Yes I am in Minneapolis now. I haven't heard back from the U of M yet on a date for when I am getting everything rolling here. I will be calling her in the morning for that junk. Otherwise I left early this morning from Madison to come up here. I haven't had a wink of sleep in just about 36 hours. I lie down and close my eyes and i just can't fall asleep at all. I feel like shit from it too. I have a really nice room and view from the second floor of the hope lodge. I have talked to a few people but they really aren't too overly talkative nor open at all. There are a few nice people though so that is nice. We have assigned cabinet spaces for our groceries and the fridge has shelves with our numbers on it. I eat so much that my shelves are packed full of groceries it is pretty funny. The beds are sleep number beds and I haven't tried it out yet but I will be doing that shortly. There are 3 huge kitchens that are shared by certain sections of the floors and everything is labeled. I apparently have one of the better rooms from what the staff was saying. They were really interested in my case here because it is my second time with cancer and I am the same age as all of their children. It is an interesting experience to say the least. Everyone here seems to be older than me but I am not sure on that yet. The thing that really surprised me is that the people I met so far were the people who were caregivers. The building is packed full of things to do. There is a basement with a huge 65 inch tv that apparently no one watches, an exercise room, and a full free laundry mat. I am actually really impressed by this place. I also found out that the founder of Best Buy donated $5 Million to have this building built. That is pretty sweet since Best Buy is a Minnesota company. If need be they also have a free shuttle ride over to the masonic center on my days of treatment. So far so good. I will still have to get used to that whole 9pm curfew but what can you do? They also do not allow guests on 2nd and 3rd which is the lodging floors. I guess they do not want other to be distracted. oh and if you look out of one set of my window I have a full view of the new Gophers football stadium being built.
Ok I am off to try and sleep for once.
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so, no picking up women at the bars and bringing them back with you? ;) internet access though?
thanks i am sure my parents appreciated reading that.......i am a good boy mom and dad.
tisk on you heather
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