MDS: Nodding Off Through the 4th

As the end of Vidaza shots-Round 3 approaches, a pattern seems to be emerging:

• Monday—begin shots
• Tuesday-Wednesday—somewhat normal function while arms become sensitive where shots are administered
• Thursday—arms grow more sore and begin to itch
• Friday-Sunday—exhaustion sets in; much sleeping goes on
• Sunday evening—lethargy lifts a bit, thanks to no shot
• Monday—one last shot, one last dip in energy.

So it came to pass this holiday weekend that the weather finally gave us a break. No more rain. No humidity. Blue skies, bright sun and pleasant temperatures.

And I got to sleep through it all.

Now, there is something to be said for snoozing a long weekend away while watching, during intermittent periods of consciousness,

• Federer set the record for major tennis tournament wins
• Tiger display how golf should be played
• baseball being played in Chicago, Texas, Philadelphia and New York
• and 1930s-40s movies in between.

What can be said about these things, you ask? Well, it's nice to be too tired to care about the sports results, and to be so tired that even the silliest old movie becomes amusing.

But wait—there's more!

This was a weekend of discovery. Chanced upon were:

• the Science Channel
• three versions of The History Channel
• the Nat Geo Channel (of which the folks at National Geographic should be ashamed)
• Fox Movie Channel
• and NYC-TV (where the terrific travel series Globe Trekker plays every night at 8).

So, as rockets glared red this weekend, we've seen that this extended exhaustive slumbering, as the great Hebrew philosophers would've said, [read with a nice Jewish accent, please] "shouldn't be a total loss."

Once upon a long time ago I harbored a fantasy that I'd be in situation—perhaps in a hospital or a mountain retreat somewhere— where for a week or so I'd be permitted/required to do nothing but sleep. "Beware what you wish for...?"

I'm really looking forward to this coming week. May consciousness to reign!