It Was an Eventful Day and an Excellent One!

Yesterday's doctor appointments turned into a kerfluffle instead of appointment followed by appointment followed by appointment. I arrived early - I usually do - and I was called in almost immediately, so I texted Claire - who hadn't yet arrived - and went into the ultrasound room. The technician spent 15-20 minutes with the ultrasound wand, making sure she was seeing everything, then she called in her supervisor/department head to take a look as well. Neither of them saw anything to merit additional biopsies or tests, so I was cleared to go home. SCORE! 

I got really lucky. The ultrasound didn't show 
anything new or missed, so I was released to 
spend my day as I wanted. No additional tests 
needed. 

I thanked Claire for coming down, we gave each other hugs, and I was off to get my car out of the parking ramp and head onward to the grocery store. I wanted to make soup for dinner since the soup I had made last week was almost eaten up. With a very specific shopping list in hand, I purchased EXACTLY what was on my list - ingredients to make my next batch of "Ogre Jurce" and the vegetable/beef soup I had decided on for dinner for the next few days. 

I couldn't imagine who would have pulled into my driveway, 
but I do get people pulling in who are switching directions 
on our roadway. It turned out to be my swimming partner, 
Meg! What a lovely surprise. 

It was a beautiful day - cold but brightly sunny - so I decided to wash Minnion on my way home. The guys at the car wash are almost personal friends by now - I purchased my membership as a birthday gift to myself in the Spring, and I use it every week on average, sometimes even more often. I had a chance to catch up with the wash guys and owner, and then continued home where I saw a strange SUV pull into my driveway ahead of me. Thinking it was someone who was merely pulling in to change directions on the roadway, I hesitated for a moment before pulling in next to it. I recognized the car - it was the car of my friend Meg from the gym, who lives two blocks west of me. She's a fellow swimmer and we usually share a lane in the pool. 

We had a nice, albeit cold, chat in the driveway, catching up and hugging. She gifted me with a lovely daffodil plant which currently resides in the kitchen next to the sink in the sunniest part of the room.  It was a joy to see her - I miss all of my swimming buddies SO much. I can hardly wait for the surgery to be over and done with so that I can start the recovery process and eventually get back to the pool once again. *sigh* That's still a ways out there, But I'm trying to take things one day at a time. 

I do love my baked fruit for breakfast. I had enough time 
after the clinic, to make a batch of fruit as well as a 
nice veggie soup for my meals for the upcoming few 
days. A total win of a day from start to finish. 

The rest of the day was taken up cooking my next batch of fruit for breakfasts, and a nice soup for my dinners. All in all, it actually turned into a totally lovely day. I'm still on schedule for pre-op stuff at the Cancer Clinic on Tuesday afternoon, and surgery on Wednesday morning, and since they didn't find anything else in the ultrasound, I'm probably having the lumpectomy I had originally thought would be best. I'll leave that final decision up to the surgeon, of course, but I think I might have lucked out. Have an excellent Saturday and weekend and I'll be back on Monday. Slava Ukraini.