much needed update

its been a while since my last update, and will probably be a while before the next because im not very good at blogging. Dec 16th is my 5th out of 8 chemos and so far God has been good as far as side effects. the worst is the first 4 days after a treatment. it slowly goes up from there until the next one. each treatment is a little worse than the previous but im still doing well.
life has been crazy lately but its all starting to calm down. i finished my semester well and have 2 more till i graduate. my teachers have all been great and let me work on my own schedule so i was able to catch up on a month of school that i didn't do and i finished pretty well.
i have also had some issues with my new car. some parts in the front end prevented it from getting aligned and long long long story short, i learned to change tie rod ends, ball joints, control arms/bushings/bolts, and repack wheel bearings. and thanks to a good friend, i was able to learn a lot and save some cash. (no thanks to a lot of mechanics trying to sell me stuff i didn't need)
on another repair note, after a couple of months without a washer/dryer, i got the new one in and working with the help of some friends and a repair man. its pretty sweet not having to drag laundry to my friends houses...
lastly, leah, andrew, and ben flew in yesterday and we've been having a great time. having a 2 year old in the house is different but fun. im taking full advantage of my time with him and teaching him all the tricks and skills any 2 year old boy needs to know. he's already a pro in the art of snowball fighting. so we'll see how far we get in the next 2 weeks.