Lovebuch family happenings

In the hospital at the moment for at least next 3 nights. Lots to say here, so could be a long one, could be heavy as a warning. Firstly, to follow up from last week, unfortunately we had car trouble on our camping trip as soon as we got to camp. So it started with being 2.5 hours away from Seattle with a dead car battery, an acting up transmission, and no cell service. That certainly put a damper on things. Thankfully, my brother and Suzie showed up that night as scheduled and we were able to jump the car in the morning and drive out. We got home fine, but took the car in on Tuesday. It was still fun to get out and glad we did it, however it fell quite a bit short of our expectations for the trip. We spent the way back trying to figure out if we needed to get a new car, as this was not the first time the Volvo has had issues getting to a trailhead.  We figured if a car can’t get us to the trailhead, then we need a new car. So driving back on highways is a great time to shop

Being on break has been great. I’m finally almost over my spring-long cold, the weather has been super nice, and I’ve gotten back to pre-hospital shape. Last weekend, the bay area crew came up to visit (Kevin G, Hannah, and Petey) which was a super fun, easy going, weekend. Our main event was taking the water taxi to west seattle to walk around. It’s a great day-trip if you have folks in town and looking for something to do in Seattle For healthcare, I’m scheduled to get back in the hospital on Thursday Aug 8. The next 28 day cycle will also start with a hospital stay, although this one should be shorter. Unfortunately, it will still be 4 days which will mean I’ll miss all of the Obliteride weekend. The grandparents (Marian, David, Peggy, and Byrne) have a team this year and there’s a couple events that I enjoyed last time, that I’ll miss this year. If you’re interested in donating to cancer research you can support their team here : http://engage.fredhutch.org/site/TR/Obliteride/