shopping in volvos (and lots of other stuff in parentheses)

Once the adoption is final (months away still), we can update with the baby's name and pictures on the blog. Tomorrow or the next day, the baby won't have hair. There's a huge patch of no hair on the back, and the rest itches, so we get to have it cut (shaved) tomorrow or Saturday.

A few years ago in my bike class, the instructor (bald man) was joking with another bald man in the class about hair products and how they're a waste of money. Which got me to thinking...do bald people use soap on their head, or shampoo, or anything?! So, I asked Chris (instructor), but I don't remember what he said he does. I think we'll be using baby wash.

Today, the baby and I got to take a good walk outside!! There's a great trail just around the building we live in, plus there is an all-out glitzy grocery store next to that. To get some healthier food than the vending machine food I've been living on (hospital living), we went to the store.

First thing I noticed was that you had to have a new Volvo or Mercedes to shop there. I'm not kidding, when we first walked into the parking lot, there were at least 9 or 10 Volvos parked in various places in the first two rows. Plus, I think the store had some valet-type employees out front. At least it looked like the guys who do valet at the hospital. Do you hear my inner country hick exposing itself again?!

Oh well, I was ecstatic to buy ingredients for stir-fry! And then I was dreaming about the different meals I can make when I have more than just myself to cook for (baby only likes baby food and Fritos). Tacos, Beef Nacho Casserole, Enchiladas, etc. And, to make it even better, the prices weren't way too outrageous, AND they had real dairy milk in the dairy jars (with cream at the top)!!

The only thing I didn't like about the store (besides the over-abundance of alcohol for sale) was the mass quantities of smelly gourmet cheeses. I wanted to vomit (emesis, in hospital terms) for the first half of the store with the cheese smell mixed with their gourmet seafood. Gag.

Yeah, the medications (steroids are a form of chemotherapy) have certain side-effects. Some include nausea, increased appetite (creating a VERY round belly and face), "roid rage," and changed tastes for food. The baby has had most of these, although I'm not sure about the nausea yet. The baby does not like most of the previously loved baby foods, but it liking new ones. The Gerber lasagna meal is still hugely popular, and the spicy chili Fritos are a hit. It is common to really like salty or tangy or otherwise strongly flavored foods with these medications.

Ok, I'll stop rambling on here and go read my book. It's weird to have such simple focus on each part of the day: medication times, eating, doctor or therapy appointment, and the daily chore (to live in this place). Back home, we were running around town 24/7, it seemed like.