Look Out New Orleans

Well, I'm done with Kentucky...well....almost. I'm heading to New Orleans on Monday, but instead of flying back to Houston next Friday, I might be heading back to KY. Maybe. A big maybe, but I'm lucky to have a maybe. If it turns out that I don't have to go back, I'll stay in NOLA for the weekend. I'm hoping that is how it turns out. But, I'm in Houston for this weekend, so I'm going to enjoy my weekend, get a pedicure and prepare for 2 solid weeks on the road either way.

I went to the doctor today to get my monthly 80 or so cortisone shots in the scalp, but I only ended up getting about 20-25 today. Am I getting better? Eh. Yes and no. I don't really have any new areas and some of my hair is growing back, but some of the older areas are getting a little bigger and some of the new hair has fallen out. It will all come back, but its not going to be that pretty for a while. The doctor is trying a new course of action...less shots and one big cortisone shot in my hip. We're hoping that this course of action will kick my immune system back into gear and stop this from getting worse. Hopefully this will work. I've also read about an aromatherapy treatment that may help and I think I'm going to try it. Since it's a disease that the medical world doesn't really know all that much about, alternative treatments should be worth trying.

Gretchen went to the Humble High School class reunion last weekend (It was her husbands reunion) and ran into a bunch of our old friends. We're trying to figure out how to get me into the Class of '97 reunion next year. I may just have to show up...ticket (and alumni designation) be damned. I have to admit, I think that I'm looking forward to that more than my own. ;)

Update

I haven't posted in a couple of weeks because there hasn't been all that much going on. I'm still in Kentucky, but only for a couple more weeks. Its definite this time...no more extensions on this project...I have another project lined up in New Orleans starting on the 19th. It's a project that I worked on last summer, and I'm really excited to be going back. It will also be really nice to get back to the kind of work that I was hired for, not that I haven't enjoyed what I was doing in KY. Well, maybe not so much the last couple of weeks...we've been working 14+ hour days and I feel like I've been living at the client's office. I'm hoping that it will be a little slower this week.

I went to see the third X-Men yesterday....while not as good as the first or second movies, it was entertaining. I liked how they left it open to possible sequels, even though it is supposed to be the last.

Next weekend, I'm heading to Baton Rouge to attend a poker crawl with my mardi gras krewe. I'll be late getting there, but should be able to catch up with everyone in the last couple of bars. I'm hoping that I even get to see the Vaths, but that may be wishful thinking on my part, as they will be quite busy with the wedding (Congrats Claire and Stephen).

Oh, and it looks like the plans for Chicago are coming along. The hotel is booked, people are getting flights arranged and we even have a newly elected activity captain....Congrats Mary, we (I) held a vote and you won! ;)