General Updates

It turns out that Kaiden's tumor was malignant, and even though they got it all, they will have to do Chemo.
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The doctors now think my cousin has Endocrine system cancer. He is having some big test, a type of PET scan - on the 14th of April and will know more after that. Like whether chemo first and then surgery, or the other way around. I did, however, make his day today by telling him that I would come visit for Memorial Day.
He's determined to be well enough to come get me at the train station and have me in his home. I can't tell you how grateful I was to see the spark show up in his words. He got downright excited.
I can tell you that speaking directly to him was a relief, on so many levels. Some days the smallest of victories are what we cling to.
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There are these strange rules governing wine sales. And one of them is that you can't call anything you make in this state (maybe country, I actually don't know) a port unless you've been making it for a while. Because at some point, they decided you couldn't call fortified wine "port." And they grandfathered in those who already were.
How this makes sense, I am not sure. Champagne is sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France. Port is not a special region.
Anyway, I learned this while working for my friend Ben at this winery on Saturday. I volunteered to check people in for the "Dallas Wine Trail" event that happens twice a year.
The event was really fun, but every story I hear about the TABC makes me want to slap people.
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Blogger wants me to fill out a profile - and there's a section that asks me to write, "about me." Ummm. How about you just read this blog? 'Cause really.... if there's something about me worth knowing, it's probably in here somewhere.
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So far, the sod is all still in it's place. The weeds, however, seem to have jumped out of the compost bin and run back to the dry riverbed. They must have. I just know we cleared a larger area than what I saw this evening. Uggh.
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The bunny rabbits have arrived for Easter dinner.