Days to go: 964 -- Pieces to go: 10

Day 36: EXCELLENT NEWS this afternoon from Dr. I. Ackerman, Radiologist Extraordinaire: the CT-PET scan showed NOTHING NEW!!! This is fantastic! So I will start radiation down at the 'Brook in a few days and will continue with it until well into September. Nun danket alle Gott!

Went to the church to practice and guess what? The keys to the organ weren't in the office, as they usually are. There was a funeral this morning and the organist probably slipped them into his pocket by mistake instead of turning them in.

So I went home and learned variation XV, one of four variations of the Passacaglia for manuals only. It will be fun to play the whole Fugue from beginning to end tomorrow without stopping.

Oh, and I tried to "play" a cadenza combining "Phantom of the Opera" with "Feller From Fortune." It kind of works if you play "Feller" in the minor mode and don't listen too carefully...

I am aware that people have been lighting candles and sending good thoughts and praying for me this past week. Thank you.

Days to go: 967 -- Pieces to go: 10

Day 33: Short post today. I'm on my way over to the church to learn the second-last line of Bach and to "play" a bit before heading down to the 'Brook for the CT-PET scan. It is a long procedure and I'm not sure how I will feel when it is finished, so better to practice now and sleep later!

Anyway, I have lots of water packed and my iPod (since reading is not allowed). And I will be radioactive for a while, so it will be a very quiet weekend at home. I thought of going over to hear Deacon Mike's homily --

http://www.itinerantpreacher.org

-- at the 12:30 Mass on Sunday but I can't take the chance around crowds. Just call me "Fallout Girl" (with apologies to Bart Simpson!).

Wouldn't it be something if, when the doctors got the results, they said, "Nothing wrong with THESE nodes. What were we THINKING?"

Days to go: 974 -- Pieces to go: 10

Day 26: Another line of Bach learned. That's way lotsa many notes so far. Bit by bit the fugue is coming together. Susan said she would be interested in hearing the final product on the Letourneau so happily that is another goal to work toward (-- um, towards which to work?).

A very pleasant lunch today with Susan and Harry, then some relaxing on the deck. I feel so blessed to have such generous, caring friends. They had just returned from vacation and were doing what all teachers do in the summer: clean out the garage, paint the house, etc. Afterwards I went over to Nella's to get my hair done, and I must admit, I DO look b-you-tee-full!

It was nice to hear from Dianne (Guidance Part 1 course instructor) via email: it has been a week since the course finished. It seems like a year. I plan to take Part 2 online through OSCA starting in September.

Found out when my CT-PET scan is: next Friday! Friday, August 13, 2010!! FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH, that is!!! I am not superstitious, no, not at all.

Oooooo.

:-)