One Word - Parsnips!

Not too much of note since the good scan update from last week.  I've booked my first visit with Dr Curti (my new primary Oncologist) for the 7th of May.  I will likely wind up going between him and Roxanne (nurse practitioner) during office visits, who was pretty much the 3rd patient care provider during my IL2 sessions last Spring.  She was a lot of fun to have during those super swell infusion cycles... (she was fun... but the cycles of IL2 were kind of a drag if you recall from the early blog entries).

The funniest thing I noticed was how she would go from relaxed yet very competent, to super serious and no nonsense when she would visit patients while with Dr Curti (he was kind of funny to banter with from my perspective, but perhaps it's intimidating to work with such a seasoned research doctor?).

One thing I noticed was how many more blog updates I had last year, vs the frequency of what I've posted since my treatments have gone from regular infusion stuff to pill based medication (and endless red tape).  I'll try my best to keep up with the updates on a semi regular basis, but unless there is something noteworthy outside of the cancer progress, I don't think I'll be updating much with regards to my dinner plans, or whether Willam was truly a professional plant to up the glamour factor on Drag Race lol.

My music room is pretty much totally cleaned up and organized, which is really nice.  Now I just have to do some wiring for a few outboard effects and synth modules (who still uses those these days right?).  I figured if they were still in my possession I should try to use them or decide if they should be moved on to other pastures for possible use.  I also need to figure out how to get into the monster cable power centers so I can either replace the fuses since they popped a couple of years back, as I'm tired of not running my gear through the power protection stuff etc.

I've discovered the delight that is cooking with parsnips... those no color fat carrot thingies... pretty cool actually, and they make for a great potato vibe once cooked enough.  Who would have thought I'd be all eating leeks and parsnips?

This week I'll be visiting my mom in Phoenix, AZ (from Wed through Mon).  That should be a nice trip to catch up with her and the extended family as well as just spend some quality time with the parental unit :)  We're planning to drive over to Safford, AZ to check on the family grave site where my father was buried.  The running joke between them was, whoever went first would get buried in the other's family cemetery.  Since he was from lush Mississippi, and she was from rocky desert southern Arizona, it's a stark contrast.  In the last few years, he went ahead and planned for a plot there in Safford since it was a better location for most of the family.  It's kind of not a place you'd expect to see for a family grave site (unless you're from or have lived in a place like Safford).  Think of small rocks and white and grey colored dirt surrounding the plots, and the occasional contraband tree's people have snuck in and planted in their family plots :).  Classic desert scene.

I'm listening to a Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" album (on CD ripped into itunes ... save us Neal Young!).  It's a cool album from a bit before my time, but I enjoy the vibe.  Oops... it slipped into Thom Yorke's solo album (singer from Radiohead) which is all glitch-tastic and stuff.

Oh and if anyone talks to the folks at Propellerhead, ask them to please add a save and/or song export to wav for Figure on the iPad... :)

And here is a very nostalgic shot I took back in Jacksonville, Fl close to where I lived from 1978 - 89 which was taken when I went back for my 20th high school reunion.  Spanish moss... pretty, but don't go making a wig without baking it in the oven first... or you're likely to have some new buddies in your hair.