November 30

Hello to everyone. We are getting back to normal after the long trip. It was a lot of fun, but tiring. We drove back Friday night and made the trip in about 12 1/2 hours. It usually takes closer to 14 during the day. I drove the entire time since Mark wasn't feeling well. I was quite exhausted when we arrived Saturday morning, but amazingly I didn't lay down and sleep, I unpackaged the bags and did laundry all day. I took a 1 hour nap and somehow made it through the day. Mark was tired and slept a lot. The trip really wore him out. We picked up Belle, our lab, and got Leppy the guinea pig today. We are once again complete. haha

We were able to watch the Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State football game which was exciting. Emily even got out the pom poms and did some cheers for us. I think that really helped the team. I know a lot of people are upset that Texas didn't make it to the championship game, but we are quite excited about going. The strength of our schedule combined with a 3 way tie for the lead in the South makes us quite deserving we feel (and the computers apparently agreed).

Mark is gearing up for chemo again tomorrow. These last 2 rounds have definitely not been easy on him. We hope and pray that the next one will be better tolerated. The antinausea medicine has been helpful, so we will see how this round goes. Mark is hoping to feel well enough after the infusion tomorrow to make it to Calen's basketball game which is at 4. We will see. This is the last week he will have to teach for a while since finals are coming up. That will be helpful.

Thanks again to everyone who has been so supportive of Mark and all of us during this battle with cancer. We really appreciate all of the love and support. God bless!!!!