November 30 – Rebuilding Week for Brian

Brian has been feeling very well this week as this is the last week before chemo starts again next Tuesday.  Brian is so enjoying being off drugs for a week and he feels really good.  This week Brian has been working on the basement apartment, prepping walls and finally finished the painting today.  Some of you may not know this yet, but we are going to be selling our house early in the new year.  We have bought a brand new Executive Style Townhome Condo in Westminster Woods, just around the corner from Breanne and James and David and Jenn.  We actually bought this condo a few months ago, before Brian’s diagnosis; and at the time were worried that we were making the right decision.  We wanted to downsize as the house seems too big now that the kids have flown the coup and  Breanne was on our case about buying one of these new condos around the corner as they would be “perfect for you and dad” – she said!  We were not sure we were ready for living in a higher density area in a condo but they are really beautiful condos and being so close to the grandkids with dreams of them dropping by whenever they wanted and visiting after school when they were old enough was very tempting and with our dreams of doing more travelling, it seemed the right decision to make – we could lock the door and go; so we decided to go ahead with it.  Now, in hindsight, we are very glad we made this decision as neither Brian nor I want to be worried about the upkeep of a big house and garden and now are looking forward to the move. 

So we have a very busy year ahead and sometimes it feels overwhelming with the amount of things we have on our plate and now with Brian having chemo adding to the mix!  In the next six months, we have to de-clutter the house, sell the house, move into a condo end of May, and get ready for David and Jenn’s wedding in July, plus get Brian through 4 months of chemo!  But we are up for the challenge and come next August, we should feel relieved everything is over and done with – then I think it may be time for a relaxing vacation again!

I will probably not update the blog again until after Brian’s chemo next week.  Stay tuned….