Lazy day

It's October and it was 80 degrees with blue skies and no wind, I can't believe I wasn't out on the lake.  On any normal fall day like this, if we weren't out at the lake I'd be making Noelle mad because I would be pouting.  Somehow she tolerates me.  Today my father-in-law helped me to finish winterizing the boat.  It's a sad sad day for me every year when that day comes around.  For some reason I wasn't bothered by it though.  It was actually nice to spend a lazy day milling around the house, watching a little football, winterizing the boat and enjoying the nice weather. 

Brynnley is absolutely loving having her grandma and grandpa around.  It's fun to see her so happy and oblivious to the mess going on around her.  She asks if daddy's owy is ok almost everyday and is very happy to hear that it is getting better.  Thankfully I can now do more than sit on the couch.  I'm pretty much back to full mobility and can at least help with Brynnley.  I know everyone wants to help but I hated being a burden after surgery.  It's so funny to me how reluctant I am to ask for help.  There has got to be a major chemical imbalance in men that just will not allow us to ask for help.  Stuborn stuborn stuborn.  Thats a very common trait in my family so I guess I'll blaim it on them :-) 

Tonight I had a great date night with Noelle.  All we did was stroll around the mall downtown and grab some really great food at Clinkerdaggers (which I would definately recommend although its a little pricy).  But it was a lot of fun and I had a great time hanging out with my sweetheart.  We didn't really talk a lot about surgery or chemo or all that but it came up a few times.  It was nice to not have it constantly on my mind, even if only for a little while. 

I'm definately leaning towards surgery as the best option for now.  The more information I gather from the internet and the more stories I read online, the more optomistic I become.  What did we ever do without the internet??  It kind of just boggles my mind.  We didn't even have a computer in our house until 12 years ago, how did we even survive?  :-)  If any of you are interested, these are some of the websites I've been visiting.  There are some great stories, sad stories and a lot of great information. 

The Testicular Cancer Resource Center http://tcrc.acor.org/

TC Cancer.com  http://www.tc-cancer.com/  

Only 34 hours and 22 minutes until my consult with the surgeon.  But who's counting?