Busy Day Today

I had a busy day today.  First off I went to a public lecture at the Melbourne Town Hall on the latest cancer research over the last year. We drove to the city because my white blood count is supposed to be low now and I thought it best not to go on public transport where I could get trapped on a train with people coughing and splattering with colds. I parked for only 2 hours and it cost me $28. I had no idea parking in the city was so expensive but it made me not want to hang out there any longer which was a shame.

We then went to Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre 10 pin bowls to catch up with my department who were taking the afternoon off for a couple of rounds of bowling. As I think I might have mentioned yesterday, Patrick bowled for me as I wasn't quite up to it. It was fantastic to see everyone from work again. First time I'd seen them since my operation except for some I saw at lunch one or 2 fridays ago. Bernard had organised a 'Get Well' card for me that was signed by heaps of people at work and the card had even travelled across the globe to get signatures from my collegues in the US. I was hugely touched by the gesture.

One of my work mates apologised to me for not visiting and told me that it was because he didn't know what to say. I fully understand that. Before I got cancer I never really had much contact with anyone in my postion and I think I also would have felt the same as him if the roles were reversed. I know there are many people who reacted like him because I know a lot of people I haven't heard from and I just know that they are thinking off me and it really doesn't matter because I know them well enough to know they really do care.

Mark and Julie had us over for dinner and it was really fantastic being there and the food was excellent. I'm pretty exhausted now but just wanted to get this new post done.