chicken sausage and life lessons

Today I went to Trader Joe's!!! I'll start at the beginning, though. It's been a really nice day! We took the scenic route to Baltimore (well...once you get to Baltimore it's not so scenic), and it was really beautiful outside - everything is turning bright green and the cherry blossoms are still on some of the trees. I went to IPOP and my counts came back - I only have 300-something neutrophils, and I needed platelets, but it was an uneventful visit. It was also my last IPOP visit until after the BMT - I go to the outpatient clinic a few times a week from here on out. It's scary - IPOP is my security blanket! So IPOP went okay, and we came home and drove to.......

I wore my mask, and I have to give the TJ shoppers credit - there wasn't any weird staring or anything (except for a little 2 year old boy and I stopped him in his tracks, it was pretty hysterical). We got all the stuff I've been craving (chicken sausage with peppers and onions, salmon, shrimp with tomatoes and feta, etc.), and it was just nice to do something normal.

Anyway, we came home and decided to go for a walk before dinner. It's still so beautiful outside! So we're walking, and I see a mom loading her little girl into their car (the little girl was about 5 or something), and I'm thinking, "Oh no." The mom was oblivious (and her skirt was too short!), but the little girl was staring at me. Like as I walked she leaned her head so she could see me. I was thinking mean thoughts, and all of a sudden, the little girl waves. She WAVED at me! Then I felt all guilty and waved back. It was really sweet. So that was my life lesson for the day - I'm not sure how to sum it up, but it definitely affected me.

And then we ate chicken sausage with onions and peppers. SO good. In fact, I may go eat the 2nd half of my sandwich because just thinking about it is making my mouth water.

Another quick thought - today I went to put on a pair of jeans, the pair that I wore most often to work. I've lost about 6-8 pounds since I've been at work, so I was expecting the jeans to be loose on me - they were skin tight. ???? It was so weird. I have no idea how I squeezed into those babies before all of this - it was so strange! Everything else is big on me! I guess they're magic jeans or something. Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans or something.

I'm going to go eat my sandwich.