Nadir at Madera/Scaring Children

This weekend falls on my nadir (when my blood counts dip). I went to Madera, strangely enough, to an almond orchard and hung out with friends from high school. It was really fun. We went to a lake near Madera and it was 116 degrees outside. My head cooked like a hard-boiled egg. I put sunscreen on my bald egg of a noggin, but if I did catch any skin cancer, I am pretty sure my final chemo on August 2nd will take care of it. As I sat in the lake, I thought out loud "I wonder if my doctors would approve of me sitting in a lake during my nadir". I am pretty sure lakes are big puddles of swarming pathogens, like people in airplanes. Whatever- the lake was a great relief from the atmospheric oven we were baking in. As we got out of the water, each piece of body that exitted the surface was immediately dried by the heat and then redrenched with sweat.

At the house where we stayed, I met this really cute 2 1/2 year old kid that took a liking to me. She was shy at first, but eventually got to the point where she would come sit by me and let me have a piece of her blanket to cover up part of my leg, which I hear was a serious compliment. While we were sitting there, I took my hat off and immediately when she saw my bald head, she shot up immediately, scared to death, and ran away crying profusely. This will be recorded as the most hillarious reaction to my cancer yet. I never thought I'd get to the point of scaring children like I'm some bald alien limping monster. Don't worry though, once I put my hat back on we were cool.