Day Plus 33,34-You Talkin Bout Practice?

Monday was filled with another visit to the Cancer Center. While most visits are only 1-2 hours long, this day, however, turned into a 3 hour visit. We checked in at 8:00am for my 8:10am appointment, however we were not called back until 8:50am. Apparently the check-in counter did not check me in properly upon initial arrival, until I asked why it was taking so long closer to 8:40am. The squeaky wheel always gets the oil as Becky would say. They did the usual vitals, visited with the nurse and the physicians assistant, and this time visited with the doctor. No new news with handling the fevers. Blood counts continue to look good, with the exception of my platelets which continue to drop. They said its pretty normal, but could be a result of fighting off whatever is causing the fevers.

I still also continue to take several 1-2 hour naps during the day. For some reason, after awaking from a nap this day, I finally decided to try to start learning to play the ukulele. I asked Becky to bring it thinking I may want to learn while I had all this time on my hands. So I downloaded an ukulele tuner app and tried to tune the ukulele. It was much harder than I thought, perhaps because I've never learned to play any instruments. Then I went on YouTube to find some beginner lessons for chords to play on the ukulele. In learning the C, A-minor, F, and G chords, I learned how to position your fingers on specific frets and strings. The most common chord sequence used in hundreds of songs is the C-G-Am-F chord sequence. Now I just need to continue to practice, practice, practice.

Tuesday was no appointments. I spent a portion of the day continuing to practice, in my obsessive compulsive way, the ukulele in the C-G-Am-F chord sequence, progressing from one chord to the other and back again, each time stating the name of the chord aloud. Becky said it eventually started to sound good. I'll take that as a compliment, considering she knows how to play the guitar and the piano.