This week I started a day late because Alberto was swamped with other patients on monday (cancer is suddenly all cool!  People are biting my moves!).  So I’m getting unplugged today.  It hasn’t been a terrible round.  I feel as though if I didn’t have this pump hanging off me, I might be able to ignore the symptoms..  kind of..  There’s something really creepy about having a tube stuck in your chest.  Always such a relief to get it pulled.  This one is a little special. I am half way through post surgery treatments.  Just 3 more months to go (oh god).

Yohei is in the USA.  He’s here for what has become an annual pilgrimage to NAHBS.  Each year it seems that he makes a few more stops while he’s here.  NYC is a standard.  He’ll be staying with us for a few days about a week from now (unfortunately, he’ll be catching me right at the beginning of the next round of chemo.  Oh well..  He has offered to make trips to the super-market..  he LOVES fairway).

NAHBS is this weekend.  I’m a little sad to be missing it.  I didn’t even get it together to send the assless..  Oh well.  Mike Flanigan’s response was “nahbs Schmahbs.. you’ll be there next year.”  Right on.

I’ve had a rash of new orders in the last few days.  Maybe people are feeling spring or something.  It was pretty dead there for a while.  People are feeling the pinch, and aren’t excited about spending money.  I WAS working on the last bike in the queue!  Now suddenly it’s a 4 month wait again.  Suits me fine!  keep the orders coming!

I’m looking into moving into a warehouse space up in the south bronx.  I need a little more room.  I need to be able to make noise at any time of day (particularly early morning).  And I need a space that I can get BIG machines into without having to completely dismantle them.  I need some big machines.  For sure.  I’ve taken a look at the numbers, and this year would certainly put the squeeze on.  But I believe in the business..  I believe in what I’m doing.  It’s my sense that in times like this, the bold end up being rewarded, and that a few years down the road I’ll be very glad that I made the move.  This whole thing has been a real jump-and-the-bridge-will-appear type venture.  No reason to change philosophies now!