By Judith

 January 26, 2025

Day 13

I've always said January is the longest month and now I know it is true.  Chemo makes it so.  I guess February, my second longest month, March, and April, formerly my favorite months, will also pass equally slow. It will probably be the longest year of my life. I'm not fond of January and February due to the cold and dark. I love spring. I hope to enjoy it this year. 

Today I still have the quasi queasy feeling, like maybe I won't be sick but maybe I will.  I have the pills so I probably should take them. I should also eat but my appetite has gone away. According to the scale I've lost 10 pounds. It doesn't seem like it, I still have this big fat belly, although it does have more wrinkles than it used to. 

Reading back when I started writing this journal I see that I bought the pattern book for the Gypsy Wife quilt eight years ago. I'm happy to report I finished the top last summer. It was an adventure for sure. Most the blocks were easy basic blocks; it was the putting it all together that got tricky. First I needed a space to spread it out where it wouldn't be disturbed for a while, like a month or two. My house doesn't have any space like that so I bought the house across the street. Well, not really but my daughter and I did buy the house across the street and it was empty until my grandson moved in the back part so might as well use it, right? The perfect sewing getaway. 

And it only took me eight years!


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