Ikea, Chemo and Catching Up
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Monday, March 17, 2008 2:04 PM
On Saturday we went to Ikea to shop for our new place (we move in about 6 weeks!) Now if you live in Manhattan you know that Ikea is a day trip... you have to go up to Port Authority and take the bus out to New Jersey. It's fun though. We go about twice a year. I had to control what I bought because Ken kept reminding me that whatever we buy is just more that we have to move. Which is true. That didn't keep me from buying decorative rocks, though. 
We did find a couch that we like, and an entertainment center. Now we just need to make sure that they match the coffee table we are getting from Crate & Barrel. The couch does, but I'm not so sure about the entertainment center.
Ken's dad starts chemo this week. The good news is that it sounds like it will all be outpatient. He'll get a two hour treatment at the doctor's office and then wear one of those mobile packs that gradually gives him more treatment over 48-72 hours. It's crazy how drastically his life has changed over the last few months. He used to never say "I love you" at the end of a conversation. I mean, it was always implied, but he kind of had a tough guy persona going on there. Now he always says it, and it just breaks my heart because we can't make his fear go away. I just can't imagine how one day you're working and providing for your family and the next you're not strong enough to get out of bed.
I just wish we could be there more. It's so expensive to fly back and forth to Michigan, not to mention getting time off of work. With the moving, and the wedding and everything this year my vacation days are already overbooked. We have talked about moving back to the Midwest (perhaps Chicago) next summer (July or August of '09) so that we can be closer to our families. It just really matters on where our jobs are, etc. Right now we're both doing so well that it feels like if we moved somewhere outside the city that we'd really have to lower our standard of living. It's probably best to save up money for as long as we can and then buy a house with as little debt as possible, where we can work making less and not have it affect us.
Tonight Ken and I are going to work on catching up on our reading. We're Christians, and we made a pact to read the entire Bible together before our wedding. We're doing really well! It just means a lot to me to have someone to do this with, to share our faith.
Okay, well back to work!