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Merriam-Webster online defines the word almost as... ... Oh wait. I'm not the youth speaker and this isn't a high school graduation. I'll skip this attention-grabber and get straight to the guts. We've had a lot of almosts going on in our life lately. First, for those of you who thought I already graduated... PSYCH ! I still had one class to take in the Spring. I had originally signed up for it in Winter, but due to Eric's chemo appointments being on Thursdays I had to postpone it. It ended up being worth it considering the busy schedule of a cancer family, but taking the last class in the Spring was awful! I had almost graduated. The good news is I got through it, it ended last week, and now it's official. I'm done with school. Mom, I know those last few phone calls where I asked you to pray for me really made the difference. Thank you. Second, I had almost got settled in to my new job a couple weeks ago when I was asked to interview for another one in t...

Eric did have a doctor's appointment this week. Again, these are all quick checkups only until July 1st, when he will have all his scans etc. again to see if the cancer is all gone. But I know everyone still likes to know what's going on. He's normal and he's gained a bit of weight back (~4lbs.). He talked to his nurse for a long time and she said she really thinks he won't have anything show up on his scans. She has been pretty right so far, so we won't start doubting her now! We are both a bit obsessive about his hair growing back. It looks so good! It's still really short, but it's there!