Counting down...

A couple pretty easy days as far as the anxiety attacks go...seems that a 45 minute wait after my sedative is about optimal for an "enjoyable" experience under the mask. For some reason, I found myself especially amazed by the radiation technology today. Chemo somehow seems crudely unfocused by comparison. As the "gun" rotates rather consistently and precisely around my head lining up for the next shot I end up feeling very confident that the radiation is doing its job. I was also struck this morning by how nice it is to have the technology right here in Bemidji. Several years ago when my friend Judy went through a similar treatment she had to make daily trips to Fargo for several weeks. This morning I left the house at 8:55 and was back home by 9:20!

Another cold and wintery day here so I plan to load up the woodstove and keep working on data entry and data analysis. I should have all the data from the pre-course surveys entered in by late this afternoon. Then I can play around with assessing general relationships and testing some hypotheses. Once that is underway I'll post some preliminary findings here just to let folks know what I am up to. One interesting item for starters -- it appears that women have significantly lower scores than men on ecological knowledge but have significantly better scores than men for environmental responsible behaviors. If that pattern holds, it may merit a dissertation chapter and perhaps even a paper.

Let's see...other news...Caleigh is rehearsing here tonight for their Saturday gig at the local Pipers Robert Burns supper (complete with haggis I hear); James and I will probably run out to the curling club for an hour or so tonight so the band can practice in peace (James likes to provide rhythm and vocal (dis) harmony whenever the chance allows). I am really missing curling and am hoping to at least get the chance to sub a few times over the coming months. Also, we moved into the 21st century with our computer yesterday and now have a DSL line so we can be on the phone and internet at the same time. This well be a great help with both our cape business and with my on-line classes. Time to get to work... /dps