenty-four

Today is my anniversary. I was diagnosed 4 years ago when I was having a lot of pain and I went in for surgery for the doc to remove what he thought would be a large ovarian cyst. It turned out the ovary was a 14cm tumor and it's been treatment and cancer, cancer and treatment ever since.

Four years is a long time. It's kind of a bitter-sweet anniversary. I've had 4 more years than if the tumor had just exploded and killed me in the first place, but it's also been 4 years of cancer and all the treatment and pain and loss of function that's gone along with it. Can't say I'm regretting the 4 extra years though.

I'm still going to Florida next week to see the launch. I try not to think about it - I get too excited. It looks like it'll be the last shuttle launch for a while - they'll probably make massive budget cuts to the space program to try and help with the recession.

Cheers

P.S. Happy Birthday to my little bro Tommy!