I don’t know what I’d do without John

John is gone this weekend and we all miss him. He flew to Houston to get our camper van from Monica’s house to bring it up here. We’ve decided to go back to Albuquerque for the chemo treatment and I’m not well enough to be able to fly. So we’re going to transport me in the van. The van contains a bed, sink, and toilet, which I currently need to have readily available until I’m feeling better.

Meanwhile, Emily is having to give me my daily shot because John usually does it, and I’m too much of a wuss to do it myself. The shot is a blood thinner so I don’t get post-surgery clots.

Amazon grocery delivery is no longer working, so now I’m like, hmmm, maybe John can go to the grocery store when he’s back in a couple of days? Not to mention the work he’s planning to do to get the van ready for the big trip to Albuquerque. He’s going to make some alterations to it, including building a seating area in the back section.

He’s going to be gone for a couple of more days, so I’m waiting to see what all comes up while he’s gone (knock on wood). Last time he was gone the furnace started dripping water (Yes, I know, what water? How does a furnace even leak?) It was an associated humidifier. So we just put towels down until John got back and could fix it a couple days later.

John’s done a lot of other things around the house too, like installing new light fixtures and things. I’m glad, it makes me feel like we’re less burdensome on my sister. We’ve been here since February 2!

This morning I heard little voices on the stairs calling down, “Uncle John?! Uncle John?!” and in the background I could hear their dad saying, “Come on, get your coat on. Where’s your shoes? Let’s go.” Bryan is great about taking the girls on fun adventures on the weekends, and they like John to come along too. Funny, I never heard either of them calling, “Aunt Kristina? Aunt Kristina?” Lol. I’m not as good at playing with little kids is John is. My kids were almost grown up by the time I met him, and with no grandkids, it’s a very underutilized skill of his!