Perfect Weekend...very exciting

Wow...what a weekend

How far do you push the boundaries, when is it time to start resuming some "normal" activities?

This weekend was by far and away the closest I have been to a pre-cancer weekend.

It really started Thursday night attending the gig with Nando Parrado...the guy who survived a plane crash in the Andes with 16 other survivors (the gig was called "Miracle in the Andes").

Friday night it was dinner with the Raffens at The Haus in Hahndorf, Saturday night I drove for the first time since my op to the Barossa and attended the opening of Kingsford Homestead, lunch today was a picnic at our Picnic Dam with Andy and Helen and the Davis family, and tonight we had dinner with Simon and Cecelia. Wow...that has been some weekend.

I am so very aware of not overdoing it so I will reserve my comments for a couple of days. I have also watched how much I have been eating and today I actually tried some wine. I am optimistic all is ok, but we have tonight to get through and see how the body deals with all of this.

Weight? 68 kgs and looking so skinny...well apart from a bloated tummy. Not a good look, a time to keep the clothes on!!

By having a more active day I am convinced you don't have the same amount of time feeling the pain and I am sure this is doing more good than harm. It is early days so we will not get ahead of ourselves but so far so good.

Cecelia as always cooked an amazing meal tonight, all low spices, and especially for me...but if I keep all this down, I have done well, I ate a pretty solid amount tonight.

Only issue, I have several hours to kill before hitting the sack, I have to have the stomach near empty before bed or suffer the consequences.

JOKES? Looch has responded with gusto and sent some new material...a few laughs;

1)
Here are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators
during the Summer Olympics that they would like to take back:

1. Weightlifting commentator: "This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria .
I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing."

2. Dressage commentator: "This is really a lovely horse and I speak
from personal experience since I once mounted her mother."

3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: "I owe a lot to my parents, especially
my mother and father."

4. Boxing Analyst: "Sure there have been injuries, and even some
deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious."

5. Softball announcer: "If history repeats itself, I should think we
can expect the same thing again."

6. Basketball analyst: "He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't
like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces."

7. At the rowing medal ceremony: "Ah, isn't that nice, the wife
of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew

8. Soccer commentator: "Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like
they've got eleven Dicks on the field."

9. Tennis commentator: "One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is
that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them...
Oh my God, what have I just said?"

2)
Jane and Arlene are outside their nursing home, having a drink and
a smoke, when it starts to rain. Jane pulls out a condom, cuts off the
end, puts it over her cigarette, and continues smoking.

Arlene: What in the hell is that?

Jane: A condom. This way my cigarette doesn't get wet.

Arlene: Where did you get it?

Jane: You can get them at any pharmacy.

The next day, Arlene hobbles herself into the local pharmacy and
announces to the pharmacist that she wants a box of condoms.

The pharmacist, obviously embarrassed, looks at her kind of strangely
(she is, after all, over 80 years of age), but very delicately asks what
brand of condom she prefers.

'Doesn't matter Sonny, as long as it fits on a Camel.'

The pharmacist fainted.

3)

A man escapes from prison where he has been for 15 years. He breaks into a house to look for money and guns and finds a young couple in bed.

He orders the guy out of bed and ties him to a chair, while tying the girl to the bed he gets on top of her, kisses her neck, then gets up and goes into the bathroom.

While he's in there, the husband tells his wife:

"Listen, this guy's an escaped convict, look at his clothes! He probably spent lots of time in jail and hasn't seen a woman in years. I saw how he kissed your neck. If he wants sex, don't resist, don't complain, do whatever he tells you. Satisfy him no matter how much he nauseates you. This guy is probably very dangerous. If he gets angry, he'll kill us. Be strong, honey. I love you."

To which his wife responds:

"He wasn't kissing my neck. He was whispering in my ear. He told me he was gay, thought you were cute, and asked me if we had any vaseline. I told him it was in the bathroom. Be strong honey. I love you too!!"

4)

*Two Woodpeckers*

So, this Mexican woodpecker and a Canadian woodpecker were in Mexico arguing about which country had the toughest trees.
The Mexican woodpecker claimed  Mexico had a tree that no woodpecker could peck.

The Canadian woodpecker accepted his challenge and promptly pecked a hole in the tree with no problem.  The Mexican woodpecker was amazed.

The Canadian woodpecker then challenged the Mexican woodpecker to peck a tree in  Canada   that was absolutely 'impeccable' (a term frequently used by woodpeckers ).
The Mexican woodpecker expressed confidence that he could do it and accepted the challenge.

The two of them flew to  Canada  where the Mexican woodpecker successfully pecked the so-called 'impeccable' tree almost without breaking a sweat...

Both woodpeckers were now terribly confused.
How is it that the Canadian woodpecker was able to peck the Mexican tree, and the Mexican woodpecker was able to peck the Canadian tree, yet neither was able to peck the tree in their own country?

After much woodpecker pondering, they both came to the same conclusion:
Apparently, Tiger Woods and Shane Warne were right, when they  said,
your pecker gets harder when you're away from home.