Relaxing Week

Adrienne arrived here last week for her spring break, tired and with a cold. She is now much more rested and her cold is mostly cleared up. Yesterday, she dragged me out to do some shopping, which I hate, but I toughed it out. She got some nice things for New York and a dress for an upcoming black tie event with the Kravis Leadership Institute. It's wonderful to see the confidence and maturity she's gained in nearly two years at Claremont McKenna College. I can hardly believe that she'll be a junior and off to the east coast in just two months.

We get these nice little breaks and then back to reality. Adrienne has a CT scan next week and a PET scan the following week. We're just hoping that her disease remains stable and she can remain on the valproic acid. We are ever mindful of how quickly things can get out of control, as we've seen with so many of our friends, and we're thankful for what we have today.

After all of Curt's tests and a biopsy on his thyroid, all is well. The nodule is a goiter, similar to what his mother had as a teenager. He needs to be checked out again in a few months but at least we have a little break until then.

On a more fun note, our enormous backyard project is almost complete. Our house here in Henderson didn't have a pool, though it did have a spa. We decided when we bought it that we would add a pool. This project (or the mess as I prefer to call it) started last November and we've had a number of technical and weather delays. Next week, we are on the schedule to do the plastering and add water. The weather has been unseasonably warm here and we could have used it this week, but we're happy to have it ready for the summer. So, if you're coming to Las Vegas, we'd love to see you. No more house projects for me for at least a year! I'm sure Curt will be happy about that.