J24: Dear Santa

Dear Santa,

Sorry it's been so long since I've written, but I've been a little busy being an adult and whatnot. My Christmas spirit meter has been a bit on the low side this year, but maybe a good snowfall this weekend will help to change that. Since I haven't been to choir rehearsals in a while and I missed the Christmas show the other night, I can't even depend on the joyous sounds of Christmas music to perk up my holiday side.

There's not much money in the gift fund this year (or really any other fund for that matter), but I think I'm okay with limiting the commercialism of the affair a little bit (let's just hope the rest my people feel the same way). The more important things in life are becoming clearer to me, so my Christmas wish list is quite a bit different than in years past. Here it is...

What I want for Christmas:
1. D--'s radiation treatments to go well with minimal side-effects.
2. Good roads to get him to said treatments.
3. A day or two with my family in Kansas City.
4. The break to be a wonderful for the friends, colleagues, and students that have made this semester from hell a little more tolerable.
5. Strength, endurance, and tranquility.

And I think that's it. Although an X-Box 360 wouldn't be too shabby either.

~Genesis

J23: What's on your mind this morning?

Now that I've got my rhetoric class behind me, I find myself thinking more and more about the impending cancer treatments facing my husband. It's kinda sad that I've been so thoroughly focused on school that I've been glossing over what's really important. Visiting with the radiation guy the other day made me feel better about some aspects of the procedure, but has really freaked me out about others. I know it will be okay. I know that there is no need for or help in worrying. I know that I just need to have faith. It's a struggle though. I may know all these things, but it's the things that I don't that are making me it tough.

A week and a half. That's how much of first semester we have left. That's how long until D-- starts treatments. It feels like a lifetime.