So far, I don't think this is one of our best leaf seasons: beautiful but not spectacular like some years. Maybe we haven't hit the peak yet; some trees, like the red maple, turned early and have already dropped their leaves, while others are still showing a lot of green.
Jimmy and I went to Henry's in Clayton for lunch today, for our fried chicken fix and to get off the mountain for a while. Traffic was so heavy we were afraid Henry's would be closed by the time we got there - or worse, have run out of fried chicken. The leafers were everywhere, sightseeing and clogging up traffic and making a general nuisance of themselves, getting in the way of people like us who were hungry and had a destination. George's Zip Line was booming, and not a parking space was to be seen, both times we passed it.
Jimmy looks really good, and I wish he felt as good as he looks. He has good days and bad, depending on where we are with the medication. He sleeps a lot, sometimes 10 or 12 hours a night plus a good nap or two. We pace things, and try to have an "event" every day - either go out to lunch (if we can get up early enough) or have dinner with friends. People seem surprised at how well he's doing, but what they don't see is that he's been resting up all day for it.
Jimmy's M-spike had gone up (bad) when he was tested a few weeks ago, while his good counts had gone down (also bad), but that was after only one round of doubling the chemo, and we are hopeful that the next tests will show that things are going in the right direction.
We had planned on going home around the 20th but Jimmy's next Emory appointment is on the 29th, so we think maybe we'll delay the trip a week and do our Emory thing on our way home.
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