Ryan and I are getting close to being married for 2 months now, still getting into a routine but I am so proud of how hard Ry is studying. I know sometimes it gets old for him that his routine is school, work, dinner, study and bed. Really the only days he eases up on the studying is Friday date night and Sunday, other than that every night he retreats to the office and I see him either when he comes to bed or if I don't wake up then the next morning. But his hard work is paying off, he had a particularly stressful week last week when he had 3 classes all having big tests during the same week, but he was diligent and scored A's and B's on everything. Hard work does pay off : )
We really haven't made any plans for this fall as we didn't really know the time schedule for my dad's transplant and wanted to make sure I was available when my family needed me, but I think we at least know Dad will not be going up to Salt Lake in October and so we are going to try to head down to Cali and take advantage of the fact we have Nevada Day off and they don't and hit up Universal Studios over the Halloween weekend. I'll miss handing out treats to the kids at the annual Trunk or Treat but it will be nice to get away from work and school for a weekend and just have fun.
Speaking of my dad, he got his 2nd round of Revlimid numbers and the "M-spike" which signifies the level of monoclonal protein is continuing to drop. An average person would show none, but myeloma produces abnormal protein cells which increase this number so therefore your m-spike is the number that is higher than the norm. They watch alot of numbers in myeloma but this is the main number we watch right now as this determines when he will be ready for a stem cell transplant. Originally upon diagnosis in April 2010 it was a 6, August 2010 it was at a 3 and this last test shows it as 2.3 so its continuing to drop. The transplant team would like the m-spike to be 1 or below prior to transplant so we are thinking we have at least 2 more rounds of Revlimid to go. Earliest to SLC is looking like either end of Nov, beginning of Dec. So for now Thanksgiving is up in the air. We can handle it though, like my dad says we are looking to win the marathon not the sprint. Please just keep him in your prayers that Round 3 has a big drop!
My little brother Josh came up for the weekend from AZ so its been nice to hang with him this weekend. I miss him and I know my mom misses his pup Addie they watched her for 4 months this summer when he had a rotation that kept him from home 12 hours at a time. We will be doing dinner with them tomorrow night after conference.
We also had the opportunity to go to dinner with Ryan's parents last night to a Cuban restaraunt, it was good food and we had good conversation. I think his parents are happy being empty nesters, in the 7 weeks we have been married they have already re-done his room to a sewing room, bought a new couch and are buying new recliners and a new flat screen for their bedroom LOL
That's pretty much all for now, 'll leave you with this :P I have noticed since starting a blog I have had more interest in reading family and friends blogs, and as I was watching conference this morning it made me think about a post I read on my cousin Suzy's blog. She has two little boys and they are so full of life. Thomas, her oldest, was singing Follow the Prophet and asked her "Mom, what happens if I get in front of the Prophet?" I love kids and how black and white everything is for them! ;)
Until the next time...
