32 down, just 1 to go! We can hardly believe that the end of radiation has almost come. It’s so exciting. I’ve doing a ton of packing and cleaning since we are heading home to Minnesota right after treatment tomorrow. It’s a 12 hour drive with no stops. We’ll be back home on Wednesday and I’ll be back at work on Thursday. While we will not miss the radiation treatments, there are several things we will miss about being here in Indiana as well as several things we won’t miss.
We will miss:
1. All the friends we have made here. Levi will especially miss Sofia (who he often calls “Fefi” and Mr. Masaki, a visiting doctor from Japan who is studying at the proton center). Jude will especially miss the other Jude. Asher will miss all the adults who admire him and talk about what a great baby he is.
2. Monday and Wednesday Panera nights
3. Free toy on Fridays from the proton center
4. Seeing Jude’s excitement about getting a Happy Meal once a week
I won’t miss:
1. Waiting for the laundry machine to open up
2. Sharing the dishwasher with lots of people but feeling like I am always the one to empty/load it (urgh!)
3. Worrying about losing my kids in a 14,000 square foot house
4. Sharing our bedroom with 3 restless boys
5. Having to cook in front of an audience (I bet they are judging me and thinking “Macaroni and cheese again!?!” )
6. Seeing signs posted all over the house and wondering if the sign is new and if I had violated the rule, prompting them to post it.Â
7. Slow/unreliable internet
8. Having my laundry soap confiscated 2 times because it looked suspicious. (Jude is allergic to anything by Dreft and Dreft is so expensive that Andy makes our laundry soap)
9. Having to handwash all dishes before placing them in the dishwasher