June 2008

Deb went to Washington D.C. for the National Race for the Cure on June 7th. This was an opportunity for her to see several of her aunts and uncles along with her family for a weekend. She left on a Friday morning and spent the day with Aunt Barbs. Randy, Anna and Julie joined the party early for the Race the next morning. On Saturday evening, a large group went to a Washington Nationals game. What a great park- who would have thought there would be enough room for a stadium in downtown DC. Sunday, she drove with her parents to Charleston to spend the week with her parents. She helped power-wash the house, go through several childhood memoir boxes, helped get the deck ready to paint, and simply enjoyed hanging out with her parents.

Dad is doing OK. He has his ups (feeling great some days) and downs (fever, chills and shortness of breath) and is getting used to not really knowing how he will be feeling a few hours from now. As you can guess, that can be pretty frustrating but he and mom are trying to adapt the best they can. As I write this memoir, he has accomplished one cycle of the chemo treatment and starts the second cycle tomorrow. He seems a little more tired and at times anxious about whatever the next appointment/treatment is coming. Overall, some of the tears have been replaced with a little laughter. He really doesn’t like too much attention, so I guess I should stop writing about him for this month!

Deb and I went to Chicago to visit Jeremy and Erin Anderson during the middle of June. We arrived on a Friday evening and we had a nice dinner at a Mexican restaurant. Having a lot to catch up on, Jeremy and I were up until 1:30AM. Deb and I went to the Cubs game (vs. White Sox) the next day with Joe and Ali Rago. We got a chance to hang out with them and have a few Old Styles (draft beer served at Wrigley). After the game, Jeremy, Erin, Deb and I went to a nice steak dinner followed by an improv comedy show. The show was very similar to “Whose Line is it Anyways?” but the subject matter was based on current events. It was very entertaining and also impressive at the same time. After a nice brunch on Sunday morning, we left and were back in Indy by the afternoon.

While we have been in town, we have enjoyed going to the Rathskeller, hanging out by the pool on the weekends when the weather permits, and finishing the flag football season with another championship! Laura (and Claire) and Beth came to town for a quick visit on opposite weekends. Deb went to her friend Angie’s pink and pearls themed bachelorette party and did some wine tasting around Indy. We look forward to seeing my family again at Lake Michigan over July 4th weekend.