November 13, 2007

Dear Everbody,

so now I guess it is my turn to try myself on my literarily faehigkeiten:

After receiving a letter from Mathias with a small description of the todo’s and not todo’s I was somewhat horrified to come over. But for the first day here it all turns out to be like it always has been in the last one or two years when visiting: Now that Dad doesn’t work anymore he has more time freed up to go on .. I mean to concentrate on social contacts. ( Since I know that this is going end up in the “Krankheit Report” I had to put the last sentence and the coming sentences in that form, aber wir verstehen uns schon, gelle?) Not that I don’t feel that Dad in his age isn’t entitled to have that right, but I couldn’t get my body to do what my mind was telling me. BUT NOW that Mathias hand the genius Idea (auch ein blindes Huhn findet ein Korn) to hang a List in the kitchen of how Dad and Corinna MUST structure the Day, it has gone into my blood bzw as I said before: into my body. Finally I can relax! I always hated the fact that one couldn’t plan with this family and now there is a plan. May I suggest (? Yes you may… thank you!) that there has always been a plan but never
admitted.

Here the schedule: Or as Mathias called it the “ Camp Schedule” (Or as we behind his back call it the Gauleiter Liste.)
11:00 leave for golf course
3:00 Nape time for Bonzo
3:30 Kaffe und Kuchen
4:30 The Walk
6:30 Dinner
7:30 The Swim
(Signing off with:)
Remember: WASH YOUR HANDS !!!!

So : THANK YOU Mathias ( and I mean it)
Nothing new : Sunday was the tenth Day after the chemo and he has no side reactions. He is so strong in his mind to go through this with a positive attitude. For example he told me about the fact that he had to sit for 10 hours in a chair to get his first chemo. And that he thought it was like a trip in the plan to Europe where you have to sit so long too and the outcome is a good one. Mensch Maier!! beat that….

Love Ro