Thursday the 21st, Jim turns 60!

Good thing for great friends, food, and birthdays! The Free Clinic brought lunch and dessert for Jim and the office on Thursday. The Ballous provided Jim’s birthday dinner complete with decadent chocolate cake. Dinner was enough to feed a platoon so we also get frozen leftovers which Brent had no problem working through much of when we were gone for the third treatment. It was also supposed to be a bridge night but the freezing rain changed that plan. Brent had to work but Jim, Jenna, and I celebrated. Wow, 60!

Friday we realized that we had lasagna in the fridge that Betsy had brought on Wednesday. Might as well have the Carters over to eat the food they provided and have a shot at some of the bridge we missed the night before. Jim, Buddy, Brent and Jenna played away. I was having a mild gem flu/fatigue attack so Betsy and I sat and read and chatted. Must have been interesting for her to chat with someone who couldn’t keep her eyes open. Brain awake but couldn’t keep those lids up : ) Tylenol and dinner did wonders. By the time Brent had met his bridge quota and Betsy took over, I was up and alert and part of the conversation while catching up on the newspapers I’d missed the past few days.

Saturday Jim went and took a morning class on using his digital camera. It’s something he’d been interested in and the timing was perfect for a birthday gift. Spent Sunday evening with Jim and Shelly watching the Saints/Vikings game. It was nice to sit around on someone else’s couch, visit, and eat a yummy dinner. Also reminds me how nice it is to get out. Of course that’s easy when you have friends who are glad to have you on their couch with your pillow and blankie in tow just in case.